The NBA All-Star Game activities proved to be too much for The Blogger and many others this past week, as several "upsets" made it a difficult week of picking winners in the Beat The Blogger Contest.

Although she couldn't predict the winner of the NBA's midseason exhibition game correctly, "Barbie" was nearly flawless with the rest of her selections, picking 9 of 11 to win this week's prize. The Blogger's struggles continued, as he managed just 4 of 10 this week to open the door for the rest of the field. Seems like the ladies are really taking it too us guys. Haven't went back and looked at the actual numbers, but let's just say the men have a lot of work to do just to get the winner's list back to even again. I'm not saying anything, I'm just saying.

With the win, "Barbie" wins an authentic signed 8-by-10 photo from our prize vault. The number of entries was down significantly this week so let's all make a strong effort to recruit a few new players each week so we can continue to provide the great prizes to our weekly winners. If everybody who plays regularly can pass along the link http://blog.tuffstuff.com/7thinning/ to a few friends or co-workers, we should be able to build up our list of regular contestants which will then allow me to offer a bigger prize package to the winners. So share the link and spread the word. Where else can you find a website offering valuable prizes for simply having fun?

Look for this week's matchups to be posted Wednesday and I'll post my Blogger picks on Thursday so you know what you're up against. Spread the word about the contest and thanks for playing.