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May 20, 2013 Table Of Contents
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GOLF PLUS
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 Steve Flesch
AFTER LEARNING HIS CHILDHOOD BUDDY HAD DIED IN A CAR ACCIDENT, RYAN PALMER PLAYED ON AND TURNED IN HIS BEST SHOWING AT TPC SAWGRASS
LEADING OFF
THE MAIL
NBA PLAYOFFS
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
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
FORTUNATE FIFTY
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
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
MATT HARVEY
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
By Joe Sheehan
Departments
Migrating former All-Stars like Dontrelle Willis are landing on Long Island for one last fling with the minor league Ducks
By Albert Chen
A new film celebrates the unorthodox career and singular voice of George Plimpton
After a fatal practice crash, the question is: Are the new America's Cup boats just too dangerous?
By Jim Gorant
Some of the stories you might have missed from the past month in the wild world of soccer
Edited by Alexandra Fenwick
By Dan Patrick
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
Teen phenoms don't always pan out—Alexandre Daigle, anyone?—but these alltime greats couldn't miss
By Sarah Kwak
By Rob Mahoney
