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  • Name the World Series MVPs

    Name the World Series MVPs

    On Wednesday, the 2009 baseball season came to a close with the New York Yankees taking their 27th World Series title, but Mental Floss wants to know if your mental record books are of Cooperstown stature. Try this little test of your baseball knowledge.

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  • Week 7 Preview: Red River Rivalry

    Week 7 Preview: Red River Rivalry

    We’re so close, but so far away. With six weeks behind us, the midpoint to college football’s regular season occurs after this weekend’s last whistle is blown. With most teams a few games deep in conference play, that means its time for talk to heat up even more. Inter- and intra-conference hierarchies are nearly set, names are [...]

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  • Week 6 Preview: With or Without You

    Week 6 Preview: With or Without You

    Game of the Week: (1) Florida at (4) LSU Remarkably, this is one of only two games between ranked teams happening this Saturday, even with conference play in full swing. But that’s okay, because both are premium SEC match-ups, which are always as exciting as watching Adrian Peterson throw safeties to the sideline. The drama around this [...]

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  • After a few weeks of creampuffs, out-of-conference rivalries, over-hyped underdogs and semi-resurging powerhouses, the meat of the college football season is in full swing. It’s conference football time. Games like Alabama-Virginia Tech and Ohio State-USC were great and all, but the few weeks since have proven that a loss in those games won’t keep you out of [...]

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  • Week 3 Preview: Love for Utah and the REAL Game of the Week

    Week 3 Preview: Love for Utah and the REAL Game of the Week

    Uncertainty creeps in. Week 1 brought the loss of pre-season #3 Oklahoma at the hands of Mountain West Conference kings BYU (now ranked #7 by the Associated Press), and Week 2 saw the #5 Oklahoma State Cowboys – lose to Houston, who play ball in Conference USA. Two weeks. Two teams named the Cougars. Two Big 12 [...]

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