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2 SI Digital

4 Leading Off

10 The Mail

12 Scorecard

22 Faces in The Crowd

23 Just My Type

Dan Patrick: Little E on speeding tickets and turning 40

64 Point After

Lee Jenkins: Remembering Tony Gwynn

STANLEY CUP

34 The Kings

Behind the sublime play of defenseman Drew Doughty, resourceful Los Angeles won its second Cup in three years. And the reign may just be beginning—this team is built to last

By Brian Cazeneuve

Features

NBA FINALS

26 The Spurs

With a gorgeous display of passing, San Antonio picked apart Miami and claimed its fifth NBA title

By Lee Jenkins

NBA DRAFT

42 Noah Vonleh

Teams make big bets on players like the Indiana forward, who played just one college season

By Chris Mannix

IN REMEMBRANCE

46 Chuck Noll

The Steelers' coach imbued the franchise with an aura of excellence that lives on

By Tim Layden

• The Coach I Knew by Rocky Bleier

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

52 The Big Ten

Rutgers and Maryland are changing conferences for more than cable TV money. It's about survival

By Stewart Mandel

BASEBALL

58 The A's

They're doing it again: winning with value players who thrive by being themselves

By Albert Chen

SI HAS REGIONAL COVERS THIS WEEK: GREG NELSON FOR SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (SPURS); DONALD MIRALLE FOR SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (KINGS); JAMES DRAKE FOR SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (NOLL)

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PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVE SANDFORD/NHLI/GETTY IMAGES

CROWNING MOMENT Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist was despondent after L.A.'s Alec Martinez scored the Stanley Cup--clinching goal in double overtime of Game 5.