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COLOR PHOTO: PHOTOGRAPH BY AL TIELEMANS Culpepper Shaker Victory has its price, as Vikings quarterback Daunte Culpepper can attest after being salted away by Saints safety Darren Perry during Minnesota's NFC divisional playoff win (page 42).

COLOR PHOTO: PHOTOGRAPH BY BOB MARTIN Disarmingly Close Georg Guski skims the surface as Herbert Grod drives their 1955 BMW into a turn during a vintage sidecar motorcycle race at Germany's Nurburgring (page 70).

COLOR PHOTO: PHOTOGRAPH BY BRAD MANGIN Zach Attack Dolphins linebacker Zach Thomas gets a little air in pursuit of Raiders running back Randy Jordan during Oakland's AFC divisional playoff victory (page 38).