Professional Athletes and Sports

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A Winning Friendship on the Yankees

Four teammates and the bond that helped make them champions.

Baseball Rant: The Real Cost of the Ball Game

Take me out to the ball game ... but you can keep your luxury seats and $11 burgers.

6 Questions for Billie Jean King

Read an exclusive Q & A with the tennis great, the international sports leader, and the recipient of the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor, given to her by President Barack Obama last month at the White House.

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