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California Chrome won the Preakness Saturday, which means he still has a shot at the Triple Crown, right? Right???
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Wrong! Ride on Curlin won
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Wrong! Social Inclusion won
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Wrong! Bayern won
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Right
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In the aftermath of the NFL draft, it was noted that this dude has the #1 selling jersey:
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Teddy Bridgewater
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Johnny Manziel
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Michael Sam
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Jadaveon Clowney
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Oh, NCAA, you so crazy! Rules mandated by the college athletic governing board barred any assistance from (initially) being given to Antoine Turner, a homeless recruit for this school:
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Boise State
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Cal
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UNLV
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SMU
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If you are the GM of this baseball team, then your credit card number was sent to the entire press corps by a member of his staff:
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Cubs
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Mets
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Marlins
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Natinals
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The OPJ staff will not require Tommy John surgery, much unlike Jose Fernandez, bigshot pitcher for these guys:
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Angels
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Marlins
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Mariners
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Braves
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If you made it to the NHL conference finals, please step forward. Not so fast there,
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Chicago Blackhawks
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New York Rangers
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Los Angeles Kings
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Boston Bruins
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Montreal, the team we didn't list as a participant in the previous list of conference finals attendees, must have been honored just to have been invited, as they gave up this many goals in their Game 1 effort against the Rangers:
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7
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9
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6
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8
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The Pistons filled their coaching vacancy by hiring _________, and the Warriors hired ___________, all of which means one thing: No one wants to coach the Knicks:
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Steve Kerr / Derek Fisher
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Fred Hoiberg / Stan Van Gundy
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Stan Van Gundy / Steve Kerr
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Derek Fisher / Fred Hoiberg
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Break out your countin' fingers. The NBA's East and West semifinals mirrored each other nicely, as both conferences' series were decided ______ and ________:
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4-3 and 4-1
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4-0 and 4-3
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4-2 and 4-1
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4-3 and 4-2
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Add up the seed numbers of the four teams left in the NBA conference championships, and you get:
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6
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12
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10
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8
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