12 sports shout-outs for 2013

12. To quarterback John Kitna...

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In a game on Aug. 18, 2007, John Kitna of the Detroit Lions fired a pass against the Cleveland Browns.

... for donating his $53,000 "temp work" paycheck as a reserve on the Dallas Cowboys' roster to the Tacoma, Wash., high school where he's now employed. Kitna spent 14 years in the National Football League, but now teaches math and coaches in his hometown at Lincoln High School. The Cowboys signed him to back up QB Kyle Orton, who was pressed into duty in Dallas's last regular-season game when starting quarterback Tony Romo was sidelined by an injury.

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