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I'm pissed and here are the three worst
things to happen in sports this week.

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Number three,

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the Florida Panthers effort in the Stanley
Cup finals against the Vegas Golden

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Knights. Five championship series
games and zero regulation wins.

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After a heroic comeback against Boston
and the Eastern Conference finals sweep

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of Carolina, the Panthers laid an absolute
Mondo Duke with a cup on the line,

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including a nine three loss to
conclude the season. Good job,

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great season. Number two,

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the US Senate opened an investigation
into the proposed merger between the PGA

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tour and LIV golf tour this week.

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It's normal for someone to look into the
financial validity and transparency of

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two major companies joining forces. It's
not normal for the US Senate to do it,

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especially two weeks after a
merger was made public. Of course,

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there'd be nothing of note to look into
when you're dealing with the Saudis,

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except for Jamal Khashoggi,

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their business with the WWE and how
they're just chopping people up left and

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right. But besides that, nothing.
Do the Saudis do slave labor?

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No. Okay. Number one, the
Oakland A's. No, not the team,

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their fans or the stadium this
time, but the team's ownership.

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Do you know how bad you have to mess
up to fill up your own stadium for the

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first time this season on something called
the Reverse Boycott with loud chance

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of sell, the team happening
throughout the game.

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Back in.

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The Athletics will be the third big four
professional franchise to leave Oakland

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in the last few years after
the Raiders and Warriors left.

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And if I may issue a minor retraction,

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the A's are on a hot streak winning seven
of the last eight games from 19 wins

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in the last 70 games. They don't
suck complete ass right now.

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They just suck ass overall. Well,
congrats to Oakland Co-owner, John Fisher.

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You win worst of the week.

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