Smoke Signals

Baseball: Mike Mussina is reportedly hanging up his cleats after his first ever 20 win season...The Red Sox have one less outfielder after trading Coco Crisp to the Royals for reliever Ramon Ramirez...The Cardinals maybe close to signing reliever Trever Miller...A's owner Lew Wolff wants to shorten the division series by making it a one game playoff...A deadline for bidding on the Cubs has been set for December 1st.

Basketball: The Trail Blazers crushed the Bulls, 116-74...The Pistons haulted the Cavs 8-game win streak with a 96-89 victory...In the battle of the depleted rosters, the Mavs came out on top, beating the Rockets, 96-86...Despite a season high 40 points, Dwayne Wade could not carry the Heat, as the y fell to the Raptors, 101-95.

College Basketball: IPFW put the fear into the Spartans, but in the end, Michigan State held onto a 70-59 victory...UNC's freshman forward Tyler Zeller could miss the remainder of the season after breaking his wrist. Zeller underwent surgery on Wednesday...The Cowboys new staduim will play host to the 2014 Final Four.

College Football: Ball State remains undefeated after holding off Central Michigan, 31-24...The Gator, Cotton and Sun Bowls maybe interested in Notre Dame.

Football: Sientate Ocho Cinco, you're not playing tonight against the Steelers...Pacman Jones has been reinstated, but will be unable to play for two games...Speaking of benevolence, Tony Romo treated a homeless man named Doc to a movie. And now the collective "awwww!"...The NFL has fined Jared Allen $25,000 for his hit on Packers QB Aaron Rodgers...Packers WR Donald Driver's father Marvin Driver, Jr. was allegedly beaten by the Houston popo...The Cardinals running back Edgerrin James wants out his contract...The Redskins are apperantly kicking the living crap out all competitors in Pro Bowl voting. I guess that's a reminder to go out and vote people!



Hockey: There was no lack of scoring as the Bruins rallied to a 7-4 win over the Sabres...You know it's a not a good night when Henrik Lundqvist is removing himself from the game. So the Rangers 6-3 loss to the Canucks didn't come as much of surprise...Alexander Ovechkin scored in his fifth straight game as the Capitals outscored the Ducks, 6-4...According to Canadiens President Pierre Boivin, the dollar could totally screw the Canadian teams.
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Best of the Rest: Freddy Adu socred his first goal as a member of the U.S. National team as the US beat Guatemala, 2-0 in a World Cup qualifier.

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