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Forty-three-year-old Matt Stairs started playing in the major leagues in 1992. The pinch-hitting specialist is the sporting world's version of Kevin Bacon. From Shaquille O'Neal to Mario Lemeiux to Donovan McNabb, Stairs has connections all over the wide world of sports. [Captions: (Stairs: Tony Firriolo/MLB Photos), (O'Neal: AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian), (Ruth: AP Photo/HO, National Baseball Library), (Chamberlain: AP Photo/Paul Vathis, file), (Lemieux: AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar), __ (McNabb: AP Photo/Evan Vucci)]
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United States goalkeeper Hope Solo gestures after U.S. beat France 3-1 in the World Cup semifinal in Moenchengladbach, Germany on Wednesday, July 13, 2011. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
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U.S. players celebrate winning the World Cup semifinal match against France 3-1 in Moenchengladbach, Germany on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Steve Stricker watches his shot on the ninth fairway during a practice round ahead of the British Open at Royal St. George's.
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Japan's Nahomi Kawasumi, right, celebrates with teammates scoring their side's 3rd goal during the semifinal match between Japan and Sweden at the Women’s Soccer World Cup in Frankfurt, Germany on Wednesday. Japan won 3-1 and will play the United States in the World Cup final. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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Japan's Nahomi Kawasumi, right, celebrates with teammates scoring their side's 3rd goal during the semifinal match between Japan and Sweden at the Women’s Soccer World Cup in Frankfurt, Germany on Wednesday. Japan won 3-1 and will play the United States in the World Cup final. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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United States' Abby Wambach celebrates scoring her team's second goal on July 13, 2011, during the semifinal match between the United States and France at the women’s soccer World Cup in Moenchengladbach, Germany. (Associated Press)
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From left: France's Gaetane Thiney, United States' Abby Wambach and France's Sandrine Soubeyrand go for the ball during the semifinal match between France and the United States at the Women’s Soccer World Cup in Moenchengladbach, Germany, on July 13, 2011. (Associated Press)
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Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens (right) and his attorney Rusty Hardin arrive at federal court in Washington on July 13, 2011, for his perjury trial. (Associated Press)
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Former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens leaves federal court on July 12, 2011, in Washington after a day of his trial on charges of lying to Congress in 2008 about using performance-enhancing drugs. (Associated Press)
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National League's Tyler Clippard of the Washington Nationals pitches during the fourth inning of the MLB All-Star Game on Tuesday. Clippard earned the win in relief as the National League beat the American League 5-1. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
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John McEnroe believes American men's tennis is struggling, though he sees men's tennis in general as thriving. (Associated Press)
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Steve Ford, left, comforts his brother Jack during the funeral for their mother, former first lady Betty Ford at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Tuesday, July 12, 2011, in Palm Desert, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)
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Susan Ford Bales looks back to family members near the end of the funeral for her mother and former first lady Betty Ford at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Tuesday, July 12, 2011, in Palm Desert, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)
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Michael Ford speaks during the funeral for his mother, former first lady Betty Ford at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Tuesday, July 12, 2011, in Palm Desert, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)
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Jack Ford speaks during the funeral for former first lady Betty Ford at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Tuesday, July 12, 2011, in Palm Desert, Calif. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)
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A military honor guard carries the casket of former first lady Betty Ford into her funeral at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in Palm Desert, Calif., Tuesday, July 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
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Maria Shriver arrives at the funeral of former first lady Betty Ford on Tuesday, July 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, Pool)
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A military honor guard carries the casket of former first lady Betty Ford to her funeral at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church in Palm Desert, Calif., Tuesday, July 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Aniyah Davis, 7, kisses her cousin William Respes, 1, as they play in water from a garden hose to beat the midday summer heat in Philadelphia, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
