TCU's Trevone Boykin Accused of Hitting Cop During Bar Fight: TCU quarterback Trevon Boykin, a top-10 Heisman candidate this year, was arrested early Thursday after a bar fight in San Antonio in which he's accused of indiscriminately swinging his fists and hitting a bar employee and then a cop. In town to play the Alamo Bowl on Saturday, Boykin was at the sports bar Pat O’Brien’s near the team's hotel when recognized by patrons, and somebody started somethin. Boykin was charged with assault of a public official, resisting arrest and public intoxication.

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Eagles fire Chip Kelly: Three days after the Philadelphia Eagles were eliminated from playoff contention, owner Jeffrey Lurie fired third-year head coach Chip Kelly.

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Pace Mannion NBA Pick 'Em Contest: Week 9: There are five nationally televised games this week, all airing on Christmas Day. First price in our contest is an official ABA game ball. Howard_T sits atop the standings.

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NFL Pick 'Em Week 16: Airing of Grievances Edition: With only two weeks left in SportsFilter's NFL Pick 'Em contest, we have a new leader: Grum@work has passed Tommytrump and Goyoucolts to lead by 3 with two weeks to play. NFL games begin Thursday night with San Diego at Oakland. Make your picks, lock your lock and don't forget to demonstrate feats of strength.

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Final 2015 MLB 40-man payroll totals are released.:
The Los Angeles Dodgers lead the way with a $291,056,310 payroll.

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Fantasy Premier League, Gameweek 17: The Premier League weekend begins Saturday with six games at 10 a.m. Eastern, including Chelsea's first game without Jose Mourinho at the helm. Our league has a new leader: Liquid Football scores a week-best 78 to claim first and Hillbilly F.C. falls to third. The biggest pickup this week is Newcastle midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum (£7.0m) and the biggest drop Man U defender Chris Smalling (£6.9m).

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Chelsea Sacks Jose Mourinho: Only 16 games after winning the Premier League, Jose Mourinho has been fired as manager of Chelsea. The Blues lost nine of those games, including a Sunday defeat to Leicester City that prompted Mourinho to say afterwards, "One of my best qualities is to read the game for my players and I feel like my work was betrayed." Mourinho won three title in two stints leading the club and also won the FA Cup and League Cup. In August, club owner Roman Abramovich gave Mourinho a new four year, $19 million a year deal.

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NFL Pick 'Em Week 15: I Miss the Big Sombrero Edition: Thursday night takes Tampa Bay to St. Louis in a rematch of the 1979 NFC Championship Game, which the Rams won 9-0 on the road in the Big Sombrero. On Saturday night, the N.Y. Jets visit Dallas. The Duke almost in his grasp, Tommytrump leads our contest by two points with just three weeks to go. Make your picks, lock your lock and remember the great John McKay.

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Ranking all 30 NBA court designs: Art and sports meet on the playing surfaces of the NBA, where court design has evolved considerably over the past few decades. We asked four experts -- RedEye designer Sara Amato, Chicago Tribune data visualization editor Jonathon Berlin, Gameplan Creative chief creative officer Tom O'Grady and art critic Lori Waxman -- to rank the design of all 30 NBA courts. As you might expect, they don't always agree, but here are their reviews, ranked by aggregate points from worst to first.

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Pace Mannion NBA Pick 'Em Contest: Week 8: Six games on slate this week, tipping off at 8 p.m. Eastern Wednesday with Memphis at Chicago on ESPN. First prize in SportsFilter's NBA Pick 'Em contest is an official ABA game ball.

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U.S. Women's Soccer Wants a Level Playing Field: The World Cup-champion U.S. Women's National Team has been fighting to stop being asked to play on artificial turf -- something that never happens to the men's team. They cancelled a friendly in Honolulu shortly after player Megan Rapinoe tore her ACL on a terrible practice field when they discovered the playing surface was abysmal. The team wrote in an open letter, "We have become so accustomed to playing on whatever surface is put in front of us. But we need to realize that our protection -- our safety -- is priority No. 1. At the end of the day, we expect to be treated equally as our male counterparts. And we hope that, in the future, our fields and our venues will be chosen and inspected at the standard of an international match whether it's men or women playing on the field."

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It's Who We Are?: It’s really not surprising that, on December 10, 2015, the school board of McLoud, Oklahoma voted to maintain their racist mascot. All of the usual arguments were made, in support of keeping the R word: “It’s an honor,” tearful pleas of “We’ve been the R** for generations”, and, my favorite, “It’s who we are.” The latter is by far the most accurate and telling. Put simply, the events during the McLoud meeting was not only a by-product of American history, but an indictment of it.

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MLB Commissioner's decision regarding the reinstatement of Pete Rose:

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Fantasy Premier League, Gameweek 16: Norwich at Everton opens the Premier League weekend early Saturday. In our league, Hillbilly F.C. stays on top for a fourth week, ahead of Liquid Football by 8. Maplewood Town scored a week's best 86 and is in third, 10 points down. Football Fan Cast offers three little-owned differential players for fantasy owners: Everton defender Leighton Baines (£6.1, 2.5% owned), Spurs midfielder Erik Lamela (£6.8m, 0.9%) and Manchester City midfielder David Silva (£10.0, 5.7%).

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NFL Pick 'Em, Week 14: Not So Hotlanta Edition: The NFL returns Thursday night with Minnesota at Arizona. On Sunday, the 12-0 Carolina Panthers host the 6-6 Atlanta Falcons, whose losing streak now stands at 5 games. Tommytrump leads our contest by two points with just four weeks to go. Make your picks, lock your lock and practice your Dab.

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Pace Mannion NBA Pick 'Em Contest: Week 7: Six games on slate this week, tipping off at 7 p.m. Eastern Wednesday with Chicago at Boston. First prize in SportsFilter's NBA Pick 'Em contest is an official ABA game ball.

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North Texas Hires North Carolina OC Seth Littrell as Head Coach: The North Texas Mean Green have hired North Carolina offensive coordinator Seth Littrell as head football coach, ESPN reports. Littrell, 37, has produced top offenses at Indiana and UNC and played at Oklahoma. There are reports he'll earn $1 million, $280,000 more than his predecessor Dan McCarney. This Stassen report of FBS wins shows the tough job ahead of Littrell. UNT has been a bottom 10 team for a decade and has a Sagarin ranking of 182, lower than 55 FCS teams.

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CFL Playoffs Pick 'Em, Final Standings: Whoa, is it Friday already? I guess it's true what they say: a Winnipeg hangover lasts longer than any other. But hey, we had a pretty good game there eh? Ottawa puts up a good fight but Edmonton takes home the hardware. Details and final standings inside.

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Fantasy Premier League: Gameweek 15: The Premiership begins with an early Saturday match sending Stoke to Man City. In the Spofiship, Hillbilly F.C.'s lead grows to 14 over Liquid Football. Michael Benson of TalkSport radio offers 10 tips on roster moves this week. Benson likes picking up Tottenham defender Toby Alderweireld (£5.5m) and Liverpool midfielder Philippe Coutinho (£8.4m) -- though the latter is only 25% likely to play this weekend due to a hamstring issue. He also suggests a Liverpudlian forward swap of Christian Benteke (£8.3m) for Daniel Sturridge (£10.1m). He writes, "Everybody knows what Sturridge can do; it's just a question of how long he can do it for until he next gets injured!"

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Coldplay Chosen for Super Bowl 0x32 Halftime: The British rock band Coldplay has been selected to perform at halftime of Super Bowl 0x32 this February, according to press reports. The announcement will be made at halftime of Thursday night's game between Green Bay and Detroit. Some Twitter users gave the news a chilly reception. "Like Coldplay is ever going to give us anything as good as left shark," wrote Ben Kercheval.

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NFL Pick 'Em, Week 13: Brock and Roll Edition: The NFL returns tonight with Thursday returnees Green Bay and Detroit at Ford Field. Tommytrump keeps his grip on the official NFL Game Ball that goes to the winner. Make your picks, lock your lock and always bet on Brock.

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Pace Mannion NBA Pick 'Em Contest: Week 6: Four games on slate this week, tipping off at 7 p.m. Eastern tonight with Thunder/Heat on TNT. First prize in SportsFilter's NBA Pick 'Em contest is an official ABA game ball.

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David Price signs largest pitching contract in MLB history.:
The Boston Red Sox needed an ace, so they went out and got the best free agent on the market. David Price has reportedly come to terms with the Red Sox on a seven-year contract worth $217 million, according to The Boston Globe.

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The Natural: In October 2014, Andrea Duke, 35 years old and a competitive runner for only one of them, qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials.

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