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ENGLEWOOD, Colo. -- Denver Broncos wide receiver Demaryius Thomas was informed Wednesday that President Barack Obama has commuted the life sentence of Thomas grandmother.Thomas was notified as he left the teams weight room following practice. Minnie Pearl Thomas had been serving a life sentence for a drug conviction in Georgia. Her prison sentence will now expire Dec. 1.I just found out right when I came in from weights, Demaryius Thomas said. I was surprised, and I was excited.Its a blessing, and Im super excited. ... Looking forward to Dec. 1.Minnie Pearl Thomas sentence was one of 214 for federal inmates, including 67 with life sentences, that President Obama commuted Wednesday.Last July, he also commuted 46 sentences, including the sentence of Thomas mother, Katina Smith, who had been scheduled to be released in 2017.In June, Demaryius Thomas wrote a letter to President Obama, thanking him for commuting his mothers sentence, and he gave the letter to the president when the Super Bowl champion Broncos visited the White House. During his exchange, he said Obama briefly discussed Thomas grandmother as well.I still remember him talking to me, Thomas said. I was talking about my mom and said, Thank you, and he talked about my grandma. I knew something was going to happen.Thomas was only 11 when Smith and his maternal grandmother were each arrested for narcotics trafficking in 1999.When Smiths sentence was commuted and she was released from prison, she went to a halfway house for a required stay in Georgia, Thomas home state, before she was then fully released to live on her own. Thomas said Wednesday his grandmother is likely to follow the same path after her release.Minnie Pearl Thomas is currently serving her sentence -- for distribution of cocaine, as well as conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine -- in a federal prison in Florida. Demaryius Thomas said that at one point at the prison, in Tallahassee, Florida, his mother and grandmother shared a cell. Wholesale Authentic Jerseys . 10 Texas Rangers jersey for one last time. Young formally announced his retirement Friday after returning to Rangers Ballpark, his baseball home for all but the last of his 13 major league seasons. 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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Alexis Jones finished a rebound shy of a triple-double while helping Baylor hand Tennessee one of the most thorough defeats the Lady Volunteers have ever suffered on their home floor.Jones had a career-high 30 points to go along with 10 assists, nine rebounds and just one turnover Sunday as the fourth-ranked Lady Bears trounced No. 22 Tennessee 88-66, matching the Lady Vols biggest home loss ever.I didnt know how close I was until I came out, Jones said. And then they told me all I needed was a rebound.Jones would have become the first Baylor player to ever post a triple-double that included points, rebounds and assists. Baylors last triple-double came from Brittney Griner, who had 28 points, 10 rebounds and 10 blocks against West Virginia on March 2, 2013.Baylor (9-1) scored the games first 11 points and never looked back to earn its seventh straight victory. The Lady Bears led by as many as 35 points before coasting to victory in this SEC/Big 12 Challenge matchup.The one loss that we suffered this year, we felt that it was a lack of focus, a lack of mental toughness, Baylor forward Nina Davis said in reference to a 72-61 loss at Connecticut on Nov. 17. We felt like we werent aggressive. Thats something that were not trying to have happen again, so each and every game were coming in with a mindset that were going to come in and dominate from the beginning of the game to the end.Davis had 20 points and nine rebounds for Baylor. Khadijiah Cave added 10 points.Mercedes Russell had 22 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks for Tennessee. Jaime Nared had 19 points and 11 rebounds. Diamond DeShields added 13 points.The only other time Tennessee (4-3) fell by as many as 22 points at home was a 74-52 loss to Texas on Dec. 1, 1985, at the old Stokely Athletics Center. Tennessee moved from Stokely to Thompson-Boling Arena in 1987-88.Weve got players that are underachieving, Tennessee coachh Holly Warlick said.dddddddddddd Were just underachieving and were not playing hard. I dont know. Honestly, I dont have an answer. (Baylor) looked a lot better prepared than the Lady Vols.THE TAKEAWAYBaylor: The Lady Bears capitalized on their size to dominate this game from start to finish. Baylor outscored Tennessee 58-28 in points in the paint. Baylor didnt need much Sunday from Kalani Brown, who scored just two points. Brown entered the day averaging 14.2 points per game to rank second on the team.Tennessee: The Lady Vols need more from DeShields. After committing 10 turnovers in a loss at Virginia Tech last week, DeShields shot 4 of 14 and had five turnovers against Baylor. She scored just two points in the first half.POLL IMPLICATIONSTennessees loss leaves the Lady Vols in danger of falling out of the Top 25. Tennessee ended a string of 565 consecutive weeks in the Top 25 late last season when it fell out of the rankings for the first time since 1985.NOTABLE NUMBERSOnly a major discrepancy at the foul line prevented the score from being even more lopsided. Tennessee was 23 of 33 on free throws while Baylor was 7 of 9. Baylor didnt attempt a single free throw in the first half.I dont know if Ive ever coached a game where we never shot a free throw until the middle of the third quarter -- and youre winning (by) 35-40 points, Baylor coach Kim Mulkey said. I dont know how you explain that. We never got to the foul line. If you look, they shot three or four times as many free throws. That has to speak volumes for how well (our) team played.QUOTABLETheyve got to go down swinging, Warlick said. Theyve got to carry a big stick. Were carrying a little twig right now, and that aint working.UP NEXTBaylor hosts Texas State on Tuesday.Tennessee visits No. 14 Texas on Dec. 11. ' ' '