Box Score 11/22: Carr, Arena and Spurrier

Good morning and welcome the Yardbarker Box Score, what we're reading while looking up last, last second Thanksgiving recipes.

Happy birthday to Billie Jean King, Boris Becker,  Kennedy Polamalu and Jacques Laperrière. On this date in 1966 Steve Spurrier won the Heisman trophy as quarterback for the University of Florida Gators.

Around the league: 

• Need lessons in streaking? Mark Roberts, who has invaded events around the globe from the Super Bowl to the French Open au naturel has some advice. [Vice Sports UK]
• Killington is racing to make snow ahead of this weekend's World Cup races as warmer weather has left runs bare. [NYT]
• Penguins rookie Jake Guentzel scored on his first NHL shift (two goals on the night), but it was his excited family that got the attention. [Deadspin]
• Amazon made news on Monday with its pursuit of adding live sports to their Prime streaming service, but it wasn't the only sporty news out of Redmond. The retail giant announced it is hosting their first esports tourney next month in Vegas. [Sports Techie]

YB ICYMI: 

"The man who led the USMNT to its best-ever finish at a World Cup is now tasked with making sure that the team can simply make it to the 2018 event in Russia. It's been ten years since Arena's been in charge of the national team, but he's definitely been busy since then – most notably, he took the reigns of the Los Angeles Galaxy and turned them into arguably the model club of Major League Soccer as he won three MLS Cups and two Supporters' Shields during his time in LA." - What does Bruce Arena's re-hiring as USMNT manager mean going forward?

"Gary Bettman came from the NBA, and while the league has taken this stance against marketing individual rivalries and matchups, he could borrow something from his former employer that can enhance the NHL Network. NBA TV has Fan Night where fans can vote on which game it’ll show on the network Tuesday night. NBA TV basically picks up the local home broadcast, bringing it to a national TV audience. The NHL could copy the same exact concept, which would give fans a greater chance to see some of the best teams and players in the league, especially the wunderkinds that play outside of the northeast and Chicago bubble NBC is obsessed with."  - Fixing the NHL: From music to five for fighting

"Urban Meyer must be lying awake, driving himself crazy thinking about his close wins against inferior opponents – his four point win against Northwestern also comes to mind – as the season ends. The committee will be paying attention to them. They had the chance (ohhh la la la la) to make a stronger case, but now their fates in both the conference championship hunt and in the race for a playoff spot are out of their control." - This week in college football as explained by *NSYNC

"There's a lot of issues here. But more than anything, here's the one we have to focus on. If Fisher didn't trust Goff to run the game game plan we saw under Case Keenum, then why is Goff being thrown out there to look bad? What's the reasoning behind this? That's the question Fisher should be answering between now and the team's next game." - The good, bad, and ugly from Week 11 in the NFL

So you're saying Derek Carr deserves a raise already...