But if you linger long enough to see the entourages pass and hear the trash talk subside, boxing reveals itself to be a lonely sport men left unaccompanied, armed only with their training and their determination to push forward.

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He sat in his courtside seat next to wife Beyonce in November when the Nets beat the Knicks in their first matchup as New York rivals, providing the trash talk afterward when he tweeted that the city was under new management.

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But where's the Jets trash talk?

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And the longer self trash-talk goes unchecked, the worse the implications can be.

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Stewart insists her Emmy Award-winning show has a higher calling than the usual daytime fare of trash talk and soaps.

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"Now I can make my picks and trash talk as I'm watching the game, " he said.

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Users can now not only watch ESPN games on Live, they can also make picks and trash-talk with friends, increasing the social experience.

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The ref can even give you a yellow card if you talk too much trash to him.

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The very idea that nobody cares about Skype or they are not interested is just trash talk.

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And I think that the thing that many people want to know is there are plenty of people who seem to want to talk trash, you know, in leaflets, on Web sites or wherever, but do we have any sense of why and when it crosses over into violence?

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