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GOLF PLUS
Deere Steve
He may have come up four shots short in his bid for a four-peat in the Quad Cities, but egoless Steve Stricker wasn't complaining
By Gary Van Sickle
BRANDEL CHAMBLEE: LINKS LIONS
By Brandel Chamblee
My Olympic Dream
Four years from now golf will be part of the Games and, like everything else, it's all about Tiger
By Damon Hack
PGA TOUR CONFIDENTIAL
What's the deal with Tiger? Will he win five more majors? Who will have a more successful career, Bubba Watson or Webb Simpson? What do you think of Royal Lytham, and what course in Great Britain is your favorite? And who will win the British Open?
By Michael Bamberger
MY BAG: Ernie Els
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THE MAIL
THE MAIL
EDITOR'S LETTER
Revolutionary Games
By Terry McDonell
Inside: THE WEEK IN SPORTS
Sleeper Sellers
The expanded postseason means almost everyone is still a contender—and the trade market is crowded with buyers
By Albert Chen
HIGH RISK, HIGH REWARD
By Joe Sheehan
Modest Proposals
What deals will go down by the July 31 trade deadline? Good question. But here are five mutually beneficial swaps, involving players rumored to be on the block, that should happen
By Joe Sheehan
A Matter of Balance
The NFL's top rusher says a ground game is key to winning. He's right—but teams still have reason to shy away from elite backs
By Jim Trotter
Lightened Loads
By David Sabino
Lonesome Coyote
Shane Doan has been with Phoenix since the team's days in Winnipeg, but if the ownership situation remains murky, he may bolt
By Michael Farber
Steve Nash in Purple and Gold?
The best and worst of the NBA's silly season, which has been as silly as ever
By Chris Mannix
SECond Rate
A few programs have a (long) shot at ending a certain conference's BCS dominance
By Andy Staples
Dream Teen
Vegas was buzzing about more than Team USA last week. Meet Andrew Wiggins
By Seth Davis
Roger, All That
How peculiar it once seemed that Roger Federer insisted that he was still one of the sport's giants—how peculiar now that we didn't believe him
By S.L. Price
Olympic Preview
LONDON
By Alexander Wolff
What's New
By Sarah Kwak
Duel Meet
By Kelli Anderson
Show Stopper
By Kelli Anderson
Girls Rule
Leading the best U.S. squad ever, Jordyn Wieber and Gabby Douglas will team up—and face off—for glory and gold
By Brian Cazeneuve
Meet Team USA
By Phil Taylor
Out with A Bang
By Ian Thomsen
Second Act
By Tim Layden
Back In the Running
By Tim Layden
All for One
By Tim Layden
Arab Spring
By David Epstein
Medal Picks
By Brian Cazeneuve
POINT AFTER
And Now, The In-Decision
By Phil Taylor
Departments
Masthead
Shattered
In picking up the pieces of Joe Paterno's football program, Penn State should embark on a new Grand Experiment
By Michael Rosenberg
HOT | NOT
FOR THE RECORD
Warning Shot
The owners made an aggressive opening play in the NHL's labor negotiations
By Michael Farber
Third World Charm?
A new documentary probes beneath the romance of Dominican baseball
By Melissa Segura
HOBBY HOARD
A cardboard gold mine is unearthed in Ohio
By Dan Greene
FACES IN THE CROWD
Edited by Alexandra Fenwick
Back in The Game
An athlete with Down syndrome is (finally) cleared to play again
By Phil Taylor
JUST MY TYPE
By Dan Patrick
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