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Joe Paterno – Now Remembered for His Worst at Penn State
People are judged in life according to their worst actions. Usually, after they pass away, they’re remembered for their best, unless their worst is something worth a few years in jail. For whatever good Joe Paterno did in his life and especially his work with Penn State, it’ll be forever tainted by knowing and saying nothing about the heinous crimes committed by Jerry Sandusky against children.
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Edinson Cavani – The Most Expensive Player in the World According to Napoli
Every once in a while a team president will come out with some outrageous price tag for one of his star players. Edinson Cavani is that player this time, as Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis valued the Uruguayan striker at a whopping €100 million, theoretically making him the most expensive player in the world.
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Transfer Rumors 2012 – Juventus Want Luis Suarez AND RVP
It’s not so certain that Juventus can afford either of them on his own, but more and more information points to the fact that Juventus are about Luis Suarez of Liverpool just as much as they are about Robin van Persie of Arsenal, but the Uruguayan will be much harder to land.
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Transfer Rumors 2012 – Arsenal Interested in Ganso
While Arsenal seem to be mostly busy with keeping Robin van Persie or at least getting the most out of his approaching departure, Arsene Wenger is also thinking signings. Santos’ unsettled midfielder, Paulo Henrique Ganso, is probably the biggest name currently on the gunners’ to-do list.
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Transfer Rumors 2012 – Real Madrid After David Silva
The Best Spanish player outside of the La Liga plays for Manchester City. David Silva has spoken a time or two about how he preferred going to the blue side of Manchester to signing with Real Madrid and Barcelona. It seems that the chase for the talented midfielder, at least for the Spanish champions, isn’t over.
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Dwight Howard – The Best NBA Center; the NBA’s most Hated Player
Instead of being a marquee franchise player you want to build around, Dwight Howard has lost every shred of credibility over the last 12 months and the whole saga of trade me – keep me with the Orlando Magic, who built a team around him and tore it apart and fired everyone above him and somehow, are worst off than where they were before.
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Transfer Rumors 2012 – Juventus want Jovetic, not Van Persie
There’s a chance that one of the three runners in the race to sign Robin van Persie from Arsenal is dropping out. Juventus might be the preferred destination for the player and Arsenal themselves, but their asking price of at least £25 million is a bit too much for a club that isn’t in a financial position to beat teams like Manchester United and Manchester City for the player.
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Transfer Rumors 2012 – Kevin Grosskreutz Wants Liverpool
Apparently, playing for a side that’s won the last two Bundesliga championships and just might be one of the best in Europe isn’t enough. Kevin Grosskreutz of Borussia Dortmund is possibly after a Premier League gig, preferably with Liverpool, who would probably love to have the talented winger on board.
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Transfer Rumors 2012 – Lucas Moura Chased by Manchester United & Inter
A battle versions – did they or didn’t they? Manchester United and Alex Ferguson say they didn’t, Sao Paulo say they did. Whatever the truth is, bid or no bid, Lucas Moura, the 19 year old Brazilian midfielder is, at the moment, is still officially a Tricolor Paulista player.
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Jeremy Lin – Rockets over Knicks good for NBA Balance
The move of Jeremy Lin from the New York Knicks to the Houston Rockets presents an interesting case study of what NBA loyalty means; of what big-market teams and small-market, if you can call Houston a small one, teams are about; of how super-stardom doesn’t have anything to do with what happens on the floor.