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How Well Do You Know: 5/30/16-6/5/16
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What can you say about The Greatest that hasn't already been said? We'll just ask who the sports titan first defeated for the Heavyweight Championship?
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Floyd Patterson
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Sonny Liston
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Ernie Terell
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Oscar Bonavena
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As the college school year drew to a close, this university recorded an impressive double, winning both the mens' and women's Division I championship in lacrosse:
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Maryland
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Princeton
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Notre Dame
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North Carolina
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In much darker college sports news, Donny Everet, a promising pitcher from this school who eschewed a Big League contract to keep playing college ball, was killed in an drowning accident on the eve of the College World Series:
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Oklahoma
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Vanderbilt
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Arizona
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University of the Pacific
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Speaking of baseball, the list of division leaders at close of play on May 31 included all of the following, except:
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Red Sox
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Nationals
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Cubs
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Dodgers
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Kids, remember that cheaters never seldom somewhat less than half the time prosper. This team's Marlon Byrd has been suspended for 162 games for a positive PED test:
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Boston
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Baltimore
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Colorado
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Cleveland
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How miserable it must be to be playing for this MLB franchise, whose own GM labeled "miserable failures":
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Braves
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White Sox
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Tigers
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Padres
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On the less miserable side of the ledger, a impressive young man who bats for these guys went to town last week, tying an MLB record with five home runs in two games:
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Boston
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Miami
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Chicago (Cubs)
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San Francisco
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Meanwhile, in exciting NFL action, this team had one of its laptops which contained player medical records was - yep, you guessed it - stolen this week:
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Washington
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Cincinnati
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Dallas
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Oakland
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And hey, if you were shot in the leg early Sunday morning at a Dallas nightclub, then you have a surprising amount in common with a well-known defensive back who plays for the:
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Bears
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Seahawks
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Broncos
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Giants
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Over in college football, this conference finally got on the trolley, approving a conference championship game to cap off its football season:
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Big 10
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Big 12
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Pac 12
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CUSA
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And in France, Serena Williams seemed to be steamrolling her way towards another French Open championship, until she was stopped in the finals in a straight set loss to a woman from:
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Serbia
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Italy
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Spain
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England
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Host nation USA's dream of winning the Copa America took a bit of a hit Friday night as it suffered a tournament-opening loss to this country, which you may have heard of:
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Colombia
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Mexico
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Argentina
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Brazil
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