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| 1. | A Tastes Great/Less Filling debate raged among sports fans and talking heads over the announced suspension of Cole Hamels for this many games, after he admitting to plunking Bryce Harper: | ||
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5 | ||
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| 2. | This major player in conference sports realignment found itself without a commish after its main man suddenly resigned | ||
| ACC | |||
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Big East | ||
| SEC | |||
| Big 12 | |||
| 3. | Josh Hamilton's ______ total bases tied a record as the Rangers slugger went yard four times in a 10-3 win over Baltimore on Tuesday: | ||
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| 16 | |||
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18 | ||
| 4. | From the Woohoo/D'oh file, we read about this Rays player who socked a three-run homer off New York closer David Robertson to win the game, but sprained his ankle in the process: | ||
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Matt Joyce | ||
| Ben Zobritst | |||
| Carlos Pena | |||
| BJ Upton | |||
| 5. | MLB is deciding whether or not to pull up its big boy pants and outlaw this practice, which is certainly undermining the credibility of the game: | ||
| The designated hitter | |||
| Interleague play | |||
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The fake-to-third-throw-to-first move | ||
| The Eephus pitch | |||
| 6. | Oh, Josh Beckett. The mercurial Red Sox pitcher caught holy hell for his widely-publicized pursuit of this leisure activity on a recent off-day: | ||
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Golfing | ||
| Fishing | |||
| Hunting | |||
| Bowling | |||
| 7. | Three football gents from this SEC school were arrested for burglary and subsequently suspended from the team: | ||
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Arkansas | ||
| LSU | |||
| Auburn | |||
| Alabama | |||
| 8. | A state legislature passed a key vote that will allow this team to build a new stadium, meaning relocation is likely not in their future: | ||
| Oakland | |||
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Minnesota | ||
| St. Louis | |||
| Carolina | |||
| 9. | Chicks dig the long ball, so the female set was probably all hot and bothered when this team hit three consecutive home runs to start its game on Thursday: | ||
| Colorado | |||
| Miami | |||
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Baltimore | ||
| Houston | |||
| 10. | The NBA Six Man of the Year award went to someone who isn't quite good enough to be a starter for this team: | ||
| Nuggets | |||
| Knicks | |||
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Thunder | ||
| Spurs | |||
| 11. | Meanwhile, Hugo Edward Aloysius "LeBron" James garnered the NBA Most Valuable Player award for the _______ consecutive year: | ||
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3rd | ||
| 2nd | |||
| 4th | |||
| 1st, so never mind | |||
| 12. | With the playoffs in full swing, this team's coach tried to remember if flammable and inflammable mean the same thing, then threw a gallon of gasoline on the fire as he decried the Miami Heat as the NBA's biggest floppers: | ||
| Lakers | |||
| 76ers | |||
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Pacers | ||
| Thunder | |||
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By way of explanation.....
Spoiler alert: They do. They totally do. Trust us on this. |
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| 13. | Players were all up in arms at the French Open warm-up played in Madrid on clay of this bright color: | ||
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| Yellow | |||
| Green | |||
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Blue | ||
| 14. | Welcome back Andy Pettitte....to the loss column. This team spoiled the return of renowned Yankee's pitcher with a 6-2 victory over the Pinstripes on Sunday: | ||
| Rays | |||
| White Sox | |||
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Mariners | ||
| Royals | |||
| 15. | Our Obscure Sports editor informs us that the English Premiere League title was decided on Sunday in sensational fashion, as this team scored twice in stoppage time to win its first championship since 1968: | ||
| Chelsea | |||
| Arsenal | |||
| Tottenham | |||
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Manchester City | ||
| 16. | Not one, but two baseball teams walked off on Sunday via this method: | ||
| walks | |||
| squeeze bunts | |||
| base clearing triples | |||
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grand slams | ||
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By way of explanation.....
the Marlins and the Reds each won via bottom of the 9th grand salamis |
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| 17. | Say hey to the winner of The Players Championship | ||
| Phil Mickelson | |||
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Matt Kuchar | ||
| Luke Donald | |||
| Rickie Fowler | |||
| 18. | As the NHL playoffs enter their seventh month, only one of the teams below is no longer alive: | ||
| New York Rangers | |||
| Los Angeles | |||
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Washington | ||
| Phoenix | |||
| 19. | Time for everyone's favorite question, the contractually obligated NASCAR question: meet the winner of this weekend's race at Darlington: | ||
| Tony Stewart | |||
| Kyle Busch | |||
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Jimmie Johnson | ||
| Carl Edwards | |||
| 20. | We still don't know who will be the featured team on Hard Knocks this season, but our choices are rapidly dwindling and this team publicly declined HBO's invite: | ||
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New York Jets | ||
| New York Giants | |||
| Chicago | |||
| Dallas | |||
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