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Apparently most-riveting-New-York-Met-ever Jose Reyes will spend this year toiling for something called the Miami Marlins, the Talk Magazine of baseball teams, while Ruben Tejada will start at short for the Mets. Cool. More »
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Despite his recent Gold Glove snub, Robinson Cano still knows how to smile and have a good time. Cano is participating in a fundraiser for the FDNY at the Toys "R" Us store in Times Square and took a minute to pose for some pictures. More »
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It's not very often that a newspaper article reads like erotic fan fiction. So, congratulations to Times Union staff writer Jennifer Gish for wading into this story about shirtless jockeys with such oomph. More »
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At one point this guy seemed fairly wealthy, you know. Now Nails is short on cash, but you're only a few clicks (and several thousand dollars!) away from helping to pay his bail for bankruptcy fraud charges and get Nails free. More »
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And no, it's not because he shot .355 from the field in the '09-'10 season, during which he was dumped by the Knicks, Kings, and Bobcats. He made $84 million in his career, silly! More »
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There's an online charity open through Thursday that will grant two lucky — I mean absurdly wealthy — people an hour-long tennis lesson with John McEnroe at Randall's Island in New York City. The bid is currently at $26,000. The money will go towards saving the earth (literally, I guess?), so we can only be so resentful about this. The tagline, however, is a little misleading and a little disappointing: "Don't miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play tennis with a legend!" First of all, you can't goad someone to "not miss" something that sounds awful and that costs close to $30k, and second of all, there's no promise of being treated to an F-bomb or two or three. It's a rip-off. More »
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T.J. Duckett, known best to you as the guy who'd replace an easily-winded Warrick Dunn in Madden '05, told the Huffington Post, in an exclusive interview, that he will shave his beard of two years and donate the proceeds to charity. More »
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As American Gladiator "Storm," Debbie Clark made $1,500 a day. The time since has roughed her up, though. She and her 10-year-old son Crayton have been homeless in San Diego for more than two years, reports AOLNews. More »
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The players' union has struck down the "Manny Ramirez provision," which allowed teams to force players to donate to charity as part of their contracts. But it looks like the MLBPA might've hurt their own guys on this one. More »
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Drought, famine, and crippling poverty better stay on the bench for this fight because Kermit Washington is coming out swinging. The former NBA baller and American University alum has his own non-profit organization called Project Contact Africa, that wants to throw a roundhouse right to the skull of hunger on the troubled continent and leave it bleeding and limp on the floor. Right after holding a peaceful five-day fast on the American campus: More »
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How far has horse racing sunk? Far enough that sport's biggest event of the day isn't at Belmont, but at River Downs in Cincinnati. More »
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