From The Fan Sports Radio:

One of the best to ever play the game has to decided to call it quits. After 13 seasons, Randy Moss is retiring. Despite being known around the league as having a terrible attitude and a tumor on any team we was a part of, Randy Moss still put up spectacular numbers that could not be ignored.

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From the Detroit Free Press:

Donovan McNabb's time in Washington is over after only a year. The Minnesota Vikings acquired the veteran quarterback from the Redskins on Wednesday night in exchange for a sixth-round draft pick.

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From Philly.com:

So, now that the 136-Day War is over and Roger Goodell and DeMaurice Smith have given each other a man hug, who won this 4 1/2-month battle besides the army of $800-an-hour lawyers who now can go off and buy yet another beach house? Let's call it a draw.

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From The New York Times: Butch Lewis, the flamboyant boxing promoter and manager best known for getting Michael Spinks a $13.5 million payday for what became 91 seconds in the ring with Mike Tyson, died Saturday at his home in Bethany Beach, Del. He was 65.

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From the Huffington Post:

The Huffington Post recently caught up with WNBA superstar Cappie Pondexter to talk about her Chris Paul-esque crossover dribble, her advice to young women and the fashion company she started.

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From the Star-Telegram:

Yankees center fielder Curtis Granderson moved to the top dugout step, looked into the stands of Rangers Ballpark and challenged his teammates. "Count the number of African-American people here at the stadium who aren't working at the stadium and see if you can get to 10," Granderson said.

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From MSNBC:

Amid headstones of chiseled and polished granite at a Topeka, Kansas, cemetery lies a new tombstone. With a baseball and the figure of a baseball catcher etched in stone, it is dedicated to "Topeka's 'Super Substitute'" - Carroll Ray Mothell, better known as "Dink."

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From the Guardian:

Dave Duerson had so much going for him. A former professional American football player, he still carried himself with the bearing of a star. In Chicago, he was feted as a member of the legendary 1985 Bears that won the Super Bowl, thrashing the New England Patriots 46-10. In New York, too, he was fondly remembered as a member of the Giants team that took the Super Bowl championship five years later, squeaking to victory over the Buffalo Bills by just one point.

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From the Atlantic:

When LeBron James announced just over a year ago that he was joining Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, and the Miami Heat, the NBA world exploded with questions. Were stars free to buck loyalty and team up in the city they liked the most? For big-market teams, was this the new model of roster-building to aspire towards? Were the Heat going to win the next decade of championships? Was life worth living in Cleveland? The noise never died down, and "The Decision" was the catalyst to an especially memorable NBA season.

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From the LA Times:

Shaquille O'Neal will join TNT's popular NBA studio show, which is hosted by Ernie Johnson and made fun and interesting by analysts Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith.

Turner Sports made the announcement Thursday morning.

O'Neal, a 15-time NBA All-Star and once a sometimes contentious teammate of Kobe Bryant on the Lakers, said Thursday that he was not put off by the idea that comparisons of his rocky relationship with Bryant might be made with his role with Barkley, who is outspoken and who relishes his role as opinion-maker at TNT.

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