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Venus Williams Withdrew from the U.S. Open because she was diagnosed with Sjogren's syndrome.
This is a autoimmune disease that affects joints and causes dry mouth and eyes.  The disease is treatable with a drug called 'Plaquenil." She is hoping to return to tennis.  

http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/health/2011/09/venus_williams_has_sjogrens_bu.html 

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California won the Little League World Series

Title and Defeats Japan

The Score was 2-1

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California's little league plays Japan for the title. 

The boys from Huntington Beach, California will play for the World Series title game today at 12 p.m. pacific time and 3 p.m. eastern at South Williamsport, PA . They will be playing against Hamamatsu City, Japan.


http://www.thetowntalk.com/article/20110828/SPORTS/108280320/Little-League-s-final-matchup-today-California-vs-Japan

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Alex Rodriguez is being investigated by Major League Baseball for gambling allegations. He is being investigated for involvement in high stakes-gambling. If it turns about to be true then baseball will have to punish him. This will be the second time that Rodriguez  has been under the gun for illegal games.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2011/08/how-should-mlb-punish-alex-rodriguez-if-allegations-are-true.html

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Derek Jeter earned Player of the Week honors in the American League. Jeter went 5-for-5 in New York's victory. (Yankees) Jeter is the 28th player in Major League history to reach the 3,000-hit plateau. He has won the award twice before.
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110712&content_id=21754274&vkey=news_nyy&c_id=nyy

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The Los Angeles Dodgers filed bankruptcy today. Fans are very disappointed  and one fan stated that "We need a team with a good foundation economically."


Dodgers bankruptcy filing: 'That's bad,' fan says - latimes.com

Vancouver fans riot after loosing the Stanley Cup

Canucks 4-0 loss to the Boston Bruins in game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals.
Riots broke out in Vancouver, fires and smashed store fronts by looters. The looters
took everything that they could grab. The police had to use tear gas and there were
at least three stabbings. Vancouver is ashamed of the behavior of just a few and
the mayor called them "hooligans."

Vancouver Riots: Canuck Fans Rampage After Stanley Cup Loss - ABC News