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With Alex Rodriguez’s fate yet to be decided by Major League Baseball, the Yankees third baseman is headed to Trenton.
The Yankees announced Thursday that Rodriguez will play rehab games with the Double-A Trenton Thunder Friday night and Saturday night. Whether Rodriguez actually will play in those games is in question, though – as MLB is on the verge of announcing disciplinary action in the Biogenesis probe.
It remains uncertain whether Rodriguez will make a deal with MLB or appeal expected severe punishment.

Alex Rodriguez.

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Embarrassed Eagles receiver Riley Cooper stood fittingly with his back to a wall outside the team’s training complex press room Wednesday night, apologizing for a racial epithet used after a confrontation with an African American security guard working a June 8 Kenny Chesney concert.
The six-minute, 45-second apology – which followed a Twitter apology – was only the beginning for Cooper, who was fined an undisclosed amount by the team and now awaits word on whether the NFL will tack on more discipline.
The receiver said he intended to apologize later to his teammates, many of whom are African American, following a 7 p.m. walk-through practice.

Riley Cooper.

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It’s got plenty of competition but this may just be the single most cringe-worthy – embarrassing interview broadcast on Fox News. At least in recent memory. Fox News anchor Lauren Green had religious scholar Reza Aslan on her show Friday to talk about “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth” – his book that has been stirring up some online controversy recently.

Reza Aslan.

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Famed White House journalist Helen Thomas has died at the age of 92.
The Gridiron Club and Foundation, a journalistic organization in Washington, D.C., confirmed Thomas’ passing to NBC News on Saturday.
Thomas died on Saturday morning at her Washington apartment after a long illness – the club said in a statement. A former president of the Gridiron Club, Thomas broke a long line of all-male leadership when she was chosen for the position in 1993.
The journalist who scored a front-row seat at White House press briefings after years of reporting for wire services had been in and out of the hospital recently, a friend (Muriel Dobbin) told the Associated Press. The daughter of Lebanese immigrants, Thomas had grown up in Detroit before moving to Washington, D.C., where she broke several barriers for female correspondents.

Helen Thomas.

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Cameras in his face and accompanied by Texas A&M officials, Johnny Manziel made his anticipated arrival Wednesday at SEC Media Days.
Manziel admitted his new-found fame as the first freshman quarterback to win the Heisman Trophy was more difficult than he imagined.
“The spotlight is 10 times brighter and 10 times hotter than I thought it was two months ago” – Manziel said.
“I guess I feel like Justin Bieber or something. I never thought it would really be that way.”

Johnny Manziel.

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Glee star Cory Monteith, 31, died Saturday at the Fairmont Pacific Rim hotel in downtown Vancouver.
“We are so saddened to confirm that the reports on the death of Cory Monteith are accurate. We are in shock and mourning this tragic loss” – his publicist, Melissa Kates, confirmed to USA TODAY.
Word began to spread on Twitter at roughly 1 a.m. ET that the Glee star had died after an apparent drug overdose. CTV British Columbia, a local news station based in Vancouver, appeared to report the news first.

Cory Monteith.

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Some people still recognize the colors purple and gold. But one very memorable player won’t be wearing them anymore.
Metta World Peace was officially waived Thursday by the Lakers via the NBA’s one-time amnesty provision.
World Peace (33) was dropped in a purely cost-cutting move by the Lakers, who stand to have about 23 million dollars erased from their ledger with luxury-tax charges included, although they still have to pay World Peace his 7,7 million dollars salary for the 2013-14 season.

Nick Young.

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She is reported to have kicked out her husband Lamar Odom, after the “revelation” of a year-long affair with another woman.
However, sources close to Khloe Kardashian have revealed to MailOnline that this couldn’t be further from the truth.
“They’re more in love than ever” – a source explains.

Khloe Kardashian.

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Grand Theft Auto 5 publisher Rockstar Games released the game’s first gameplay trailer today, giving an overview of the massive open world of Los Santos and what you’ll be doing in it.
The trailer begins with shots of flying planes, piloting boats and driving cars around town, and shows off the wide variety of environments available in Rockstar’s representation of Southern California – “mountains and oceans, expensive stores and strip malls, urban decay and untouched wilderness, beaches and backwoods,” the trailer’s narrator points out.

GTA 5.

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Country singer Randy Travis has been hospitalized in Texas for complications from a recently contracted viral cardiomyopathy – a rep for the singer tells ABC News in a statement.
The Grammy winner was admitted Sunday, and has been listed in critical condition.
Travis (54) who is best known for the songs “Three Wooden Crosses,” “Forever and Ever, Amen,” “Diggin’ Up Bones,” and “Deeper Than the Holler,” has been rebounding from a very tough 2012.

Randy Travis.

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