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College basketball keeps a-rollin' along. This school was ranked this week for the first time since the 1984-85 season:
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SMU
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Pepperdine
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St. John's
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University of the Pacific
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Monday night saw your Kansas Jayhawks give up an overtime loss to this Big 12 opponent:
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Texas
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Texas Tech
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Kansas State
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Oklahoma
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The boys from this institution of higher learning handed San Diego State its first Mountain West Conference loss of the year:
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Wyoming
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UNLV
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Colorado State
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Boise State
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Syracuse escapes the weekend, though juuuuuuust barely. The Orange hit a last-second three Wednesday night, then eked out another win Saturday in the closing seconds. These victories came against these two teams, respectively:
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Maryland and Virginia
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NC State and Clemson
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Florida State and Boston College
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Pitt and NC State
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And Arizona lost for just the second time this season Friday night, as ASU beat the Wildcats:
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In regulation
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In overtime
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In double overtime
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In triple overtime
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If your Olympics viewing was made all the poorer by Bob Costas' disappearance from the air for several days, then blame this ailment, which forced the NBC broadcaster to be sidelined:
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Strep
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Mono
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Pinkeye
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Amoria phebitis
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Sandwiching a terrific shootout win over Russia, the US men's hockey team enjoyed 7-1 and 5-1 cakewalks over these Group A opponents:
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Norway and Slovenia
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Japan and Slovokia
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Slovakia and Slovenia
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Czech Republic and Austria
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Faulty suits were blamed for the US's surprisingly poor showing in this event:
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Curling
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Speed skating
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Downhill skiing
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Ski jumping
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And while this Olympian did not medal during the games, s/he did win wide acclaim in jumping a fence to meet up with a recovering leukemia patient after a qualification round:
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Shani Davis
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Lindsey Jacobellis
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Gretchen Bleiler
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Shaun White
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As the NBA All-Star break approached, this team's mascot required reconstructive surgery to replace a broken nose suffered during a bizarre running-into-the-basket-stanchion injury:
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Rockets
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Nuggets
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Suns
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Pelicans
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And verily, the All-Star Game came and went, with the result being a:
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14 point win for the East
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8 point win for the East
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8 point win for the West
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14 point win for the West
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This upcoming MLB season will be the Hooray for Jeter tour. Entering what will be his final season, the Yankees captain has achieved each of the following, except for:
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Rookie of the Year
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AL MVP
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Gold Glove winner
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World Series MVP
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