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"God blessed Oklahoma with his own hand." "Wait, those aren't the right lyrics."

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"The Big 12 South is a mess!" "I know!"

Pop culture recs: (1) this pretty much has to end; (2) Roger Ebert thinks the film critic is a dying breed; (3) we called this one; (4) the best CDs of 2008; (5) "Fett's Vette" is kind of amazing.

· Some Yankees are dominating in Puerto Rican winter ball.

· This has been everywhere, but we've been away: Chad Johnson's shopping spree.

· Rather insane list of the stuff thrown at soccer players.

· Nice, Illinois athletes are about to get tutored.

· Lenny D loves Twizzlers.

· LeBron fires back at Barkley.

· A pretty sweet sports by the numbers reading list.

· We'll link pretty much anything about 30 Rock.

· The Top Ten Samples in Hip-Hop History.

· How to stay awake in a meeting.

· Happy birthday, Bette Midler.

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