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Time For Gun Owners To Be Good Sports About Gun Restrictions
December 19, 2012 Americans possess too many firearms and nothing will change unless gun owners support the changes the president swears to promote, says commentator Frank Deford.
With 88 Goals, Lionel Messi Celebrates A Record Year
December 13, 2012 The Barcelona star has broken several records this year — and many say the 25-year-old still hasn't peaked.
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A Cardboard Helmet, To Go With Your Cardboard Bike
December 12, 2012 Would you ride a bike while wearing a helmet made of cardboard? What if its design was inspired by nature — specifically, a woodpecker? You'll have a chance to do just that next year — meaning you could outfit yourself in a full-cardboard biking kit, if you also go for the $20 cardboard bicycle we wrote about in October.
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NHL Lockout Leaves Fans Out In The Cold
December 12, 2012 Hockey fans are living their lives, going about their business, but their days are a little paler. Commentator Frank Deford says fans deserve a little sympathy when their sport is taken from them.
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NFL Players' 'Bountygate' Suspensions Vacated
December 11, 2012 Though he said the NFL did prove that the players took part in a scheme that paid them bonuses for hurting opponents, former Commissioner Paul Tagliabue said the cases against them had been "contaminated" by their team — the New Orleans Saints.
Russia's Hockey Glad To Have NHL-Lockout Orphans
December 10, 2012 The NHL lockout has sent many Russian players home to play for a league very much in need of star power as it tries to revive hockey's popularity in a place where the sport was once dominant.