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
HIGH RISK, HIGH REWARD
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
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
Lightened Loads
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
Steve Nash in Purple and Gold?
The best and worst of the NBA's silly season, which has been as silly as ever
SECond Rate
A few programs have a (long) shot at ending a certain conference's BCS dominance
Dream Teen
Vegas was buzzing about more than Team USA last week. Meet Andrew Wiggins
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
Olympic Preview
LONDON
What's New
Duel Meet
Show Stopper
Girls Rule
Leading the best U.S. squad ever, Jordyn Wieber and Gabby Douglas will team up—and face off—for glory and gold
Meet Team USA
Out with A Bang
Second Act
Back In the Running
All for One
Arab Spring
Medal Picks
Departments
Masthead
Shattered
In picking up the pieces of Joe Paterno's football program, Penn State should embark on a new Grand Experiment
HOT | NOT
FOR THE RECORD
Warning Shot
The owners made an aggressive opening play in the NHL's labor negotiations
Third World Charm?
A new documentary probes beneath the romance of Dominican baseball
HOBBY HOARD
A cardboard gold mine is unearthed in Ohio
FACES IN THE CROWD
Back in The Game
An athlete with Down syndrome is (finally) cleared to play again
JUST MY TYPE