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1. One of the few highlights in the Most Boringest Sports Week Ever was the MLB All-Star game.

If you were wanting to watch the game in person, and ended up in three of the cities below, then you really should have taken that left turn at Albuquerque. Where was the game actually played?
Denver
Kansas City
Detroit
Miami
 
2. The children were right to laugh at this captain of the Home Run Derby, who finished the exhibition with zero homers:
Robinson Cano
Matt Kemp
Andrew McCutchen
Carlos Gonzalez
 
3. Chicks dig the long ball, so we assume that this year's champion will most certainly have won the affection of many ladies:
Mark Teixeira
Prince Fielder
Jose Bautista
Mike Trout
 
4. Roughly 85 pitchers were on the All-Star roster. These two started the game:
Matt Cain and David Price
Clayton Kershaw and Justin Verlander
Clayton Kershaw and David Price
Matt Cain and Justin Verlander
 
5. The game itself, which decided home field advantage in the World Series, the winner of the US Presidential, the next Olympic host city and the correct answer in the timeless Tastes Great/Less Filling debate, was decided by this many runs:
4
12
8
7
 
6. If you tore a meniscus during practice and therefore won't be able to play for the US Olympic basketball team, please take one crutch-aided step forward:
Chris Paul
Blake Griffin
Kevin Durant
LeBron James
 
7. They probably could. I haven't played in 20 years and we're all old now. Amid the silly debate as to whether this year's Olympic team could beat the original Dream Team, this member of the historic 1992 squad weighed in the with above:
Patrick Ewing
Michael Jordan
Karl Malone
Larry Bird
 
8. In one last bit of Olympic news, no sooner than the uniforms for the US national team were unveiled, than they touched off a wee bit of controversy. You see, the uniforms:
Are emblazoned with an upside-down US flag
Are very, very, very itchy
Are semi-transparent when exposed to bright light
Were made in China
 
9. Drawing to close strangely contentious negotiations, the Saints finally arranged for a contract for Drew Brees. The deal will award this New Orleans signalcaller this much per year:
$18 million
$20 million
$25 million
$27 million
 
10. Once again, it's time for the contractually obligated NASCAR question, in which we as which of these guys made left turns the best in the race at New Hampshire Motor Speedway:
Denny Hamlin
Kasey Kahne
Dale Earnhardt Jr
Jeff Gordon
 
11. They were going to have a Ball Day giveaway at Yankee Stadium on Sunday, but then the Yankees and Angels decided to combine for this many home runs:
7
8
9
10
 
12. This new-ish Knick was charged with a DWI over the weekend and will be sent to his room to think about what he's done:
Jason Kidd
Raymond Felton
Marcus Camby
Jeremy Lin (still a Knick for now!)
 
13. Also behaving quite badly was this NFL defensive star who was charged with aggravated assault with a firearm over the weekend:
Ndamukong Suh
James Harrison
Eric Berry
Elvis Dumervil
 
14. NCAA Football 13 reached shelves this week for your finer video game systems, and along with Barry Sanders for some reason, this former Underpaid Jerk is featured on the cover:
Trent Richardson
Andrew Luck
Robert Griffin III
Cam Newton
 
15. In closing....hey, everyone! The ESPYs were held during the week. Raise your hand if you're listed below and took home an award during the evening. Not so fast there....
Breakthrough Athlete of the Year: Jeremy Lin
Best Coach: Tom Coughlin
Best Team: New York Giants
Best Male Athlete: LeBron James
 




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