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How do sports stars fit in? |
People say I look like |
Worst Christmas gift ever received |
Best gossip story of 2008 |
I really need help with my ... |
I want to throw a shoe at ... |
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TREVOR ARIZA Lakers F
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Kurt Thomas
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Pajamas with booties from my brother Kenny |
Stephon Marbury and the Knicks
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Young son Tajh |
Rudy Garciduenas |
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PHIL KESSEL Bruins RW
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Spencer Pratt from The Hills
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An ugly sweater my mom gave me |
Lindsay Lohan (top)
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Clothes |
Marc Savard
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ROBBIE MADDISON Stunt Rider
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Vanilla Ice |
My aunt used to give me jelly beans |
Story that I was dating Paris Hilton
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Gardening |
Bret Michaels |
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MICHAEL GRIFFIN Titans FS
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Whoopi Goldberg |
Nothing. Nobody got me anything last year |
Plaxico Burress shooting himself |
I don't even know |
My ex-girlfriend |
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Christmas with the NBA
The Lakers and the Celtics meet (on ABC) in the main event on the five-game holiday schedule. The NBA will also roll out a funny new ad campaign that purports to go behind the scenes: Fans shrink down and ride a mini tour bus past LeBron James's pregame routine, through the Blazers' practice and under the Lakers' bench. If you yearn to see Pau Gasol's ankles, Merry Christmas.
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That new network smell
Baseball's 24/7 cable home, the MLB Network, launches at 6 p.m on Jan. 1. Leading off: Hot Stove Live, an hourlong breakdown hosted by main studio personality Matt Vasgersian. Batting second: a replay of Don Larsen's 1956 perfect game. If you miss them, fear not. The shows will be rerun through the night. Hey, you try programming a baseball channel in January.
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NHL Winter Classic
Let's see you go shirtless for this one, Bleacher Bums. On New Year's Day, Wrigley Field hosts the NHL's outdoor game, Red Wings versus Blackhawks. The ice will stretch from third base to first; goalies Chris Osgood and Nikolai Khabibulin will wield the coldest gloves in those spots since Steve Ontiveros and Pete LaCock. It's more than a curiosity. The rivals are fighting for first place.
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The Rose Bowl
Penn State and USC meet in the Granddaddy for the first time since 1923, when the Trojans won 14--3 and the head coaches almost got into a pregame fight over the Nittany Lions' late arrival. (No, Joe Paterno wasn't there.) Paterno and Pete Carroll will be more respectful of each other, but the result could be similar; USC is a heavy favorite. As New Year's Day bowls go these days, this is a good one.
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2009 ...
with Robbie Maddison (below) and Rhys Millen. The racers and stunt riders will make spectacles of themselves—no small feat—in Vegas on New Year's Eve on ESPN's
Red Bull: New Year. No Limits show. Maddison will try to jump and land his bike atop the Paris hotel's 96-foot-high replica of the Arc de Triomph. Over at the Rio, Millen will try to be the first to land a backflip in an off-road truck.
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