April 1, 2013 Table Of Contents
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GOLF PLUS
CONTINUING TO MAKE THE PLACE THAT ARNIE BUILT HIS PERSONAL PLAYGROUND, TIGER WOODS WON AT BAY HILL FOR A RECORD-TYING EIGHTH TIME. SO HOW EXACTLY DOES A PLAYER COME TO FLAT-OUT OWN A GOLF COURSE?
LEADING OFF
Baseball Preview 2013
SI'S PRESEASON ALL-STAR TEAM FEATURES A (RATHER YOUNG) BAKER'S DOZEN OF BRAWN
By Joe Sheehan
By Tom Verducci
Innovation, (Tampa) Bay Area--style: Welcome to the Silicon Valley of pitching, where baseball's most perplexing puzzle is solved on a shoestring
By Tom Verducci
Where have we seen a team like the Nationals? They look a lot like the 1986 Mets—and the similarities will extend through October
By Tom Verducci
Prospects to look for, trends to be wary of, the interleague influx and other stuff you need to know for the season
THE CONTENDERS ARE MANY, AND TIGHTLY BUNCHED. THE RAYS WILL EMERGE, BUT THIS YEAR EVERYONE WILL GET A TASTE OF MUST-WIN PRESSURE. WOULD YOU WANT TO LOSE TO THE AL'S NEWEST—AND WEAKEST—TEAM?
By Ben Reiter
STILL THINK THE AL IS THE BETTER LEAGUE? TAKE OFF THAT SNUGGIE AND STOP LIVING IN 2009. BY THE TIME THEY CONQUER THEIR NL RIVALS THIS YEAR, THE NATIONALS WILL BE MORE THAN READY FOR THE FALL CLASSIC
By Albert Chen
In clubhouses from Class A to the majors, even superstars such as Albert Pujols still speak in awe of the promise of Brian Cole
THE MAIL
MARCH MADNESS
SI HAD EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO PLAYER-OF-THE-YEAR FAVORITE TREY BURKE AND THE PRECOCIOUS WOLVERINES AS THEY PREPARED FOR—AND THEN ROLLED THROUGH—THE NCAA TOURNAMENT'S FIRST TWO ROUNDS
FLORIDA GULF COAST MADE HISTORY WITH TWO WINS—AND SHOWED CINDERELLA CAN HAVE SERIOUS UPS
By Tim Layden
ON THE STRIP FOR THE OPENING WEEK OF MARCH MADNESS, IT'S ONE FOR THE MONEY, TWO FOR THE BRO
POINT AFTER
By Steve Rushin
Departments
Two Longhorns coaches slept with students. One was forced from her job. One was promoted. Is there a double standard at UT?
The men behind the schools that make March the maddest month
Baseball escalated its war on PEDs by suing the Biogenesis clinic but risks opening itself to scrutiny
An unusually aggressive Joey Logano is making enemies fast on the Cup circuit
Ryan Miller is a good goalie on a bad team—but will reeling Buffalo really trade him to a contender?
By Sarah Kwak
The U.S. won a snowy qualifier—the latest instance of home field gamesmanship
By Grant Wahl
By Mark Bechtel
By Dan Patrick
Edited by Alexandra Fenwick
The Case for ... Streakbusting
By Phil Taylor