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Rapper Jake Miller talks Heat, new music

espn.go.com — Up-and-coming rapper Jake Miller is in Syracuse, N.Y., tonight on his national tour promoting his "The Road Less Traveled" EP. It wasn't that long ago that the 20-year-old from Weston, Fla., would buy tickets to a Miami Heat game and take stacks of his mixtapes down to the front row and pass them out to famous musicians.

Aly Raisman is ready for 'Dancing' finals

espn.go.com — Adam Taylor/ABC/Getty Images Aly Raisman and Mark Ballas are in the finals of "Dancing with the Stars." It's down to the final four on ABC's "Dancing with the Stars," and Olympic gymnastics champion and Season 16 competitor Aly Raisman summed it up best: "Everyone wants to win, but at the same time it's not life or death.

Reggie Jackson on baseball and minorities

espn.go.com — AP Photo/Matt Slocum Reggie Jackson and a host of other baseball legends are playing a game in Rochester, N.Y., Saturday. Reggie Jackson, Rickey Henderson, Frank Thomas, Fred McGriff and Ozzie Smith -- all past greats of the game -- will highlight the 2013 Pepsi MAX MLB Field of Dreams Game in Rochester, N.Y., on Saturday.

Patrick Willis on snakes, TV spot, 49ers

espn.go.com — In the new commercial for ASICS shoes out Thursday, San Francisco's Patrick Willis says he's the fastest linebacker in football. One thing he can't outrun is the controversy over when he recently killed a gopher snake in his house.

Billy Baldwin trying to save wrestling

espn.go.com — Actor Billy Baldwin, who grew up wrestling in Massapequa, N.Y., will be in New York City Wednesday to rally support in the battle to save Olympic wrestling. Baldwin, who starred in "Backdraft" and "Sliver," wrestled on his high school team and then for two years at Binghamton University in upstate New York.

Alfred Morris on RG III, expectations, food

espn.go.com — AP Photo/Evan Vucci Alfred Morris (left) is still predicting that Robert Griffin III will be back for the start of the season. Washington Redskins running back Alfred Morris wants people to know that he isn't crazy.