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THE WINTER GAMES | A LOOK BACK, A LOOK FORWARD

SOCHI 2014

Murder, Magic and the Crazy Birth of Showtime

By JEFF PEARLMAN / P. 52

What Is Fundamentally Wrong with Baseball?

P. 46

GOOOLD!

Behind the Greatest Olympic Squad Ever Assembled

IT'S CANADA—AGAIN

By MICHAEL FARBER

P. 34

Eight months after helping bring the Cup to the Blackhawks, Jonathan Toews brought Sweden to its knees with the game-winner in the gold medal game.

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SI HAS REGIONAL COVER THIS WEEK: ROBERT BECK/SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (CANADIAN HOCKEY)

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MANNY MILLAN/SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (LAKERS)