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8 December 08
Greg Maddux retired from baseball after four Cy Young awards and a Hall of Fame career.
"He bit someone, it happens."
Mike Tyson commenting on Liverpool striker Luis Suarez, who bit Chelsea defender Branislav Ivanovic in a recent match.
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