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"She can try hormones, chop her pecker off, but it's still the same bone structure a man has. It's an advantage. I don't think it's fair" – UFC figher Ronda Rousey, on transgender MMA fighter Fallon Fox (N.Y. POST, 4/11).

"I don't think it would hurt anybody. And I think that it's a part of the game that there's no need for it" – Flyers D Kurtis Foster, on the NHL changing its current touch icing rule. Foster missed 11 months in '08-09 after breaking his leg on an icing touch-up (WASHINGTON TIMES, 4/11).

"We're investigating it as an intimidating package" – An unnamed Chicago Police Department spokesperson, on someone delivering a goat's head to Wrigley Field yesterday in a package addressed to Cubs Owner Tom Ricketts (ESPNCHICAGO.com, 4/10).

"Now that basketball is officially over, I would bet soon we'll make an announcement regarding divisions splits and schedules" – Michigan AD Dave Brandon, on the new Big Ten football divisions that will include Maryland and Rutgers (DETROIT NEWS, 4/11).

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