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Night Moves....Rise Of The Machines

Last night’s 11:00pm ET editions of ESPN’s “SportsCenter” and FS1’s “Fox Sports Live” led with Lightning-Blackhawks. ESPN followed with Royals-Twins and Giants-Mets. FS1’s followed with the U.S. men's national soccer team defeating Germany and Giants-Mets.

ESPN’s Keith Olbermann called out his “world’s worst” persons in sports: The Chicago Museum of Science and Industry for pushing out a robot to throw out the first pitch at a White Sox game. Olbermann also criticized SportsGrid.com, “which offers you one of those quizzes to help you figure out the kind of TV sports commentator you would be” -- after taking the quiz, Olbermann was ESPN’s Ryen Russillo -- and the Texas high school softball catcher that was knocking down runners as they crossed home plate.

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