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Mike NapoliFor the second time since Friday, Mike Napoli has been traded. Hopefully he hasn’t unpacked after being sent from Los Angeles to Toronto, as he is now heading back to the AL West. The Blue Jays and Rangers have completed a deal, sending the four-day old Blue Jay Napoli to Texas for reliever Frank Francisco and a little less than a million bucks. It’s just another player flipping deals that already seem to be common with Toronto’s new GM Alex Anthopoulos over his first year in the job.

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Rashard Mendenhall leads the Pittsburgh Steelers to the Super BowlDV and Chris really go hard into why the New York Jets lost, but you can't take anything away from the PIttsburgh Steelers who have a chance to win their third Super Bowl in six years.

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Aaron Rodgers lead the Green Bay Packers to the Super BowlDV and Chris go deep into whether or not Jay Cutler was a punk and abandoned his team, the Chicago Bears during an important game against long-time rivals, the Green Bay Packers. It's for the Super Bowl, Cutler!

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Troy Polomalu and the Pittsburgh Steelers are Super Bowl boundThe Pittsburgh Steelers put up 24 quick points, heading into halftime versus the New York Jets with a 24-3 lead. However, the Steelers didn't score one point in the second-half, but the Jets only scored 16 more points, leaving the Steelers with a 24-19 AFC Conference championship victory, earning the right to play for yet another Super Bowl ring. Currently, the Steelers have the most NFL titles in history with six and could add another in two weeks should they defeat the Green Bay Packers.

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Aaron Rodgers and Green Bay Packers are Super Bowl boundThe Green Bay Packers went into Soldier Field to play the Chicago Bears and came out the victors in one of sports' greatest rivalries. It was the 182nd meeting between the two NFC North teams and it was a match-up as good as it was going to get - a game that determined who would go to the Super Bowl. In the end, it was the Packers with a 21-14 win, led by Aaron Rodgers and the much ballyhooed Packers defense led by Clay Matthews and a B.J. Raji interception run back for a touchdown. The Packers will meet the Pittsburgh Steelers for the right to be called Super Bowl champions.

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Vernon WellsThe lesser teams of the American League East were busy on Friday night with the Tampa Bay Rays rumored to have signed and reunited former Red Sox teammates Manny Ramirez and Johnny Damon, each signed to one-year deals; Ramirez’s worth $2 million and Damon for $5.25 million. Up in Toronto, the Blue Jays ended an era as they traded 12-year veteran center fielder Vernon Wells to the Angels in exchange for Mike Napoli and Juan Rivera.

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Gil MecheWhen Gil Meche retired from baseball earlier this week at the ripe age of 32, it may have been a blessing in disguise for the Royals. Due to shoulder issues, Meche wouldn’t likely have pitched much or well unless he underwent surgery, meaning his 2011 was a goner anyway. Instead, the Royals have an unexpected cash infusion of $12 million. It’s not a lot of money by baseball standards, but for a team that’s not projected to spend more than $60 million in 2011, $12 million is quite a bit.

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Vernon Wells traded to the AngelsVernon Wells, along with the four years and $86 million remaining on his contract, have been traded to the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Mike Napoli and Juan RIvera were traded to the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for Wells. The downside for Angels fans who have made their voices heard is the money owed Wells, who had a bounceback 2010, but had three previous seasons of subpar performances. The trade allows the Blue Jays to have some financial flexibility moving forward.

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Manny and Johnny in Tampa BayFormer Boston Red Sox teammates, Manny Ramirez and Johnny Damon, could be reunited with the Tampa Bay Rays for the 2011 MLB season. They've been signed as free agents and are pending passing physicals before the deals are official. Since their run as part of the Red Sox World Series runs, both have moved on from Beantown, experiencing certain degrees of success, but can they help lead a young team in the Rays to any sort of success? The Rays lost key contributors during the offseason, such as Carl Crawford, Carlos Pena, and Rafael Soriano. Hopefully, a reunion between Manny and Johnny works some sort of magic.

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Texas Longhorns end Kansas Jayhawks winning streakThe Texas Longhorns' men's basketball team put an end to the Kansas Jayhawks' 69-game home winning streak. The Longhorns trailed by as much as 15 points in the second half, when it doubled its output from the first half (23 points) by scoring 51 points in the latter half. The convincing 74-63 victory pushed the eleventh-ranked Longhorns to a 16-3 record and the second-ranked Jayhawks to an 18-1 record, losing its first game of the season.

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