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10 Nov, 1991

International debut

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Rice makes his international debut aged 42 on South Africa’s tour of India. He captains the team in their first official match in almost 22 years. Rice:

I know how Neil Armstrong felt when he stood on the moon.

2008

Joins Straight Blast Gym team

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McGregor joins Dublin’s Straight Blast Gym team, where he is coached by Sergey Pikulskiy.

Conor’s been wrestling since day one when I came to SBG. From the start he picked things up right away. He’s probably the only person who never missed a wrestling class.

2010

Plays football for Yellowstone

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Conor McGregor Football picMcGregor plays football in Brickfield Park, Drimnagh, for Yellowstone, now known as Stanaway Celtic, for two years. Manager:

Most weeks we’d have had about five people, a dog and a man with an umbrella at our matches. The first year he was generally down with us all year. But in the second, you’d be lucky to get him in once a week, because he got more into the MMA and got more committed.

7 Jul, 2010

Joins Miami Heat

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In the television special The Decision, James announces that he will join the Miami Heat (video link):

In this fall, this is very tough, in this fall I’m going to take my talents to South Beach and join the Miami Heat.

19 Feb, 2015

Traded

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The Denver Nuggets trade Afflalo, along with Alonzo Gee, to the Portland Trailblazers in exchange for three players and a lottery-protected 2016 first round draft pick.

24 Feb, 2015

Signs contract

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Kirilenko signs to play basketball for CSKA Moscow.

The time has come to think about ending my career at the professional level.

Signs two-year contract

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Rodriguez signs a two-year contract with the Brewers. The deal is worth a total of $13 million. Teammate Ryan Braun:

His personality fits really well on the team. He’s been really successful, and anybody that has that type of success is a lot of fun to be around.

27 Feb, 2015

Trade

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The Panthers acquire Jagr from the Devils for a second-round draft pick in the 2015 NHL draft and a conditional third-round draft pick in the 2016 draft. Florida general manager Dale Tallon:

We’re headed in the right direction. I’m excited about him coming here and just spending some time with him and watching him play. He’s an exciting guy to watch play. He’s still got it…We want to win. We want to win a championship and we’re putting the pieces together step-by-step and we’re hopeful that Jaromir can lead these young guys to the promised land. It’s a win-win for us.

Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello:

Jaromir never came to me. We never had a discussion about a trade. We never had a discussion about where, when, how, why. That is not something we feel is the way you should operate with players. You have to think of what is best for the organization.

3 Mar, 2015

Signs deal

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The Cowboys sign Beasley to a four-year deal worth around $14 million. $7 million is guaranteed. The Cowboys could have used the second-round tender on Beasley, but they decided to sign him to a multiyear deal in order to keep the salary-cap numbers lower over the next two seasons. Dez Bryant, Beasley’s teammate on the Cowboys:

4 Mar, 2015

Trade

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The Eagles have a trade in place in which they will send McCoy to the Bills in exchange for Alonso. The trade allows the Eagles to clear cap space: McCoy’s salary would have taken up $11.95 million of space.