In between the Super Bowl and the NBA All-Star Game, you may have missed the following.

在超级碗和NBA全明星赛期间，你可能没有看到下面的新闻：已经几乎两年没有在NBA的赛场上安东尼·沃克，加盟了波多黎各的一支球队。

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But if your goal is to rack up big vote totals for the NBA All-Star Game, there's another answer: Be a Houston Rocket.

但是如果你的目标是在NBA全明星赛投票中获得高得票数，那么还有另一个答案：成为火箭队的一员。

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Even Major League Baseball is considering relocating its 2011 All-Star Game, the first ever slated to be played in the state.

甚至是美国棒球职业大联盟也正在考虑重新选择2011年全明星赛的场地——亚利桑那州曾是第一候选地。

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President Barack Obama, a White Sox fan, who chatted with the pitcher in the clubhouse of the All Star game last week before throwing out the first pitch, is left handed like Buehrle.

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In his second season, he was chosen as a starter for the nineteen ninety-eight NBA All-Star Game.

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Every year,the best players from the National and American leagues compete in an All-Star game.

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Think Rising Stars Challenge (nee Rookie-Sophomore Game) instead of the All Star Game itself.

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And now at 37 years old, he just participated in his first All Star game.

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Yet both are citing the all too common excuse of nagging injuries to get out of All Star Game duty Tuesday night.

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