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Why would C-Webb want to hide that he's dating Tyra Banks? What made Britney Spears think she could act? Why did Kevin Garnett buy 10,000 drinks? And did that Olympic judge put any thought at all into her actions? Page 2 solves these riddles and more in this week's edition of "What the Heck Are They Thinking?" START THINKING

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With the NBA trade deadline less than a week away, the rumors are flying fast and furious -- and not all of them are being floated by Peter Vecsey, talk-radio idiots or Nick Van Exel's agent. Page 2's Bill Simmons jumps into the fray by proposing 10 trades that not only make sense for the teams involved, but they actually work under the salary cap.

Closer Look Winter Wonderland
They show up early together at spring training and hold all those private conversations on the mound, so pitchers and catchers must be the best of friends, right? In today's edition of Closer Look, Page 2 examines whether the two sides of a baseball battery are really that compatible.
They're more popular than the raspberry variety that Prince found at the second-hand store. Those blue USA berets are the hottest souvenir of the Winter Olympics and Page 2's Jim Caple fought his way through the crowd at the Roots store to find out the story behind the fleece lids.

SPORTOON
Last week at this time, we still trusted Olympic judges. But our world changed a lot in the first seven days of the Winter Games in Salt Lake City, and Page 2 cartoonist Kurt Snibbe takes a look at the highlights so far.


You've already checked out Page 2's list of the 10 most overrated sporting events, so now it's your turn. We've compiled our readers' choices for the most overrated events in sports along with a poll to crown the No. 1 overrated event.
10]  Olympics
"Summer or Winter Olympics. I don't understand, does anyone really care?"
9]  NBA All-Star Game
"Who wants to sit and watch overpaid millionaires miss dunks, hang out on the bench to talk with celebrities and play no defense?"
8]   X Games
"Hardly any of the sports' true stars would be caught dead there."
7]   Super Bowl
"The game never lives up to expectations."
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Lakers 5-9 Magic 10-1
Kings 3-1 T-Wolves 12-1
Spurs 6-1 Raptors 15-1
Mavericks 6-1 Blazers 18-1
Bucks 4-1 Wizards 30-1
Sixers 7-1 Nets 30-1
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JUDGE DREAD
Page 2's Jim Caple believes we could clean up our favorite North American sports by simply borrowing the subjectivity of figure skating judging.

MOVIE REVIEW
Page 2's Bill Simmons searched long and hard to find the right word to describe "Rollerball," about twice as long as the Hollywood geniuses put into this cinematic mistake.

HEY, RUBE
The Good Doctor is being bombarded with frightening images from the propaganda war -- even during the Super Bowl.

GO FIGURE
Men, if you like wrestling, then Chris McKendry has just the sport for you. Figure skating has all the drama and choreography of the WWF.
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It's ski jumper Simon Ammann, the gold medalist from Switzerland, and "Harry Potter," a k a actor Daniel Radcliffe. Page 2 has received four requests for this match. Browse our archives of past pairs or click here to submit a future duo for Page 2.

PGA Nissan Open, second round
4 p.m. ET, USA
On day two, Jesper Parnevik tries to build a wire-to-wire victory.
 
Winter Olympics
8 p.m. ET, NBC
Figure skating, men's hockey, luge, Nordic combined, snowboarding and so much more.
 
Men's hoops: Southern Miss. at Cincinnati
9 p.m. ET, ESPN
No. 5 Bearcats look for 23rd win of the season.
 
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If you missed Page 2 over the last week, check out our back issues:
• Thurs., Feb. 14: Judge Dread
• Wed., Feb. 13: Skating & WWF
• Tues., Feb. 12: Sob Story
• Mon., Feb. 11: Cooler Across America
• Fri., Feb. 8: NBA Studs & Duds

Other featured content:
• Vote for Bucs' new coach
• Win, Lose or Draw: Olympic judges
• 10 Burning Questions with Bud Greenspan
• Makin' It Better
• Bizarre & Bogus
• Sportoon: NBA Midseason Report
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