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Apparently, a few players listened to the chants of Hands Up on D in a surprisingly competitive, relatively low-scoring NBA All-Star game, which was won by:
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The West by 5
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The East by 5
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The West by 9
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The East by 9
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The team played host for the weekend's festivities:
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The Bucks
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The Clippers
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The Rockets
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The Spurs
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The guy that won the three-point shooting contest is known to his close personal friends as:
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Matt Bonner
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Kyrie Irving
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Chris Paul
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Shane Battier
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And with the talent relegated to the C-list participants, Jeremy Evans defended his slam dunk contest crown, right? Right??
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Right
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Wrong, it was won by Terrence Ross
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Wrong, it was won by Kenneth Faried
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Wrong, it was won by Gerald Green
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Let's back up. Kate Upton appears on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, which debuted during the week. The cover shot is notable because it was shot in:
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Antarctica
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Afghanistan
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Alaska
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Taiwan
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The issue also included, among the female athletes featured, Michelle Jenneke, whose warmup routine prior to her competing in this discipline became a hit last summer:
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High jump
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Hurdles
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Swimming
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Gymnastics
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While we are mentioning Olympic sports, we were flabbergasted to read that the dufuses in the IOC have eliminated this mainstay of the Games from the 2020 contest:
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Discus
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Decathalon
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Wresting
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Marathon
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Pick the right fruit from the list below and you'll complete the name of ___________ Joe, this year's big winner at the Westminster Dog Show:
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Banana
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Strawberry
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Lemon
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Apple
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Say hey to the pole winner for next weekend's Daytona 500, Mr.:
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Kevin Harvin
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Jimmie Johnson
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Kevin Harvick
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Danica Patrick
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If you publicly came out as being gay this week and then immediately retired from your sport, you have a surprising amount in common with Robbie Rogers, who competes in:
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Soccer
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Golf
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Race car racing
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Baseball
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This NBA team got all fashion-forward, unveiling sleeved jerseys, the fist time a team in the Association has a uniform that is something other than a tank top:
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Blazers
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Raptors
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Nuggets
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Warriors
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Four wayward young men who play football for this national powerhouse were arrested this week for fraud and robbery, and were immediately suspended from the team:
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Notre Dame
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USC
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Alabama
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Michigan
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If you weren't suspended 20 games this week by the NBA for taking a banned substance, please step forward. Not so fast there....
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John Wall
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Hedo Turkoglu
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Roy Hibbert
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Peja Stojakovic
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The chances of Kentucky repeating as NCAA basketball champs took a major blow as star center Nerlens Noel was lost for the year during the Wildcats' loss to:
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The Gators
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The Razorbacks
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The Volunteers
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The Tigers
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Duke's chances of winning the ACC this year dimmed as the Blue Devils went down in front of a boisterous crowd against this soon-to-be-ex conference rival:
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NC State
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Maryland
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Virginia
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Boston College
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