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PICTURES OF THE YEAR

BEST MOMENT OF 2011

FANS' CHOICE

THE RETURN OF ERIC LEGRAND

PLUS: SPORTS' GLOBAL VILLAGE BY ALEXANDER WOLFF P. 50

FAREWELL...SEVE BALLESTEROS | HARMON KILLEBREW | BOB FORSCH | ORLANDO BROWN | DAVE DUERSON | MARTY MARION | JACK LALANNE | CHESTER MCGLOCKTON | MIKE MITCHELL | DICK WILLIAMS | ARMEN GILLIAM | JOE PERRY | JOHN HENRY JOHNSON | JOE FRAZIER | KENT HULL | NIKOLAI ANDRIANOV | MARGO DYDEK | MIKE FLANAGAN | LARRY FINCH | LEE ROY SELMON | ROBERT TRAYLOR | CHUCK TANNER | ANDY ROBUSTELLI | COOKIE GILCHRIST | RICK MARTIN | HIDEKI IRABU | ED MACAULEY | VASILI ALEXEYEV | DAVE HILL | PETE PIHOS | JERET PETERSON | LOKOMOTIV YAROSLAVL | DREW HILL | GREG HALMAN | BUBBA SMITH | PAUL SPLITTORFF | LORENZO CHARLES | DAN WHELDON | JOHN MACKEY | DUKE SNIDER | MATTY ALOU | OLLIE MATSON | DAVE GAVITT | WALT HAZZARD | AL DAVIS | SOCRATES | GRETE WAITZ | RANDY SAVAGE | RYNE DUREN | RON SPRINGS

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ON THE COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY MEL EVANS/AP