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February 29, 1988 Table Of Contents

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SHOPS THAT FAN THE ARDOR OF THE FANS

By Tony Imbimbo

The Winter Olympics

GREAT SKATES

America's Brian Boitano gave the performance of his life to defeat that other Brian

By E.M. Swift

TEAM USA: DOWN AND OUT

No miracle this time for an American hockey team that was woefully weak on defense

By Austin Murphy

A MAGICAL TWOSOME

Ekaterina Gordeeva and Sergei Grinkov of the U.S.S.R. were enchanting in the pairs

By E.M. Swift

ONE OF THREE FOR Z

Pirmin Zurbriggen won the downhill but fell short of immortality

By William Oscar Johnson

GONE WITH THE WIND

Strong gusts—and Marina Kiehl—blew away the favorites in the women's downhill

By William Oscar Johnson

THIS FLAIM WAS BRIGHT

Eric Flaim ended the U.S. team's week of woe by winning a silver medal in the 1,500

By Rick Reilly

THE COOLEST UNDER FIRE

East Germany's Frank-Peter Roetsch was unruffled by the pressure of being favored

By Richard Demak

INFLEXIBLE FLIERS

East Germany's resolute sliders gobbled up six of nine medals

By Robert Sullivan

SLOW START, FAST FINNISH

Doing Finland proud, Marjo Matikainen came on strong to take a gold and two bronzes

By Anita Verschoth

THEY DO RUN ON

ABC's Olympic dilemma: too many hours, too few events

By William Taaffe

WELCOME TO CALGARY INC.

U.S. corporations have made the most of the Olympics, and why not? They paid for them

By Rick Reilly

FRANKS FOR THE MEMORIES

SI's photographers found a wacky and wonderful visual feast in the Calgary scene

College Basketball

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

By Morin Bishop

WHERE NOW, MR. BROWN?

By Curry Kirkpatrick

On The Scene

FISH WITH A NASTY ATTITUDE

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

FACES IN THE CROWD

Departments

FROM THE PUBLISHER

By Donald J. Barr

Letters

Edited by Gay Flood

AT THE WINTER OLYMPICS

Edited by Steve Wulf