March 01, 2010 | Volume 112, Issue 9

It baffles me that whenever a black athlete takes a different approach in a sport dominated by whites (Olympic Preview, Alone at the Top, Feb. 8) suspicion seems to surround that effort. While...

Founder: Henry R. Luce 1898--1967

The mea culpa heard round the world was a sad performance

Who's Hot

WHOM DO YOU LEAST WANT ON THE LINE AT GAME'S END

With typical pugnacity, Denver's George Karl again deals with cancer

Luge silver medalist David Moeller, from Germany, broke an incisor after a photographer asked him to bite his medal for a picture.

Died

Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Ballan proudly request your attendance....

Bjorn Ferry

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The story of a college coach's personal torment

Why the NHL needs to be in the '14 Games

NBC Presents: Verse on Ice!

The Interview

Olivia Zaleski

A defensive-minded crew at Richmond is conjuring up memories of the school's giant killers past

Siena is out of the running for an at-large bid. The Saints may be ranked 36th in the RPI, but their loss at Butler last Saturday dropped them to 0--4 against teams ranked in the top 50 of the...

By making the Match Play his first win on U.S. soil, flashy Ian Poulter backed up a vow he made in 2008

Who made the best and worst deadline deals? Here's a hint: Houston, you won't have a problem scoring

The brilliant and often baffling Bode Miller roared from behind in the combined to win his first gold ever, leading the U.S. Alpine team to a record number of medals

The U.S.'s Evan Lysacek upset ice skating's status quo—and Vladimir Putin—by jumping to the top of the podium without even attempting a quad

As his rivals unleashed ever more difficult—and dangerous—double corks, high-flying Shaun White simply did everything better, winning gold again and extending U.S. dominance of the halfpipe

Poling Place

In a repeat of his performance four years ago in Turin, Shani Davis won the gold medal in the 1,000 meters but was forced to settle for silver in the 1,500, the Olympic title he covets most

With another heart-stopping run, Apolo Ohno got his record medal and whipped his fans into a frenzy

He didn't win a medal, but Canadian-American Chris Del Bosco and a collection of other skiing outcasts and adrenaline junkies made crash-filled, scary skicross the Olympics' newest hit

Barely a week after his son Brendan died in a car crash, Maple Leafs G.M. Brian Burke was in Vancouver keeping his commitment to the U.S. team he forged—and vowing to champion gay rights in...

The slalom racer from Ghana, the luger from India: They do not care for your mocking tone (though they will tolerate, grudgingly, your utter lack of faith in their medal chances)

The future is bright for the Nets. The present? Decidedly less so, as they stumble toward NBA infamy without any of the endearing quirks that can make terrible teams so much fun

Foreign players such as Gonzaga freshman Elias Harris are proving that they can be as valuable as top American recruits. Thanks to a recent NCAA rule change, even more overseas talent will soon be...

OBP? Sooo 2003. This winter baseball's smart guys—most notably the ones running the Mariners—turned run prevention into the Next Big Thing

Comebacks, hot prospects and a closely watched coach are the talk of camps

Stephen Strasburg, future ace, gets his shot to bail out Washington

In praise of the G.M.'s who made the savviest moves of the off-season

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Ice Queens

Evan Lysacek Figure Skating

SI's fearless NFL expert opines on all the latest news, buzz and inside information. This is just a taste.

The best female ski jumper in the world watches the Winter Olympics from her couch in Park City, Utah, with her dog, Yuki, a yellow Lab she named after the Japanese word for snow. She yells...