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MONEYBALL • Mississippi quarterback Trinidad Chambliss is one of the highest paid stars in college football. As BOMANI JONES reports, he’s also the face of an epic showdown with the NCAA
GAME CHANGER • Forget Super Bowl watch parties and last-minute Stubhubbing—luxury sports tourism is here. LEAH FAYE COOPER breaks down the big spenders in the big leagues
WHAT’S YOUR FANTASY? • As Mormon wives dance with the stars, Love Islanders turn traitorous, and Bravo bad boys check into a house of villains, good reality TV has proven to be a team sport. Loosely inspired by fantasy football, SAVANNAH WALSH sets a must-watch draft
SPEND IT LIKE BECKHAM • For the ultrawealthy, boats or jets are yesterday’s toys. DEREK C. BLASBERG digs into how owning a sports team became the last bastion of status for a well-moneyed few
PRACTICE SESSION • It’s the summer of soccer, and you don’t speak a lick of Soccerese. Not sure where to begin? Fear not, JACK HOLMES has your World Cup cheat sheet
KYLE SMITH • The NFL’s fashion editor makes the players look good—win or lose—for every game. Call it tunnel vision
GOOOOOALS! • What’s better than one famous fan preening courtside? Two household names lighting up the jumbotron—one old-school, the other next-gen. CHRIS MURPHY explains who’s who
Keep Outside the House That Always Wins • This is an American sports story about addiction and attention—one KIESE MAKEBA LAYMON has only told to his casino friends after losing his paycheck and nearly the rest of his life
Kissing the Ring • Turns out the most powerful man in Hollywood, at least for a moment, is NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. LACHLAN CARTWRIGHT chops it up with the mogul entertaining bids from every studio head in town, as they duke it out for the most valuable thing on TV
KING OF THE COURT • As the brightest star on the men’s tennis scene, Carlos Alcaraz draws attention whether he likes it or not. JOSÉ CRIALES-UNZUETA speaks to the Spaniard about his rise to number one and the rivalry that promises the future of his sport
RARE AIR • Whether she’s shooting three-pointers or walking the red carpet, the WNBA’s four-time MVP doesn’t miss. ERIN VANDERHOOF catches up with A’jaWilson
THE TIPPING POINT • After 17 months of heated negotiations and decades of inequity, the WNBA and its players reached a deal this spring that has completely transformed women’s basketball. YOHANA DESTA spent an afternoon with Clara Wu Tsai, the billionaire owner of the New York Liberty, to talk about the league’s next chapter and the expansion that will forever change women’s professional sports
THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR • Kylian Mbappé was crowned football’s future king when he was just a teenager, but AIDAN MCLAUGHLIN meets the captain of Les Bleus at a turbulent time. He’s weathered attacks on his French identity while serving as his nation’s chief diplomat, endured criticism of his game while scoring goals by the hatful. He’s on top of the world—and under unfathomable pressure. Everything is on the line at this summer’s World Cup…
UNITED NATIONS • Every World Cup is the biggest event in human history. This summer, it’s coming to North America. But down in Mexico this spring, as three nations fight for one ticket to the big show, FRANKLIN LEONARD finds far more than goals or red cards...