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How Well Do You Know: 8/28/17-9/3/17
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A wild, wild opening weekend in college football was capped off by UCLA storming back from a 44-10 deficit to beat the kids from this Texas school by a point:
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Texas Tech
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Texas
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Baylor
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Texas A&M
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The landscape for the rest of the season might have been permanently altered Saturday night when this highly-ranked team lost its quarterback for the rest of the season:
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Florida State
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Alabama
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Penn State
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Clemson
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A bright spot came in the form of Jake Olson, blind since age 12, coming on to the field for a PAT for this team:
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Kansas
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Virginia Tech
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USC
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NC State
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And in an early season shocker, this Washington DC area school stunned UNLV, despite being 45 point underdogs:
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Morgan State
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Georgetown
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Galludet
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Howard
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The US Open turned in a terrifically entertaining first week, as wildcard entry Maria Sharapova returned from her PED-related ban to shock this #2 seed in her first game of the tournament:
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Simona Halep
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Venus Williams
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Garbine Muguruza
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Caroline Wozniacki
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In news from the diamond, as of Sunday night, these two teams both had winning streaks for 10 or more games:
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Cleveland and Colorado
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Cleveland and Arizona
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Kansas City and Colorado
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Kansas City and Arizona
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And Motor City ace Justin Verlander will no longer be hurling for the Tigers, but rather a team that suits up in this division:
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NL West
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AL West
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NL Central
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AL Central
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In News that Could Change Any Moment, the highest paid player in NFL history currently plays for the:
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Packers
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Vikings
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Lions
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Bears
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This Texan spearheaded an incredible YouCaring fundraiser for Harvey victims, raising the goal several times and, as of Monday morning, getting darned close to the new target of $20 million:
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Deshaun Watson
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J.J. Watt
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Jadeveon Clowney
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DeAndre Hopkins
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Meanwhile, in roundball, this NBA star has turned a slight into a spark, introducing a new red velvet cupcake-themed sneaker:
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Isaiah Thomas
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Kyrie Irving
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Chris Paul
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Kevin Durant
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RIP to college basketball great Rollie Massimino, who authored one of sports' all-time great upsets when his Villanova squad upended a team coached by this guy for the NCAA championship:
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John Thomspon
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Jim Boeheim
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Larry Brown
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Rick Pitino
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And each of the following notable players were cut as NFL teams reached the 53-man rosters, except for:
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TJ Ward
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Jacoby Brissett
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Roberto Aguayo
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Victor Cruz
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