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WHAT’S HAPPENING LOCALLY FRIDAY:
No games scheduled

SATURDAY:
NHL: Bruins at Blackhawks, 8:30 p.m. (NESN)
MLS: Crew at Revolution, 7:30 p.m. (CSNNE)

SUNDAY:
NFL: Cowboys at Patriots, 4:15 p.m. (Fox)

AROUND THE WEB:

Brandon Marshall

♦ Dolphins receiver Brandon Marshall said he hasn’t been playing with enough emotion this season, and he promised that will change Monday night against the Jets. In fact, Marshall predicted he’ll be so fired up that he will “get kicked out of the game in the second quarter” and “might do something to get fined $50,000.” Pressed to clarify, he insisted, “I’m not joking.” Marshall even offered specific examples of what he might do, including picking a fight with Jets linebacker Bart Scott or punting a football 15 rows into the crowd.

Marshall was diagnosed with a personality disorder in the offseason, and he claims that his attempt to keep his temper in check has hurt him as a football player. “I’ve been living in a bubble a little to control my emotions,” he said.

♦ The Jets jettisoned one of their disgruntled receivers when they traded Derrick Mason to the Texans this week. However, Santonio Holmes remains in New York, and on Thursday he took aim at his offensive line for the second straight week.

“I may be criticized again for saying it, but I think it starts up front,” Holmes said. “The big guys know it. [If] they give Mark [Sanchez] enough time to sit in the pocket and complete passes, I think everything changes. The routes that are being run are short routes, ‘Hey, let’s get the ball out of Mark’s hands quick. Let’s move the ball down the field and let’s go from there.’ But if you can’t protect the quarterback for four or five seconds, then there’s no point in dropping back seven yards to throw a football when he doesn’t have enough time. So, we pretty much have to roll with the way our offense is rolling right now.”

♦ Steelers linebacker James Harrison was voted by 287 of his peers as the NFL’s meanest player, with Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis No. 2. Other names of significance in the Sports Illustrated poll: No. 3 Ndamukong Suh, No. 4 Richard Seymour, No. 8 Hines Ward and No. 15 Shawne Merriman. No Patriots made the list.

♦ North Carolina and Michigan State will play basketball on the deck of the USS Carl Vinson on Veterans Day (Nov. 11) in San Diego. On Thursday, the White House announced that Barack Obama will attend the game, called the Carrier Classic. The Carl Vinson is the same ship that carried the body of Osama bin Laden from Pakistan to its dumping point in the Arabian Sea in May.

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA: On Oct. 14, 1975, the Red Sox lost Game 3 of the World Series to the Reds, 6-5, in 10 innings. The game is remembered in Boston for a controversial play in the 10th in which which Sox catcher Carlton Fisk made contact with which Reds player who had dropped a bunt in an effort to move the eventual winning run to second base?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I’m incredibly disappointed. Things have changed here for a long, long time, and I think it’s for the worse. I think the way that this was handled by the organization is pathetic and embarrassing. Why would you want to root for this team?” — Former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling, during an appearance on Thursday’s Dennis & Callahan show

STAT OF THE DAY: 8 – Consecutive postseason losses on the road for the Brewers franchise until Thursday’s 4-2 victory over the Cardinals

‘NET RESULTS: The basketball trick shot specialists at Dude Perfect match skills with Frisbee star Brodie Smith.

Race car driver Carl Edwards drills a field goal at Miami’s Sun Life Stadium.

Hulk Hogan has a few words for Tim Tebow.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Ed Armbrister

SOOTHING SOUNDS: Richard Carpenter is 65 Friday.

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