…(Basketball)…
Aztecs-W-Nevada (73-68)…Tuesday…SDSU (10-4)…Wolfpack (11-4)
..SDSU comes from 12 point deficit in first half to rally in 2nd half
..Aztecs defense stifles Wolfpack guards in 2nd half
..Miles Byrd (14P-5A) much of it in 2nd half comeback
..Taj DeGourville 10-P-Reese Waters 10P in comeback
..Alijah Price (17P-10R) for Wolfpack
..Nevada 37%-shooting for night…went (8-28) on 3’s
Aztecs..Mountain West Conference confirms F-Jeremiah Oden should have been fouled out of Saturday night game at start of 3rd overtime…Refs gave wrong number to scorer’s table-Oden stayed in game..hit critical 3-point shot in rally that led to 110-107 overtime win over Boise State.
Lakers-W-New Orleans Pelicans (111-103)…Luka Doncic-LeBron James combine for (60P)..30-each..DeAndre Ayton (18P-11R)…in win…Pelicans Trey Murphy scored (42P) in loss….Tuesday..LA (23-11)…Lakers. just (6-7) since December 1st-piling up wins vs bad teams-Kings-Grizzlies-Pelicans.
Lakers-at-San Antonio..Wednesday
Clippers-at-NY Knicks..Wednesday..Clippers (13-22)..won 7-of-8
Oklahoma City..stunned going just (6-6) since (24-1) start
Toronto..Release C-Mo Bamba
Kings..F-Keegan Murray to miss (4W)-ankle
Cleveland..G-Max Struss to miss another (4W)..rehab extended foot surgery
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…(Football)…
Ravens…Shocking firing of head coach John Harbaugh-ending (18Y) run of excellence…Move made after (8-9) season…was (193-124)..Super Bowl title…12X in playoffs…but was just (4-7) in postseason in last 13-years.
Washington..Fires Off Coord-Kliff Kingsbury and Def Coord-Joe Whitt
Lions..Fire Off Coord-John Morton
Dallas..Fire Def Coord-Matt Eberfluss after team finished 30th in defense
Raiders..Will interview Vance Joseph-Broncos..Brian Daboll-ex Giants
Giants..Wednesday interview with Kevin Stefanski-ex Cleveland
Giants..Will interview Lou Anarumo-Colts also
Arizona..Will interview Robert Salah-49ers for head job
Browns..Will interview Todd Monken-Ravens for head job
Atlanta..Will interview Ian Cunningham-Bears for GM job
Atlanta..Offer Director Football Operations job to ex QB-Matt Ryan
Miami..Will interview Chad Alexander-Chargers for vacant GM job
Falcons..Restructure contract of QB-Kirk Cousins..Reduce salary in 2026 from 37M-to-2M but give him (10M) roster bonus with right to terminate contract on March 13th…Team would face 26M-22M cap hits next two years if they terminate him
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(Roster Moves)
Carolina..Release WR-Hunter Renfrow
49ers..Sign FA-LB-Kyzer White-ex Titans
Packers..Release QB-Clayton Tune
Chiefs..Release QB-Shane Buechele
Bills..Sign FA-K-Matthew Wright
Rams..Activate S-Quentin Lake from IR
Steelers..Activate WR-DK Metcalf from suspended list
Chargers..Activate LB-Denzell Perryman from suspended list
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(College Football)
Ole Miss..Controversy that ex coach Lane Kiffin has contacted Rebel players about coming to LSU-while they practiced this week…Players call it ‘disrespectful’
LSU..Allow only Off Coor-Charlie Weis to stay to coach Ole Miss this week…7-other assistants asked to return to Baton Rouge to begin work.
Kentucky…Lands Notre Dame transfer QB-Kevin Minchey-who backed out Nebraska
LSU..Met with QB-Sam Leavitt-who backed out of deal at Kentucky
Michigan..Freshman QB-Byrce Underwood-will return for sophomore season
Florida..Lands QB-Aaron Philo-transfer Georgia Tech
Auburn..picks up QB-Byrun Brown-transfer-South Florida
Virginia Tech..gets QB-Ethan Grunmeyer-transfer Penn State
Oklahoma State..picks up RB-Caleb Hawkins-transfer N-Texas
Nebraska..signs QB-Anthony Colandrea-ex UNLV
Northwestern..picks up QB-Aidan Chiles-ex Michigan State
UNLV..Meets with Auburn transfer QB-Jackson Arnold
Aztecs..Land transfer S-Isaiah Green-Portland State
Aztecs..DE-Ryan Henderson transfers to Texas AM
College Playoffs..TV ratings:
..Indiana-Alabama..(23.9M) viewers
..Miami-Ohio State (19M) viewers
..Ole Miss-Georgia (18M) viewers
..Oregon-Texas Tech (15.9M) viewers.
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…(Baseball)…
NY Mets..Meet with FA-P-Ranger Suarez-ex Phillies
Orioles..Reopen talks with FA-P-Framber Valdez-ex Astros
Tigers-Rays..TRADE..Detroit deals OF-Justin Malloy to Tampa Bay
Cardinals..Sign FA-P-Justin Bruihl-ex Cleveland
Orioles..Sign FA-P-Eric Torres-ex Angels
Red Sox..Sign FA-P-TJ Sikllema-ex Reds
Phillies..Sign FA-P-Tucker Davidson-ex Korea
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…(Hockey)…
Gulls-vs-San Jose Barracuda..Wednesday night at Pechanga Arena
Gulls..G-Villie Husso recalled by NHL-Ducks
Ducks-L-Flyers (5-2)..Trevor Zegras scores 2-goals in 2-minutes in 1st period against Ducks……Tuesday game..Ducks lost 7-in row and on (2-11) skid
LA Kings-vs-San Jose Sharks..Wednesday…Kings (18-14-9)
Winnipeg..GM-Tim Cheveldayoff…’We must find a way in this room’….Jets on (0-6-3) skid..in last place in conference-lack goal scoring.
Flyers..Sign F-Christian Dvorak (5Y-25M) extension
Utah-Carolina..TRADE..Mammoth deal D-Juuso Vallimaki for draft pick
Boston University..lands teenage goal scoring star Tynan Lawrence-mid year enrollee..had 35-goals in a year and half in USHL-developmental league.
IIHF…Ice Hockey Federation to meet with IOC about Milan Olympic Ice Arena issues…Ice-practice rinks-dressing rooms will be ready, but all (11,800) seats in arena will not be installed by February 11th opening…NHL officials flying in to examine ice making equipment
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…(General)…
(Soccer)..Manchester United talks to former coach Ole Gunnar Solskjaer about taking over as interim coach
Chelsea..Hires French coach Liam Rosnoir to coach the Blues.
(Auto Racing)..Former Red Bull driver Sergio Perez says ‘Culture at team was a real problem-everything had to revolve around Max Verstappen’
(NASCAR)..Commissioner Steve Phelpls resigns after 20-years in management…was found to have written hostile-degrading texts to legendary owner Richard Childress and others during tense negotiations that led to the Anti-trust lawsuit.
(PGA)…Golfers lament opening of 2026-schedule delayed by cancellation of this week’s ‘Sentry Open’ in Hawaii because of weather problems.
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