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If you were enjoying watching ______________ this weekend during the playoffs, then you were aided by either Tivo or hallucinogens, 'cause that's not one of the first-round matchups this year:
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Phoenix - Detroit
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Colorado - Vancouver
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Pittsburgh-Ottawa
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Washington-Montreal
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This pair of NBA teams finished with the best records in each conference among those that didn't get into the playoffs:
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Wizards and Clippers
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Rockets and Raptors
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Pistons and Grizzlies
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Knicks and Hornets
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3.
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Santonio Holmes will be forced to sit out this many games in the 2010-11 season before being able to participate:
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4
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9
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1
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6
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Nothing says baseball like early spring in Minnesota. Who did the Twins face in the first home game at open-air Target Field?
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Texas
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Boston
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Cleveland
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Detroit
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Which team's 17 runs scored in its first game at home were the most ever for home opener?
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Padres
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Yankees
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Royals
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Oakland
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"When you're through playing football, do whatever you want to do, but right now, stay clean. Stay out of trouble. Stay out of bars. Keep yourself clean"
Which NFL broadcaster had some blunt words of advice for Ben Roethlisberger?
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Terry Bradshaw
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Cris Collinsworth
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Keyshawn Johnson
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Darryl Johnston
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7.
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The Broncos jettisoned problematic wide receiver Brandon Marshall to the Dolphins, and in exchange received:
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Two second round picks, one in each of 2010 and 2011
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A first and a third round pick in 2010
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A third round pick and cash
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Two second round picks in 2010
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The date: April 13. The game: Celtics at Bulls. The event: Rasheed Wallace secures a defensive rebound. Disaster ensued for Wallace moments later when:
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His shorts fell down
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He passed the ball to one of the Bulls, who scored the game winning basket
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He put the ball in the basket, scoring two points for the Bulls
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He was whistled for his first technical of the season
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Which notable NFL flameout will be memorizing the parole playbook for the next 10 years, as he pleaded guilty to a drug charge in Texas this week?
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Ryan Leaf
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Todd Marinovich
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Tony Mandarich
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Lawrence Phillips
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The name of this sports owner, never far from the headlines, was splattered all over the headlines as he was caught on video, drunk in a bar, making unflattering comments about several of his current and former colleagues.
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Daniel Snider
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Jerry Reinsdorf
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Jerry Jones
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Mark Cuban
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11.
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The fellow who is the NBA's 09-10 season scoring champ is:
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Known as King James
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Plays for a team located in California
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The youngest ever
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Is a teammate of Paul Pierce
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In the Very Impressive Achievement file, we find this MLB player, who, on Wednesday night, became the first player in league history to record a hit and and RBI in each of his team's first nine games of the season:
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Jorge Cantu
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Hank Blalock
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Ichiro Suzuki
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Troy Tulowitzki
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Prior to Thursday, the Astros completely sucked. Now, thanks to their first win of the season, coming at the expense of this team, they now only mostly suck:
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Rockies
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Cubs
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Cardinals
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Phillies
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Having guided his men to a 27-55 record, the head coach for this NBA team was pink-slipped at the end of the season:
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Clippers
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76ers
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Kings
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Timberwolves
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Surgery necessitated by a knee injury will likely keep this pivotal NBA player of our the playoffs?
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Atlanta's Joe Johnson
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Denver's J.R. Smith
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Portland's Brandon Roy
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Oklahoma's Russell Westbrook
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Giving purposeful pukers everywhere a bad name, a man attending a baseball game Wednesday at this team's home field was accused of intentionally vomiting on an 11-year-old girl:
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Cubs
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Phillies
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White Sox
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Marlins
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17.
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Ubaldo Jimenez's no-hitter against the Braves leaves each of these teams as the only ones without a no-hitter, except for:
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Mariners
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Mets
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Padres
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Rays
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Which of the following was not true of the 20-inning curiosity turned in by the Mets and Cardinals on Saturday?
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The game was scoreless until the 19th
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2 position players pitched
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Three different Cardinals went 0-7
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St. Louis stranded 22 runners
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Faced with the prospect of falling to 0-2 in their series, these two teams each scored a late third-period goal before winning in overtime:
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Blackhawks and Capitals
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Sharks and Devils
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Blackhawks and Devils
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Sharks and Capitals
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Which NHL or NBA franchise is making its first foray into the postseason process this year?
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Thunder
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Bobcats
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Predators
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Coyotes
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21.
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Having broken up with NFL star Reggie Bush, Kim Kardashian has been most recently canoodling with a athlete from which sport?
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NASCAR racing
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Soccer
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Hockey
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Alpine skiing
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22.
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Kevin Garnett got his fanny tossed out of Game 1 against the Heat. What did he do to merit the ejection and subsequent one game suspension?
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Kneed a Heat player in the groin
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Got into a verbal confrontation with Miami's coach
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Threw an elbow at a Heat player's head
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Threw a basketball into the stands
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Which NBA stud excelled at shooting baskets, recording 42 points in his team's first playoff game?
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Manu Ginobili
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LeBron James
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Carmelo Anthony
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Dirk Nowitzki
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Good gravy. The startling case of former boxing champ Edwin Valero, accused of killing his wife, came to an unexpected end when:
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His wife was found alive
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He was shot dead by police
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He committed suicide in jail
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He was slain by his father
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25.
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This NHL playoff goalie recorded 51 saves in a game over the weekend:
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Marc-Andre Fleury
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Martin Brodeur
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Ryan Miller
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Craig Anderson
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