Who is the next breakout star from Cuba? To see what SI's baseball experts think of leading candidates Jorge Soler of the Cubs and Yasiel Puig of the Dodgers, go to SI.com/mag

Money-conscious Oakland shelled out $9 million a year for a Cuban slugger no other team would touch at that price. Now Yoenis Cespedes is drawing comparisons to Bo Jackson and, ahem, Willie Mays—and proving yet again...

On a spring day in 2011, Cameron Lyle walked into Memorial Union at the University of New Hampshire and did what lots of other people on campus were doing. "Athletes were encouraged to get their mouths swabbed," says...

COLLEGE ATHLETE OF THE YEAR

PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES DON'T CAUSE MORE DUI FATALITIES THAN OTHER AMERICANS—THEY JUST MAKE MORE HEADLINES. BUT WITH SO MANY HIGH-PROFILE TRAGEDIES IN RECENT YEARS, WHY DID JOSH BRENT AND JERRY BROWN NOT LEARN FROM THEM?

To see exclusive Kentucky Derby video from SPORTS ILLUSTRATED senior writer Tim Layden and photographer Bill Frakes, go to SI.com/mag

ON A DREARY DAY AT CHURCHILL DOWNS FAVORED ORB CHARGED TO A ROUSING VICTORY IN THE KENTUCKY DERBY, PROVIDING SWEET REDEMPTION FOR TWO OWNERS AND A TRAINER WHO HAD EACH ENDURED MOMENTS OF EPIC MISFORTUNE

And then there's Warriors point guard Stephen Curry, who doesn't need anyone's help to find room to get off a shot

For more from Chris Ballard on Stephen Curry, plus complete up-to-the-minute NBA playoff coverage, go to SI.com/mag

THE DURATION OF THE PLAYOFF JOURNEYS OF MANY TEAMS (THE SUPERSTAR-LADEN HEAT INCLUDED) WILL BE DETERMINED IN LARGE PART BY THE SEDENTARY SHOOTERS WHO GIVE THE BIG NAMES ROOM TO OPERATE