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GOOD

Matthew Stafford

It was role reversal of the most opportune kind. With his high-school battery mate in the stands, Clayton Kershaw's former catcher was the one with the pinpoint arm Sunday, returning home to Dallas to scorch the Cowboys. There is no Cy Young for rocket-armed NFL quarterbacks, but the Detroit Lions signal-caller continued to make his case for inclusion among the game's elite, keeping the Lions unbeaten by leading them back from a 24-point third-quarter disadvantage.

Tony La Russa

While he himself can be considered a Legend of the Fall, the Cardinals manager is apparently no fan of Brad Pitt's latest piece of work, and picked on a reporter who questioned his flip-flopping of outfielders for Game 3 of the NLDS. "I'm not a big Moneyball fan," La Russa said. "What we do is we take the square footage between the right-field line and centre field and the square footage and from left field to centre field, divide that by pi ... and then we pick the dugout. The field that's closest to the dugout, and that's where Lance [Berkman]plays."

Brianna Amat

Traditionally most sovereigns spend their coronation day basking in the adulation of their usually adoring subjects, but this Michigan homecoming queen was no mere figurehead last Friday, lacing up her cleats later that evening to kick the winning field goal in a 9-7 victory for the boys football team. Depending on how the England rugby team does against France in the wee hours of Saturday morning, Her Majesty may care to take note.

Adrian Beltre

Babe Ruth, Reggie Jackson and George Brett. Not exactly bad company for the Texas Rangers third baseman to be keeping after becoming just the sixth player in the 142-year history of major-league baseball to hit three home runs in one playoff game on Tuesday, leading the American League defending champions back to the title round.

BAD

Hugh Jackman

Apparently the Australian actor's blunders of late stretch further than starring in a film with the slightly dubious plotline of robot boxing. According to the Real Steel star, his regrets include the slightly more believable – if infinitely less entertaining – sport of soccer, with his admission this week that he missed out on a chance to invest in Norwich City, the English Premier League side based in his mother's hometown. "Sometimes I make big mistakes," said the self-proclaimed Canaries fan.

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