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| 1. | The Man came down on this organization during the week, as the feds likened its operation to a Ponzi scheme: | ||
| The BCS | |||
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Full Tilt Poker | ||
| The NFLPA | |||
| NASCAR | |||
| 2. | This defensive NFL star is a mack daddy, and was rewarded appropriately this week with a five year, $61 million contract from his current team: | ||
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Haloti Ngata | ||
| Troy Polamalu | |||
| Vince Wilfork | |||
| Brian Urlacher | |||
| 3. | With the entity known as the Big 12 hanging on by a thread, this major development, spurred on largely by Oklahoma's demands, came to pass: | ||
| Dissolution of the Longhorn Network | |||
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Resignation of commissioner Don Beebe | ||
| Recruitment of Nebraska back into the conference | |||
| Rebranding the conference The Death Star | |||
| 4. | Meanwhile, this school said they'll be leaving the Big 12 for the SEC starting next season: | ||
| Texas Tech | |||
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Texas A&M | ||
| Texas | |||
| Oklahoma | |||
| 5. | NBA fans, attention! This week, the Association canceled: | ||
| The entire season | |||
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Some preseason games | ||
| Commissioner David Stern's contract | |||
| Season ticket price increases | |||
| 6. | It was a bad weekend for high-profile NFL quarterbacks. Tom Brady threw four interceptions on Sunday against Buffalo, which: | ||
| Accounted for all of Buffalo's points | |||
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Was equal to the number he threw all of last season | ||
| Was one more than the number he threw all of last season | |||
| Was one less than the number he threw all of last season | |||
| 7. | Meanwhile, a week after suffering a concussion, Michael Vick went out and busted: | ||
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His non-throwing hand | ||
| His throwing hand | |||
| His left ankle | |||
| A move | |||
| 8. | Having lost 49 of its last 50 games, the Boston Red Sox emerged from its double-header with the Yankees with a half game wild card lead after Jacoby Ellsbury won the nightcap with a 3-run home run in the: | ||
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14th | ||
| 12th | |||
| 16th | |||
| 18th | |||
| 9. | This weekend featured the following matchups of ranked college football teams. Can you pick the one that matched teams both ranked in the top 10 at the time? | ||
| Arkansas and Alabama | |||
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Oklahoma State and Texas A&M | ||
| LSU and West Virginia | |||
| Florida State and Clemson | |||
| 10. | Bryant Moniz, some dude you've never heard of but otherwise quarterback for this college football team, tied an NCAA record by passing for seven first-half touchdowns on Saturday: | ||
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Hawaii | ||
| Colgate | |||
| Louisiana Tech | |||
| Louisville | |||
| 11. | This college gridiron team suffered a heartbreak, as its end-of-game, apparent game-winning touchdown was reversed by replay: | ||
| Tulsa | |||
| USC | |||
| UCLA | |||
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Miami | ||
| 12. | The Phillies celebrated their NL East division title by going out and losing ___ straight games, before finally ending the slide with a win over the Mets on Sunday. | ||
| 6 | |||
| 7 | |||
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8 | ||
| 9 | |||
| 13. | The mighty Orioles of Baltimore said patooie to Justin Verlander, beating him on Saturday and ending his winning streak at this many games: | ||
| 8 | |||
| 18 | |||
| 10 | |||
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12 | ||
| 14. | Kinda sorta overshadowed by Mr. Verlander, the Dodgers Clayton Kershaw earned his 21st win on the season after vanquishing this foe: | ||
| St. Louis | |||
| Colorado | |||
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San Diego | ||
| San Francisco | |||
| 15. | When the dust settled after another wacky weekend in college football, Oklahoma was no longer #1 in the AP poll, right? Right?? | ||
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Right, LSU was | ||
| Right, Alabama was | |||
| Right, Boise State was | |||
| Wrong | |||
| 16. | In some cross-brand synergy with our sister site Box Office Prophets, the film adaptation of Moneyball opened this weekend, focusing on the way this team drafted players in the early 2000's: | ||
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Oakland | ||
| San Diego | |||
| San Francisco | |||
| Boston | |||
| 17. | In our contractually obligated hockey question of the week, after a 20 year career, Mike Modano announced his retirement, signing a one-day contract with this team, where he spent most of his career: | ||
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Dallas | ||
| Detroit | |||
| Toronto | |||
| Boston | |||
| 18. | Meet the winner of this weekend's Sprint Cup race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway, who now also leads the Chase for the Cup: | ||
| Jeff Gordon | |||
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Tony Stewart | ||
| Kevin Harvick | |||
| Carl Edwards | |||
| 19. | You could probably win some bar bets by telling people that somehow, this is the only 3-0 team in the AFC: | ||
| San Diego | |||
| New York Jets | |||
| Baltimore | |||
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Buffalo | ||
| 20. | This NFL matchup was the highest scoring affair on Sunday, including a wacky 37 points scored in the fourth quarter alone: | ||
| Oakland/New York Jets | |||
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Houston/New Orleans | ||
| Detroit/Minnesota | |||
| Pittsburgh/Indianapolis | |||
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