Football

• Chargers..QB-Philip Rivers has been playing last 3-weeks with bulging disc in lower back…Doctors believe it may be herniated…Has received epideral injections before each of last three games…could be facing surgery as soon as season is over….Initial plan rehab-rest for 4-weeks to determine whether surgery is necessary…Micro-Disectomy scope surgery would remove damaged fragment of disc-creating space-relieving pressure on nerve-rehab is 2-4 months…depending on location of disc (upper back-spine-lower back)…Mayo Clinic says 71% of patients with initial herniated disc use rehab not surgery to get better.

• Chargers-W-San Francisco…Philip Rivers, playing with bulging disc in back, overcomes horrible first half, rallies San Diego for 31-point comeback in must win game..Rivers (356P-4TD-3Int)…49ers left 21P on field…fumbled at 1…2-TDs called back by penalties…Chargers had 18-plays of 10Y or more in game…Eddie Royal-Antonio Gates-Donnie Inman combined (24R) in game…Chargers lost both CBs, OC-RG with injuries in game-still won.

• Steelers-W-Chiefs..Pittsburgh defense 6QBX-Fu Recovery..Held Chiefs (39R)..Pittsburgh (10-5) .
• Ravens-L-Houston..K-Randy Bullock 6FG…Arian Foster (99R)..Baltimore held (211Y-offense).
• Cowboys-W-Colts..Tony Romo (218P-4TD)..Romo throws 3TD passes early in blowout loss..Andrew Luck benched (109P-2Int)..Cowboys (11-4)-end 4Y-drought playoffs
• Seahawks-W-Arizona..Seahawks take over lst place NFC West…Seattle (596Y) offense..Marshawn Lynch 79TD run..Russell Wilson 20-80 TD passes.
• Miami-W-Minnesota..Dolphins block punt for safety in 4th Quarter..Ryan Tannehill (396P-4TD)
• Detroit-W-Chicago..Reggie Bush-Joique Bells combine (128R-2TD).
• Carolina-W-Cleveland..Cam Newton (201P-63R)..Johnny Manziel hamstring injury.
• Saints-L-Falcons..New Orleans loses 5th in row at Superdome..Matt Ryan (322P-TD)
• GBay-W-TBay..Packers defense 7QBX…Packers outgain Bucs (431-109).
• Patriots-W-Jets..Patriots block Nick Folk FG-4th quarter-preserve win..Tom Brady held (182P-4QBX).
• Giants-W-Rams.Eli Manning (391P-3TD)..WR-Odell Beckham (8R-148)..Ugly game 21-penalties..Giants (514Y-offense).
• Bills-L-Raiders..Derek Carr (214P-2TD)..Held Bills RBs (13C-13Y)..Buffalo scored 2TDs in 4th Q-frantice comeback.
• Broncos-Bengals-Monday Night Football

• Mike Shanahan…Longtime Broncos-Coach says he wants to coach in 2015-name mentioned in Chicago-Oakland.
• David Shaw..Stanford coach says he has no interest in coaching in NFL-will remain with Cardinal.
• Jim Harbaugh…Torn between staying in NFL or taking Michigan head coaching job…(7-8) this year..fallen from favor in San Francisco.
• Ray Rice..3rd video surfaces from Elevator incident-ABC video shows him still arguing with fiance after she regained consciousness-not helping security guard revive her.
• Roger Goodell…says the NFL will not approve putting a team in LA for 2015-season.
• Raiders..NFL-City Development Group misses deadline to present documents for Coliseum City project in Oakland.

College Football

• Pitt..Interviews-Pat Narduzzi-current AD-Michigan State.

• Poinsettia Bowl…San Diego State-Navy-tomorrow-expect 36,000 for Aztecs-Midshipmen game.
• Miami Bowl..BYU (8-4)-vs-Memphis (9-3) today.
• Potato Bowl…Air Force-W-Western Michigan (38-24)..Falcons (284R).
• Las Vegas Bowl..Utah-W-Colorado State (45-10)..QB-Travis Wilson 4TD-day.
• New Orleans Bowl..Louisiana-Lafayette-W-Nevada (16-3)..Wolfpack QB-Cody Fajardo held (124P-49R)
• New Mexico Bowl..Utah State-W-UTEP (21-6)…Aggies defense choked off Miners-allowing no TDs.
• Camellia Bowl..Bowling Green-W-SAlabama (33-28)..Falcons score on 74TD with (:64) left.

• Illinois State-W-New Hampshire..Redbirds huge upset win on road (457Y-offense).
• North Dakota State-W-Sam Houston State..RB-James Crockett (166R-3TD)

– Division III-Championship game –

• Wisconsin Whitewater-W-Mount Union..QB-Matt Behrendt (365P-4TD)…Mount Union QB-Kevin Hart (3TD-4Int).

Baseball

• Padres-Phillies..Philadelphia Inquirer reporting AJ Preller made contact about major trade for Cole Hamels-deal would involve newly acquired Wil Myers and young prospects-possibly Hunter Renfroe and pitching.
• Padres…Open to dealing OF-Seth Smith-Carlos Quentin…Baltimore-Seattle-Tampa Bay interested..San Diego would have to pay $5M-of-$9M owed to Quentin.
• Dodgers..President Andrew Friedman defends Matt Kemp trade…”Give to Get Talent”…”We have highly functional team-not just collection talent”.
• Angels..Trade-Kansas City…Halos acquire 2B-John Giavotello-2B…Open negotiations to resign FA-2B-Gord Beckham.

• Giants-Miami..Trade..SF acquires 3B-Casey McGhee for 2-minor league pitchers.
• Yankees-Marlins..Trade-NY deals 3B-Martin Prado-P-David Phelps to Miami for P-Nathan Eovoldi-1B-Garrett Jones-minor leaguer.
• Cubs..Sign FA-C-David Ross-Braves…Sign FA-P-Anthony Carter-Padres-Red Sox…Sign FA-C-Ryan Lavarnway-ex Red Sox.
• Pirates..Sign FA-1B-Corey Hart-ex Brewers.
• Blue Jays..Sign FA-P-Juan Oramos-Padres
• Indians..Sign FA-P-Scott Downs-ex White Sox.
• Giants..Re-sign P-Jake Peavy (2Y-$24M).
• A’s..Release 2B-Nick Punto.

• Orioles..Hire-Scott Coolbaugh-Texas-Hitting coach.

• Bud Selig..Named Commissioner Emeritus-will be paid 6M per year as consultant.

Basketball

• Lakers-L-Sacramento…C-DeMarcus Cousins (29P-14R)…Kobe Bryant 8-basketbs-9 turnouvers…LA falls to (8-19)
• Memphis-L-Cleveland..LeBron James (25P)..Grizzlies drop  (21-6).
• NYK-L-Toronto…Phil Jackson under fire as GM…Knicks now (5-25)

• Clippers (19-8)-vs-San Antonio (17-11)…Clippers won 12-of-15..Spurs-Kawhi Leonard-torn ligament in hand.
• Portland (22-6)-vs-Houston (19-7)
• Golden State (22-3)-vs-Sacramento

• Dallas-Boston..Trade-Mavs acquire G-Rajon Rondo in 8-for-2 deal…Celtics get C-Brandon Wright..1st-2nd round picks and 12.9-trade exemption cap slot.
• Houston-Minnesota-76ers..Trade-Houston gets F-Ronnie Brewer..Minnesota gets G-Trey Daniels-8M trade exemption..76ers get #2-trade exemption.
• Brooklyn Nets..G-Deron Williams goes down with calf injury.

• UCinn..Coach Mick Cronin-hospitalized with blood clot on brain-out indefinitely.
• UCLA-L-Kentucky…Wildcats (12-0) scored 24Points in a row…led (41-7) at halftime..Bruins shot 8% floor..finished 28% for game
• SDSU…Plays UC-Riverside tonite..Aztecs (8-3) after win over Ball State on Saturday
• USD-W-San Diego Christian..Torreros jump to 19P-lead in lst half-coast rest of way…USD now (7-5) with win..

Hockey

• Anaheim-San Jose..Ducks (22-8-5)-Tonite
• Kings-Calgary..Both teams with 17-wins-Tonite.
• Gordy Howe..undergoes experimental stem cell surgery to help recover from 4-strokes…showing progress…movement-speech…

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