LINEUP
32 Memories
From Bode's gold to a Dutch coach's gaffe to the Norwegians' pants, SI writers recall their favorite moments of the Games
34 Hockey
Sidney Crosby saved the Olympic fortnight for Canada with the shot that buried the U.S.
BY MICHAEL FARBER
38 Figure Skating
Kim Yu-na delivered a perfect performance to win gold—and meet South Korea's expectations
BY E.M. SWIFT
40 Bobsled
Led by Steven Holcomb, Team Night Train won the U.S.'s first men's bobsled gold in 62 years
BY DAVID EPSTEIN
43 Nordic
Johnny Spillane and the U.S. Nordic combined team won a surprising four medals
BY PHIL TAYLOR
44 Aerials
No longer out of control, Jeret Peterson nailed the dangerous Hurricane to nab a silver medal
BY AUSTIN MURPHY
46 Canada
With a late surge, Canada's athletes redeemed an Olympics that seemed headed for disaster
BY S.L. PRICE
Departments
6 Leading Off
12 Letters
14 Scorecard
Reggie Miller and the theater of hoops
20 Just My Type
Julia Mancuso on Vonn, silver medals
by Dan Patrick
25 Faces in the Crowd
26 Inside ...
• College Basketball
UConn on the bubble
• The NBA
Struggling Spurs
• NASCAR
Surging Kevin Harvick
72 The Vault
Ali-Frazier I, 1971
76 Point After
The healing Games
by Selena Roberts
Features
48 | BASEBALL
Mr. Met
David Wright emerges from a season in hell
By Lee Jenkins
52 | COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Top Seniors
Texas's Damion James, 'Nova's Scottie Reynolds
By Kelli Anderson
58 | PRO FOOTBALL
Combine
It's a golden age for defensive tackles
By Peter King
62 | SOCCER
Vanished
The mystery of '50 World Cup hero Joe Gaetjens
By Alexander Wolff
ON THE COVER Canada's Olympic hockey hero, Sidney Crosby, photographed by Damian Strohmeyer Inset: Todd Rosenberg
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CARL YARBROUGH (DEMONG)
Crossing the finish line in the large hill/10 km event last Thursday, Bill Demong became the first U.S. gold medalist in Nordic combined.
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CARL YARBROUGH (MILLER)
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DAMIAN STROHMEYER (CROSBY)
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SIMON BRUTY (KIM, SPILLANE)
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NANCIE BATTAGLIA (HOLCOMB)
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AL TIELEMANS (PETERSON)
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DAVID E. KLUTHO (CANADA FAN)