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| 1. | The NBA released its schedule this week. One highlight, if the season is to be played (it won't) will be this Christmas Day matchup that features a rematch from the 2011 playoffs: | ||
| Chicago at Miami | |||
| Los Angeles vs Dallas | |||
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Dallas vs Miami | ||
| Oklahoma City vs Denver | |||
| 2. | This team ended the Rangers' 12-game winning streak: | ||
| Baltimore | |||
| Detroit | |||
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Los Angeles (of Anaheim) | ||
| Kansas City | |||
| 3. | Meanwhile, the struggling Seattle Mariners struggled their way a franchise record for futility with their ________ consecutive defeat on Sunday: | ||
| 18th | |||
| 14th | |||
| 17th | |||
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15th | ||
| 4. | Then, on the flip side, this MLB club broke an 11-game winless streak against a certain opponent this week: | ||
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Oakland | ||
| Kansas City | |||
| Colorado | |||
| Minnesota | |||
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By way of explanation.....
The A's finished the weekend having gone 1 for 13 against the Yankees |
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| 5. | This clutch hockey figure finally hung up his skates this week after almost 20 years in the league: | ||
| Chris Chelios | |||
| Niklas Lidstrom | |||
| Martin Brodeur | |||
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Chris Osgood | ||
| 6. | We learned that dozens of ________ coaches lost money after being taken in a ponzi scheme: | ||
| College football | |||
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College basketball | ||
| Little league baseball | |||
| College hockey | |||
| 7. | The downward spiral of Tiger Woods continues to spiral downward, as Eldrick fired his: | ||
| PR rep | |||
| Agent | |||
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Caddie | ||
| Therapist | |||
| 8. | If you are this MLB manager, then ouch - you were hit in eye by foul ball Wednesday night, so that, like, must have sucked: | ||
| Tony LaRussa | |||
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Ozzie Guillen | ||
| Dusty Baker | |||
| Eric Wedge | |||
| 9. | With college football just around the corner, members of the Big 12 are up in arms about a TV deal being sought by which member school? | ||
| Oklahoma | |||
| Kansas | |||
| Nebraska. No wait, Colorado. Dammit. Anyway, the answer is..... | |||
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Texas | ||
| 10. | Meanwhile, add this school to the growing list of programs done wrong, as it earned a 1 year probation for various violations: | ||
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LSU | ||
| Colorado State | |||
| Louisiana Tech | |||
| Conneticut | |||
| 11. | It's wuv, twu wuv for this NFL quarterback, who was married amid tight security over the weekend: | ||
| Michael Vick | |||
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Ben Roethlisberger | ||
| Eli Manning | |||
| Joe Flacco | |||
| 12. | Not so fast, my friend: As Big Ben tied the knot, this fellow professional signalcaller broke up with his reality TV girlfriend on Sunday: | ||
| Matt Ryan | |||
| Matthew Stafford | |||
| Mark Sanchez | |||
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Jay Cutler | ||
| 13. | Until the results are thrown out over drug charges, say hey to the winner of the Tour de France, the race's first ever champion to hail from: | ||
| Russia | |||
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Australia | ||
| South Africa | |||
| Japan | |||
| 14. | The owners approved a proposed labor agreement by a nearly unanimous ___-0 vote, bringing us closer to ending the NFL lockout. That sigh of relief you hear is your OPJ quiz authors thankful that there will be quiz material this fall. | ||
| 29 | |||
| 30 | |||
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31 | ||
| 32 | |||
| 15. | Meanwhile, as the NFL labor mess teetered toward resolution, the following was canceled this week: | ||
| Free agency | |||
| Mini camps | |||
| Player dues once the union recertifies | |||
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The Hall of Fame game | ||
| 16. | You most likely don't care, but do you know which teams were to have competed in the canceled Hall of Fame game? | ||
| Detroit and Dallas | |||
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Chicago and St. Louis | ||
| Washington and Oakland | |||
| San Diego and Cincinnati | |||
| 17. | Big ups to this pitcher, who struck out his 2,000th hitter this week: | ||
| C.C. Sabathia | |||
| Livan Hernandez | |||
| Roy Halladay | |||
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Tim Wakefield | ||
| 18. | This country now rules all of South America, as it emerged as the 2011 Copa America champions: | ||
| Argentina | |||
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Uruguay | ||
| Peru | |||
| Chile | |||
| 19. | This many gentlemen were inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday: | ||
| 2 | |||
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3 | ||
| 4 | |||
| 5 | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Players Roberto Alomar and Burt Blyleven and general manager Pat Gillick were enshrined. |
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| 20. | In our contractually obligated NASCAR question, we're glad that this racer is okay after a very scary looking flip and crash in a race over the weekend: | ||
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Kasey Kahne | ||
| Tony Stewart | |||
| Greg Biffle | |||
| Ryan Newman | |||
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