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The slate of teams who were in first place in their division at the end of play on July 31 include each of the following, except:
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Yankees
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Reds
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Dodgers
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Nationals
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Conversely, when the calendar rolled to August, this team was a cellar dweller in its division:
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Cubs
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Rockies
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A's
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Red Sox
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The college football season is almost here, though for Tommy Rees, a quarterback for this team, the wait will be just a bit longer, as he went and got himself suspended for his team's opener:
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Florida State
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LSU
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Notre Dame
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Michigan State
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The coaches have been polled about college football for the first time, and the two teams at the top of the first college football coaches poll both come from this conference:
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Pac 10
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Big 10
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SEC
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Big 12
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Step forward if you were enshrined into Canton this weekend. Hey, not so fast there......
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Curtis Martin
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Cris Carter
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Willie Roaf
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Chris Doleman
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Meanwhile, these two teams ushered in the preseason as the contested football at Fawcett Stadium:
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New England and Oakland
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New Orleans and Arizona
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Washington and Kansas City
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Green Bay and Baltimore
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This NFL head coach had a horrifying weekend, as his oldest son was found dead at the age of 29.
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Mike Shanahan
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John Fox
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Andy Reid
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John Harbaugh
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In other tragic news, a parking lot lightning strike killed a spectator at the NASCAR race held at this venue:
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Pocono
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Darlington
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Michigan
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Dover
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This man won the race in the aftermath of the incident:
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Jeff Gordon
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Jeff Burton
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Jimmie Johnson
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Denny Hamlin
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This week's wacky Athletics win came in a 5-4, 15-inning, 5+ hour long game against the:
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O's
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Rays
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Yankees
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Mariners
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The implosion of the Phillies is nearly complete. At the trade deadline, Philadelphia dealt Shane Victorino to the:
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Dodgers
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Brewers
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Reds
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Cardinals
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And this former Phillie was also out the door, traded to the San Francisco Baseball Giants:
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Cliff Lee
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Jimmy Rollins
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Hunter Pence
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Chase Utley
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Showoff Michael Phelps set an Olympic record when he won his _______ th overall medal:
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17th
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18th
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19th
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20th
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This young lady also had a sterling Games in the pool, collecting five overall medals, four of them gold:
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Natalie Coughlin
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Rebecca Soni
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Missy Franklin
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Allison Schmidt
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The US men's basketball team totally fustigated this opponent by a score on 156-73:
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Tunisia
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Nigeria
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Lithuania
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Spain
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Cheaters never prosper, kids. Eight players from this sport were booted from the games for trying to lose.
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Handball
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Water polo
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Beach volleyball
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Badminton
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The fastest man and woman on earth hail from the same country, as the winners of both men's and women's 100 dash call this place home:
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Kenya
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USA
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Great Britain
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Jamaica
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Upside: Roger Federer set some kind of record (probably) when he outlasted Juan Martin del Potro in the Olympic tennis semi-finals in this marathon third set:
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12-10
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19-17
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21-19
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25-23
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Downside: Federer more or less got smoked by this dude in the gold medal match:
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Andy Murray
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Andy Roddick
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Novak Djokovic
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David Ferrer
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And say hey to this country, sitting atop the archery world with 4 total medals as events in that discipline end:
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Germany
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Japan
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South Korea
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Italy
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