February 3, 2014 Table Of Contents
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SUPER BOWL XLVIII PREVIEW
FROM X-RAYS AND K-9S TO BLACK HAWKS AND, YES, SNIPERS: INSIDE THE ELABORATE SECURITY PLAN FOR THE MOST HIGH-PROFILE EVENT IN AMERICAN SPORTS
By Thayer Evans
BLAND BANDS, NIP SLIPS AND 3-D BEBOP
HOW A DRUM MAJOR KNOWN AS TOMMY THE TOE BEGAT THE BEST (BONO, JACKO, JAGGER) AND WORST (UP WITH PEOPLE!) SEGMENT OF SUPER BOWL SUNDAY: THE HALFTIME SHOW
YOU ALREADY KNOW SUPER BOWL XLVIII'S TOP STORY LINES—THE COLD, "OMAHA," RICHARD SHERMAN.... HERE ARE A FEW LESS DISCUSSED (BUT MORE SALIENT) ARGUING POINTS
By Ben Reiter
WORDS WITH... TERRY + HOWIE SUPER BOWL ANALYSTS
FOX'S ODD COUPLE DISH ABOUT A COLD-WEATHER SUPER BOWL, THEIR UNUSUAL CHEMISTRY AND WHY THEY MADE LIFE SO HARD ON THE TITANS' PLACEKICKER
2014 OLYMPICS
THEY'RE THE 230 ATHLETES WHO'LL REPRESENT AMERICA IN SOCHI—AND IF THEIR VARIED STORIES RESONATE WITH US, PERHAPS IT'S BECAUSE THESE OLYMPIANS ARE US
By Phil Taylor
ALREADY DRAWING COMPARISONS WITH LINDSEY VONN, U.S. PRODIGY MIKAELA SHIFFRIN, 18, IS A ONCE-IN-A-GENERATION TALENT
By Tim Layden
AT 36, ON A REBUILT KNEE THAT SIDELINED HIM FOR A YEAR, BODE MILLER IS BACK FOR HIS FIFTH GAMES—AND HE'S ONE OF THE U.S.'S TWO BEST MEN'S MEDAL HOPES
By Tim Layden
MORE GRAVITY-DEFYING DISCIPLINES SUCH AS SLOPESTYLE WILL MAKE THEIR DEBUT, PUSHING STARS LIKE SHAUN WHITE—AND A FRESH WAVE OF BOARDERS AND FREE SKIERS—TO RIDE HIGHER THAN EVER
ONCE THE DOMINANT FORCE IN INTERNATIONAL PLAY, RUSSIAN HOCKEY HASN'T BEEN THE SAME SINCE THE DEMISE OF THE SOVIET UNION. CAN ALEX OVECHKIN LEAD HIS COUNTRY TO ITS FIRST GOLD MEDAL SINCE 1992? VLADIMIR PUTIN EXPECTS HIM TO
THE U.S. WAS A DARK HORSE WHEN IT WON A SILVER MEDAL IN VANCOUVER, BUT THIS TIME AROUND THE WORLD IS EXPECTING THE AMERICANS TO CHALLENGE FOR GOLD
By Sarah Kwak
WHICH COUNTRY WILL TOP THE TABLE AND WHO WILL REACH THE PODIUM IN ALL 98 EVENTS
POINT AFTER
Departments
Instead of a "new Russia," the politically charged, terror-threatened Sochi Games are reviving memories of the country's past
A geo-guide to the unlikeliest Winter Olympic site in history
Athletes are chasing a bevy of milestones in Sochi
Behind the New Olympic Beamers
The competitors in Sochi will include a prince and a violinist
Edited By Alexandra Fenwick
By Interview By Dan Patrick
The new U.S. champion has the look, and even the sound, of a winner