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The wrestling world lost a legend this week. RIP to the man who had the nickname:
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Nature Boy
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Macho Man
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The Brain
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The Viper
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Also farewell to Don Ohlmeyer, architect of this television sports mainstay:
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The Final Four
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The Masters
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Monday Night Football
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The Olympics
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As MNF lost its godfather, Monday Night Football's opening double-header featured teams from the following divisions, except for:
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AFC West
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NFC South
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AFC East
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NFC North
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And even saddled with an awkward-at-best Rex Ryan, this woman more than ably called an MNF game, become this first female to do so:
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Beth Mowins
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Hannah Storm
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Samantha Ponder
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Doris Burke
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Back on the field, this team lost one of its prime defenders until December after the knucklehead was hit with a PED suspension:
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The Jets
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The Broncos
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The Raiders
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The Texans
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They're bad. They're really bad. Just how bad are they? These guys are the first team in the League since 1939 to start the season with two home games but without a touchdown scored:
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The Bills
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The Titans
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The Bengals
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The Browns
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In college ball, if you saw your team come alive in the second half on Sunday, only to lose on a last-second, 60+ yard Hail Mary pass, then you cheer for the:
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Volunteers
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Bruins
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Aggies
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Cornhuskers
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Over on the diamond, this is the team that gave Cleveland the win for their records-setting 22nd win in a row, but also that stopped Cleveland in its quest for 23 consecutive W's:
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The Twins
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The Rangers
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The Royals
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The A's
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With most teams in MLB already looking forward to the start of the 2018 season, we can note that, for the first time since 1968, this will be true of next spring's Opening Day:
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Opening Day will feature a rematch of the World Series contenders
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All games will be played on neutral fields
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Every game will be televised nationally
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All teams will be in action on the first day of play
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Finally, fight fans got what they wanted, kind of, in the Canelo-Golovkin bout, as the two fighters turned in terrific performances, though the outcome was a controversial:
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Decision for Alvarez
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Decision for GGG
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TKO for Golovkin
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Draw
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