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In Tales from the Association, during Thursday night's NBA draft, the Phoenix Suns hope to have turned a corner with the selection of a kid from this college with the first overall pick:
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Xavier
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Arizona
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Washington
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Oklahoma
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The basketball factor schools continue to rule the draft, as these two programs each had three players selected in the first round:
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Arizona and Michigan State
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Kentucky and UNC
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Duke and Villanova
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Kansas and UCLA
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While the draft played out largely according to plan, one surprise was the plummeting of oft-injured Michael Porter, Jr., who fell all the way to this team at pick #14:
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Denver
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OKC
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Dallas
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Milwaukee
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In World Cup land, this traditional soccer power scored with just seconds left in stoppage time to win 2-1 Saturday, staving off elimination:
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Brazil
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Germany
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France
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Spain
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Anything more than two goals scored by a team seems like a lot. In its Cup opening game, Russia won 5-0. On Sunday, this team scored 5 in its opening half:
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Belgium
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Denmark
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England
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Mexico
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It wasn't the 6-1 shellacking that England laid on Panama. But Argentina's 3-0 defeat against this team during the week felt much more disastrous:
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Poland
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Croatia
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Nigeria
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Iceland
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Some guys play their entire MLB career for one team. Edwin Jackson is.....not one of those guys. Jackson tied an MLB record by signing with this squad.....the 13th team he's played for in his time in the Majors:
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The Athletics
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The Rangers
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The Rockies
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The Mariners
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The next coach of the defending Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals will be someone other than Barry Trotz, as Trotz quickly resigned after the Cup and agreed to coach these guys:
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The Islanders
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The Flyers
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The Canucks
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The Flames
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As our friend Tim observed, Juan Soto, a rookie for this team, homered in a game that began five days *before* his MLB debut, thus, obviously, making him a Timelord:
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The Cardinals
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The Natinals
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The D-backs
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The Mariners
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And as football just starts to poke its head over the horizon, things aren't looking good for this NFL QB, who might be looking at a suspension due to off-the-field matters:
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Jameis Winston
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Matt Ryan
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Derek Carr
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Dak Prescott
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