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The kings and peons emerged from double-secret labor negotiations, and lo, the NBA lockout appears to have ended, in time for games to begin around:
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Christmas Day
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New Year's Day
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December 1
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Groundhog Day
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Greg Halman, an outfielder for this MLB team, was stabbed to death by his brother in his home country of the Netherlands:
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Mariners
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Rangers
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Astros
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Royasl
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Your 2011 American League MVP is a dude who:
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Plays third base
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Pitches
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Catches
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Plays shortstop
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4.
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Meanwhile, the NL MVP suited up this year for the:
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Giants
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Dodgers
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Brewers
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Phillies
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Odd crime of the week award goes to whoever it was that broke into the home of this MLB team's general manager, then defrosted a lobster, ate pizza and drank beer, among other things.
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Rays
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Yankees
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Rockies
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White Sox
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In NHL action, Sid "The Man" Crosby returned from a 96 month absence and hit the ice in the Penguins' win against this team:
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Bruins
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Islanders
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Lightning
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Capitals
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Meanwhile, we were reminded that everything that rises must converge as this team ended the Boston Bruins' winning streak at ten games:
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Jets
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Ducks
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Red Wings
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Hurricanes
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Say hey to this year's Maui Invitational tournament:
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Kansas
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Duke
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Memphis
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Georgetown
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Meanwhile, the idyllic setting of Paradise Island, Bahamas turned a little nasty for this top 10 team as they were upset by Central Florida in the Battle 4 Atlantis (we're not making that name up):
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#3 Ohio State
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#7 Florida
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#9 Pitt
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#4 UConn
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What was your favorite Tar Heels being undefeated moment, UNC fans? This team surprised Roy Williams' boys, handing the country's #1 team its first loss of the season
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UNLV
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South Carolina
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St. John's
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Colorado
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Seeking to turn around its floundering football program, Arizona hired this controversial out-of-work coach:
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Jim Tressell
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Rich Rodriguez
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Dan Hawkins
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Tyrone Willingham
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Meanwhile, Urban Meyer has done a ridiculous song and dance, including opting out of his weekend assignment for ESPN, as he continues that he knows nothing about being hired by:
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Miami
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Ohio State
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Texas Tech
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Florida
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Dear Kyle Orton, we like a guy who passes for 50 yards a game more than you, so you're cut and enjoy the remaining season with the _________. Love, the Broncos
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Bears
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Rams
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Chiefs
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Lions
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We're not sure how many blades are involved in a point shaving scandal, but allegations of such have hit this school's football team:
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Idaho
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Hawaii
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Cal
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Nevada
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Ndamukong Suh was having a perfectly nice Thanksgiving Day win this week when he went and got himself ejected for getting all:
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Bite-y
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Stomp-y
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Punch-y
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Slap-y
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Meanwhile, the 49ers found out that it's awful hard to win an NFL game when you do this 9 times in a game:
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Fumble
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Get sacked
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Miss field goals
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Throw interceptions
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An entertaining game nonetheless brought to an end (for the foreseeable future) of the 118 game long series between these two college football rivals:
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Florida/Florida State
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Harvard/Yale
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Texas/Texas A&M
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BYU/Utah
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108 total points, six turnovers and 229 combined penalty yards were generated during the college football barnburner between:
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USC and UCLA
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Oregon and Oregon State
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Baylor and Texas A&M
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Houston and Tulsa
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A certain Heisman candidate padded his resume this weekend. Which of the following is true?
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Andrew Luck passed for 450+ yards
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Trent Richardson ran for 200+ yards
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Kellan Moore completed 30 straight pass attempts
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Case Keenum threw 7 touchdowns
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This NLF quarterback threw for 400 yards, but his team still managed to get skunked on Sunday:
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Carson Palmer
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Andy Dalton
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Ryan Fitzpatrick
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Vince Young
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This team's six field goals key to securing victory Sunday:
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Washington
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Oakland
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Patriots
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Jets
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Dear NFL teams, you may want to stop kicking to this guy, who tied an league record with his fourth punt return for a touchdown this season:
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Devon Hester
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Patrick Peterson
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Julian Edelman
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Eric Decker
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What's funnier than miming shooting yourself in the leg after a 5 yard touchdown dance? Dropping two potential game-winning touchdowns later in the game. Just ask this guy:
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Hines Ward
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Percy Harvin
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Reggie Wayne
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Stevie Johnson
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Send in the sub for a sub, as this replacement quarterback broke his collarbone and is done for the year:
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Rex Grossman
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Matt Leinart
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Caleb Hanie
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Matt Moore
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Lastly, the Tennessee Women hadn't lost a regular season game at home since 2009. That came to an end over the weekend, when this team came a-callin':
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Baylor
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UNC
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UConn
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Notre Daem
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