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Big news pitchers, part 1: This hurler won't have to look for quarters for the coin-op laundry machine for a while, as he signed a whopping $175 million extension this week:
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Noah Syndegaard
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Stephen Strasburg
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Max Scherzer
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Jake Arrieta
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Big news pitchers, part 2: This aforementioned pitcher belted two home runs this week in a game:
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Noah Syndergaard
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Stephen Strasburg
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Max Scherzer
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Jake Arrieta
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Big news pitchers, part 3: 20 batters from this team were struck out by Max Scherzer in a single game this week:
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Twins
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Angels
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White Sox
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Tigers
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In less sunny MLB news, this team saw its prospect
Raul Modesi Jr suspended 50 games for testing positive for PED found in cold medicine:
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Rangers
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Royals
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Cardinals
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Astros
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Meanwhile, in soccer, a suspicious package in the stadium for this Premier League team led to the cancellation of the team's final game of the year Sunday:
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Arsenal
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Liverpool
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Manchester United
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Tottenham
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If you're like this fellow, you scored 17 points in an overtime NBA game this week, which is sort of impressive:
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Klay Thompson
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Dwyane Wade
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LeBron James
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Steph Curry
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In other Tales from the Association, of the venues listed, this is the one that will not host a Conference Finals game this season:
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Quicken Loans Arena
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AT&T Center
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Oracle Arena
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Chesapeake Energy Arena
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Similarly, the Stanley Cup playoff conference finals will include each of the following, except for:
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Tampa Bay
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San Jose
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St. Louis
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Washington
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This netminder got a scare when he had to be stretchered out during a first period game this week:
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Braden Holtby
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Kari Lehtonen
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Matt Murray
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Ben Bishop
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And say hey to this NFL superstar, who is the coverboy of this year's upcoming Madden 17:
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Richard Sherman
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Von Miller
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Rob Gronkowski
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JJ Watt
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A spectacular square-on-the-jaw, empty-helmet-spinning punch highlighted a donnybrook between teams from these two divisions on Sunday:
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NL Central and AL Central
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AL West and AL East
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NL Central and NL East
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AL East and NL West
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The list of players who emerged as champions of the Players Championship consists solely of this man:
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Jason Day
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Rory McIlroy
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Jordan Speith
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Kevin Chappell
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