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| 1. | We start in baseball, where this team fired its DJ who played an entirely inappropriate song to mockingly serenade its team's own reliever this week: | ||
| Tigers | |||
| Mariners | |||
| Rockies | |||
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Cubs | ||
| 2. | The PPV dollars were apparently well worth it as UFC 202 provided an excellent headline fight with Conor McGregor and Nate Diaz pummeled each other, with the result being: | ||
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McGregor winning by decision | ||
| McGregor winning by knockout | |||
| Diaz winning by decision | |||
| Diaz winning by knockout | |||
| 3. | Break out your Final Olympic Medal Total countin' fingers: this is the total number of gold and total medals won by the U.S. of A., as the country finished atop the leaderboard in both categories: | ||
| 49/149 | |||
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46/121 | ||
| 35/139 | |||
| 40/145 | |||
| 4. | If you go by total number of medals won, this country's 70 put it in second place for Rio: | ||
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China | ||
| Great Britain | |||
| Russia | |||
| German | |||
| 5. | ...But if you go by gold medals won, then this country's 27 means that it finished in second place in the standings: | ||
| China | |||
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Great Britain | ||
| Russia | |||
| Germany | |||
| 6. | The men's marathon finished with an act of defiance, as an "X" made by this country's Feyisa Lilesa as he crossed the finish line in first place may mean serious trouble for him with his government: | ||
| Kenya | |||
| Nairobi | |||
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Ethiopia | ||
| Sudan | |||
| 7. | And in a protest that was a little wackier, a coach protested a decision at the end of this sport by stripping to his underwear: | ||
| Boxing | |||
| Handball | |||
| Badmiton | |||
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Wrestling | ||
| 8. | One of the signature moments of the Olympics took place in the women's 400 meter sprint, as this country came away with the gold as its runner literally dove across the finish line to win the race: | ||
| Mexico | |||
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Bahamas | ||
| France | |||
| Jamaica | |||
| 9. | The college football season creeps tantalizingly closer. We know this because the AP released its preseason poll this week. Following #1 Alabama, each of the following are in the top 4, except for: | ||
| Oklahoma | |||
| Clemson | |||
| Florida State | |||
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Notre Dame | ||
| 10. | Meanwhile, in grown man football, the NFL's announced change regarding this topic sent shock waves through the fantasy sports world: | ||
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Injury reports | ||
| Kickoffs | |||
| Assisted tackles | |||
| Yards-after-the-catch | |||
| 11. | Moving on to head the NFL's security division will by one Cathy L. Lanier, most recently the boss of this east coast city's police department: | ||
| Miami | |||
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Washington, DC | ||
| Philadelphia | |||
| Baltimore | |||
| 12. | In our contractually-obligated wrestling question, this guy came away with the new universal title at WWE's Summer Slam: | ||
| Seth Rollins | |||
| Brock Lesnar | |||
| Roman Reigns | |||
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Finn Balor | ||
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