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LOS ANGELES - Blake Griffin deserves a new dunk king was crowned. Stars Los Angeles Clippers beat the two other finalists in the NBA All-Star, Sunday (20/02/2011).

Facing Javale McGee and DeMar Rozan, Griffin did not give his opponent the chance to win games. These young players to show brilliant action to win this contest.

LYON - Match 16 of the Champions League that brings Olymipique Lyon and Real Madrid is a new place next week. But that does not mean that echo the optimism of both teams have not surfaced in public spaces.

It is Lyon midfielder Kim Kallstrom who spit expectations his team can eliminate Madrid in the last 16 Champions League like last season. Opening the story traces the Champions League 2010/11 editions ago, no one thought capable of displacing the greatness Lyon Madrid in the knock-out round.

In the first leg, Lyon beat Madrid success with the score 1-0 at the Stade de Gerland. Continue in the second meeting, Lyon, Madrid managed to force a 1-1 draw when the fight in the Santiago Bernabeu. These results make Lyon with a 2-1 aggregate win.

Will Muschamp, a veteran coach of 15 years who coordinated successful defenses, both college and NFL, joined the Texas staff in January 2008 as defensive coordinator and linebackers coach and begins his second season at UT. In November 2008, Muschamp was named head coach designate and decided to remain as defensive coordinator at Texas and Mack Brown finally succeed. Muschamp is considered one of the first defensive coordinator and was a finalist in the 2007 Broyles Award (assistant coach of the nation above). He joined the Texas staff after losing the last two years as defensive coordinator at Auburn and six years before that as a defensive coordinator in college and the NFL.

While at Texas, Muschamp led a Longhorn defense that held 25-of-27 opponents under their season average and scored 16 teams to 14 points or less. In 2009, the horns instead of 12-14 under their opponents scored an average and does not allow an offensive TD in four of 14 games. In just two seasons, Muschamp's defense has been presented to the winners of the Nagurski Trophy, Lombardi Award and Hendricks Award, and finalist in the Hendricks, Butkus and Thorpe awards. Three defensive players in the first four rounds of the 2009 NFL Draft, including Brian Orakpo DE (first round), DT Roy Miller (third round) and Henry Melton (fourth round).

Last season, the Texas defense allows 16.7 points (12th NCAA), 251.9 total yards (third NCAA), a 100.5 pass efficiency rating (10th NCAA) and 72.4 yards per game (first NCAA). The Longhorns put the nation in defending third down (26.5%), turnovers gained (37) and interceptions (25), and finished in the top eight of two sacks and TFL. First team All-American DE / LB Sergio Kindle is becoming the first player in college football history to be finalists for the Butkus Award (nation's top LB) and the Hendricks Award (DE high country), while the consensus All-America S Earl Thomas led the nation in defense, tied for second in INTs and was named a finalist for the Thorpe Award. At linebacker, senior Roddrick Muckelroy led the team with 102 tackles and earned all-Big 12 honors.