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Baseball: Teammates Jimmy Rollins and Shane Victorino were among the NL Gold Glove winners...Ken Griffey, Jr. will be playing for at least one more year after he signed a contract with the Mariners...I wrongly mentioned a couple of days that Jason Varitek's time in Boston was done. The catcher exercised his $3 million option...Cubs infielder Mike Fontenot earned the last arbitration spot...Congrats go out to Jim Riggleman who was named the Nats manager for 2010 earsing the interim tag from his title. Although I don't know if managing the Nationals is really a treat or a trick...Good news, former MLB pitcher Victor Zambrano's mother has been rescued.

Basketball: LeBron James is over talking about 2010. Instead he took the court to help the Cavs avenge their Eastern Conference elimination by beating the Magic, 102-93...The Spurs topped the Mavs, 92-83...Brandon Jennings scored 14 of his 32 points in the fourth quareter of the Nuggets 108-102 defeat of the Nuggets...Greg Oden had 18 points and 11 boards to help lift the Blazers past the Wolves, 107-84 for their best start since 1999...Just in case you were wondering, Pau Gasol remains day to day...The Wizards have signed Earl Boykins and waived Paul Davis.

College Football: Three Tennessee football players were arrested and charged with attempted armed robbery. They include safety Janzen Jackson, receiver Nu'Keese Richardson and defensive back Mike Edwards. Watch out Janzen, Nu'Keese and Mike because the popo are on your tail!...Notre Dame assistant Corwin Brown is not loving Navy coach Ken Niumatalolo's post game remarks.

Football: Reminder - The first Thursday NFL game begins tonight as the Bears take on the 49ers...In other Bears news, their game against the Vikings on November 29th has been moved to 4:15 PM...The Giants' Aaron Ross took to the practice field for the first time since August...Ochocinco is not allowed to send mustard to the Steelers. Too bad, now what are they going to put on their hot dogs?

Hockey: The Devils handled the Ducks, 3-1, for their sixth straight win...The Wings demolished the Blue Jackets, 9-1...The Capitals edged the Islanders, 5-4 in an eleven round shootout. Something tells me I should have watched that game instead of the Devils...Also winning in a shootout were the Blackhawks who nipped the Avs, 3-2...The Hurricanes winless streak has hit an unlucky 13...NHL GMs are looking into ways to end blindsided headshots...Despite being pretty terrible this season, the Maple Leafs are still the most valuable team in the NHL.
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Nascar: Kyle Busch has been docked 25 points and his crew chief Jason Ratcliff fined $5,000 after the No. 18 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota failed post race inspection last week at Texas...My dreams have come true, Starbucks will make its Nascar debut this weekend at Phoenix as an associate sponsor of Martin Truex, Jr.'s No. 1 car. Starbucks and Truex, it doesn't get much better than that!

Best of the Rest: Mike Tyson was detained after an scuffle with a paparazzo. Well if you got a real job, then maybe you wouldn't have to worry about being beat up by a former heavy-weight champ!..UNC embarassed North Carolina Central, 89-42...Former No. 1 tennis player Marat Safin ended his career with a 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 loss to Juan Martin Del Potro in the second round of the Paris Masters...We'll have to wait until December to learn if someone else bought the Richard Gasquet cocaine laced kiss excuse.

Check this Out: Congrats to Taylor Swift on being the youngest person ever named CMA Entertainer of the Year! The 19 year old looked lovely in her gold gown, but she wasn't the only one looking amazing on the red carpet. Click here for a complete fashion run down.