Basketball: The winless Nets fired head coach Lawrence Frank hours before dropping their 17th game of the season...Minnesota bested Denver, 106-100 to end their 15 game slide...The Clippers beat up the Grizzles, 98-88 to earn head coach Mike Dunleavy his 600th career win...Rasheed Wallace was fined $30,000 for his postgame remarks.
College Basketball: North Carolina held off Nevada, 80-73 for Roy Williams 600th career victory...Alabama nipped Michigan, 68-66 for the Wolverines second loss of the season.
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College Football: Looks like it's down to Florida and Alabama for a spot in the BSC Championship game...BYU was acting very unmoron like and they are sorry for that...Al Groh has been fired as Virginia's head coach...Sad news, East Illinois assistant coach Jeff Hoover was killed in a car accident.
Football: The Colts clinched the NFC South after rallying in the fourth quarter for a 35-27 win over the Texans...I don't think Matt Leinart will want to play against Vince Young again after Young once again lead his team to a late game winning TD...For a third string QB Dennis Dixon did pretty well, but it still wasn't good enough as the Ravens escaped with a 20-17 OT win...The Bengals meanwhile, finished up their AFC North sweep after burrying the Browns, 16-7...Both Matt Ryan and Michael Turner left the Falcons' 20-17 win over the Bucs early with injury...For the rest of Sunday's scores, click here...Eli Manning's foot is not getting any better. In fact his plantar fascilitis has turned into a fractured right foot.
Hockey: The Penguins Matt Cooke was suspended two games for his hit on the Rangers Artem Anisimov during Saturday's 8-3 victory...Also riding the pine is the Sabres Patrick Kaleta who was suspended two games for his hit on Flyers forward Jared Ross...The Sharks doubled up the Canucks, 4-2...The Coyotes slid past the Ducks, 3-2 on Jim Vandermeer's OT goal...Markus Naslund has come out of retirement to join his friend Peter Forsberg for hometown team Modo in the Swedish league.
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Best of the Rest: Serena Williams was fined $82,500 for her US Open outburst and could miss the tournament entirely if she has another "major offense." Something tells me, she's learned her lesson...Congrats to Nikolay Davydenko who beat US Open winner Juan Martin Del Potro to capture the ATP World Tour Finals...Did you happen to hear about Tiger Woods' car accident during the Thanksgiving weekend? No, well then you must have been making very merry because it's everywhere!...Ireland is asking for an additional spot in the World Cup after Frances' controversial tie...The Canadian Grand Prix is returning to Montreal...Turns out if you win a fourth consecutive Cup title, the City of New York will give you your own day. Congrats Jimmie Johnson!
Check this Out: Now that Thanksgiving is over, that only means one thing, Holiday themed movie marathons for the next 26 days. EW breaks down the best and brightest here.
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