DEPTH OF FIELD
Selections by Drew Lesiuczok
DEPTH OF FIELD
Selections by Drew Lesiuczok
When you look around the sporting world, it really is amazing what you see. These are the best photos in sports from February 2018, including Vinny Curry's Super Bowl-sized celebration.
WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIEND
Washington Capitals goalie Braden Holtby makes a sprawling save against the Columbus Blue Jackets with a teammate in the crease for support. A season that has seen Holtby carry career-worsts in GAA and SV% through Feb. hasn't stopped the Capitals from pacing the Metropolitan.
NO JOKE
Rookie point guard Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz finishes a dunk over his sister, Jordan, along with comedian Kevin Hart and Hart’s son, Hendrix, during the 2018 Verizon Slam Dunk Contest at NBA All-Star Weekend. Mitchell went on to beat Larry Nance Jr. of the L.A. Lakers in the final.
IRISH EYES, NOT SMILING
World 10th-ranked Rory McIlroy drives a ball off the 17th tee during second-round play at the Genesis Open in Pacific Palisades, California on February 16. McIlroy kicked off 2018 with back-to-back top-three finishes before missing the cut at Pebble Beach. He closed out the Genesis Open tied for 20th.
ON THE LINE
Song-i Kim of North Korea serves during the ITTF Team World Cup in London. Along with her teammates, Kim—who won individual Olympic bronze in Rio—fell to Japan in the semi-finals.
DRUM CIRCLE
Performers in the Opening Ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games entertain the crowd at Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium in Pyeongchang-gun, South Korea.
DIZZYING DISPLAY
Mark McMorris turns himself into a human tornado in a practice run ahead of the Men’s Big Air Final at the Pyeongchang Olympics. Fellow Canadian Sebastien Toutant went on to win gold in the event, while McMorris finished 10th.
RINGS OF FLIER
Norway’s Johann Andre Forfang looks for his landing spot during competition in the Men’s Team Large Hill event at the Alpensia Ski Jumping Center in Pyeongchang. Forfang, who'd already earned individual silver, took gold in the team event.
CRASHING DEFEAT
A pair of South Korean skaters, Suk-hee Shim and Minjeong Choi, collide and fall during the Women’s 1,000-m. Short-Track Speed Skating Final at the 2018 Winter Olympics. Shim, world-record holder at the distance, was later disqualified.
SIX SHOOTER
Team USA’s Jocelyne Lamoureux slips the gold medal-winner past Shannon Szabados’s outstretched glove in the sixth round of the shootout that decided the women's Olympic hockey tournament. The American victory ended Canada's winning streak at four-consecutive Olympic gold medals.
MASS EFFECT
Cross-country skier Peter Mlynar of Slovakia takes a knee after the Men's 50km Mass Start on day 15 of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. Mlynar finished 51st, nearly 18 minutes behind Finnish gold medallist Iivo Niskanen.
THAT'S GAMES
Fireworks light the sky over Pyeongchang Stadium during the Closing Ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympic Games.
Photo Credits

Patrick Smith/Getty Images (2); Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images; Warren Little/Getty Images; Justin Setterfield/Getty Images; Richard Heathcote/Getty Images (2); Al Bello/Getty Images; Matthias Hangst/Getty Images (2); Bruce Bennett/Getty Images; Francois-Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty Images.

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