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Ohio State gave coach Urban Meyer a stern talking to and sent him to his room to think about what he's done. He's suspended for the first _______ game(s) of the season:
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6
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Meanwhile, the college football season kicked off this weekend. As things were getting decidedly hurricane-y back home, the U of Hawaii Warriors picked up an upset win on the road against:
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UNLV
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Colorado State
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Cal
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Oregon State
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Meanwhile, over in college basketball, the NCAA is saying RIP to the RPI, as it rolls out this new metric to measure teams:
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NET
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DWA
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IRQ
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TAB
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The Worldwide Leader is losing one of its most prominent voices, as this personality announced s/he is leaving ESPN:
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Scott van Pelt
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Stephen A. Smith
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Mike Golic
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Jamele Hill
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In exciting NBA offseason action, in a ceremony not televised, this basketball standout received the name Little Mountain by the Lakota Sioux:
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Steph Curry
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Kyrie Irving
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Demarcus Cousins
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Anthony Davis
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The approach of Labor Day means it's US Open time. These are your men's and women's singles #1 seeds heading into Flushing Meadows:
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Simona Halep and Rafael Nadal
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Sloane Stephens and Rafael Nadal
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Simona Halep and Novak Djokovic
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Sloane Stephens and Novak Djokovic
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Does Adrian Peterson have any juice in his legs? Has time passed him by? Answer to these and other questions will play out this season, as Peterson has signed on with this team:
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Washington
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Atlanta
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Denver
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Seattle
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In baseball, this team hadn't scored in 32 innings. The flood gates opened, and they ended up winning 15-0 Sunday, but not before seeing their closer leave on crutches:
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Rockies
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Nationals
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Rangers
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White Sox
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And probably too far out of it for it to do any good, this team nevertheless capped off a 8-game winning streak by sweeping the Red Sox over the weekend:
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Rays
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Blue Jays
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Angels
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Pirates
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In finally, this member of the World Champion Astros was assessed a $1,000,000 "Dodger Killer" fine when he checked into a Beverly Hills hotel recently:
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Carlos Correa
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Jose Altuve
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George Springer
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Justin Verlander
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