Ware, Barber miss practice
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
      IRVING (AP) — Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeMarcus Ware sat on a training table laughing while getting treatment on his left knee. Running back Marion Barber walked through the locker room without a noticeable limp being caused by a dislocated right pinkie toe.
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Tigers don't mind being a long shot
COLLEGE FOOTBALL/ BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP
      COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Last week there was no question that Missouri belonged in the Big 12 championship game, if only as the designated victim against any of three schools that were vying for the South title.
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BCS folks should add plus-one game quickly
OPINION
By JIM LITKE, AP columnist
      Just about everybody who loves college football hates the Bowl Championship Series. But the guys who run it don't have to go through the next six weeks, let alone the next six years, watching their brand being kicked around like a rusty can everywhere from the Oval Office down to the corner tavern.
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LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF
BY SPORTS EDITOR MITCH LUCAS
      FOOTBALL Proposed Aztec Bowl canceled A bowl game that had been planned for Dec. 13 that would have pitted Kilgore College's football program against a team of all-stars from Mexico has been canceled due to a lack of sponsors.
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