The backstory behind 'The Kiss'

Rich Lam's celebrated photo, as packaged in Sports IllustratedI've been catching up on reading, and just finished Sports Illustrated's look into the backstory behind "the Kiss," the celebrated photo taken amid a riot in Vancouver. 

The photograph by Rich Lam at first glance looks staged -- how could two lovers be so self-centered as a riot spreads around them. But SI's Chris Ballard retraces the factors that fueled the riot in the shadows of a Stanley Cup final between the Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins and tracks down the two lovers and the touching reason they found themselves kissing as violence erupted around them.