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| 1. | If this NFL running back was in need of a little attention, boy, he's got it now, as he faces drug and weapons charges: | ||
| Adrien Petersen | |||
| Maurice Jones-Drew | |||
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Laurence Maroney | ||
| Tashard Choice | |||
| 2. | Your captains for the NHL All-Star game are: | ||
| Sydney Crosby and Alexander Ovechkin | |||
| Jarome Iginla and Rick Nash | |||
| Steven Stamkos and Dustin Byfuglien | |||
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Eric Staal and Nicklas Lidstrom | ||
| 3. | Yearning for a creative outlet, this NBA player is set to star in a web-based animated series, in which he'll provide the voice for several characters: | ||
| Kobe Bryant | |||
| Peja Stojakovic | |||
| Kevin Garnett | |||
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LeBron James | ||
| 4. | The much talked about trade between Denver and New Jersey that would have sent Carmelo Anthony to the Nets was declared dead this week. Who put the kibosh on the deal? | ||
| The Nuggets | |||
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Nets owner Mikail Prokhorov | ||
| Anthony himself | |||
| Nets minority owner Jay-Z | |||
| 5. | No change in the top spot in college basketball this week as newly crowned #1 smoked this team 70-48: | ||
| Indiana | |||
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Iowa | ||
| Michigan | |||
| Northwestern | |||
| 6. | This Big East team built a 19-0 lead on Syracuse Monday night before hanging on to hand the Orange the first of their two consecutive losses this week: | ||
| Villanova | |||
| West Virginia | |||
| Conneticut | |||
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Pittsburgh | ||
| 7. | Say hey to this pair, the #1 seeds for men's and women's singles in the Australian Open, who both survived the first week of play in Melbourne: | ||
| Roger Federer and Ver Zvonareva | |||
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Rafael Nadal and Caroline Wozniacki | ||
| Rafael Nadal and Serena Williamas | |||
| Roger Federer and Kim Clijsters | |||
| 8. | Venus Williams did something at the Aussie that she's never done before. What was is? | ||
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Retired in a major due to injury | ||
| Played in a major in which her sister didn't play in | |||
| Lost in straight sets without recording a point | |||
| Didn't record an ace | |||
| 9. | We were vaguely aware of a tennis major occurring when we saw to see the post-match press conferences of this player, who delivered a prepared speech and then invited reporters to ask her questions about her personal life and also claimed she was attacked by a kangaroo: | ||
| Serena Williams | |||
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Caroline Wozniacki | ||
| Kim Clijsters | |||
| Justine Henin | |||
| 10. | Hail, Yankees fans! The answers to all your teams problems come in the presence of this fielder, who the team acquired this week: | ||
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Andruw Jones | ||
| Andre Ethier | |||
| Nelson Cruz | |||
| Jay Bruce | |||
| 11. | A rather odd deal brought former Red Sox teammates Johnny Damon and Manny Ramirez back together. Next season, they'll play under the banner of the: | ||
| Royals | |||
| Mariners | |||
| Texans | |||
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Rays | ||
| 12. | Tom Brady will not play in next weekend's Pro Bowl due to needing surgery on this: (Rex Ryan was unavailable for comment.) | ||
| Shoulder | |||
| Knee | |||
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Foot | ||
| Hand | |||
| 13. | In the "Where Have I Seen This Before?" department, this is Brady's replacement at the Pro Bowl: | ||
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Matt Cassel | ||
| Mark Sanchez | |||
| Peyton Manning | |||
| Tim Tebow | |||
| 14. | Being a non-conference game, Bruce Pearl was let out of the penalty box for a day to coach the Volunteers, but it wasn't enough as they fell to this top ten ranked team: | ||
| Texas | |||
| Villanova | |||
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Connecticut | ||
| San Diego St. | |||
| 15. | All good things must come to an end as the Heat snapped their four game losing streak against this team: | ||
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Toronto | ||
| Atlanta | |||
| New Jersey | |||
| Philadelphia | |||
| 16. | 30-18-8 is a pretty impressive stat line for an NBA game, so we continue to be pretty impressed with this big man who posted it in a win over the Warriors this week: | ||
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Blake Griffin | ||
| Kevin Love | |||
| Andrew Bynum | |||
| Nene | |||
| 17. | Meanwhile, a college standout chipped in 42 points in his team's win over CSU on Saturday. Who was it? | ||
| Kris Joseph | |||
| Korie Lucious | |||
| Jacob Pullen | |||
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Jimmer Fredette | ||
| 18. | Kansas saw its 69 (dude!) game home winning streak snapped on Sunday, as the Jayhawks lost to this conference rival: | ||
| Kansas State | |||
| Baylor | |||
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Texas | ||
| Oklahoma | |||
| 19. | Tiger Woods was unceremoniously knocked down to the #3 world ranking by this upstart: | ||
| Lee Westwood | |||
| Graeme McDowell | |||
| Phil Mickelson | |||
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Martin Kaymer | ||
| 20. | The combined margin of victory in Sunday's NFL Conference Championship games was: | ||
| 23 | |||
| 6 | |||
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12 | ||
| 19 | |||
| 21. | Having played each other roughly 823 times in the regular season, Sunday was the first time Chicago and Green Bay had played each other in the playoffs in this many years: | ||
| 23 | |||
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69 (dude!) | ||
| 94 | |||
| 75 | |||
| 22. | An apparent to this body part sidelined Jay Cutler for most of the second half, and earned him scathing tweets from current and former players (see the scoring section for more): | ||
| Wrist | |||
| Collar bone | |||
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Knee | ||
| Foot | |||
| 23. | Pittsburgh built a seemingly insurmountable lead of ____ in the third quarter before holding on for a victory: | ||
| 21-0 | |||
| 24-3 | |||
| 21-3 | |||
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24-0 | ||
| 24. | Vegas has installed this as the early line for the Super Bowl: | ||
| Steelers by 2.5 | |||
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Packers by 2.5 | ||
| Steelers by 4.5 | |||
| Packers by 4.5 | |||
| 25. | We close with a blaze of sour grapes, noting that this NFL quarterback has apparently threatened retirement if his current team does not trade him: | ||
| Tony Romo | |||
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Carson Palmer | ||
| Matt Schaub | |||
| Matt Ryan | |||
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