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The League has apparently mandated that a tie be recorded each week. Week 2 brought a tie between two teams in this division:
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AFC East
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AFC West
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NFC North
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NFC South
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While Minny's placekicker helped keep the Vikes out of the W column Sunday, so too did this team's kicker, who missed a field goal, an extra point with the game tied, and the potential game-winner with 8 seconds left Sunday:
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LA Chargers
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Detroit
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Cleveland
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LA Raiders
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He took this job and shoved it. Cornerback Vontae Davis, who has most recently suited up for this woeful club, decided to retire, effective immediately, at halftime Sunday:
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Tennessee
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Washington
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Buffalo
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Arizona
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More NFL notes! This week's action saw history made as this team's QB became the youngest starting signalcaller in the modern era:
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The Chiefs
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The Broncos
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The Jets
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The Vikings
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In college ball, cheers to this Ivy League school, who hired
Callie Brownson as DI's first female assistant coach:
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Yale
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Princeton
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Dartmouth
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Columbia
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Meanwhile, Alabama didn't exactly take it under advisement against this fellow SEC school, allowing a first quarter touchdown before eventually hanging 62 on them:
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Kentucky
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Florida
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Ole Miss
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Mississippi State
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Baseball? OK. Surprising no one who has been paying attention lately, this club became the first to punch their postseason ticket:
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The Astros
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The Cleveland team
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The Red Sox
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The Dodgers
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Elsewhere, complete fustigation was doled out Wednesday in the third inning, as this team plated all of its 10 runs in the third inning against the forlorn Orioles:
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Colorado
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Detroit
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Oakland
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San Francisco
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If you haven't already, get to know the name Eliud Kipchoge, as the marathoner Mr. Kipchoge had this distinction on Sunday:
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Ran three marathons on three different continents
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Finished the marathon by carrying the second-place finisher, who collapsed yards from the finish, across the finish line
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Smashed the world record by 78 seconds
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Ran a regulation marathon course backwards
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It's rare that a hyped boxing match lives up to expectation. Rarer still is the sequel that exceeds the original. Yet that's what boxing fans got on Saturday night with Canelo-GGG II, with the result being:
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Golovkin winning a decision against Alvarez
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GGG knocking Canelo out
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Alvarez winning a decision against Golovkin
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Canelo knocking GGG out
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