
LINEUP
FEATURES
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)
PHOTO
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.
THREE PHOTOS