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How Well Do You Know: 6/29/15-7/5/15
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This lady took it upon herself to somewhat singlehandedly win the Women's World Cup for the USA, scoring three goals in America's decisive 5-2 win in the finals:
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Megan Rapinoe
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Abby Wambach
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Carli Lloyd
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Judy Johnston
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Step forward if you are a country who, along with the US, competed in the World Cup Final Four. Whoa, not so fast there.....
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Germany
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Sweden
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England
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Japan
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As of close of play on June 30, each of the following baseball teams were in first place in their division, except for....
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Reds
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Royals
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Astros
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Dodgers
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Elsewhere in League news, this club's GM said "so long and thanks for all the fish" as he announced his departure from the team:
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Marlins
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Rockies
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Angels
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Nationals
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Delighting possibly dozens of fans of this largely forgotten-about ex-pres, the Nationals announced this former bigwig has been added to its lineup of racing presidents:
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Hoover
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Coolidge
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Garfield
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Carter
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Break out your All-Star countin' fingers: After weeks of vote wrangling and ballot stuffing, this number of Royals ended up on the AL roster for the Midsummer Classic:
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8
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4
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6
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3
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And with just over 14 million votes, this prodigious talent received the most All-Star votes overall:
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Bryce Harper
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Mike Trout
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Nelson Cruz
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Miguel Cabrera
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Say it ain't so....this school's successful and likeable men's college basketball head coach announced he will retire after next season:
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Duke
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Wisconsin
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Georgetown
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Florida
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In big boy football news, this premiere tight end earned himself a 4-game ban by dabbling in controlled substances:
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Jimmy Graham
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Julius Thomas
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Antonio Gates
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Rob Gronkowski
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And none of us were expecting the news that a defensive stalwart for this NFL team suffered severe hand injuries from a 4th of July fireworks mishap:
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Giants
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49ers
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Chiefs
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Packers
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