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GEORGE SPRINGER'S
Fervor
P. 38
MARTAVIS BRYANT'S
Homecoming
P. 44
HIDEKI IRABU'S
Last Days
P. 60
SOCCER'S NEXT BIG THING
NEYMAR
On Chasing His First World Cup
On Being the Man in Brazil (and Paris?!)
On Having the Spotlight All to Himself
BY BRIAN STRAUS
Photograph by Robert Beck
P. 28
"It might be the toughest season of my life."