False. Monotone speakers are boring and no one likes to listen to them, they are not exciting and people zone out when they talk xD
A verb is an essential part of a sentence structure that is referred also as the action word. In this case, the action word present here is had. The nouns in this sentence are players, guards and injury rate. The subject are the guards since they are the center of the sentence. Answer is had.
The best way to punctuate the Atlantic Monthly is "The Atlantic Monthly." But you would also italicize it because Its a title. Hope that helps! :D