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Feeling a little blue this holiday season?  In a few days we’ll say goodbye to 2010, a mega year for sports.  Besides the annual sports leagues, 2010 was filled with two of the biggest international sporting spectacles - the Winter Olympic Games (Vancouver) and the FIFA Men’s World Cup (South Africa).  Thanks to multi-platform capabilities, it was never easier to be fully connected and engaged by all the sports action and stories.  But as we enter 2011, many sports fans are a bit apprehensive of what’s to come in the new year.  The NBA and NFL have not secured collective bargaining agreements (CBA) for the 2011 season and both are in jeopardy of having serious work stoppages.  Besides baseball and the Grand Slam tennis events, the FIFA Women’s Cup takes the stage this summer in Germany.  Unfortunately, it doesn’t garner the same attention as the men, but these women sure do have serious game.  And unlike the men, the USA women’s team is a serious cup contender.  I will enjoy watching and following the cup and encourage the naysayers to give it a try.  But I think many sports fans are most nervous about what their Sundays may look like next Fall if Michael Vick is not throwing touchdown passes.  But don’t worry too much ... That void may have already found its filling with .... rugby!

The NBA is about to take over ownership of the New Orleans Hornets. You've likely already heard that news. The NBA's Board of Governors will vote on this change next week.

There are several key things to watch for in the coming weeks, but here's what you should be following most closely.

The Times-Picayune has reported previously that the Hornets would be free to relocate if the 14,735-fan benchmark is not reached for the 13 games stretch between December 1 and January 17th. The City of New Orleans would also require a $10 million exit penalty payable to the state as part of the Hornets' exit.

If the Hornets want to exercise their option to relocate via the terms of this clause, they must give formal notice to the state of Louisiana by March 1, 2011.

Since Greg Oden was a teenager, he's been touted as a basketball prodigy. He was always the tallest guy in the room and a man amongst boys on the basketball court. He stood 6-feet, 8-inches tall at the age of 13.

People have attached themselves to Oden for most of his life. What could his size and talent do for them? What doors could he open? How much money could he make them?

All the while, Oden's home environment was not stable. While growing up he had to make mature decisions when adults around him did not.

Who could he lean on as an awkward teen? Who could this young man turn to when he had questions about the circus developing around him?

As Greg Oden was winning state championships in Indiana as well as National Player of the Year recognition, coaches tried to profit off of him. Agents tried to land him recognizing the millions they could bank by representing the next dominant NBA big man.

When it comes to broadcasters in baseball, fans like continuity. If you’re a Dodgers fan, it’s unimaginable that you’d listen to a game without the voice of Vin Scully. Phillies fans are still getting used to the notion of games without Harry Kalas, and Tigers fans will take some time to adjust to a post-Ernie Harwell world.

Fox seems to understand this, as its gone with the same duo of Joe Buck and Tim McCarver now for more than a decade. The pair has its detractors, but we now have a generation that’s grown up knowing nothing else, and that’s good for the network and the game.

That brings us to the situation at ESPN, where Jon Miller and Joe Morgan will no longer be working together as the “Sunday Night Baseball” team. The network’s decision to cut ties with the men after 20 years might seem like a slap to the consistency fans enjoy, but it says as much about the “SNB” franchise as much as the broadcasters.