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      <title>Albert Pujols wins 2nd straight NL MVP award</title>
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      <description>NEW YORK     (AP) -- Albert Pujols was unanimously voted National League MVP on Tuesday, becoming the first player to repeat since Barry Bonds won four in a row from 2001-04. Pujols received all 32 first-place votes and 448 points in balloting announced by the Baseball Writers' Association of America....</description>
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      <title>Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin dies at 85</title>
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      <description>WASHINGTON     (AP) -- Abe Pollin, the Washington Wizards owner who brought an NBA championship to the nation's capital and later had the mettle to stand up to Michael Jordan, died Tuesday. He was 85....</description>
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      <title>Feds seek rehearing of baseball drug list ruling</title>
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      <description>SAN FRANCISCO     (AP) -- Federal officials are asking for a rehearing of an appeals court decision that said the government illegally seized drug-testing samples and records of baseball players who allegedly tested positive for steroids....</description>
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      <title>AP source: Clausen has a black eye after punch</title>
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      <description>SOUTH BEND, Ind.     (AP) -- Notre Dame quarterback Jimmy Clausen is nursing a black eye after getting punched outside a South Bend bar early Sunday morning....</description>
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      <title>Big Ben expected to play despite concussion</title>
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      <description>PITTSBURGH     (AP) -- Ben Roethlisberger's fourth concussion since 2006 apparently won't put him on the bench....</description>
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      <title>NFL, union approve about half team neurologists</title>
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      <description>WASHINGTON     (AP) -- The NFL and its players union have approved independent doctors to evaluate head injuries for about half of the league's 32 teams as part of a new program....</description>
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      <title>Black and blue affair for Tebow's home finale</title>
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      <description>GAINESVILLE, Fla.     (AP) -- There could be a blackout at Florida Field on Saturday. An eye blackout that is....</description>
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      <title>Isch not interested in being NCAA caretaker</title>
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      <description>NEW YORK     (AP) -- James Isch has settled comfortably into his role as interim president of the NCAA....</description>
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      <title>Vols safety Janzen Jackson reinstated to team</title>
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      <description>KNOXVILLE, Tenn.     (AP) -- Tennessee coach Lane Kiffin says freshman safety Janzen Jackson will be allowed to return to team activities immediately and will start Saturday at Kentucky....</description>
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      <title>Kelly says job speculation not a problem</title>
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      <description>CINCINNATI     (AP) -- Coach Brian Kelly is so accustomed to hearing rumors about him leaving Cincinnati that he pays little attention to what he calls the "silly season" of college football....</description>
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