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Let's start with basketball. Add up the seeds of the two teams that will tilt in the NBA Finals, and you'll get this number.
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2
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3
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4
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5
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The Golden State Warriors become the first team since this storied franchise to reach the Finals in 5 consecutive years:
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The Lakers
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The Celtics
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The 76ers
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The Knicks
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In basketball's junior circuit, Michigan looks to recapture some of its glory days of yore, as it has named this Fab 5 member as head coach of its men's basketball team:
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Juwan Howard
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Jimmy King
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Chris Webber
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One of the other guys
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Turning to baseball, this club set history of the dubious kind, becoming the fastest team ever to give up 100 home runs for for the season:
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Colorado Rockies
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Baltimore Orioles
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Boston Red Sox
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Texas Rangers
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In Toronto, fellow Blue Jay and fellow MLB offspring Vladimir Guerrero Jr. witnessed son-of-Craig Cavan Biggio hit his first homer of the year against this crew:
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The Brewers
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The Cardinals
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The Braves
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The Padres
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Now, break out your women's lacrosse countin' fingers, and tell us how many national championships Maryland has now won, following its victory over BC Sunday
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23
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9
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14
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19
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This is your periodic reminder that racecar spelled backwards is racecar. Your 2019 Indy 500 hails from this country, which you may have heard of:
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USA
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Canada
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Spain
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France
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Speaking of France, this pair enters the French Open as the #1 men's and women's singles seeds:
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Novak Djokovic and Naomi Osaka
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Novak Djokovic and Simona Halep
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Rafael Nadal and Naomi Osaka
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Rafael Nadal and Simona Halep
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Meanwhile, in hockey, the Bruins had a long layoff, as they had to wait days and days for the Western Conference Finals to be decided, with the result eventually being:
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Blues in 6
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Blues in 7
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Sharks in 6
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Sharks in 7
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And finally, NFL legend Bart Starr passed away at age 95. Quick, pick the birth name of the football god:
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Bartholomew
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Byron
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Bryan
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In an upset, Bart
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