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18 Feb 2009 10:45

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Sports: Jerry Jones: Here’s a hint that T.O.’s still a Cowboy (probably)

  • You and I both know that the one that you’re asking about all the time, if I gave you the answer that you want to hear, then you would’ve already had it. So the fact you don’t have it ought to tell you something.
  • Jerry Jones • Dropping knowledge at a press conference on the status of Terrell Owens and his future with the Dallas Cowboys. • source
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03 Feb 2009 23:14

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Offbeat: You from Tuscon? You see porn during the Super Bowl? Get paid.

  • 30 seconds of pornography was shown on some Comcast systems in Tuscon, Ariz. with 3 minutes left in the Super Bowl – right when Arizona took the lead source
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01 Feb 2009 11:40

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Biz, Culture: NBC’s not feeling the recession when it comes to football

  • $206 million in ad sales for the Super Bowl, a record source
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27 Jan 2009 10:22

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Culture, Sports: The gender gap: Who watches the Super Bowl?

  • 45.8 million viewers were over 18 and male in 2008. In case you forget, the Giants/Patriots game was the most-watched Super Bowl in history, with over 97 million eyes glued to the tube. source
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22 Jan 2009 08:33

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Sports: How’s Tom Brady doing with that knee injury?

  • Anyone who’s come back from injuries that require surgery, it’s just a process. There’s some good days, some bad days, and you just got to keep plugging through them. That’s life.
  • Tom Brady • The New England Patriots’ star quarterback, on his recovery from season-ending knee surgery. The Patriots have missed him; after an undefeated 2007 regular season, they went 11-5 in 2008 but missed the playoffs. • source
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19 Jan 2009 00:54

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Sports: Who’s got the better Vegas odds for the Super Bowl?

  • 6½ points, the spread favoring the Steelers over the Cards source
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19 Jan 2009 00:48

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Sports: Kurt Warner, back in the Super Bowl again

  • I want to say Arizona Cardinals and Super Bowl in the same sentence. The Arizona Cardinals in the Super Bowl. How about it?
  • Kurt Warner • Arizona Cardinals quarterback. He was the Super Bowl MVP nearly a decade ago for another unlikely set of champs, the St. Louis Rams. • source
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19 Jan 2009 00:44

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Sports: Guess who’s going to the Super Bowl?

We know what you’re thinking: Where are the Lions? source
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15 Jan 2009 13:05

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Sports: Who nees the draft? Sam Bradford’s coming back to Oklahoma

  • Not without a BCS championship. Bradford, the third-year sophomore and this year’s Heisman Trophy winner, always dreamed of playing for Oklahoma and wants to win a national championship with the team. Bradford had a killer season in 2008, with a nation-leading 50 TD passes and a 180.8 quarterback rating. He would’ve been a high first-rounder for sure had he gone. source
  • Not without a BCS championship. Bradford, the third-year sophomore and this year’s Heisman Trophy winner, always dreamed of playing for Oklahoma and wants to win a national championship with the team. Bradford had a killer season in 2008, with a nation-leading 50 TD passes and a 180.8 quarterback rating. He would’ve been a high first-rounder for sure had he gone.
  • Heisman’s top trio stays put. Along with Bradford, Florida’s Tim Tebow and Texas’ Colt McCoy – all three of them quarterbacks – will remain at school at least one more season. It’s the first time the top three Heisman vote-getters didn’t go pro after the season was over. USC’s Mark Sanchez, who rocked the Rose Bowl this year, is likely draft-bound, however. source
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12 Jan 2009 22:33

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Sports: Early retirement, in Dungy’s words

  • I’m at a point, kind of like the Apostle Paul. He said, ‘If I live, it’s good. If I die and go home with the Lord, it’s better.’
  • Tony Dungy • on leaving the NFL at a relatively young 53 years of age • source
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