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…(College Football)..
Rose Bowl…Ohio State-W-Oregon (41-21)…Ohio State jumps on Oregon early..led (34-0) in the 2nd quarter.
..Will Howard throws 42-45Y-TD passes in 1st quarter
..Howard (319P-3TD) in win
..WR-Jeremiah Smith (7R-187Y)
..Buckeyes scored on plays 42-43-45-66Y
..Ducks QB-Dillon Gabriel (299P-2TD)
..Buckeyes outgained Ducks (500-276Y) in game
..Ohio State had (233-37( yard edge in offense in opening quarter
..Ducks lost WR-Tez Johnson and RB-Jonathon James with injuries
Peach Bowl..Texas-W-Arizona (39-31) 2OT
..Longhorns jumped out to 16-point lead (24-8) into 4th quarter
..Sun Devils stormed back to tie in 4th quarter.
..Quinn Ewers (322P-3TD)
..WR-Matthew Golden (7R-149)
..Devils QB-Samy Leavitt (209P)
..RB-Cam Skattebo (264APY)..(143R)..(99Rec)..42Y-TD pass
..ASU outgained Texas (510-375) had ball for 37-minutes
..Longhorns survived 2-missed field goals and 10-penalties
Sugar Bowl…Game postponed by Terrorist bombing in French Quarter at 3am-Wednesday morning…Teams were in lock down in Hotel entire New Year’s Day..FBI did security check of Louisiana Super Dome after bombs were found at different locations on Bourbon Street…42-year old Army veterans killed 10-pedestrians and injured 35-was shot and killed by police…Isis flag and bomb material found in his truck after shootout.
Sugar Bowl…Georgia-Notre Dame will be played Thursday afternoon.
Princeton University…Confirms top KR-Tiger Bech was one of those killed in New Orleans-was on vacation.
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(College Notes)
Arizona State..Coach Ken Dillingham given 5Y-contract extension…Devils will get funding for 20-more scholarships and 40%-increase in football budget.
TCU..Hires Mike Buddie as AD..was at Army
South Dakota State..Jackrabbits hire Dan Jackson-ex Idaho as head coach
Boise State..Players say ‘we belong’ in playoffs despite loss..Alabama-Miami lost in bowl games
South Dakota State..QB-Mark Glonowski-enters Transfer Portal after 1AA-career.
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(NFL Notes)
Bengals..QB-Joe Burrow goes public..’Bengals do not want to make a living of letting great players leave the building’….Goes public demanding team re-sign WR-J’Marr Chase-Tee Higgins.
Browns..City says it will invoke ‘Modell Law’ next week if owner Jim Haslam attempts to move team to proposed Domed Stadium in Brookpark…’Modell Law’ on city statutes gives City the right to seize the franchise and open negotiations to purchase the team if the owner tries to move franchise…the Law was imposed in 1999 as part of building new Stadium when Art Modell moved Browns to Baltimore.
Eagles..Will sit RB-Saquon Barkley on Sunday-he is just (101Y) shy of all time single season rushing record.
Chiefs..Will rest QB-Patrick Mahomes in final game vs Denver
Rams..Jim Garoppolo will start on Sunday in place of Matthew Stafford-vs-Seattle
49ers..Josh Dobbs starts at QB in place of injured QB-Brock Purdy.
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(Injuries)
Niners..IR-LB-Dre Greenlaw-calf
Browns..IR-WR-Ced Tillman-concussion
Jets..IR-K-Greg Zeurlein-quad
Packers..CB-Zaire Alexander-knee scope
Chargers..Activate S-Alois Gilman from IR-Achilles
Eagles..Activate TE-Dallas Godert from IR
Washington..Activate RB-Austin Ekeler from IR-concussion
Carolina..Activate RB-Miles Saunders
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…(Baseball)…
MLB..Report teams spending in December for free agents:
..NY Mets top spending team (917M)
..Dodgers (287M)
..Yankees (235M)
..Arizona (210M)
..Giants (182M)
..Angels (80M)
..Padres have spent (0) on guaranteed contracts-ranked 26th in MLB
Roki Sasaki…Will narrow choices to 4-teams for 2nd round of meetings starting next week…He can sign on January 15th.
Orioles..Proposed (400M) in renovations at Camden Yards.
Rockies..Doctors clear Kris Bryant for full baseball activities in spring training..has played only 159-games in 3-years in Colorado
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(Roster Moves)
Alex Bregman..resumes contract talks with Mets-Phillies-Red Sox
Orioles..Reopen talks with P-Jack Flaherty-offering only 3Y-deal-he wants 5Y
Orioles..Sign FA-2B-Nick Gordon-ex Marlins-Royals
Phillies-White Sox..TRADE..Phi deals P-Tyler Gilbert to Sox for minor leaguer.
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…(Basketball)…
Lakers-vs-Portland..Thursday game…LA (18-14)
Clippers-vs-Oklahoma City…Thursday…LA (19-14)
NBA..Suspends Houston’s Amen Thompson-2 games..Miami’s Terry Rozier 1-games…hands out (315,000) in fines for fight in game..Houstoh cosch Ime Udoka hit with (50,000) fine for coming off the bench.
Toronto Raptors..appear in state of collapse…lost by 54P in Boston..gave up (155P) in Memphis..had (31-turnovers) vs Atlanta…Raptors are (7-26)
Nets..Sign FA-F-Tosan Evbuomwan from G-League San Diego Clippers..was averaging (19P-6R)
Lakers..Activate C-Jaxson Hayes-been out with ankle
Suns..G-Brad Beal-hip issue
Nets..G-Cam Johnson-hip
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…(Hockey)…
LA Kings-W-New Jersey Devils (3-0)..Quinton Byfield goal…Darcy Kuemper-2nd shutout of season…New Year’s Day game
Anaheim Ducks-Winnipeg Jets..Thursday road game
San Diego Gulls-San Jose Barracuda…AHL game-Wednesday night-late start at Press Time
NHL..Announces Winter Classic game in 2025 will be held in Miami
Dallas Stars..NHL fines them (100,000) for holding illegal practice-Christmas
Ducks..Callup F-Nikita Nestorenko
Minnesota..Lose F-Jared Spugeon-slew foot injury
Minnesota..IR-F-Karill Kaprisov-knee injury
Penguins..Activate D-Marcus Pettersson from IR.
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…(General)
(Soccer)..English Premier League:
..Arsenal-W-Brentford (3-1)…Gunners (11-2-6)
EPL..Winter Transfer Window opened on Wednesday…Top players who could move to other teams..Marcus Rashford-Manchester United….Kevin DeBruyne-Manchester City…Mo Salah-Liverpool
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(Golf)…Ryder Cup…USA captain Keegan Bradley says every player will donate all (500,000) they get in prize money to charity in next year’s tourney.
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