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This San Francisco player supplied the game-winning, series-deciding, extra inning hit in Game 4 of the World Series:
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Buster Posey
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Pablo Sandoval
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Angel Pagan
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Marco Scutaro
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And say hey to this Giant, whose timely hitting garnered him the series MVP honor:
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Buster Posey
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Pablo Sandoval
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Angel Pagan
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Marco Scutaro
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And the dufus manager of this team was given his walking papers:
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Miami
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New York Mets
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Kansas City
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Houton
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This floundering NFL team axed the man generally in charge of its management during the week:
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Cleveland
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Philadelphia
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Kansas City
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Carolina
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Odd and ungentlemanly conduct during the previous weekend's game earned the coach of this western school a one game suspension and a $50K fine:
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New Mexico
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Wyoming
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Idaho
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Cal
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Women's basketball guru Geno Auriemma raised eyebrows this week when he called for this alteration to the women's game:
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Longer shot clock
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Lower rims
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More revealing uniforms
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Closer three-point line
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In a recent poll, Troy Polamalu emerged as the most likable player in the NFL. Unsurprisingly, this dude was the choice as the least:
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James Harrison
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Eli Manning
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Phillip Rivers
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Ndamukong Suh
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The borough of Brooklyn's getting all grabby. After luring the Nets to play there, Brooklyn also landed __________ during the week:
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A football team
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A baseball team
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A hockey team
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A *second* NBA team
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In our contractually obligated US Bobsled Team question of the week, we note that this Olympian, best known for her pursuits in another discipline, has made the team:
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Lolo Jones
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Kerri Walsh
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Alex Morgan
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McKayla Maroney
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You'll only have the head honcho of this sport to kick around a while longer, as he announced he's out the door in 2014:
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MLS
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NBA
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MLB
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NFL
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Please step forward if you were a ranked team that did not lose its first game during the weekend:
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Notre Dame
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Florida
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Mississippi State
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Oregon State
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Meanwhile, several former standouts from this NCAA football factory were arrested for drug possession:
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Florida
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Texas
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LSU
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Michigan
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This ACC football team has somehow managed to burn through all four of the quarterbacks on its roster, losing each signalcaller to injury during the year:
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Duke
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NC State
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Maryland
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Boston College
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This football team covered the spread in the first half, running up to a 56-0 score by the end of the second quarter:
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West Virginia
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Oregon
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Texas A&M
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Florida State
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The news wasn't nearly as good for this school's bigtimerunningback, who damn near had his whole leg torn off during Saturday's game:
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South Carolina
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Alabama
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Boise State
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USC
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Perhaps planning his post-NFL career, Peyton Manning has invested in several Denver area:
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sporting goods stores
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coffee shops
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car dealerships
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pizza franchises
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This decidedly non-American city hosted an NFL game this week:
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London
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Toronto
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Mexico City
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Dublin
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Of the following, this is the only NFL team that did not score 30 points during its Week 8 game:
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Tampa Bay
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Denver
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New England
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Green Bay
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Former OKC standout James Harden will take his remarkable coming-off-the-bench skills to:
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Denver
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Milwaukee
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Houston
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Dallas
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20.
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This speed merchant had a good weekend, as his victory at Martinsville gave him an oh-so-slim lead in the Chase:
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Jimmie Johnson
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Kurt "Kyle" Busch
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Tony Stewart
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Denny Hamlin
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