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Sports x Politics! RG3 photobombing Ken Starr? Sure!

(Words: Chris Chase | Find: Deadspin)

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“We just won an Oscar ‘no pressure no diamonds.’”

Someone wore RGIII’s socks to the Academy Awards … and won!

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“Watch! I’m optimistic,” Robert Griffin II said about his son. “He’s doing really good. No problems. Everything seems to be working out pretty good. It’s not as bad as everybody thinks. He’s determined and motivated to be back.”

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Good morning! Here are the top stories on today’s front page.

*Covery Story: RG3 & The NFL’s Injury Dance. It’s often a judgment call putting players on the field … and it’s not always up to the player.

*Source: Lance, USADA have discussed confession. But if he admits to cheating, Armstrong could be walking into a legal minefield.

*The 2013 Baseball HOF Class: Nobody. Our HOF voter Bob Nightengale explains the meaning of yesterday’s ballots.

*NBA back in Seattle? The latest on the Seattle group negotiating to buy the Sacramento Kings.

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Robert Griffin III had one final message before surgery this morning.

He’s expected to be out 6-8 months.

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Someone is about to get a taste of their own medicine. A team whose rookie quarterback has surprised opponents throughout a late-season hot streak is going to win this game. But which one?

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"He didn’t even let us look at him. He came off the field, walked through the sidelines, circled back through the players, and took off back to the field. It wasn’t our opinion. We didn’t even get to touch him or talk to him. Scared the hell out of me."

Dr. James Andrews, telling @RobertKlemko that he never cleared RG3 to go back in against the Ravens after the Redskins QB suffered a knee injury.

When the team revealed RG3’s injury, coach Mike Shanahan said he let Griffin return with the blessing of James Andrews, the renowned orthopedic surgeon, who was on the sideline.

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