• Chargers-L-Patriots (23-14)..Julian Edelman 69-TD catch and run breaks open defensive standoff late in 2nd half..Tom Brady (317P)…Patriots survive enormous blitz package (397Y) offense…New England defense pressures Philip Rivers all night (189Y) passing..Chargers (216Y) offense…New England ran off (73-54) edge plays…Bolts lose P-Mike Scifres-collarbone injury…TE-LeDarius Green-concussion..RB-Ryan Mathews-swollen ankle..Bolts drop (8-5).

• Broncos-W-Bills..RB-CJ Anderson 3TDs rushing..Petyon Manning (173P) TD streak of 51-straight games broken..Broncos (10-3)
• SteelersW–Bengals..Ben Roethlisberger (350P) 3-TDs in 4th quarter..Antonio Brown 94TD catch…Pitts (8-5)..Cin (8-4-1)
• Ravens-W-Dolphins..Ravens score (75-95) TD drivesj..Baltimore defense 6-sacks..Baltimore (8-5)..Miami (7-6)
• Colts-W-Browns..Andrew Luck throws GW-TD (:36) left..Luck (294P-37R)..Colts (9-4)..Browns (7-6).
• Chiefs-L-Cardinals..RB-Kerwynn Williams (100R)..Drew Stanton (239P)…Arizona 5-QBX-8 hits on QB-Alex Smith
• Seahawks-W-Eagles..Seattle defense choke off Mark Sanchez (86P)..LeSean McCoy (50R).
• Rams-W-Redskins..Rams defense 7-sacks-2 interceptions-2nd shutout in row..allow (206Y) offense..Washington (3-10)
• Giants-W-Titans..Eli Manning (260P-TD)..Giants defense 8-sacks-3 takeaways…Giants snap 7G-losing streak..Titans (2-11).
• Saints-L-Panthers..New Orleans loses 4th in row at home..Cam Newton (226P-83R)…Saints (5-8).
• Vikings-W-Jets..Teddy Bridgewater 87-TD screen pass in overtime…Jets (2-11)
• Lions-W-Bucs..Matthew Stafford (311P-3TD)…Detroit defense 6-sacks-3 takeaways..TBay (2-11).
• Texans-W-Jaguars..Arian Foster (127R)…Texans hold Jags (262Y) offense…Jacksonville (2-11).
• 49ers-L-Raiders..Derek Carr 3TD..Raiders (330Y) offense..Raiders defense 5QBX-2 picks Colin Kaeperneck..49ers (7-6).

• Packers-Falcons…Monday Night Football

• Jets..Deny report Rex Ryan-feuding-Marty Mornhinweg over play-calling with QB-Geno Smith.
• Tampa Bay..Releases Jeff Tedford-contract as offensive coordinator-deal with heart related health issues-has missed entire season.
• 49er..Coach Jim Harbaugh backs QB-Colin Kaeperneck-insulted media with 1-word answers to questions last week.
• Cardinals…Release RB-Michael Bush..TE-Matt Mulligan
• Bears..WR-Brandon Marshall-IR List..Broken Ribs-collapsed lung after hit to back in Cowboys game last Thursday.

• New England..Aaron Hernandez lawyers attempting to block introduction of evident of “Prior Bad Acts” the player may have been involved in prior to Oden Lloyd murder.

College Football

• CFP…Final Poll from committee-shocker..1-Alabama..2-Oregon..3-Florida State…4-Ohio State…5-Baylor….6-TCU dropped all the way to 6th..despite dominance down stretch…Ohio State lopsided win in Big 10-title game carried them into play…Big 12-not have tiebreaker formula when Baylor-TCU wound up tied…Baylor nipped TCU 61-58 in reguar season got them the slight edge.
• Playoffs…Final APpoll…1-Alabama..2-Oregon..3-TCU…4-Florida State

• Playoffs…Sugar Bowl-Semifinal..Alabama-Ohio State…Rose Bowl Semifinal…Oregon-Florida State.

• Bowls…Cotton-Baylor-Michigan State…..Peach-TCU-Ole Miss….Orange-MIssissippi State-Georgia Tech….Fiesta-Arizona-Boise State….Holiday-USC-Nebraska...Poinsettia Bowl-Navy-San Diego State….Las Vegas Bowl-Utah-Colorado State…Alamo Bowl-UCLA-Kansas State.

• SEC..Alabama smokes Missouri…Tide (242R)..QB-Blake Sims (266P)…Bama (504Y) offense.
• ACC..Florida State nips Georgia Tech..RB-Dalvin Cook (177R)..Jameis Winston (309P-3TD)
• Big 10..Ohio State stomps Wisconsin..RB-Ezekiel Elliott (220R)..QB-Cardale Jones (257P-3TD)..Buckeyes (558Y) in (59-0) thrashing Badgers.
• Pac 12.Oregon bombs Arizona..QB-Marcus Mariota (313P)..RB-Royce Freeman (114R)..Ducks (627Y) offense.
• MWC..Boise State overruns Fresno State…QB-Grant Hedrick 2021Y-TD runs..Broncos 63 Int-TD.

• AP Poll..Shakeup in poll…1-Alabama..2-Florida State..3-Oregon..4-Baylor vaults up…5-Ohio State moves up…6-TCU dropped two slots despite win.

• 1AA Playoffs…Eastern Washington knocks out Montana..Villanova-wins over Liberty…Illinois State (11-1) wins over NIowa…Coastal Carolina (12-1)..North Dakota State (12-1)..New Hampshire (11-1)…UT Chattanooga (10-3) also move on to 3rd round.

• Oregon State..Mike Riley taking entire coaching staff with him to Nebraska.
• Kansas..Hires David Beaty-WR Coach-Recruiting coordinator Texas AM.
• Houston..Fires Tony Levine as head coach
• Columbia..Fires Pete Mangurian (3-27)…players signed petition complaining of abusive treatment from head coach.
• USC…Athletic Director Pat Haden denies he is considering stepping down because of health issues.

Baseball

• Winter Meetings…Open 4-day run in San Diego

• Hall of Fame Voting..Today..Randy Johnson-Jon Smoltz-Pedro Martinez on ballot for first time…Craig Biggio-Mike Piazza-Jeff Bagwell top vote getters last year…how many votes do Barry Bonds-Roger Clemens get after getting just 35% last year.

• Trades…Rumors everywhere possible deals involving big bats…Justin Upton-Atlanta..Matt Kemp-Dodgers..Andre Ethier-Dodgers..Carlos Gonzalez-Rockies..Yoenis Cespedes-Red Sox…Biggest name pitcher on trade block-Cole Hamels-Phillies…Jeff Samardzija-Athletics…

• Free Agents..Top name players still on open market…Max Scherzer-Tigers..Jon Lester-A’s…James Shields-Royals..Dave Robertson-Yankees…Sergio Romo-Giants…Justin Masterson-Indians….Chase Headley-Yankees..Melky Cabrera-Blue Jays…Alex Rios-Tigers.

• Padres-Dodgers..Talks continue OF-Matt Kemp…for C-Yasmani Grandal-minor league pitching.
• Dodgers-Arizona..Talks OF-Andre Ethier-C-Tim Federowicz for C-Miguel Montero.
• Dodgers..Sign FA-C-Ryan Lavarnway-Red Sox….Release-C-Drew Butera.
• Angels-Orioles..Talks 2B-Howie Kendrick for P-Wie Yen Chen (16-6).
• Angels..Sign FA-P-Edgar Ibarra-Tigers
• Mets…FA-P-Dice K Matsuzaka leaves MLB..signs 2Y-deal with Softbank Hawks-return to Japan.

• Tigers-Yankees-Arizona..Trade..NYY gets SS-Didi Gregorious…Tigers receive P-Shawn Greene..Arizona 2B-Domingo Leyba-P-Robbie Ray…
• Yankees..Sign FA-P-Andrew Miller-Orioles.
• Twins..Sign OF-Shane Robinson-Cardinals.
• Indians..Sign C-Adam Moore-Padres.
• Giants..Sign FA-OF-Justin Maxwell-Royals..P-Cory Gearrin-Braves..P-Nik Turley-Yankees.
• Arizona..Sign FA-P-JC Ramirez-Phillies
• Reds..Sign FA-P-Jose DelaTorre-Brewers..2B-Irv Falu-Padres.
• Indians..Sign FA-OF-Destin Hood-Red Sox.
• Miami..Sign FA-P-Chris Narverson-Brewers..OF-Cole Gillespie-Arizona.
• Cardinals..Sign FA-P-Justin Germano.

• Miami..Opens talks with 3B-Chase Headley…Giants-Yankees have made offers.
• Houston..Opens talks with P-David Robertson-Yankees.
• Mariners..Open talks with OF-Melky Cabrera
• Toronto…Wants permission to interview Dan Duquette-Orioles VP-Baseball Operations..about becoming Team President
• Tampa Bay..Hires-Kevin Cash-Yankees as manager.
• Cubs..Hire Ryan Dempster as assistant to GM.

Basketball

• SDSU-L-Washington Huskies (49-36)…State shoots 20% from floor-worst outing in 30-years…(2-15) on 3’s…Made only 7-baskets in 30-minute span…Record (6-2).

• Lakers-L-New Orleans…F-Anthony Davis (23P)..Jrue Holliday (22P)…Lakers (5-16)…just (2-9) Staples Center.
• Trailblazers-W-NY Knicks…Portland (16-4)..Knicks (4-18)
• Memphis-W-Miami…Grizzlies (16-4)
• Dallas-W-Milwaukee….Mavs (16-6)

• Tonite..Clippers-Phoenix

Hockey

• Ducks-W-Winnipeg…Ducks  (18-6-5)..Rene Bourque-Kyle Palmieri key goals in road win
• Ducks..Corey Perry-knee injury.
• Montreal..More than 7,000-pay tribute to Jean Beliveau in wake at Bell Center-Canadiens home ice arena.
• Edmonton…Oilers GM-Craig McTavish-‘community should be pissed off-refuse to give away talented young players’…Oilers winless 11-games-beat Winnipeg last nite..
• Coyotes-Penguins…Trade..Pens acquire Rob Klinkhammer-F for D-Philip Sammuelsson…Arizona has 3-defenseman hurt.

General

• Galaxy-W-NEngland Revolution…MLS-Cup Championship game..Robbie Keane scores key goal..27,000-fans-Home Depot Center-Carson.
• Tiger Woods…Hero’s Tournament in Florida…goes 77-70-69-72…Finishes dead last in 18-man field..

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