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Here marks the 25th anniversary of our contractually-obligated NASCAR question of the week: The closet Daytona 500 finish in history saw this left-hand turn specialist eke out a micro-second victory after a daring final-lap move:
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Denny Hamlin
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Kyle Busch
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Martin Truex, Jr.
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Joey Logano
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In exciting NFL action, we learned that commissioner Roger Goodell received this whopping salary to run the league in 2014:
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$25 million
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$56 million
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$34 million
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$17 million
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In less exciting boxing news, this pugilist faced a firestorm of backlash and started to be dropped by sponsors following his anti-gay remarks:
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Floyd Mayweather
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Manny Pacquiao
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Wladimir Klitschko
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Timothy Bradley
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Say hey to Annabelle, a pooch of this breed that emerged supreme at the Westminster dog show:
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Poodle
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Bulldog
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Samoyed
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Great Dane
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This sports outlet suffered total judgmental failure as it published and then quickly retracted a story about an Eastern Michigan football player accused of sexual assault:
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Bleacher Report
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Sportsline
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SB Nation
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ESPN
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College basketball is drunk and just needs to go home. Here's proof: this 0-13 Big 10 team knocked off #6 Maryland for its first league win of the year:
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Northwestern
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Nebraska
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Missouri
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Minnesota
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Meanwhile, a Kentucky technical with less than 10 seconds left in regulation ultimately cost the Wildcats a conference win against this school:
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Alabama
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Texas A&M
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South Carolina
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Auburn
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And this coach saw his team lose against a rival, possibly because he made the great call to keep three timeouts in his pocket in the final seconds of the game:
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Mike Krzyzewski
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Roy Williams
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Jim Boeheim
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Bill Self
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There was hair pulling, name calling and kung fu fighting as a brawl broke out at the end of the game between these two Big East opponents Sunday:
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St. Johns and Seton Hall
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Georgetown and Xavier
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Villanova and Creighton
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Depaul and Providence
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And finally, in big league basketball, this NBA big ban uncorked for 59 points and 20 rebounds on Sunday:
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Carmelo Anthony
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Pao Gasol
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Kristaps Porzingis
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Anthony Davis
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