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Thanks to a fortitude-fortified shot from deep in the trees on the second playoff hole, Bubba "Tom" Watson won the Masters. Who did he defeat in the playoff?
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Rory McIlroy
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Fred Couples
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Lee Westwood
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Louis Oosthuizen
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Mr. Oosthuizen was in the playoff with Bubba largely thanks to this rather insane feat:
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three consecutive eagles
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an albatross
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a hole in one
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ten consecutive birdies
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Meanwhile, this dude would have won, had it not for the small affair of that triple bogey notched on the 6th hole of the fourth round:
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Tiger Woods
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Phil Mickelson
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Martin Kaymer
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Matt Kuchar
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The list of the top teams in each conference as of the end of the NHL regular season is as follows:
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Flyers and Black Hawks
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Rangers and Canucks
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Bruins and Red Wings
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Blues and Devils
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Meanwhile, welcome to the 2012 NHL Playoffs to those qualifying teams....whoa, not so fast there......
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Washington Capitols
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Nashville Predators
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Colorado Avalanche
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Pittsburgh Penguins
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And speaking of hockey, we're back to the whole states-that-aren't-really-states thing. Ferris State came up just short in the college hockey Frozen Four, losing the championship game to this more established power:
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Maine
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Denver
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Boston College
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Minnesota
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Say hey to this year's NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding Player, who turned in the most impressive 1-for-10-from-the-field game you'll ever see:
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Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
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Anthony Davis
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Marquis Teague
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Doron Lamb
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In rolling to the NCAA title, the Wildcats amassed this record, the most wins in history:
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36-1
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35-2
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34-3
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38-2
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Meanwhile, the Baylor women finish with a perfect record, piling up these many wins during their historic season:
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40
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42
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36
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33
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If you work for this company, then you're the new supplier of uniforms to the NFL:
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Nike
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Under Armor
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Reebok
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Converse
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The new Nike designs are virtually identical to previous uniforms, except for those of this team, who decided that bold day-glo colors were in this year:
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Denver
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Seattle
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Buffalo
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Jacksonville
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Morris Claiborne, who played college ball at this school, and - it just so happens in our guest editor this week - scored a historic low 4 on his Wonderlic test this week:
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BYU
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Notre Dame
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LSU
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USC
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According to this quarterback, this quarterback is the best QB in the NFL, says this quarterback:
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Joe Flacco
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Aaron Rodgers
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Eli Manning
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Tom Brady
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A motorcycle accident while he was driving with his new departmental hire/mistress has left this school's college football coach with a lot of 'splainin' to do.....
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Cal
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Arkansas
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Louisville
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Connecticut
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The baseball season got off to a rocky start for some players. This team will have to begin the season without its closer, who screwed up his thumb right before season's opening:
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San Francisco
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Chicago White Sox
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Boston
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Miami
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But that's not nearly as harrowing as having cops show up to your home and pull a gun on you....just ask:
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Ben Francisco
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Michael Young
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Johan Santana
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Torii Hunter
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The sole game played on MLB's "opening night" was contested here:
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Miami
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St. Louis
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Texas
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Detroit
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Cleveland and Toronto were so glad to be back playing baseball that they decided to go this many innings in their opening game, an MLB record:
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13
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14
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16
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18
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After a wacky opening weekend of baseball, all of the teams below are undefeated except for:
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New York Mets
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Arizona
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Baltimore
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Houston
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On the other hand, which three of the below are trying the novel approach to securing a division championship without, you know, winning a single game as of Sunday?
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Red Sox
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Yankees
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Braves
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Pirates
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