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By Larry Hansgen, WHIO Radio 9:46 PM Tuesday, February 7, 2012

One of my favorite promos for SportsCenter on ESPN features the Manning family taking a tour of the studios, with father Archie giving a “don’t make me come back there” look to brothers Peyton and Eli as they act up.

With Eli winning his second Super Bowl title with the Giants and joining his brother in elite quarterback status, the debate over which one is better will begin. However, there is no doubt they are the best brother combo to play quarterback in the NFL.

Bloodlines are important in all sports, not just horse racing. In the late 1950s, three Bockhorn brothers (Bucky, Terry and Harold) took the floor for the Dayton Flyers, a feat replicated by the Plumlee brothers (Mason, Miles and Marshall) this season at Duke.

Leon and Michael Spinks were part of the highly successful U.S. Olympic boxing team in 1976 and were the poster children for orthodontia.

Ukrainian boxers Vitali and Wladimir Klitschko both held heavyweight titles, but also hold true to a promise to their mother to never fight each other.

Baseball brothers Matty, Jesus and Felipe Alou all posted career batting averages over .280, and Reds fans can remember watching an infield that featured two pairs of brothers, Barry Larkin at short, Stephen Larkin at first, with Brett and Aaron Boone and second and third, respectively.

These are just a few examples of successful sports brothers through the years, but the most successful combo of all time in all sports has to be Hank and Tommie Aaron, who combined for 768 major-league home runs. Of course, Hank hit 755 of them.

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