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How Well Do You Know: 4/23/18-4/29/18
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And after weeks - no, months - no, YEARS! - of buildup, the NFL draft has come and gone. This years #1 overall pick played college ball at:
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Penn State
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Oklahoma
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USC
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UCLA
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On the other side of the coin, Trey Quinn is this year's Mr. Irrelevant, being selected with pick #256 by Washington. Quinn played at:
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SMU
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Cincinnati
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Virginia Tech
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Middle Tennessee
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And the sporting news had a good with time a kick-starter started by Eagles fans, who want a player with the last name of Goedert and the first name of this natural rival to change his name to Philly:
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Pittsburgh
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Dallas
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New York
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Washington
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The Eagles indeed had an entertaining draft, trading up to select one Jordan Mailata, an Australian who has never played a down of football, but rather has specialized in this endeavor:
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Grego-Roman wrestling
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Caber tossing
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Rugby
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Cricket
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And this team, already stout on defense, celebrated when Bradley Chubb, arguably the best player in the draft, fell into their laps with the #5 selection:
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The Jets
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The Broncos
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The Colts
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The 49ers
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Elsewhere, this prominent NFL player is reportedly retiring to join the Monday Night Football broadcast booth:
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Brandon Marshall
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Jason Witten
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Drew Brees
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Antonio Gates
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And this online outfit ponied up a whopping $130 million for rights to stream NFL games during the upcoming years:
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Netflix
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Amazon
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Yahoo
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Hulu
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In the NHL playoffs, this was the only first-round matchup to go all seven games:
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Nashville/Colorado
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Washington/Columbus
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Boston/Toronto
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Minnesota/Winnipeg
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If you're a team that will be playing in the second round of the NBA playoffs, please step forward. Not so fast there.....
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Oklahoma City Thunder
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Toronto Raptors
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Cleveland Cavaliers
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Golden State Warriors
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And cheers to Jenny Cavnar, who this week became the first woman in 25 years to:
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Officiate an NBA playoff game
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Become the sole majority owner of a Big 4 sports team
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Call play-by-play for an MLB game
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Be selected in the NFL draft
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