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DOUBLE ISSUE
THE YEAR IN SPORTS
The Saving Grace of Basketball
by Gary Smith
The Greatest Upset Never Seen
by Alexander Wolff
One-on-One Hoops with Barack Obama
by S.L. Price
Woman Athletes of The Year
Perfect Season's GREETINGS
Bill Belichick and the Patriots Are 15--0
HAPPY (?) HOLIDAYS
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SI IMAGING; BELICHICK BY DAVID GOLDMAN/BOSTON HERALD/POLARIS; COSTUME BY PETER GREGOIRE
FIFTY-TWO PHOTOS
ROBERT BECK (7); AL TIELEMANS (5); DAMIAN STROHMEYER (4); SIMON BRUTY, BILL FRAKES, WALTER IOOSS JR., GREG NELSON (3); JOHN BIEVER, JOHN W. MCDONOUGH, BOB ROSATO, SI IMAGING (2); DAVID BERGMAN, TONY DING/ICON SMI, JOHN IACONO, TODD KOROL, NEIL LEIFER, BRAD MANGIN, JIM MCISAAC/GETTY IMAGES, PETER READ MILLER, MICHAEL O'NEILL, JOHN RUSSELL/AP, JEFFERY A. SALTER, CHUCK SOLOMON, ROB TRINGALI/SPORTSCHROME, CLIFF WATTS, THOMAS E. WITTE, MIKE ZARRILLI/WIREIMAGE.COM