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In hopes that it would do some good, this NFL team fired its offensive coordinator during the week (spoiler alert: it didn't do any good):
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Baltimore
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Dallas
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Cleveland
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Jacksonville
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The Philadelphia Eagles' season was summed up nicely on Monday Night football when the following oddity occurred:
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Head coach Andy Reid tripped his own player who was sprinting for an apparent touchdown
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A Eagles lineman blocked his own punter's kick
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The goal post fell down during the game
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An Eagles cornerback lateraled an interception return to a Bengals receiver who then scored
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Seven basketball-only Big East schools are taking their things and going home. Which of the following is not one of the schools that announced their split from the conference during the weekend?
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Georgetown
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Providence
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St. John's
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Connecticut
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ESPN begrudgingly suspended Rob Parker after the First Take columnist showed less than sterling judgment in comments about:
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Robert Griffin III
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Barack Obama
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Colin Kaepernick
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Jon Gruden
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A pair of Top 5 college basketball teams fell over the weekend. #1 Indiana got an L for the first time this year falling to this in-state rival:
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Indiana State
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Purdue
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Butler
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IUPUI
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And Arizona was an ungracious host, as it outlasted #5:
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Syracuse
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Florida
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Michigan
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Ohio State
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Say hey to your 2013 NCAA women's volleyball champions, who hail from this school:
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Penn State
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Oregon
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Texas
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Stanford
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And this once-and-future championship again sits on top of the Division III football pack following a 28-10 victory:
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St. Thomas
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Mount Union
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Wisconsin-Whitewater
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St. John's (Minn.)
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Josh Hamilton says goodbye to Texas and hello to Angels, inking a deal for this amount, which is slightly higher than the annual payroll for the Overpaid Jerks department:
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$140 million
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$95 million
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$125 million
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$155 million
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We are fans of those who are both ballers and shot-callers, so we were excited for the return of this NBA guard to the court this week:
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John Wall
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Steve Nash
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Ricky Rubio
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Chauncey Billups
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Attention, citizenry, attention! The bowl season has begun! The Arizona Wildcats stopped brawling on the sidelines just long enough to top Nevada in the first bowl game of the year, named for this state:
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New Mexico
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Oklahoma
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Wisconsin
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Texas
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And the bowl named for this foodstuff saw Utah State run all over Toledo 41-15:
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Doritos
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Orange Juice
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Potatoes
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Cool Whip
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Scoring points is the key to winning football games. This may come as news to three of the NFL teams listed below. Which was the only one not to be shut out?
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Tampa Bay
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Jacksonville
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Kansas City
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New York Giants
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The novelty of Seattle amassing 50+ points against an opponent is wearing off a bit. Who was the latest victim of the Seahawks' fustigating ways Sunday?
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St. Louis
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Buffalo
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Miami
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Indianapolis
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These two NFL divisions were clinched on Sunday:
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NFC North and AFC South
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NFC West and AFC North
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AFC West and NFC East
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NFC East and AFC South
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