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| 1. | You know the college academic year is all but finished when the NCAA crowns its men's lacrosse championship - and this year the honor goes to: | ||
| Duke | |||
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Loyola (MD) | ||
| Princeton | |||
| Notre Dame | |||
| 2. | A pitcher whose paychecks are signed by this team put together a 15 strikeout performance against the Rays this week: | ||
| Yankees | |||
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White Sox | ||
| Tigers | |||
| Orioles | |||
| 3. | Your Chicago Cubs ended its winless stretch at 12 games when it won 11-7 this week against: | ||
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The Padres | ||
| The Astros | |||
| The Rockies | |||
| The Phillies | |||
| 4. | HBO executives had to personally hand out fruit baskets and walk-on roles for Game of Thrones to get this team to finally agree to appear in its Hard Knocks series: | ||
| Gaints | |||
| Cowboys | |||
| Broncos | |||
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Dolphins | ||
| 5. | Just about anyone who had an opinion thought that this lady would win the French Open. Which was great, except that she lost in the first round: | ||
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Serena Williams | ||
| Maria Sharapova | |||
| Caroline Wozniacki | |||
| Victoria Azarenka | |||
| 6. | Speaking of the French, as of end of play on Sunday, both men's and women's singles #1 seeds were still alive, right? Right?? | ||
| Wrong, both were out | |||
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Wrong, the women's #1 was out | ||
| Wrong, the men's #1 was out | |||
| Right | |||
| 7. | This former NFL bigshot was taken down yet another notch, as he was released by - and lost his ownership stake in - the Allen Wranglers of the mighty Indoor Football League over the weekend: | ||
| Daunte Culpepper | |||
| Donovan McNabb | |||
| Vince Young | |||
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Terrell Owens | ||
| 8. | The Philadelphia Phillies' mission just got a whole lot more impossibler now that this key member of the pitching staff has been sent to the DL as of this week: | ||
| Joe Blanton | |||
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Roy Halladay | ||
| Cliff Lee | |||
| Cole Hammels | |||
| 9. | Roy Oswalt, late of the Phillies, signed a minor league contract for this star-studded team, who you might have heard of: | ||
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Rangers | ||
| Miami | |||
| Cardinals | |||
| Tigers | |||
| 10. | The NFL decided the fate of the 2013 Pro Bowl this week. So? | ||
| The game will be moved from Honolulu to Los Angeles | |||
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The game will remain in Honolulu | ||
| The game will be played on the same day as the Super Bowl | |||
| The game will be discontinued | |||
| 11. | After looking indomitable for the first few months of the season, the Rangers are coming back to the pack a bit. This team hung a pair of 8-run innings on Texas this week: | ||
| A's | |||
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Mariners | ||
| Angels | |||
| Royals | |||
| 12. | There were decidedly fewer 8-run innings issued by Johan Santana in his latest outing. Who did Santana no-hit for the Mets' first such achievement ever? | ||
| Miami | |||
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St. Louis | ||
| Cincinnati | |||
| Washington | |||
| 13. | "I will not hire an assistant until I see his wife. If she looks the part and she's a D1 recruit, then you got a chance to get hired." This gem was uttered during the week by the head coach of which SEC football program? | ||
| Kentucky | |||
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Vanderbilt | ||
| Arkansas | |||
| Auburn | |||
| 14. | Everybody C-L-A-P for young Snigdha Nandipati, as she won the National Spelling Bee for correctly spelling out this word: | ||
| Logorrhea | |||
| Maculature | |||
| Serrefine | |||
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Guetapens | ||
| 15. | As of end of May, each of the following had at least share of division lead, except for: | ||
| Baltimore | |||
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Cleveland | ||
| Texas | |||
| Cincinnati | |||
| 16. | After the first two games of the Stanley Cup finals, eighth-seeded Los Angeles has won this many playoff consecutive road wins, which ties a record for all major sports: | ||
| 14 | |||
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12 | ||
| 10 | |||
| 8 | |||
| 17. | Meanwhile, in the NBA conference championships, through the first eight games, the road team has won: | ||
| 8 games | |||
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0 games | ||
| 4 games | |||
| 1 game | |||
| 18. | The character prospects for this recent NFL draftee might have taken a hit when he was booked for aggravated DUI early on Sunday morning: | ||
| Matt Kalil | |||
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Justin Blackmon | ||
| Trent Richardson | |||
| Ryan Tannehill | |||
| 19. | This controversial NHL figure has announced that he will sit out the entire next season so he can concentrate on building his cat collection and devote more time to World of Warcraft: | ||
| Alexander Ovechkin | |||
| Alexander Semin | |||
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Tim Thomas | ||
| Henrik Sundin | |||
| 20. | Winning for the first time in approximately eight years, Eldrick Woods stormed to victory at this tournament: | ||
| The Players Championship | |||
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The Memorial | ||
| Wells Fargo Championship | |||
| AT&T National | |||
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