April 23, 2018 Table Of Contents

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NFL DRAFT 2018

THE BRAND PLAN

By Ben Baskin

MOCK DRAFT The First Round

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BAKER MAYFIELD has no time for your No. 6 pick

By Robert Klemko

PATRICK MAHOMES is ready to show off his fastball

By Jenny Vrentas

Oh, Right—REMEMBER JAKE LOCKER?

By Greg Bishop

HOCKEY

MOURNING GLORIES

By Greg Bishop

WHISTLE MANIA

By ALEX PREWITT

CALLS TO MIND

By Sam Page

MLB

HOLY KAP!

By Tom Verducci

CADDYSHACK

Love 'Shack Baby

By Chris Nashawaty

NBA

LAKERS

By Lee Jenkins

PHILLY FLYERS

By Rohan Nadkarni

A TRIBUTE: WILLIAM NACK

PURE HEART

By William Nack

POINT AFTER

ROCKETS MAN

CHRIS PAUL ON FITTING IN AND GIVING BACK IN HOUSTON

By INTERVIEW BY ROHAN NADKARNI

Departments

LET'S PLAY TWO

ANGELS SENSATION SHOHEI OHTANI IS REMINISCENT OF ANOTHER HURLER WHO COULD ALSO SWING THE BAT A BIT

By Tom Verducci

LOOK OF RUTH

TO FIND A PLAYER LIKE SHOHEI OHTANI, YOU HAVE TO GO BACK 100 YEARS. HERE'S A COMPARISON OF HOW LONG IT TOOK THE ANGELS' ROOKIE AND THE BAMBINO TO REACH THE SAME MILESTONES

By Connor Grossman

CULTURAL EXCHANGE

BASEBALL'S BIGGEST STORY MARKS A VALIDATION OF THE GAME IN JAPAN

By L. Jon Wertheim

WILLIAM NACK 1941-2018

By Tim Layden

HEAD GAMES

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS MENTAL-SKILLS COACH AND FORMER ALL-STAR PITCHER BOB TEWKSBURY DISCUSSES THE HIDDEN GAME OF BASEBALL

By Jamie Lisanti

INTO THE BUZZ SAW

AN SI WRITER TRIES HIS LUCK AT AMERICA'S TOUGHEST GAME SHOW

By Jack Dickey

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