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Your 2013 US Open Men's Singles champion is a fellow who hails from this country:
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Serbia
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France
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Spain
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Sweden
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About half of all NFL teams won a game during Week 1. The very last one to do so plays ball in which division?
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AFC West
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AFC South
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NFC West
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NFC East
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You probably heard more about this university more this week than in the previous year combined, as it was the subject of a scathing 5-part series on SI.com about improprieties in its football program:
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Kansas State
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Texas Tech
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Memphis
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Oklahoma State
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If you're like Detroit Lion Ndamukong Suh, then you were fined a hefty ___________ by the NFL this week. So, like, whoa.
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$100,000
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$1 million
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$350,000
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$85,000
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The sixth round of 59 in PGA history now belongs to a man who answers to the name of:
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Hunter Mahan
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Jim Furyk
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Webb Simpson
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Matt Kuchar
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There was a boatload of unusualness in college football this weekend. This eastern school retired a jersey for the first time in its history this week:
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South Carolina
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UConn
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Rutgers
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NC State
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Meanwhile, bizarre autumn flooding postponed the game that was to be held at:
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Boise State
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Colorado
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Oregon State
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Iowa State
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Meanwhile, Michigan held off on the final seconds, barely surviving what would have been an epic upset executed by the:
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Zips
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Gaels
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Jackrabbits
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Blue Hens
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If you are alum of _________, you didn't exactly dig being down 21-3 in Saturday's game, but hopefully you stuck around long enough to watch your team run off the next 38 unanswered points:
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Michigan State
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Louisville
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UCLA
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Stanford
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The much anticipated Alabama/Texas A&M tilt largely lived up to its billing, resulting in:
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A 7 point home victory for Alabama
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A 7 point road victory for Alabama
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A 7 point home victory for Texas A&M
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A 7 point road victory for Texas A&M
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We had a lot of stuff to do around the house and couldn't have gone anyway, so we weren't all that upset that our invitation to the wedding of this Big Time Sports Guy must have gotten lost in the mail:
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LeBron James
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Tiger Woods
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Roger Federer
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Dez Bryant
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This city, synonymous with international soccer, was the venue of the USA's most triumphant 2-0 victory over the guys from Mexico this week:
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Knoxville
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El Paso
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Sacramento
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Columbus
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Following Manning Bowl III, the score for the series is:
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Eli 3-0
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Eli 2-1
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Peyton 3-0
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Peyton 2-1
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And the first overtime winner in the NFL this year plays in the:
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AFC West
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AFC South
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NFC North
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NFC West
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Finally, we note that this speed merchant won in the opening race in the season-ending NASCAR series and has a leg up in the Sprint for the Cup:
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Kurt Busch
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Joey Logano
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Clint Boyer
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Matt Kenseth
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