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DALLAS — Luka Doncic shimmied. Christian Wood pounded his chest.

Games that will determine final football playoff seedings are scheduled for area smaller schools this week. One is the Woodland Cougars at Tonkawa and another is the Hennessey Eagles at Newkirk. Both games are scheduled for Friday.

DALLAS — Perhaps no one has more closely followed Luka Doncic’s NBA trajectory than Orlando coach Jamahl Mosley, who as a Mavericks assistant was Doncic’s primary developmental coach during his first three seasons.

PITTSBURGH — Fish stories just aren’t what they used to be. To be believed, you’d better have live-streaming video, a digital scale and a lawyer. Now big-money fishing tournaments are even turning to metal detectors to prevent anglers from cheating.

Nov. 2—Oklahoma State football coach Mike Gundy was sure of one thing in the aftermath of the Cowboys’ 48-0 loss to Kansas State in Week 8.

Nov. 2—OKLAHOMA CITY — The Paycom Center crowd was as loud as its been this season as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander walked to the charity stripe for a pair of free throws with 36 seconds to go.

PHILADELPHIA — As Bryce Harper jogged the final 45 feet of a home-run trot in the first inning Tuesday night, he looked directly into a Fox television camera that followed him up the third-base line.

Nov. 2—Over the past two games, there’s a lot of evidence that DaShaun White is seeing major improvement.

A trade so complex and yet so mutually desirable that both Nolan Arenado and the Cardinals had to bend a little to get a lot has become a commitment to each other for years to come. Arenado, who had the ability to become a free agent in less than two weeks, notified the Cardinals that he will not opt out of his existing contract, he said Saturday.