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Lance Armstrong gave up the fight against this body, which earned him a lifetime ban in the sport, loss of Nintendo privileges and revocation of his Costco membership:
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International Cycling Federation
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Tour de France
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IOC
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US Anti Doping Agency
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Augusta National finally got with the times and added its first two female members - with this famous lady being one them:
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Hilary Clinton
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Angelina Jolie
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Michele Bachmann
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Condoleezza Rice
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In one of the most mind-boggling baseball trades ever, the Boston Red Sox unloaded each of the following onto the Dodgers, except for:
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Adrian Gonzalez
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Jacoby Elsbury
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Josh Beckett
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Carl Crawford
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Earlier in the wacky week, the Sox blew a 6 run lead and surrendered 5 runs in the 9th and 10th innings to lose 14-13 to these guys:
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Royals
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Rangers
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Angels
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Mariners
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The bosses of this team were none too thrilled at a hazing
video, in which one of its sophomore stars was dumped into a tub of ice, which hit the internet during the week:
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New York Giants
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Dallas Cowboys
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Oakland Raiders
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Seattle Seahawks
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The Little League World Series wound down this week, but not before the kids from this African country made history with a win in a consolation game:
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Chad
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Uganda
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South Africa
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Nigeria
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The title game was no contest, with this country clobbering Tennessee 12-2:
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Mexico
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Panama
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Portugal
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Japan
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Tennessee apparently had little in the tank after the 24-16 US title game a day earlier against:
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California
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Florida
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Massachusetts
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Michigan
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If you're a pitcher who wasn't suspended 50 games for failing a banned substance test, please step forward. Not so fast there:
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Bartolo Colon
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C.C. Sabathia
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Tim Hudson
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Edinson Volquez
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Each of the following earned a spot on Sports Illustrated's list of "Phoniest Players in Baseball" as determined of 318 major leaguers. This dude was #1:
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Nick Swisher
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Nyjer Morgan
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Brian Wilson
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Alex Rodriguez
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This player was hitting like a boss, going triple-double-homer-single to hit for the cycle against the Twins:
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Paul Konerko
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Adrian Beltre
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Evan Longoria
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Matt Wieters
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College basketball will be without one of its more colorful characters this year, with a heart condition sidelining this coach for the entire season:
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Rick Majerus
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Jim Larranaga
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Shaka Smart
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Brad Stevens
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Female soccer player Mo Isom's quest to make the squad of this college football program as its place kicker fell just short.
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Tennessee
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Michigan State
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LSU
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Texas
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NFL afterthought Terrell Owens tweeted that he's "no longer with" this team, who cut him over the weekend:
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Kansas City
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San Diego
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Seattle
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St. Louis
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This hot-headed speed merchant went and threw his helmet at the car driven by Matt Kenseth after a collision at the weekend's race at Bristol:
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Kurt Busch
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Tony Stewart
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Clint Boyer
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Ryan Newman
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