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ESPN, the leading action sports content provider and creator of the X Games, in collaboration with Norways TV2 and local organizer SAHR Concepts, have reached an agreement to bring X Games back to Norway for a second consecutive year. The event will take place at the Hafjell ski resort -- one of the venues used during the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympics -- March 8-11, 2017. ESPN will work with TV2 on the Norwegian television production and with SAHR Concepts on the international show feeds and as the local organizer staging the multi-sport event.X Games Norway 2017 will feature Snowboard and Ski Big Air (Men and Women) and -- new to the event -- Snowboard and Ski Slopestyle (Men and Women).ESPN and TV2 will each distribute 13.5 hours of live coverage. TV2 will air the competitions live in Norway, while ESPNs coverage will be distributed live in the U.S. on ESPN3 and as part of its World of X Games series on ABC. In addition to the content on ESPNs U.S. media platforms, X Games Norway 2017 will be televised globally on ESPN International networks and distributed to other international media outlets and broadcasters via ESPNs media distribution business.??Like all X Games events, and in addition to world-class action sports competition, X Games Norway will showcase a world-class musical performance on Saturday night at the Hafjell ski resort as well as local musicians throughout the weekend.The success from last winter demonstrated that the X Games have become a favorite of Norwegian youth very quickly, said Jan Ove ?rsaether, TV2 head of news and sports. We got younger and more viewers than expected and X Games mobilized the youth at the event, on television and on social media.Tim Reed, ESPN X Games vice president, added: X Games Oslo was an amazing event and it was great to see such strong attendance and fan engagement, particularly for a first-year event. Its clear Norways rich history and passion for winter sports and its growing list of top homegrown athletes make it an ideal destination for the X Games. We look forward to continue building on that in Hafjell next year with TV2 and SAHR Concepts.Our vision is to create the best action sports event ever in Europe, said Henning Andersen of SAHR, who is the head event organizer for X Games Norway. We are greatly looking forward to embark on this task. The first wave of twenty-four invited athletes were also announced today, including Norwegian X Games medalists Tiril Sjaastad Christiansen, Mons R?island, Kjersti Buaas and ?ystein Braaten as well as six-time X Games gold medalist Mark McMorris and X Games Oslo 2016 Ski Big Air gold medalist Henrik Harlaut. For X Games Norway 2017, all X Games Oslo 2016 Big Air and X Games Aspen 2016 Slopestyle medalists received an automatic invite. The second wave of athlete invites will be announced in coming weeks.??Tickets for X Games Norway will be available for purchase beginning December 9. Daniel Ponce de Leon . World champions Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov of Russia won the gold medal with 237.71 points, Moore-Towers and Moscovitch followed at 208.45 and Ksenia Stolbova and Fedor Klimov of Russia were third at 187. Cheap Custom Cardinals Jersey . That left plenty of energy for pitching books and swatting away free agency questions. Anthony had 24 points and nine rebounds, and the Knicks avenged an embarrassing home loss with a rout of their own, beating the Boston Celtics 114-88 on Wednesday night for their third straight victory. http://www.custommlbcardinalsjersey.com/ . It was Kerbers third final of the year after losing to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova of Russia in Monterrey in April and to Petra Kvitova of Czech Republic in Tokyo two weeks ago. The 10th-ranked German improved her record in finals to 3-5. Dizzy Dean . The team also announced Tuesday that the Braves will wear a commemorative patch on the right sleeve during the season. The patch, shaped like home plate, carries the number 715, Aarons autograph and a "40th Anniversary" banner. Adolis Garcia . -- Al Jefferson found a groove just in time for the Charlotte Bobcats. I understand why the ACC decided not to play a nine-game conference schedule, but I dont agree with it, and I think it will come back to hurt the leagues champion in playoff considerations. Every time the ACC champion is compared to its counterpart from the Pac-12, Big 12 or Big Ten, it will have played one less conference game.1. With all due respect to the other dozen or so games that Hurricane Matthew is threatening to postpone this weekend, the one that may leave a mark is No. 23 Florida State at No. 10 Miami. I dont know how that game could be made up, because the teams dont share an open date. If its not made up, what effect will it have on the Hurricanes playoff chances? What happens if Miami finishes a half-game out of the ACC Coastal championship? And if it is rescheduled, what shape will Florida State and Miami be in then?2. The Hurricanes are starting four freshmen, including at all three linebacker spots. With archrival Florida State on deck, someone asked Miami head coach Mark Richt what sort of confidence he had in his first-year starters. It better be high, because thats all we got, Richt said.Linebackers Zach McCloud, Shaq Quarterman and Michael Pinckney have combined for 8.5 tackles for loss and one interception. The Seminoles, though, will be different. The [freshmen] have not been through certain types of games that theyre about to go through, Richt said. They might hear it and visualize what it might be like, but until you live through it, its a different animal.3. We take for granted that No. 1 Alabama is going to be good. Is Nick Saban still coaching? Next question. But the seamless transition in defensive coordinator from Kirby Smart to Jeremy Pruitt is worth noting. The starting defense has given up a touchdown only to Ole Miss, which, yes, scored 43 points. But even then, after halftime, the Rebels scored only a field goal and, with the Crimson Tide leading 48-30, a spasm of two touchdowns in a span of :08 in the final minutes. To put it another way: Alabamas defense has allowed six touchdowns this season -- and scored five.4. Are you ready to ring the alarm in the SEC? The league is 5-5 against the other Power 5 conferences and 0-5 against top-10 opponents, although that will change this week, when No. 9 Tennessee plays at No. 8 Texas A&M. One team has to win. The SEC quarterbacks, with the excepttion of Chad Kelly of Ole Miss, Josh Dobbs of Tennessee and Trevor Knight of Texas A&M, are inexperienced.dddddddddddd And what about this? With the firing of Les Miles at LSU, Saban is the only coach in the league who has won even 100 games. Bret Bielema of Arkansas is second with 90 victories.5. In the wake of No. 5 Washingtons 44-6 rout of No. 15 Stanford, Huskies wide receiver John Ross says the score was an aberration. I still feel like that is a really good team, Ross said. What did he see to convince him of that? Just that they really didnt back down, he said. We got off to a really good start in the first half. They kind of slowed us down in the second half. I just know theyre better than that. We all can tell. The film doesnt lie. Weve seen the games. Both the Huskies (at Oregon) and the Cardinal (home vs. Washington State) have important Pac-12 North games on Saturday.6. As the Pac-12 Networks continue to struggle to gain traction in the television marketplace, both California and Washington State are dealing with significant athletic budget deficits. Jon Wilner of the San Jose Mercury News reported this week that the Berkeley athletic department is projecting a loss of $21.76 million. Washington State pegged its loss earlier this year at approximately $13 million. A plan released last month by university president Kirk Schultz and athletic director Bill Moos to close the deficit included nearly $2 million from increasing student fees. They released the plan shortly after Cougars coach Mike Leach suggested that local police are targeting his players and not arresting others involved.7. Oregon coach Mark Helfrich is throwing open the quarterback job. He said he will give freshman Justin Herbert a chance to win the job from FCS transfer Dakota Prukop on Saturday, when No. 5 Washington comes to Eugene. Why is this even a topic of discussion when defense is the Ducks problem, same as it ever was? It may be unfair to judge new coordinator Brady Hoke and his 4-3 scheme. But Oregon ranks 10th or 11th in the Pac-12 in the major defensive categories. Opposing offenses have reached the red zone 25 times, scoring 19 touchdowns. Only one other Pac-12 school, Arizona, has allowed 19 red zone trips. ' ' '