May 5, 2014 Table Of Contents
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THE MAIL
2014 NFL DRAFT PREVIEW
SI ASSEMBLED A TOPFLIGHT TEAM OF PASSING EXPERTS TO PICK APART THIS YEAR'S MOST INTRIGUING PROSPECT
By Peter King
IT'S AS BAD A TIME AS EVER TO BE A YOUNG RB
By Andy Staples
By Chris Burke
AS TRENDS EVOLVE, SO DO PERSONNEL NEEDS. HERE ARE FOUR SKILL SETS OF CRUCIAL IMPORTANCE IN 2014—AND THE PROSPECTS WHO CAN FILL THEM BEST
By Doug Farrar
STANLEY CUP PLAYOFFS
The playoff beard is a cute badge of honor, its thickness a measure of how deep a team goes into the postseason. Those two dozen stitches in the mug, that four-tooth gap, that broken leg you finish out your shift with? Those are the badges of courage by which the NHL measures itself come spring
BASEBALL
By Joe Sheehan
SPECIAL REPORT
By Andy Staples
NBA PLAYOFFS
POINT AFTER
By Franz Lidz
Departments
After 32 years SI's Gary Smith is retiring from magazine writing. But his influence—like his best leads—will stick with us
By S.L. Price
Many athletes have dabbled in the sport of kings, including current owners Wes Welker (horse: Undrafted), Michael Phelps and Wayne Rooney. No sports figure has a starter in this year's Derby, but a few have had success inside and outside of Churchill Downs
By Kalyn Kahler
Klay Thompson's ABCs of swish
Edited by Alexandra Fenwick
By Interview by Dan Patrick
The Case for ... Major League Horse Racing
By David Israel