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Answers:
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The Pro Bowl roster positively reeks of ________, as the team had a league-best nine players selected:
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Broncos
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Patriots
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49ers
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Falcons
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Three of the following were named to the Pro Bowl. Who will have to try just a little harder next year?
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Von Miller
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Dez Bryant
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Rob Gronkowski
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Marshawn Lynch
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The 2013 Red Sox will hang their hopes on the closer acquired from this team during the week:
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Marlins
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Pirates
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Rockies
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Astros
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The Christmas day rematch of the NBA finals resulted in:
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A Heat victory at home
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A Heat victory on the road
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A Thunder victory at home
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A Thunder victory on the road
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This supposed NBA contender's inability to get its act together cost its coach his job during the week:
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Brooklyn
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Philadelphia
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Denver
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New Orleans
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This NBA guard put the rest of the league on notice: Foul me, and I'll kick you in the balls, even if it does get me suspended for a game:
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Ty Lawson
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Dwyane Wade
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Rajon Rondo
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Chris Paul
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The where-the-heck-did-this-come-from 15 game winning streak the Clippers had been riding was in jeopardy until Los Angeles overcame a 19 point comeback against the:
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Jazz
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Nuggets
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Spurs
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Grizzlies
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Meanwhile, this team overcame a 29 point deficit against the Kings, only to lose as Sacramento canned a three at the buzzer:
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Heat
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Knicks
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Timberwolves
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Mavs
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The Knicks, who succumbed to the Kings in the previous question, also lost 100-94 to this team which finally reached .500 with the victory:
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Mavericks
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Lakers
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Blazers
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Bulls
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Snow fell on Yankee Stadium during the Pinstripe Bowl, which saw Syracuse serve a righteous bowl of justice to this team in a lopsided affair game:
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West Virginia
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Air Force
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Mississippi State
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Boise State
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And the ranks of the unbeatens were thinned on Thursday as Cincinnati lost to this out-of-conference foe:
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New Mexico
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Butler
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Florida State
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Boston College
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12.
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A super late-December college in-state rivalry resulted in:
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Kentucky beating Louisville by three points at home
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Kentucky beating Louisville by three points on the road
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Louisville beating Kentucky by three points at home
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Louisville beating Kentucky by three points on the road
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UConn easily rested the #1 spot away from this previous top-ranked women's team, as the Lady Huskies overwhelmed:
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Duke
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Maryland
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Tennessee
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Stanford
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Listen to a tale of defensive woe and you'll learn that this squad's D set the mark for yardage allowed during a single season:
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Kansas City
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New Orleans
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Dallas
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New York Jets
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This NFL team wrapped up a fairly miserable season by scoring four touchdowns via return Sunday:
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New Orleans
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Carolina
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Tennessee
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San Diego
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