See, nearly 3,000 kids die every day in Africa from malaria. And according to the World Health Organization, transmission of the disease would be reduced by 60% with the use of mosquito nets and prompt treatment for the infected. <div class="inner-container"> <img src="https://via.hypothes.is/im_/https://vault-cdn.si.com/SI_ISSUE_IMAGES/Sports%20Illustrated/2006/05/20060501/Sports_Illustrated_727640_20060501-001-250.jpg" alt=""> </div> Table of Contents X <div class="inner-container"> <img src="https://via.hypothes.is/im_/https://vault-cdn.si.com/SI_ISSUE_IMAGES/Sports%20Illustrated/2006/05/20060501/Sports_Illustrated_727640_20060501-001-250.jpg" alt=""> </div> April 30, 2006 Buy the Cover Browse the Magazine SI Bonus Section: Golf Plus Spiderman Unmasked By Luis Fernando Llosa Lost Winners Has the Legends forgotten something? By Jim Gorant Big Play with Mitchell Spearman By Mitchell Spearman Playing Through Every stroke I took last week reminded me of Dick Harmon By Lucas Glover Air and Space Writer's Block ... and Tackles By Steve Rushin SI Players: Life On and Off the Field Mike Modano STARS CENTER As told to Yi-Wyn Yen Who's Hot / Who's Not End of a Bumpy Ride By Gerald Green The Pop Culture Grid The Questions with Brian Giles Padres Outfielder Getting Dunked On It's no fun being a defender when an NBA stud decides to pin the tale on the dunkee 2006 NFL Draft Preview The Ultimate Gamble In the treacherous process of selecting college talent, a first-round decision can make or break a franchise. This year no top prospect poses a greater risk-or promises a bigger reward-than Texas quarterback Vince Young By Peter King Marks of a Winner NFL talent evaluators look for these 10 essentials when figuring whether a college passer has what it takes to succeed at the league's premier position By Peter King The Trojans' Other Horse The player called Thunder to Reggie Bush's Lightning looked to be a first-round lock, but a tepid performance at USC's pro day has scouts puzzling over his potential By Michael Silver Playing to Type--and Against It For these kinds of prospects, potential pitfalls abound-but the decision-makers know that past performance is no guarantee of future results By Bill Syken and Ben Reiter Yardsticks, Wonderlics At the combine, on pro days and in individual workouts, scouts employ a mosaic of measures to size up potential picks physically and mentally By Peter King The Wrong Stuff In a first round top-heavy with quarterbacks, fledgling Cleveland wagered the No. 1 pick on Tim Couch of Kentucky. Big mistake By Peter King Dr. Z's Mock Draft Fearless forecast: Reggie going to the Texans, Matt to the Titans, Vince to the Raiders--and a load of wailing from quarterback-hungry Jets fans By Paul Zimmerman SOCCER Taking on the World The coach who led the U.S. to its surprise World Cup run four years ago is at it again, using psychology and ACC hoops insights to ready his team for a killer first-round Cup group By Grant Wahl Pro Hockey Fire and Ice Nearly two years after the last postseason puck was dropped, the playoffs returned with a renewed passion, a familiar intensity, power plays of all kinds--and, of course, people throwing stuff By Michael Farber Stealing the Spotlight Overlooked by the opposition, lesser-known players are once again proving to be surprise weapons in the postseason By Yi-Wyn Yen Features Pat Riley Won't Give In Machiavellian. Redemptive. Necessary. Each of those words has been used to describe the Miami coach's decision to return to the bench this season, and in what could be his last shot at one more title, the heat has never been more intense By S.L. Price 5 Matchups That Matter With the help of an NBA scout, SI's Jack McCallum broke down individual battles that will be pivotal in the first round By Jack McCallum Inside Inside: The Week In Sports Baseball By Albert Chen Tom Verducci's View By Tom Verducci College Football By Stewart Mandel Life of Reilly Nothing But Nets By Rick Reilly Departments Best in Class A trio of Tar Heels recruits, led by guard Tywon Lawson, was the talk of Michael Jordan's all-star game By Mark Beech Inside Cover Description Leading Off Letters What's Your Line? If it's a steady stream of B.S., then congratulations: There's probably a job in the world of sports that's just perfect for you By Stanley Bing Draft Dodgers Forget QBs with strong arms--the truth is the scarcest commodity in the NFL draft By Nunyo Demasio For the Record April Flowers Q&A Jeff Bridges The 56-year-old actor (The Big Lebowski) plays a girls' gymnastics coach in the comedy Stick It, which opens on April 28 By Richard Deitsch The Beat By Adam Duerson Week Ahead What to watch and watch for By Chris Mannix Faces in the Crowd <div class="inner-container"> <img src="https://via.hypothes.is/im_/https://vault-cdn.si.com/SI_ISSUE_IMAGES/Sports%20Illustrated/2006/05/20060501/Sports_Illustrated_727640_20060501-001-2048.jpg" alt=""> </div>