February 29, 1988 Table Of Contents
Business
SHOPS THAT FAN THE ARDOR OF THE FANS
By Tony Imbimbo
The Winter Olympics
America's Brian Boitano gave the performance of his life to defeat that other Brian
By E.M. Swift
No miracle this time for an American hockey team that was woefully weak on defense
Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov of the U.S.S.R. were enchanting in the pairs
By E.M. Swift
Pirmin Zurbriggen won the downhill but fell short of immortality
By William Oscar Johnson
Strong gusts—and Marina Kiehl—blew away the favorites in the women's downhill
By William Oscar Johnson
Eric Flaim ended the U.S. team's week of woe by winning a silver medal in the 1,500
By Rick Reilly
East Germany's Frank-Peter Roetsch was unruffled by the pressure of being favored
East Germany's resolute sliders gobbled up six of nine medals
Doing Finland proud, Marjo Matikainen came on strong to take a gold and two bronzes
ABC's Olympic dilemma: too many hours, too few events
By William Taaffe
U.S. corporations have made the most of the Olympics, and why not? They paid for them
By Rick Reilly
SI's photographers found a wacky and wonderful visual feast in the Calgary scene
College Basketball
By Morin Bishop
On The Scene
The huge and tasty Pacific halibut has become a hugely popular game fish in Alaska
By Rich Tosches
For The Record
A Roundup of the Week Feb. 15-21
Compiled by Duncan Brantley
Departments
Edited by Gay Flood
Edited by Steve Wulf