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By Kevin Hoffman in This Week's Cover

Tue., Dec. 8 2009 @ 5:46PM

Dan Picasso

On stands near you tomorrow afternoon

For our Winter Guide, Managing Editor Matt Smith profiled Allison Pottinger, who is going for a gold medal in curling. Favorite cover artist Dan Picasso offers a more abstract treatment on the front, with the curler actually riding the "stone" that is launched and then brushed into the target. It's just a reminder that winter can be fun--it's all a matter of perspective.