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By Ted Bauer

Friday, February 20, 2009

WHEN IT COMES TO THE BEST SPORTING SPEECHES (MOVIES AND REAL LIFE!), WE'LL TAKE LOU GEHRIG'S FAREWELL Oscars on Sunday should be fun. Consider this: the two front-runners for Best Actor are Sean Penn and Mickey Rourke (here's that Bill Simmons column on The Wrestler), and one of 'em probably wins. (That's what "front-runner" means.) They are both kinda intense as public speakers, so there's a good chance the speech will be memorable. Even though the thanking of personal assistants adds about ...

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