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Answer Man: Evan Longoria talks Tampa Bay, Dick Vitale and Eva
sports.yahoo.com - 10/2/2008
Answer Man: Evan Longoria talks Tampa Bay, Dick Vitale and Eva
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Question: Why does every picture of you on the Internet look like the woman who's married to Tony Parker? Evan Longoria: We're not going to go through the whole interview talking about this, are we? Q: Mmm, not all the questions, no.

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Evan Longoria Is 17 Times More Clutch Than A-Rod
Bugs & Cranks — ... In other Longoria news, E-Love gave a great interview with Big League Stew’s Answer Man David Brown. It seems Evan’s getting a little tired of talking about his big sister. ...

Morning Blogdome: More Gratuitous Mariotti Bashing [Morning Blogdome]
Deadspin — ... • Evan Longoria isn't in the mood for your 'Eva' questions: "I don't... I'm done talking about that. I did it all through the minor leagues. That's all I had to hear was her name associated with mine. I think we're kind of past that. That's all." [Big League Stew] ...

Hot Clicks: Bengals top Cowboys in one area
SI.com - Extra Mustard — ... WARNING: Anyone who wants to ask Evan Longoria questions about Eva Longoria better be prepared to get the cold shoulder. ...

NFL Players As South Park Characters [Blog Patrol]
FanIQ Blog — NFL players as South Park characters. Ricky Williams as Towelie is spot on. [The World Of Isaac] About the only chance the Bengals have against the Cowboys on Sunday is in the cheerleader battle. [Extra Mustard] Warren Sapp weighs in on Al Davis, and doesn't pull any punches. [NBC-5] Evan Longoria is tired of being asked about Eva Longoria. [Big League Stew] A USC song girl mystery. I'm definitely on the case. [SPORTSbyBROOKS] The Lions 50 year curse of sucking is about to end. [Fanhouse] ...

[EVAN LONGORIA] Dirtbag Didn't Study His Cliches In The Minors
Rays Index — This interview of Evan Longoria is a few days old, but we have a good excuse. We are big fans of "Big League Stew" over at Yahoo! Sports, but we don't remember 'Duk conducting any interviews before. Couple that with some of the strange questions and answers and honestly, we thought this interview was satire. Apparently we were wrong. ...

Evan Longoria Apologized Before You Knew He Had To
ShysterBall — ... On October 2nd, Longoria gave an interview to Dave Brown of Big League Stew. The only thing I noticed coming out of that interview at the time was ...

Evan Longoria's Not Making a Lot of Amigos at ESPNDeportes [Alcs]
Deadspin — ... , about a minor controversy from Evan Longoria's Eva Longoria-filled interview with Big League Stew's Dave Brown earlier this month. It stemmed from this question, where Brown pithily asked who on the team should not sport a Rayhawk: ...

Evan Longoria Apologizes to Dominicans
FanHouse — ... did an interview with David Brown over at Big League Stew, and for the most part it seemed pretty harmless and humorous. There was one question that Evan did answer though that caused quite a stir in the Dominican community when he was asked which Ray should never sport a mohawk. ...

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