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Night Moves....Batting Stance

Last night’s 12:00am ET edition of ESPN’s “SportsCenter” led with Central Florida-East Carolina, followed by Cowboys-Bears and Cavaliers-Knicks. The first NHL report was 22 minutes into the broadcast with Blues-Predators. Last night’s 12:00am ET edition of FS1’s “Fox Sports Live” led with Cowboys-Bears, followed by Tiger Woods returning to action at the Hero World Challenge and Cavaliers-Knicks. The first NHL report for FS1 was Blues-Predators 44 minutes into their telecast.

ESPN’s Keith Olbermann called out his “world’s worst” persons in sports: Twins RF Torii Hunter for getting upset when asked about previous comments about his stance against marriage equality at his introductory press conference. Olbermann also criticized NBA referee Nick Buchert for giving Mavericks assistant coach Monte Mathis a technical despite having a “vocal cord problem that physically prevents him from yelling,” and Penn State for sending out a football ticket renewal letter to disgraced former coach Jerry Sandusky.

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