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1. The very entertaining Stanley Cup playoffs ended with MVP _________ and the Chicago Blackhawks topping Boston in 6 games:
Corey Crawford
Patrick Kane
Jonathan Toews
Duncan Keith
 
2. On the other side of the coin, this NHL team was rewarded for a season full of futility with the first pick of the NHL draft, which they spent on Nathan MacKinnon:
Colorado
Dallas
Florida
Calgary
 
3. Now with hockey concluded, there are no major sports being played until football resumes in....wait, baseball. Major League baseball is going on. That's right. As the calendar turned from June to July, each of the following lead their respective division, except for:
Boston
Detroit
St. Louis
Arizona
 
4. There's no trophy for being the first MLB team to reach 50 wins, which is too bad for these guys:
Pittsburgh
Washington
Atlanta
Detroit
 
5. And unlikely hitting hero who plays for this club was the first one to hit 30 homers this year, which is great, because chicks dig the long ball:
Tampa Bay
Kansas City
Baltimore
Colorado
 
6. 'Twas no football score when the baseball teams from these two cities tilted in an affair that ended with a 19-10 score during the week:
Baltimore and St. Louis
Cleveland and Chicago
New York and Philadelphia
San Diego and Seattle
 
7. The sports quote gem of the week was submitted by this player's own agent, who stated the baseball player "should just shut the f#$*S up."
Dustin Pedroia
Bryce Harper
Albert Pujols
Alex Rodriguez
 
8. Soccer report! Whatever the Confederations Cup is, it was played on the grounds of this soccer-mad nation:
Argentina
Germany
Brazil
Italy
 
9. The Confed Cup finale was surprisingly anticlimatic, as _________ took _________ to the woodshed by a score of 3-0:
Italy / Uruguay
Brazil / Spain
Spain / Brazil
Uruguay / Italy
 
10. Calamity hewed its way through the opening days of Wimbledon. This top player was excused from the proceedings in the first round:
Maria Sharapova
Rafael Nadal
Novak Djokovic
Serena Williams
 
11. But wait, there's more: Within hours of each other, these two stars both suffered startling second round losses:
Andy Murray & Maria Sharapova
Roger Federer & Serena Williams
Maria Sharapova & Roger Federer
Andy Murray & Serena Williams
 
12. The guys from this school are officially Kings of the Aluminum Bats as they emerged victorious from the College World Series:
Oklahoma State
Clemson
UCLA
Mississippi State
 
13. And the NCAA mulled and cogitated and ultimately decided to let this football factory off with a very mild slap on the wrist after recent infractions:
Notre Dame
Oregon
Alabama
Michigan
 
14. A wild week in The Association ended with each of these NBA notables with different teams, except for:
Chris Paul
Doc River
Kevin Garnett
Paul Pierce
 
15. On his way out the door from Boston, Doc Rivers engaged in a well-publicized, ultimately silly war of words with this sports "journalist":
Bill Simmons
Tony Kornheiser
Dan LeBatard
Dan Shaughnessy
 




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