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SUPER BOWLXLIII

32 Steelers!Super!
Pittsburgh won its sixth title in a classic
By Damon Hack
• Champs are still a work in progress
• Cardinals' Fitzgerald aims even higher

TENNIS

48 Survivor:Melbourne
Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams won the Australian Open in blistering heat
By L. Jon Wertheim

PRO BASKETBALL

52 Young Star, OldSoul
The Blazers have entrusted their future to a prematurely mature shooting guard,24-year-old Brandon Roy
By Ian Thomsen

HOCKEY

56 No LookingBack
Ducks rookie Bobby Ryan has overcome a slow start and a messy family history
By Michael Farber

DOUBLE TIME

Behind twinshooters Travis (right) and Chavis Holmes, VMI has mobilized its long-dormantbasketball program with a freewheeling attack that will make the Keydetsdangerous come March
BY TIM LAYDEN
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Departments

6 Leading Off

12 Letters

14 Players
• The meaning of Fly Williams
• Farewells to Updike, Johansson
• Margarito's past wins tainted?
• Niners, Raiders may share digs
• Buccaneers hire fired BC coach

26 Faces in theCrowd

30 Just My Type byDan Patrick
• Tyler Hansbrough on the grill
• Super Bowl finish: best ever?

70 Point After byChris Ballard
Looking for decadence in all the wrong places at the Super Bowl

Inside ...

68 CollegeBasketball
• Pac-10's hot freshman guards

69 The NBA
• Knicks likely to keep David Lee

PHOTO

BOB MARTIN (NADAL)

48 SLAM HAPPY Rafael Nadal celebrated on his back after beating Roger Federer to win his first hard-court Grand Slam title, at the Australian Open.

PHOTO

CHUCK STEENBURGH/SPORTSPHOTOGUY.COM (HOLMESES)