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Townes Van Zandt’s “Mr. Mudd & Mr. Gold” dramatizes a card game in which each title character receives one hole card face down, and then a number of up cards. What is the most common name for the phase of the deal that has left these players in the two improbable positions described here? Bob Dylan uses the term in a different sense in the title of a top-ten single.

Now, three Kings come to Club’s command

But the angels from the sky did ride

Three Kings up on the streets of Gold

Three fireballs on the Muddy side

Fourth Street

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In the mid-90’s, the CFL placed six expansion teams in American cities over a span of three seasons. Which city got the first American CFL team in 1993? They chose the nickname “Gold Miners” to capitalize on their area’s history, much like the nickname of an NFL team about 90 miles away.

Sacramento

Country Club

In 2011, despite losing in the third round of the US Open to Flavia Pennetta, what star dominated headlines as one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future" by Time and the #1 highest-paid female athlete by Forbes?

Maria Sharapova