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Say hey to this equine who won Saturday's Belmont Stakes:
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Orb
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Oxbow
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Unlimited Budget
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Palace Malace
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Add the number of games won by Pittsburgh and Los Angeles combined in the Easter and Western Conference Finals in hockey, and you'll get this number:
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0
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1
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3
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4
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RIP defensive terror David "Deacon" Jones, who virtually created the sack while playing most of his NFL career with this team:
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Dallas Cowboys
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Miami Dolphins
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New York Giants
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Los Angeles Rams
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In one of our favorite stories to emerge from the NBA playoffs, this unorthodox figure will contribute $100,00 to a university study on flopping:
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Dennis Rodman
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Larry Bird
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Marc Cuban
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Jeff van Gundy
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The man who had the distinction of being _____________ was fired as head coach this week:
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Coach of the defending NBA champions
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Coach of the most improved NBA team
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Coach of the lowest salaried NBA team
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NBA Coach of the Year
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It's hard to believe, but this notable figure from the Association will appear on the cover of a video game for the very first time when NBA 2K14 is released this fall:
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LeBron James
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Chris Paul
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Blake Griffin
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Dwyane Wade
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The French Open men's singles final pitted two men from this country against each other:
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US
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Britain
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France
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Spain
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Meanwhile, on the ladies' side, Serena Williams put down Maria Sharapova to win her __________ French:
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1st
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2nd
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4th
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5th
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There were some crazzzzzy baseball games this year. This team's outfielder came in to pitch - and struck out an opposing outfielder - as his team suffered through a 17-5 whitewashing against Boston this week:
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Texas
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Tampa Bay
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Cleveland
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Chicago
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But that was nothing. Two teams go scoreless for 13 innings, only to each put 5 runs up in the 14th, in a truly bizarre contest of:
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The Rockies and the Phillies
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The Nationals and the Braves
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The White Sox and the Mariners
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The Cardinals and the Astros
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And all that was just a prelude for Saturday, when the Jays beat Texas and the Marlins beat the Mets in a pair of marathons that totaled this many innings:
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45
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38
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23
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32
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And Mark Appel, come on down....you were selected first by the Astros in the 2013 MLB draft. Mr. Appel played his collegiate ball at this west coast school:
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Pepperdine
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UCLA
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Stanford
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Oregon State
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