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LINEUP
NHL PLAYOFFS
36 Jaw-Dropping
Healed and motivated, Sidney Crosby is back and taking a bite out of the playoffs
BY MICHAEL ROSENBERG
PEN PALS
Crosby and friends celebrated his second Game 2 goal at the Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh during the Penguins' first-round series with the Islanders.
FEATURES
KENTUCKY DERBY
44 Saving Race
Orb's slog to victory brought sunshine to three men who have seen dark days
BY TIM LAYDEN
NBA PLAYOFFS
48 Space Men
A tribute to the perimeter shooters who give the stars room to operate
BY CHRIS BALLARD
• Stephen Curry creates his own space
SPECIAL REPORT
54 Drinking, Driving and Dying
After everything, shouldn't Josh Brent and Jerry Brown have known better?
BY THOMAS LAKE
BASEBALL
62 A Risk Worth Taking
Oakland's bet on Cuba's Yoenis Cespedes is making the A's look smart—again
BY BEN REITER
DEPARTMENTS
4 SI Digital
6 Leading Off
12 The Mail
15 Scorecard
Robbie Rogers's turn?
24 Faces in the Crowd
27 Just My Type
Metta World Peace gets meta
BY DAN PATRICK
68 Point After
Season lost, life saved
BY STEVE RUSHIN
ON THE COVER: Photograph by Eliot J. Schechter/NHLI/Getty Images (Crosby); Rocky Widner/NBAE/Getty Images (Curry)
PHOTO
FRED VUICH FOR SPORTS ILLUSTRATED
