(player) Sandro

(first place) Dale Jarrett

(second place) Jeff Gordon +10

(third place) Tony Stewart

(fourth place) Mark Martin

(fifth place) Bobby Labonte

(surprise) Jerry Nadeau

(DNF) Terry Labonte

 (I'm giving myself the 5 bonus points for saying the following on the picking page: "It's the kind of place where you can expect to see a few surprises in the top five, and I don't just mean Ricky Rudd." Was I right or what?)

(player) Neil W.

(first place) Bill Elliott

(second place) Jeff Gordon +10

(third place) Ken Schrader

(fourth place) Rusty Wallace +10

(fifth place) Joe Nemechek

(surprise) Loy Allen

(DNF) Rick Mast

(testking) Lame question, bachi ball, obviously.

(player) Kevin K.

(first place) Jeff Gordon +10 +10

(second place) Jeff Burton

(third place) John Andretti

(fourth place) Mark Martin

(fifth place) Dale Jarrett

(surprise) Mike Skinner

(DNF) Loy Allen

(testking)

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When you say "have" a professional sports team, I assume you don't mean

"have" in a sexual way. If that's the case, I'd pick the 1999 U.S. Women's

World Cup Soccer team, or maybe one of those Team Cheerleading squads. Or

women's roller derby. I'm not so sure I'd want to be dominated though. I'm

not really into that.

But if you mean "have" in an own/play sense of the word, you know my

answer's got to be the NFL. (Heck, I spend enough time reading up on pro

football that I might as well make it a full-time job.) Hockey involves

too much travel to Saskatchewan, baseball can be too mind-numbingly

boring, and with basketball you have to spend most of your time bailing

your genetic freak stars out of prison and/or the new Shaq

movie/album/CD-Rom. But football still has the goods. And, plus, I'd be

able to have the NFL Films announcer do my eulogy when I die.

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(player) William P.

(first place) Dale Jarrett

(second place) Mark Martin

(third place) Bobby Labonte

(fourth place) Tony Stewart

(fifth place) Jeff Burton

(surprise) Wally Dallenbach

(DNF) Ward Burton

(testking) I'm going with RollerDerby. The people are dumb and toothless

and don't ask for too much money because they know they can't get it. No

holds out, no strikes because there probobly isn't a United Federation of

Rolling People union yet, so I could rule with an iron fist. They're

doing it for the love of the game. And they're expendable (Rambo, what

you mean expendable). It's sort of like the Kathie Lee Gifford collection

on skates.

(player) Guy V.

(first place) Tony Stewart

(second place) John Andretti

(third place) Bobby Labonte

(fourth place) Terry Labonte

(fifth place) Kenny Irwin

(surprise) Jeff Gordon (Sorry, he's not outside the top 10)

(DNF) Joe Nemechek

(testking)

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NFL. Pro football is morally superior to college and high school football.

Basketball is not a sport: it's just a bunch of skinny tall guys running

up and down, running and gunning. Teamwork and careful strategy are

nonexistant.

Golf is only a shade more active than watching reruns of the Mork and

Mindy show. Baseball is the opposite of basketball - there is absolutely

no motion anywhere. It is mind-numbing. Pro Wrestling demonstrates the

similarity between the US and the Roman empire - just think gladiators in

the arena.

These aren't the droids you're looking for...

Move along...

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(player) Sharon H.

(first place) Tony Stewart

(second place) Dale Jarrett

(third place) Mark Martin

(fourth place) Jeff Gordon +10

(fifth place) Bobby Labonte

(surprise) Sterling Marlin

(DNF) Darrell Waltrip

(testking) Volleyball because it's a great sport that requires skill,

strategy, strength and teamwork. Plus, both men and women play.

(player) Sean F.

(first place) Mike Skinner

(second place) Kyle Petty

(third place) Rusty Wallace +10

(fourth place) Bobby Labonte

(fifth place) Tony Stewart

(surprise) JohnAndretti

(DNF) Rich Bickle

(testking) Cheerleading. Why?...Victory Parties.

(player) Chris G.

(first place) Jeff Burton

(second place) Jeff Gordon +10

(third place) Rusty Wallace +10

(fourth place) Jeremy Mayfield

(fifth place) Bobby Labonte

(surprise) John Andretti

(DNF) Dale Jarrett

(testking) Golf. Forget about all that physical exertion stuff. YOu can

bring home a pile of money without even breaking a sweat.

(player) Tim S.

(first place) Rusty Wallace +10

(second place) Jeff Burton

(third place) Tony Stewart

(fourth place) Mark Martin

(fifth place) Dale Jarrett

(surprise) Jeremy Mayfield

(DNF) Kevin Lepage

(testking)

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I'll go one step further and name the dominant team I'd like to own -- the

1985 Chicago Bears. They were arguably the best football team of all

time. To this day, that Chicago D, utilizing the 46 Defense (named after

former Bear great Doug Plank) is still the best ever. Including the

postseason, the Bears won more games (18) than any team, ever. Speaking

of the postseason, the Bears gave up a total of 10 points (shutouts

against the Giants and Rams, 10 pts to the Pats in the Super Bowl). Along

with their talent, they had characters. First and foremost was the

greatest quarterback, college and/or pro, of all time, Jim McMahon. They

had the best all-around running back of all time, Walter Payton. On the

other side of the ball, they had 2 time Defensive Player of the year Mike

Singletary. Finally, check out all the great guys who made up the Chicago

Bears Shufflin' Crew: Sweetness, Speedy Willie, Samuri Mike, the Punky

QB, Mama's Boy Otis, no-nickname Steve Fuller, Mr. !

Clean Gary Fencik, L.A Mike, the Sackman, and the Fridge. What a team!

On an unrelated note, Sean, I can't go into specifics about the sudden

departure of Haslam, Nathan, and Kevin at Jimmy's bachelor party on the

NASDRO page. This page is controversial enough as it is.

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(player) Duncan

(first place) Mark Martin

(second place) John Andretti

(third place) Dale Jarrett

(fourth place) Jeff Burton

(fifth place) Rusty Wallace +10

(surprise) John Andretti

(DNF) Ricky Rudd

(testking) WNBA. Simply because, they got game!

Dad

Martin

Bobby

Gordon +10

Stewart

Andretti

Surprise: Petty

DNF: G Bodine

Comments: Mom couldn't remember what we're supposed to be commenting on,

so I'll just remind you that Oct 4 is the feast day of Francis of

Assisi. And on Oct 6....

Mom

>My picks for today are

> M martin

>dale jarret

>b labonte

>stewart

>gordon +10

>

>mayfield sooprise

>dnf NEMECHEK i don't care pole.