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General Sports

Playing Hardball with Kenny Rogers

If anything irritates sports nabobs, it’s athletes who abuse the press and somehow still come out on top. That’s the story today about Texas Rangers LHP Kenny Rogers getting the All-Star nod.

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NBA General

No. 1 Reason to Flunk Kindergarten

ESPN.com’s Chad “The Insider” Ford is reporting tonight that the NBA and the players’ union are near a collective bargaining agreement that would require draftees to be 19 years old by draft night. To paraphrase Willie Nelson and Waylon Jennings: Mamas don’t let your babies grow up with their agemates …

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General Sports

Is Danica-mania for real?

I couldn’t help but think of the WNBA last weekend as Danica Patrick, perpetually dressed in her racing gear, became racing’s It Girl for her record-breaking performance at the Indianapolis 500.