Still, how many people think Game 5 will outdraw Peyton Manning that night?

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Of course, replays of classic football and basketball games will probably outdraw live volleyball, baseball, or field hockey contests.

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Game 3 was also down from a year ago, although it did manage to outdraw Notre Dame-Oklahoma on ABC.

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This game will pull a national-TV rating that's huge by sports standards: If precedent holds it will likely outdraw most games of Major League Baseball's World Series.

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From a buy-low, sell-high perspecive, this is a good time to invest in the Mets, a potential sleeping giant that used to routinely outdraw the pre- Derek Jeter Yankees.

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Teams like Portland and Utah in the NBA, Ottawa in the NHL, and San Francisco and Chicago Cubs in MLB outdraw the median attendance within their sports without having stars or with little recent on-field success (the Giants recent World Series notwithstanding).

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