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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."