Takeouts: Brett Favre, listeners Sing

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Sports Takeout – Sports contributor Ibrahim Abdul-Matin brings us his next entry in his top ten sports stories from 2009: a humble QB named Favre. Brett Favre.

Listener Takeouts – Listeners respond to a story on “whitening” names, and sing us their favorite holiday songs.

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