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Neil Best leaves no stone unturned in the world of sports media.

Moms like Phelps; Dads like Peyton

Nascar driver Danica Patrick arrives at the 2012

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Sports events consumed 60,000 programming hours on United States television in 2012 – up a mind-numbing 45 percent from the previous year – according to Nielsen’s annual Year in Sports Report.

In fairness, a chunk of that increase was related to the Summer Olympics. Also in fairness, there is way too much sports on TV! Other highlights from the report: Among mothers, Michael Phelps had the...

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