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His triple-double of 28 points, 12 assists and 10 rebounds made James the oldest player in NBA history to accomplish that feat, pushing him past Karl Malone for the record.
From Los Angeles Times
For the record: A previous version of this article misidentified Graciela of ¡Cholita!
From Los Angeles Times
And no athlete’s copped to the injection, which, for the record, is supposedly hyaluronic acid, if you’re shopping.
And, for the record, the urine-and-antiseptic odor that he found “so gross”—his words, which I’ll use as much as I can in his story—may not have been a perfume.
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Zombies, for the record, are the dead come back to life.
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