{"id":31159,"date":"2010-12-24T13:38:26","date_gmt":"2010-12-24T21:38:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.capperspicks.com\/blog\/?p=31159"},"modified":"2023-02-07T06:57:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T14:57:34","slug":"december-24th-2010-gossip-headlines-gambling-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/sports\/december-24th-2010-gossip-headlines-gambling-news\/","title":{"rendered":"December 24th 2010: Daily Sports News \u2013 Gossip \u2013 Headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"

Water Cooler \u2013 December 24th, 2010<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Here we go with today\u2019s sports water cooler talk. Here, you won\u2019t just find the straight news; you\u2019ll find the stuff everyone is talking about \u2013 the ice breakers, the\u00a0Twitter Sports Picks<\/a> and topics\u2026well, basically all the stuff you discuss at the water cooler. <\/p>\n

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NCAA basketball news: Mississippi State teammates fight in stands<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Teammates fight in the stands?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It wasn\u2019t the Malice at the Palace; this time, players fought their own teammates. In Mississippi State\u2019s 69-52 win over San Diego last night, teammates Renardo Sidney and Elgin Bailey got into a fight before tipoff. They threw punches and brawled for several minutes before being separated by teammates. Sidney was escorted away by police but no arrests were made.<\/p>\n

NCAA football news: Terrell Pryor suspended five games in 2011; four Georgia Tech player ineligible for bowls<\/strong><\/p>\n

Terrelle Pryor, Ohio State\u2019s star quarterback, got a heavy slap on the wrist yesterday for his involvement in the Buckeyes\u2019 tattoo scandal. He four teammates were suspended for the first five games of the 2011 season for selling championship rings, jerseys and awards in exchange for improper benefits from a tattoo parlour and its owner. They won\u2019t miss the Sugar Bowl against Arkansas on January 4.<\/p>\n

Four Georgia Tech players have been deemed ineligible for the Independence Bowl, including leading receiver Stephen Hill and starting safety Mario Edwards. They and two other Yellow Jackets failed to meet their academic requirements.<\/p>\n

NFL news: 49ers switch back to Troy Smith; Donovan McNabb\u2019s agent feuds with Shanahans<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alex, then Troy, then Alex, now Troy again. The 49ers can\u2019t decide which Smith is their starting quarterback. For this weekend\u2019s crucial NFC West battle with the St. Louis Rams, Mike Singletary is going with Troy Smith. San Francisco is 3-2 with Troy starting this year. He threw for a career-high 356 yards against the Rams earlier this season. <\/p>\n

The feud between Donovan McNabb\u2019s camp and the Shanahans in Washington rages on. The latest development: McNabb\u2019s agent suggested that Redskins offensive co-ordinator Kyle Shanahan refused to listen to McNabb\u2019s suggestions based on \u201cthe intricacies Donovan has learned in his NFL career.\u201d He also said Kyle used McNabb\u2019s ideas \u2013 such as throwing more screen passes to burn blitzers \u2013 only after McNabb was benched.<\/p>\n

MLB news: Astros trade Matt Lindstrom to Rockies<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Colorado Rockies strengthened their bullpen yesterday, acquiring hard-throwing Matt Lindstrom from the Houston Astros for minor-league pitchers Wes Musick and Jonnathan Aristil. Lindstrom had 23 saves and a 4.39 ERA for Houston last year.<\/p>\n

NBA news: Bobcats, Clippers pondering a Baron Davis trade<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michael Jordan isn\u2019t wasting any time changing up the Charlotte Bobcats this week. Coach Larry Brown is out, Paul Silas is in and, now, the Bobcats are looking at bringing in one of Silas\u2019 old disciples. Baron Davis played under him in the past and could arrive in Charlotte in exchange for D.J. Augustin, DeSagana Diop and Matt Carroll. That\u2019s the rumored deal on the table.<\/p>\n

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Sports water cooler headlines and sports gossip for Friday December 24th, 2010. Shea Matthews weighs in with his analysis and opinions on today\u2019s sports action\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":195,"featured_media":24141,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1141],"tags":[29373,158,748,22117,839,22112,37896,1825,22678,10922],"class_list":["post-31159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-2010-11","tag-bet-on-sports","tag-nba-news","tag-ncaa-football-news","tag-nfl-news","tag-sports-headlines","tag-sports-news","tag-sportsbook-com","tag-todays-sports-headlines","tag-twitter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/195"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31159"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31159\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105431,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31159\/revisions\/105431"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}