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Dan Uggla’s Extends Hitting Streak to 33 (Braves vs Cubs)
Dan Uggla continued to be red hot, extending his hitting streak to 33 and adding a home run, his 27th of the year, a shared third sport in the NL, one less than Albert Pujols and Lance Berkman. The Atlanta Braves, however, weren’t fortunate enough to continue their winning streak, losing 8-4 to the Chicago Cubs after five straight wins.
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Luis Suarez Ain’t Enough for Happy Opening (Liverpool vs Sunderland)
Luis Suarez’ goal wasn’t enough to spark Liverpool to a exciting and impressive display on the first day of the 2011-2012 season in the English Premiership. Sebastian Larsson’s fantastic goal gave Sunderland a 1-1 draw at Anfield.
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The 2011 Basketball Hall of Fame Inductees
Dennis Rodman’s emotional speech was the highlight of the 2011 class to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Dan Uggla Gets to 32 With Style (Braves vs Cubs)
Dan Uggla’s hitting streak just gets better and better. It’s not that he’s reached 32. After getting 3 hits to cap off the sweep in the Marlins series, Uggla homered twice against Carlos Zambrano yesterday, reaching 26 this season, as the Atlanta Braves opened their series against the Chicago Cubs with a 10-4 win in Turner Field.
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The Dangerous Life of Being a Football Referee
Being a football referee in lower league games, like the 5th division in Argentina, can be a hazardous job. Like this guy learned, along with his whole officiating crew, during a match between Union San Guillermo and Atletico Tostado. I guess you need to consider who to send off these days.
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Manchester United and the Rest (Sort of a Preview for the 2011-2012 Premier League)
Alex Ferguson is not alone with his hunches and feeling this year, just before the first weekend of Premier League football kicks off. Manchester United, the defending champions, last year and four of the last five seasons, are the favorites to win the title. After the Community Shield second half performance, with Wayne Rooney, Nani and Javier Hernandez, Chicharito from now on, Fergie’s looks set to rule Manchester for another year and make it 20 league titles for Manchester United this season.
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Dan Uggla and His Hitting Streak? 31 and Still Going (Braves vs Marlins)
Dan Uggla didn’t just get another hit to extend his hitting streak to 31, the longest in the Majors since Chase Utley’s 36 in 2006. He hit 3-5 with 2 RBIs as the Atlanta Braves beat the Florida Marlins 6-2, completing a series sweep in Miami, improving to 69-49 and keeping their firm grip of the Wild Card spot in the NL.
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How Roger Federer Looked When he Won Each of his 16 Grand Slam Titles
Turning 30 this week, Roger Federer spoke about his future, the 2012 Olympic Games and him NOT planning on retirement or giving up on the chase after the next Grand Slam title. It’s been 16 so far, more than anyone else – 6 Wimbledon, 5 US Open, 4 Australian Open and one French Open. It’s been over 18 months since his last triumph, in Australia, against Andy Murray. Just to remind you, here’s how he looked all 16 times he won, during an era mostly dominated by who is (in my opinion) the greatest tennis player of all time.