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In Oklahoma’s defense… Really? Oklahoma has a defense?
MITCHELL BLATT
Oklahoma has been rewarded for allowing 452 yards to Oklahoma State by moving ahead of Texas in the BCS–by a scant 0.0128 points–and into the Big 12 Championship for a matchup against Missouri which could project them into the National Championship game.

Texas beat them 45-35 [...]

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Citi is taking money from the government to keep their company afloat, but it’s not stopping them from keeping their naming rights deal with the New York Mets
SCOTT JACOBS
I had wondered this aloud, but had heard nothing of it: with Citi banks in the tanks, what would they do with their massive naming rights [...]

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It’s tanking any way you look at it, but the LeBron 2010 free agency free for all is being heralded as shrewd , and brilliant.  Why are we being so hypocrticial?
SCOTT JACOBS
This is the song that never ends.  This is the song that never ends.  This is the song that never ends.
LeBron James [...]

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Washington fires head coach Eddie Jordan after nightmarish 1-10 start
SCOTT JACOBS
Generally the rule of thumb in the NBA is that mediocrity gets you fired.
Look around, the third longest tenured coach in the NBA had six years under his belt, and today he was relieved of his head coaching duties after his Wizards got off [...]

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Not this year at least, as the Titans get drubbed by the high flying Jets
SCOTT JACOBS
Pop the corks Miami!  Your perfect run lives on another year.  With the Titans falling, and falling hard today34-13 to the all of a sudden red hot New York football Jets, every team in the NFL officially has at [...]

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Penn State smells like roses, Utah looks ready for a BCS closeup, and Oklahoma mutilates a shell shocked Texas Tech. 
SCOTT JACOBS
Before we get to an exciting and pivitol weekend of key results, I first want to point out that if Notre Dame gets into a New Year’s bowl game with a 6-6 record, I will [...]

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My insider source who gave me the news on Sabathia’s trade is back with more baseball news. Here’s the latest:
Angels are Front Runner for Teixeira
The Angels are set to offer Teixeira $160 million over eight years, my source says. The Red Sox are the other contender, also willing to offer $160 million or [...]

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“Some animals lend themselves to nicknames.”
Andy Rooney, the 89-year-old offtopic commentator for CBS, has done some hilariously random clips over his career, and I recently found this mashup of some of his best stuff including a segment of him talking about team nicknames and which ones work best:

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