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Say hey to the champion of the 2011 British Open:
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Lucas Glover
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Anthony Kim
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Thomas Bjorn
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Darren Clarke
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This year's Open Championship was played at this hallowed course:
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St. George's
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Carnoustie
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St. Andrew's
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Royal Birkdale
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Hat off to the US Women's World Cup team, which had a hell of a run before losing on penalty kicks in the final game to:
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Japan
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Sweden
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Germany
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England
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This pair of hurlers were the starting pitchers for the MLB All-Star game:
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Jair Jurrjens and Josh Beckett
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Roy Halladay and Jered Weaver
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Cole Hammels and James Shields
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Clayton Kershaw and C.J. Wilson
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Only if you were in this city would you have been able to see the All-Star game in person:
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Philadelphia
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Denver
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Phoenix
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Atlanta
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The National League's victory in the All-Star game was the NL's ___________ consecutive win:
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4th
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3rd
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2nd
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1st, which doesn't make sense, so forget we said anything
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7.
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A player from this team won Monday's Home Run Derby:
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Red Sox
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Yankees
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Brewers
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Dodgers
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Each of the following baseball teams emerged from the All-Star break in last place in its division, except for:
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Baltimore
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Kansas City
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Colorado
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Houston
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This NFL Hall of Famer revealed that his brother was gay as part of a cover piece for Out magazine:
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Thurman Thomas
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Jim Kelly
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Dan Fouts
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Michael Irvin
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This NFL wild-card didn't exactly endear himself to Roger Goodell this week, publicly referring to the league boss as a "devil" and a "crook":
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Aquib Talib
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Adam Jones
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Ray Lewis
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James Harrison
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Pack your bags, Francisco Rodriguez, you've been traded from the Mets to the:
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Marlins
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Brewers
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Cardinals
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Rays
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Following the Giants and the Cubs, this team became the third MLB franchise to win 10,000 games with a victory on Friday:
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Braves
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Tigers
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Yankees
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Red Sox
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At an unusual intersection of golf and hockey, this retired NHL All-Star made an ace worth $1 million at the American Century Celebrity Golf Championship at Lake Tahoe on Sunday:
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Steve Yzerman
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Joe Sakic
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Ray Borque
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Brett Hull
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With typically curious timing, this NBA team fired its coach this week:
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Timberwolves
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Wizards
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Clippers
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Heat
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Hope you stayed up for that 1-0 barnburner between the Red Sox and the Rays on Sunday night! How many innings did that one take?
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14
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15
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16
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17
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This team resumed its winning ways after the All-Star break, sweeping the Mariners for it's 11th consecutive win:
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Angels
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A's
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Tigers
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Rangers
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Meanwhile, the poor Mariners, after being swept by the aforementioned Rangers, have now lost this many in a row:
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8
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9
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10
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11
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This NFL team had two players who had run-ins with the law in the last week:
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Bengals
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Steelers
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Browns
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Redskins
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NCAA Football 12 was released for your favorite video game system last week (provided that video game system is a Playstation 3 or Xbox 360). This gent is your cover athelete:
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Cam Newton
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Jake Locker
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Mark Ingram, Jr.
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Andrew Luck
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To properly congratulate the winner of this weekend's Sprint Cup race in New Hampshire, you'd have to like the Facebook status of this driver:
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Ryan Newman
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Denny Hamlin
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Tony Stewart
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Joey Logano
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