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This week in sports blogs and news:

• Jay Cutler traded to Chicago Bears - Fox Sports
• Cleveland is a hot mess right now - SportsByBrooks
• Kevin Love glass cleaner…no really - Larry Brown Sports
• Norm McDonald’s ESPY monologue of 1998 - Deadspin
• Top 7 Matches in Westlemania history - JoeSportsFan

This week on the Smarter Sports Blog we covered:

• “I don’t understand Spanish!”
  
• Coach K and Bobby Knight Play Guitar Hero
• Twitter Mania: First Shaw, Now Paul Pierce
• MMA Video: Michael Westbrook Beats Up a Bully
• April Fools Joke! Hasheem Thabeet Pranks on Twitter

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This week in sports blogs and news:

• Party gets high school girls soccer team suspended - SportsByBrooks
• Rick Fox and Eliza Dushku? - The Big Lead
• Video of Ryan Moats getting pulled over at hospital - Deadspin
• Manu Ginobli kisses Ian Mahinmi on kiss cam - Larry Brown Sports
• Lady faints during interview…Man stands with hands in pockets - The Sports Hernia

 
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This week on the Smarter Sports Blog we covered:

• “I dream of me…”
• So Long: Curt Schilling Announces Retirement on Blog 
• Peyton Manning and Kenny Chesney Sing Something
• New Evidence: Donte Stallworth Flashed Lights at Reyes
• Armed Fan: Man with Gun Broke onto DWTS Set
  

You gotta love drunk karoake.

Anyone thinks they can hold a tune when given a microphone. And in this case it’s Peyton Manning. Apparently he and his pal Kenny Chesney decided to do a duet at some bar.

Peyton is better off sticking to his MasterCard commercials. I don’t see a future in singing anytime soon. Even if your pal has connections like Kenny Chesney.

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This week in sports blogs and news:

• Brad Pitt and Steven Soderbergh to make “Moneyball” movie on Billy Beane - Variety
• USA Swimming Suspends Michael Phelps for 3 months - ESPN
• Patriots put the franchise tag on Matt Cassell: $14.65 million -Fox Sports
• Top high school prospect may choose CFL over NCAA - SportsByBrooks
• Anquan Boldin wants out of Arizona - Larry Brown Sports
  

This week on the Smarter Sports Blog we covered:

• “Champions” 
• Santonio Holmes Catch Makes the Steelers Champions
• Manny Ramirez to the Dodgers: No Thanks
• Kevin Costner to Bring Baseball to Illinois Suburbs
• Prank Gone Bad: Peyton’s Joke on Cutler Backfires
  

Pranks sure are fun…that is until they go bad.

Peyton Manning’s bright idea of throwing Jay Cutler into their hotel pool, with the help of a few offensive lineman, was supposed to be a friendly Pro Bowl “baptism”. They thought that they had every angle covered. They even managed to snag away Cutler’s cell phone before his little dip.

There was just one problem.

Cutler is a Type 1 diabetic and in his pocket was his blood sugar monitor. A blood sugar monitor that is not water proof.

So after the little plunge, you guessed it. It got fried.

“It was a bad audible on our part,” Manning said. “I think we were thinking right, trying to get the cell phone. Then we realize, the guy gets insulin shots. We missed that.”

Yeah, Manning. Great thinking. Good thing you got the cell though. That way if Cutler needed to call an ambulance later, he’d be set!

Hey Peyton, I know a kid on crutches, just in case you get bored and want to push him down some stairs.

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Fantasy Studs:

• Peyton Manning tossed 3 touchdowns and 277-yards.
• Philip Rivers tossed 3 touchdowns of his own and 217-yards.
• Antonio Bryant went off for 200-yards and 2 touchdowns on 9 catches.
• Brandon Marshall caught 11 passes for 91-yards and 2 touchdowns.
• Brian Westbrook did it again, rushing for 131-yards, a touchdown and catching a TD for 72-yards.
• The Panthers’ Jonathan Stewart had 2 touchdowns on 115-yards.
• Titans’ rookie Chris Johnson ran 19 times for 136-yards and a touchdown.
• Wes Welker caught 12 passes for 134-yards.
• Roddy White caught 10 passes for the Falcons and 164-yards.
• DeAngelo Williams had 186-yards rushing and 2 touchdowns.

Fantasy Duds:  

• Jamal Lewis had only 10 total yards for the Browns.
• Antonio Gates didn’t have any catches or stats on Sunday.
• Tony Romo had three costly interceptions in Dallas’ loss.
• Willie Parker managed only 25-yards rushing.

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Fantasy Studs:

• Lendale White came back from a rough week to run for 106 yards and 2 touchdowns.
• The Cowboys Defense filled up the stat sheet with 7 sacks, a fumble recovery and an interception.
• Michael Turner still ran for 120-yards, despite losing a fumble.
• Donovan McNabb didn’t get benched this week, throwing for 4 touchdowns and 260-yards.
• Despite only running for 74-yards, DeAngelo Williams still had 4 touchdowns.
• Larry Fitzgerald hauled in 2 touchdown passes on Sunday.
• The Steelers Defense had 3 fumble recoveries,  5 sacks and 2 interceptions.
• Brian Westbrook did it all, catching 2 touchdown passes and rushing for another 2 with 110 yards.
• Bernard Berrian finished with 122-yards, including a 99-yard touchdown reception.
• Adrian Peterson racked up 131-yards and a touchdown.
• Aaron Rodgers threw for 3 touchdowns and 298-yards.
• Tony Romo’s pinky looked fine, throwing for 331-yards and 3 touchdowns.
• Houston’s Steve Slaton rushed for 2 touchdowns and 130-yards.
• The Titans’ Chris Johnson ran for 130-yards and 2 touchdowns.

Fantasy Duds: 

• Ryan Grant finished with only 39-yards.
• Matt Cassel was sacked five times, lost a fumble twice and threw 2 interceptions.
• Laveranues Coles caught only 2 passes for 2 yards.
• Peyton Manning had only 126-yards passing and 2 touchdowns.

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Fantasy Studs:

• Peyton Manning finally looked like his old self, tossing for 320-yards and 2 touchdowns.
• Thomas Jones kept up with his great year, running for 104-yards and a touchdown.
• DeAngelo Williams scrapped for 120-yards and 2 touchdowns.
• Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin both had terrific days. Fitzgerald finished with 10 catches and 151-yards, while Boldin hauled in 13 passes for 186-yards.
• Joseph Addai finally did some good for his fantasy owners. His racked up 153 total yards and 2 touchdowns.
• Ryan Grant rushed for 145-yards and a touchdown for the Packers.
• Steve Slaton ran for 156-yards, including a 71-yard touchdown run.
• T.J. Houshmandzadeh grabbed 12 passes, a touchdown and 149-yards.
• Marshawn Lynch finally crossed the century mark finishing with 119-yards and 58 more receiving with a touchdown.
• Jonathan Stewart finished with 130-yards rushing and a touchdown.
• Kurt Warner racked up 395-yards in the air.

Fantasy Duds:

• Philip Rivers had a terrible day, finishing with only 159-yards and 2 interceptions.
• Earnest Graham had a whopping 3-yards before leaving with an injury.
• Lee Evans of the Bills couldn’t find a way to make it onto the stat sheet.
• Willis McGahee finished with only 25-yards.
• The Ravens defense was non-existent against the Giants, giving up 353-yards.
• The Bears defense wasn’t much better, giving up 427-yards.

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Fantasy Studs:

• Peyton Manning passes for 254 yards and 2 touchdowns, including a 2-point conversion.
• The Pittsburgh Steelers Defense racked up 7 sacks and 2 interceptions.
• Donovan McNabb led the Eagles with 349 yards and 2 touchdown passes.
• In the first start of his career, Tim Hightower rushed for 109 yards and a touchdown.
• Antonio Bryant caught 8 passes for 115 yards and a touchdown.
• Kurt Warner had 342 yards in the air and 2 touchdowns.
• Chris Johnson of the Titans had 89 yards on the ground, 72 receiving and a touchdown.
• Adrian Peterson tallied up 139 yards and a touchdown.
• The Giants’ Brandon Jacobs had 117 yards and touchdown.
• Owen Daniels caught 11 passes for 133 yards.

Fantasy Duds:

• Ben Roethlisberger left the game early Monday Night, finishing with only a rushing touchdown.
• Joseph Addai finished with only 42 total yards.
• Stephen Jackson managed only 17 yards on the ground for the Rams.
• Santana Moss caught only 2 passes for 14 yards.

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