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FILE - In this July 19, 2010, file photo, Minnesota Twins' Joe Mauer stands on the on-deck circle as he gets ready to bat against the Cleveland Indians during a baseball game in Minneapolis. Mauer is hitting .297. Almost every catcher in the majors would take that. But for a guy who hit .365 with 28 homers in an MVP season last year that earned him a $184 million extension, that just isn't good enough. (AP Photo/Jim Mone, File)

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FILE - In this Aug. 2, 2006 file photo, Cleveland Browns center LeCharles Bentley arrives for a news conference at the NFL football team's football training camp in Berea, Ohio. Bentley suffrered a season-ending knee injury suffered in the second day of practice. Former Browns center Bentley has filed a lawsuit against the team over a career-ending staph infection he says he contracted at the team's facility. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan, File)

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FILE - In this April 6, 2010, file photo, New Jersey Devils left wing Ilya Kovalchuk skates against the Atlanta Thrashers during the first period of an NHL hockey game at Philips Arena in Atlanta. Five weeks after rejecting the Russian's landmark 17-year, $102 million contract with the Devils, the league approved a revised 15-year, $100 million deal on Friday, Sept. 3, 2010, after reaching an agreement with the NHL Players Association on an amendment covering long-term contracts. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith, File)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Nationals' Adam Dunn, right, is congratulated by Nyjer Morgan, left, after Dunn hit a two-run home run off Cincinnati Reds starting pitcher Edinson Volquez in the third inning of a baseball game, Thursday, July 22, 2010, in Cincinnati.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier talks to the media during the Southeastern Conference football media days on Thursday, July 22, 2010, in Hoover, Ala.

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Coach Jay Miller, right, talks with his players at the start of a U.S. national softball team practice in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, July 20, 2010. The World Cup of Softball takes place this week. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)

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This July 8, 2010 photo supplied by the Nelson Mandela Foundation on Thursday, July 15, 2010, shows former South African President Nelson Mandela. Mr. Mandela celebrated his 92nd birthday this week. (AP Photo/Debbie Yazbek-Nelson Mandela Foundation)

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** FILE ** In this Oct. 1, 2009 file photo, first lady Michelle Obama talks with Prince Albert of Monaco at a reception following the opening ceremonies of the the 121st International Olympic Committee (IOC) Session and XIII Olympic Congress at the Copenhagen Opera House in Copenhagen. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Los Angeles Dodgers manager Joe Torre, back center, talks with home plate umpire Adrian Johnson after ejecting Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw (22) in the seventh inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Tuesday, July 20, 2010, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Gus Ruelas)

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FILE - In this Sept. 16, 1983, file photo, Boston Rex Sox manager Ralph Houk, left, kicks dirt at umpire John Shulock after Shulock called Boston's Wade Boggs out at second base in a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park in Boston. The Red Sox say former manager Houk has died. He was 90. Red Sox spokesman Dick Bresciani says Houk died in Winter Haven, Fla., on Wednesday afternoon, July 21, 2010. The team heard from Houk's grandson, who lives in the Boston area. The cause of death was not immediately known. (AP Photo/Ted Gartland, File)

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ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE - In this Sept. 16, 1983, file photo, Boston Rex Sox manager Ralph Houk, left, kicks dirt at umpire John Shulock after Shulock called Boston's Wade Boggs out at second base in a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles at Fenway Park in Boston. The Red Sox say former manager Houk has died. He was 90. Red Sox spokesman Dick Bresciani says Houk died in Winter Haven, Fla., on Wednesday afternoon, July 21, 2010. The team heard from Houk's grandson, who lives in the Boston area. The cause of death was not immediately known.

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ASSOCIATED PRESS Washington Nationals starting pitcher Stephen Strasburg throws against the Cincinnati Reds in the first inning of a baseball game, Wednesday, July 21, 2010, in Cincinnati.

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New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez follows through on a base hit as Los Angeles Angels catcher Jeff Mathis looks on in the eighth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 20, 2010, at Yankee Stadium in New York. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

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With Tampa Bay Rays' Ben Zobrist, left, at first base, New York Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes, center, winds up in the first inning of a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010. Yankees first baseman Mark Teixeira is at right. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

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In a photo made July 14, 2010, Haitian youth soccer players listen to former Major League Soccer player Tony Sanneh, left, during the USA Cup soccer tournament in Blaine, Minn. The team of 14 and 15-year-old players was brought to Minnesota with money raised by his foundation and the L.A. Galaxy soccer club to to play in the largest youth tournament in the country. (AP Photo/Jim Mone)

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University of Southern California's Reggie Bush Heisman Trophy is displayed at the Heritage Hall on the USC campus in Los Angeles on Tuesday, July 20, 2010. USC will return Bush's trophy to the Heisman Trophy Trust next month, possibly indicating the trophy will be revoked in the future. The school will take down any jerseys or murals recognizing the former star tailback or basketball player O.J. Mayo, the other major figure in the four-year NCAA investigation. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)