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FROM SPORTS.ESPN.GO.COM:

A's trade Harden and Gaudin for Grab Bag of Scrubs

By mvbuckeye01 | 19 points

Usually I look at Billy Beane trades and label them as genius, innovative, or flat out high way robbery. But this? Seriously?The A's give up a number one starter (yeah i know when healthy) and a serviceable 4/5 starter, for ....1) a Single A catcher hitting 2172) Matt Murton- former top prospect...

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FROM UNDRAFTED FREE AGENT:

The Boz Helps Rescue Woman, Becomes "Former NFL Star"

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By DHeit31 | 4 points

Former Oklahoma Sooners and Seattle Seahawks linebacker Brian Bosworth made a big stop this weekend by stopping to help a woman trapped in her crushed car. The rescue was successful, and most people wouldn't have bothered to help, so good job Boz! In other Boz-related news, when did he become a...

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FROM THEGLOBEANDMAIL.COM:

Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat) Pranks Arkansas Wrestling Match

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By whitejordan32 | 18 points

In something only the mastermind of Borat could do, things got pretty gay recently at an Arkansas wrestling cage match. It started as a regular cage match in front of a crowd of 1600, but turned a little homo-erotic when the 2 wrestlers started ripping each others clothes off and began kissing. The ...

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FROM THE ANGRY T:

In Honor of Andruw Jones, The Angry T unveils Baseball's Anti-All-Star Team

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By bigt748 | 14 points

As the all-star break approaches, many of baseball's top minds are handing out mid-season awards and telling fans who should have made the All-Star team if they weren't able to get their grubby, unwashed fingers to drunkenly punch little holes in the All-Star ballots. That is not our style at the...

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FROM BOSTONSPORTZ.COM:

NFL coaches prefer Brady over Manning

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By BostonSportZ | 10 points

In a recent confidential survey, ESPN.com asked NFL head coaches to identify which player they thought teams would select first overall in a leaguewide draft of current players. In other words, if each current player suddenly became available in a supplemental-style draft, which player would teams...

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FROM SCORES REPORT:

Was Richard Jefferson jealous of Vince Carter?

By JohnPaulsen | 14 points

I love covering the NBA. It's amazing sometimes how one comment or one second-hand report bounces around in the echo chamber and suddenly becomes a big story.Take, for instance, Rod Thorn's comment that Richard Jefferson "didn't seem very happy" when the news broke about the trade that would send...

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FROM SHAUN PHILLIPS'S BLOG:

2nd Annual Football Camp

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By ShaunPhillips | 18 points

This was the 2nd year for my football camp in my hometown - Willingboro, NJ. About 150 kids ages 14 to 18 showed up for the camp from all the surrounding schools. It was a free camp to help kids with the fundamentals of football and also to give them hope and show them that if I can do it so can...

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FROM BABBLE.COM:

A-Rod & His Strippers - Rut Roh!

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By Sassys | 31 points

It's still up for debate whether Alex Rodriguez cheated on his baby mama and wife, Cynthia, with mega popstar Madonna, however there's apparently no denying that A-Rod had some fun with a stripper. Actually, it was two....The third-baseman for the Yankees was in Toronto back in 2004 (he married...

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FROM THEPLAYINCA.COM:

Tony Gonzalez Saves Chargers Fan's Life.......What?!?!

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By kccal31 | 18 points

While dining in Huntington Beach, Tony Gonzalez saved a man from choking to death, and he was a San Diego fan. Oh the irony...

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FROM LARRY BROWN SPORTS:

Ichiro Once Again Itching to Pitch

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By LBSports | 16 points

It was only last year that Ichiro revealed in an interview that pitching is on his list of things to do while in the big leagues. At the time Ichiro said he'd start pitching when he turned 40, but that he'd have to learn a knuckleball. Ichiro also added that if he started [...]

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FROM TAKING ONE FOR THE TEAM:

Remembering Double J

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By LoserChris | 12 points

A look back on the career of Jaromir Jagr, one of the most dominant players to ever grace the ice of the National Hockey League. Jagr's departure to Russia brings a close to one of NHL history's most spectacular chapters.

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