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NFL MIDSEASON REPORT

THE YEAR OF SPECIAL TEAMS / PETER KING'S ALL-PRO PICKS / THE ART OF THE PASS

WORLD SERIES

FEELS SO GOOD

PITCHING, PITCHING, PITCHING

By Tom Verducci

Closer Brian Wilson (right) and catcher Buster Posey celebrate the end of the Giants' 56-year World Series drought

PHOTO

ON THE COVER Photograph by Al Tielemans