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Jan. 30, 2012

Team of the Week: Miami Heat

PTP'er of the Week: Novak Djokovic

Shock of the Week: Colorado State over San Diego State

Stock Up: US women's soccer team

Stock Down: Charlotte Bobcats

 

Jan. 23, 2012

Team of the Week: New England Patriots

PTP'er of the Week: Lawrence Tynes

Shock of the Week: Notre Dame over Syracuse

Stock Up: Florida State basketball

Stock Down: Billy Cundiff

 

Jan. 16, 2012

Team of the Week: New England Patriots

PTP'er of the Week: Kobe Bryant

Shock of the Week: Florida State's margin over North Carolina

Stock Up: Vernon Davis

Stock Down: Green Bay Packers

 

Jan. 9, 2012

Team of the Week: New Orleans Saints

PTP'er of the Week: Tim Tebow

Shock of the Week: Temple over Duke

Stock Up: Indiana Hoosiers

Stock Down: Atlanta Falcons

 

Jan. 2, 2012

Team of the Week: Baylor football

PTP'er of the Week: Packers QB Matt Flynn

Shock of the Week: Iowa over Wisconsin in basketball

Stock Up: Drew Brees

Stock Down: New York Jets

 

Dec. 25, 2011

Team of the Week: Detroit Lions

PTP'er of the Week: LeBron James

Shock of the Week: Wagner over Pittsburgh

Stock Up: Georgetown men's hoops

Stock Down: NY Jets

 

Dec. 19, 2011

Team of the Week: Louisville Cardinals men`s hoop team

PTP'er of the Week: Drew Brees

Shock of the Week: Chiefs over Packers

Stock Up: Indianapolis Colts

Stock Down: NY Giants

 

Dec. 12, 2011

Team of the Week: Indiana basketball

PTP'er of the Week: Christian Watford

Shock of the Week: Murray State over Memphis

Stock Up: Tim Tebow

Stock Down: Cincinnati and Xavier men's basketball

 

Dec. 5, 2011

Team of the Week: Kentucky basketball

PTP'er of the Week: Wisconsin RB Montee Ball

Shock of the Week: Oklahoma State's margin of victory over Oklahoma

Stock Up: LSU football

Stock Down: Houston football

 

Nov. 28, 2011

Team of the Week: LSU football

PTP'er of the Week: Cardinals RB Beanie Wells

Shock of the Week: Central Florida over Connecticut in men`s hoops

Stock Up: UNLV basketball

Stock Down: Ndamukong Suh


 

Nov. 21, 2011

Team of the Week: Mississippi State basketball

PTP'er of the Week: Baylor QB Robert Griffin III

Shock of the Week: Iowa State over Oklahoma State in football

Stock Up: Green Bay Packers

Stock Down: Gary Pinkel

 

Nov. 14, 2011

Team of the Week: USA veterand and soldiers

PTP'er of the Week: Jeremy Lamb

Shock of the Week: Cleveland State over Vanderbilt

Stock Up: San Francisco 49ers

Stock Down: Penn State

 

Nov. 7, 2011

Team of the Week: LSU football

PTP'er of the Week: Eli Manning

Shock of the Week: Northwestern winning at Nebraska

Stock Up: NY Giants

Stock Down: Kansas City Chiefs

 

Oct. 31, 2011

Team of the Week: St. Louis Cardinals

PTP'er of the Week: Houston QB Case Keenum

Shock of the Week: Rams over Saints

Stock Up: Joe Paterno

Stock Down: Clemson football

 

Oct. 24, 2011

Team of the Week: Michigan State football

PTP'er of the Week: Albert Pujols

Shock of the Week: Texas Tech over Oklahoma

Stock Up: Houston QB Case Keenum

Stock Down: Miami Dolphins

 

Oct. 17, 2011

Team of the Week: Texas Rangers

PTP'er of the Week: Nelson Cruz

Shock of the Week: Schwartz-Harbaugh near tussle

Stock Up: Texas A&M QB Ryan Tannehill

Stock Down: NBA lockout

 

Oct. 10, 2011

Team of the Week: Oklahoma football

PTP'er of the Week: Ben Roethlisberger

Shock of the Week: Cardinals over Phillies in NLDS

Stock Up: San Francisco 49ers

Stock Down: New York Yankees

 

Oct. 3, 2011

Team of the Week: Detroit Lions

PTP'er of the Week: Tyler Wilson, Arkansas QB

Shock of the Week: Auburn over South Carolina

Stock Up: Green Bay Packers

Stock Down: Boston Red Sox

 

Sept. 26, 2011

Team of the Week: Buffalo Bills

PTP'er of the Week: Brandon Weeden

Shock of the Week: Red Sox collapse

Stock Up: Alabama football and LSU football

Stock Down: Maryland football

 

Sept. 19, 2011

Team of the Week: Detroit Lions

PTP'er of the Week: Tony Romo

Shock of the Week: Duke football wins at Boston College

Stock Up: Buffalo Bills

Stock Down: Kansas City Chiefs

 

Sept. 12, 2011

Team of the Week: Alabama football

PTP'er of the Week: Samantha Stosur

Shock of the Week: Bills over Chiefs

Stock Up: Baltimore Ravens

Stock Down: Boston Red Sox

 

Sept. 5, 2011

Team of the Week: LSU football

PTP'er of the Week: Justin Verlander

Shock of the Week: Bryan twins stunned in first round of U.S. Open men's doubles

Stock Up: Baylor QB Robert Griffin III

Stock Down: Maria Sharapova

 

August 29, 2011

Team of the Week: Detroit Lions

PTP'er of the Week: Justin Verlander

Shock of the Week: Pat Summitt's announcement

Stock Up: Dustin Johnson

Stock Down: Jordan Jefferson and Joshua Johns, LSU's suspended players

 

August 22, 2011

Team of the Week: Tampa Bay Rays

PTP'er of the Week: Maria Sharapova

Shock of the Week: Christina McHale over Carolione Wozniacki

Stock Up: Fred Couples

Stock Down: University of Miami football

 

August 15, 2011

Team of the Week: Arizona Diamondbacks

PTP'er of the Week: Keegan Bradley

Shock of the Week: Nadal upset by Ivan Dodig at RogersCup

Stock Up: New Basketball Hall of Fame class

Stock Down: Tiger Woods

 

August 8, 2011

Team of the Week:Philadelphia Phillies

PTP'er of the Week: Jacoby Ellsbury

Shock of the Week: Finish at Nationwide race

Stock Up: Adam Scott

Stock Down: Pittsburgh Pirates

 

August 1, 2011

Team of the Week:Philadelphia Eagles

PTP'er of the Week: Ervin Santana

Shock of the Week: Asomugha signing with Philly

Stock Up: Serena Williams

Stock Down: Houston Astros

 

July 25, 2011

Team of the Week: Philadelphia Phillies

PTP'er of the Week:  Hideki Matsui

Shock of the Week: Lockout wasn't settled last week

Stock Up: Terry Francona

Stock Down: Seattle Mariners

 

July 18, 2011

Team of the Week: Japan's Women's soccer

PTP'er of the Week:  CC Sabathia

Shock of the Week: Japan over USA

Stock Up: Texas Rangers

Stock Down: Georgia Tech football punished

 

July 11, 2011

Team of the Week: USA Women's soccer

PTP'er of the Week:  Derek Jeter

Shock of the Week: Japan over Germany in women's soccer

Stock Up: Jose Bautista

Stock Down: Ohio State football stripped of wins

 

July 4, 2011

Team of the Week: New York Yankees

PTP'er of the Week:  Novak Djokovic

Shock of the Week: Tsonga over Federer

Stock Up: Petra Kvitova

Stock Down: David Haye

 

June 27, 2011

Team of the Week: Tampa Bay Rays

PTP'er of the Week:  Justin Verlander

Shock of the Week: Tristan Thompson going fourth in the draft

Stock Up: Kyrie Irving

Stock Down: US men's soccer team

 

June 20, 2011

Team of the Week: Boston Bruins

PTP'er of the Week:  Rory McIlroy

Shock of the Week: McIlroy's margin of victory

Stock Up: Josh Beckett

Stock Down: Florida Marlins

 

June 13, 2011

Team of the Week: Dallas Mavericks

PTP'er of the Week: Dirk Nowitzki

Shock of the Week: Heat losing in the NBA finals

Stock Up: Dillon Gee

Stock Down: Oakland Athletics

 

June 6, 2011

Team of the Week: Vancouver Canucks

PTP'er of the Week: Alex Burrows

Shock of the Week: Mavericks comeback over Heat in game two of finals

Stock Up: Rafael Nadal

Stock Down: Chicago Bulls

 

May 30, 2011

Team of the Week: Miami Heat

PTP'er of the Week: Dan Wheldon

Shock of the Week: top three women's seeds ousted at French Open

Stock Up: LeBron James

Stock Down: J.R. Hildebrand

 

May 23, 2011

Team of the Week: Dallas Mavericks

PTP'er of the Week: James Shields

Shock of the Week: Cilic loses in first round at French

Stock Up: Cleveland Indians

Stock Down: Minnesota Twins

 

May 16, 2011

Team of the Week: Detroit Tigers

PTP'er of the Week: Kevin Durant

Shock of the Week: Lightning over Bruins in game one

Stock Up: K.J. Choi

Stock Down: Tiger Woods

 

May 9, 2011

Team of the Week: Dallas Mavericks

PTP'er of the Week: Justin Verlander

Shock of the Week: Lightning sweep Capitals

Stock Up: Novak Djokovic

Stock Down: LA Lakers

 

May 2, 2011

Team of the Week: Memphis Grizzlies

PTP'er of the Week: Cam Newton

Shock of the Week: Memphis over San Antonio

Stock Up: Tampa Bay Lightning

Stock Down: Roger McDowell

 

April 25, 2011

Team of the Week: Washington Capitals

PTP'er of the Week: Daisuke Matsuzaka

Shock of the Week: Memphis leading San Antonio

Stock Up: Oklahoma City Thunder

Stock Down: Cleveland Browns being fined

 

April 18, 2011

Team of the Week: Montreal Canadiens

PTP'er of the Week: Derrick Rose

Shock of the Week: Hornets over Lakers

Stock Up: Chris Paul

Stock Down: Juan Manuel Lopez

 

April 11, 2011

Team of the Week: Chicago Bulls

PTP'er of the Week: Jim Calhoun

Shock of the Week: Wizards over Hawks by 32

Stock Up: Texas A&M women's hoop team

Stock Down: Lakers

 

April 4, 2011

Team of the Week: Connecticut men's basketball

PTP'er of the Week: Kemba Walker

Shock of the Week: Cavaliers over Heat

Stock Up: Texas Rangers

Stock Down: Boston Red Sox

 

March 28, 2011

Team of the Week: VCU men's basketball

PTP'er of the Week: Kemba Walker

Shock of the Week: VCU over Kansas

Stock Up: Butler men's basketball

Stock Down: Edmonton Oilers

 

March 21, 2011

Team of the Week: Ohio State men's basketball

PTP'er of the Week: Novak Djokovic

Shock of the Week: Raptors over Thunder

Stock Up: Richmond and VCU

Stock Down: Louisville men's basketball

 

March 14, 2011

Team of the Week: Connecticut men's basketball

PTP'er of the Week: Kemba Walker

Shock of the Week: Clippers win at Boston

Stock Up: Duke winning ACC

Stock Down: Virginia Tech and Colorado left out of NCAA tourney

 

March 7, 2011

Team of the Week: Notre Dame men's basketball

PTP'er of the Week: Lindsey Vonn, skiing champion

Shock of the Week: Cavaliers over Knicks

Stock Up: Florida Gators, SEC men's basketball champion

Stock Down: BYU's Brandon Davies

 

Feb. 28, 2011

Team of the Week: BYU men's basketball

PTP'er of the Week: Jeff Gordon

Shock of the Week: Cavaliers over Knicks

Stock Up: Virginia Tech men's basketball

Stock Down: Tiger Woods

 

Feb. 21, 2011

Team of the Week: Portland Trail Blazers

PTP'er of the Week: Jacob Pullen

Shock of the Week: Cavaliers over Lakers

Stock Up: St. John's men's basketball

Stock Down: Miguel Cabrera

 

Feb. 14, 2011

Team of the Week: Pittsburgh men's hoops

PTP'er of the Week: Jordan Taylor

Shock of the Week: Rutgers over Villanova

Stock Up: Wisconsin Badgers men's hoops

Stock Down: Tiger Woods

 

Feb. 7, 2011

Team of the Week: Green Bay Packers

PTP'er of the Week: Aaron Rodgers

Shock of the Week: Mississippi over Kentucky

Stock Up: Florida men's basketball

Stock Down: Cleveland Cavaliers

 

Jan. 31, 2011

Team of the Week: San Antonio Spurs

PTP'er of the Week: Novak Djokovic

Shock of the Week: Seton Hall over Syracuse

Stock Up: Kim Clijsters

Stock Down: Rafael Nadal

 

Jan. 24, 2011

Team of the Week: Texas men's basketball

PTP'er of the Week: Rashard Mendenhall

Shock of the Week: Providence over Louisville

Stock Up: Green Bay Packers

Stock Down: Andy Roddick

 

Jan. 17, 2011

Team of the Week: New York Jets

PTP'er of the Week: Aaron Rodgers

Shock of the Week: Florida State over Duke

Stock Up: Pittsburgh Steelers

Stock Down: Illinois men's basketball

 

Jan. 10, 2011

Team of the Week: Orlando Magic

PTP'er of the Week: Matt Hasselbeck

Shock of the Week: Seahawks over Saints

Stock Up: Jimmer Fredette

Stock Down: Georgetown

 

Jan. 3, 2011

Team of the Week: Stanford's women's basketball

PTP'er of the Week: Oklahoma QB Landry Jones

Shock of the Week: Bucs over Saints

Stock Up: TCU football

Stock Down: Big Ten football

 

Dec. 27, 2010

Team of the Week: UConn women's basketball

PTP'er of the Week: Maya Moore

Shock of the Week: Bucks over Lakers in LA

Stock Up: LeBron James

Stock Down: Five Ohio State football players suspended part of next season

 

Dec. 20, 2010

Team of the Week: Miami Heat

PTP'er of the Week: Michael Vick

Shock of the Week: Illinois-Chicago over Illinois

Stock Up: Penn State women's basketball

Stock Down: Tennessee men's basketball

 

Dec. 13, 2010

Team of the Week: Dallas Mavericks

PTP'er of the Week: Cam Newton

Shock of the Week: Redskins botched extra point vs Bucs

Stock Up: Carl Crawford

Stock Down: St. John's mens basketball

 

Dec. 6, 2010

Team of the Week: Auburn football

PTP'er of the Week: Aaron Rodgers

Shock of the Week: Central Florida over Florida

Stock Up: Dallas Mavericks

Stock Down: Cincinnati Bengals

 

Nov. 29, 2010

Team of the Week: Connecticut Men's Basketball

PTP'er of the Week: Kemba Walker

Shock of the Week: Evansville over Butler

Stock Up: Auburn football

Stock Down: Indianapolis Colts

 

Nov. 22, 2010

Team of the Week: Pittsburgh Steelers

PTP'er of the Week: Maya Moore

Shock of the Week: Kennesaw State over Georgia Tech

Stock Up: Jimmie Johnson

Stock Down: USC football

 

Nov. 15, 2010

Team of the Week: Utah Jazz

PTP'er of the Week: Kevin Love

Shock of the Week: Washington State over Oregon State (football)

Stock Up: Manny Pacquiao

Stock Down: Detroit Lions

 

Nov. 8, 2010

Team of the Week: TCU football

PTP'er of the Week: Joe Paterno

Shock of the Week: Blame over Zenyatta in Breeders Cup Classic

Stock Up: Cleveland Browns

Stock Down: Alabama football

 

Nov. 1, 2010

Team of the Week: Oregon football

PTP'er of the Week: Madison Bumgarner

Shock of the Week: Jaguars over Cowboys

Stock Up: Kansas City Chiefs

Stock Down: Dallas Cowboys

 

Oct. 25, 2010

Team of the Week: Missouri Football

PTP'er of the Week: Josh Hamilton

Shock of the Week: Browns over Saints

Stock Up: Texas Rangers and San Francisco Giants

Stock Down: University of Texas Football

 

Oct. 18, 2010

Team of the Week: New England Patriots

PTP'er of the Week: Cam Newton, Auburn

Shock of the Week: Texas over Nebraska

Stock Up: Kevin Kolb

Stock Down: Chicago Bears

 

Oct. 11, 2010

Team of the Week: New York Yankees

PTP'er of the Week: Roy Halladay

Shock of the Week: Illinois over Penn State

Stock Up: Michigan State and South Carolina football

Stock Down: Alabama football

 

Oct. 4, 2010

Team of the Week: USA women's basketball

PTP'er of the Week: Denard Robinson

Shock of the Week: Jaguars over Colts

Stock Up: Donovan McNabb

Stock Down: USC football

 

Sept. 27, 2010

Team of the Week: Kansas City Chiefs

PTP'er of the Week: Mark Ingram

Shock of the Week: UCLA over Texas

Stock Up: Jim Furyk

Stock Down: San Francisco 49ers

 

Sept. 20, 2010

Team of the Week: Nebraska football

PTP'er of the Week: Matt Schaub

Shock of the Week: Bears over Cowboys

Stock Up: CC Sabathia

Stock Down: Minnesota Vikings

 

Sept. 13, 2010

Team of the Week: USA basketball

PTP'er of the Week: Arian Foster

Shock of the Week: James Madison over Virginia Tech

Stock Up: Kim Clijsters

Stock Down: Univ. of Minnesota football

 

Sept. 6, 2010

Team of the Week: Michigan

PTP'er of the Week: DeMarco Murray

Shock of the Week: Jacksonville State over Mississippi

Stock Up: CC Sabathia

Stock Down: Nyjer Morgan

 

August 30, 2010

Team of the Week: Green Bay Packers

PTP'er of the Week: Albert Pujols

Shock of the Week: Astros sweep Phillies, then Phillies sweep Padres

Stock Up: Nick Mangold

Stock Down: AJ Burnett

 

August 23, 2010

Team of the Week: Atlanta Braves

PTP'er of the Week: Miguel Cabrera

Shock of the Week: Nadal loses to Baghdatis

Stock Up: CC Sabathia

Stock Down: Ronny Paulino

 

August 16, 2010

Team of the Week: Minnesota Twins

PTP'er of the Week: CC Sabathia

Shock of the Week: Chad Dawson suffers his first pro loss

Stock Up: Martin Kaymer

Stock Down: Johnny Cueto

 

August 9, 2010

Team of the Week: Baltimore Orioles

PTP'er of the Week: Brandon Morrow

Shock of the Week: Tulsa over Seattle in WNBA

Stock Up: Buck Showalter

Stock Down: Tiger Woods

 

August 2, 2010

Team of the Week: Tampa Bay Rays

PTP'er of the Week: Matt Garza

Shock of the Week: Marlins OF Chris Coghlan hurt his knee attempting to smash a shaving cream pie

Stock Up: David Price

Stock Down: Roy Oswalt

 

July 26, 2010

Team of the Week: Philadelphia Phillies

PTP'er of the Week: Jamie McMurray

Shock of the Week: Agents causing investigations

Stock Up: Andre Dawson

Stock Down: Andy Roddick

 

July 19, 2010

Team of the Week: St. Louis Cardinals

PTP'er of the Week: Louis Oosthuizen

Shock of the Week: NL wins all-star game

Stock Up: David Ortiz

Stock Down: Johnny Jolly

 

July 12, 2010

Team of the Week: Miami Heat

PTP'er of the Week: Andres Iniesta (Spain's goal scorer in final)

Shock of the Week: France over Spain in Davis Cup

Stock Up: Spain's World Cup soccer team

Stock Down: Pittsburgh Pirates

 

July 5, 2010

Team of the Week: Germany's soccer team

PTP'er of the Week: Serena Williams

Shock of the Week: Federer's early exit

Stock Up: Rafael Nadal

Stock Down: Argentina and Brazil losing in World Cup

 

June 21, 2010

Team of the Week: Los Angeles Lakers

PTP'er of the Week: Graeme McDowell

Shock of the Week: Tiger, Els and Mickelson fall short

Stock Up: Andre Ward

Stock Down: Albert Haynesworth

 

June 14, 2010

Team of the Week: Chicago Blackhawks

PTP'er of the Week: Stephen Strasburg

Shock of the Week: Hewitt upsets Federer

Stock Up: Francisco Liriano

Stock Down: Vince Young

 

June 7, 2010

Team of the Week: Chicago Blackhawks

PTP'er of the Week: Rafael Nadal

Shock of the Week: Francesca Schiavone wins French Open

Stock Up: Ubaldo Jimenez

Stock Down: Roger Federer

 

May 31, 2010

Team of the Week: Los Angeles Lakers

PTP'er of the Week: Roy Halladay

Shock of the Week: Hawaii softball stuns #1 Alabama

Stock Up: Dario Franchitti

Stock Down: Lendale White

 

May 24, 2010

Team of the Week: Chicago Blackhawks

PTP'er of the Week: Rajon Rondo

Shock of the Week: Roy Halladay shelled

Stock Up: Supporters of the Dickie V Gala

Stock Down: CC Sabathia

 

May 17, 2010

Team of the Week: Boston Celtics

PTP'er of the Week: Steve Nash

Shock of the Week: Army over Navy in men's lacrosse

Stock Up: Philadelphia Flyers

Stock Down: Cleveland Cavaliers

 

May 10, 2010

Team of the Week: Orlando Magic

PTP'er of the Week: Dallas Braden

Shock of the Week: Lawrence Taylor

Stock Up: Jamie Moyer

Stock Down: JaMarcus Russsell

 

May 3, 2010

Team of the Week: Cleveland Cavaliers

PTP'er of the Week: Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Shock of the Week: Canadiens finish off Capitals

Stock Up: Calvin Borel

Stock Down: Tiger Woods

 

April 26, 2010

Team of the Week: San Diego Padres

PTP'er of the Week: Dwayne Wade

Shock of the Week: Flyers over Devils

Stock Up: San Antonio Spurs

Stock Down: Edinson Volquez

 

April 19, 2010

Team of the Week: Cleveland Cavaliers

PTP'er of the Week: Ubaldo Jimenez

Shock of the Week: Canadiens over Capitals

Stock Up: Carmelo Anthony

Stock Down: Kevin Garnett

 

April 12, 2010

Team of the Week: Boston College hockey team

PTP'er of the Week: Phil Mickelson

Shock of the Week: Wizards over Celtics in Boston

Stock Up: Don Nelson

Stock Down: New York Rangers

 

April 6, 2010

Team of the Week: Connecticut women's basketball

PTP'er of the Week: Kyle Singler

Shock of the Week: Berdych over Deseret

Stock Up: Roy Halladay

Stock Down: Shaun Rogers

 

March 29, 2010

Team of the Week: West Virginia's Men's Basketball

PTP'er of the Week: Brittney Griner

Shock of the Week: Butler over Syracuse and Kansas State

Stock Up: Tom Izzo

Stock Down: Dwight Gooden

 

March 22, 2010

Team of the Week: St. Mary's basketball

PTP'er of the Week: Omar Samhan

Shock of the Week: Northern Iowa over Kansas

Stock Up: Kentucky

Stock Down: Ron Washington

 

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