June 3, 2019 Table Of Contents

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LEADING OFF

LEADING OFF

EDITORS' LETTER

TEAM SPIRIT

By The Editors OF SPORTS ILLUSTRATED

INBOX

INBOX

WOMEN'S WORLD CUP PREVIEW 2019

USA IN PINOE VERITAS

By Jenny Vrentas

CRYSTAL, CLEAR

By Laken Litman

MEET THE 23

By Avi Creditor

5 MINUTE GUIDE

By Laken Litman

RISING SAN

Japan, the runner-up from four years ago, has deep ties to the U.S.—but it's not all about avenging defeat in the last World Cup

By Grant Wahl

A TEAM IS BORN

By Grant Wahl

A timeline of PROGRESS (and regress) in women's soccer

By Laken Litman

TOO SOON?

By Chris Ballard

NBA FINALS

GREEN DAYS

By Rob Mahoney

COOL DADDY

By ANDREW SHARP

BACK TO THE FUTURE

By Chris Ballard

STANLEY CUP FINAL 2019

THE LONG WAY BACK

By Michael Farber

ANTOINE DAVIS

WEIGHT AND SEE

By L. Jon Wertheim

50 YEARS OF THE SAVE

RISE AND FALL OF THE SAVE

By EMMA BACCELLIERI

CLOSING TIME

By Tom Verducci

THE SOCCER WAR

"BANANA REPUBLICS HAVING A WAR OVER A SOCCER GAME OR SOME THING ..."

By Michael McKnight

POINT AFTER

BART STARR 1934-2019

By Tim Layden

Departments

A FORCE DE TOUR

By Michael Rosenberg

OF ROYAL LINEAGE

BILL BUCKNER 1949-2019

TROPHY LIFE

By Jacob Feldman

THE GOOD RACE

A PROGRAM HELPS CANCER SURVIVORS GO FROM TREATMENT TO TRIATHLON

By JEREMY FUCHS

FACES IN THE CROWD

Edited by JEREMY FUCHS

Game of Throws

By JEREMY FUCHS