Year in Sports Pictures 2010
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Dakar's dust
Spain's Gerard Farres Guell rides over a dune during the 4th stage of Dakar 2010 between Fiambala, Argentina, and Copiapo, Chile on Jan. 5. France's Cyril Despres won the event, which was held in South America for the second consecutive year.
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Surfers up!
Owen Wright, left, avoids a collision with Mick Fanning during the final of the Boost Bondi Beach SurfSho at Bondi Beach on March 14 in Sydney.
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Tough stuff
A man surfaces from muddy water during the Tough Guy event on Jan. 31 in Perton, England. The annual event to raise cash for charity challenges thousands of international competitors in a cross country run followed by an assault course consisting of 21 obstacles, including water, fire and tunnels.
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The long run
A car races in stage six of the Argentina-Chile Dakar Rally between Antofagasta and Iquique, Chile on Jan. 7.
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Make room, Magic
The Los Angeles Lakers' Kobe Bryant celebrates after his team defeated the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the NBA Finals. Beating their longtime rivals on June 17 marked the fifth NBA championship of Bryant's career -- tying him with Magic Johnson -- and the 17th in franchise history.
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Fan favorite
Green Bay Packers receiver Donald Driver jumps into the crowd after catching a six-yard touchdown pass during a preseason NFL game on Aug. 26 against the Indianapolis Colts.
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Floating with the flakes
Ryan St. Onge of the U.S. practices before the men's Freestyle Skiing aerials final in the Winter Olympics on Feb. 25 at Cypress Mountain in West Vancouver.
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Olympic tragedy
The sled belonging to Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili is seen on the course of the Whistler Sliding Centre. Kumaritashvili crashed during a training run for the Winter Olympics men's singles and later died at an hospital on Feb. 12 in Whistler, British Columbia. He was the fourth athlete ever to die during Winter Olympics preparations.
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On the move
Runners participate in the Las Vegas Marathon and half-marathon. More than 28,000 runners joined in the Dec. 5 races.
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Night moves
Jockey Garrett Gomez, right, rides Blame to edge out Zenyatta, with jockey Mike Smith aboard, in the Classic race at the Breeders' Cup on Nov. 6, in Louisville, Ky. Zenyatta started the race, her last, with a 19-0 record.
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Feeling blue
Kentucky's Josh Harrellson, above, hugs teammate Ramon Harris. The No. 1 seed Wildcats lost to West Virginia in the East Regional final on March 27 in Syracuse, N.Y. Teammate Darnell Dodson can be seen in the background.
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All eyes on Tiger
Pedestrians stop to watch golfer Tiger Woods address the public during a live televised feed on a large video screen outside a CBS affiliate on Friday, Feb. 19 in Chicago. Woods was making a public apology and confession about marital infidelity. Woods and his Swedish wife Elin Nordegren divorced six months later. Woods went without a win this year for the first time in his career.
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They're all wet
Romania's Andrei Busila fights for the ball with Turkey's Anil Sonmez at the European Waterpolo Championships on Aug. 29 in Zagreb, Croatia.
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How's your breath?
Tampa Bay Rays manager Joe Maddon confronts home plate umpire Bob Davidson after he and Carl Crawford were ejected for arguing balls and strikes during a game against the Boston Red Sox., May 25, in St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Who's got it?
Texas Rangers right fielder Nelson Cruz reacts after his glove struck fans as he tried to catch a fly ball by New York Yankees' Robinson Cano during Game 4 of the ALCS on Oct. 19. Cruz wanted interference called on the play, but the home run was allowed to stand.
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Big collision, little league
Brady Okeefe, right, and Bryce Moyle collide during local Little League playoffs on June 15 in Carson City, Nev.
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Empty Cup
English soccer fans react during an England-United States World Cup game. England, one of the pre-tournament favorites, tied the United States, 1-1, on June 12 and would finish second in the group.
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Shock and awe
Milwaukee Bucks player John Salmons and Atlanta Hawks player Josh Smith react to a call during the first half of Game 3 of their first-round NBA playoff series on April 24, in Milwaukee.
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Hanging on
Michael Rhone of Benton High School grabs the corner of the mat as he is dragged back by Mason Beckman of Reynolds High School in their championship wrestling match on March 13 in Hershey, Pa.
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Taking a dive
Ioran Etchechury of Brazil trips and falls into the water during the boys 2,000-meter steeplechase at the Youth Olympics on Aug. 18 in Singapore.
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Big, bad, takedown
Sumo wrestlers Tosayutaka, right, and Toyohibiki fall head first to the dirt during their bout in the grand summer tournament at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan sumo arena on May 9.
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Gory defeat
Spanish bullfighter Julio Aparicio is gored in the throat at the San Isidro Fair in Madrid on May 21. He later recovered.
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Turn for the worse
Mike Conway of England crashes into the fencing on the third turn during the closing laps of the Indianapolis 500 on May 30. Conway suffered a broken leg and fractured vertebrae in the crash.
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Head over heels
Kumar Rajender of India, in red, battles Lumin Wang of China in their 55kg match during the World Wrestling Championships in Moscow on Sept. 6.
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Going all out
Gael Monfils of France dives for the ball during his match against David Nalbandian of Argentina during a Davis Cup semifinal on Sept. 17 in Lyon, France.
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Diving for paydirt
Wake Forest running back Josh Adams dives over the goal line to score a touchdown against Presbyterian College in Winston-Salem, N.C. on Sept. 2.
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Dusty trail
Spanish gymnast Gomes Javier Fuertes performs on the horizontal bar during the qualifying round of the 42nd Artistic Gymnnastics World Championships on Oct. 18 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
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Go-go goalie
Spain goalkeeper Iker Casillas grabs the ball while leaping over teammate Carles Puyol in the World Cup final on July 11 at Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg. Casillas, the Spanish captain, made four saves in Spain's 1-0 victory over the Netherlands. At right is Netherlands striker Robin Van Persie.
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Fancy footwork
South Korea's Lee Jun-ho, right, challenges Myanmar's Zaw Zaw Aung at the net during their men's double sepak takraw final on Nov. 27 at the Asian Games.
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Crash landing
Cyclists crash during the final sprint at the 4th stage of the Tour de Suisse on June 15.
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Clean and irk
Ghana's Seth Degbe Fetrie falls after he misses a lift during the men's 69 kg weightlifting clean and jerk event at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi on Oct. 6.
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Moto mess
Aleix Espargaro, left, loses control as he passes by crashed rider Randy de Puniet, right, on the ground. de Puniet sustained a fracture of the left tibia and fibula after he was hit during the Grand Prix of Germany on July 18 in Hohenstein-Ernstthal.
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Timber!
Sergio Martinez of Oxnard, Calif., knocks out Paul Williams of Augusta, Ga., in the second round of their middleweight championship bout in Atlantic City, N.J. on Nov. 20.
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Triumph!
San Francisco Giants players (from left) Pat Burrell, Brian Wilson, Aubrey Huff and Buster Posey celebrate after defeating the Texas Rangers to win the World Series on Nov. 1.
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Air of triumph
Atletico's head coach Quique Sanchez Flores is thrown up by his team after the soccer Europa League final between Atletico Madrid and FC Fulham in Hamburg, Germany, on May 12. Madrid won 2-1.
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Quite a feat
Penn State coach Joe Paterno is carried off the field by his players after becoming the first major college football coach to reach 400 victories with the Nittany Lions' triumph over Northwestern on Nov. 6.
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