What they might be doing ...

November 8, 2010 at 5:20AM

Brad Childress might be breathing easier.

Search parties might be getting called off for Jared Allen and Bernard Berrian, as both were found to be alive and well Sunday.

Zenyatta might be comfortable with her first career loss; or, she might be flustered by it. It can be hard to tell, since, well, she's a horse.

SIX THINGS

Today is the 40th anniversary for Tom Dempsey's 63-yard field goal for the Saints, still an NFL record. Only six others have made a kick of at least 60 yards:

• Jason Elam, Den, 63, 1998

• Matt Bryant, TB, 62, 2006

• Sebastian Janikowski, Oak, 61, 2009

• Rob Bironas, Ten, 60, 2006

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• Steve Cox, Cle, 60, 1984

• Morten Andersen, NO, 60, 1991

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QUOTE OF THE DAY

"There were two guys with handguns and one guy with what looked like a machine gun. It was a pretty scary situation. It's not a very comfortable feeling, not great." -- Jenson Button, the F-1 champ who had to escape from a group of armed men attacking his armored Mercedes before the Brazilian Grand Prix.

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