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Big weekend in college football? Oh yes. Mississippi State's dream season finally was blemished, as the Bulldogs suffered their first of the year to:
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A fellow SEC West team
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An SEC East team
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A ranked team outside the SEC
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An unranked team
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And the single-game rushing mark was set over the course of three quarters to a guy who runs in this league:
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Pac 10
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Big 12
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Big 10
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ACC
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A wrap was put on the baseball season with the end-of-the-year awards. Your AL and NL Managers of the Year skippered the:
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Orioles and Pirates
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Royals and Pirates
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Orioles and Nationals
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Royals and Nationals
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Meanwhile, each of the following teams fielded either a league MVP or Cy Young winner, except for the:
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Dodgers
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Giants
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Indians
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Angels
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And now, for Tales from the Association: Kobe Bryant this week set the all-time NBA mark for:
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Made free-throws
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Missed free-throws
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Made field goals
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Missed field goals
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This team was in defense-optional mode out of the gate, surrendering a whopping 84 points in the first half of their game against the Trailblazers:
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Wizards
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Nuggets
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Suns
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Raptors
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But at least the team in question from the previous item didn't find themselves down 73-30 at half against the Mavs this week, like the team from:
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Minnesota
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Philadelphia
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Cleveland
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Boston
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And finally, the NBA announced that its teams that play on Christmas Day will feature these on the front of player uniforms:
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Corporate logos
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Player home towns
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Player first names
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Whether or not said player believes in Santa
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If you are a city which was named to host a Final Four in the not-too-distant future, please step forward. Whoa, not so fast there....
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Miami
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Phoenix
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San Antonio
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Minneapolis
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And speaking of college basketball, the glorious sport began its season this weekend. Which conference stumbled mightily out of the games, suffering four non-league losses on Friday night?
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Big East
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AAC
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ACC
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SEC
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Say hey to this left-hand turn specialist, your NASCAR Sprint Cup champion:
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Ryan Newman
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Denny Hamlin
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Joey Logano
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Kevin Harvick
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And lest we forget about the NFL, we note that the division leader of each of the following lost on Sunday, except for....
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AFC West
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AFC South
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NFC North
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NFC East
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