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How Well Do You Know: 8/12/13-8/18/13
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Over the weekend, Fox Sports 1 launched. We're suuuuuuure this major new player will totally reinvent sports broadcasting and journalism. In the mean time, FS1 basically took the place of this channel, which no longer exists:
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Spike
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Speed
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Golf
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Fishing
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This PGA golfer spent the week apologizing and trying to lay low after unleashing 140 character bits of holy hell on his fans and twitter followers:
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Sergio Garcia
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Rory McIlroy
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Jim Furyk
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Lee Westwood
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The 76ers plans to begin the 2013-14 NBA season without a head coach were thwarted when they changed course and named Brett Brown, most recently assistant head coach of this team, to its top post:
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Spurs
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Heat
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Bulls
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Wizards
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To me personally, I think you should be out of the game if you get caught. It takes away from the guys that are working hard every day and doing it all-natural.
This MLB heavy hitter wants PED users to be thrown out of the game and to the wolves:
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Miguel Cabrera
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Mike Trout
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Chris Davis
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Jose Bautista
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Tragedy struck at the ballpark this week when a fan fell 65 feet to his death at this venue:
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Coors Field
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Citi Field
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Turner Field
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Wrigley Field
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Please step forward if you are an MLB manager that was not fired this week. Not so fast there....
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Walt Weiss
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Clint Hurdle
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Terry Collins
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Charlie Manuel
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Everybody wants new things. The owner of this NBA team added the New Jersey Devils to the portfolio of things he owns this week:
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Brooklyn Nets
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Detroit Pistons
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Dallas Mavericks
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Philadelphia 76ers
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They said it couldn't last. They were right. Struggling women's tennis star Maria Sharapova fired her coach, this legend in the sport, after exactly one match:
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John McEnroe
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Jimmy Connors
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Chris Evert
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Martina Navratilova
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Break out your countin' fingers and tell us the number of games Miguel Tejada was suspended for this week for testing positive for amphetamines:
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115
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110
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105
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125
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Raise your glass to newly engaged couple Paulina Gretzky and her new fiance, a professional:
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Bowler
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Golfer
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Soccer player
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Hockey player
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Saturday night, your high profile pitcher is booted after hitting a batter and throwing twice behind another man at the plate. Your closer gives up two runs in the bottom of the ninth. You get a home run in the 15th to prevail nonetheless. You are:
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The Baltimore Orioles
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The Cincinnati Reds
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The Washington Nationals
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The San Francisco Giants
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The Phillies beat the Dodgers 3-2 on Sunday, getting win #1 for manager Ryne Sandberg, while stopping Los Angeles' win streak which had reached this many games:
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10
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14
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9
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12
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