Sports news briefs (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
This year's Topps NFL card set includes two Tomlinsons: LaDainian, the running back with the Chargers; and Wyat, a staff sergeant based at the U.S. Army Recruiting Battalion in Kansas City, Mo.
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Around Montana: Icedogs start fast, defeat Billings, 5-2 (Bozeman Daily Chronicle)
BILLINGS - Tanner Stansbury scored twice and Clancy O’Donnell, Andrew Vigen and Keith Smith each had two assists to lift the Bozeman Icedogs to a 5-2 victory Wednesday night over the Billings Bulls.
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Griz throwback uniforms popular Posted on Nov. 26 (Missoulian)
HELENA - The throwback uniforms the University of Montana football team wore during Saturday's Cat-Griz game proved much more popular than expected.
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What kind of turkey would take potshots at the Ducks from bullet-riddled southeast? It's almost game day, baby! (The Oregonian)
TURKEY DAY .. 8:38 a.m., isn't anybody else gonna get up with me to watch the Titans-Lions pre-game? ... no? Well, I know what Robert Duvall would have done in "The Great Santini'' but there are legal ramifications in bullet-riddled, leave-strewn southeast. ... John freaking Canzano made me cry...
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Arsenal: Utter Rubbish All Around The World (Football365)
Something to say? Then drop us a line at theeditor@football365.com.... They're Rubbish In Australia... The alarm goes off, it's 2am, I roll myself out of bed and pour myself into uniform. Just another typical Sunday morning for your average Australian Arsenal fan.
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Next up for UNC in Maui: Oregon (The News & Observer)
Oregon, making its first appearance in the Maui Invitational, held Alabama to 28.6 percent shooting in the second half to advance to a semifinal match-up with the Heels. The game is on ESPN beginning at 9:30 p.m. EST.
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For Curtis, a fitting finale to four years (The Daily Item)
CAMBRIDGE -- Inside the locker room on the first floor of the Dillon Field House, members of the Harvard football team celebrated their twin Saturday successes -- a victory over Yale, and an Ivy League championship. Amid the cheers, a late arrival rushed through the field house entrance.
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Uniforms: Ducks don't need fake wings to fly (OregonLive.com)
Over two decades the University of Oregon's football program has transformed from a perennial loser to year-in-year-out winner. This season the Ducks will attend their 16th bowl game in 20 years after previously going more than a quarter-century without any postseason appearances.
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DUCKS NOTES: No rain and wings help Ducks fly (Portland Tribune)
As someone who wants to work for Nike, designing shoes, Oregon receiver Jaison Williams can appreciate the company's evolution in uniform design. The all-black ensemble introduced in the 55-45 win over Arizona – with the black jerseys with silverish/green numbers and silver wings on the ...
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Blackout payout: Florida State tribute to Seminoles benefits Nike more than tribe (Orlando Sentinel)
Bobby Bowden can remember a time, long ago, when college football players and coaches gave little thought to the color of the uniform their teams would wear during games. It was a time, Bowden said, when opposing teams might both wear a dark-colored jersey "because we didn't have dark and light [uniforms] back in those days."
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