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By Jennifer Cox Nov 9, 2009

Sports Fix! Andre Agassi is looking for sympathy and a lot of money out of a book full of confessions from the one-time tennis star. So far it has been met with loads of criticism. The Kansas City Chiefs would love to dump Larry Johnson and fans are on line to fire the running back that seems to have lost interest in the team and the game. After a few anti-gay slurs he was suspended for one game and now fans are screaming for his head while his agent wants him back in the starting lineup Both stories follow.

Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi (Image: WENN)

One - Here we go again. Another old washed up sports star is looking for one last time in the spotlight. Andre Agassi offers up 386 pages of admissions that he hated tennis, wore a wig to hide his bald head and used crystal meth.

His drug use has been criticized by those in tennis. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal, the game's current top two players, have been critical and so has legend Martina Navratilova, who likened Agassi's crystal meth use to Roger Clemens' alleged use of steroids. CBS News has more.

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Two - Larry Johnson and the Chiefs are due for a divorce. Will they get it? Pro Football Talk reports, "ESPN's Chris Mortensen reported last week that the NFLPA will file a grievance against the Chiefs if running back Larry Johnson isn't restored to his status as a starter after returning for his one-game suspension." Follow his journey out the door here from Pro Football Talk.

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