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Patriots Day fever once again swept through the country, or at least the northeast part of it, on Monday, as Boston played its traditional early holiday game against these guys from the AL East:
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Tampa
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Baltimore
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Toronto
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New York
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Meanwhile, the men's and women's Boston Marathons were swept by obscenely healthy athletes from this country:
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South Africa
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Kenya
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Nigeria
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Egypt
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More Boston sports? OK. The Patriots, or at least some of them, went to the White House, and this Pat crashed the White House Press Secretary's press briefing:
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Julian Edelman
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LaGarrette Blount
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Malcolm Butler
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Rob Gronkowski
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And while we're on the topic of the NFL, the upcoming season schedule released this week shows that this team will host a Thanksgiving game for the first time ever:
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Denver
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Miami
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San Francisco
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Washington
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If you're hankering for a Super Bowl rematch, then your hankering will have to last until Week 7, when the Falcons and Patriots will play:
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At Atlanta
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At Foxboro
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In England
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In Mexico City
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HBO's Hard Knocks will continue unabated, with this team being subjected to the treatment in 2017:
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The Bucs
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The Steelers
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The Browns
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The Raiders
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A PED suspension means that this team will be without its starting outfielder for 80 games:
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The Giants
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The Phillies
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The Rockies
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The Pirates
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We're coming to the realization that very few things in sports are as entertaining as the opening rounds of the NBA and NHL postseasons. Monday night saw 4 games result in 4 overtimes in:
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The NBA playoffs
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The NHL playoffs
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Both the NBA and NHL playoffs
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Neither the NBA or NHL playoffs, so forget we said anything
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It's not often that a hockey team gets blown out 7-0 in a game. It's even rarer that said team goes on to win its series. And yet, that's what happened to the:
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Caps
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Oilers
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Senators
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Blues
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In roundball, this team's coach's health is wavering, and might force him to be sidelined for the rest of the playoffs:
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The Celtics
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The Spurs
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The Warriors
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The Wizards
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More Tales from the Association! This playoff team was the first to begin its summer vacation:
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Indiana
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Milwaukee
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Utah
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Memphis
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And finally, as Shaq continues his studio work during the NBA playoffs, his son Shareef has signed to play with this perennial NBA power:
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Duke
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UCLA
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Kentucky
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Arizona
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