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Sports 101: Five lessons from last week

Shortstop Erick Aybar celebrates after tagging out Elvis Andrus of the Rangers for the final out of the game in an 11-10 Angels win on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015 in Arlington, Texas. Andrus appeared to have stolen second base, but his slide carried him past the bag and was tagged out.
Shortstop Erick Aybar celebrates after tagging out Elvis Andrus of the Rangers for the final out of the game in an 11-10 Angels win on Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015 in Arlington, Texas. Andrus appeared to have stolen second base, but his slide carried him past the bag and was tagged out. LM Otero The Associated Press

In case you missed them, here are some teachable moments from the last seven days:

▪ Not even a slide-off loss derails the Rangers’ playoff push.

▪ It was a bad week to be a ranked college football team from Mississippi.

▪ There is no end yet to Raiders’ tight end problem.

▪ In baseball, it’s ‘what have you done lately?’

▪ In football, it’s ‘what have you done?’

Jeff Caraska

This story was originally published October 5, 2015 at 1:55 PM with the headline "Sports 101: Five lessons from last week."

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