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5 at 10: Friday mailbag

Great questions this week, and some that we’d love to hear your answers on.

From the “Talks entirely too much studios, here we go…

Hey 5@10,

Do you remember when there was only one SportsCenter and it came on at 10:00 every night? Now there’s a continuous SportsCenter on ESPNEWS and SportsCenter on the real ESPN could come on at anytime during the day.

I always thought that Dan Patrick and Keith Olbermann were the best anchors. I can hear Olbermann describing a 3 pointer by saying, “From way downtown – BANG!” I can hear Patrick describing a strikeout by saying, “With the WHIFF.”