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It is a time of thanksgiving, and Washington Redskins tackle Ty Nsekhe is giving back to his home state of Texas in a meaningful way.According to the Washington Post, Nsekhe is donating 10 tickets for Thursdays Redskins game against the Dallas Cowboys at AT&T Stadium to Dallas police officers and families who were affected in last Julys shootings.The plan began?when Nsekhes friend, Adrian Jackson, and Jacksons cousin and business partner, Larry Spencer, reached out to him about giving back to Dallas police officers.They initially?planned to donate the 10 tickets with thanks from one Redskins player, Nsekhe, and one Cowboys player, specifically Dez Bryant. However, when Bryant received news of his fathers death on?the day that they had planned to reach out to him, they opted out of contacting him out of respect.Now struggling to choose another player to reach out to, Nsekhe stepped up?and decided to pay for all the tickets himself.Nsekhe told the?Post that he felt the need to give back and make a lasting impression with this charitable act.Youve just got to respect the next man, Nsekhe said. At the end of the day, were all humans. If everybody can get that basic fundamental that everybody is human first, we can make major steps forward. Thats the biggest thing. Everybody has to recognize that we are all on this planet together. Hopefully, I can do my part. I plan on trying to do more, because it is a lot of tension, to try to ease some of this tension up.Nsekhe will meet with the police officers and their families for the first time on Wednesday night. The Redskins will kick off with the Cowboys in Arlington at 4:30 p.m. ET on Thanksgiving. He graduated from Bowie High School in Arlington and played collegiately at Texas State and Tarleton State, the latter located in Stephenville, Texas.-- Courtney Schellin Andy Pettitte Jersey . After dropping their final six games of December, the Wild opened the new calendar year with four consecutive wins. Following a loss to Colorado on Saturday, Minnesota rebounded the following night to blank Nashville 4-0, but then had the tables turned on them Tuesday. Charlie Morton Jersey . It is a cliché dragged out by fans and pundits regularly when discussions take place around which teams are better than others. http://www.astrosteamproshop.com/Astros-Francisco-Liriano-Kids-Jersey/ . -- Anaheim Ducks defenceman Luca Sbisa will be out at least six weeks with a torn tendon in his right hand. Jeff Bagwell Jersey .J. 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We dont appear to be a team that imposes their will on the other team like weve been doing the last couple years. What do we have to do today? We figure it out and just do it.Kia Nurse added 15 points for the Huskies (7-0), who are in the midst of the second-longest winning streak in womens basketball history, trailing only their 90-game run from 2008-10.Next up is top-ranked Notre Dame.Its going to be fun the next couple days preparing, Auriemma said. Thats still one of my favorite things to do, prepare for a really good team on the road. ... Sometimes more fun than the actual game. Im looking forward to seeing how as a team, what kind of look the players have these next two days. I think theyll be pretty excited. Its the first time in a while youre going in and someone else is No. 1 in the country.UConn led by nine at the half before Texas (2-4) closed to 51-49 with 3:18 left in the third quarter on a 3-pointer by Brooke McCarty. The Huskies then scored the next 12 points, including the final six of the period to get some breathing room. Collier capped the burst with a nifty reverse layup off a rebound that made it 63-49.Texas couldnt get within single digits the rest of the way.McCarty led the Longhorns with 15 points.The Huskies trailed 17-15 after one quarter but took command in the second behind Nurse. She scored the first seven points of the quarter to give UConn a 22-17 advantage. Texas (2-4) got within 26-24 before the Huskies closed the half on a 13-6 spurt. Collier had the final seven points of that burst as UConn led 39-30 at the half.Texas lost second-leading scorer Ariel Atkins in the first quarter when she was hit in the head inadvertently.dddddddddddd She came in averaging 13.6 points and had just four in six minutes.Were not sure yet, Texas coach Karen Aston said of the extent of the injury. That was obviously a difficult loss for us. ... So Im not sure of her status.JIMMY VThis is the sixth consecutive season that the Huskies have played in the game in honor of the former N.C. State mens coach, who died of cancer. Uconn has won all six of those games. They are 8-2 overall in the game.As a coach you obviously have so much respect for the way he handled an unbelievably difficult situation, Auriemma said. I hope we get invited to play in it every year. Wed do it every year if we could.TOUGH SCHEDULINGBoth Texas and UConn have faced top opponents this season. The difference is the Longhorns have struggled, going 0-4 against Top 25 teams. They lost to Stanford, Mississippi State, South Carolina and UConn. The Huskies have beaten Florida State, Baylor, DePaul and Texas.BIG PICTURETexas: The Longhorns didnt lose their fourth game of the season until March last year. ... McCarty moved into 10th place on the schools all-time list of 3-point shooters. She has 117.UConn: The two teams have played eight times, with the Huskies winning all the meetings, including in the last two NCAA Tournaments. ... Former NFL great Donovan McNabb was at the game. Hes the uncle of Nurse. ... This was the fourth year in a row that the Huskies have played a game at Mohegan Sun. The American Athletic Conference holds its tournament at the casino.UP NEXTTexas: After facing South Carolina and UConn back-to-back, the schedule doesnt get much easier with Tennessee waiting on Dec. 11. The Longhorns do have an exam break before then.UConn: A showdown awaits with top-ranked Notre Dame on Wednesday in South Bend, Indiana. It will be the third straight ranked opponent the Huskies have faced.---Follow Doug on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/dougfeinberg ' ' '