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2017 was a great year for sports.
The year started with the most dramatic comeback in Super Bowl history and never let up, with exciting storylines taking over baseball, basketball, and even boxing.
On Wednesday, Google released its top-trending searches of 2017 as part of their "Year in Search 2017," and the athletes that made the list vary from surprising to almost-too-obvious, ranging from breakout rookies to undefeated fighters and many more in between.
Below you can check out the most searched-for athletes of 2017, and learn a bit about what exactly made each of them so compelling to users.
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