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Articles in June 16, 2006, issue of Sporting News, The

• To know list: 7 things to make you an instant expert this week
• Finally, the Finals: Shaq, Dirk and the refs will determine whether the Heat or Mavericks turn their first trip to the show into a title
  by Stan McNeal
• N.L. Central
• Squeeze play
  by Chris Bahr
• On deck: the week ahead in sports
  by Kyle Veltrop
• Scouts views: an Eastern Conference scout looks at the Heat's role players
• You have to hand it to Piazza for keeping a firm hold on a catching job
  by Brad Lefton
• The world's game flaunts beauty and beasts
  by Dave Kindred
• Coming at you
• Last laugh: having ditched his bad reputation when he moved to Edmonton, star defenseman Chris Pronger is primed for a Stanley Cup run
  by Chris Pronger
• N.L. West
• Bob Hille's starting 5
• Counter measures: the Super Bowl teams aren't going away after sound—but much different—reactions to being poached. Check out our offseason grades for the Steelers and the Seahawks—and the 30 other teams
  by Phil Barber
• 'Rowdy' needs to calm down
  by Lee Spencer
• Safe at home: coaching a little league team can take you back, back, way back …
  by Tricia Garner
• Reason to roar: failure? Tigers fans know failure. That's why their club's early success is so sweet
  by Steven Douglas Losey
• Pistons must keep their sparkplug
  by Ira Winderman
• Your turn: you rant, we listen
• Who's in right? … And left? … And center?
  by Mike Berardino
• Head coach wannabes need more than flash in their caches
  by Dan Pompei
• Blog on
• A.L. East
• Inside the AFC
• Radio star: real talk from a fan on Sporting News Radio
• A.L. Central
• Focus: impact newcomers
• Wing men: of course, Tiger and Phil will be the big stories at next week's U.S. Open. Just not the only ones
  by Noah Liberman
• A.L. West
• When easier is too easy
  by Matt Hayes
• ArenaBowl 20? That's right—20. The league with the tiny fields and titanic scores must be doing a whole lot right.
  by Paul Day
• N.L. East
• Ringing in sanctions
  by Mike DeCourcy