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Break out your MLB suspension countin' fingers! New Yankees closer Aroldis Chapman has been benched by the League for this many games:
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25
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45
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40
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30
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A sad RIP to long-time television journalist Bud Collins, the iconic broadcaster most closely associated with this sport:
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Horse racing
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NASCAR
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Tennis
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Boxing
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For fear of what football can do to the ol' noggin, coaches from this college football league voted lost week to ban tackling in practice:
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Big 12
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WAC
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Ivy
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SEC
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Speaking of college football, this university axed its newly hired coach - and by newly hired, we mean less than four months:
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Hawaii
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Illinois
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Colorado State
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Miami (OH)
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In NFL wackiness, Earl Wolff, who suits up at safety for this squad, was reportedly briefly kidnapped in February in Fayetteville, NC:
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Carolina
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Miami
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Atlanta
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Jacksonville
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Meanwhile, this member of the Seattle Seahawks got a visit from the police, as a member of the community reported him for suspicious behavior after he was checking out a location to open a gym in Redmond, WA:
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Kam Chancellor
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Russell Wilson
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Doug Baldwin
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Michael Bennett
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In Tales from the Association, we read that Golden State's march toward immortality might have suffered a mortal blow on Sunday, with a blowout loss to this rather mundane band:
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76ers
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Lakers
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Bucks
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Bobcats
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Now, let's wrap up with a college basketball regular season roll-call. This Ivy League team will advance to the NCAA after winning the conference's regular season title:
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Princeton
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Harvard
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Columbia
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6ale
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The Beasts of the East are this team, who won the regular season Big East championship:
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Villanova
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Providence
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Xavier
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Seton Hall
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In Big 10 land, this school's team finished its regular season with a 2-game lead against its nearest conference opponent:
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Maryland
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Michigan State
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Michigan
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Indiana
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Conference #5 seed __________ won the Missouri Valley championship to advance to March Madness by virtue of an incredible buzzer beater:
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Wichita State
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Illinois State
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Bradley
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Northern Iowa
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And at the top of the season ending ACC standings, you'll find this bunch:
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Duke
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Virginia
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Miami
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North Carolina
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