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DEPARTMENTS
2 Leading Off
8 Letters
11 Scorecard
What if Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points today?
17 Faces in the Crowd
18 Just My Type
Kyrie Irving of the Cavaliers on respecting the Mamba
BY DAN PATRICK
22 Inside ...
NBA
The rush to midseason
NHL
Red Wings flying high
College Basketball
Three-way tie in the ACC
Baseball
Rearming the Braves
Olympics
Women's boxing weighs in
64 Point After
The triumph of the Gunderson High Six
BY PHIL TAYLOR
FEATURES
30 PRO BASKETBALL
JEREMY LIN
After two dazzling weeks, how much better can the Knicks' guard get?
BY PABLO S. TORRE
36 HOCKEY
JACK JABLONSKI
A tragedy brings change, but one mom still frets over the choices she must make
BY KAREN S. SCHNEIDER
42 TRACK AND FIELD
DISTANCE RUNNERS
Mo Farah and Galen Rupp are from different worlds, but their lives are in step
BY TIM LAYDEN
46 NASCAR
2012 PREVIEW
Led by Kasey Kahne, a trio of hungry stars are gunning for their first Cup
BY LARS ANDERSON
BAYLOR RISING
For the oft-bedeviled Baptist school, winning (the right way) is essential
BY S.L. PRICE
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"Jack Jablonski is not the first boy to break his neck playing this game. But he is the first one whom we who have kids still in Minneapolis youth and high school hockey programs have watched grow up."
—Karen S. Schneider on the injury that changed high school hockey rules in Minnesota
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HEINZ KLUETMEIER (LIN)
STARK RAVING MADISON Jeremy Lin's sparkling play has repeatedly brought the Garden fans to their feet.
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