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ASSOCIATED PRESS Chicago Cubs first baseman Derrek Lee watches his home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010, in St. Louis. Lee hit a second homer in the third inning.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Redskins defnsive lineman Albert Haynesworth walks to the start of NFL football training camp at Redskins Park in Ashburn, Va. Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Redskins defensive lineman Maake Kemoeatu takes a knee after NFL football training camp at Redskins Park in Ashburn, Va. Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Minnnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre throws a pass during NFL football training camp, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010 in Eden Prairie, Minn. After staying away from training camp, Favre was practicing less than 24 hours after the team sent three of his closest friends to Mississippi to bring him back following another summer of indecision.
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Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich stands on the porch of his home on the north side of Chicago after being convicted on one of 24 counts in his federal corruption trial on Tuesday Aug. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Y. Exit)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan talks to the media after practice at the NFL football team's training camp, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2010, at Redskins Park in Ashburn, Va.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre waves to the media and football fans after arriving by a private jet at Flying Cloud Airport, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 in Eden Prairie, Minn.
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FILE - This Aug. 3, 2010, file photo shows Oakland Raiders cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha, right, reviewing a play book with defensive backs coach Lionel Washington during NFL football training camp in Napa, Calif. Opposing teams spent much of last seasona avoiding Oakland star cornerback Nnamdi Asomugha. That's why this season the Raiders may try moving him around more often. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Baltimore Orioles pitcher Kevin Millwood delivers against the Seattle Mariners in the first inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 in Baltimore. The Mariners won 4-0.
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Atlanta Braves' Matt Diaz rounds first base on double in which he hit two runs in against the Washington Nationals during the sixth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 in Atlanta .
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ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE - This July 28, 2010, file photo shows Baltimore Ravens quarterbacks coach Jim Zorn at the team's training camp in Westminster, Md. Ravens quarterbacks coach Jim Zorn will be working with the enemy Saturday night for a preseason game against the Washington Redskins, the team that fired him as head coach in January after two mediocre seasons.
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FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 16, 2010 file photo, University of Mississippi basketball coach Andy Kennedy sits in a Hamilton County courtroom in Cincinnati, awaiting jury selection in the defamation suit he filed after his 2008 arrest in an altercation with a cab driver. On Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, Kennedy settled the suit with the cab driver and a valet. The driver apologized to Kennedy on Tuesday as the trial was beginning and said he's ready to move on with his life. Details of the settlement are confidential. (AP Photo/The Cincinnati Enquirer, Carrie Cochran, File) MANDATORY CREDIT
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FILE - This April 13, 1997, file photo shows former major league baseball player Bobby Thomson during a salute to Jackie Robinson, in Union, N.J. Famed home run hitter Bobby Thomson died Monday night, Aug. 16, 2010. He was 86. (AP Photo/Daniel Hulshizer, File)
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Puerto Rico's Carlos Arroyo, foreground, drives past Brazil's Anderson Varejao during the second period of the basketball game between Brazil and Puerto Rico, Friday, Aug. 13, 2010 during the World Basketball Festival at Rucker Park in New York. Puerto Rico defeated Brazil 77-55. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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In this Saturday, July 31, 2010 photo Cleveland Browns punters Dave Zastudil, left, and Reggie Hodges (2) watch drills during the opening day of the Browns NFL football training camp in Berea, Ohio. The team announced Tuesday, Aug. 17 2010 they had placed Zastudil on injured reserve. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
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Former French team director Jean Louis Valentin, speaks to the media, after the hearing at the French Football Federation headquarter, in Paris, Tuesday, Aug.17, 2010. Former France captain Patrice Evra, Jeremy Toulalan, and three teammates will attend a disciplinary hearing Tuesday for their role in the infamous strike at the World Cup and face sanction that range from lifetime internatoinal bans to a mere reproof.(AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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French soccer player Jeremy Toulalan is seen in a taxi, as he arrives at the French Football Federation, in Paris, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. The French Football Federation suspended Nicolas Anelka for 18 matches for his role in the France team's World Cup fiasco, and handed a five-match ban to former captain Patrice Evra on Tuesday. The FFF's disciplinary commission also gave a three-match ban to Franck Ribery and a one-match suspension to Jeremy Toulalan. Eric Abidal, the fifth player summoned to the four-hour hearing, escaped any sanctions. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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San Diego Chargers' Ryan Mathews, right, is tackled by Chicago Bears' Major Wright during the first half of an NFL preseason football game Saturday, Aug. 14, 2010, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS Baltimore Orioles Adam Jones runs to first as Seattle Mariners first baseman Casey Kotchman comes off the bag for the throw from third baseman Jose Lopez in the first inning in a baseball game Monday, Aug. 16, 2010 in Baltimore. Jones was safe on the play.
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A trainer helps New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning during the second quarter of a preseason NFL football game against the New York Jets at New Meadowlands Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., Monday, Aug. 16, 2010. Manning suffered a big gash to the left side of his temple and was forced to leave the game. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
