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NFL MIDSEASON REPORT

THE ROAD TO SUPER BOWL XXXIX

DR. Z's PICKS

SPECIAL REPORT

GET OUT AND PLAY

How to get our kids back in shape

BY TIM LAYDEN

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PHOTOGRAPH BY AL TIELEMANS

 STEELERS BACK ON TOP BY PETER KING Pittsburgh receivers Hines Ward and Plaxico Burress

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JOHN W. MCDONOUGH

One-Man Showtime: How's Kobe's Team Doing?

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JAMES SCHNEPF

 WISCONSIN The Big Bad Badgers Defensive linemates (clockwise from bottom left) Erasmus James, Anttaj Hawthorne, Jason Jefferson and Jonathan Welsh