February 27, 2012 Table Of Contents
LEADING OFF
THE MAIL
Inside: THE WEEK IN SPORTS
As the All-Star break approaches, SI's NBA guru takes stock of his preseason picks
By Ian Thomsen
With the NHL trade deadline coming up on Feb. 27, here's a rundown of the league's most coveted available players.
Suffocating on D—and finally potent on offense—Florida State is challenging traditional powers Duke and UNC for the ACC title
Atlanta has a balm for the pain of their 2011 finish: the game's best cache of young arms
By Joe Sheehan
With women's boxing set to make its debut at the London Games, the U.S. trials produced a team primed for the occasion
By Chris Mannix
JEREMY LIN
In his second week as a starter, Jeremy Lin dazzled more fans in both hemispheres, flummoxed the world champs, drove a mini-economy and raised one crucial question: Just how much bigger can he get?
HOCKEY
After the hit that left Jack Jablonski paralyzed, the state of Minnesota rewrote its high school rules, but one hockey mom still agonizes over the choices she—and every parent in her position—has to make
TRACK AND FIELD
Distance runners Mo Farah and Galen Rupp come from different worlds, but their lives are in step as each carries his nation's hopes toward London
By Tim Layden
2012 | NASCAR PREVIEW
Jimmie and Tony have swept the last seven season titles, but their era can't last forever—not with a trio of hungry stars, led by a resurgent KASEY KAHNE, poised for career runs
A Heisman Trophy? Two nationally ranked basketball teams? A 40–0 streak across three major sports? Oft-bedeviled Baylor is on a quest to become the preeminent Baptist university, and winning (the right way) is essential
By S.L. Price
POINT AFTER
By Phil Taylor
Departments
How is it that Wilt's 100-point game, 50 years ago, didn't spark Chamberlainsanity?
Lights in Montreal, Camera in New York, Gary Carter was a ballplayer of memorable action, too
By Sarah Kwak
This just in: Anchor Brian Williams is a total gearhead
Edited by Alexandra Fenwick
A struggling sport lives or dies with every move of its one true star
By Tim Layden
By Dan Patrick