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RGIII's Tough Night - Robert Griffin III finishes playoffs with knee injury, Crimston Tide rolls over Notre Dame, Ray Lewis to end 17-year career with the Baltimore Ravens, plus more. – Britt Middleton With an impressive first season behind him, Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III will likely spend the coming weeks recovering from a partially torn ACL and LCL sustained in Sunday’s playoff game against Seattle Seahawks. The Redskins came up short in the end, losing to the Seahawks 24-14.(Photo: Al Bello/Getty Images)

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Carmelo Out - The NBA has suspended Carmelo Anthony for one game, following his screaming match with Kevin Garnett on Monday. Anthony will miss the Knicks’ game against Indiana on Thursday. (Photo: REUTERS/Ray Stubblebine)

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Roll Tide! - The Alabama Crimson Tide routed the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 42-14 at the 2013 Discover BCS National Championship Monday evening. Eddie Lacy was named offensive MVP. (Photo: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images)

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Custody Battle for Jovan Belcher's Daughter - The maternal and paternal grandparents of the daughter of Jovan Belcher, who killed himself and his girlfriend Kasandra Perkin, are fighting over custody of the four-month-old. A custody hearing is scheduled for Jan. 11 in what could be a long battle. Belcher committed the murder-suicide on Dec. 1 after a fight with Perkins.(Photo: KASANDRAPERKINS VIA INSTAGRAM)

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Track Coach Admits Affair With Student - The University of Texas announced on Saturday that track and field coach Beverly Kearney had resigned after admitting she had a "intimate consensual relationship” with a student athlete in 2002. A hall of famer, Kearney was the first African-American coach to win an NCAA national team championship in Division I track and field.  (Photo: Matt Szwajkos/Getty Images for Alan Taylor)

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Ravens’ Ray Lewis to Retire - Ray Lewis, one of the most feared linebackers in the NFL, is set to hang up his cleats after the playoffs, ending his stunning 17-year career with the Baltimore Ravens. Playing his final home game against the Indianapolis Colts on Sunday, Lewis had been sidelined since October with torn triceps. (Photo: AP Photo/Tom Uhlman)

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Wife of Ex-MLB Star Andruw Jones Files for Divorce - In court documents filed last week, Nicole Jones, the wife of former Major League Baseball outfielder Andruw Jones, said her 10-year-relationship with Jones was “irrevocably broken.” The filing comes about one week after Jones was arrested on a battery charge after Nicole told police he grabbed her by the neck and threatened to kill her. (Photo: Lisa Blumenfeld/Getty Images)

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Bears Fire Lovie Smith - You win some, you lose some. That’s one adage that could apply to former Chicago Bears head coach Lovie Smith and six other NFL coaches who were fired by their teams in recent days. Smith led the Bears for nine seasons, including three playoff appearances and one Super Bowl showing.(Photo: Jonathan Daniel/Getty Images)

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Rex Ryan Proves His Dedication to the Jets - While New York Jets head coach Rex Ryan may have benched quarterback Mark Sanchez, a photo of Ryan’s new tattoo appears to prove that there is no bad blood between them. The tattoo looks to be in the likeness of Ryan’s wife wearing Sanchez’s no. 6 jersey, with some speculating she is crouched in the “Tebowing” position, in honor of fellow Jet Tim Tebow. (Photo: Chris Chambers/Getty Images)

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Harlem Globetrotters Hit the Ice - While hockey fans wait for their favorite teams to hit the ice, the legendary Harlem Globetrotters have no problem filling in. On Monday, the team strapped on custom helmets and skates to play a game of basketball on ice against the Global Select in Portage, Michigan. (Photo: Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

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Chad Johnson’s Sex Tape Lawsuit Wages On - Former NFL wide receiver Chad Johnson is pushing forward with his lawsuit against WorldStarHipHop and MediaTakeOut, who he claims posted footage of his sex tape without his permission. Johnson is seeking unspecified damages and is calling for a court order “blocking the websites from posting the footage ever again,” TMZ reports. (Photo: Gary Miller/Getty Images for Motorola Xoom)

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Rockets’ Royce White Suspended for Breach of Contract - The Houston Rockets have suspended first-round pick Royce White after the forward refused his assignment to Houston's D-League affiliate last week, the latest in what has been a building struggle between White and team officials. According to reports, White wants the Rockets, the NBA and the players association to sign an agreement with him that would give doctors authority in handling his anxiety disorder. (Photo: Nick Laham/Getty Images)

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NHL and Players Union Reach Tentative Agreement - The New Year just got a little bit brighter for hockey fans after NHL commissioner Gary Bettman, above, and NHL Players' Association executive director Donald Fehr announced on Sunday that the two sides had reached a tentative agreement to end the months-long lockout. The league’s 30 owners are expected to vote on the new collective bargaining agreement with players on Wednesday. (Photo: Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

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The Thin Line Between Love and Hate - According to reports, Los Angeles Lakers superstars Kobe Bryant and Dwight Howard are so much at odds that they nearly brawled following their loss to the Philadelphia 76ers on New Year’s Day. Bryant reportedly validated criticism that Howard is off his game, causing Howard to be “restrained from going at his teammate,” writes the New York Daily News. (Photo: Harry How/Getty Images)