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
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July 23, 2012
GOLF PLUS
Four years from now golf will be part of the Games and, like everything else, it's all about Tiger
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?
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LEADING OFF
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EDITOR'S LETTER
Inside: THE WEEK IN SPORTS
The expanded postseason means almost everyone is still a contender—and the trade market is crowded with buyers
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
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
Shane Doan has been with Phoenix since the team's days in Winnipeg, but if the ownership situation remains murky, he may bolt
The best and worst of the NBA's silly season, which has been as silly as ever
A few programs have a (long) shot at ending a certain conference's BCS dominance
Vegas was buzzing about more than Team USA last week. Meet Andrew Wiggins
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
Olympic Preview
Leading the best U.S. squad ever, Jordyn Wieber and Gabby Douglas will team up—and face off—for glory and gold
POINT AFTER
Departments
In picking up the pieces of Joe Paterno's football program, Penn State should embark on a new Grand Experiment
The owners made an aggressive opening play in the NHL's labor negotiations
A new documentary probes beneath the romance of Dominican baseball
A cardboard gold mine is unearthed in Ohio
An athlete with Down syndrome is (finally) cleared to play again