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Yahoo Sports: Headlinin’: For the NFL, Russell Wilson gives up the diamond for good

Making the morning rounds.

• My Honeymoon with Weinke. This time last year, then-N.C. State quarterback Russell Wilson was under contract with the Colorado Rockies and had a better-than-even chance of never playing football again. Wednesday, hot on the heels of a blockbuster campaign in Wisconsin, Wilson said he's decided to give up baseball altogether and pursue the NFL instead. "I want to put all my focus in football and see where it takes me," he told the New York Times, adding that he's already informed the Rockies he plans to leave the organization. "I know that I have the ...

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