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Psyched as we were for the college basketball season to get started, we were excited to see this rank team getting things started as they gutted out a win again Rhode Island:
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Pittsburgh
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Syracuse
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Michigan State
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Kansas State
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And it didn't take long for the first notable upset to be registered, as this ranked squad lost by 15 to Division II Indianapolis:
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North Carolina
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Gonzaga
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Tennessee
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Georgetown
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If you are a season ticket holder for this team, and were looking forward to seeing Enes Kanter suit up at center, then nuts to you, as the NCAA has ruled him ineligible.
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Miami (OH)
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Memphis
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Kentucky
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Massachusetts
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ESPN handed some pinkslips to two long time members of this broadcast this week:
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SportsCenter
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Sunday Night Baseball
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Monday Night Football
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Pardond The Interruption
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The World Series of Poker was decided when Jonathan Duhamel, of this country, hit a Sockeye Salmon on the river (ok, we're making this up) to win the tournament:
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Canada
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USA, baby
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England
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Australia
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Cam Newton's father, who has this first name, admitted this week that, without the knowledge of his son, he sought out money for Cam to sign with a football program:
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Tyrone
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Andrew
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Cecil
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Wayne
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Gold Gloves were handed out this week, and the selection of this American Leaguer caused particular controversy:
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Robinson Canoe
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Mark Buehrle
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Car Crawford
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Derek Jeter
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Meanwhile, on the National League side, three of this city's nine were awarded Gold Gloves:
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Cincinnati
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St. Louis
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New York (hi, Tim!)
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Atlanta
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Three players from this university's football team were shot at a nightclub early Sunday morning:
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Southern Mississippi
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Central Florida
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Colorado State
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Nevada
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With the Sprint Cup Chase winding down, this driver will be able to go a little faster now that he has $25K less to weigh him down, fined by NASCAR for flipping the bird in an earlier race:
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Jimmie Johnson
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Robby Gordon
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Kyle Busch
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Tony Stewart
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Manny Pacquiao's fustigation of Antonio Margarito gave the Filipino his ________ title in as many weight classes:
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5th
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10th
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3rd
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8th
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In a rather cool move, the NHL announced this week that the make-up of the two teams for the All-Star games will be decided by:
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The media
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The players
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The team captains
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A single person, Trevor from Moose Jaw
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OPJ pours one out for Dave Niehaus, the only radio voice that this franchise has ever known:
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Seattle Mariners
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Tampa Bay Rays
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Arizona Diamondbacks
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Colorado Rockies
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This was the Thursday NFL game that probably caused you to lose your fantasy football matchup this week:
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Jacksonville/Houston
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Kansas City/Denver
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Carolina/Tampa Bay
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Baltimore/Atlanta
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This hoopster has a cameo in the trailer for the newly released video game Call of Duty: Black Ops:
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Kobe Bryant
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Kevin Durant
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Shaquille O'Neal
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LeBron James
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We really enjoy piling on the Miami Heat here, so tell us which team has already vanquished them twice this season?
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Orlando
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Chicago
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Boston
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Utah
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This Western Conference foe handed the Lakers their first loss of the season this week......
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Clippers
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Thunder
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Nuggets
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Spurs
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....leaving this team as the only undefeated bunch in the NBA (as of Sunday night):
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New Orleans
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Orlando
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Dallas
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Minnesota
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Minnesota's Kevin Love put up 31 points and 31 rebounds for the first 30/30 game in the NBA since 1982. This wouldn't have happened if some guys on this team covered him:
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Los Angeles Lakers
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New York
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Utah
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Atlanta
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Wisconsin turned it on and didn't stop, putting up 83 points against this perennial Big Ten doormat:
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Indiana
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Minnesota
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Northwestern
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Illinois
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This NFL team stripped one of its players of his team captaincy after we was arrested for DUI over the weekend:
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Miami
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New Orleans
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Denver
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Seattle
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A power outage briefly delayed the game (and made things totally spooky) at this stadium on Sunday:
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Cowboys Stadium
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New Meadowlands Stadium
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Gillette Stadium
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Heinz Field
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Big ups to the Buffalo Bills for finally getting off the schnide, courtesy of this team:
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Carolina
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Dallas
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Detroit
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Miami
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Hail to this team that won as time expired on a Hail Mary pass:
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Houston
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Jacksonville
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New York Jets
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Cleveland
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Meanwhile, these two NFL teams were overtime losers on Sunday:
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Steelers and Chiefs
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Browns and Vikings
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Rams and Bengals
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Browns and Rams
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