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EXCLUSIVE: Demise of the Red Sox Empire

BY TERRY FRANCONA

P. 50

20 REASONS TO CARE ABOUT THE NHL

P. 28

DEAR JOE,

Last Weekend You Took Down Peyton. On Sunday You Get Brady -- And the Chance, Once and for All, to Rewrite Your Legacy.

All the Best, The Football Gods

P. 42

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HOLY COLIN KAEPERNICK!

P. 36

The long ball was the difference for Flacco against Denver—and it will be the key in his AFC title game rematch with Tom Brady

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SI HAS REGIONAL COVERS THIS WEEK Photograph by John W. McDonough (Kaepernick)

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Photograph by Peter Read Miller (Flacco)