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DETROIT FREE PRESS
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060929
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Friday, September 29, 2006
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METRO FINAL
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SPT; SPORTS
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7D
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Mitch Albom, Nicholas J. Cotsonika and Drew Sharp
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THE DEN
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Copyright (c) 2006, Detroit Free Press
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THE PICKS
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Sports writers Mitch Albom, Nicholas J. Cotsonika and Drew Sharp take their best shots each week at predicting the NFL's winners and losers. Their choices are made against the Glantz-Culver line. (Home teams capitalized.)

THE GAMES                          TIME/DAY     TV                           ALBOM        COTSONIKA    SHARP         
ST. LOUIS 5 1/2  over Detroit           4:05 Sunday Fox (Channel 2)  Detroit      Detroit      St. Louis     
Dallas 9 over TENNESSEE              1:00 Sunday -           ..........     Tennessee    Dallas       Dallas        
Miami 3 1/2  over HOUSTON           1:00 Sunday  -          ...........      Miami        Miami        Miami         
ATLANTA 7 over Arizona                  1:00 Sunday -          ............      Atlanta      Atlanta      Atlanta       
Indianapolis 9 over N.Y. JETS           1:00 Sunday CBS (Channel 62) Indianapolis Indianapolis N.Y. Jets     
BUFFALO 1 over Minnesota                1:00 Sunday  -      ..........          Minnesota    Minnesota    Minnesota     
San Diego 2 1/2  over BALTIMORE    1:00 Sunday -       ...........         Baltimore    Baltimore    Baltimore     
KANSAS CITY 7 over San Francisco   1:00 Sunday -        ...........        Kansas City  Kansas City  San Francisco 
CAROLINA 7 over New Orleans          1:00 Sunday  -       ...........         New Orleans  Carolina     New Orleans   
Jacksonville 3 over WASHINGTON      4:15 Sunday -      ............          Jacksonville Jacksonville Jacksonville  
Cleveland 3 over OAKLAND                4:15 Sunday -       .............         Oakland      Oakland      Oakland       
CINCINNATI 6 over New England       4:15 Sunday CBS (Channel 62) ..New England  Cincinnati   Cincinnati    
CHICAGO 3 over Seattle                     8:15 Sunday  NBC (Channel 4) .. Chicago      Chicago      Chicago       
PHILADELPHIA 11 over Green Bay    8:30 Monday  ESPN        ........     Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia  
Last week                         -            -                6-6-2        6-6-2        6-6-2         
Season                            -            -                21-23-2      24-20-2      21-23-2
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football
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