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Some of the sports stories The Associated Press is covering Wednesday. A full Sports Digest will be sent by about 3 p.m. All times EST:- The NFL is bragging about how for the first time since 1935, Thanksgiving Day features three games with all six teams at .500 or better. Considering how mediocre so many teams are this year, Pro Picks isnt sure how to take that stat.- Preview stories for Thursdays NLF games: Vikings-Lions, Redskins-Cowboys, Steelers-Colts.- The stakes for The Game -- No. 3 Michigan at No. 2 Ohio State -- havent been this high since 2006, when Ohio State was No. 1 and Michigan was No. 2.- One things for sure about the Big Ten: The conference loves a good rivalry. Its in that spirit the conference in 2014 began scheduling rivalry games the final week of the regular season, with five of the seven awarding trophies.- Oklahoma and Oklahoma State will end the regular season with Bedlam for the Big 12 title. The Sooners, part of the two biggest rivalry games in the league, already won their other one this season.- Marlon Humphrey would eat lunch with the other Alabama fans in elementary school, while Auburn supporters sat elsewhere. Its rivalry week around the Southeastern Conference. where the states are divided.- ATLANTA -- The ACC has won seven of eight games against in-state SEC teams on Rivalry Saturday the last two years, including a 4-0 sweep in 2014. Now the ACC is attempting to ride that momentum this week when Clemson plays South Carolina with a lot more than state bragging rights on the line, while Georgia Tech visits Georgia, Florida State plays Florida and Louisville plays Kentucky.- NEW YORK -- The task hasnt changed since Bruce Arena last coached the U.S. from 1998 to 2006, but public scrutiny has shot up exponentially from a maturing fan base -- along with pressure to win. For some, anything less than reaching a World Cup quarterfinal would be a disappointment.- College basketball offers a week full of good matchups in holiday tournaments, led by the Maui Invitational (North Carolina, Oregon, Wisconsin) and the Battle 4 Atlantis in the Bahamas (Louisville, Baylor, Michigan State).- OAKLAND, Calif. -- Luke Walton, the former Warriors top assistant who led Golden State to a record 24-0 start last season with Steve Kerr out, brings his Los Angeles Lakers to Oracle Arena to face his former team. Game starts 10:30 p.m. Authentic NHL Jerseys Cheap . Didier Drogba gave away the penalty that put Senegal one goal away from a major upset, but the veteran striker will get another chance -- probably his last -- at the World Cup after Salomon Kalous injury-time strike sealed the Ivorians place in Brazil next year. Stitched NHL Jerseys . Kozun faked to the forehand and beat Monsters starter, Calvin Pickard, pad side in the second round for the winner. Spencer Abbott also scored in the shootout for the Marlies (25-13-4). http://www.cheapnhlcustomjerseys.com/ . The Barrie Colts defenceman, who impressed many with his play for Canada at the World Junior Hockey Championship, is the top-ranked skater in the February rankings. He has 19 goals and 24 assists for 43 points in 45 games with the Colts this season. Fake Adidas NHL Jerseys . Tracey comes to the Blue Bombers after spending over a decade with Queens University. Most recently he was the schools assistant football coach. Wholesale NHL Jerseys Authentic . Brazilian national coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has confirmed that the veteran goalkeeper is set to join Toronto on loan, saying it will help him be ready for the World Cup. New England Patriots defensive tackle Alan Branch is facing a four-game suspension for violating the NFLs substance abuse policy, league sources told ESPNs Adam Schefter.Branch tested positive for marijuana and will appeal the four-game suspension.The suspension will not start until after the appeal is heard, so Branch is expected to play Sunday against the New York Jets.He has started nine of the Patriots 10 games this season and has one sack and 33 tackles. Last season he appeared in 16 games, starting 15, and finiished with one sack and 35 tackles.dddddddddddd.Branch, 31, was suspended by the Patriots for a few days in August for violating team rules.Branch joined the Patriots in the middle of the 2014 season. He had been released by the Bills in August 2014, when he was entering the second season of a three-year, $8.5 million deal ($3.1 million signing bonus) but made headlines with a DUI arrest. ' ' '