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How Well Do You Know: 12/4/17-12/10/17
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The 118th edition of the Army-Navy game was a fun one, with the Cadets winning in the snow on the strength of a final minute:
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Made field goal
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Missed field goal
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Pick six
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Goal line stand
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This conference is home to your 2017 Heisman winner:
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Big 10
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Big 12
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Pac 12
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SEC
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Along with winner Baker Mayfield, two young men from these schools were invited to NYC as Heisman finalists:
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Stanford and Penn State
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Penn State and Louisville
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Alabama and Memphis
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Louisville and Stanford
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Big changes came to top-line positions for the New York Giants, with the operation firing its:
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Head coach
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GM
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Head coach and GM
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Neither head coach nor GM, so forget we said anything
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Even bigger changes came to the NFL postseason landscape, when the the NFC frontrunning Eagles lost quarterback Carson Wentz to a _________ injury:
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Knee
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Collarbone
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Wrist
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Elbow
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Two fine young men who play professional sports in this city are Sports Illustrated's Sportsmen of the Year:
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Los Angeles
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Houston
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Boston
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Miami
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If you are this country, you had a bad, bad week, as the IOC banned you from the upcoming Winter Olympics:
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Russia
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Germany
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Canada
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Sweden
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On the opposite end of the stick, the boss of this sports league had a very good week, signing a contract extension that could pay him $5 million a year:
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NBA
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NFL
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NBA
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NHL
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Over in Collegebasketballland, one of the sport's great traditions continued with this school's Silent Night:
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Taylor
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Lipscomb
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Quinnipiac
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Johnson & Wales
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Meanwhile, the ranks of the unbeaten continue to dwindle. #2 Kansas went to this Pac 12 school and came away with its first L of the season:
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Arizona State
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Oregon State
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Washington
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Colorado
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Meanwhile, Saturday night was a happy night for the fans of ___________ as they saw their team beat #1 Duke:
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Syracuse
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Boston College
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NC State
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Clemson
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The rich got richer this weekend. Japanese superstar Shohei Ohtani and prized free agent Giancarlo Stanton signed with these two MLB clubs:
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The Dodgers and Mets
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The Angels and Yankees
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The Red Sox and Astros
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The Cubs and Nationals
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