Go Figure

1
Hall of Fame votes cast, by John Lopez of the Houston Chronicle, for Jim Deshaies, the subject of an Internet campaign to earn the journeyman pitcher at least one tally.

7,982
Distance in miles traveled by Brie Rippner from her home in Chico, Calif., to Melbourne, where she retired five minutes into her Australian Open first-round match because of a twisted ankle.

0
Field goals made, on 19 attempts, by Division III Bennett College of Greensboro, N.C., in a 98-3 women's basketball loss to Peace College of Raleigh.

$1,000
Amount per second of airtime that Minneapolis Web portal subjex.com had pledged to pay to any fan who could, "using any legal means possible," get the site's name displayed on CBS's Super Bowl broadcast; the offer was pulled when the NFL threatened to sue.