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Up Front

By Stephen A. Smith
ESPN The Magazine

Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Liars aren't bad folks all the time, ya know. Just most of the time. There are gentle, comical liars like Shaquille O'Neal, swearing that his acrimonious relationship with Kobe Bryant was "all marketing!" And there's the old Knicks boss, Dave Checketts, who successfully and adroitly lied to New Yorkers for a decade—teasing them into believing that Patrick Ewing's crew had a shot at knocking off Michael Jordan's Bulls. Then, of course, there are characters like Rafael Palmeiro, who wagg ...

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