Test? Deion Sanders don't need no stinking test. The New York Giants got an early introduction to Neon Deion's bravado at the 1989 NFL combine. "They sat me down and gave me a John Matuszak Youth Jersey thick book … thicker than a phone book," Sanders told The Dallas Morning News. "I said, 'What's this?' "They said, 'This is our test that we give all the players.' Featured Video Highlights of Mariners outfielder Leonys Martin from this spring (1:21) Most Read Stories How getting too close to old flames can burn new relationships | Dear Carolyn South Everett family, 'still in shock,' mourns teen killed by falling tree Seahawks give OL Luke Joeckel $7 million guaranteed, and not everyone thinks that's a good idea Seattle pedestrians to navigate 8-lane waterfront road after legal fight ends If tech giants like Amazon add to Seattle traffic congestion, do they pay for it? | Traffic Lab Q&A Unlimited Digital Access. $1 for 4 weeks. "I said, 'Excuse me, what pick do you have in the draft?' 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I know that bed is here someplace." • NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, as quoted by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, on getting bullied as a kid in Harlem: "I got beat up quite a bit. But once I got the jab down, they didn't bother me anymore." • Kneecapped figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, to the New York Post, on why she has no interest in seeing "I, Tonya," the upcoming Tonya Harding biopic: "I already lived it." • TBS's Conan O'Brien, after research claiming that Americans are getting fatter and giving up on their diets: "The study was conducted by going to a water park for five minutes." Batter … urp! Food stands at the Royals' spring-training Donnie Shell Womens Jersey ballpark in Surprise, Ariz., are selling a hot dog — wrapped in bacon, which is then wrapped in a cheeseburger — called the Triple Play Dog. What, was "Triple Bypass" already taken? Our RPI is slipping The United States fell from fourth to seventh in U.S. News & World Report's latest annual ranking of the world's best countries. At this rate, we won't even make the playoffs next year. Headlines • At TheOnion.com: "Benny The Bull busted for possession of unlicensed T-shirt gun." • At TheKicker.com: "Romo seen leaving AT&T Stadium with box full of casts." You shouldn't have The Sacramento Kings blew a 28-point lead in falling to the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday. But there wasn't a dry eye in sight when they walked into the locker room and saw the pick-me-up bouquet from the Atlanta Falcons sitting there. Week that wasn't March 5-11, in case you missed it, was National Procrastination Week. But not for the Lakers, who won Thursday for the first time since Feb. 10. Raising the bar Gold medalist Dick Fosbury, the inventor of high jumping's "Fosbury Flop," became a septuagenarian on March 6. In other words, clearing 7-0 just took on a whole new meaning. Here's the beef Michigan football's latest recruiting haul includes nine linemen ranging in weight from 278 to 335 pounds. Bo Schembechler once wanted "a Michigan man." Jim Harbaugh, it seems, prefers Michelin. Mee-meep! Ex-UW Husky receiver John Ross ran a 4.22 to break the NFL combine record for the 40-yard dash. On the downside, a coyote on roller skates http://www.officialnflapparelshop.com/nfl-jerseys-minnesota-vikings-c-1_277.html wearing an Acme rocket jet pack is suddenly following him around. More headlines • At SportsPickle.com: "ESPN fires Joe Lunardi after discovering he has been practicing bracketology without a license." • At TheKicker.com: "Report: Browns interested in drafting Alabama." 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Among the rejected slogans for the World Baseball Classic, from SportsPickle.com: • "Playing baseball as one world until the next travel ban kicks in." • "Debatedly better than spring-training games." • "What you'll blame your pitcher's shoulder fatigue on in September." And more headlines • At SportsPickle.com: "Bengals planning to hold additional prospect combine at Ohio's largest supermax prison." • At TheKicker.com: "Fun: Madison Square Garden debuts 'Wince Cam' during Knicks games." Quoth the mavens • Mike Bianchi of the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel, after Kyle Busch blamed Goodyear tires for causing his crash in the Daytona 500: "This is a case of biting http://www.officialvikingshop.com/shop-by-players-brett-favre-jersey-c-2_3.html the hand that speeds you." • Blogger TC Chong, after the Texans unloaded QB Brock Osweiler on Cleveland: "Brock immediately sent Johnny Manziel a friend request." • Jim Barach of WCHS-TV in Charleston, W.Va., on a study that says adults who eat home-cooked food and don't watch TV during meals are less likely to be obese: "Which is good news for all three of those people." • Brad Dickson of the Omaha (Neb.) World-Herald, after the York Jets released center Nick Mangold after 11 seasons: "He played for so long that 14 ex- and current Jets quarterbacks can pick his butt out of a lineup." |
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