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Night Moves....Jet Setters

The 11:00pm ET editions of ESPN's "SportsCenter" and FS1's "Fox Sports Live" featured diverse opening lineups of highlights and analysis. ESPN led with Grizzlies-Thunder, followed by Stanley Cup Playoffs highlights and analysis before getting to Boston Marathon coverage and Orioles-Red Sox. FS1 covered many of the same topics, but in a different order. FS1 led with the Stanley Cup Playoffs, then the Boston Marathon, Orioles-Red Sox and Grizzlies-Thunder.

ESPN's Keith Olbermann called out his "world's worst" persons in sport: QB Johnny Manziel for jet skiing while catching a football. Olbermann also criticized fans of Dutch soccer team Ajax for throwing flares onto the pitch during the Dutch Cup final, as it was "'Apocalypse Now Redux' 15 seconds into the game," and the Nationals' President's Race for "introducing wrestling moves."

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