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Every year, hopeful NFL draft prospects take the Wonderlic Cognitive Ability Test to assess their quick-thinking and problem-solving capabilities. Players prepare weeks in advance to take the test in hopes of attracting potential draft suitors, and it has become a yearly tradition to see how the quarterbacks score before draft night.The top two picks of this years draft, quarterbacks Jared Goff (No. 1 overall to the Los Angeles Rams) and Carson Wentz (No. 2 to the Philadelphia Eagles), scored 36 and 40, respectively, out of a possible 50.Eugene Pobelter Park is the starting mid laner for Immortals, a professional League of Legends team that plays in the North American League Championship Series in Los Angeles. Unlike Goff or Wentz, Park did not have time to prepare for the exam. He traveled to the Sports Science studio to shoot a segment and was surprised when he was asked to take it.He scored a 41.I didnt know I was going to take it until I arrived at the studio, Park said. So it was a cold test take. Didnt know what kind of questions it would be.For context,?Kevin Hogan, who played four years at Stanford University and went to the Cleveland Browns?in the fifth round, scored a 38, the second highest total of all quarterbacks, behind Wentz.I graduated high school but deferred some college acceptances to play League instead, since I didnt get into my top choices, Park said. I got a 2340 on my SAT and had a 4.3-ish GPA, if you want some idea of my high school performance.League of Legends is a five-versus-five multiplayer game, where the objective is to destroy the opposing teams base. Its currently the most played game in the world, with over 100 million players. The best of the best play in regional leagues, and some players make upward of $500,000 from salary and tournament winnings alone.I think in esports -- because of how quickly the games change in terms of balance changes to the game, to make one aspect stronger or weaker -- you have to always be in a state of flux, said Robert Yip, Parks physical coach on Immortals. The best players are the ones that have the ability to reinvent themselves and adapt with the times. These players are also the ones that have the longest career life spans.As Park said, You need to be able to think quickly and make the right decisions. Theres a lot of pros out there with a good academic background, but it isnt necessary. There are a lot of high school dropouts too. Just depends how smart you are in terms of the game. Mike Person Super Bowl Jersey . -- The plastic that was taped across the lockers in Oaklands clubhouse came down and the champagne that was on ice went back into the cooler. Jimmy Garoppolo Super Bowl Jersey . It says Pocklingtons lawyer filed the appeal Friday in a California court. CTV Edmonton also says Pocklington gave a $100,000 cash deposit as part of the conditions of his bail, and that he will be out on bail until his appeal is heard. http://www.49ersofficialfanshop.com/nick-mullens-jersey-sales.html . But now that hes in the NHL, the Calgary Flames centre showed big improvement in that department by scoring the winner in the eighth round of a 5-4 shootout victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Monday. Custom 49ers Super Bowl Jerseys . Zvonareva, who won the tournament in 2009 and 10, couldnt handle her opponents big groundstrokes in only her third event back after 17 months out with a shoulder injury. Zvonareva made her comeback in January in Shenzhen and played in the Australian Open but lost her first matches at both tournaments. Jerry Rice Super Bowl Jersey . Fernandez, coached in Toronto by former two-time Olympic silver medallist Brian Orser, scored 267.11 points and is the first champion to successfully defend since Russias Evgeny Plushenko in 2005 and 2006. A captain sits in a basement, a solitary figure, under siege. Confronted by glaring lights and uncomfortable questions, he speaks of embarrassment, of humiliation. He pleads for players who will stand with him and fight. A leader of a broken team that stems from a broken system and will now be scattered across the country to play in a domestic competition that is, quite literally, broken in two. Some of them will not return.A captain stands on the boundary edge at the MCG, a solitary figure, under siege. He doesnt speak at all. Instead, he quietly watches as his new charges stand shoulder to shoulder, behind their most senior member, who does all the talking. Their faces are angry, the words are defiant and the message is clear: were here to fight for our captain.The contrast between the two scenes is clear.The rest is chaos.****A dead rubber has suddenly taken on enormous significance for both sides: one in a frantic race to piece together th
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