Vol. 2, No. 19
>>> Who is the only player to hit two All-Star Game home runs in August?
(Answer Below)
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>>> EAGLES
Donovan McNabb’s last home game as an Eagle (Dec. 27, 2009) was Brian Dawkins’ only game ever against the Eagles.
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>>> COLLEGE BASKETBALL
UCLA has won a record 11 NCAA Tournaments and been to the Championship Game 13 times.
But even more impressive is that they have played 13 different teams in those Finals.
> 1964: Beat Duke, 98-83
> 1965: Beat Michigan, 91-80
> 1967: Beat Dayton, 79-64
> 1968: Beat North Carolina, 78-55
> 1969: Beat Purdue, 92-72
> 1970: Beat Jacksonville, 80-69
> 1971: Beat Villanova, 68-62
> 1972: Beat Florida St., 81-76
> 1973: Beat Memphis St., 87-66
> 1975: Beat Kentucky, 92-85
> 1980: Lost to Louisville, 59-54
> 1995: Beat Arkansas, 89-78
> 2006: Lost to Florida, 73-57
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>>> SIXERS
Andre Iguodala played more regular season games for the Sixers (615) than Charles Barkley did (610).
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>>> FLYERS
The Flyers have had home-ice advantage in exactly one (of nine) playoff series since 2006.
They lost that Game 1 at home and are 2-6 in the road Game 1s since then.
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>>> NFL
On Jan. 6, 1991, the Cincinnati Bengals hosted the Houston oilers in a wild-card playoff game. The Bengals led at halftime, 20-0. Some stats from that first half (Bengals/Oilers):
25:04 / 4:56 . . Time of Possession
43 / 13 . . . . . . . Offensive Plays Runs
222 / 36 . . . . . Total Net Yards
86 / 1 . . . . . . . . New Yards Rushing
15 / 1 . . . . . . . . First Downs
The Bengals held on in the second half and won, 41-14.
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>>> Who is the only player to hit two All-Star Game home runs in August?
> Gary Carter, 1981 (fifth and seven innings)
