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January 13, 1997

Go Figure

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Dollars pledged by Atlanta Hawks guard Steve Smith to help build an academic center, in honor of his late mother, at his alma mater, Michigan State.

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Snickers bars eaten during the Islamic holiday of Ramadan by Saudi soccer star Saeed Al-Awairan, a transgression that, along with his having kissed a woman and partaken of wine, led to his banishment from the national team.

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(and counting) Seasons of minor league baseball played by Pete Rose Jr., who recently signed with the Cincinnati Reds' Class AA Chattanooga club.

500,000

Dollars per year in salary new Minnesota football coach Glenn Mason will get—$275,000 more than university president Mark Yudof, who was hired the same day.

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Children sired by the 29 married players on Brigham Young's Cotton Bowl-winning squad.

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