Athlon's Essential 11 Links of the Day: December 9, 2013
This is your daily link roundup of our favorite sports and entertainment posts on the web for Dec. 9.
• The 50 most popular women on the world wide web in 2013, according to Google searches. Somehow, Jennifer Lawrence is only No. 24. I weep for our country.
• Yesterday was the snowiest NFL Sunday since 1991. Looked like fun.
• More than a game of inches, NFL football is a game of a handful of critical plays.
• This year's 50 Most Influential People in Sports. Although I don't recall being influenced by anyone on this list.
• The lasting image of Championship Saturday: Sad Urban Meyer eating pizza alone in a golf cart.
• Saints punter Thomas Morstead got his money's worth out of a rare tackle opportunity with a neck-snapping facemask of Ted Ginn.
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• Referee Jeff Triplette botched another important call.
• Eli Manning looked into the end zone and saw a frightening version of himself staring back.
• Nick "Swaggy P" Young's attempt to overshadow Kobe's return with a highlight reel 360 clanged harmlessly off the top of the backboard. But he still made 11 Essential Links.
• An SUV hit a deer. The deer hit a runner. The runner hit the ground and wound up in an ambulance.
• The final BCS rankings ever have an appropriate level of SEC flavor.
• A little history was made in the chilly mile-high air of Denver yesterday: Matt Prater's record 64-yard field goal.
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