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The very entertaining Stanley Cup playoffs ended with MVP _________ and the Chicago Blackhawks topping Boston in 6 games:
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Corey Crawford
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Patrick Kane
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Jonathan Toews
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Duncan Keith
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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:
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Colorado
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Dallas
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Florida
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Calgary
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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:
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Boston
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Detroit
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St. Louis
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Arizona
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There's no trophy for being the first MLB team to reach 50 wins, which is too bad for these guys:
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Pittsburgh
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Washington
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Atlanta
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Detroit
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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:
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Tampa Bay
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Kansas City
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Baltimore
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Colorado
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'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:
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Baltimore and St. Louis
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Cleveland and Chicago
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New York and Philadelphia
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San Diego and Seattle
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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."
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Dustin Pedroia
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Bryce Harper
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Albert Pujols
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Alex Rodriguez
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Soccer report! Whatever the Confederations Cup is, it was played on the grounds of this soccer-mad nation:
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Argentina
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Germany
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Brazil
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Italy
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The Confed Cup finale was surprisingly anticlimatic, as _________ took _________ to the woodshed by a score of 3-0:
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Italy / Uruguay
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Brazil / Spain
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Spain / Brazil
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Uruguay / Italy
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Calamity hewed its way through the opening days of Wimbledon. This top player was excused from the proceedings in the first round:
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Maria Sharapova
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Rafael Nadal
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Novak Djokovic
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Serena Williams
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But wait, there's more: Within hours of each other, these two stars both suffered startling second round losses:
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Andy Murray & Maria Sharapova
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Roger Federer & Serena Williams
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Maria Sharapova & Roger Federer
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Andy Murray & Serena Williams
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The guys from this school are officially Kings of the Aluminum Bats as they emerged victorious from the College World Series:
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Oklahoma State
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Clemson
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UCLA
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Mississippi State
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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:
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Notre Dame
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Oregon
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Alabama
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Michigan
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A wild week in The Association ended with each of these NBA notables with different teams, except for:
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Chris Paul
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Doc River
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Kevin Garnett
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Paul Pierce
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On his way out the door from Boston, Doc Rivers engaged in a well-publicized, ultimately silly war of words with this sports "journalist":
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Bill Simmons
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Tony Kornheiser
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Dan LeBatard
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Dan Shaughnessy
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