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• Movie Listings for Nov. 20-26

  

  PhotoElizabeth Berkley in “Showgirls,” part of BAMcinématek’s “Turkeys for Thanksgiving” series. See listing below.CreditUnited Artists, via PhotofestRatings and running times are in parentheses; foreign films have English subtitles. Full reviews of all current releases:nytimes.com/movies.★ ‘Amy’(R, 2:08) Asif Kapadia’s shattering biographical portrait of the British singer and songwriter Amy Winehouse traces the arc of her short, messy life from smoky-voiced jazz singer to global pop sensation ..

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• Doug Baldwin: Don't blame Darrell Bevell

  

  APSeahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell recentlydirected criticismof the team’s offensive performance to quarterbackRussell Wilson. And it sounds like one of Wilson’s teammates agrees with Bevell.ReceiverDoug Baldwinsaid Wednesday that Bevell shouldn’t be criticized for the performance of the offense.“There’s plays all over the field to get to, butwe just don’t get to them, for whatever reason,” Baldwin told reporters, via KJR radio. “And that’s frustrating. I know a lot of people talk a..

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• Free Buffalo Burgers Friday at Big Q BBQ | Patch

  

  Big Q BBQ owner Drew Abruzzese, a die hard Philadelphia Eagles fan, is hoping giving away free food will help change his hometown NFL team’s luck.The restaurant will be giving away smoked buffalo burgers on Friday, Nov. 20 from noon to 2 p.m. Big Q BBQ is located at 1140 Bristol-Oxford Valley Road (at the corner of Woodbourne Road) in Levittown.“We’ve been planning to introduce a burger since we opened last July,” quipped Abruzzese. “After this Sunday’s loss to the Miami Dolphins, we decided i..

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• Houston Goes Global With New World-Class Parks And Bayous

  

  Principle among them are the just-completed Buffalo Bayou Park, a 160-acre stretch of revitalized bayou just north of downtown. It opened this fall, and serves as ...

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• Jets' goat vs. Bills defiantly defends his red-zone receiving prowess

  

  Kellen Davis insisted this has not been a particularly long week since his spotlight blooper moment in the Jets nationally televised 22-17 loss to Rex Ryan’s Bills last Thursday at MetLife Stadium.Davis, the backup tight end and the intended receiver for that ill-fated incomplete fourth-quarter, fourth-down pass that doomed the Jets, knows what you’re thinking. And he does not care.A week later, Davis defended the play call and his pass-catching prowess — knowing there are legions of Jets fans w..

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• Rex Ryan Gets A Little Testy With New England Media

  

  BOSTON (CBS) — Maybe Rex Ryan should haveworn a helmetto his conference call with the New England media on Thursday.It seems like the Patriots are always on Ryan’s mind, but whatever you do, don’t ask him about that perceived obsession — especially if you’re a reporter from New England.The Buffalo Bills coach, who just a few hours earlierexplained that obsession with the Buffalo media, took a bit of a different approach when asked about it Thursday on a conference call with the New England media..

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• Jets' Bowles Says QB Fitzpatrick To Start, Barring Setback

  

  FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) —Ryan Fitzpatrick is on track to start against his former team, and he’ll be looking for some sweet revenge.New York Jets coach Todd Bowles announced thatFitzpatrick will be under center against the Houston Texans on Sunday, barring any setbacks with his surgically repaired left thumb. The quarterback fully participated in practice Thursday, a day after sitting out team drills.“I thought he did a good job,” Bowles said. “I don’t think he was any worse for wear ..

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• Bills' Stephon Gilmore Says Bills Plan To Take Gronk 'Out Of The...

  

  By Matt Dolloff (@mattdolloff)BOSTON (CBS) — It’s been practically impossible for teams to neutralize Rob Gronkowski in the Patriots’ passing attack this season, or at any point in the superstar tight end’s career. But Rex Ryan’s Buffalo Bills feel they have found a way.Cornerback Stephon Gilmore was asked Tuesday about covering Gronkowski in the teams’ second meeting of the season, a Monday Night Football showdown at Gillette Stadium. There’s nothing wrong with being confident, but Gilmore basi..

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• How To Handle The Holidays When You Can't Go "Home"

  One of the most isolating experiences of my adult life was the Thanksgiving I spent by myself while living in a crappy Maryland suburb that I hated. My boyfriend at the time had gone home for Thanksgiving, but I was forced to stay behind in order to write a very important story about Black Friday lines that would invariably accumulate at the local Best Buy. (Every crappy Maryland suburb has a Best Buy, and it's always the pièce de rÊsistance of the town, along with the perennially cherished Bu..

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• What Would the Father of American Football Make of the Modern...

  

  The 1879 Yale football team, with captain Walter Camp (center, holding football).The young men of the 1879 Yale University varsity football team look like an eager and capable bunch, but they don’t look much like football players, at least not how we know them today. Dressed in button-up tunics and knickers, with leather shoes on their feet and little beanie caps on their heads, they might, were they to take one step onto a modern field, look across the line at their opponents—heavily muscled, h..

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