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| 1. | Adam Scott's Series of Unfortunate Events gave the British Open victory to Ernie Els. Spectators on the ground of this course were able to see the drama play out live: | ||
| St. Andrews | |||
| Birkdale | |||
| Carnoustie | |||
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Royal Lytham & St Annes | ||
| 2. | Scott's attempt to win the Open was undone by: | ||
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Four straight bogeys | ||
| Five straight bogeys | |||
| A triple bogey on 17 | |||
| Two double bogeys on 17 and 18 | |||
| 3. | In addition to Scott, this man led after one of the first three rounds was: | ||
| Paul Lawrie | |||
| Jason Dufner | |||
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Brandt Snedeker | ||
| Zach Johnson | |||
| 4. | Sports Illustrated published its Fortunate 50, an index of combined salary and compensation for athletes. The #1 spot on the list goes to this divisive dude: | ||
| Tiger Woods | |||
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Floyd Mayweather, Jr. | ||
| Kobe Bryant | |||
| LeBron James | |||
| 5. | It will be 3-4 weeks before you see this prodigious hitter of the baseball, as he will be sidelined to have cartilage in his knee repaired: | ||
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Joey Votto | ||
| Albert Pujols | |||
| Prince Fielder | |||
| Mark Teixeira | |||
| 6. | The same day as Votto went down, Jose Bautista also had to leave a game, as he hurt his _______ smacking a ball foul against the Yankees: | ||
| Neck | |||
| Knee | |||
| Foot | |||
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Wrist | ||
| 7. | The Summer of NFL Getting Busted for Stuff continues, as this running back was slapped with a DUI - not his first such infraction: | ||
| Ray Rice | |||
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Marshawn Lynch | ||
| BenJarvus Green-Ellis | |||
| Adrian Peterson | |||
| 8. | Seriously, can't these guys pay someone to follow them around and keep them out of trouble?? Aaron Berry, a cornerback for this troubled team, was busted for assault over the weekend: | ||
| Raiders | |||
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Lions | ||
| Bengals | |||
| Dolphins | |||
| 9. | As the Washington Nationals continue to top the NL East, they do so in unusual fashion. Wednesday, the Nats plated the winning run in the bottom of the 12th on a wild pitch to get a W against: | ||
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New York | ||
| Miami | |||
| Colorado | |||
| Los Angeles | |||
| 10. | And yet two days later, Davey Johnson's squad suffered an epic collapse, as they let a lead of ___________ get away in an ________ loss to the Braves: | ||
| 10-1 / 12-11 | |||
| 8-0 / 9-8 | |||
| 10-0 / 12-10 | |||
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9-0 / 11-10 | ||
| 11. | This notable NBA player hiked up his big boy shorts and called David Stern's future plan for pro participation in the Olympics "stupid" and "dumb": | ||
| Dwyane Wade | |||
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Kobe Bryant | ||
| Kevin Durant | |||
| Derrick Rose | |||
| 12. | In more Olympic news, this prime time tennis player decided s/he is "not in condition" to play, and will therefore skip the games: | ||
| Maria Sharapova | |||
| Novak Djokovic | |||
| Serena Williams | |||
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Rafael Nadal | ||
| 13. | Using all 10 speeds of his bike, Bradley Wiggins emerged as champion of the Tour de France, thereby becoming the first man from this country to prevail on the race: | ||
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England | ||
| Australia | |||
| Canada | |||
| New Zealand | |||
| 14. | The weekend had an unusual number of sweeps in MLB play. Of the following, the only one to win a game against its opponent was: | ||
| Yankees | |||
| Red Sox | |||
| Dodgers | |||
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Phillies | ||
| 15. | Admitted to the Baseball Hall of Fame on Sunday were Reds standout Barry Larkin and this Veterans Committee selection: | ||
| Andre Dawson | |||
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Ron Santo | ||
| Hilton Smith | |||
| Joe Gordon | |||
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