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Ohuruogu Wins Appeal
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Mavericks Owner MARK CUBAN answers readers' questions in this week's issue of TIME, and when asked if he participated in ABC's "Dancing with the Stars" to "change what people think" about him, Cuban said, "Yes, I need to change people's perception of me and let them know the new Mark." Cuban: "I'm not a screamer, but if there's a Mavericks game on and I yell for one second of it, that (ends up) on TV." Cuban, an investor in the startup United Football League, said about a potential market for the league, "I don't think there's any question that the UFL or any other league that wants to challenge the NFL can have an impact. The demand for professional football is off the charts" (TIME, 12/3 issue).
NAMES: Former NBAer SCOTTIE PIPPEN will make a one-game appearance for the Swedish Basketball League Sundsvall Dragons on January 11 (REUTERS, 11/27)....Packers coach MIKE MCCARTHY invited NBC's CRIS COLLINSWORTH to training camp this year "to dispense his observations about ... the interaction of NFL players with the media." Collinsworth spoke to the team for about 30 minutes, marking the second time he has spoken about NFL media issues; Bengals coach MARVIN LEWIS also made a request (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL, 11/27)....England Olympic sprinter CHRISTINE OHURUOGU will be allowed to run in future Olympics after winning an appeal against a lifetime ban for missing three drug tests (Manchester GUARDIAN, 11/27).
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