Also dropping off: Plaxico Burress (gun bust), Ndamkong Suh (dirty play), and Terrell Owens (all-around pot stirrer), memories of whom are fading quickly.

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Major League Baseball's all-time leader in batting average (.366), Cobb was nicknamed the Georgia Peach and renowned for competing with such ferocity that he toed the line between fair and dirty play.

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The Pacers were upset earlier in the series about the perception that Shane Battier was guilty of a dirty play when he kneed Pacers center Roy Hibbert in the midsection on a drive in Game 1.

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Acts including The Kabeedies, Foreign Office and The Dirty Tricks will play at The Norfolk Spectacular following the addition of an alternative stage.

BBC: The Kabeedies

At the back of the Purbeck exhibition hall, his bedroom had been transplanted into the conference centre, complete with dirty washing, Sony play-station, books, and "Austin Powers: the Swine who Shagged me" posters.

BBC: Making an exhibition of themselves

Singer and guitarist Andy Norman said The Dirty Tricks were delighted to get the chance to play to such a large crowd.

BBC: The Kabeedies

Listen, when you work hard (and play hard) the way we do, your hands are going to get dirty from time to time.

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Play games at the same level as your co-workers and leave the dirty tricks at home, says Laurie Ruettimann, a human-resources professional from Raleigh, N.

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Krige has been accused of playing dirty himself and came under fire after TV footage highlighted 11 cases of foul play from the Springbok skipper during last November's Test defeat against England at Twickenham.

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