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Clarett’s exit probable

Maurice Clarett was charged on Tuesday with lying to the police about the value of items stolen from him last spring, and Ohio State moved closer to severing its relationship...
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Report: Players switch, don’t quit

The use of muscle-building drugs and amphetamines remains commonplace in Major League Baseball, current and former major leaguers say, even as players are being tested for steroids for the first...
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AGAINST INTIMIDATION, GIANTS COME UP SMALL

What happened to the Giants in Super Bowl XXXV in trying to score on a brutal, intimidating Baltimore defense is what used to happen to opponents who boxed Mike Tyson....
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ELWAY FINDS PAIN IS TOO MUCH

It is something most athletes, especially great competitors like John Elway, find incredibly hard to say--that their bodies, after years of pounding, can no longer perform at a top level....
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FAVRE–EVERYMAN’S QUARTERBACK

In Green Bay, he's the Man. More popular than Vince Lombardi, able to leap into the Lambeau Field stands in a single bound. He has always been on top of...