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NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP

28 UConn vs. Kentucky

The Huskies and the Wildcats met on Monday night in an unlikely climax to the Final Four

PRO BASKETBALL

38 Patrick Beverley

The well-traveled point guard is the Rockets' postseason X-factor

By Lee Jenkins

SPORTS BUSINESS

44 The Best Deal Ever

How two brothers turned an unwanted ABA franchise into $1 billion, just by going away

By L. Jon Wertheim

BASEBALL

46 Futures Market

Projecting what the sport's economic landscape will look like, this season and beyond

BONUS

50 The Ferrell Brothers

Jonathan and Willie—Florida A&M football standouts who were as close as could be—were never in trouble. So why was Jonathan shot dead by police?

By L. Jon Wertheim

Departments

4 SI Digital

6 Leading Off

12 The Mail

14 Scorecard

18 Faces in The Crowd

19 Just My Type

Dan Patrick: Jared Allen crosses the division line

60 Point After

Steve Rushin: Celebrating the beauty of quitting

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PHOTOGRAPH BY JEFFERY A. SALTER FOR SPORTS ILLUSTRATED

BOXED IN Seven months after Jonathan Ferrell was killed, Willie (left) fights to honor his brother's name.