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The Yankees are retiring three numbers, they announced: Andy Pettitte (46), Jorge Posada (20) and Bernie Williams (51). At some point in the future, they and other teams are going to run out. Maybe three-digit uniform numbers are the wave of the future?

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The Gophers women's basketball team has four critical games to finish the Big Ten season, but there might be none bigger than a home game Tuesday night vs. second-place Iowa (8 p.m., BTN).

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"Here in Arizona, it sounds like the Cardinals would like to keep Larry Fitzgerald, but want him to restructure his contract. Is there any interest in bringing him to the Vikings?"

— mav132 commenting on startribune.com.

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