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RIVERSIDE, Calif. - The teenager hears the advice from his father, and ... well, you know how most teenagers are. What could HE possibly know about this?

Usually, it eventually sinks in that Dad does, indeed, know what he's talking about.

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.

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.

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.

For Carlos Condit, the waiting is finally over.

Condit saw his opportunity to fight for a title in the Ultimate Fighting Championship change several times over the past six months, due primarily to the antics of Nick Diaz and the health of Georges St. Pierre.

Dear Babe: I have a ticket stub from the Feb. 25, 1964, fight between Sonny Liston and Cassius Clay (now Muhammad Ali) in Miami. I was there with my father -- really exciting.

-- Bob McGrath, Redding, Calif.

In sports, the past is often revered more than the present. In men's tennis, that should not be the case.

Beginning with the 2012 Australian Open in January, men's tennis has never been better.