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January 11th: In a competitive 45-40 battle with Clemson, this team wins their 15th college football title.
February 7th: The Denver Broncos defeat the Carolina Panthers 24-10 in Super Bowl 50, as this legendary Broncos quarterback plays his final game.
April 4th: Kris Jenkins hits a championship-winning buzzer beater for this collegiate basketball team.
May 2nd: Against 5000-1 odds, this English football team wins the Premier League.
June 5th: This male tennis player wins the French Open to complete a career grand slam and non-calendar slam.
June 12th: This player wins Stanley Cup MVP for the Pittsburgh Penguins, who defeated the San Jose Sharks 4-2 to win their fourth title.
June 19th: After 52 years, this city finally celebrates a championship after their NBA team comes back from a 3-1 deficit to win the title.
June 27th: 8% of the population of this nation travels to France to see their national football team defeat England in the 2016 EURO knockout stage
June 30th: With the victory in the College World Series of this team, the Big South Confernece captures their first ever NCAA championship.
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July 9th: This female tennis player wins her twenty-second grand slam to tie Steffi Graf for the Open Era record.
August 11th: This small island nation wins its first ever olympic medal by winning gold in the men's rugby sevens tournament.
August 13th: This swimmer wins his 23rd and final Olympic gold medal in the men's 4 * 100 meter medley relay.
August 20th: This nation avenges their 7-1 loss to Germany in the 2014 World Cup by defeating Germany in the gold medal match of the 2016 Men's Olympic Soccer.
September 25th: Widely regarded as one of the greatest golfers of all time, this man dies at age 87.
October 10th: This Boston Red Sox slugger plays his final game.
November 2nd: After a dramatic Game 7 that went into extra innings, this team finally wins the World Series after a 108-year drought.
November 22nd: Bill Foley announces that the new NHL franchise in Las Vegas will have this name.
December 5th: This Brazillian football team is awarded the Copa Sudamericana title one week after nineteen of their players died in a plane crash.

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