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After Kentucky lost to UCLA 97-92 at Rupp Arena earlier this month, the most common response from observers seemed to be twofold.First there was shock, of course, but often there was a follow-up belief voiced that coach John Calipari will get his young team playing better defense sooner rather than later.That is certainly a reasonable expectation. Caliparis teams are known for finishing seasons with excellent numbers on defense, but right now its December and, per usual, the coach is playing a lineup that starts three, and even sometimes four, freshmen:?DeAaron Fox, Malik Monk,?Bam Adebayo?and, occasionally, Wenyen Gabriel. No team this young is going to look like a finished product in the seasons first 10 games.So lets grant that Kentucky is a work in progress and pose a question before this team plays North Carolina and Louisville in rapid succession. Can this UK defense prove that the UCLA game was just a blip, or will the loss to the Bruins turn out to be the first indication of a substandard season on that side of the ball? Swell Water Bottle Clearance . It was hard for Luck to pull off another comeback, or even get into the end zone, while standing on the sideline. Rivers threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to rookie Keenan Allen and Nick Novak kicked four field goals to give the Chargers a 19-9 victory against the Colts on Monday night. sWell Marble Water Bottle .Y. -- The Buffalo Sabres have placed centre Cody Hodgson on injured reserve and recalled two players from their AHL affiliate in Rochester. http://www.swellwaterbottlesale.com/Swell-Traveler-Bottle-Sale/ . With his new coach and six-time Grand Slam singles champion Boris Becker watching him during an official match for the first time, Djokovic appeared tentative early against the Slovakian player, who often appeared content to keep the ball in play. Swell Bottle Wood Cheap .Y. -- Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone has drawn on his Syracuse connections once again by hiring Rob Moore to take over as receivers coach. sWell Traveler Sale .Y. - Nelson Mandela will be honoured by the New York Yankees with a plaque in Monument Park. RIO DE JANEIRO -- For some nations, winning Olympic gold is quite the regular occurrence. At the Rio de Janeiro Games, plenty of first-timers got to hear their anthems played in celebration as well.Going into Sundays final day of competition in Rio, 10 teams -- including the independent team of Olympians -- were assured of leaving these games with their first gold medals.Thats the most first-timers since 16 nations got their inaugural feel of Olympic gold at the Atlanta Games in 1996.And those were hardly the only medal milestones at these games. The United States became the first team to win 1,000 gold medals in summer games competition, and a record 87 teams got at least one medal in Rio.A look at the 10 first-time Olympic champions:---BAHRAINRuth Jebet, born in Kenya but now running for Bahrain, won the womens steeplechase. Bahrain was making its ninth trip to the Olympics.FIJIMens rugby took gold, giving Fiji its first gold in 14 trips to the Summer Olympics.INDEPENDENTFehaid Al Deehani is an officer in the Kuwaiti army, but his nation is suspended by the International Olympic Committee. He was permitted to compete as an independennt, becoming the first with that distinction to win gold when he prevailed in double trap shooting.ddddddddddddIVORY COASTCheick Sallah Junior Cisse won gold in taekwondo, the first gold in 14 Olympiads for Cote dIvoire.JORDANAhmad Abughaush prevailed in taekwondo. This was Jordans 10th trip to the Summer Olympics.KOSOVOMajlinda Kelmendi prevailed in womens judo. Kosovo was first recognized by the IOC in 2014, so this was its first time at the Summer Games.PUERTO RICOMonica Puig won the womens tennis gold, completing a dazzling run through the field. Puerto Ricos first gold came in its 18th trip to the Summer Games.SINGAPOREJoseph Schooling won the mens 100-meter butterfly, beating Michael Phelps among others. It took Singapore 16 trips to the Summer Games before winning a gold.TAJIKISTANDilshod Nazarov won the mens hammer throw. This was Tajikistans sixth time sending a team to the Summer Olympics.VIETNAMHoang Xuan Vinh in 10-meter air pistol gave the Vietnamese their first gold in 15 trips to the Olympics. ' ' '