Skip to main content

GO FIGURE

0:09

Time, in seconds, that elapsed in Sunday's MLS playoff game between Columbus and New York before the Crew's Justin Meram scored. It was the fastest goal in MLS playoff history. Columbus won 2--0.

$486,100

Amount paid by an investor in an eBay auction for a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle baseball card. It's the fourth time this year a '52 Mantle card has sold for more than a quarter-million dollars.

346

Weight, in pounds, of Chiefs defensive tackle Dontari Poe, who became the heaviest player with an NFL touchdown after he scored on a one-yard run against San Diego on Sunday.

THEY SAID IT

"I'VE ALWAYS LIKED TO RUN AND DRINK BEER, BUT I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BE CONSIDERED WORLD CLASS FOR DOING BOTH."

Lewis Kent

The 22-year-old student at the University of Western Ontario who set the record for the beer mile on Nov. 17 (4:51:90), then signed an endorsement deal with Brooks.

SIGN OF THE APOCALYPSE

Wisconsin's cheerleaders were forced to flee the field at Camp Randall Stadium when they were pelted with snowballs by their own fans.

PHOTO

DORN BYG/CAL SPORT MEDIA/AP (MERAM)

PHOTO

NATIONAL BASEBALL HALL OF FAME (MANTLE)

PHOTO

AARON M. SPRECHER/AP (POE)

PHOTO

COURTESY OF TOM LIU (KENT)

PHOTO

JEFF HANISCH/USA TODAY SPORTS (CHEERLEADER)