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EXCLUSIVE: INSIDE URBAN MEYER'S HEADSET

P. 38

BY PETE THAMEL

Fear the Beards

BY STEVE RUSHIN | P. 44

NHL PREVIEW

REPEAT AFTER US

HAWKS. CHAMPS. AGAIN.

Hockey's Push to Put the Game Back In the Hands of PATRICK KANE And The Goal Scorers

BY MICHAEL FARBER

P. 54

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POWER RANKINGS

BY CONFERENCE

P. 66

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SI HAS REGIONAL COVER THIS WEEK: THEARON W. HENDERSON/GETTY IMAGES (PATRICK KANE); MICHAEL J. LEBRECHT II FOR SPORTS ILLUSTRATED (RED SOX)