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PEYTON MANNING “Wow, uh, I gotta tell ya, Ron, I wasn’t prepared for this interview to go in this direction.” INTERVIEWED BY RON BURGUNDY
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ANTHONY DAVIS “It was amazing to see how everything had changed in the blink of an eye.” INTERVIEWED BY CHRIS BROUSSARD
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ORAL HISTORY: RAY ALLEN’S MIRACLE IN MIAMI “Anybody who has been around me knows that it wasn’t luck.” INTERVIEWED BY BRIAN
WINDHORST AND TOM HABERSTROH
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MARION BARTOLI “My whole body was begging me to stop. The decision was really easy for me to make.” INTERVIEWED BY SHAUN ASSAEL
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LEONARD MARSHALL “I love my daughter. I’m concerned the NFL won’t be there for that little girl.” INTERVIEWED BY PETER KEATING
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NICK FOLES “Every time I threw a pass, the defender would suddenly fall down. I can’t explain that game.” INTERVIEWED BY EDDIE MATZ
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LANCE ARMSTRONG “I’m not sure I was the biggest a—hole in the world, but I definitely played one on TV.” INTERVIEWED BY JOE LINDSEY
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MAX SCHERZER “Everything I’d been working for came down to that moment.” INTERVIEWED BY ROBERT SANCHEZ
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KEVIN WARE “I feel like my leg is stronger now than it has ever been. I’m leg-pressing 245.” INTERVIEWED BY ELENA BERGERON
102 DIANA NYAD “When I’ve sung ‘Me and Bobby McGee’ a thousand times, it’s been 9 hours and 45 minutes.” INTERVIEWED BY MATT MCCUE 104 JIMMIE JOHNSON “I think about it and it doesn’t make sense that I’m mentioned in the same sentence with Petty and Earnhardt.” INTERVIEWED BY RYAN MCGEE 110 PATRICK KANE AND JONATHAN TOEWS “We were going to fight right there in the middle of the night.” INTERVIEWED BY CRAIG CUSTANCE
116 DAVID ROSS “I’m financially secure, and I won a World Series—bucket list complete!” INTERVIEWED BY AMY BRACHMANN
INSIDE
PLAYBOOK
DON’T MISS
14 THE TRUTH The NFL’s weed solution. By Howard Bryant
20 ZOOM Get inside Harrison Barnes’ head.
27 NFL An idiot’s guide to watching football.
36 COLLEGE BASKETBALL The effect of hoops’ new hands-free policy.
16 THE NUMBERS Hockey’s simple truth. By Peter Keating
22 ZOOM The Green Monster’s markings.
32 COLLEGE FOOTBALL A controversy-free playoffs? No chance.
38 NHL The Kessels are ready to storm Sochi.
18 ZOOM The Seahawks’ festive superfans.
124 THE FIX Rick Majerus’ wisdom. By Chris Jones
34 NBA How to cripple a franchise in 23 steps.
40 SPORTIFACT This 6-iron hits some great moon balls.
42 GENERATION JUNE The antigovernment protests that rage in Brazil are not about the World Cup alone, but they terrify the authorities and threaten to disrupt soccer’s marquee event next summer. By Wright Thompson
cover photograph by PETER YANG AND EMILY SHUR FERRELL: MAKEUP BY CATHERINE FURNISS/CELESTINE AGENCY; HAIR BY BRIDGET COOK; WARDROBE BY MARYLOU LIM; PROP STYLING BY NICK TORTORICI; PRODUCTION BY LAURA K ATZENBERG/PRODUCIT; MANNING: GROOMING BY JENECE AMELLA, PRODUCTION BY LISA SCHRAG. THIS PAGE: EMILY SHUR
120 STEPHEN CURRY “Throwing your body on the line every day, that’s the one thing that scares me.” INTERVIEWED BY SAM ALIPOUR
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MIKAELA SHIFFRIN MELISSA ARNOT ANDRE WILLIAMS MAYA MOORE SCOTT DIXON SEBASTIAN VETTEL LINDSEY VONN U.S. MEN’S SOCCER TEAM
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