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Features

STANLEY CUP FINALS

32

Icy Hot

The NHL is seething, passionate, riotous—and wildly entertaining

By Michael Farber

• The NBA is hot too

NBA FINALS

38

Long-Range D

The barrage of threes can't be stopped, but there are ways to contain it

By Lee Jenkins

BASEBALL

58

Don Mattingly

Getting the highest-priced team in the majors to care as much as he does has been a challenge for Donnie Baseball

By Tom Verducci

SPECIAL REPORT

44

O.J. Simpson

Two decades after his infamous Bronco chase, he's still a mystery

By Greg Bishop and Thayer Evans

WORLD CUP 2014

52

Michael Bradley

The midfield maestro is the best hope for the U.S. to advance in Brazil

By Brian Straus

Departments

2 SI Digital

4 Leading Off

10 The Mail

13 Scorecard

22 Faces in the Crowd

24 Just My Type

Dan Patrick: Grant Hill on his failed Clippers bid

68 Point After

Joe Torre: Baseball will never forget Don Zimmer

ON THE COVER: ROBERT BECK/SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (NHL); GREG NELSON FOR SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (NBA). INSET: ROBERT BECK/SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (NHL); JOHN W. MCDONOUGH/ SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (NBA)

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