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May 1 2009, AP

Tackling an issue sure to rouse sports fans, lawmakers pressed college football officials Friday to switch the Bowl Championship Series to a playoff, with one Texas Republican likening the current system to communism and joking it should be labeled “BS,”

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In this photo released by the International Triathlon Union, Brad Kahlefeldt from Australia, left loses the sprint finish dive to Bevan Docherty of New Zealand, during the Dextro Energy Triathlon - ITU World Championship Series in Tongyeong, South Korea,.