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Victoria Azarenka, of Belarus, blows kisses to the crowd after her match against Maria Sharapova, of Russia, during a semifinal match at the 2012 US Open tennis tournament, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, in New York. Coming all the way back from a set and a break down, the top-seeded Azarenka prevailed in a stirring third, beating four-time major champion Sharapova 3-6, 6-2, 6-4 to reach her first U.S. Open final. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

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Saints defensive end Will Smith (shown) and linebacker Jonathan Vilma are eligible to play versus the Redskins on Sunday after an appeals panel overturned the suspensions for the players involved in the bounty scandal. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)

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Suspended New Orleans Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma arrives to testify at Federal Court in New Orleans, Thursday, July 26, 2012. Vilma is seeking a temporary restraining order that would allow him to return to work while his lawsuit against NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is pending. Goodell suspended Vilma for the entire season for what the NFL has said was his leading role in a player-funded bounty program that paid cash bonuses to Saints defensive players for hits that injured opponents. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

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Vijay Singh of Fiji watches his tee shot on the eighth hole during the second round of the BMW Championship PGA golf tournament at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind., Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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US athlete Aries Merritt reacts after winning the 110 meters hurdles and breaking a new world record, at the Diamond League Memorial Van Damme athletics event at Brussels' King Baudouin Stadium, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

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Bob, left, and Mike Bryan react while playing Radek Stepanek of the India's Leander Paes and Czech Republic's Radek Stepanek during the men's doubles final of the 2012 US Open tennis tournament, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)

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Alexander Galimov was one of 44 who died in the plane crash carrying the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl team from Russia’s Kontinental Hockey League. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)

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Oakland Athletics pitcher Brandon McCarthy (32) leaves the field with a trainer after being hit in the head by a ball hit by Los Angeles Angels' Erick Aybar in the fourth inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012, in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

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Tiger Woods, left, and Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland, shake after the first round of the BMW Championship PGA golf tournament at Crooked Stick Golf Club in Carmel, Ind., Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

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Umpires try to restore order during the sixth inning when both benches and bullpens emptied onto the field of a baseball game between the Washington Nationals and the Chicago Cubs at Nationals Park, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, in Washington. The Nationals won 9-2. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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Novak Djokovic returns to Juan Martin del Potro in a quarterfinal of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Thursday, Sept. 6, 2012, in New York. Djokovic won in straight sets. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)