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Break Out the Countin' Fingers, Part I: Mike Krzyzewski now has an even 1,000 wins to his credit, thanks to Duke beating this out-of-conference team on Sunday:
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Georgetown
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Indiana
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Cincinnati
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St. John's
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Break Out the Countin' Fingers, Part II: The NHL All-Star Game went off on Sunday, and boy, did it ever. The total amount of goals tallied during the score-a-palooza was:
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29
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36
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14
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22
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In less festive NHL news, Daniel Carcillo, a forward for this team, earned himself a six game suspension for laying a hell of a cross check against Winnipeg's Mathieu Perreault:
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Boston
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Chicago
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Washington
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Detroit
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Trying to reassemble the pieces after going kablammo in the playoffs, the Broncos hired one-time OC Gary Kubiak as its head coach. Kubiak had most recently handled coordinator duties for this playoff team:
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Panthers
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Ravens
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Steelers
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49ers
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In Tales from the Association, we note that the New York Knickerbockers put an end to their 16-game losing streak by recording a W against these guys:
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The Celtics
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The Pelicans
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The 76ers
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The Bucks
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The lead atop the Big East standings changed hands during the week when Villanova was fustigated on the road against this team with something to prove:
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Seton Hall
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Georgetown
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Providence
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Marquette
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This is your semi-regular reminder that racecar spelled backwards is racecar. And so it is that this left-hand turn specialist announced that 2015 will be his final full-time NASCAR season:
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Jeff Gordon
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Clint Boyer
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Dale Earnhardt, Jr.
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Kevin Harvick
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While much has been made this week over deflated balls, this Super Bowl participant was slapped with a $20K fine by the league for a crotch grab during his most recent game:
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Rob Gronkowski
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Richard Sherman
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Marshawn Lynch
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Julian Edelman
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In Tennis Down Under news, we read that this big-shot player was upset during the first week of the Australian Open and will not be able to participate further:
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Novak Djokovic
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Maria Sharapova
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Serena Williams
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Roger Federer
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If you are an organization that canned all of its sports photographers in a sudden, sad layoff this week, then you are better known as:
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ESPN the Magazine
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Sports Illustrated
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The Associated Press
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Yahoo Sports
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And if you set an NBA record by scoring 37 points in a single quarter of a game this week, then you have an unusual amount in common with:
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JR Smith
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Stephen Curry
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Thabo Sefolosha
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Klay Thompson
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Butt-ugly uniforms and football no one cares about highlighted the Pro Bowl, which saw Michael Irvin's team defeat the squad headed by:
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Deion Sanders
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Cris Carter
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Jerry Rice
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Darryl Johnston
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