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The Laser Rocket Arm was finally holstered, as Peyton Manning's neck injury finally brought an end to his streak of _________ consecutive starts, including playoffs:
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319
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227
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208
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365
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...which means that this player now holds the consecutive start streak:
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Tom Brady
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Ronde Barber
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Champ Bailey
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Philip Rivers
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Everyone correctly pointed and laughed at the bizarre new uniforms Maryland unveiled in their Labor Day game against:
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UNCC
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Miami
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Tulane
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Louisiana Tech
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Rain did a number on the US Open schedule, leaving this two gents to vie for the title on Monday, a day later than previously scheduled:
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Djokovic and Nadal
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Nadal and Roddick
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Murray and Djokovich
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Roddick and Federer
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Meanwhile, a bonnie lass from this country summoned a dominant performance in the finals to win the US Open women's singles tourney:
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South Africa
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Australia
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Great Britain
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Canada
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Jeff Gordon's win at Atlanta's NASCAR race left him alone in third place all time, with this number of victories:
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104
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79
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85
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66
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While we remind you that racecar spelled backwards is racecar, can you identify which of the following failed to qualify for the Chase for the Championship?
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Kyle Bush
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Kevin Harvick
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Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
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Greg Biffle
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If you are an NFL quarterback who wasn't abruptly cut just days before the season started, please step forward. Not so fast there....
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David Garrard
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Tim Tebow
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Alex Smith
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Vince Young
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Stephen "Bryce" Strasburg made his long-anticipated to the majors on Tuesday as the Natinals squared off against the:
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Cubs
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Dodgers
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Marlins
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Diamondbacks
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Texas A&M appeared all set to move on over to the SEC this week, until a legal challenge threatened by this Big 12 school put the kibosh on the whole deal for the time being:
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Texas
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Oklahoma State
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Kansas State
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Baylor
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The end of Saturday's Notre Dame/Michigan game hit ludicrous speed, as ______ of the combined 66 points were scored in the game's final 72 seconds:
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14
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17
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21
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20
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The game was also significant in that:
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It was the first meeting between the teams in five years
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It was the first night game ever played at Michigan
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It was the first game between the two as each team was coached by an alum of the other school
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If featured 15 combined turnovers
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It was more of the same for Auburn, as the Tigers preserved victory by stopping this SEC rival at the goal line as time expired:
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Ole Miss
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Mississippi State
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LSU
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Vanderbilt
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A frightening scene took place on the sidelines of a college football game as __________ head coach Jerry Kill suffered a seizure toward the end of his team's game on Saturday:
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Air Force
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Northwestern
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Utah State
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Minnesota
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Triple overtime decided the in-state rivalry between:
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Colorado and Colorado State
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Kansas and Kansas State
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North Carolina and Duke
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Iowa and Iowa State
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The NHL endured a black day this week as a plane crash in this country killed several former players and coaches:
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Finland
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Germany
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Sweden
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Russia
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Milwaukee continues to be one of the surprises of the MLB season, but this Brewer childishly calling Albert Pujols "Alberta" gave detractors of the team a bit of ammunition:
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George Kottaras
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Prince Fielder
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Rickie Weeks
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Nyjer Morgan
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This NFL star's tweet that he intended to wear American flag shoes on Sunday's game led to controversy, though the NFL eventually allowed players this form of patriotic expression:
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James Harrison
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Domonique Foxworth
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Lance Briggs
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Ray Lewis
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MLB was not as understanding, as a threat from the league quashed plans by this team to wear caps honoring first responders on Sunday:
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Mets
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Yankees
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Orioles
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Red Sox
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This running back inked a seven year, $100 million deal this week. So he has that going for him.
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Adrian Peterson
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Peyton Hillis
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Arian Foster
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Chris Johnson
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If you're like us, you've never heard of this Cam Newton guy before, but after his ________ yards passing in his rookie debut, we're sure gonna pay attention to this obscure figure.
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350
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389
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422
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401
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This division somehow went completely winless in Week 1:
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NFC West
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AFC West
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AFC South
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NFC South
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It was complete fustigation in Baltimore, as the Ravens forced seven Pittsburgh turnovers, ____________ the number of points the Steelers scored:
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Equal to
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Four more than
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One more than
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Three less than
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24.
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If you like kickoff returns for touchdowns, Week 1 was the week for you! This many kickoffs were brought back to the house:
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3
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4
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5
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6
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25.
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And this showoff was all, "Oooh, look at meeeee!" as he returned both a punt and a kickoff return for touchdowns in the span of less than a minute:
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Dez Bryant
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Ted Ginn, Jr.
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DeSean Jackson
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Devin Hester
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