July 22, 2013 Table Of Contents
GOLF PLUS
After a pair of heartbreaking playoff losses in majors on the PGA Tour, Kenny Perry picked up his first national championship in record-setting fashion
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LEADING OFF
THE MAIL
MLB SECOND HALF PREVIEW '13
AFTER TWO DECADES AS BASEBALL CHUM, THESE PIRATES AND THEIR SHARK TANK (THAT'S THE LIGHTS-OUT BULLPEN) HAVE SOME REAL TEETH—AND THEY'VE RE-STIRRED A ROMANCE WITH THEIR CITY
By Ben Reiter
WHAT'S WORKING IN BOSTON? HITTING, PITCHING AND STAYING —MOSTLY—OFF THE DL
By Albert Chen
IN WHICH A GROUP OF UNDERVALUED, OVERLOOKED PLAYERS SURPRISE IN OAKLAND
By Albert Chen
EVEN ATOP THE NL EAST THE BRAVES HAVE UNDERPERFORMED. THAT'S CHANGING
By Ben Reiter
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE SEASON'S BACK END: MANNY MACHADO'S CHASE FOR AN ANCIENT RECORD (AND MAYBE AN MVP), TRADE- DEADLINE MOVERS, THE VANISHING STEAL, PUIGMANIA AND, OF COURSE, OUR WORLD SERIES REFORECAST (STILL STICKING BY OUR PICK THAT THE NATS WILL REACH ... THE POSTSEASON)
By Joe Sheehan
It'll be 2011 all over again come late October
By Joe Lemire
DEEP IN THE HEART OF SAN FRANCISCO BEATS THE SOUL OF THE GIANTS: FAME-PHOBIC BUSTER POSEY OF TURKEY FARM ROAD, THE GAME'S MOST INDISPENSABLE PLAYER
By Tom Verducci
FEATURES
POINT AFTER
Skating on The Edge in New Orleans
Departments
A college football player's inability to afford a video game that bears his likeness goes to the heart of a lawsuit against the NCAA
Dios Mio, Leo! New Star: Neymar
By Adam Duerson
Edited by Alexandra Fenwick
A record-breaking long-distance swimmer and gifted writer, Lynne Cox will have readers diving in
Positive drug tests for Tyson Gay, Asafa Powell and four others could hobble a sport
By Dan Patrick
Danica Patrick reacts to her critics and talks about searching for the groove at NASCAR's top level
Hoops-obsessed Aaron Gordon, a 6'8" freshman-to-be at Arizona, is about to unleash his rim-rattling jams on the nation—at least for one year
"Tanking [in order to draft higher] happens every year," says one Eastern Conference executive, noting that, "this year it's going to start earlier." Here's the cream of a tantalizing crop
By CHRIS MANIX