Photo of the day: Hare dresser

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Tony LaRussa gets ready for the winter meetings.

Related: Tony LaRussa's wife cashes in some chips (Deadspin).

Photo of the Day: Low rider

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Brandie Halls and Slim do the barrels at the National Rodeo Finals in Las Vegas.

Photo of the Day: Diving in

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Start of a 50-metre freestyle heat at the Asian Games.

Related: World record for weightlifter at Asian Games.

Photo of the Day: Playing for peanuts

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Babar meets Elmer - okay, it's Scotland (?) vs. Nepal - at the World Elephant Polo Cup in Nepal.

Related: 25th World Elephant Polo Association championship website.

Photo of the Day: Snowless in Switzerland

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A farmer works the bare ski slope in Adelboden, Switzerland.

Related: Skiers concerned by climate change.

Photo(s) of the Day: Beards of the NBA

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So what do you prefer? Courtside grizzle a la Jack and Morgan ...

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... or those charismatic Spurs's neck beard and Parisian ombre d'cinq-heure?

Related: Make your own Pau Gasol beard!

Photo of the Day: Smokescreen

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Diego Maradona: Either a new training regimen, or he's rehearsing to replace pal Fidel.

Related: Diego checks in.

Photo of the Day: Ham on ride

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John Kerr, with partner Sinead Kerr in tow, does the Darcy Tucker face at the Cup of Russia.

Photo of the Day: Such Great Heights

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Daniel Friberg of Switzerland jumps into the void at the FIS World Cup halfpipe in Saas Fee.

Vaguely related: The Postal Service's MySpace page (including the titular tune).

Photo of the Day: Capsized

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Alex Thomson's Hugo Boss: Rescue effort underway.

Related: Yacht capsizes during round-the-world alone race.

To the rescue.

5 Oceans race photo gallery.

Here's an e-mail from Thomson early this morning (3:30 a.m. GMT), after his sailboat's "extreme structural failure":

"I was in my bunk grabbing a quick power kip when I was suddenly thrown across the cabin as the boat broached. I ran up on deck and went to ease the mainsail but nothing happened. I then went to try and cant the keel, but again nothing happened. By this stage the boat was leaning right over on its side with the spreaders in the water, so I went back down below to look inside the keel box. The section which attaches the rams to the keel had completely snapped off and the keel was swinging freely. I went back up on deck with the boat still on its side. I took all of the sails down and finally the boat righted itself."

UPDATE (Nov. 24): Thomson rescued.