Go Figure

5
Minutes, per competitor, allotted for unspooling whoppers in the Biggest Liar in the World competition in Gosforth, England.

0
Lawyers or politicians who participated in the event; they were banned for having "an unfair advantage."

38
Career NASCAR wins, from 1945 to '56, for Louise Smith, 82, the first woman elected to the International Motorsports Hall of Fame.

284
Straight games in which Virginia hasn't allowed a kickoff return for a TD.

0
Players left on the ice after all 12 were ejected for engaging in a brawl during last Saturday's Capitals-Bruins game.

3
Length, in years, of the ban on attending games handed down by the North Carolina Youth Soccer Association to Pattie Pollard Ash, a soccer mom who slugged a 15-year-old referee at a match between teams of 10- to 12-year-olds last month.

17
Rushing yards gained through Sunday by Lions fullback Tommy Vardell.

6
Rushing TDs scored by Vardell this year.