4 The jersey number (4) for Brett Favre – who today will officially join the Packers camp to compete with Aaron Rodgers for the starting quarterback job. Rick Reilly, of Sports Illustrated fame, said Favre is on “The never can say good-bye tour.” He also said, “Favre is like a seventh grade girl who is in anguish over having to leave the party – she doesn’t want to leave the party, but nobody is really begging her to stay.”
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6 The NFL enshrined (6) players into the Hall of Fame in ceremonies in Canton, Ohio this past weekend: Fred Dean, Darrell Green, Art Monk, Emmitt Thomas, Andre Tippett, and Gary Zimmerman.
19 Kobe Bryant scored (19) points and led Team USA to an 89-68 victory over Russia on Sunday. Russia is the reigning European champion, and as a team they did well containing all of the U.S. squad’s strengths – except for Kobe, who scored 11 points in the third quarter to open up a tight contest. Kobe said afterwards, “The ball found me and I was able to make them pay. In that kind of situation where the game is kind of seesawing back and forth, we have so many weapons. It could be LeBron, it could be D-Wade, but one of us is going to kick into high gear.”
32 Vijay Singh has now won (32) times on the PGA Tour after capturing the WGC Bridgestone Invitational this weekend. Phil Mickelson could easily have won, but he bogeyed three of his last four to give away a one shot lead. Still, Singh was only 9 of 19 on putts between four and eight feet in length all week, which kept a lot of players in the mix right until the last putt fell. Singh made par putts from that distance on the last two holes to preserve a one stroke victory, saying afterwards, “I’ve been practicing four- and five-footers all week, and at the end of the day it paid off.”
68 Longtime Braves broadcaster Skip Caray died Sunday – he was (68) years old. Braves skipper Bobby Cox said, “We’ve all lost a very good friend. For me, he was a good buddy, at the park and away from the park. We always had a lot of great laughs. He will be very sorely missed.”
166 Carl Edwards made his last stop on pit road on lap (166) of the Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway on Sunday. He pitted earlier on lap 127 when rain forced a delay in the action, but that stop led to a heated exchange between Edwards and crew chief Bob Osborne, who was concerned that the rain might shorten the race and the best strategy might have been to stay on the track. It worked out, though, as in the end Edwards’ car had fuel enough to finish the race while the other leaders were forced into the pits for fuel in the final laps, clearing the way for Edwards to win his fourth race of the season.
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