My Christmas shopping is finally finished, but with only two and a half days left before I head home, I still have a lot to do.  Luckily, I wrote up this little list intending it for the Sports on Monday the week after Thanksgiving, before I decided not to post anything.  So, without further ado:
Things to be Thankful For in Sports:
1. No MLB strike talk this year.
2. The MLB post-season.
3. Every post-season.
4. A tie in the President's Cup.
5. Outdoor NHL hockey in Canada.
6. Healthy knees (from OU QB Jason White’s list)
7. Mark Clayton (also from White’s list)
8. TU football coach Steve Kragthorpe, OU coach Bob Stoops, OSU coach Les Miles (from everybody in Oklahoma’s list)
9. Only one OU-TX game a year (from Texas coach Mack Brown’s list)
10. Walk-off home runs by skinny pinch hitters like the Cards’ Kerry Robinson.
11. College basketball. (Women’s and men’s)
12. The Florida Marlins (I still can’t believe I just wrote that)
13. Three-point buzzer beaters.
14. Close games between archrivals.
15. Thumping your archrivals.
16. Spring Training
17. Diehard fans
18. Student sections

Win-Loss Smileys
University of Oklahoma women's basketball (8-0, Rank:16)
University of Oklahoma men's basketball (7-0, Rank: 8)
Oklahoma State men's basketball (off for finals)
New York Jets (vs. Steelers, in the snow)

Sports on Monday Weather Phenomena of the Week:
Snow! Football! Yea!