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TODAY’S QUESTIONS
TOPIC 1: IT’S ONE WEEK AFTER THE SUPER BOWL. DO YOU FEEL ANY DIFFERENTLY ABOUT IT?
Jimmy Greenfield: Strangely, I don’t really think about it. That’s the power of the 1985 Bears.
Phillip Thompson: My hearing is starting to return after all the booing in this town last week.
Leo Ebersole: I’ve since shifted the blame from Rex Grossman to Cirque du Soleil.
Brian Moore: If you’re still sulking about the Super Bowl, get over it. The Bears got beat by a better team–and QB.
Bag Boy: I’m down to a Class A misdemeanor: Aiding and harboring a grudge.
TOPIC 2: A PACERS GUARD WAS SUSPENDED FOR A GAME. HOW WOULD YOU KEEP THIS TEAM OUT OF TROUBLE?
Jimmy Greenfield: Reverse time, have them all grow up playing hockey on Canadian farms.
Phillip Thompson: Anyone acts up again, and he’s in the doghouse. Ron Artest’s doghouse.
Leo Ebersole: Surround them with positive role models. Like that lovable Suge Knight, for instance.
Brian Moore: Seriously, they just need to get rid of everyone and start from scratch. I blame Ron Artest.
Bag Boy: NOW can I have permission to blow up Indiana?
TOPIC 3: EDDY CURRY GOT THE TATTOO ‘BRUISE NEVER BREAK’ AFTER HIS ALL-STAR SNUB. YOUR THOUGHTS?
Jimmy Greenfield: My guess is the tattoo will land him on the DL.
Phillip Thompson: He just mad he’s going to miss all those buffets in Vegas.
Leo Ebersole: Maybe the tattoo will make him more visible to his ball-hogging teammates. Or not.
Brian Moore: How one man who’s done so little can think he’s been snubbed is beyond explanation. Grow up.
Bag Boy: Judging by his intensity on the court, it should read “Cruise, Never Fast Break.”
TOPIC 4: WHICH BULL SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT BEING TRADED?
Jimmy Greenfield: Luol Deng and Ben Gordon. Pretty weak go-to guys.
Phillip Thompson: Luol Deng. Gasol for Luol … y’all.
Leo Ebersole: Thabo Sefolosha, but only because the Mavericks, Raptors & Spurs have serious Euro fetishes.
Brian Moore: None. The price is too high to get rid of what’s already working.
Bag Boy: I don’t know if “worried” is the word I’d use. How about “relieved?”
TOPIC 5: ARE THE CUBS OR SOX WORTH $2 MORE PER TICKET?
Jimmy Greenfield: Only when they play each other.
Phillip Thompson: One is worth $2 more, and the other is worth $2 period until further notice.
Leo Ebersole: Only if they hold a NASCAR race during every 7th-inning stretch.
Brian Moore: Excuse me, they’ve been overpriced for years.
Bag Boy: Only if you have your priorities straight, which is why I’m g-g-going without heat this month.
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