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10 RBIs in a single game is pretty good, right? That's the achievement recorded in Thursday's game against the Twins:
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Michael Young
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Ben Zobrist
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Adrian Beltre
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Jeff Francoeur
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The signature name of college basketball, God's Gift Achiuwa, will be found next year in the game-day program for which Big East Team:
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St. John's
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UConn
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Syracuse
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Georgetown
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This pitcher's promising start to his 2011 season has been darkened by a DUI arrest this week:
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Cliff Lee
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Jered Weaver
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Jorge de la Rosa
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Derek Lowe
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Meanwhile, homophobic comments and crude sexual gestures directed toward a fan has landed this team's pitching coach in a suspension:
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Atlanta
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Washington
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Florida
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San Diego
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The end of April found each of the following at the top of its division standings, with the exception of:
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San Francisco
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Cleveland
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Texas
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Phillies
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The reaction of the assembled crowd to Roger Goodell's first appearance at the NFL draft can best be described as:
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Booing
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Thunderous applause
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Mocking laughter
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Silence
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The draft's Mr. Fabulous, the dude who was selected first overall, attended this fine institution of higher learning:
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Texas
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Auburn
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Georgia
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Alabama
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Failure to close a trade in a timely fashion caused this team to miss the window to make its selection:
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Dallas
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Cleveland
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Baltimore
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Denver
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Aside from Cam Newton, the draft's first selection, three other quarterbacks went in the first round. Which signalcaller went in Round 2?
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Jake Locker
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Blaine Gabbert
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Andy Dalton
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Christian Ponder
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Thursday night, with his heir having been apparently been drafted, this member of the Saints sounded very much like a man on his way out of town as he tweeted: "It's been fun New Orleans"?
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Reggie Bush
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Malcolm Jenkins
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Jonathan Vilma
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Marques Colston
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Say hey to Cheta Ozougwu, the draft's Mr. Irrelevant. Houston took ChetOz, who went to this Texas school, with the draft's final selection:
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Rice
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SMU
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Texas Tech
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TCU
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The lockout was lifted, but then it was back on. On which of the week was the lockout invalidated, and on which day of the week was a stay granted?
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Monday / Thursday
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Monday / Friday
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Wednesday / Thursday
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Wednesday / Friday
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Seven games were required to decide each of these first round NHL series, except for:
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Flyers - Sabres
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Bruins - Canadiens
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Canucks - Blackhawks
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Capitals - Rangers
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Meanwhile, in the second round, the home teams had difficulty holding serve. Which was the only team that was able win both of its two games at home?
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Washington
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Philadelphia
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Vancouver
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San Jose
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Over in the NBA, the lowest seeded team to be eliminated in the first round was a:
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1 seed
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2 seed
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3 seed
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4 seed
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This pair of teams drew first blood in the NBA second round:
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Miami and Memphis
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Miami and Oklahoma City
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Boston and Memphis
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Boston and Oklahoma City
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Miami's victory over the Celtics was highlighted by the rather quizzical ejection of this guy in green:
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Rajon Rondo
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Paul Pierce
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Ray Allen
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Kevin Garnett
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Meet the NBA's Coach of the Year:
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Erik Spoelstra
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Scott Brooks
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Tom Thibodeau
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Stan Van Gundy
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This left-hand-turn specialist must be buying what they're selling down in Richmond, as he took home his third consecutive Richmond International Raceway victory on Sunday:
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Kyle Bush
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Jeff Gordon
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Jimmie Johnson
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Kasey Kahne
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"I don't like to give (their) fans too much credit, but they got this one right," said the Mets' David Wright, in response to this stadium's cheering and chanting reaction to the news of the death of Osama bin Laden:
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Turner Field
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Citizens Bank Park
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Sun Life Stadium
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Petco Park
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