LAHAINA, Hawaii -- Tennessee played well for stretches, had a few lapses in Maui. Angelo Blackson Jersey . The Vols lost to a pair of ranked teams and closed out the tournament by beating a team they were supposed to.The three-day trip, one Tennessee coach Rick Barnes initially wanted to get out of, is definitely something the young Vols can build on for the rest of the season.Robert Hubbs III scored 28 points, Detrick Mostella added 14 and Tennessee beat host Chaminade 95-81 Wednesday to take seventh place in the Maui Invitational.I cant tell you how proud I am of the way they came out today and responded, because they really laid it out there for two days against two really top 20 teams, Barnes said. But I think well leave here knowing that were capable of playing and beating anybody on our schedule.Tennessee (2-3) had an inconsistent trip to Maui, playing well for stretches against No. 16 Wisconsin and No. 13 Oregon, ultimately losing to both.The Vols didnt have much trouble with the Division II Silverswords, using a short run late in the first half to build an 11-point lead and sustaining it through the second half.Tennessee shot 52 percent and had a 52-32 advantage in the paint. Shembari Phillips had 12 points and Jordan Bowden 11 for the Vols.I think our progress has been very good, said Hubbs, who was 10 for 19 from the floor and made all seven of his free throws. We had two close battles in Wisconsin and Oregon, two really great teams, and we put up a fight and it just shows how good this team can be.Chaminade (2-3) closed out another Maui Invitational by putting a scare into power programs again, notably UConn in the second round.The Silverswords kept Tennessee from turning their finale into a rout by hitting 9-of-25 3-pointers.Rohndell Goodwin led Chaminade with 22 points and Kiran Shastri added 19.I think this experience is going to really, really help us, Chaminade coach Eric Bovaird said. I think were going to be a strong team in Division II.Chaminades deep shooting allowed the Silverswords to keep No. 4 North Carolina close for about 10 minutes in the opener and UConn until the closing minutes in the second round.Chaminade again kept up with a power program behind its perimeter shooting, still within 23-21 of Tennessee near the midpoint of the first half.The Vols began to extend the lead behind Phillips, who had 12 points by halftime to put Tennessee up 51-40.Hubbs took over in the second half, scoring 12 points in the opening nine minutes to keep the Vols cushion over double figures. Hobbs punctuated Tennessees Maui finale with a tomahawk dunk over Nate Pollard, Chaminades 7-foot-1 center.It was just back to the mental lapses, said Goodwin, who played through a sprained left ankle in the second half. Thats something we have to work on. We have to learn how to keep fighting not to put our head down.BIG PICTURETennessee showed flashes of what it could do in Maui, though not consistently. The Vols leave with a win, but it was against a team they should beat.Chaminade: Another year in Maui, another batch of games for the Silverswords to build upon for the rest of the season.UP NEXTTennessee hosts Georgia Tech on Dec. 3.Chaminade hosts Hawaii Hilo on Nov. 30. Brandon Weeden Jersey . The scientists believe the small earthquake during a Marshawn Lynch touchdown was likely greater than Lynchs famous "beast quake" touchdown run three years ago, which also came against New Orleans during a playoff game. Seantrel Henderson Jersey . 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Atletico led the league until losing two of its last three games to drop to fourth in the standings.Atletico has won four league games in a row at the Vicente Calderon Stadium, but it will be facing a Madrid team that has thrived away from the Bernabeu, having scored 20 goals in its last four away games in all competitions.Madrid isnt getting over-confident, however.The next game will be a tricky one, like they always are against Atletico, Real Madrid defender Nacho Fernandez said.Madrids only loss since the league game against Atletico last season was at Wolfsburg in the Champions League in April. It remains unbeaten since then, with 21 wins and seven draws in all competitions. It has won four straight in the league and is the only team in the top tier not to have lost this season.Succeeding at the Calderon may be especially difficult this time as Zidane has been dealing with injuries to some of the teams top forwards. Alvaro Morata, who scored three goals in his last three games with Madrid, is out because of a hamstring injury sustained with Spains national team, and it remains unclear if Karim Benzema will overcome a lingering hip problem.The coach may have to change the team up front, or use some of his reserve players to fill the attack along with Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale. Among Zidanes options on offense are Lucas Vazquez and youngster Mariano Diaz.Other Madrid players uncertain to start Saturday because of injuries include defender Pepe and defensive midfielder Casemiro. In better news for Zidane, midfielder Luka Modric will likely make his first start since undergoing a surgical procedure on his knee almost two months ago, and defender Sergio Ramos also is expected to play after his own knee problems. Midfielder Tony Kroos remains sidelined because of a foot injury.Simeone, meanwhile, still doesnt know if he will be able to count on forward Antoine Griezmann, who is nursing a knock to his left foot sustained with Frances national team in a World Cup qualifier last week. The forward has a good chance of playing after tests early in the week ruled out a serious injury.Madrid and Atletico drew 1-1 the last time they met at the Calderon. Madrid beat its city rival in a penalty shootout in the Champions League final in Milan.It will likely be the last derby at the Calderon as Atletico is set to move into a new stadium next year.Barcelona hosts Malaga on Saturday, while third-placed Villarreal plays at Athletic Bilbao on Sunday.---Tales Azzoni on Twitter: http://twitter.com/tazzoni Otis Sistrunk Jersey . Wall made the comment in a speech to a Regina business crowd that included Lesnar. 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"It was a bit swollen when he woke up, but even if the tests show that he has a broken nose, he will be able to play," Runco said. Paulinho, who scored a goal in Brazils 3-0 win over Japan in the opener, was also hurt in the game against Mexico in Fortaleza on Wednesday.& quuot;The ankle is still hurting and swollen, but we dont need to have him undergo tests," Runco said. Jordy Nelson Jersey. "We will monitor the injury and later on we will determine whether he can play on Saturday." Runco dismissed any problems with Brazil star striker Neymar, who was limping after the Mexico game and showed up at the post-match press conference with ice wrapped around his right thigh. "He got hit in the leg but its nothing serious," he said. "He will be fine." Neymar scored a goal in each of Brazils first two matches. Brazil assistant coach Carlos Alberto Parreira said head coach Luiz Felipe Scolari is likely to avoid using players who are not fully fit, hoping to have them ready for the semifinals. "Weve talked about the possibility of resting some players," said Parreira, who was Brazils coach when it won its fourth World Cup title in 1994. "But we havent made a decision yet, we will see closer to the match." After Brazils match on Wednesday, and before knowing that Brazils spot in the semifinals was already secured, Scolari said that he would use the same 11 that started in the first two matches. The match against Mexico marked the first time since 2007 that Brazil fielded the same 11 starters in three consecutive matches. Brazil is a two-time defending champion at the Confederations Cup, but it hasnt won a significant tournament since the 2009 edition of the warm-up competition. 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The options narrowed with Los Angeles Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw on the disabled list and Giants left-hander Madison Bumgarner ineligible because he started Sunday.I think his numbers speak for themselves, said Collins, recalling Cuetos complete game with the Royals in Game 2 of the World Series as a member of the Kansas City Royals. That was the best outing Ive ever seen him have.The reigning National League Cy Young Award winner, Jake Arrieta of the Chicago Cubs, is contemplating not participating in Tuesdays game but not in protest of being skipped over for the start against Chicago White Sox ace Chris Sale. Arrieta has lost three of his past four games as the Cubs slide into the break.The last three outings, I havent pitched very well, he said. If I had took care of business, I probably would have been the starter or considered a little more highly.Sale was named AL starter by Royals manager Ned Yost. The 27-year-old power lefty has a record of 14-3 with a 3.38 ERA and 123 strikeouts. He said he plans to let it eat for an inning, and do so in part as a tribute to late Padres Hall of Fame outfielder Tony Gwynn.I chewed tobacco from 2007 until the day he passed away, Sale said. I remember seeing that and just being so shoocked. Isaac Rochell Jersey. I quit that day and havent touched it since. In a sense, I owe him a huge thank you for not only myself, but for my family. Hopefully I can maybe sway somebody in the right direction as well like he did for me.The National League runs out a lineup led by former Royals second baseman Ben Zobrist -- who signed with the Cubs in the offseason -- and Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper in the No. 2 hole before third baseman Kris Bryant, one of five Cubs voted as starters in the All-Star Game. The entire Cubs infield will back Cueto, the first time that has happened since the Big Red Machine in 1971. 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She was still smiling. She never stopped smiling. A tiny woman wearing a red baseball cap and a black polo shirt, both emblazoned with the insignia of the SEC, she heard me out, smiling, then answered, I hate the wave.I hate the wave too! I exclaimed. Thats why I have to start it! Im doomed to start it, condemned to start it!She cut me off before I started reciting The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.The wave has nothing to do with baseball, she said.But tonight it does! Noah Syndergaard is on the mound. He hates the wave more than we do. If we do the wave while hes pitching, itll be part of the game.She considered this. Her smile looked as if it might have pained her.Ill do it, she said.Youll do it?Ill do it. When?Fifth inning? When Syndergaard is pitching? One out? When the game has reached its desultory second act?She nodded conclusively, the veteran of many an executive decision. Yes. Because thats when people do the wave -- when theyre bored.Ill see you then.Ill be here, she said. But I have to tell you something.What?I still hate the wave.I HATE THE wave. Ive always hated it, even when I -- and it -- was young and it was a novelty, not a tired obligation. Technically, it exemplifies an aspect of crowd dynamics called a metachronal rhythm; but I used to call it the Chain Letter of Baseball, back when chain letters were made of paper. The forerunner of virality, the precursor to the Twitter mob, the unwelcome intrusion that somehow found success in the sports arena, the wave is nothing more than a yawn dressed up for a party. In clockwise laps, people stand, people yell, people lift their arms and then sit down; they think they are celebrating, when really all theyre celebrating is their own discontent. Insufficiently entertained, they amuse themselves, stealing the game from those who want to watch it, turning a grumbling undercurrent into a roaring contagion.And that isnt even the bad part.We all know how waves are started -- with a bored bully, making people feel like spoilsports if they dont do his bidding. But nothing is worse than how they end. At least when they begin, they begin with a perverse sense of hope: Maybe this one, this one, is the wave that will take wing. But nobody can say exactly how they end because they dont exactly end; they just peter out. They fail the way so much human endeavor ends, with a shrug and a vague sense of shame and sorrow. When people start waves, they are saying they dont care about the game; when they end them, theyre saying they dont even care about the wave.I have always ended the wave. I have always been the one to sit when others stood, to sneer when others smiled. But of course that meant I didnt understand the wave at all, and never would, until I took it upon myself to go to a stadium and start one.THE WAVE IS supposed to have been invented in 1981 by a professional tummler who wears cutoffs and calls himself Krazy George Henderson. Since then, social scientists and physicists have suggested that a minimum of 25 like-minded individuals is necessary to turn the tide of human lassitude and put the wave into motion. I could not find that many people when I went to Turner Field in Atlanta on a recent Sunday afternoon, so I brought my daughter, 13 and mortified. The Braves were in last place, a largely anonymous team playing the still-contending Mets in front of a clumpy crowd composed mostly of Lets go Mets! fans. On the outfield wall was a sign with the Braves own magic number: 13 (games to go before 20-year-old Turner Field was no longer a baseball stadium). I began selling right away to the spectators around us.Hey, you want to start the wave in the fifth inning? You in? You in?I was surprised by how many people said yes -- by how many actually smiled and seemed excited by the prospect of doing the wave. Sure! Definitely! Were in! I was even more surprised that no one told me to go to hell. I had at first aimed my pitch at families with children and the few pockets of stalwart Braves fans, figuring they would be desperate for entertainment, but there were not enough of them, so I decided to risk the wrath of the fans in blue and orange. Strangely, there was no wrath; those who didnt announce themselves in didnt declare themselves out either. They just stared at me, then went back to rooting for the road team.In the bottom of the fifth, I stood. It was an odd feeling because I had often stood up at ballgames but never to do what I was about to do next, which was give a speech. Hello, everybody! I declaimed. Whatever you think of the wave, this is probably your last chance to do the wave at Turner Field! Your last chance! Are you in?A few people muttered that they were.Then lets go!I sat back down, and as loudly as I could, I counted off. One ... two ... three ... Then I stood, raising my arms and shouting Whoa! It felt like a dream, one in which I wore no pants, but there I was, trying to start the wave, and there they were, the scattered souls following my lead. I couldnt stop, I couldnt turn back, I couldnt look down on the wave, as I always had. I was the wave, so I stood like a vendor, but instead of Cotton candy! or Beer here! I kept exclaiming Last chance to do the wave at Turner Field! before sitting down, counting to three and standing up with my hands wriggling in the air. I repeated the process at least seven times, sweating profusely, working so hard I felt I should have been shouting Heave ... ho! ... Heave ... ho! But the wave is a vast language of only one word, so I stayed with Whoa! and watched the wave -- my wave -- start in Section 120, where I sat with my daughter ... then die in Section 122 and a half.What was it like to see something I started come to an ignominious end? It was like everything -- the end of a cause, the end of a movement, the end of a friendship, the end of love. I sat and began telling the man behind me about the time I busked in the New York subways and how doing the wave was more difficult. Then my 13-year-old asked, Dad, are you going to tell him about every embarrassing episode in your life?Should I be embarrassed? I asked.A shrug -- the apotheosis of teenage gesture.Were you embarrassed? I asked.I didnt stand, she said.You didnt stand? I was working so hard to start the wave I hadnt noticed that my own daughter had declined to follow. I mulled my own mortification for a while, until it was time for the seventh-inning stretch. I hesitated to stand; I didnt want to go through that again. But a boy behind me bid me to rise. He was looking right at me, nodding, as if giving me permission. He couldnt have been more than 3, but he knew what kind of guy I was, and suddenly so did I. I wound up singing Take Me Out to the Ball Game at the top of my lungs, and he not only nodded again but gave me a thumbs-up. I decided right there that I had to give the wave one more try, with Syndergaard on the hill.ON THE DAY I tried starting the wave in Atlanta, Syndergaard happened to have tweeted about the subject. This was not unusual. Syndergaard does not like the wave; he is known for not liking the wave, a stance that -- given the waves 35-year existence -- seems at once quixotic and hopelessly old-fashioned. Nonetheless, he rails against it whenever he can. That day he tweeted three times and used a #banthewave hashtag, getting nearly 7,000 likes and 3,300 retweets for the last and best of them: After more research, Children who do the wave are 5X more likely to drop out of school. Its on the web, must be true. Save the children!Now it was two days later, and here he was, pitching in the bottom of the fifth, ahead 3-1, and there I was, approaching Mary Jo White again to cash in on her promise. At the top of the inning, I had heard a rumor spreading in my section, and it turned out to be a rumor of my own devising: The wave is on. One of the chairs personal assistants was working the crowd, walking up and down the aisles, making sure the compliance inspectors and forensic accountants in attendance knew to stand and lift their arms when their boss did.Once again, I knelt before Mary Jo White. Are you ready?She nodded. Its the bottom of the fifth.I have to tell you something about the wave, I said. First, its hard work -- like rowing in the Roman galley in Ben-Hur. Second, if it dies, a part of you dies, just a little. Youll never forget it.I dont want to be under that kind of pressure, she said, but even then her smile never slackened, and when I went about 10 seats counterclockwise and began selling the wave to those around me, I figured I had something to sell besides myself. Not only would Mary Jo White do the wave, the wave would distract Syndergaard. The wave would help the Nationals win the game! Come on, everybody, I heard myself saying, lets all say hello to Noah ... And then I counted out loud and did the wave. So did about 100 people near me. So did Mary Jo White, sort of. She raised her arms, and she repeated the magic syllable, Whoa! But she didnt stand. She didnt stand, and Im not sure whether she smiled. So I tried again. One, two, three ... I tried seven times and at one point saw nearly every SEC employee doing a wave that spread across the arc of the upper deck until it hit a gap in the design of Nationals Park -- a sort of built-in seawall -- and died. When it did not cross over, it didnt go anywhere, and when it didnt go anywhere ... well, the wave feeds on nothing but its own momentum and shrivels at the first hint of stasis. As in all aspects of life, you can tell without a scorecard when stasis is winning.I will tell you what I learned from all this: Purity is overrated. I used to be among the purists, satisfied to sit when others stood. But now that I was trying to persuade them to stand, I saw the purists for what they were -- smug and hidebound -- and cast my lot with those who came to the park looking for an excuse, any excuse, to celebrate. These were now my people, the closest complete strangers could come to being friends. One! Two! Three! I kept trying, but by the end Mary Jo White not only didnt stand, she didnt raise her arms, and I happened to catch the eye of a man sitting a few rows behind me. He shook his head slightly, with the solicitude of an executioner. Admit defeat, his kindly face said. I looked around. I was one of a handful of people standing, gesticulating, vainly orchestrating. When I glanced back up at him, he shook his head again, the barest motion, and I sat down.Later, I approached White. She was smiling. As we had conspired to start the wave, Syndergaard had given up a leadoff double. Then, as our wave lived and died, he struck out the side. Order had been restored; the moral arc of the universe had asserted itself.You know, its a pretty good game, she said.The wave doesnt care if its a good game, I said. I wanted to sound philosophical. But I knew I sounded huffy.Yes, the chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission said. And thats what I hate about the wave. Tom JunodBefore joining ESPN as a senior writer, Junod wrote for Esquire and GQ. He has won two National Magazine Awards, a James Beard Award and the June Biedler Award for Cancer Writing. His work has been widely anthologized and his 2003 9/11 story, The Falling Man, was selected, on Esquires 75th anniversary, as one of the seven best stories in the history of the magazine. join the conversation follow @TomJunod follow @ESPN Famous Waves 00 of John Stockton Jersey . Here are his mid-season NBA awards.  MVP: (KEVIN DURANT-Thunder) - Has been sensational this season and more importantly, the most consistent player in the league. Considering that his team has been without star guard Russell Westbrook and with the free agent departure of sharpshooter Kevin Martin, hes had to carry the majority of the load to not only keep his team afloat but more importantly, at an elite level. Alec Burks Jersey . 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(STATS) -- The NCAA has imposed sanctions against Alcorn State for the SWAC universitys failure to monitor its progress-toward-degree certification process, which allowed student-athletes to compete while ineligible.Alcorn State said in a release Wednesday that it was placed under two years probation and must vacate wins that involved the ineligible student-athletes and pay a $5,000 fine.The violations involved a combined 26 student-athletes in football, mens basketball, mens and womens tennis, baseball, mens and womens cross country, womens soccer, softball, mens and wwomens track and field, and womens volleyball. Utah Jazz Jerseys. Football vacated wins in the 2012 and 13 seasons.The NCAA discovered the incorrect certifications during an NCAA Division I Academic Performance Program audit. The infractions were the result of an unintentional administrative error.Alcorn State said it has taken steps to improve its processes. 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Because they were facing the prospect of playing four games in five nights, the Memphis Grizzlies took one for the team Tuesday night, resting veterans Mike Conley and Marc Gasol in a 36-point road loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Adarius Glanton Jersey .The winless New Orleans Pelicans would love to experience anything close to that luxury as they dropped to 0-4 with an ugly 117-113 home loss Tuesday to the Milwaukee Bucks.So when the Pelicans face the 2-2 Grizzlies on Wednesday night in Memphis, they will be a facing a relatively rested Memphis team on the second night of a back-to-back.The only thing Pelicans forward Anthony Davis knows is that as the losses mount, his team is in danger of falling out of playoff contention less than two weeks into the season.Davis is averaging 37 points and 13 rebounds a game, and yet the Pelicans have lost four straight because they have allowed 111 points a game.Its defense where weve got to become better, and that starts with communication, Davis said.Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry, who never seems to get flustered, saw his temperature rise in the wake of his teams poor defensive outing against the Bucks. He called his players lack of communication the perfect storm.Weve got a lot of work that we need to do, Gentry said. Weve got to get better defensively. We have to (get a win). Its on us. Its not on anybody but us. Weve got to do the job. Weve got enough guys to line up and play; then you got to win some games.The Grizzlies have won the last five against the Pelicans, including four consecutive home games. In the most recent meeting, guard Lance Stephenson, who appeared in 26 games for Memphis last season, scored a career-high 33 points in a 121-114 overtime victory over New Orleans. Stephenson is now a member of the Pelicans.First-year Memphis coach David Fizdale said he decided to rest Conley, his veteran point guard, and Gasol because of the heavy stretch of games -- the Grizzlies only such stretch of the season.Conley and Gasol both dressed but did not play. They watched as Memphis fell behind by 40 points at one point to the Timberwolves. 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LOUIS -- Valtteri Filppula assisted on three of Tampa Bays four goals, and the Lightning beat the St. WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- Sonny Bill Williams passes for a superstar in this part of the world where rugby holds a rare pre-eminence over all other sports.When he competes in rugby sevens at the Olympics in Rio de Janiero next month its likely his light, which shines brightly in New Zealand, will be eclipsed by stars in sports with a bigger international reach.But few athletes competing in these Olympics could claim to approach Williams versatility and by the end, if rugby sevens has captured a wider audience, Williams likely will be among its most recognized names.When New Zealand Rugby appealed to its high-profile players to compete in sevens at Rio, Williams was one of only two All Blacks to answer the call: the other, Liam Messam, didnt make the final cut.Williams has already to his credit two Rugby World Cup winners medals, has competed at a Rugby League World Cup and also has collected titles in Super Rugby and Australias National Rugby League. He has been, also, the New Zealand professional heavyweight boxing champion.To demonstrate prowess in rugbys three formats -- rugby union, rugby league and rugby sevens -- and to excel also at boxing, even in the face of moderate opposition, proves that Williams is an athlete of rare scope and talent.The magnitude of his profile and popularity should have brought him a windfall in endorsements, yet he rarely promotes anything other than charitable causes. And he has made decisions throughout his career which have come at a cost.As a much younger man he quit a contract in Australian rugby league to play rugby union in France for the Toulon club, which is famous for its lavish salaries. That hardened the view among detractors that he flips from one club or sport to another, pursuing only his own interests.But Williams, who grew up with his parents and four siblings in subsidized housing in the Auckland suburb of Mount Albert, says his career choices have never been based on financial considerations.My manager in my early 20s put me into a bad investment and I was in debt, Williams recently told the New Zealand Herald newspaper. People thought I was living the dream in Toulon but I had to pay $750,000 to get out of my (rugby league) contract.Williams recently signed a three-year deal with New Zealand Rugby in the face of more lucrative offers, mainly to pursue his Olympic ambitions.He was quickly accepted intto the team by veteran coach Gordon Tietjens, who recognized him as an athlete uniquely adapted to the modern sevens game. Antony Auclair Jersey. 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New York Giants coaches are preparing for Sundays NFC East showdown against the Dallas Cowboys with the expectation that they not have defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul, a league source told ESPNs Ed Werder. Cheap UCLA Jerseys Authentic .Pierre-Paul suffered a groin injury in the loss to the Steelers Sunday and visited Dr. William Meyers, a Philadelphia surgeon who specializes in groin and sports hernia injuries. Pierre-Paul went for a second opinion after an MRI indicated he does not have a sports hernia. The Giants are awaiting Meyers diagnosis but are skeptical that Pierre-Paul can recover in time to play against the Cowboys regardless of the outcome.The Giants need Pierre-Paul during a difficult closing stretch as they try to reach the postseason for the first time in five years. He has been a key piece to their defensive resurgence this season and is among the NFLs leader in sacks since Week 9.The only defensive end to play more NFL snaps this season than Pierre-Paul is teammate Olivier Vernon.Should Pierre-Paul be unable to go, the Giants would be in a difficult spot according to the teams defensive captain, Jonathan Casillas.No one is JPP. No one is Jason Pierre-Paul. No one can really do the things he can do for us, Casillas said. There are going to need to be different things we might have to do. I dont know what that is quite yet but his presence will be missed out there.Before the injury, Pierre-Paul was playing his best football in years. He had 5.5 sacks in the two games before Sundays loss to the Steelers. 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And since Ill be covering all 10, the sites will all be in tropical locations, including the last four on the Hawaiian Islands.So here goes:Alabama vs. Michigan: If were genuinely sticking to the best four teams mantra, then Alabama and Michigan both belong in that group -- and what a donnybrook we would have on our hands. In any era, Alabama vs. Michigan is one of those games that just stokes emotions. Theyre two of the Goliaths in college football and have met only four times, with Alabama rolling 41-14 in the most recent meeting in 2012. Of course, what really makes this such a tasty matchup is the Jim Harbaugh-Nick Saban factor. Harbaugh took Saban to task during the offseason after Saban railed on satellite camps. Harbaugh even suggested that Saban was being hypocritical. Saban had no interest in engaging in a war of words and said, I dont really care what he thinks or tweets. Neither is going to suit up, but it sure would be entertaining to see them on opposite sidelines.Louisville vs. Washington State: Would we even need a clock in this game? The first team to 100 points wins. The Cardinals average 45.3 points per game and the Cougars 40.3 points per game. The quarterback matchup would also be a dandy. Louisvilles Lamar Jackson, the Heisman Trophy front-runner, is averaging 410.7 yards of total offense per game and has accounted for 51 touchdowns. Washington States Luke Falk is fourth nationally with 4,204 passing yards and tied for fifth with 37 touchdown passes. Just be sure to carve out about five hours to watch it, because the two teams average a combined 42.6 pass attempts per game. The other subplot is Mike Leach vs. Bobby Petrino, two of the best and most creative offensive minds in football going at it.Ohio State vs. Penn State: Lets settle the whole debate and let em play again. A novel idea, huh? Two teams lining up and playing each other to see whos best? That allegedly happened on Oct. 22 in Happy Valley with Penn State winning. The Nittany Lions also won the Big Ten championship, but the College Football Playoff selection committee deemed that Ohio State, with one fewer loss, had a more impressive resume and was thus the better team. The Buckeyes are legit and probably should be in the playoff even though they didnt win their own division. But the way the Nittany Lions played down the stretch with their nine straight wins and the way they charged back in the second half against Wisconsin in the Big Ten championship game cant be denied. So lets make this rematch happen, and well be sure to leave a front-row seat for Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany.Georgia vs. Miami: The Mark Richt Bowl is a natural. The Hurricanes were 8-4 in his first season back at his alma mater and recovered from a four-game losing streak during the middle of the season. The Bulldogs were 7-5 in Kirby Smarts first season as head coach and lost to rivals Florida, Georgia Tech and Tennessee. Georgia fired Richt for a lot less than that. He averaged 10 wins over the course of his 15-year tenure at Georgia (but went 10 years without a championship) and was sent packing at the close of the 2015 season -- yes, a season that ended with 10 wins. The heats not on Smart -- yet. He needs some time to get his recruits on board. But imagine the drama if these two teams were to meet up this postseason. Colorado vs. Tennessee: The Buffaloes were champions of the Pac-12 South. The Vols were champions of Life. So, somethings got to give, right? Seriously, the two coaches are perhaps forever intertwined. Butch Jones turned down an offer from Colorado following the 2012 season to take the Tennessee job, which cleared the way for the Buffs to hire Mike MacIntyre. Earlier in the week, then-Denver Broncos quarterbackk Peyton Manning, as a favor to John Elway, had sent Jones a text selling him on the Buffs, but Jones would be hired a few days later by Mannings alma mater, Tennessee. Lonzo Ball College Jersey. Jones, whose Vols ended the regular season with a loss to Vanderbilt, will enter the 2017 season squarely on the hot seat. MacIntyre, named last week as the Walter Camp Coach of the Year, is coming off the Buffs first 10-win season since 2001. Fate can be a funny thing sometimes.Pittsburgh vs. West Virginia: The Russell Athletic Bowl had a chance to make this happen and whiffed. A Backyard Brawl reunion would have been great. Its another one of those intense rivalries, two schools separated by 75 miles, that was lost to conference alignment when West Virginia joined the Big 12 in 2012 and Pitt joined the ACC a year later. The two teams faced each other 104 times between 1895 and 2011 and have a four-year renewal of the series set for 2022-25. But why wait that long? There have been some memorable games in this rivalry, one of the most notable being Pitt ruining West Virginias chances of playing for a national championship in 2007. The Panthers were huge underdogs that day and shocked the No. 2 Mountaineers 13-9 in the regular-season finale.Oklahoma vs. USC: Sometimes you go to a football game and a tennis match breaks out. Actually, it happens pretty frequently in the Big 12. How cool would it be to see the explosive offenses at Oklahoma and USC trading blows? The two defensive coordinators might not be giddy about it, but any game that features Baker Mayfield, Dede Westbrook, Samaje Perine, Sam Darnold, Adoree Jackson, JuJu Smith-Schuster and Ronald Jones II is going to be one of those back-and-forth affairs that makes the postseason even more festive. Whats more, theyre two of the hottest teams in college football right now. Oklahoma has won nine in row and USC eight in a row. Be sure and loosen up the old neck for this one.Florida State vs. LSU: Weve heard so much about Jimbo Fisher and LSU the past two years that we thought wed pair the two once and for all. No, LSU isnt looking for a head coach again. The Tigers have their man, Ed Orgeron, and are glad to have him. But Fisher was a coach LSU coveted a year ago when it looked like Les Miles might get fired and again this year after the Tigers did fire Miles and were trying to decide which direction they were going. Fisher, who was an assistant at LSU under Nick Saban, is happy at Florida State, and Orgeron has his dream job at LSU. Even though all of the coaching chatter is over, FSU-LSU sounds like an inviting matchup on the field. Plus, whos not up for a duel of LSUs Hold That Tiger and FSUs War Chant all game from the bands?San Diego State vs. Vanderbilt: Not all of the best players in college football play at Alabama, Ohio State, USC or any of the blue bloods. So weve set up a matchup that features one of the best offensive players in the country and one of the best defensive players in the country, two guys who probably didnt get the love they deserved. San Diego State running back Donnel Pumphrey is averaging 155.2 rushing yards per game, which ranks second nationally. He needs 108 yards in the bowl game to break Ron Daynes NCAA career rushing record of 6,397 yards. Vanderbilt linebacker Zach Cunningham would be one of the reasons Pumphrey didnt break that record. Cunningham leads the SEC with 119 total tackles and is third with 16.5 tackles for loss. He has made one big play after another for the Commodores. Texas A&M vs. TCU: Its always fun to see a quarterback get a shot at his old team, so well call this the Kenny Trill Hill Bowl. Hill started his career at Texas A&M, and what a start it was. He threw for 511 yards in his first start against South Carolina in 2014. But it was downhill after that in College Station, and Hill was replaced by freshman Kyle Allen by midseason and wound up transferring. Hill won the job in the preseason this year at TCU and passed for 3,062 yards with 15 touchdown passes and 13 interceptions. He would go up against another transfer quarterback, Trevor Knight, who threw 16 touchdowns and ran for 10 more this season for the Aggies after starting his career at Oklahoma. 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The fracture in Romos back has healed, according to owner Jerry Jones. Romo is close to moving from conditioning to practice. His recovery is believed to be ahead of schedule.I checked in with five NFL front-office executives to get their takes on what the Cowboys should do when Romo returns, and what the future holds for the veteran QB. I was a little surprised by the responses. Their quotes below are in bold, followed by my take:Executive 1:?Dont mess with a good thingWhy risk ruining the chemistry? If you could go back to Romo and you lose a game, you could lose the locker room. I would stay with Prescott. There has always been that old thought that a starter cant lose your job to injury. The current players may not remember the Wally Pipp story, where Wally Pipp got hurt and was replaced by Lou Gehrig and lost his job forever. Stitched USC Jerseys . 10 Texas Rangers jersey for one last time. 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The one children are taught to say when they really want something and a word Nationals manager Dusty Baker couldnt resist from his star slugger: Please.Harper hit an RBI double in his return to the lineup, Tanner Roark won his fourth straight start and Washington Nationals defeated the Atlanta Braves 9-1 Sunday.Anthony Rendon homered and drove in four runs. Chris Heisey added a solo home run.Harper had missed five straight games with a neck injury. The reigning NL MVP was set to sit out another, too, and wasnt in the original lineup -- the Nationals issued a revised lineup 90 minutes before the scheduled start and Harper was in right field.I was going to give him another day, but he came in and told me he wanted to play, Baker said. I told him no and he told me `Please. How do you tell a grown man (no) that says so politely that he wants to play?So, I put him back in the lineup. He actually sounded like a little kid when he said so and you know Im partial to kids sometimes, he said.Harper doubled in the first inning, finished 1 for 3 with a walk and scored twice, a day after general manager Mike Rizzo said results of an MRI on Harpers neck came back clean.The outfielders take on the talk with Baker sounded more man-to-man.I just walked in there and said I could help the team win today, Harper stated. He said, `OK, no problem.Roark (13-6) allowed one run over seven innings while the Nationals tagged Braves starter Tyrell Jenkins (2-3).Washington took two of three from Atlanta, which closed its three-city, 10-game road trip 5-5.Trea Turner, who came up a double short for the cycle in Saturdays 7-6 win, led off with a two-base hit and scored on Ben Reveres single. Revere took second on a throwing error.Harper lofted a double into the left-field corner and later scored on Rendons sacrifice fly for a 3-0 lead.It felt good. Get back out there and help the team win, Harper said. Thats the greatest thing.The three first-iinning runs were one more than Jenkins allowed in his previous 18 innings over three starts. Junior Seau College Jersey. The right-hander gave up seven runs and six hits over 4 2/3 innings.Jenkins exited after Rendons homer capped a four-run fifth, which began with a walk to Roark.Obviously I wasnt trying to walk him, Jenkins said. Once that happened it kind of went downhill from there. That cant happen and its something Ive got to work on.Despite temperatures in the high 90s throughout the game, Roark improved to 4-0 with a 1.65 ERA over his last four starts. He has pitched at least seven innings in eight of his last 10 starts.He never complains about the heat. He never complains about anything, Baker said. He just goes out there and pitches and the team responds behind him.Erick Aybar drove in Atlantas lone run. 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