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SPORTS A17
Thursday 15 October 2015

BIRDS
OF PLAY

In this April 30, 2012 file
photo, Khloe Kardashian
Odom and Lamar Odom from
the show “Keeping Up With
The Kardashians” attend an E!
Network upfront event in New
York.
Associated Press

Lamar Odom’s
spiral leaves ex-
NBA star fighting

for his life

GREG BEACHAM Blue Jays stun Rangers in wild Game 5
SALLY HO
Associated Press Page 20
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Lamar
Odom didn’t last long at Toronto Blue Jays Jose Bautista celebrates with teammate Ryan Goins after hitting a three-run home run during the seventh inning
the glittering intersection
of championship success in Game 5 of baseball’s American League Division Series, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015 in Toronto. The Toronto Blues Jays beat the
and Hollywood celebrity.
Cut loose by his beloved
Los Angeles Lakers, fol-
lowed everywhere by re-
ality television crews, the
humble kid from Queens
who married into the Kar-
dashian clan saw his life
spiral out of control, and so
did everyone else.
Khloe Kardashian tried to
hide his addictions, then
told the world she couldn’t
save him. The two-time
NBA champion landed on
Skid Row, a regular tabloid
target.
Then he seemed to drop
out altogether before he
was found unresponsive in
a brothel and hospitalized,
bringing his estranged wife,
his former teammates and
the world’s attention back
to his side Wednesday.

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Texas Rangers 6-3. Associated Press