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The History of the Olympic Mascots
The 2012 Summer Olympics in London, with the opening ceremony less than three months away, will be the 30th time the Modern Olympic games are held since 1896 in Athens and the third time in England’s capital, after previously behind the host in 1948 and 1908.
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Chris Paul & How Far the Clippers Can Follow Him
Chris Paul is having an MVP type year some people say. There’s no real chance he takes the award from LeBron James or Kevin Durant, but he deserves at least some consideration. His 33 points, 13 assists and 8 steals game for the Los Angeles Clippers against the New Orleans Hornets was just another example of his ability and importance.
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Robin Van Persie Wins PFA Player of the Year; Meaningless Award?
Robin Van Persie won the PFA’s Players’ Player of the year for the 2011-2012 season in the Premier League, while Kyle Walker of Tottenham picked up the award for young player of the year, a rarity for a defender. Still, like every year, the date and submission of the votes makes it feel like the second half of the season doesn’t count.
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Metta World Peace Elbows James Harden; Ejection Now, Suspension Later
Metta World Peace or the player formerly known as Ron Artest actually went back to his Artest days, branding a great game of basketball between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Oklahoma City Thunder with a disgusting and impossible to understand elbow to the head of James Harden, which took Harden out of the game and got MWP ejected to an ignorant stadngin ovation.
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Genoa Ultras Stop Match; Demand Players to Take Off Their Shirts
Genoa fans showed us once again the close and often problematic relations between Ultras groups in Italy and the clubs they support. During their humiliating 1-4 home defeat against Siena, which crucially hurts their relegation battle chances, play was halted midway through the second half as the fans demanded the players take off their shirts.
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Bullpen Problems Get Worse and Worse (Yankees vs Red Sox)
Bobby Valentine got booed harder and harder every time he went up to the mound and made another pitching substitution. Each move he made just got worse and worse, as the New York Yankees came back from 0-9 to win 15-9 in Fenway Park, furthering the suffering of the rather dim 100 year Fenway Park celebrations for the Boston Red Sox.
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Borussia Dortmund and Emulating Bundesliga Success in the Champions League
Borussia Dortmund have turned things around in Germany. If last season’s incredible title run was the opening act, winning Bundesliga titles back to back, going undefeated 26 matches to close out the season (not over yet), makes you think of them as potential Champions League winners next season.
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Rafael Nadal Too Much For Novak Djokovic in Monte Carlo Final
Rafael Nadal kept one streak alive, and broke another. He won his 8th consecutive Monte Carlo Masters tournament, without dropping a set en route to his first title since the 2011 Roland Garros, while beating Novak Djokovic for the first time after losing to the world’s number one player in their last seven meetings.
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Jaime Edmondson in the Ultimate College Football Babe Gallery
Besides being a fantastic Playboy model, Jaime Edmondson is a big football and sports fan. She made a famous gallery of all 32 NFL Teams not too long ago. Not leaving College Football behind, she did a photo shoot of the top 10 schools during the Playboy Era. Everybody wins.