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The Edmonton Oilers have traded disappointing former first overall draft pick Nail Yakupov to the St. Louis Blues for a prospect and conditional draft pick, the teams announced Friday evening.It marks the second time in just more than three months that the Oilers have traded a former first overall draft pick. On June 30, they dealt Taylor Hall, the first overall pick in 2010, to New Jersey for defenseman Adam Larsson.The return for Yakupov, the first pick in 2012, was significantly lower and illustrates just how far his stock has fallen since he was drafted.The Oilers will receive Zach Pochiro and a third-round pick in 2017. That pick will become a second-round pick in 2018 if Yakupov scores 15 goals or more during the coming season.Pochiro is a center who was drafted in the fourth round, 112th overall, in 2013. He is 22 years old and played in the ECHL last season. He has not played in an NHL game.Yakupov, 23, has scored 50 goals in 252 NHL games and has never scored more than 17 in a single season. He scored 17 in his rookie season with the Oilers during the lockout-shortened 2013 campaign. He had just eight goals last season and had been rumored to be on the trade block for months.The Oilers retained none of Yakupovs salary in the deal, a source told ESPNs Pierre LeBrun.Edmonton also finalized a one-year contract with unrestricted free-agent defenseman Kris Russell. The new deal between the Oilers and Russell is worth $3.1 million, a source told LeBrun. Russell has remained on the market all summer despite being a top-four defenseman.In 573 games in the NHL, Russell has scored 177 points playing for the Columbus Blue Jackets, Calgary Flames, St. Louis Blues and Dallas Stars.Russell, 29, led the League in 2014-15 with 283 blocked shots.Jerry Rice Super Bowl Jersey . 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Didier Drogba gave away the penalty that put Senegal one goal away from a major upset, but the veteran striker will get another chance -- probably his last -- at the World Cup after Salomon Kalous injury-time strike sealed the Ivorians place in Brazil next year.Georgetown and Wisconsin will meet again.The unranked Hoyas upset No. 13 Oregon 65-61 in the first round of the Maui Invitational Monday to set up a second-round game Tuesday against No. 16 Wisconsin, which beat Tennessee 74-62 in the first round.Georgetown and Wisconsin have played in each of the last two seasons including a 71-61 win by the Hoyas last year at the 2K Classic in New York City.Yeah, its becoming a conference game, thats stating the obvious, Georgetown coach John Thompson III said. Theyre tough and they make you earn everything. Nothing ever is easy against them. And when you make mistakes, they make you pay. And then you take that and you add the fact that, like it is systematic, forget the system. Theyve got some really good players too.The Badgers lost to Creighton last week, but have bounced back with two wins in a row.As always, trying to get the first game is the one you want to get under your belt, Wisconsin coach Greg Gard said. I am proud of the guys for battling back. Obviously there are a lot of things to clean up and get better at.Wisconsin scored the first 12 points against Tennessee, but fell behind 46-44 before rallying for the victory. Guard Bronson Koenig led the Wolverines with 21 points and four assists. Koenig has recently been the driving force of the offense. His outside shot opens the floor for the rest of the Badgerss.dddddddddddd He made 9 of 15 shots on Monday, but Wisconsin did not play its usual disciplined brand of offense.That helped Tennessee stick around into the second half.We need to play at our pace and control the tempo more, Koenig said after Wisconsin had 18 turnovers in the win.Forward Nigel Hayes added 17 points and 10 rebounds for Wisconsin while forward Ethan Happ had 16 points.The Hoyas were able to put an upset loss to Arkansas State behind them to beat the ranked Ducks and set up a meeting with the Badgers. Guard Rodney Pryor had 26 points to pace Georgetown.We know we are a good team, Pryor said. We know we let two games go early but we cant hang our heads on that. We cant get too low or too high, so coming out here we knew we had to stay together and believe in each other.Georgetown has short rest as it prepares for another ranked foe.Its a tough game, Thompson said. We have to go hydrate and start to get ready for them. But its a battle. Every offensive possession is a battle. We have to be ready for that.Mondays win was a confidence boost for the Hoyas. Wisconsin is looking to build its own momentum by reaching Wednesdays title game before returning home and drawing Syracuse (Nov. 29) in the Big Ten-ACC Challenge. ' ' '