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Today in sports: Why $4,000 Super Bowl tickets are cheap, the Westboro Baptist Church will picket Joe Paterno's funeral, Tim Lincecum reportedly turned down a "nine figure" contract extension with the San Francisco Giants, and life without Knicks and Rangers.
Today in sports: The deadline for the Rangers to sign the next (maybe) great Japanese pitcher is rapidly approaching, the NFL is not investigating the Kansas City Chiefs for allegedly bugging former coach Todd Haley's office, the St. Louis Cardinals (and Mark McGwire) go to Washington.
Today in sports: In a new ad in Iowa, the GOP White House longshot hitches her wagon to the star of the worst quarterback in the NFL playoffs, Penn State is still trying to settle on a replacement for Joe Paterno, and ad time during the Super Bowl is all sold out.
Today in sports: The power outages during last night's Monday night football game have NFL conspiracy theorists buzzing, the Atlanta Braves don't want any of Pixar's magic rubbing off on them, and Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish is headed to Texas.
Today in sports: The bidding process for star Japanese pitcher Yu Darvish ends tonight, Cleveland Browns president Mike Holmgren thinks his training staff is doing a heckuva job, and Chinese soccer struggles to keep up with the march of progress.
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