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HOCKEY

34 Chicago Blackhawks

A streak that saw the team tear through the first half of the season without losing a game in regulation rejuvenated the beleaguered NHL

BY BRIAN CAZENEUVE

OLYMPIC SPORTS

40 Lindsey Vonn

A horrific crash put the skier's career on hold and shook up her already hectic life, but now she's laser focused on getting back on the mountain

BY TIM LAYDEN

MARCH MADNESS

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

46 Canadian Imports

Players from north of the border have muscled and hustled their way into the lineups of teams that are poised to make a big impact in the tournament

BY KELLI ANDERSON

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

54 Big East's Last Dance

The players and moments that contributed to the conference's glorious rise—and the events that led to its downfall

BY ALEXANDER WOLFF

DEPARTMENTS

4 SI Digital

6 Leading Off

12 The Mail

14 Scorecard

What's so bad about quitting?

BY RICHARD HOFFER

22 Faces in The Crowd

24 Just My Type

Ronda Rousey is one intense koala

BY DAN PATRICK

64 Point After

The sports world's morality plays

BY STEVE RUSHIN

SI HAS REGIONAL COVERS THIS WEEK

Photographs by Todd Rosenberg (Blackhawks); Jerry Wachter (Big East); James Macari (Vonn)

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JAMES MACARI

SEARCHING FOR SOCHI With 11 months until the 2014 Olympic Games begin, defending downhill gold medalist Lindsey Vonn has put herself on an aggressive rehab schedule.

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