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Wild and wacky Wimbledon came to a fitting end on Sunday, when Andy Murray became the first British man to win the tournament since this year:
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1932
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1936
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1945
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1918
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The 23rd major upset of the tournament came when Germany's Caroline Lisicki upset Serena Williams in the 4th round. That means that Lisicki went on to win the whole darned tournament, right? Right??
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Wrong! Marion Bartoli beat Lisicki in the finals
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Wrong! Agnieszka Radwanska beat Lisicki in the finals
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Wrong! Sloane Stephens beat Lisicki in the finals
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Right!
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This larger-than-life sports figure graces the cover of the current Sports Illustrated, and states in the accompanying piece that he should be considered for the Nobel Peace Prize:
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Mark Cuban
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Dennis Rodman
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Mike Tyson
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Jerry Jones
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The NHL's longest serving team captain is on the move, as Senators mainstay Daniel Alfredsson is out the door to relocate to this city, where, it just so happens, they also have a hockey team:
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Chicago
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Detroit
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Philadelphia
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Washington
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Baseball questions? Why yes! Let's have some baseball questions. Bryce Harper provided a lift to his Washington Nationals when, in his first plate appearance since returning from the DL....
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Homered
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Was thrown out arguing a called strike
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Bunted for a single
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Bunted for a double
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If you are a baseball player and garnered enough support to be named to the All-Star squad, please step forward. Hey, not so fast there,.....
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Troy Tulowitzki
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Evan Longoria
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Joe Mauer
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Joey Votto
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And if you personally congratulated the top vote-getter in the American League, you'd be shaking the hand of one Mr.:
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Robinson Cano
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David Ortiz
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Prince Fielder
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Chris Davis
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This team made an awfully cool gesture to Mariano Rivera by presenting the soon-to-be-Hall-of-Famer with a rocking chair made of broken bats:
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Kansas City Royals
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Texas Rangers
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Minnesota Twins
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Chicago White Sox
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Dear fans of ________________. Your team has signed Dwight Howard. You have our deepest condolences.
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New Orleans Pelicans
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Golden State Warriors
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Houston Rockets
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Dallas Mavericks
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The college basketball world was shocked - SHOCKED - when, apparently out of nowhere, the Boston Celtics hired as its head coach the man who has guided this school's program to great success in recent years:
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VCU
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Kansas
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Gonzaga
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Butler
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Racecar spelled backwards is racecar. You knew that. But did you know that this speed merchant the Coke Zero 400, giving him a sweep of the Daytona races:
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Carl Edwards
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Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
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Brad Keselowski
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Jimmie Johnson
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And the world of MMA was confounded with the fustigation unleashed upon middleweight champ Anderson Silva at UFC 162:
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Chris Weidman
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Rich Franklin
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Costa Philippou
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Vitor Belfort
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