2005 Sports Year in Review,: ; 'It's Not Like He Murdered Somebody or Stole Mona Lisa'

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Sport in 2005 was pretty much like every other year:

There were wins and losses, failures and redemptions, heroes and weasels, comings and goings, and random acts of generosity and sportsmanship undercut and then overshadowed by selfishness and petty jealousies.

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2005 Sports Year in Review,: ; 'It's Not Like He Murdered Somebody or Stole Mona Lisa'

What made 2005 different was the nagging feeling that, in a few high-profile instances, a drug screen, a Wonderlic test or even Judge Judy could have cleared up the confusion about which was which.

Baseball finally swore off the juice, thanks to tough love administered by Congress. But not before Jose Canseco became a best- selling author; Barry Bonds docked in the safe harbor of the disabled list; Mark McGwire testified like some fidgety Mafia don; Rafael Palmeiro fibbed like one, and a tough-talking baseball l...

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