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Giuseppe Rossi – Leaving Villarreal for Serie A?
After pretty much every notable player left Villarreal as the yellow submarine sunk to the depths of the Segunda division in Spain, Giuseppe Rossi is the last man standing, although his goal is to be with a new team by the time he’s back on the pitch in early 2013, hopefully in the Italian Serie A.
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FIBA Trying to Make 3-on-3 Basketball an Olympic Sport
One Basketball tournament in the Olympics isn’t enough, or no longer is. According to FIBA’s secretary general, they’re looking into adding a 3 on 3 tournament to the 2016 Olympic games in Rio, with FIBA trying to create a ranking system that determines the best 3 on 3 teams in the world.
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Boston Red Sox – The End of the Bobby Valentine Era?
How bad is it for the Boston Red Sox in 2012? Well, 57-60 deep into August, 12.5 games behind the division leading New York Yankees and 6.5 games away from the Wild Card spot, occupied by two teams from the AL East. As postseason might have showed, the Bobby Valentine experience isn’t going too well.
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Erin Andrews, Second Hottest Sportcaster in the World
In the United States? Erin Andrews has the title of ‘hottest sportscaster in the world’ covered, gaining fame through her ESPN work but broke out of the sports-world familiarity into mainstream through appearances on Dancing with the Stars and also with the stalking incident, with one of those videos of her nude in her hotel room made it to the internet and went viral.
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Transfer Rumors 2012 – No Chance Kaka Leaves Real Madrid for AC Milan
It’s an interesting thing to have three sides wanting the same thing but not managing to accomplish it – AC Milan want Kaka to return, while the player would gladly leave Real Madrid, open to offers, in order to get regular football again, preferably with his old club. Still, money seems to be in the way of the transfer being completed.
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The Usual Problems in Yankee Stadium (Yankees vs Rangers)
It wasn’t about David Phelps pitching through five straight innings for the first time or Derek Lowe making his debut for the New York Yankees with 4 fantastic innings. It was mostly about how the Texas Rangers lost their lead of the AL after another disastrous outing in the new Yankee stadium.
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Derrick Rose, in the Injury Footsteps of Michael Jordan
When Derrick Rose comes back from his ACL injury, which now looks no sooner than March 2013, the Chicago Bulls would love him to be as good as Michael Jordan was when he came back from his injury during the 1985-1986, helping the team eventually reach the playoffs, leading to his ‘god-like’ 63 point game.
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Manchester United – Still Trying to Get Robin Van Persie From Arsenal
Seeing as Robin van Persie still hasn’t a signed a new contract, Manchester United are still in the one-horse race to try and get the Dutchman from Arsenal while also hoping to finalize the signing of Chilean wonder-kid Angelo Henriquez and looking into another left-back, possibly Neil Taylor from Swansea.
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Andres Iniesta, Lionel Messi or Cristiano Ronaldo to win UEFA’s Best Player in Europe
Surprise? Maybe with Andres Iniesta’s name, but not by seeing Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo have made it once again to the final three on the shortlist for UEFA’s best player in Europe award, with Iniesta guaranteed a third place while the two mega stars battle it out for the second consecutive year.