INTRO:

This "weekender" the NFL preseason heats up as week three is traditionally when the veterans play the most of any preseason game. The baseball Wild Card races heat up. We've got some cool trivia for you, free gas, and Mark B. defies all odds by hitting a second royal flush in less than a month in our "winners circle". Read on!

TRIVIA:

Q: Which one of the following running backs did not rush for 100 touchdowns or more in their NFL career?

A) Marshall Faulk
B) Barry Sanders
C) John Riggins
D) Marcus Allen

*ANSWER AT BOTTOM

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MLB:

SATURDAY:
  TWINS (67-58)  
    1:20 PM FOX 
 RANGERS (58-66)   

The Twins are 2 ½ games out of the wild card race and seem to have turned things around. Ace, Johan Santana is 6-1 with a 1.65 era since the All Star game and coming off a 3 hit shutout of the first place White Sox.! The Rangers are out of it but star players Alfonso Soriano (30HR, 84RBI, .280) and Mark Teixeira (32HR, 99RBI, .281) are both blasting the ball. The pitching has imploded though since Kenny (The angry gambler) Rogers (0-3 since his suspension.) exploded and shoved a cameraman to the ground.

SUNDAY:
  MARLINS (66-59)   
    2:20 PM WGN 
 CUBS (61-65)   

The ‘D-Train’, Dontrelle Willis (17-8, 2.67) won his league leading 17th game last week and we may have a chance to see him go for number 18 on Saturday! The ‘Fighting fish’ are in the midst of a heated battle with 4 teams in their division all within 3 ½ games of the NL wild card. Will the real Chicago Cubs please stand up? After winning three out of four against the NL leading Cardinals they went and dropped two out of three to the lowly Rockies last ‘weekender’!

  PHILLIES (68-59)   
    8:05 PM ESPN 
 D’BACKS (58-69)   

The first place Phillies (Sounds odd right?) will be in a dog fight the rest of the way through the season as it’s anyone’s division at this point. The last place Nationals are only 5 ½ behind the Phillies to put it in perspective. The lowly D’backs are the beneficiaries of playing in the worst division in baseball, the NL West. Even with a .457 winning percentage they are still only five games behind San Diego. Game on!

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NFL:

SATURDAY:
  COLTS   
    8:00 PM CBS 
 BRONCOS   

Every time these two teams square off it seems like it’s a barn burner. The high octane trio of Peyton Manning (4,557, 49tds), Edgerin James (1,548, 9tds) and Marvin Harrison (86, 1113, 15tds) ensure that there will be points on the board! Jake ‘the snake’ Plummer (4,089, 27tds) along with Rod Smith (79, 1,144, 7tds) and Ashley Lelie (54, 1,084, 7tds) will make sure they’re not all on one side of the scoreboard! Player to watch: Maurice Clarett. Word out of Denver is that his unwillingness to play injured has him headed towards the door.

MONDAY:
  RAMS   
    8:00 PM ABC 
 LIONS   

Two high octane dome teams come out firing with both barrels. The Rams have the aerial trio of Marc Bulger (3964, 21tds), Isaac Bruce and (89, 1292, 6tds) and Tory Holt (94, 1372, 10tds). Lions have loads of talent on the offensive side of the ball and it should be fun to see 1) that emerges at quarterback Joey Harrington or Jeff Garcia? 2) Which wide receivers will step up. Roy Williams? Mike Williams? Charles Rogers? 3) Can running back Kevin Jones (1,133, 5tds) avoid the sophomore slump?

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HOT PROPS:

FREE GAS!!! With the price of gas going up the way it has, we decided to let you earn some FREE GAS money! Simply wager correctly on this prop and collect your winnings January 1st!

US Nat'l gas average breaks $2.70 by 12/31/2005101   Yes       +110  
102   No       -140  

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WINNERS CIRCLE:

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TRIVIA ANSWER:

B) Barry Sanders

Amazingly Barry Sanders ‘only’ scored 99 touchdowns in his career. This was due in part to the ‘silver spread’ offense as well as goal line substitutions. Those of you who played fantasy football at the time remember it well.

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