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| 1. | If you are still affiliated with ESPN's Monday Night Football, please step forward. Whoops, not so fast there.... | ||
| Mike Tirico | |||
| Jon Gruden | |||
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Hank Williams, Jr. | ||
| Suzy Kolber | |||
| 2. | This post-season manager is a little lighter in the wallet, having incurred a fine for criticizing umpires: | ||
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Tony LaRussa | ||
| Jim Leyland | |||
| Joe Girardi | |||
| Ron Washington | |||
| 3. | The Rangers were the first team to punch its ticket to the League Championship game, riding this player's three game 4 home runs to put away the Rays: | ||
| Josh Hamilton | |||
| Ian Kinsler | |||
| Michael Young | |||
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Adrian Beltre | ||
| 4. | Meanwhile, the three other series each went the distance. Add up the margin of victories in the three game 5's combined, and you get: | ||
| 6 | |||
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3 | ||
| 4 | |||
| 2....wait. Don't pick this one. | |||
| 5. | Stumbling out of the batter's box while recording the final out of the Phillie's season, Ryan Howard added injury to insult by _________, raising the question of whether or not the slugger will be ready for spring training: | ||
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Rupturing his Achille's | ||
| Tearing his MCL | |||
| Breaking an akle | |||
| Straining his ACL | |||
| 6. | Tony Romo probably won't be exchanging Christmas cards with this member of division rival Washington, who mocked the Dallas signalcaller's woes: | ||
| Rex Grossman | |||
| Brian Orakpo | |||
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Chris Cooley | ||
| Santana Moss | |||
| 7. | Tensions between St. Louis and Milwaukee continued to simmer in advance of their NLCS matchup, with this Brewer calling out Cards ace Chris Carpenter for his "phony attitude": | ||
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Zack Greinke | ||
| Prince Fielder | |||
| Ryan Braun | |||
| Nyjer Morgan | |||
| 8. | Disgustingly fit athletes pose mainly in the buff in ESPN's The Body Issue. The list of those included in the publication include all of the following, except for: | ||
| Hope Solo | |||
| Blake Griffin | |||
| Gretchen Bleiler | |||
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Dwyane Wade | ||
| 9. | After losing Texas A&M, the Big 12 appears on the verge of signing this Texas school to the conference: | ||
| SMU | |||
| Rice | |||
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TCU | ||
| Houston | |||
| 10. | The Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruin's banner-raising home opener was foiled by this Eastern Conference foe: | ||
| Capitals | |||
| Devils | |||
| Islanders | |||
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Flyers | ||
| 11. | Likewise, the return of hockey to Winnipeg was rained on as the Jets lost their home opener. Right? | ||
| Wrong, the Jets won their home opener against Pittsburgh | |||
| Wrong, the Jets won their home opener against Edmonton | |||
| Wrong, the Jets won their home opener against Florida | |||
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Right, Montreal beat 'em | ||
| 12. | With the new college football poll released on Sunday, for the first time since 1982, there are no ranked teams from: | ||
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Florida | ||
| Texas | |||
| Ohio | |||
| California | |||
| 13. | Nebraska was down by 21 points and faced starting Big 10 play 0-2 before the blackshirts won and rallied against: | ||
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Ohio State | ||
| Michigan | |||
| Michigan State | |||
| Illinois | |||
| 14. | The Red River Rivalry, was somewhat less than competitive this year, as: | ||
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Oklahoma took Texas to the woodshed 55-17 | ||
| Texas clobbered Oklahoma 55-17 | |||
| Oklahoma slaughtered Texas 63-20 | |||
| Texas fustigated Oklahoma 63-20 | |||
| 15. | There Tiger Woods was, getting his legs back under him and playing some decent golf at the Frys.com open, when a fan hurled this unusual item at Eldrick on Sunday: | ||
| A bra | |||
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A hot dog | ||
| A hubcap | |||
| Steve Williams | |||
| 16. | We may finally be on the verge of Tebow Time, as Denver saw its Tebow-engineered rally fall just short Sunday against: | ||
| Oakland | |||
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San Diego | ||
| Kansas City | |||
| Pittsburgh | |||
| 17. | This Giant had an up-and-down day Sunday, hauling in a circus catch for a 68-yard touchdown, before seeing the ball bounce off his hands, resulting in a game-icing pick-six at the end of the game: | ||
| Hakeem Nicks | |||
| Mario Manningham | |||
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Victor Cruz | ||
| Jake Ballard | |||
| 18. | Say hey to your rather surprising rushing leader for Sunday's NFL games: | ||
| Denver's Willis McGahee | |||
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New England's BenJarvus Green-Ellis | ||
| Buffalo's Fred Jackson | |||
| Philadelphia's Michael Vick | |||
| 19. | Vick wasn't the correct answer to the previous question, but he did set the career rushing mark for quarterbacks, surpassing this previous record holder: | ||
| John Elway | |||
| Steve Young | |||
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Randall Cunningham | ||
| Dan Fouts | |||
| 20. | While you were sleeping, the WNBA finals were decided this week, with: | ||
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Minnesota beating Atlanta | ||
| Washington beating Seattle | |||
| New York beating San Antonio | |||
| Phoenix beating Connecticut | |||
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