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Harsh words, kung-fu fighting and other improprieties marred a bowl early in the week, as Memphis and BYU brawled in a bowl named for this city:
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Detroit
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Baltimore
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Miami
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Dallas
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As we wait and wait and wait for the college football playoff to start, this one of the four schools competing gave its head coach a hefty contract extension this week:
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Alabama
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Florida State
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Ohio State
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Oregon
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If you admit to being surprised that this guy was the AP college football Player of the Year, please feel free to slap yourself for us:
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Jameis Winston
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Amari Cooper
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Marcus Mariota
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Melvin Gordon
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Elsewhere in college football, this school's quarterback Clint Trickett has retired from playing pigskin, following his 5th concussion in 14 months:
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Colrado
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UCLA
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West Virginia
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Texas Tech
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If you were named to the NFL Pro Bowl this week, please step forward. Whoa, not so fast there.....
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Peyton Manning
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DeMarco Murray
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AJ Green
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Russell Wilson
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The NBA Christmas Day slate included the Lakers at the Bulls, though the game did not include Kobe Bryant, who cited this factor in his reason for not playing in the game:
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Old age
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Family obligation
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Religious objection
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Rampant ego
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Earlier on Christmas, the game between the Wizards and this team featuring Quincy Acy sorta half-punching DC star John Wall:
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The Nets
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The Knicks
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The Pistons
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The Celtics
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The number of undefeated college basketball teams was reduced by one Saturday as, in a Bluegrass State clash:
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Louisville beat Kentucky at home
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Louisville beat Kentucky on the road
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Kentucky beat Louisville at home
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Kentucky beat Louisville on the road
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Meanwhile, in the World's Most Famous Arena, Tom Crean's boys sank 13 3-pointers, but it wasn't enough to keep Indiana from losing to:
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Georgetown
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Virginia
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Villanova
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Tennessee
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Earlier in the week, Kansas was afflicted with post-exam and/or pre-holiday lethargy, as the Jayhawks lost to the squad from:
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Temple
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Oklahoma State
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Colorado State
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Davidson
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This NHL team made news by not only firing its coach, but then replacing him with two quasi-head coaches, one in charge of the offense and one in charge of the defense:
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The Sabres
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The Hurricanes
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The Coyotes
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The Devils
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This team's loss on Sunday cost them the playoff spot they would have had, if only they would have won the game:
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Detroit
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Arizona
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San Diego
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Oakland
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