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The 10 Biggest Busts in Sports History

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From the thrill of victory to the agony of defeat... to the crippling humiliation of turning certain victory into the aforementioned crushing defeat... sports offers us life's ups and downs in miniature. Here we celebrate those horrible, wonderful, memorable disasters.

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