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Your somewhat disturbing NFL news of the week is that this team was found to have placed bounties on opponents, with monetary rewards for defensive players causing injuries:
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Dallas
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Chicago
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New Orleans
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Tennessee
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If the Roger Goodell NFL Justice Gettyup Machine wants to mete out punishment for the man primarily responsible for the program, they'll have to travel to this city, where he is the new defensive coordinator:
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St. Louis
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Washington, DC
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Seattle
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Denver
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In your periodic reminder that racecar spelled backwards is racecar, we note that this driver won the oft-delayed Daytona 500 on Monday night:
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Kyle Busch
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AJ Allmendinger
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Tony Stewart
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Matt Kenseth
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Providing some much needed comic relief, this dude crashed into the safety truck, igniting a huge ball of ironic fire:
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Juan Montoya
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Jeff Gordon
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Mark Martin
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Dale Earnhardt, Jr
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Dancing with the Stars loves to cast football players, so this dude had best start working on his choreography for the upcoming season:
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Eddie Royal
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Donald Driver
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Chad Johnson
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Santonio Holmes
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This player will appear on the cover of NCAA Football '13, out later this summer:
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Andrew Luck
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Trent Richardson
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Robert Griffin III
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Kellen Moore
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If you've grown used to the NFL having its opening night on Thursdays, get ready for your world to be rocked. Thanks to a speech from the Leader of the Free World, the 2012 opening day will be held on a:
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Saturday
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Sunday
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Friday
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Wednesday
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Kobe Bryant looked 95% psycho playing with a face mask this week, thanks to the broken nose he incurred during the All-Star games at the hands (elbow?) of:
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LeBron James
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Dwyane Wade
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Dwight Howard
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Russell Westbrook
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Nobody, but nobody, beats the US national team 78 years in a row. Actually, that's probably not true...but you can take this country off the list, after the Americans' 1-0 on Wednesday night:
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Italy
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Mexico
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Germany
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Brazil
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This squad of ballers accomplished the impressive feat of knocking of its third top-5 ranked opponent of the season this week:
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Indiana
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UCLA
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Duke
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Kansas State
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A week after none of its players scored in double figures in a blowout loss against Seton Hall, mercurial Georgetown held this team to zero players in double figures in a 59-41 win:
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West Virginia
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Marquette
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Notre Dame
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St. Johns
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Say hey to this conference champion, who finished with an unblemished conference record:
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Syracuse
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Kentucky
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Kansas
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Murray State
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The regular season champs of C-USA are the fellas that play for:
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Southern Miss
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Houston
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Memphis
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Central Florida
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And Sweet Fancy Moses, what do we have here....a three way tie for Big 10 regular season champs? Which of the following is not part of the happy threesome?
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Ohio State
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Wisconsin
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Michigan
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Michigan State
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A win at the Honda Classic means this golfer can now update his LinkedIn profile to say he's the #1 golfer in the world:
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Tiger Woods
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Luke Donald
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Phil Mickelson
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Rory McIlroy
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If you won your conference tournament this weekend and booked an automatic ticket to the NCAA Tournament, take a step forward. Whoa, not so fast there:
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Murray St.
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Creighton
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Wichita St.
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UNC-Ashville
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Recently kicked-to-the-curb pitcher AJ Burnett will miss 2-3 months following surgery to correct a broken orbital bone suffered when he bravely tried to:
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Shield another player from a line drive
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Dodge a broken bat
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Lay down a bunt
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Push an innocent old lady out of the way of a speeding bus
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Cheers to this NFL running back who signed a new deal for $31 million over the weekend:
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BenJarvus Green-Ellis
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Ray Rice
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Adrian Petersen
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Marshawn Lynch
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Unable to agree to harmonious terms with its signalcaller, this NFL squad put the franchise tag on its quarterback:
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Raiders
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Titans
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Saints
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Chiefs
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With time running out in the regular season, this NHL team fired its head coach:
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Dallas
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Colorado
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Toronto
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Washington
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