sportsbybrooks.com - 7/29/2008
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The Oakland A's will be holding their 9th Annual MUG Root Beer Float Day, where players & other local celebs will serve up the frosty treats to raise money for a worthy charity. And this year's beneficiaries - the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Makes sense.
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Oakland A's host diabetes fundraiser. Proceeds ...
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Oakland A's host diabetes fundraiser. Proceeds will come from selling root beer floats. What could possibly go wrong? [SportsbyBrooks]
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According to a study done back in 2007, the United States is the 9th fattest country in the world. Some country called Nauru came in as the fattest, having 94.7% of it’s citizens over the age of 15 considered overweight. Of course, we here in America can’t stand finishing in second place at anything, let alone ninth, so somebody has to do something. [image] That person is Miami Heat guard Dwyane Wade . Not content with only helping restore order in the global landscape of basketball by winning a gold medal with the United States basketball team in Beijing last month, D-Wade has now set his sights on making the U.S. the fattest country in the world. Dwyane Wade Cake ...
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