As the 2008 Wimbledon tennis tournament begins, authorities are looking into claims that gamblers fixed eight of last year’s matches.

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1. The Scandal Breaks as Wimbledon Begins
2. Professional Tennis Promises to Crack Down on Fixing
3. Blimey! They’re Fixin’ Matches!

No, it doesn’t involve Lindsay Lohan.

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Kobe Bryant is reportedly having an affair with Vanessa Curry, a Lakers cheerleader. To make things worse, his wife Vanessa has cussed out an ESPN reporter who claimed Kobe was bonking the “hotter Vanessa.”

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1. Kobe Back to Being His Regular, Adulterating Self
2. Is ESPN Keeping the Laura Lane- Kobe/Vanessa Cursing Story Alive?
3. Watch: Vanessa Curry Dancing at a Car Dealership
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6. Gossip Site “The Dirty” Has Major Dirt on the Affair! Photos to Come
7. The Affair was Completely Covert
8. Photo of 18 Year Old Vanessa Curry
9. Reporter Cussed Out by Vanessa Bryant

The Boston Herald makes a formal apology to the Patriots for accusing them falsely.

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1. Pats May Very Well File Suit
2. ESPN, Circling Ever Closer
3. Readers Revolt!
4. “The Boston Herald regrets the damage done to the team.”

The single-season USC basketball player has allegedly been receiving gifts and cash from recruiters since high school.

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1. “Mayo Gets Bush-whacked by Friend”
2. Here’s the Impact On O.J. Mayo’s Earning Potential
3. So This is How It Works
4. Mayo Has Allegedly Been Getting Perks and Money Since Before He Entered Highschool
5. Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems for USC
6. The Mayo Probe
7. Mayo Denies Taking Gifts, Cash

A video of the Mets pitcher presiding over a cockfight with Hall of Famer Juan Marichal makes its rounds online.

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1. Wow, PETA’s Involved? Didn’t See That Coming
2. Martinez is Busted (But At Least His Bird Won)
3. Yes, the Animal People Are Pissed About it
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Martina Hingis is handed a two-year ban for cocaine use.

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1. Earlier Mixed Reactions Over Hingis’ Cocaine Bombshell
2. Hingis: “no desire to spend the next several years of my life reduced to fighting against the doping officials”
3. Hingis’s Wimbeldon Cocaine Use Catches Up With Her
4. Hingis Retired As Soon As The Positive Test Came In

A site devoted to exploiting Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo’s apparent inability to play well in front of his girlfriend, Jessica Simpson.

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Professional tennis is in the midst of a debacle over fixed matches.

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1. Why Is Anyone Gambling On Tennis?
2. Actually, Johnny, Money Is A Pretty Good Motivating Factor
3. Davydenko Fined For Acting Like He Was Throwing The Match
4. McEnroe: ‘Russian Mafia Could Be Involved’
5. “That’s potentially pretty dark and scary.”

Leave it to Barry Bonds to knock Pay-Rod from the top of the baseball headlines.

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2. So what does IT mean for Barry Bonds and for Major League Baseball? Plenty!
3. Bonds in Pinstripes: Manager of Ossining Orioles Makes Pitch for Indicted Slugger
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5. Barry Bonds Is a Ham Sandwich
6. Barry Bonds: Legal Perspective (Must Read)
7. Views On the Bonds’ Indictment: Let’s Stick to the Facts
8. Bonds Indictment: How Others See It
9. Barry Bonds Indicted - What Next?
10. The Actual Indictment (PDF)
11. Barry Bonds and the Constitution
12. The Bonds Indictment — O.J. Simpson or Michael Vick? The CSI Effect
13. Bonds Indicted: The Legalese
14. Overzealous Prosecutors Indict Baseball Legend Barry Bonds On Perjury and Obstruction
15. Barry Bonds Is a Lucky Man
16. Barry Bonds Facing 30 Years in Jail and a Rough Financial Future
17. Bonds Indicted On Perjury, Obstruction of Justice Charges
18. Expect Bonds To Fight Charges

The anabolic steroid THG - aka “The Clear” - is in the news again.

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1. Marion Was, In Fact, Juiced
2. Video: Coming Clean On ‘The Clear’
3. This Is Very Clever Chemistry
4. Tetrahydrogestrinone
5. Jones And The Clear
6. Marion Jones Admits to Steroid Use

Does Barry Bonds’ mechanical arm give him an unfair advantage?

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2. Nascar: Car Mods Are The Way To Go
3. Hockey: Use Your Crooked Hook
4. Tennis: The Art Of Distraction
5. Golf: Gary Player Alleges Rampant Performance-Enhancing Drug Use Among Golfers
6. Cycling: How Blood Doping Works
7. Cycling: You CAN Win The Tour De France Without Doping!
8. NFL: Stealing Signs And Playbooks
9. NBA: Subtle Tricks, AKA Gamesmanship
10. Golf: Markings, Equipment, Weather Delays, Unsolicited Advice, Beta-Blockers and Drops
11. Baseball: Foregin Substances And Groundskeeping
12. Baseball: Barry Bonds’ Mechanical Elbow

Dogs can now get their revenge on Michael Vick.

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New tests from the French anti-doping agency indicate the 2006 Tour de France “winner” did indeed have synthetic testosterone in his blood stream.

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1. Lance Armstrong comes out in defense of Floyd Landis.
2. The Second Round of Illegal Tests
3. The Landis Scandal in Context
4. Landis Responds
5. What Have They Been Doing With the Urine All This Time?
6. Fundraising to Fight Doping Charge
7. Defending His Tour Title
8. Links to the Testing Docs
9. New Drug Tests Don’t Bode Well For Landis
10. Breaking News From The Landis Camp