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Baseball: The Rays have exercised Carl Crawford's $10 million option but declined those of Brian Shouse and Gregg Zaun...With the Red Sox keeping C/1B Victor Martinez it should come as no suprise that they declined Jason Variteke's option...The Dodgers declined Will Ohman's $2.2 million option...They also announced they are keeping their entire coaching staff for 2010...Mike Cameron was among five Brewers who filed for free agency. Good idea considering Milwaukee just traded for a young centerfielder...Are the Yankees looking at adding John Lackey?...With the GMs meeting in Chicago, the rumor mill is a buzz..."The list" as it has come to be known may not see the light of day until at least 2011...Giants prospect Angel Villalona has been freed on bond after the family of the man he is accused of killing asked a judge to drop the case. Que interesante!

Basketball: Get well wishes go out to legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar who announced he is battling a rare form of leukemia...The Suns topped the 76ers, 119-115, to win their third straight...With the injured Tim Duncan and Tony Parker on the bench, the Spurs were still able to beat the Raptors, 131-124...The Jazz edged the Knicks, 95-93, to get their first win at MSG in five years. That's crazy considering the rag tag group of guys the Knicks have been putting the floor for the past five years.

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College Football: Oregon has reinstated their running back LeGarrette Blount after he famously punched a Boise State player...Michigan athletic director Bill Martin has some explaining to do after he pushed a student and grabbed the wind breaker of another during two football games. Once is bad enough but twice should result in your firing or at least that anger management program Sean Avery went through.

Football: The Steelers knocked out the Broncos, 28-10...The Chiefs have officially dumped Larry Johnson...The Bills are mixed on the prospect of acquiring Michael Vick...Meanwhile current Bills QB Trent Edwards says he's ready to go...The Vince Lombardi story is coming to Broadway. Finally something I'd be willing to go see.

Hockey: The newest members of the Hockey Hall of Fame were inducted on Monday in Toronto...The Blackhawks routed the Kings, 4-1 in captain Jonathan Toews' first game back from injury...Flames forward Curtis Glenross was supsended three games by the NHL for his dirty hit on Rangers forward Chris Drury. Thank goodness!...In other concussion news, the Wild's Petr Sykora is out indefinitely after sustaining the head injury in Saturday's win over the Dallas Stars...The Canes signed veteran goalie Manny Legace while Cam Ward is on the mend...Get well wishes go out to Penguins president David Morehouse who is recovering from a heart attack suffered in San Jose, CA.
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Nascar: Carl Edwards is sitting on a big fat zero in the win column for 2009 after winning nine races in 2008...Happy Thanksgiving Richard Petty Motorsports employees. You've just been fired. But on the upside you won't have to worry about getting the Friday after Thanksgiving off.
Best of the Rest: Congrats to Jim Boeheim who captured his 800th career coaching victory as Syracuse annihilated Albany, 75-43...UNC spoiled Isiah Thomas' coaching debut with a 88-72 win...Former No.1-ranked tennis player Marat Safin thinks Andre Agassi should give his tennis titles back after confessing he tested positive for a banned substance. Let's not get ahead of ourselves here...Michael Phelps failed to make 2-out-of-3 finals at a World Cup short-course meet. Is it the suit?...Congrats to Joe Cada of Shelby Township, MI on winning the World Series of Poker. The 21-year-old walked away with $8.55 million.

Check this Out: ABC has decided not to order anymore episodes of Eastwick, but if you're a fan of the forgotten, there is some good news, the network has decided to give it five more episodes.