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Let's start with a quick peek at the Basketball World Cup, where the USA has yet to hit its stride, needing overtime to beat the guys from this country:
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Cuba
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Turkey
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Italy
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Bulgaria
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Tuesday saw an MLB game that hit ludicrous speed in the 9th inning, with the visitors putting up a 5-spot, but the home team plating 7 in the bottom half to win 11-10. These were the combatants:
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Detroit and Baltimore
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NY Mets and Washington
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Seattle and Texas
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Atlanta and St. Louis
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Serena Williams is still stuck one behind tying the all-time grand slam victory mark, again falling just short as she was defeated in the women's US Open finals by a female from:
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Romania
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Canada
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France
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England
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Faring better was Spaniard Rafael Nadal, whose win in the men's side leaves him with this many slams to his name:
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18
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22
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20
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19
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In college football, Michigan struggled mightily, needing overtime to eke out a win against this service academy:
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Army
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Navy
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Air Force
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Coast Guard
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ESPN's Body issue featured a whole heck of a lot of body, thanks primarily to this NFL offensive line's posing for the issue:
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Broncos
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Cardinals
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Raiders
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Eagles
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In some pre-Week 1 NFL action, this signacaller signed an extension worth $134 semolians:
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Derek Carr
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Joe Flacco
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Matthew Stafford
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Jared Goff
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Properly motivated by his new _______-year extension, Zeke Elliott helped the Cowboys run over the Giants in the teams' first game:
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6
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8
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7
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12
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And the insanity that is the Antonio Brown saga shifted into high gear, with the receiver's tiff with this Raiders figure leading to his being cut from the Black and Silver:
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Head coach
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Quarterback
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GM
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Owner
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Fluff it up all you want, Thursday Night Football still sucks. The NFL's 100th season go underway Thursday night, with a regrettable and forgettable clash between Green Bay and the Bears - the _______ meeting between the two teams:
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150th
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174th
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199th
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201st
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Many, many teams put up prolific points on Opening Sunday. Each of the following scored at least 35 in their victory. Who put up the most?
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Chiefs
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Ravens
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Titans
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Cowboys
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And as of close of play on Sunday night, remarkably, two different quarterbacks:
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Each threw 6 touchdowns
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Each threw 6 interceptions
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Finished with a perfect quarterback rating
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Ran for 100+ and threw for 300+
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