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| 1. | If you're an MLB did that didn't file for bankruptcy this week, please step forward. Not so fast there.... | ||
| Royals | |||
| Mets | |||
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Dodgers | ||
| Astros | |||
| 2. | The ultimate men's and women's singles champs at Wimbledon represent these two countries: | ||
| France and Denmark | |||
| Spain and Russia | |||
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Serbia and Czech Republic | ||
| Switzerland and Italy | |||
| 3. | Within a span of a few hours on Monday, each of these big-names went down in the Wimbledon's women's singles tournament. Which was the only one to advance past the round of 16? | ||
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Maria Sharapova | ||
| Venus Williams | |||
| Serena Williams | |||
| Caroline Wozniacki | |||
| 4. | Meanwhile, fading former champion Roger Federer lost in the quarterfinals to this man, after leading the match by two sets: | ||
| Andy Murray | |||
| Mardy Fish | |||
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Jo-Wilfried Tsonga | ||
| Andy Roddi-bwhahahahaha, we can't bring ourselves to finish this | |||
| 5. | To the relief of some and disappointment of many, Terrell Owens will not be retiring after all. Reports earlier in the week that the receiver might retire after mysteriously injuring his ____________ proved erroneous: | ||
| Knee | |||
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ACL | ||
| Hip | |||
| Neck | |||
| 6. | OPJ pours one out for this former basketball player, having provided one of the signature moments in NCAA history, who died in a bus crash this week: | ||
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NC State's Lorenzo Charles | ||
| Duke's Christian Laettner | |||
| Georgetown's Fred Brown | |||
| Loyola Marymount's Bo Kimble | |||
| 7. | Pitching carried South Carolina to the College World Series championship, the ______ consecutive time the Gamecocks have won the tournament: | ||
| 4th | |||
| 3rd | |||
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2nd | ||
| 1st, which doesn't make sense so forget we said anything | |||
| 8. | This pitcher got touched up a bit on Sunday, which is a shame considering that prior to that he had pitched three consecutive complete game shutouts: | ||
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Cliff Lee | ||
| Justin Verlander | |||
| CC Sabathia | |||
| Josh Beckett | |||
| 9. | Arizona's Wily Mo Pena employed an unusual ritual before belting a two-run walk-off homer against Cleveland this week: | ||
| Untying his shoelaces | |||
| Rolling his pants up to his knees | |||
| Doing a cartwheel | |||
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Spitting in his helmet | ||
| 10. | Tiger Woods is Bill Murray? In his first notable endorsement deal since, well, you know, Tiger will be promoting a line of these products in ads that will be seen only in Japan: | ||
| televisions | |||
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muscle rubs | ||
| booze | |||
| golf balls | |||
| 11. | Meanwhile, in other odd endorsement news, this company has picked up Michael Vick after previously parting ways following his legal troubles: | ||
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Nike | ||
| Gatorade | |||
| EA | |||
| Adidas | |||
| 12. | The Bouncing Ball of Justice continues to bounce towards Oregon football coach chip Kelly, after a _________ claimed that Kelly OK'd a payment to him: | ||
| Player | |||
| Parent of a player | |||
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Scout | ||
| Bowl official | |||
| 13. |
We got a chuckle out of a certain city's sports blog:
The [football team]? Locked out. The [basketball team]? Locked out. The [hockey team]? Long gone." |
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Atlanta | ||
| Denver | |||
| Dallas | |||
| Minneapolis | |||
| 14. | Ah, yes, NBA labor strife. We now have two major sports leagues suspended after the NBA collective bargaining agreement expired on ___________ and the league locked out its players on ______________: | ||
| Wednesday / Thursday | |||
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Thursday / Friday | ||
| Friday / Saturday | |||
| Monday / Tuesday | |||
| 15. | Jaromir Jagr returned to the NHL this week by signing a contract with this team | ||
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Philadelphia | ||
| Pittsburgh | |||
| New York Rangers | |||
| Chicago | |||
| 16. | After hitting their first grand slam in almost two years, this team only had to wait one inning before hitting another: | ||
| Minnesota | |||
| Pittsburgh | |||
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New York Mets | ||
| Atlanta | |||
| 17. | All-Stars! This team will be the most represented on the field when the National League starters take the field: | ||
| Atlanta | |||
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Milwaukee | ||
| Philadelphia | |||
| St. Louis | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Three Brewers will start, each of the other choices have one representative |
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| 18. | Meanwhile, if you're a fan of this American League team, you're in luck as they'll have four of their players starting the All-Star game, the most in the AL: | ||
| Boston | |||
| Toronto | |||
| Texas | |||
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New York | ||
| 19. | And say hey to the top vote getter in the fan All-Star voting: | ||
| Ryan Braun | |||
| Brian McCann | |||
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Jose Bautista | ||
| Alex Rodriguez | |||
| 20. | As play concluded on the final day of June, each of the following baseball teams found themselves in sole possession of first place, except for: | ||
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St. Louis | ||
| San Francisco | |||
| Detroit | |||
| Philadelphia | |||
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By way of explanation.....
St. Louis was tied with Milwaukee for the lead in the NL Central |
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