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Injuries are a way of life in athletics. Players sprain ankles, wrench knees, twist and strain and sometimes break parts of their bodies, forcing them out of action.

Before his last fight, Jake Ellenberger's resume in the Ultimate Fighting Championship was marked by a split-decision loss to current UFC interim welterweight champion Carlos Condit in his debut and four victories over mid-carders.

"Samoa" Joe Seanoa is no longer a man on an island.

A singles performer throughout his six-plus years in Impact Wrestling, Seanoa has branched into the tag-team ranks. He and new partner Nick "Magnus" Aldis are challenging Matt Morgan and Tommy "Crimson" Mercer for Impact's tag-team title Sunday on the "Against All Odds" pay-per-view show emanating from Orlando, Fla.

It is time for the mainstream media to stand up and say: "We are not TMZ or Deadspin. We stink these days, but we're going to start stinking less. We will not broadcast cellphone video of an athlete's spouse.

A year ago, Dan McLaughlin spent hours every day at the St. Petersburg, Fla., golf course Mangrove Bay, putting, putting, putting. He was not quite a year into what he calls the Dan Plan.

Dear Babe: I have a boxed edition of Ben Hogan's "Five Lessons, The Modern Fundamentals of Golf." It is from 1957. -- Ron Erickson, Beaumont, Calif.

Dear Ron: Da Babe was scratching his head, trying to find a "boxed edition" of this Hogan's book, which apparently is a reprint of five lessons that first appeared in Sports Illustrated.

Dear Babe: I have a boxed edition of Ben Hogan's "Five Lessons, The Modern Fundamentals of Golf." It is from 1957. -- Ron Erickson, Beaumont, Calif.

Dear Ron: Da Babe was scratching his head, trying to find a "boxed edition" of this Hogan's book, which apparently is a reprint of five lessons that first appeared in Sports Illustrated.

CARMEL, Calif. - Tiger Woods showing up at the Pebble Beach AT&T Pro-Am after 10 years away creates a buzz. It's kind of like Elvis (if he were alive) showing up to perform at a convention of Elvis impersonators.

PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. - Tiger Woods brings the most compelling golf story to Pebble Beach this week: the game's onetime king trying to resurrect his career at one of its most storied venues.

Billy Hurley III brings the most compelling life story -- the college standout-turned-Navy officer who spent five years serving his country before chasing his sporting dreams.

SALT LAKE CITY - The luxury of being the top-ranked gymnastics team in the country with the majority of the routines in place is that you get to be a little nitpicky. That is the stage in which the University of Utah's team finds itself, even though it is only four weeks into the season.