The Drubbing

105 million viewers watched the Colts and the Saints go at it in Super Bowl 44.

116 million viewed the Yanks and Phillies during their 6 game battles in the World Series in 09.

About 120 million viewed the 7 games the Celts and Lakers played in 2010, with over 18 million viewing game 7.

700 million viewed the World Cup Final live worldwide in 2006.  700, and…Get this…

The 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany had a total cumulative television audience of 26.29 billion (24.2 billion in-home and 2.1 billion out-of-home viewers).

That’s a B as in Billion.
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One of the greatest sports quotes of all time. It’s old, but it never gets old. In an exchange with a sports reporter during his time on the New York Knicks, the following occurred with Michael “Sugar” Ray Richardson.

Reporter: What do you think is happening to the team?
Richardson: The ship be sinking.
Reporter: How far can it sink?
Richardson: Sky’s the limit.

The sky is the limit indeed.