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Chicago Cubs pitchers?Jake Arrieta and Tommy La Stella made a friendly wager earlier this year when their alma maters, TCU and Coastal Carolina, respectively, faced off in the College World Series: The pitcher whose school lost had to get a tattoo of the winning school.Coastal Carolina eliminated the Horned Frogs from the tournament, which meant Arrieta was going to get some new ink.The 2015 Cy Young Award winner made good on the bet this week.It was already a memorable season for the World Series champion Cubs, but Arrieta now has another reason to never forget 2016. . World champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia won the gold medal with 237.71 points, Moore-Towers and Moscovitch followed at 208.45 and Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov of Russia were third at 187. . LOUIS -- Mike Smith is used to facing plenty of shots, so this was nothing new. . Speaking to the Chicago Tribune at baseballs Winter Meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Boras called the former home of the Expos a "tremendous environment" for baseball. . -- Aldon Smith believes he is on the path to being sober for good. .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. ATHENS, Greece -- Greeces soccer federation says domestic league games will recommence on Tuesday, eight days after their indefinite suspension following a suspected arson attack against a referees home.A federation statement late Thursday gave no explanation for the decision.The Nov. 9 fire at an empty holiday home belonging to Giorgos Bikas caused angry reactions from the federation and Greeces left-led government, which assigned the anti-terrorism squad to the case. There has been no officiaal announcement so far on the cause of the fire.ddddddddddddGreek soccer has been plagued for years by persistent fan violence and allegations of corruption and match-fixing.The government briefly delayed the start of the top division in September, arguing that a festering squabble involving the federation, league organizers, and clubs posed serious security concerns. ' ' '
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