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Take a bow
Houston Texans running back Arian Foster celebrates his touchdown as Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Paul Posluszny looks on. Photo: Richard Carson/Reuters
So long, Tony
Legendary St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa retired today, just days after winning the World Series. Photo: Richard Carson/Reuters
And you thought baseball was boring
A drained Tony La Russa sat behind the podium, jersey gone and a blue towel draped around his neck, “When you dream,” the St. Louis Cardinals manager said, “you dream about seventh game, all the heroics.” Photo: Jim Young/Reuters
PAN AMS: Brazil’s swimmer Thiago Pereira holds his Pan-American medals during a media conference in Sao Paulo. Pereira was crowned king of the Pan-American pool after won seven medals, five gold, one silver and one bronze. Photo: REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker
“I didn’t do my job.”
Jason Motte stood in front of his locker in the quiet Cardinals clubhouse and said the same thing over and over. Photo: Jeff Haynes/Reuters
Cardinals bend, but don’t break
The Cardinals even won without their Rally Squirrel. There were no sightings of the elusive critter still roaming Busch Stadium — good thing for the rodent, too, because La Russa probably would’ve devised a way to catch him. Jeff Haynes/Reuters
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
A security guard walks across a grandstand at the Buddh International Circuit, the venue for the first ever Indian Formula One race at Greater Noida, on the outskirts of Delhi. Photo: REUTERS/Parivartan Sharma
Mike Modano hangs up his skates
Mike Modano, the greatest American scorer in NHL history, has announced his plans to retire from the game. Here he is with Brett Hull and the Dallas Stars in 1999. Jeff Mitchell/Reuters
A portrait of Ivan Tkachenko, one of the players from the Lokomotiv Yaroslav ice hockey team thought to have perished in the air crash in Russia. Alexander Nemenov/AFP/Getty Images
