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INSIDE 10 THE TRUTH The MLB bank is open. By Howard Bryant 12 THE BEEF How to fix college hoops. By Jay Bilas 14 ZOOM The dirty secret of Iowa’s laundry room. 16 ZOOM The soccer bubble hasn’t popped … yet. 96 THE FIX The audacity of Tomas Hertl. By Chris Jones
PLAYBOOK 21 NFL The newest form of option football. 26 BODY SHOT LaRon Landry on his bulging biceps.
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28 COLLEGE FOOTBALL Beasts of the (SEC) East? Think again. 32 NBA Eric Bledsoe takes our scout off the bounce.
Juco transfer Chris Jones has Louisville (No. 6 in our power rankings) thinking repeat.
34 NHL Patrice Bergeron is tougher than you. 36 SOCCER Not even Mexico can screw this up, right? 38 SURFING Surf’s up! How to ride a big wave like a pro.
DON’T MISS 40 GONE FISHING Rolando McClain fled the NFL to keep from unraveling. Is there any return? By Seth Wickersham
FEATURES 49 COLLEGE HOOPS TIP-OFF Ready or not, here they come: A bevy of super-hyped young’uns are ready to take over the college hoops scene. 50 THE BEST 121 DAYS OF HIS LIFE The surest of sure things, Kansas phenom Andrew Wiggins isn’t coasting through his limited time in Lawrence. By Elena Bergeron
58 THEY DID WHAT?!?!! Five first-round locks who put the pros on hold. By Jordan Brenner 60 THE RETURN OF RUSSDICULOUS The NBA wasn’t interested, so Russ Smith is back for a final ride at Louisville. As told to Morty Ain 62 ESPN POWER RANKINGS Surprise! Kentucky’s kids are No. 1. But who’s nipping at their heels?
cover photograph by JOHN LOOMIS; logo design by ALLAN PETERS THIS PAGE: DYLAN COULTER
80 TANKAPALOOZA ’14: HOW TO WIN BY LOSING An NBA GM’s guide to tanking, and Chad Ford’s first-round mock of the draft that has everyone talking. 82 THE NEAR-DEATH AND ALL-AMERICAN LIFE OF ORLANDO ANTIGUA Coach Cal’s top assistant survived a bullet to become one of the most feared recruiters. By Tim Keown
90 COLLEGE BASKETBALL CONFIDENTIAL College ballers dish on getting paid, shaving points and making a pass at the coach’s daughter. 92 “HOLY CRAP, THEY GAVE ME ANOTHER CHANCE.” Once a rebel, always a rebel. Marshall Henderson knows he can’t shake his past; he’s just glad Ole Miss took him back. By Andy Katz
11/11/2013 ESPN The Magazine
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