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In a week dominated by concern over injuries sustained by ferocious hits, this dominant defender stated unapologetically:
"There's a big difference between being hurt and being injured. You get hurt, you shake it off and come back the next series or the next game. I try to hurt people."
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Ray Lewis
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James Harrison
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Brian Urlacher
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Joey Porter
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In one of the odder stories of the week, this former NFL player was arrested in a domestic violence case, then released, then drove his SUV off a cliff:
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Rodney Harrison
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Michael Irvin
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Cornelius Bennett
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Junior Seau
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Congratulations, or perhaps condolences, should be sent to this man, named manager of the Seattle Mariners this week:
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Bobby Valentine
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Eric Wedge
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Lloyd McClendon
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Lou Pinella
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Meanwhile, Mike Quade had the interim title removed and will remain the manager of this team next season
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Chicago Cubs
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Florida Marlins
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New York Mets
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Arizona Diamondbacks
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The Yankees' doom in the ALCS was perhaps foretold as this player's apparent home run was disallowed and ruled a foul ball after replay during game 4:
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Derek Jeter
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Lance Berkman
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Mark Teixeira
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Nick Swisher
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We learned after game 5 of the NLCS that Roy Halladay pitched an additional four innings in the game after suffering this injury in the second inning:
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Torn rotator cuff
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Dislocated pinky on his glove hand
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Strained groin
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Broken toe
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Add up the number of games that the Yankees and Phillies won in losing their respective League Championship Series, and you get this number:
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7
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3
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6
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4
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This duo ran faster and jumped higher on their way to winning the MVP for the LCS's:
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Bengie Molina and Cody Ross
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Josh Hamilton and Cody Ross
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Josh Hamilton and Tim Lincecum
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Neftali Feliz and Aubrey Huff
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Had the Yankees advanced to the World Series instead of Texas, they would have been without the services of this gentleman, lost to a unfinished chalupa hamstring injury.
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Curtis Granderson
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Lance Berkman
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Mark Teixeira
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Robinson Cano
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This was the number of times the Yankees hilariously walked ALCS MVP Josh Hamilton intentionally in the decisive Game 6:
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1
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2
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3
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4
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This basketball stud and all-around good guy agreed to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated, provided that two of his lesser-known teammmates would be in the shot as well:
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Derek Fisher
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Ray Allen
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Lamar Odom
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Kevin Durant
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Vancouver Canucks forward Rick Rypien was suspended indefinitely for an altercation involving:
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a player on the other team
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a fan
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his coach
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a referee
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Knicks boss James Dolan continues to prove that he's a peach of an owner by firing this broadcasting great as the team's play-by-play radio announcer:
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Gus Johnson
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Marv Albert
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Jack Ramsay
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Hubie Brown
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In their first game as the #1 team in the land, Oregon pounded this Pac-10 rival 60-13:
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Washington St.
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Oregon St.
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USC
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UCLA
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With Oklahoma meeting defeat at the hands of Missouri, this team is now #1 in the BCS rankings:
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Oregon
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Boise St.
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Auburn
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TCU
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No wonder she stopped returning our calls. Los Angeles Laker Sasha Vujacic and this tennis star were engaged this week:
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Carolina Wozniacki
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Maria Sharapova
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Ana Ivanovic
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Anna Kournikova
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The Heat and the Magic were scheduled to face each other in their final preseason game, but the game ended up being cancelled. Why?
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Poor ticket sales at the neutral site
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The floor was wet
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There was a power outage at the arena
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LeBron didn't feel like playing
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This pair of Big 10 teams won largely to well-timed, well-executed fake punts on Saturday:
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Illinois and Michigan State
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Ohio State and Penn State
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Wisconsin and Ohio State
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Wisconsin and Michigan State
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MMA badass Brock Lesnar had his lunch handed to him, getting pummeled by a man from this nation at UFC 121:
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Japan
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Canada
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Mexico
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France
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Sent to his room to think about what he's done is the bozo punter for this team, arrested for public intoxication after he reportedly took a pre-dawn swim in a canal in a nightlife district:
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Oakland
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Indianapolis
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Dallas
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Miami
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Also intent on running afoul of The Man is the tight end for this team, who missed Sunday's action after being arrested for drug possession Saturday night:
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Falcons
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Saints
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Buccaneers
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Texans
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A scary incident from Sunday's NFL action saw a member of the chain crew being carted of the field after being hammered by a player going out of bounds. In which city did this take place?
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New Orleans
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Chicago
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Baltimore
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Kansas City
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This team did its best Keystone Kops, securing a loss thanks to three lost fumbles, an interception and a missed game-tying field goal attempt.
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Denver
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San Diego
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Chicago
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San Francisco
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Some showoff playing for this NFL team grabbed four interceptions by himself on Sunday:
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Oakland
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Tennessee
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New England
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Washington
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Kudos to this Big East men's basketball coach, who played Good Samaritan as he happened by a traffic accident:
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Jamie Dixon
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Jim Boeheim
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John Thompson III
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Rick Pitino
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