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COLOR PHOTO: PHOTOGRAPH BY DAVID E. KLUTHO OH, SHOOT! After an eight-month salary dispute, Red Wing Sergei Fedorov--here taking dead aim at Panthers goalie John Vanbiesbrouck--played as if he'd never been away (page 98).

COLOR PHOTO: PHOTOGRAPH BY MICHEL SPINGLER/AP INTO THE VALLEY OF DUST... ...rode the 900 or so bikers who took part in the Endurance Bike Race in northern France.

COLOR PHOTO: PHOTOGRAPH BY AL TIELEMANS CHRIS CROSSED Princeton attacker Chris Massey got checkmated by Johns Hopkins defensemen John Paleologos (left) and Rob Doerr as the defending NCAA champion Tigers opened the season with a 17-10 victory.