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…(Football)…

Chargers-W-Raiders (34-20)….Chargers dominant win….Bolts (11-6)..Raiders (4-13)
..Justin Herbert ((28-36)-346P-2TD in lopsided win
..WR-Quinton Johnston-career day (13R-186Y)
..WR-Ladd McConkey (5R-95Y)
..Chargers (474-264Y) in offense..Ran off (71-48) play advantage
..Chargers will play in Houston in wildcard game next week

Rams-L-Seattle (30-25)…Rams rested starters…LA (10-7)…Seahawks (10-7)
..Geno Smith (323P-4TD)
..Jim Garoppolo (334P-2TD) in loss

Vikings-L-Lions (31-9)…Jahmyr Gibbs (139R-4TD runs)…Jared Goff (231P-1TD)…Detroit defense held Justin Jefferson-Jordan Addison to 4-catches…Sam Drnold (166P) 0TD in loss.. …Minn (14-3)..Det (15-2)..Lions win NFC-North

Chiefs-L-Broncos…(38-0)…Chiefs sat starters…KC (15-2)..Den (10-7)
..Broncos get final wildcard spot..will play in Buffalo
..QB-Bo Nix (321P-4TD)
..Denver defense 4-sacks
..Carson Wentz (98P) in loss
..Broncos outgained Chiefs (478-98) in total offense

Tampa Bay-W-Saints (27-19)..Baker Mayfield leads 3-scoring drives in 2nd half…Bucs win NFC-South..Mayfield (221P-2TD)…Mike Evans ties Jerry Rice with 11th straight 1,000-yard season…Bucs (10-7)..Saints (5-12)

Falcons-L-Carolina (44-38)..Bryce Young (253P-24R-5TD) In Panthers win…Michael Penis (312P)..RB-Bijan Robinson (170R) in loss….Atl (8-9)..Caro (5-12)

Washington-W-Dallas (23-19)..Marcus Mariota (161P-51R) 2-TD) Commanders…Trey Lance (244P- in loss….Wash (12-5)..Dallas (7-10)

Packers-L-Bears..Caleb Williams (148P)-Chi..GB (11-6)..Chi (5-12)
..QB-Jordan Love-hand injury..WR-Christian Watson-knee

Houston-W-Tennessee (23-14)….Damien Pierce (176R) in win..Will Levis (176P) in loss..Texans (10-7)..Titans (3-14)

Colts-W-Jaguars..(26-23) OT….Joe Flacco (264P-TD)…Jon Taylor (177R-TD)…QB-Mac Jones (225P-TD) in loss..Indy (8-9)…Jax (4-13)

Bills-L-Patriots (23-16)..QB-Joe Milton (241P-TD in win…Mitch Trubisky (101P) in loss…..Buff (13-4)..NEng (4-13)

Eagles-W-Giants (20-12)…Tanner McKie (269P-TD) in win…Drew Lock (138P)..Phi (14-3)..NY (3-14)

Miami-L-Jets (32-20)..Miami finishes..(8-9)..NY (5-12)..Aaron Rodgers (274P-4TD) in win..Jets defense 4-takeaways-3 sacks

49ers-L-Arizona (47-24)…Kyler Murray (274P-4TD)…Josh Dobbs (326P-2TD-2Int-Fu) in loss….Crash-burn season…SF (6-11)…Az (8-9)

Ravens-W-Browns (35-10)..Lamar Jackson (280APY)..Derrick Henry (138R-2TD)..Ravens (12-5)..Cleveland (3-14)

Bengals-W-Steelers (19-17)..Joe Burrow (277P-TD)..Cade York 4FG…Held Russell Wilson (138P)…Bengals I9-8) win 5th in row..Pitts lost 4th in row (10-7)
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(Wildcard Matchups)
AFC..Steelers-at-Baltimore…Broncos-at-Buffalo…Chargers-at-Houston
NFC….Rams-vs-Vikings in LA..Packers-at-Eagles..Tampa Bay-at-Washington

(Draft)

1..Titans..2-Cleveland…3-Giants…4-Patriots
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(NFL Notes)

NFL-Black Monday…Decisions coming on head coaching jobs on Giants-Raiders-Jaguars-Patriots-Colts in addition to 3-current openings.

Cleveland..Fires Off Coord-Ken Dorsey..OL-Andy Dickerson..Browns finished #28-offense..#32-scoring

Titans…GM-Ron Carthon could be fired in wake of (3-14) season

Dallas…Mike McCarthy contract expires January 14th-could be offered only 1-year deal..wants 5-year extension

Saints..will interview Matt Nagy-Chiefs Off Coord for head coaching job.
Jets..will interview Rex Ryan-ESPN for head coaching job on Tuesday

NFL-Thursday Night Football…Amazon Prime ratings (13.1M) average viewership..rises for 3rd year in row

NFL..Hands out (56,000) fines to Cowboys-Eagles for 6-personal fouls last weekend..DE-Osa Odighizuwa (16,800)..OT-Tyler Smith-Terrance Steele (11,000) each.

Raiders…Morris Bradshaw..former Raiders WR..Spent 31-years in front office-passses away (72Y)
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(Roster Moves)

Chargers..Sign FA-S-Terrell Edmunds-ex Steelers
Colts..Release CB-Chris Lammons
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(Injuries)

Chiefs..Activate CB-Jaylen Watson from IR-had broken leg
Colts..QB-Anthony Richardson to see specialist for disc damage back
Falcons..Lose Wr-Darnell Mooney-shoulder
Browns..IR-TE-David Njoku-knee
Washington..CB-Marshon Lattimore-re injures hamstring
Jets..CB-Sauce Gardner-out-hamstring
Tampa Bay..IR-S-Jerome Whitehead-injured in Friday auto accident
Ravens..WR-Zay Flowers-bruised knee
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(College Football)

CFB Committee…Rejects request from Notre Dame to change starting time for semi-finals game..Irish has 2-less days to prepare that Penn State because of postponement of Sugar Bowl game.

Big 12…Wants NCAA to develop ‘National Standard’ for targeting penalty after officials missed 3-helmet hits in Arizona State-Texas game

Notre Dame..i have earned 14M-in playoff money but does not have to share it with anyone because they are independent.

Boise State..Off Coord-Dirk Koetter retires…’does not like atmosphere in college football because of NIL-Transfer Portal’.

North Carolina..Report Bill Belichick wants to talk to Raiders assistants Scott Turner-Patrick Grahame about jobs on his Tar Heels staff.

Iowa..Visits with 1AA-passing star Mark Gronowski-South Dakota State..threw (96TD) inh career.

Oregon..Freshman QB-Jaron Sagapolutele enters transfer portal.

Division III-Championship game-Sunday
..Mt Union-Ohio-L-North Central-Illinois (41-25)…North Central QB-Luke Lehner (298P-4TD)..Cardinals  also scored on 66Y-TD run…Purple Raiders got to Red Zone 4-times..did not score…North Central (15-0)…Mount Union (14-1) had won 13-national championships….NCC has won 3-times now…Lehner (57-2) career record.

Division 1AA-Championship game-Monday night
..North Dakota State-vs-Montana State..Matchup of 2-great QBs-Cam Miller-NDSU and Tommy Melliott-Bobcats
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…(Baseball)…

Padres…Expressing interest in C-Diego Cartaya-just DFA by Dodgers..Hot prospect-has had injury issues last two years at AA-ball.

Dodgers..Sign Korean FA-SS-Hyseong Kim (3Y-12M) deal with 2-option years…(.306) career hitter…4X-Gold Glove player

Dodgers..DFA-C-Diego Cartaya-once top prospect

Angels..NY Post reports Halos have opened contract talks with Mets FA-1B-Peter Alonso and have offered Orioles FA-OF-Anthony Santander a 3-year deal…Alonso (226HR) in career…Santander (155HR) in career.
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(Roster Moves)

Orioles..Sign FA-P-Chrley Morton-ex Braves (138-123) career record
Yankees..Sign FA-OF-Anthony Velasquez-ex Braves
Houston…Sign FA-OF-Jose Gonazalez..hit (.370) in Independent ball
Texas-Brewers..TRADE..Rangers deal P-Grand Anderson to Brewers

Jack Flaherty…Continues FA-talks with Giants-Blue Jays-Cubs
Anthony Santander…Blue Jays offer 3Y-deal plus 4th year option
Ha Seong Kim…Padres FA-SS-opens talks with Mariners
Yoan Moncada..White Sox FA-3B-talks to Cubs-Mariners
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(MLB Notes)

Orioles-Nationals…Judge rules MASN-network owes Nationals (203M) in past rights fees payment for joint network operation of Mid Atlantic Sports

Rockies..Hire Scott Oberg-as minor league pitching coordinator

Diamond Sports…Comes out of bankruptcy..Rebranded ‘Main Street Sports’…own the rights to 8-MLB..13-NBA…8-NHL teams..
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…(Basketball)…

Aztecs-W-Boise State (76-68)..Miles Byrd (22P)…SDSU survive final 2-minutes turnover-6 missed free throws…Got 10-baskets off the bench..Out rebounded Broncos (41-29)..held Boise to (37%) shooting…SDSU (9-3)

USD-L-Oregon (81-54)..Ducks shot (60%) in 2nd half..Toreros fall to (4-12)

UCSD-W-Fullerton (90-51)..Ani Tait-Jones (24P) in Tritons win…now (13-2)

UCLA-L-Nebraska (66-58)..UCLA goes (4-28) on 3s…15-turnovers…shoot (38%)…Bench G-Dylan Andrews…Bruins ambushed on road in Big 10 opener…
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Lakers-L-Houston (119-115)….Lakers trailed by 24-points in first half….Jalen Green (33P) for Rockets…Anthony Davis (30P) in loss….Sunday…LA (20-15)…LA won 8-of-12

Clippers-W-Atlanta (121-102)..Ivaca Zubach (18P-18R)..Clippers (20-15)

Lakers..Coach JJ Reick refuses to respond to Charles Barkley TV-criticism of coach…Redick had said ‘Overly critical media reason or falling TV ratings’…Barkley response ‘Media not reason for crappy product-we’re not the ones jacking up 100-3’s a game….Lakers cannot hide the flaws…You are a dead man walking…You got rid of Frank Vogel-Darwin Ham-good coaches…Lakers are still same ugly girl…put lipstick on that pig”

Miami Heat…Suspend G-Jimmy Butler (7G) for insubordination…will cost him (2.3M) in salaries…suspension came after Butler  said ‘Can’t find happiness here’…despite having a 49M-contract

Clippers…Kawhi Leonard scores (12P) in 19-minutes in first game in 253-days because of knee issues…Will be on minutes limit.

Lakers..Team has won 8-of-12 since Max Christie inserted in starting lineup.

Indiana..Sign FA-G-Ray J-Dennis…was averaging (16P) San Diego Clippers-G League..3rd Clippers play to go to NBA in a week on 2-way contract.

Portland..F-Anfernee Simons says he has ‘mental health issues’ because team is (11-22)

Minnesota..G-Anthony Edwards (53P) in loss
Pelicans..G-CJ McCollom (50P) in game
Oklahoma City..Thunder won 13-in a row

Houston..F-Jabari Smith-out 8W-broken hand
Golden State..F-Jon Kuminga-severe ankle sprain
Nets..G-Cam Thomas-reinjures hamstring 2nd time
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…(Hockey)…

Gulls-L-Coachella Valley (3-2) OT……Firebirds led 2-0 in 3rd period…Gulls out shot (21-11) thru two periods in game…AHL-action-Sunday…Gulls (9-19-4)..1-goal losses pile up
Gulls-L-Ontario..(4-1)…Friday…Reign score 3-goals in 3rd period

Ducks-W-Tampa Bay..Ducks win (4-1)…Frank Vatrano 2G-Troy Terry scored early for Ducks….Sunday..Anaheim (17-18-4)
Ducks-L-Oilers (3-2)-Friday..Leon Draisaitl goal with (1:25) left in game

Kings-W-Tampa Bay (2-1)..Saturday..Adrian Kempe 19th goal of season..LA (22-10-5)
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(NHL Notes)

Vancouver…Reports Canucks trying to trade Elias Pettersson (11M) contract or JT Miller (8M) contract because of chemistry issues..

Oilers-Rangers..Discussing huge trade for D-Aaron Fox…Edmonton would deal expiring contracts of Evander Kane-Jeff Skinner plus #1 pick and top prospect Matthew Savoie.

Ducks..Confirm draft pick D-Will Francis-Minnesota-Duluth has left team with 2nd flareup of Leukemia he had in 2020

Ducks..Sign LW-Frank Vatrano to 3Y-extension…has 9G this year…68-goals with Ducks.

Colorado..G-Scott Wedgewood-minor knee bruise
Vancouver..G-Thatcher Demko-bruised knee
Vancouver..F-Dakota Joseph-iknee issue
Leafs..C-Auston Matthews denies he had fracture of hip-activated off IR list
Leafs..F-Max Domi faces fine for head shot check
Kings..Activate F-Trevor Moore-Trevor Lewis from IR
Toronto..Sign FA-D-Dakota Mermis-ex Utah
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…(General)…

PGA…The Sentry-Kapalua-Hawaii…Opening Tourney of season
..Hidecki Matsuyama ..fueled by 11- birdie day on Saturday win
..(-35) Matsuyama
..(-32) Colin Morikawa

PGA..Tour Policy Board considering changes to form at Tour Championship-Fed X-finals…do away with match play…go to stroke play-full 18-holes on final day rather than match play brackets
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Formula 1…Lewis Hamilton meets with Charles LeClerc to discuss how Team Ferrari works…Hamilton leaves Team Mercedes after 7-championships and 105-wins.
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(Soccer)…English Premier League-Scoreboard:
..Liverpool-Tie-Manchester United (2-2)..Mo Salah penalty shot goal 70′ in snow..(14-1-3)
..Arsenal-Tie-Brighton..Brighton scores on late penalty shot
..Manchester City-W-West Ham..Erling Haaland 2-goals-City
..Newcastle-W-Hotspurt..Alex Isak scores 36′
..Chelsea-Tie-Crystal Palace..1-1 tie
..Aston Villa-W-Leicester..AV scores 76′
..Bournemouth-W-Everton..David Brooks goal 76′ in win
..Fulham-Tie-Ipswich..Raul Jiminez 2-penalty shot goals-Fulham
..Brentford-W-Southampton..5-0 beating..Southies (1-16-3)

Liverpool…Goal scoring star Mo Salah says this will be his last year with club..will leave in transfer deal
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