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With all the fanfare associated with return of second baseman Chase Utley’s return to the Phillies lineup on Wednesday, slugger Ryan Howard’s eventual return to the team is equally anticipated as well.

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Over the past couple of years, fans on sports talk radio in this town and newspaper websites have suggested that the Phillies would be better off without a slugger like the injured Ryan Howard in their starting lineup. Folks should have been careful of what they wished for.

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Meanwhile, while Chase Utley is currently on a rehab assignment in Florida, we still don’t know when he and Ryan Howard are coming back to the team. We don’t know if they’re going to be 100 percent when they do come back or if they’re going be effective enough to help.

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The one thing that Michael Vick hasn’t had in his brief tenure as the Eagles starting quarterback is a structured offseason to work on his skills, review film and timing with the receivers during organized team activities. With a huge influx of new personnel, the Eagles were in a state of disarray…

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Arguably the most naturally gifted athlete the world has ever seen, Usain St Leo Bolt, confirmed his tremendous talents when he realized his dreams by winning a phenomenal three gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.

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Gabrielle Douglas was a member of the 2011 World team that won gold, and a strong contender for the 2012 US Olympic team. Douglas’ first elite competition was in 2010, at the CoverGirl US Classic. At that meet she qualified to the junior US Championships…

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Nicola Adams and Natasha Jonas have made history by becoming the first British women boxers to qualify for the Olympic Games after victories in the world championships in Qinhuangdao, China.

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Rau’shee hails from the impoverished Westwood community of Cincinnati. At the age of 6, he began training at the same East Side gym where former Junior Welterweight champion Aaron Pryor trained in the 1970s and 1980s. Warren won his first amateur fight at age of 8.

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Lolo Jones can jump any hurdle—on and off the field. Determined to pursue her dream as a U.S. Olympic track and field hurdler at an early age, she lived with several families during her youth just to be able to stay near a track.

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Now that the Philadelphia 76ers are preparing for Game 7 of their Eastern Conference Semifinal matchup with the Boston Celtics, head coach Doug Collins doesn’t want to hear anything about playing with “house” money or anything about a moral victory for getting this far in the playoffs.

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