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Whas Happened In Sports Last Night

• MLB: Aramis Ramirez popped a grand slam in the eighth inning to lead the Chicago Cubs to a win over the Philadelphia Phillies, It was their eighth straight victory and moved the team 34 games over .500, That’s a lot. Chicago 6, Philadelphia 2. [Yahoo]
• NFL Preseason: The Super Bowl rematch between the NY Giants and New England Patriots was an even bigger example of why the NFL preseason should be shortened (even bigger than injured starters). No Eli Manning, no Tom Brady, no major starters… but it’ll be $75 a ticket please. Please indeed. NY Giants 19, New England Patriots 14. [UPI]
• College Football: The college football season kicked off last night, and the Pac-10 sweepstakes for spoiler did as well. The two teams who have given USC their lone conference losses Stanford 36, Oregon State 28.[ESPN]

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