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Anyone who had the misfortune of seeing this NFL owner rapping during a Papa Johns commercial certainly prayed for the release of sweet death before the spot finished playing:
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Dan Snyder
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Jim Irsay
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Jerry Jones
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Arthur Blank
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This NFL star livens up the cover of Madden NFL 13 which hit the shelves this week:
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Tim Tebow
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Calvin Johnson
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Ray Rice
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Terrell Owens....no, wait...
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If you checked out the list of MLB division cellar dwellers end of August, you'd find each of the following, except for:
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Rockies
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Red Sox
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Astros
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Marlins
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Welcome to the Senior Circuit, Josh Beckett. This NL team fustigated the Dodgers 10-0 in the former Sox' first game with the Dodgers:
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Milwaukee
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St. Louis
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Colorado
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Chicago
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If you are an NFL tight end who was awarded a 5-year, $40 million contract this week, then your name is:
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Rob Gronkowski
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Aaron Hernandez
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Anthony Gonzalez
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Jacob Tamme
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ESPN put big buck on the line this week, inking a $5.6 billion deal to broadcast this sport over the next eight years:
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Basketball
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Football
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Baseball
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Soccer
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If you want to attend the 2014 MLB All-Star game, as announced this week, you'll want to high-tail it to this team's home stadium:
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Minnesota
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Colorado
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Seattle
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Boston
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One of the highlights of college football's opening weekend was this team's Andre Parker recovered a muffed punt and skedaddled 58 yards in the wrong direction:
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Florida Atlantic
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Louisville
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Murray State
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Kent State
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Andy Roddick announced during the tournament that he will retire after the US Open, so he will join this female, who had already announced the Open will be her swan song, in riding off into the sunset:
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Justin Henin
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Venus Williams
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Dinara Safina
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Kim Clijsters
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The MLB team, seeing its chance at the division title slipping away, stayed relevant with a 3-run walk-off homer capping a 5-run ninth inning on Sunday:
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Detroit
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Los Angeles Dodgers
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Los Angeles Angels
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Atlanta
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The highly-anticipated matchup of ranked Michigan and Alabama was a decidedly one-sided affair, played out on the turf of this NFL stadium:
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Cowboy Stadium
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Mile High
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Superdome
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RCA Dome
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The post-Paterno era at Penn State saw the Nittany Lions stumbling to a home loss against a team from this conference:
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C-USA
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Colonial
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MAC
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Ivy
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This top ranked team met zero resistance, chalking up 50 points before halftime:
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USC
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Oklahoma
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Oregon
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LSU
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Meanwhile, there was little suspense in this 19th-ranked team's 84-0 whooping of Savannah State:
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Oklahoma State
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Kansas State
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Florida State
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Texas
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Notre Dame's journey to ancestral homeland (???) was a successful one, as they won a football game against this school on Irish soil:
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Harvard
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Navy
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Maryland
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Georgia Tech
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