…(College Football)…National Championship Game

Georgia-W-TCU (65-7)…Bulldogs destroy Frogs right from the start.
..QB-Stetson Bennett (304-4TD)…added 2-rushing TDs…TE-Brandon Bowers (5R-102) in opening half…Georgia outgained TCU (589-188) in lopsided game..jumped out to (38-7) lead at halftime..Dogs defense (5-sacks-3 takeaways) in win

South Dakota State-W-North Dakota State (45-21)..win 1AA title…Jackrabbits RBs Amar Johnson (126R)..Isaiah Davis (119R)..QB-Mark Gronoski 3TD passes..TD run…SDSU finishes (14-1)

Washington State..Hire Jeff Schmedding-Def Coord…was at Auburn

Hall of Fame…Names 18-for enshrinement including USC-RB-Reggie Bush…Florida QB-Tim Tebow…Boston College LB-Luke Kuechly.

Michigan..RB-Blake Corum says he will play at UM in 2023
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(NFL Notes)

Arizona Cardinals..Fire Coach Kliff Kingsbury-GM Steve Keim after (4-13) season…Cardinals lost 18-of-25 games…Kingsbury (28-37-1) in career

Arizona..ask for permission to interview Sean Payton-ex Saints.

Houston..Fire Coach Lovie Smith after (3-13-1) record…Texans (11-31-1) last two and a half years…

Houston..Ask for permission to interview Jonathon Gannon-Eagles..Ejior Evero-Broncos..Ben Johnson-Lions…Shane Steichen-Eagles

Denver…Ask for permission to interview Dan Quinn-Cowboys..Raheem Morris-Rams…DeMeco Ryans-49ers plus Sean Payton.

Cleveland..Fires Def Coord-Joe Woods.

Browns..Will interview Jared Mayo-Patriots..Brian Flores-Steelers..Jim Schwartz-Eagles for Def Coord job.

Carolina…Will interview Frank Reich for Panthers head job despite Steve Wilks going (6-6) as interim coach.

Indianapolis..Says it will interview Jeff Saturday for head coaching job despite team losing 10-of-11 games at end of season.

Atlanta..Def Coord-Dean Prees announces retirement
New Orleans..Vote confidence head coach Dennis Allen despite (7-10) record
New England..Bill Belichick will return for 24the season

NFL Draft Order:..Top picks
1..Bears…2-Texans..3-Arizona…4-Colts..5-Seattle (from Denver)..6-Lions (from Rams)..7-Raiders…8-Falcons…9-Carolina…10-Eagles (from Saints).
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…(Baseball)…….

Angels..Sign FA-OF-Brett Phillips-ex Tampa Bay….Career (.188) hitter…batted just (.144) last year.

Giants..Sign FA-P-Luke Jackson-ex Bravers
Rockies..Sign FA-P-Fernando Abad-ex Seattle-Orioles-Phillies
Mets..Sign FA-OF-Tim Locrasto-ex Yankiees
Brewers..Sign FA-OF-Josh Van Meter-ex Pirates-Reds
Tigers..Sign FA-P-Chasen Shreve-ex Yankees
Angels..DFA-P-Austin Warren

White Sox..P-Liam Hendricks begins chemo treatment for Non Hodgkins-Lymphoma…hopes to return to pitch this season…has had 75-saves.

MLB..Reinstates former Braves GM-John Coppolella-suspended for 5Y for illegal signings of Internatonal players involving cash payments to underage players and kickbacks on signing bonuses.

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…(Basketball)…

Lakers-L-Denver (122-109)…Jamal Murray (34P) in Nuggets win..Nikola Jokic (14P-11R-16 Assts) in win….LeBron James did not play….Monday night….Lakers had won 5-in a row

Clippers-vs-Dallas..Tuesday game….Clippers lost 6-in s row

Lakers..Forward Anthony Davis cleared for workouts after missing 12-games with bone spur issue in foot.

Brooklyn…F-Kevin Durant..out 2-to-4W sprained knee

Sacramento..Sign FA-G-PJ Dozier-ex Timberwolves

Aztecs-vs-Nevada Wolfpack…Tuesday game…SDSU (11-3)…Nevada (4-0) in Mountain West Conference

Aztecs…Move up in rankings to 23rd in AP poll after road wins at UNLV-Wyoming.

AP Poll…1-Houston…2-Kansas..3-Purdue…4-Alabama..5-Tennessee…6-UConn…7-UCLA…8-Gonzaga….9-Arizona
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…(Hockey)….

Anaheim Ducks….C-Justin Kirkland hospitalized with possible concussion after being involved in auto accident on Sunday afternoon on way to game vs Bruins.

Kings-Edmonton Oilers..LA led (2-1) at Press Time in 2nd period…Kevin Fiala 2-goals in opening period for LA….Monday game.

Washington…Nik Backstrom-Tom Wilson cleared to start in lineup coming off Covid and surgery issues

Edmonton..F-Evander Kane cleared to practice-recovering from skate cut-that badly damaged artery in wrist.

Detroit..Activate F-Tyler Bertuzzi from IR

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…(General)…….

Soccer…Reports that USSF offered head coaching job to Zinedine Zedane but he rejected it.

Wales..Legendary international star Gareth Bale announces retired at (33Y)…scored 41-goals in 100-international games.

Chelsea…Blue wiped out by injuries…F-Christian Pulisic-knee sprain…F-Raheem Sterling-hamstring…F-Pierre Aubameyan-back.

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