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| 1. | All-Star break, everybody! As baseball pauses for the Midsummer Classic, each of the following are in first place in their division, except for: | ||
| Atlanta | |||
| Detroit | |||
| Arizona | |||
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Texas | ||
| 2. | And among these division leaders, the one with the slimmest margin over their closest division foe is: | ||
| Boston | |||
| Oakland | |||
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St. Louis | ||
| Arizona | |||
| 3. | We are sure there will be congressional inquiries into the highly irregular voting activity which resulted in a player from this team nabbing the final fan-selected spot on the National League roster (even though days later, said player withdrew from the competition with an injury): | ||
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Altanta | ||
| New York | |||
| St. Louis | |||
| Los Angeles | |||
| 4. | The San Diego Padres faced a total of ________ pitches, all of them thrown by San Fran's Tim Lincecum Saturday night, but didn't get a hit off of any of them: | ||
| 127 | |||
| 156 | |||
| 135 | |||
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148 | ||
| 5. | Lincecum's no-hitter was the second remarkable game the Giants were involved in this week, as on Monday night they lost a 16-inning marathon to the: | ||
| Marlins | |||
| Rockies | |||
| Dodgers | |||
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Mets | ||
| 6. | And more San Francisco-area news: One Chad Gaudin, who plays professional __________ in the Bay Area, was arrested for groping a woman in a Las Vegas hospital as she lay on a gurney this week: | ||
| Football | |||
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Baseball | ||
| Hockey | |||
| Basketball | |||
| 7. | Say hey to Mr. David Ortiz, who this week broke the MLB record for _________ by a designated hitter: | ||
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Hits | ||
| Home runs | |||
| Triples | |||
| Strikeouts | |||
| 8. | If you were named to the Hockey Hall of Fame this week, please step forward. Not so fast there, | ||
| Chris Chelios | |||
| Scott Niedermayer | |||
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Dominik Hasek | ||
| Brendan Shanahan | |||
| 9. | More NHL talk? Sure, why not? The League was rocked by the news that Ilya Kovalchuk announced an out-of-nowhere retirement from this team, walking away from the $77 million left on his deal: | ||
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Devils | ||
| Penguins | |||
| Capitals | |||
| Lightning | |||
| 10. | And this playoff team awarded its hotshot netminder with a $56 million deal this week: | ||
| Chicago | |||
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Boston | ||
| NY Rangers | |||
| Los Angeles | |||
| 11. | Tukka Rask's 8 year extension with the Bruins seems a hell of a lot more sensible than the 3-year, $53 million deal that this NFL team gave to its not-exactly-ready-for-prime-time quarterback: | ||
| Dallas | |||
| Miami | |||
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Detroit | ||
| Chicago | |||
| 12. | Do you remember college basketball? Sure you do. So you'll probably remember one of last season's breakout-yet-controversial stars, Marshall Henderson, who was suspended indefinitely this week by this school: | ||
| VCU | |||
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Ole Miss | ||
| UNLV | |||
| Syracuse | |||
| 13. | Update your address books. Former Atlanta star Josh Smith has flown the coop, signing with this team during the week: | ||
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Pistons | ||
| Thunder | |||
| Clippers | |||
| Mavericks | |||
| 14. | In a rare sign of integrity in soccer, members of this national team rejected a match-fixing deal floated their way prior to a game against the United States: | ||
| Costa Rica | |||
| El Salvador | |||
| Chile | |||
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Belize | ||
| 15. | And we close this week by noting that this newsmaking NFL coach made news by running with the bulls in Pamplona during the week. Of course he did: | ||
| Jim Harbaugh | |||
| Sean Payton | |||
| Marvin Lewis | |||
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Rex Ryan | ||
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