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...for taking a banned masking agent last year, now becomes the South Side's Sammy. Again. Because, don't forget, the first Sammy Sosa started down there at 35th and Shields. •HERE'S SOME INTERESTING POOP: Colorful, longtime Chicago sports commentator Chet Coppock...
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Chicago Sun-Times
http://www.suntimes.com/sports/telander/2674682,CST-SPT-rick05.article
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...fans were surprised to see one of their favorite former Major Leaguers with a considerably lighter skin tone. Slugger Sammy Sosa , a black Latino from the Dominican Republic, appeared to have bleached his skin to have a lighter complexion. People accused him...
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...Sosa's skin is black once again, the New York Post reports. According to the paper, Sosa stopped by the club Liv at Miami Beach's Fontainebleau hotel last weekend. A source tells the Post that the former slugger "looked back to his usual color and was partying...
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Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/12/sammy-sosa-black-skin-rep_n_573057.html
The more Buehrle pitches, the more big moments he collectsChicago Daily HeraldHe issued only 1 walk, to Sammy Sosa in the fifth inning. Buehrle promptly picked off Sosa and retired the Rangers' final 13 hitters. ...and more »
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Jason Heyward hits a home run we'll always rememberThe Braves Show (subscription)I've seen game-winners, and watch Sammy Sosa juiced one over 500 feet in 1998 at Turner Field. It was a bomb, a blast, a shot. It took about four seconds to ...and more »
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Tiger Woods Press Conference & BuddhismBeliefnet.com (blog)I mean, could you imagine Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa or Mark McGwire mentioning faith as the reason they strayed into steroids and having been welcomed back to ...and more »
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HealthNewsDigest.comSteroid Use and Major League BaseballHealthNewsDigest.comBaseball fans reveled in the great Mark McGuire and Sammy Sosa rivalry chasing down Roger Maris' single season home run record, as well as Barry Bond's ...and more »
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Baseball's Opening Day liesOCRegisterBut Sammy Sosa would hit a wretched .203/.240/.335 for the season. Interestingly, that was the only time Sosa ever homered on Opening Day. AP PHOTO. ...
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Globe and MailBarack Obama and Baseball: The President's (Other) GamePolitics Daily (blog)But Sammy Sosa, we found out later, may have been one of the many players from baseball's steroid era whose feats might not have been on the up-and-up. ...Obama Prepares to Throw First Pitch on Opening DayFOXNewsall 1,559 news articles »
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About - News & Issues (blog)Mustang zealot transforms 1969 Ford Mustang into an art carAutomottoThis overwhelmingly whacked out art car with Sammy Sosa and a horde of mutant Jack in the Box antenna balls are enough not only to mesmerize you but to ...1969 Ford MustangJalopnik (blog)all 8 news articles »
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Milestone watch: A-Rod can pass SosaArizona RepublicThe Yankees slugger enters the season with 583 homers and needs 27 to pass Sammy Sosa (609) for sixth all-time. There are 50 members of the 1500-RBI club ...
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Washington PostBaseball: What's new this year?Christian Science MonitorThe retirement of players such as Mark McGwire, Roger Clemens, Sammy Sosa, and Barry Bonds marks the true end of baseball's steroid era. ...Five Things to Look for in 2010The Faster Timesall 1,786 news articles »
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Mark it right if you don't want to be white on the censusAustin American-StatesmanAnd many Latinos today, including former baseball great Sammy Sosa, still yearn for whiteness despite their brown skin. (Yes, I know. Sammy's skin is no ...and more »
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Dave Davies: Conscience attack too late for MacEnterprise-RecordWhat about Sammy Sosa? He hit more than 60 homers three times and finished with over 600. What about Barry Bonds, the all-time single-season and career home ...
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Black is black — sometimesMacon TelegraphRecently, the legendary baseball player Sammy Sosa was reported to be using a bleaching agent. One Internet blog claims Sosa is 10-shades lighter than he ...Harry Reid may not be likeable, but he did tell the truthSt. George Daily Spectrumall 27 news articles »
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Brian Colligan: Recalling baseball?'s summer of ?'98 puts sports in perspectiveGreenville Daily ReflectorThe home run race between Mark McGwire of the St. Louis Cardinals and the Chicago Cubs' Sammy Sosa enthralled the country. The contest to best the home run ...and more »
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St. Louis Post-DispatchGORDON WHITE: Hall Call Coming?: For McGwire, I Doubt ItSouthern Pines PilotIn 1998, during McGwire's own "steroid era," the big guy waged a season-long slugfest with Sammy Sosa of the Chicago Cubs to see which one would set the new ...Memo to Rafael Palmeiro and Sammy Sosa: Your TurnBleacher ReportMcGwire and Selig's 'past' doesn't seem too long ago, does it?Hilton Head Island Packet'Big Mac' deserves betterNational PostRichmond County Daily Journal -Milwaukee Journal Sentinel -Arizona Daily Starall 181 news articles »
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Creams Offering Lighter Skin May Bring RisksNew York TimesIn November, some fans of Sammy Sosa, the former Chicago Cubs slugger, were surprised when photographs from the Latin Grammy Awards ceremony showed his face ...and more »
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Cubs executive clarifies timing for announcing: Mesa or Naples for spring ...Naples Daily NewsCHICAGO — Rumors about the Chicago Cubs spring training future have been circling here with more frequency than Sammy Sosa did the bases in ...and more »
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Sosa's foundation delivering food, water to HaitiChicago TribuneThe Sammy Sosa Foundation in the Dominican Republic is delivering over $100000 worth of food and water to its neighbors in Haiti to aid ...
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To Sammy Sosa: I wouldn't confess if I were you!Chicago Tribune (blog)Sammy, you should simply say "I've led a pure life. You think otherwise? Prove it." Confession – assuming you have something to confess – may be good for ...
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Times OnlineTrachsel: Sosa Hug Of McGwire Bugged CubsRealGM.comESPN - Former Cubs pitcher Steve Trachsel says that the embrace between Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire in 1998 wasn't well-appreciated even at the time. ...McGwire admitted steroid use, now it's Sosa's turnChicago Sun-TimesFollow My Lead: Sammy Sosa's Path To Cooperstown Runs Through Mark McGwireBleacher ReportNo, Bonds, Sosa and Clemens aren't going to apologizeCircling the Bases (blog)Huffington Post (blog) -Chicago Tribune -Gettysburg Timesall 5,564 news articles »
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Globe and MailFrom Reid to Sosa, skin color mattersTotal Buzz (blog)Formerly dark-skinned baseball great Sammy Sosa of the Dominican Republic uses a bleaching agent, but he doesn't talk about why he wants his skin to be ...Harry Reid's commentsPhiladelphia Inquirer'Really Light-Skinned People'New York Times (blog)all 4,172 news articles »
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...Domingo.– A lawsuit by a business seeking US$203,000 from former baseball star Sammy Sosa has been thrown out by a Dominican Republic prosecutor. Carim Abu Nabaa alleged that Sosa didn't pay him a commission of $150,000 on a house sale, $43,000 for a luxury...
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Dominican Today
http://www.dominicantoday.com/dr/local/2009/12/19/34248/Dominican-prosecutor-throws-out-lawsuit-against-Sammy-Sosa
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...DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) -A lawsuit by a local business seeking $203,000 from former Major League Baseball star Sammy Sosa was thrown out by a Dominican Republic prosecutor on Friday. Adolfo Feliz said the suit lacked sufficient evidence. Carim Abu...
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MSNBC Sports
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The Sammy Sosa face change is quite noticeable from the last time I saw him, as his facial skin is much lighter via this picture in a November 12, 2009 Chicago Tribune article. My first reaction to the Sammy Sosa face change was that he is doing a
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2390914/sammy_sosa_face_change_its_human_nature.html
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He obviously he had some dermatological procedure performed. The picture on our reference page shows Sammy Sosa with what appears to be bleached skin. Bleaching is what gives skin a white appearance and Sammy Sosa's skin definitely looked white.
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2376884/sammy_sosas_skin_bleached_why.html
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...waiting for his phone to ring with an offer from a Major League Baseball team. Sammy Sosa's skin is the center of a debate. Sammy Sosa's skin today is lighter than Sammy Sosa's skin a few years ago. Is Sammy Sosa's skin lighter because of a medical condition,...
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Associated Content
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...Baseball in 2007 in a personal quest to reach 600 career home runs? The Texas Rangers' right fielder/designate red hitter Sammy Sosa hit his 600th career home run on June 20th in a game against his former team, the Chicago cubs. Short commentary about former...
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2372802/sammy_sosa_bleached_skin_pictures_hes.html
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Sammy Sosa arrived at the Latin Grammy awards on Nov. 5, 2009 and nobody could recognize the former Major League slugger. It wasn't that he has aged and started to wrinkle with age, Sammy Sosa was as white as a ghost!
Over the last few months, Sammy
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/286492-sammy-sosa-sports-a-new-face-michael-jacksons-disease-or-surgery
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NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A rather pale looking Sammy Sosa showed up in Las Vegas last Wednesday. Sosa and his wife, Sonia, were photographed in Vegas while they were attending the Latin Grammys.
The color of the baseball star's skin is undeniably
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1010 WINS
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Sammy Sosa's skin is the center of a debate. Sammy Sosa's skin today is lighter than Sammy Sosa's skin a few years ago. Is Sammy Sosa's skin lighter because of a medical condition, or did Sammy Sosa undergo a cosmetic procedure in order to lighten his
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The lightness of his Sammy Sosa's skin made some wonder what happened to the former Major League Baseball star. He's noticeably lighter than in previous years.
The obvious thought upon looking at Sammy Sosa's skin is vitiligo. There's no cure for the
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Huliq.com
http://www.huliq.com/3257/88559/sammy-sosa-skin-condition-attracts-attention
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Dealing with the anxiety of replacing the injured Dick Butkus in the Bears starting lineup for the rest of the 1973 season, backup middle linebacker Don Rives relied on some of his favorite football clichés.
One game at a time.
One play at a time.
One
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Chicago Tribune
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As was mentioned in the Slammin' Sammy Sosa chapter, before the start of the 2003 season Sammy Sosa had just completed an unprecedented five-year assault on National League pitching, the MLB record books, and the bounds of credibility. Once again, let'
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Sports Blogs
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Myth: Baseball was dying in 1998. The home run chase of Roger Maris's record of 61 home runs in a single season by Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa prevented baseball's demise.
Lots of bloggers, journalists, and analysts say that these two "sluggers" saved
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Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/250163-debate-did-sammy-sosa-and-mark-mcgwire-really-save-baseball-in-1998
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cleaning up the links section on the left side of the page. Some of those are horribly outdated, including hte 50 greatest rangers evers link, and there have been a lot of good sites that should be added.
"I don't condone steroids or any other type of
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Lone Star Ball :: A Texas Rangers Blog
http://www.lonestarball.com/2009/9/3/1014408/this-day-in-lsb-history
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CHICAGO -- The story, as Leo Durocher told it in the early '70s, was that Billy Williams pulled a pitch well over the right-field stands of Wrigley Field and through a second-story window across Sheffield Avenue. Durocher claimed the home run not only
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MLB.com
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On Thursday, baseball’s death by a thousand cuts continued unabated with the news that both Manny Ramirez [stats] and David Ortiz [stats] had failed provisional drug tests in 2003. That report followed similar revelations about Sammy Sosa and Alex
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Boston Herald
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In the great wide and varied history of the Major Leagues, the 1998 Chicago Cubs were probably one of the least qualified teams ever to have the privilege of post-season play. They did not win their division, but they had a decent lead on the
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Sports Blogs
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As reported by the New York Times, Sammy Sosa tested positive for performance enhancing drugs in 2003. This is according to "what was supposed to" be an anonymous study in 2003 to see how prevalent steroids were in baseball. The result of the study in
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Sports Blogs
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Did you see Lou last night in the interview before the Cubs/Sox game that didn't happen?
The interviewers talked about baseball stuff, and then got to the really meaningful part - the thing they all wanted to know: What would Lou's reaction be to the
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Sports Blogs
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Ask Paul answers probing questions about Soriano’s hand gestures, Bradley’s bleacher toss, Sinatro’s whereabouts, giant rats and Ryan Theriot’s grandparents’ fishing expedition. As always send your questions to askpaul@aol.com
Paul, Alfonso Soriano
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Chicago Tribune
http://feeds.chicagotribune.com/~r/chicagosports/hardball/~3/e1wMNsd8Wlo/paul-sullivans-cubs-mailbag-1.html
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See, Cheat. This is what these are SUPPOSED to look like – cool links, funny references, not just the unsubstantiated musings of a guy looking to hit the exits.
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
Words spelled incorrectly,
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Sports Blogs
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Since we run a baseball blog, we figure it's a rite of passage that we write a steroids-related post. It kills us to do so, because we think the entire issue's been way, way overblown. And yet, here we are, fanning the flames in our own small
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Sports Blogs
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The revelation this week that Sammy Sosa was one of the 104 who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs in 2003 hardly rates as surprising news.
It’s like telling someone water is wet.
What a hypocrite and phony Sosa has turned out to be.
He
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Ashland Daily Independent
http://www.dailyindependent.com/localsports/local_story_172234022.html
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On Tuesday, June 16 the New York Times reported that Sammy Sosa was one of the 104 players to test positive for steroids in 2003. The news had many people in a stir, but really, what did everyone expect? With every other super slugger of the late
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Associated Content
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1866269/sammy_sosa_on_steroids_who_cares.html
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(Good use of archived music title, PF.)
We’re a pack of a-holes.
by rhythm on Apr 14, 2009 1:45 PM EDT
or the theme song to WKRP
" Do you guys know people like you are the reason I wouldn’t come on for exstended periods of time. You rui the baseball
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Sports Blogs
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Tom Davis (l.), the former chairman of the House Government Reform Committee, says he wasn't surprised to learn this past week that Sammy Sosa reportedly tested positive for PEDs in 2003.
Like many baseball fans, former Republican congressman Tom Davis
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New York Daily News
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" Sammy's corked bat, was a well played plan. He got caught with the corked bat, that kept the steroid allegations away from him, until now. "
" Sammy Sosa was selfish, arrogant, and rude. He never wanted to hit the cutoff man but insisted on useless
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The Pantagraph
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