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The return of NASCAR is only weeks away. To prepare for another season of racing, a special guest has offered five intriguing questions (with answers!) to help guide expectations for 2012. Today is Question 1. Remaining questions will follow over the next few days and into next week. Here we go…

So let me get this straight: Eli Manning ousted NFL MVP Aaron Rodgers, outlasted a 49ers team for the NFC Championship that dispatched Offensive Player of the Year Drew Brees, and finally outdueled NFL Golden Boy Tom Brady to win Super Bowl XLVI? Does this mean what I think it means?

After two weeks of endless coverage and meaningless debate, the Super Bowl is finally here. Like everyone else, I have an opinion. In addition to scoring the most points, here are three other factors that will determine who leaves Indy with another title. And yes, they’re all obvious.

Last week my brother passed along word of a rumor involving Peyton Manning and the Eagles. Although it was, and still is entirely a rumor (and an unlikely one at that), Manning to the Eagles would be a welcomed addition.