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...ones getting high on the addictive Arenas are the denizens of D.C., who can cheer for a team with playoff potential and an MVP-caliber player in the prime of his career. Led by Arenas, the NBA's second leading scorer (at 29.4 points per game) and least conventional superstar, the Wizards (28-19) had the second best record in the admittedly woeful Eastern Conference as of Feb. 6. In Washington, only the Pentagon has a longer-range arsenal than Arenas does. And Arenas may be more accurate. He has scored more than 50 points three times this season, including...
...million. But all it takes is a few seconds of a misplaced camera shot during the game to make a network wonder whether it's worth it. That's why CBS will be especially vigilant this weekend, after what happened during the Jan. 13 Fox broadcast of the NFC Playoff game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the New Orleans Saints...
...During the NFL playoff game at the New Orleans Superdome, Fox's camera zoomed in on a cheering blond woman in the crowd. She had black patches under her eyes (the kind football players wear for the glare) and sported a black T-shirt with "F--- Da Eagles" printed on it in gold. The Parents Television Council, a decency watchdog group founded by conservative commentator Brent Bozell, wasn't amused, particularly by the fact that the network lingered on the fan for several seconds before cutting away. It has been mobilizing its members to file complaints with the Federal Communications...
...important, and challenging, than you think. Consider: if not for a couple of snap-and-hold miscues, right now we could be dissecting a Cincinnati Bengals-Dallas Cowboys Super Bowl. But Cincinnati's Brad St. Louis botched a game-tying extra-point snap on Christmas Eve, ending the Bengals' playoff run. And in the wild card round, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo fumbled a hold on a game-winning field goal attempt against the Seattle Seahawks. The special-teams frat cringes at these gaffes. "I feel so bad for the guy," says Maynard of fellow holder Romo...
...others with two or more. Koy Detmer, a quarterback by trade, holds his thumb and forefinger on the tip of the ball. "I pinch it like a nipple," says Detmer, who held for the Philadelphia Eagles from 2000 to 2005, and was brought back just for this year's playoffs after Eagles punter Dirk Johnson botched a late-season snap (with Detmer holding, Eagles kicker David Akers hit a 38-yard field goal with no time left to give the Eagles a 23-20 playoff victory over the New York Giants). The two most important rules for a holder: first...