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GOLF PLUS

Great Divide

AT THE PLAYERS, TIGER WOODS TURNED IN ANOTHER BREATHTAKING PERFORMANCE, YET HIS VICTORY WAS TEMPERED BY A SOAP-OPERA SIDESHOW WITH A LONGTIME ADVERSARY

By Michael Bamberger

STEVE FLESCH: SHAME ON VIJAY

By Steve Flesch

Friend Bequest

AFTER LEARNING HIS CHILDHOOD BUDDY HAD DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT, RYAN PALMER PLAYED ON AND TURNED IN HIS BEST SHOWING AT TPC SAWGRASS

By Gary Van Sickle

MY BAG: Bubba Watson

By Rob Sauerhaft

LEADING OFF

LEADING OFF

THE MAIL

THE MAIL

NBA PLAYOFFS

HANGIN' WITH THE GRIZZ

FOR SEVEN DAYS SI WENT BEHIND THE SCENES WITH MEMPHIS AS THE WESTERN CONFERENCE CONTENDERS IMPROVISED A GAME PLAN FOR THE THUNDER, BOUNCED BACK FROM A GRUELING DEFEAT—AND GOT THEIR HAIR CUT JUST RIGHT

By Lee Jenkins

SPECIAL REPORT

What Still Ails Penn State

AT A TIME WHEN FOOTBALL SAFETY HAS NEVER BEEN MORE SCRUTINIZED, CHANGES IN THE UNIVERSITY'S ONCE-EXEMPLARY MEDICAL CARE BELIE PROMISES TO REIN IN THE ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT AND OPERATE TRANSPARENTLY

By David Epstein

FORTUNATE FIFTY

Fortunate 50

SI'S 10TH ANNUAL LIST OF THE MOST HIGHLY COMPENSATED ATHLETES IN THE U.S IS HEADLINED BY A BOXER BUT DOMINATED BY BASEBALL PLAYERS, WHO OCCUPY EXACTLY HALF THE SPOTS

By Daniel Roberts

Words with... FLOYD MONEY MAYWEATHER

THE BEST FIGHTER OF HIS GENERATION AND THE WORLD'S HIGHEST-PAID ATHLETE (WITH A MONIKER TO MATCH) OPENS UP ABOUT THE ART OF MAKING—AND SPENDING—A BUCK

By L. Jon Wertheim

MATT HARVEY

The Dark Knight of Gotham

Baseball belongs to young power arms, the most fascinating of which is the Mets' Matt Harvey. Armed with four plus pitches--and a chip on his shoulder from a draft slight six years ago--he just might end up owning a Yankees town.

By Tom Verducci

POINT AFTER

Upgrading The Umps

By Joe Sheehan

Departments

Misfit Boys Of Summer

Migrating former All-Stars like Dontrelle Willis are landing on Long Island for one last fling with the minor league Ducks

By Albert Chen

HOT | NOT

A Grand Life, by George

A new film celebrates the unorthodox career and singular voice of George Plimpton

By Rebecca Shore

Troubled Waters

After a fatal practice crash, the question is: Are the new America's Cup boats just too dangerous?

By Jim Gorant

Ah, the Beautiful Game

Some of the stories you might have missed from the past month in the wild world of soccer

Faces in the Crowd

Edited by Alexandra Fenwick

Just My Type

By Dan Patrick

The Next Next Next One

Every generation produces a prodigy tapped to be the new face of hockey. So here comes Connor McDavid, who at 16 looks like the heir to Orr, Gretzky and Crosby

By Brian Cazeneuve

The Surest Things

Teen phenoms don't always pan out—Alexandre Daigle, anyone?—but these alltime greats couldn't miss

By Sarah Kwak

The Case for ... Mark Jackson

By Rob Mahoney