Sports Illustrated - USA (2022-05)

MLB

MAY 2022 5

46

BASEBALL NEEDS

BUZZ

The game will

look radically

different over

the next five

years. Its future

depends on it

BY TOM VERDUCCI

51

JUAN SOTO

The greatest

hitting

prodigy since

Ted Williams

dominates

with his mind

and bat

BY TOM VERDUCCI

NBA

58

JOEL EMBIID

Throughout

a season of

uncertainty in

Philly, he has

been the Sixers’

unshakable

anchor

BY CHRIS MANNIX

Soccer

66

A DECADE OF NWSL

No club better

embodies the

triumph and

turmoil of the

league, entering

Year 10, than

Washington

BY EMMA BACCELLIERI

Rugby

72

CLUB VS. MAFIA

In Sicily, a

small rugby

outfit offers

hope—and

learns the cost

of crossing

the mob

BY SEAN WILLIAMS

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FEATURES

28

FEEL THE RUSH

The edge talent in this

draft could turn the tide

of a QB-led league

BY CONOR ORR

36

AIDAN HUTCHINSON

The Michigan DE is out

to prove he’s about

more than max effort

BY PAT FORDE

40

KAYVON THIBODEAUX

Oregon’s star rusher

is tired of how others

have defined him

BY GREG BISHOP

DRAFT PREVIEW

LINEUP

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