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That's Impressive, Part 1: They lost a heartbreaking, record-tying 4-overtime game Friday night, but rebounded with win the next game and tie their series 48 hours later:
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The Celtics
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The Nuggets
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The Rockets
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The Raptors
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That's Impressive, Part 2: If you hit one of the three consecutive home runs on three consecutive pitches Sunday, then that means you play for this MLB club:
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The Rays
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The Cubs
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The Mets
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The Reds
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That's Impressive, Part 3: We're guessing that a lot of the OPJ audience wasn't alive in 1983, the last time a pitcher threw a complete game shutout *and* hit a home run - the last time, that is, until he did it this week:
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Noah Syndergaard
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Jon Lester
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German Marquez
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Clay Buchholz
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That's Distracting: This MLB team that's having a hard time getting things in gear this season has banned Fortnite in its team clubhouse:
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The Red Sox
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The Rockies
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The Angels
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The Giants
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That's Embarrassing: This Warrior missed a wide-open dunk with 19.2 seconds left, opening the door for the Rockets to win in overtime:
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Klay Thompson
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Dramond Green
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Kevin Durant
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Steph Curry
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And That's Gotta Hurt: This pitcher's forearm fractured when it was hit but a comebacker that zinged his ulna:
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Justin Verlander
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Erik Swanson
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Corey Kluber
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Tyler Glasnow
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Now, for the week that horse racing would soon forget. The pre-race favorite for the Kentucky Derby, a horse named after this historic location, scratched days before the race:
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Omaha Beach
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Flanders Field
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Midway
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Yalta
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Worse, apparent winner Maximum Security was DQ'd minutes after he apparently won the Derby, handing the win to Country House, the underdog with this near-historic odds:
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100-1
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45-1
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65-1
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75-1
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They were the first team to move on to the Conference Finals in the Stanley Cup playoffs:
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The Sharks
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The Blues
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The Bruins
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The Hurricanes
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And a kid named Matthew Boling is kinda fast, as he set the high school record for the fastest time ever run for this distance this week:
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100 m
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200 m
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400 m
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Mile
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