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Tom Hanks’s character Jimmy Dugan famously said in ‘A League Of Their Own’ that “There’s no crying in baseball.” But that warning hasn’t stopped some of professional sports’ top players from showing their softer side from time to time.

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When an athlete breaks a world record it isn’t rare to see them get a bit excited. It is a little less rare to see them curse the audience with an incoherent victory speech on live television. Pete Weber decided to change all of that during this year’s professional bowling US open.

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Penn State's scandal, UConn's run to the NCAA basketball championship, Chris Paul's trade to the Clippers and all the drama leading up to it, Rory McIlroy's U.S. Open win, and 46 other stories made the list for the biggest sports stories of the year. Here are the top 50.

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Tennis superstar Novak Djokovic has had one hell of a run this year, composing a 2011 record of 64-2, with 10 tournament titles. Monday evening in New York, he defeated Rafael Nadal to win his first ever U.S. Open title. The win marks Djokovic's 4th career grand slam title, and 3rd this year.

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American tennis superstar Andy Roddick has recently been displaying a salty attitude on the court. Having dropped to 21 in the tennis world rankings might have Roddick in a surly mood, but his play at the U.S. Open has been fantastic.

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Venus Williams pulled out of the U.S. Open Wednesday just before she announced to the world that she had been diagnosed with a rare autoimmue disease called Sjogren’s syndrome. The 31-year-old seven-time Grand Slam singles champion faces a tough road battle with this rare illness. Should she retire?

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Lucas Glover is looking to add another major title, to go along with his 2009 U.S. Open Championship.

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For the fourth straight time, the U.S. men's national soccer team will play in the Gold Cup final. They punched their ticket last night with their 1-0 victory over Panama. Clint Dempsey scored the lone goal in the 77th minute off an awesome assist by Landon Donovan.

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Just three years ago, Irishman Padraig Harrington was the third-ranked golfer in the entire world. Now, he's considered only the third-best golfer from his own country.

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