The Griffeys
Ken Griffey, Sr. was a career .296 hitter in his 19 MLB seasons, many during his 2 stints with the Cincinnati Reds.  He hit 152 home runs and was selected to 3 All Star games, while winning 2 World Series rings.  Son, Ken Jr., is widely regarded as the player with the sweetest pure swing in baseball history.  Griffey, Jr. may have ended his career as the all-time leader in home runs had he not been worn down by injuries.  He finished with 630 home runs (6th all time), 2,781 hits, and 1,836 RBIs (15th all time).  "Junior" was a 13-time All Star, 10-time Gold Glove winner, 7-time Silver Slugger, 1997 AL MVP, 3-time Home Run Derby champ, and a member of the MLB All-Century team for the 1900s. 

Here's a good flashback of the Griffeys that most people forgot about:

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Between the Lakers, Clippers and Kings all having home games this weekend, the maintenance crew at the Staple Center in Los Angeles has been working some overtime.

The chaos started Saturday afternoon when the Clippers hosted the San Antonio Spurs in game three of their NBA playoff series at 12:30 local time. That game should end around 3:00, which gave workers about three hours to prepare the Staples Center for Saturday night's game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City Thunder in game four of their series. That game started at 7:30 local time.

Moving to Sunday the Los Angeles Kings will try to close out the Western Conference finals when they host the Phoenix Coyotes at noon. Seven-and-a-half hours later, the Clippers will play game four of their series.

Check out this cool video of them changing from basketball to hockey to back to basketball:

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The latest issue of ESPN the Magazine includes its ninth annual “Best Franchises In Sports” rankings.

The rankings are determined by a multi-tiered analysis that examines a team’s efficiency in spending fan money as compared to its on-field performance. It also factors in feedback in 21 categories from more than 70,000 fans nationwide, both online at ESPN.com and in polling conducted by both independent third parties.

In all, 122 teams from the NFL, NBA, NHL and Major League Baseball were ranked in order, based on a weighted average of scores in eight different categories ranging from the quantitative to the emotionally subjective: “bang for the buck” (24.3%), players (16.6%), fan relations (16.5%), affordability (14.1%), stadium experience (9.1%), ownership (9.0%), title track (6.7%), and coaching (3.9%).

Here are some team rankigns of note:

1. Green Bay Packers
2. Tampa Bay Lightning
3. New Orleans Saints
4. Los Angeles Angels
5. San Antonio Sports
7. Pittsburgh Steelers
14. Indianapolis Colts
15. Cincinnati Reds
53. Cleveland Indians
91. Cleveland Browns
118. Minnesota Timberwolves
119. Sacramento Kings
120. Toronto Maple Leafs
121. Washington Redskins
122. Cincinnati Bengals (DEAD LAST)

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This coach got so angry he took his clothes off. Yikes...

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CBSSports.com looks back at the top sports stories from this year...

5: Halladay is unhittable ... twice
He'd waited his whole career. Even helped engineer a trade to Philly to get there. And when Roy Halladay finally took the mound in the playoffs, sports fans were given a lot more than Doc had ordered.

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Winning NFL picks, odds and power rankings all from our friends at Doc's Sports Service.

All good things come to end and that is exactly what happen to my four-week winning streak in Week 12. I am confident it was just a bump in the road though. I only managed to pick 6 out 13 winners straight up. The good news is I did get both my Surivovr picks as Baltimore and Cleveland both pulled out wins. For the first time of the season I lost all three of my wagers against the spread. These weeks happen. Now it's time to shake of the dust and dig in. Can you say rebound? Here are my picks for Week 13:

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The Cincinnati Cyclones used a 22-save performance from Robert Mayer to collect a 2-1 win over the Idaho Steelheads on Friday night at U.S. Bank Arena. An ECHL playoff record crowd of 13,483  was on hand for the contest.  The total passes the 12,722 that witnessed the game six win for the Cyclones against Las Vegas in the 2008 Kelly Cup Final.

With the victory, the Cyclones clinch their second Kelly Cup title in three years.

Cincinnati wins this final round in the USA Collision Centers postseason, four games to one over the Steelheads.

The crowd of 13,483 was the largest of the 2010 Kelly Cup postseason, surpassing the 5,678 set Thurdsay night. It was the largest crowd in Cyclones and ECHL playoff history and the club is now averaging 4232 fans per postseason contest, third-best in the Kelly Cup playoffs.

The Cyclones have already set a team record for combined attendance between the regular season and playoffs, attracting 190,708 fans.

Rookie goaltenders Robert Mayer and Jeremy Smith were named co-winners of the Kelly Cup playoffs 'Most Valuable Player' award.

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No, it's not the Miracle on Ice, but the Americans' landmark victory over the favored Canadians at their own game, on their own ice, may come to be remembered as a sea change in Olympic hockey.

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Check out this recent AHL hockey fight featuring Justin DiBenedetto and Cody McCormick:

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AskMen.com looks at 10 sports franchises that should move:

 No.2 - Jacksonville Jaguars

Earlier this season, Jaguars owner Wayne Weaver told the Orlando Sentinel that he would consider moving some of his games south. “There's certainly the possibility that we would play some out-of-market games,” said Weaver. “If it happened, Orlando would be the best option and most reasonable location.”

The Jaguars reside in one of the NFL’s smallest TV markets, 29th among the 32 cities. The team’s season-ticket base has eroded from 42,000 to 25,000. Jacksonville Municipal Stadium has reduced its capacity from a maximum of 82,000 (with temporary seating) to 67,164 for home games.
 
Empty seats still remain. The team distributed just 46,520 tickets for its home opener. Weaver has conceded that none of his home games would sell out this season -- leaving those games blacked out on local TV. He has remained outwardly loyal to Jacksonville, but how long can the team go on like this?

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