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Even down to the late-summer heat, everything went almost exactly as planned in the first week of the US Open. Oh, except for this highly-ranked player being ousted on his/her first match:
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Men's #1 seed Rafael Nadal
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Men's #2 seed Roger Federer
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Women's #1 seed Simona Haleps
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Women's #2 seed Caroline Wozniacki
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The OPJ staff would very much like to have received a $95 million contract this week. In this respect, we are different than this newly-crowned highest-paid NFL receiver:
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DeAndre Hopkins
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Antonio Brown
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Odell Beckham Jr.
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Julio Jones
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Not to be outdone, this team handed its signalcaller a whopping new deal, including more than $100 million in guarantees:
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Houston
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Atlanta
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Green Bay
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Minnesota
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But Rodgers and his new contract will be hearing footsteps in the backfield this year, now that the Bears were uncharacteristically aggressive in trading for a standout linebacker from the:
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Broncos
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Panthers
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Raiders
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Jags
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Continuing their policy of gettin' with the program, the NBA this week relaxed a policy concerning:
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Length of hair
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Social media accounts
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Sneaker colors
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Percentage of foreign-born players allowed on a team
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Over in ye olde MLD, a __________ hit for the cycle this week:
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National
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Marlin
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Brewer
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Cardinal
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Chicks dig the pinch-hit, two-out, game-winning grand slam. Just ask this guy:
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Steve Pearce
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Brandon Nimmo
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Justin Smoak
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Joey Gallo
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The the Yankees continue to bolster their wild card chances, going out and signing themselves a former:
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Cy Young winner
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Rookie of the Year
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MVP
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Rolaids Relief Man of the Year
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This university (which isn't even a real state!) came || this close to upsetting top 10-ranked Penn State Saturday:
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Morgan State
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Utah State
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Appalachian State
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Boise State
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And college football's opening weekend gave us an entertaining matchup of two top 10 teams, with the result being:
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Auburn winning at home
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Washington winning at home
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Auburn winning at a neutral site
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Washington winning at a neutral site
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