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Rowdy Duty Ronda Rousey needed all of 34 seconds to dispatch Bethe Correia of Brazil in their UFC 190 bantamweight championship fight last Saturday in Rio de Janeiro. The unbeaten Rousey, whose last four title defenses have lasted a total of 130 seconds, disdained her signature arm bar and mainly used her fists during an all-out assault that she dedicated to the late pro wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper (page 23). (Piper, who died last Friday, inspired her to go by "Rowdy" Ronda Rousey.) She mouthed "Don't cry" to Correia as she lay on the canvas.

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Braking Bad Brad Keselowski ran over the front-tire carrier and clipped the jackman when his brakes locked as he pulled into his pit stall during Sunday's Windows 10 400 at Pocono Raceway. None of the crewmen were injured, but Keselowski was black-flagged for an uncontrolled tire. When the race resumed on Lap 66 of 160 in the NASCAR Sprint Cup race, Keselowski was 37th; he worked his way back to finish second, behind Matt Kenseth.

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Special Forces At the 14th Special Olympics Summer World Games in Los Angeles, 1960 Olympic gold medal decathlete Rafer Johnson lit the torch on July 25 with sprinter Destiny Sanchez (1); Monaco's Khadija Danziger put the shot (2); the 5,000-meter medalists rejoiced (3); swimmer Ana Baltag of Romania celebrated bronze in the 50 freestyle (4); U.S. gymnast Lee Dockins perfected her poses (5); Maria Shriver (6) and USC football players (7) provided support; the fast breaks were plentiful (8); and Michael Phelps welcomed his fellow swimmers with open arms (9).

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