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 If you guessed Darius Miles' rap performance, you're right. The 20-year-old Clipper isn't Grammy material yet.
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Winn's car-winning shot: True |
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Jesse Spector, 20, and some friends began the "Buy the Expos" campaign more than two weeks ago, and as of last week had received more than $100,000 in pledges. Their goal is to reach $100 million, the price MLB paid former owner Jeffrey Loria for Montreal's lease and the option to fold.
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Randy Winn, who played college basketball at Santa Clara in the early 1990s, was picked randomly to take part in a promotion between quarters at a recent Clippers game at the Staples Center. "I figured I'd just go out there and miss the shot," Winn said. "I just wanted to hit the backboard. I didn't want to miss everything." But Winn banked in his half-court shot and won a Mitsubishi Lancer.
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| Gretzky pans Molson ad: True |
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Miles to perform at Grammys: False |
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According to the Toronto Star, The Great One (at right with wife, Janet Jones) "criticized (Molson) ads that leverage patriotism to sell products for playing into the hands of Team Canada's opponents."
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After Tuesday's game at Houston, the Clippers are off until Saturday. But if Darius Miles decides to go to the Grammys on Wednesday, he won't be performing.
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| Ohno e-mails cause server crash: True |
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Backstreet Boy turns speed boater: True |
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The U.S. Olympic Committee turned over e-mails threatening Apolo Anton Ohno (right) to the FBI for investigation. Some were received after Ohno's first race, 1,000 meters, in which he won the silver medal. But after the U.S. speedskater won 1,500-meter gold Feb. 20 because Kim Dong-sung (left) of Korea was disqualified, more than 16,000 Ohno-related e-mails mostly from South Korea crashed the USOC's server.
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Backstreet Boy Nick Carter, 22, bought a 43-foot offshore racing boat and intends to enter it in the American Power Boat Association's 2002 circuit. Carter, who was once fined for running his boat aground into a preserved area, will leave the piloting up to his father, Bob. Other celebrities, such as Jason Priestley, have competed in the sport.
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