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How Well Do You Know: 6/11/12-6/17/12
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Not even Mother Nature's being a beyotch and delaying the final of the French Open could stop Rafael Nadal from collecting his record _______ championship at the event:
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6th
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8th
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7th
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10th
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"Shoe Money Tonight!" said this NFL franchise as it rolled the dice and signed recent Patriot castoff Chad Johnson to a one year contract:
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Bills
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Jets
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Dolphins
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Cowboys
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And lo, there will be no more professional hockey played for another three weeks, as the Kings clinched the Stanley Cup with this rather lop-sided score in Game 6:
Cup
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7-2
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5-0
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6-1
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8-3
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Only if you were in this state were you in the same territory as where the US Open was played this week:
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Washington
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Colorado
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California
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Michigan
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The Open boasted a dream first-round threesome, which.....completely sucked at golf this weekend. The trio was comprised of each of the following, except for:
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Phil Mickelson
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Tiger Woods
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Rory McIlroy
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Bubba Watson
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So, like, who won?
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Ernie Else
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Hunter Mayhan
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Webb Simpson
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Jim Furyk
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Soccer hooliganism is alive and well. Consider the boisterous brawl at Euro 2012 between fans of host Poland and this archrival (??? - we're guessing here) team:
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Germany
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France
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Russia
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Greece
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A sex scandal concerning the coach of this women's college basketball team has interrupted the relative tranquility of the off-season:
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Georgia
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Georgetown
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Connecticut
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UCLA
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With an improbable run, the Seawolves of this unheralded school made a memorable venture into the College World Series before bowing out against Florida State:
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Marist
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Long Island
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Stony Brook
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George Mason
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Tom Coughlin's master plan to cut tight end Jake Ballard and resign him after he cleared waivers went kablooey, as this fiendish team swooped in and signed Ballard:
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49ers
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Broncos
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Patriots
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Panthers
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This NFL star, a mortal lock for the Hall, hung up his cleats after 11 seasons:
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Tony Gonzalez
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Adam Vinatieri
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LaDanian Tomlinson
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Devin Hester
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This left-hand turn specialist won at Michigan International Speedway on Sunday, ending his personal winless stretch, which spanned roughly 2,500 races:
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Mark Martin
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Jeff Gordon
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Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
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Matt Kenseth
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The OPJ staff has ruled that the perfect game that Matt Cain recorded this week will go down in the record books with an asterisk, as it was achieved against this woeful ball club:
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Twins
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Cubs
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Astros
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Red Sox
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A highly scientific survey of 100 MLB guys conducted by Men's Journal found that this player is the most disliked bastard in the league:
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Dustin Pedroia
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Alex Rodriguez
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A.J. Pierzynski
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Orlando Hudson
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Your Sunday Baseball Oddity of the Day occurred on Sunday with baseball games won by Kansas City and Minnesota both prevailing, oddly, in this many innings:
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12
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19
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15
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9. Wait....that's not odd at all
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