Football

• NFL..Probe continues into “Deflate Gate”…Colts confirm they notified NFL league office about concern about under-inflated game balls during their blowout loss to Patriots in November…NFL officials did halftime evaluation of balls…all 12-Colts balls were legal…11-of-12 Patriots balls were below limits…Ravens say they did not notice problems with balls in the Divisional playoff game with Patriots…Hall of Fame coach John Madden said he would believe QB-Tom Brady is the one who insisted on changes in air pressure in balls.
• Tampa Bay QB-Brad Johnson said he paid ball boys $7,500 to scuff up all the balls in the 2002-Super Bowl game against Raiders for better grip for QBs.

• Bears..Hire Adam Gase-Broncos as Off Coor.
• Arizona..Hire Dick LeBeau-Pittsburgh-as linebacker coach.
• Ravens..Hire Marty Mornhinweg-Jets as QB coach.
• Browns..Hire Joe DeFillipo-Raiders as Off Coor.
• Broncos..Hire Joe DiCamillus-Bears-Special teams coach.
• Jaguars..Hire Greg Olson-Raiders as Off Coor.
• Bills..Hire Anthony Lynn-Jets as RB coach
• 49ers..Hire Jason Taver-Raiders..as LB coach.
• Jets..Hire Chan Gailey-ex Bills head coach as Off Coor
• Raiders..Hire Brad Seely-49ers as Special Teams coach.
• Redskins..Fire Brian Baker as DL coach.
• Bears..Fire Mel Tucker-Def Coor  and 4-other assistants…Interview Charley Weis-Geep Chryst for coaching jobs.
• Bears..Hire Dave Magazu-Broncos as OL coach..Derius Swinton-Broncos as Special teams coach.
• Montreal..CFL-Alouettes hire former NFL-QB-Turk Schonert to be Off Coor…do not bring back Jeff Garcia.

• Steelers..Owner Art Rooney-Junior says club wants Troy Polamalu to consider retirement because of injuries.
• Chiefs..Backup QB-Tyler Bray will miss 2015 season-suffered major knee injury in offseason workouts.
• Cardinals..QB-Carson Palmer-recovering knee surgery-will be ready for OTA workouts in May.

• SDSU..Athletic Director Jim Sterk says playing in a new stadium near Petco Park would be his third choice..would rather stay at Qualcomm or build on campus stadium..Aztecs still have 5-years lease at Q.

Baseball

• Padres..Open contract talks with FA-P-James Shields-trying to use payroll space this year..from reduced amount they have to pay Matt Kemp and then next year using the expiring contract Carlos Quentin-to fund Shields deal…

• Red Sox..Sign FA-P-Dana Eveland-Mets
• Brewers..Sign FA-P-Dontrelle Wills
• Marlins..Offer contract FA-OF-Ichuro Suzuki-Yankees
• Braves..Offer contract FA-OF-Jonny Gomes-Red Sox
• Houston-Toronto..Trade-Astros deal C-Carlos Corporan to Jays for minor leaguer.
• Yankees-Texas..Trade-NY deals P-Gonzalez German to Rangers.
• Giants..Release-2B-Marco Scutaro-coming off back surgery.

• Johan Santana…Setback-shutdown-shoulder soreness after one start in Venezuala.

Basketball

• Portland..Lose F-LaMarcus Aldridge-MRI-major thumb injury…(23P-10R) a game.
• Lakers…Kobe Bryant injures shoulder in New Orleans game..MRI-today on labrum

• Lakers-L-NOrleans..Pelicans Anthony Davis (29P-4Blocks)…Kobe Bryant scores (14P)…LA lost 6-in row…now  (12-31)..LA (10-25) when Kobe plays.
• Atlanta-W-Indiana..Hawks won 14-row….now (35-8)
• Golden State-W-Houston…Warriors score 62P-in first half-build 20P lead… Steve Kerr’s club now (34-6)..(19-1) at home..
• Portland-L-Phoenix…Blazers (31-12)
• Washington-L-Oklahoma City….Kevin Durant scores (34P) for Thunder in win over Wizards (29-14)
• Cleveland-W-Utah…LeBron James (26P)..Cavs won 4-in row.
• Knicks-W-Philadelphia…NY now (7-36)..Carmelo Anthony (27P-11R)
• Dallas-W-Minnesota..Mavs now (30-13)

• Tonite…Clippers-Brooklyn Nets…LA won 8-of-11…now (28-14) for season.

• New Mexico-W-UNLV…Lobos win huge road game..drop Rebels to a shocking (1-5) in the Mountain West Conference.
• Aztecs…Off till Saturday road game at Colorado State (17-2)

Hockey

• Ray Whitney..Retires after 23Y-in NHL..began career with San Diego Gulls…385-goals-1,064 points..played San Jose-Detroit-Edmonton amongst 8-teams.

• Ducks-W-Flames..(6-3)..Anaheim explodes for 3-goals in 11-minutes in lst period…(31-10-6)…Ducks won 4-straight.
• Kings-L-San Jose (3-1)..Joe Pavelski-Pat Marleau score goals..Kings have won just once in last 8-games..stumbling into All Star break.

General

• Australian Open..Rafael Nadel comes from behind 5-set win..Roger Federer injures finger but wins..Andy Murray wins.
• Manchester City..Soccer star Frank Lampard may have major knee injury-carted off in pregame warmups.
• NASCAR..Driver Brian Vickers-recovering from heart surgery-will sit out Daytona 500…cleared to race in March.

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