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…(College Football)…Semi Finals
Orange Bowl-Thursday…Notre Dame (13-1)..Penn State (13-2)
…Battle of Cement Tough Defenses
..Irish held Georgia to (62Y) rushing last week
..Penn State gives up (101YPG) on ground
..Irish get RB-Jeremiah Love (1076Y-15TD)
..Notre Dame QB-Riley Leonard dual threat-run-throw
..Lions QB-Drew Allar (3192P-24TD)
..TE-Ty Warren (98R-1158Y)
..Lions ran for (167Y) in win over Boise State
Cotton Bowl-Friday…Ohio State-vs-Texas
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(College Notes)
Penn State..Coach James Franklin says college football must get to ‘uniformity’….everyone has same scholarship limits…NIL money to use..Better control of Transfer Portal.
Washington State..Federal judge rules WSU had right to terminate Coach Nick Rolovich who refused to have Covid shots in 2020 as mandated for all state employees…was terminated and sued for breach of contract.
UCLA..hires Fresno State assistant Jethro Franklin as Def Line coach
Oregon..picks up RB-Makhi Hughes-transfer Tulsa
Oregon..RB-Jordan James files for NFL drafter..had (1495Y) rushing this year
SMU..Lands QB-Tyler Van Dyck..transfer from Wisconsin-Miami
Iowa..Lands QB-Mark Gronowski-1AA star South Dakota State (130TD)-4Y-starter
Mountain West Conference..announces Northern Illinois will join league from Mid American Conference…Will be 9th football school…joining UTEP-Hawaii in 2026…Huskies won 6-Mid American Conference football titles.
Tom Craft…legendary JUCO coach at Palomar College and Riverside City College officially retired this week…2nd all time winningest JUCO coach in California history…(261-78)…including (146-22) at RCC…Head coach at San Diego State (19-29) but school infrastructure support faltered in his years.
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(NFL)
Chargers..6-players missed practice on Wednesday prepping for Saturday wildcard game in Houston..WR-Quentin Johnston-thigh..WR-Josh Palmer-heel..OG-Trey Pipkens0-oblique…missed practice…RB-JK Dobbins-Gus Edwards limited with ankles…OT-Rashawn Slater..OG-Zion Johnson took part full practices…RB-Ezekiel Elliott takes full practice snaps after signing from Dallas
Rams..QB-Matthew Stafford..WRs-Cooper Kupp-Puka Nacua full practice for their playoff game.
Rams..Sign FA-RB-Royce Freeman-ex Atlanta-Green Bay..replaces RB-Blake Corum on roster-out with broken forearm.
NFL..Monitoring Fire-Air situation in Los Angeles with 4-forest fires still with zero containment…No decision on moving game to either Las Vegas or Arizona if further fires breakout before Monday game.
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(NFL Coaching Stories)
Raiders..Tom Brady made contact with Bill Belichick at North Carolina to gauge his interest in returning to NFL…Belichick would owe UNC (10M) buyout..Raiders and Belichick would pay (5M) each…The Athletic says Belichick not willing to leave.
Raiders..Raiders..Setup interviews with Pete Carroll…Brian Flores..Mike Vrabel..Aaron Glenn…Ben Johnson.
Bears…Formal interview with Pete Carroll on Thursday.
Dallas..Denies Mike McCarthy permission to interview with Bears..Cowboys own his rights till Tuesday-January 14th…Negotiations on extension continuing
49ers..Offer Def Coord job to Robert Saleh-ex Jets head coach
49ers..Fire Nick Sorensen as Def Coor-may retain him as Special Teams coach
Jaguars..Will interview Kliff Kingsbury-Vikings..Liam Coen-Bucs..Ben Johnson-Lions
Jets..Get permission to interview Chiefs Def Coord-Steve Spagnuolo
Tennessee..Will interview Reggie McKenzie for GM job..ex Raiders GM..now in Miami
Tennessee..Will interview Browns assistant Catherine Hickman and Ed Dodds-Colts-GM
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(Injuries)
Eagles..QB-Jalen Hurts-full practice-cleared from concussion protocol
Rams..Activate CB-John Johnson from IR
Chargers..Activate WR-Simi Fehoko from IR
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(Roster Moves)
Vikings..Activate ex Giants QB-Daniel Jones to serve as backup QB
Vikings..Release QB-Brett Rypien
Eagles..Release QB-Ian Book
Eagles..Sign FA-CB-Lewis Cine-ex Bills
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(NFL Notes)
NFL-TV Ratings..Drop in 2024-by 2-percent
NFL..Overall TV had (17.5M) viewers
Netflix-Christmas Day games (24M)
NBC-Sunday Night Football (21.6M)
CBS (19M)
Fox (18.4M)
ABC-ESPN-Monday Night (15.2M)
Amazon-Thursday Night (13.2M)
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…(Baseball)…
Padres…Lose FA-P-Martin Perez..signs with White Sox (1Y-4.5M)..was (5-6) 4.53-ERA last year between Pirates-Rangers-San Diego…Career (90-83) record
Padres…Thursday decision day on offering arbitration to 6-players..including Luis Arraez-Dylan Cease-Michael King-Jason Adam….Cease-Arraez will likely cost 13-to-14M on a 1-year extension…King could cost team 8M…Adam’s figure could be 4M. Luis Campusano is also arbitration eligible along with P-Adrian Morejon..both 2M-players. .Padres could have 44M-in commitments that would drive their payroll to over 210M-much higher than ownership wants to spend.
Padres..Re-sign P-Luis Patino..out till June rehabbing elbow surgery..(7-6)..5.02-ERA career
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(Roster Moves)
Yankees..Open talks with FA-2B-Jorge Polanco-ex Seattle-Twins
Yankees..Make contact with FA-2B-Brendan Rodgers-ex Rockies
Washington..Sign FA-SS-Ahmed Rosario-ex Cleveland-Tampa Bay-Met
Houston..Sign FA-SS-Zach Short-ex Tigers-Braves
Seattle..Sign FA-P-Hagen Danner-esToronto
Arizona..Sign fA-2B-Grae Kessinger-ex Astrtos
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(MLB Notes)
Dodgers..Shohei Ohtani’s personal aide IP Mizuharra will have his sentencing on theft of 17M-from Dodgers start pushed back till February 6th…awaiting psychological testing report to judge about his addictions…Facing 14Y in prison.
Miami..P-Braxton Garrett to have elbow brace surgery and will likely miss all of 2025.
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…(Basketball)….
Aztecs-Air Force…Game of wild spurts….Air Force had a 17-2 run to get lead…SDSU bounced back with a 25-4 run….Air Force had 12-turnovers…SDSU staggered against zone defense…..SDSU led (33-24) at half-at Press Time…Wednesday game..SDSU (9-3)
USD-L-Gonzaga (93-80)…Grahame Ike (15P-19R) in Bulldogs lopsided win…..Wednesday game..Toreros (4-13)
UCSD-Cal Poly..Thursday…Tritons (13-2)
UCLA..Coach Mick Cronin rips team after (94-75) loss to Michigan..2nd straight beating in Big 10…’Team is physically-emotionally soft’
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(NBA)
Clippers-L-Denver (126-103)…Denver hits 17-3’s…Puts 7-in double figures….Kawhi Leonard did not play after back to back appearances……Wednesday game…LA (20-17)
Lakers-Charlotte Hornets..Thursday home game…LA (20-16)..Hornets (8-27)
Cavs-W-Oklahoma City (129-122),,Showdown top teams in NBA….Cavs win 11th in row-snap Thunder 16-game streak…Jarrett Allen (25P)-Evan Mobley (21P)…Cavs 7-in double figures…Shea Gileagous Alexander (31P) in loss….30-lead changes-8 ties in game…..Cleveland (32-4)..Thunder (30-6)
Kings..Sacramento off to (5-1) start under interim coach Doug Christie
Golden State..Coach Steve Kerr says (18-18) team ‘has no confidence’
Suns..Agent for G-Brad Beal..’will not waive no trade clause to accept deal to Detroit’
Bucks..Moving starting G-Khris Middleton-to come off the bench.
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…(Hockey)…
Kings-Calgary..Wednesday game postponed by severe fires in LA-Orange County.
Gulls-Iowa Wild..San Diego led 3-0 in 3rd period at Press Time…Carson Meyer scored 2-goals…Gulls had 2-power play goals….Gulls led despite being outshot (27-16) on home ice….AHL action-Wednesday
Ducks-Blues..Thursday game…Anaheim (17-18-5)
Ducks..C-Trevor Zegras-returns to practice coming off meniscus surgery
Ducks..Callup LW-Sam Colangelo..(13G)-San Diego Gulls
Ducks..D-Drew Hellison faces major fine for knee on knee check in game that injured Calgary F-Connor Zary.
Vancouver-Rangers..Trade talks stall..Canucks reject proposed JT Miller-for-Mika Zibanejad deal..Not willing to take on 8M-year contract thru 2030 for Rangers center.
Carolina-Calgary..Trade talks for Flames G-Daniel Vladar
Detroit-Buffalo..Trade talks for Sabres C-Dylan Cozan
Columbus…Sean Higgins pleads not guilty to drunk driving manslaughter death of Johnny Gaudreau and brother Matthew in New Jersey in summer…Higgins had 5-beers at time he ran into 2-players who were cycling..Had history of alcohol and road rage issues
NHL Union..Announces formation of “1st Line” Mental Health program for all players in AHL-ECHL..Modelled after NHL-Assistance Programs-helped 84-NHL players last two years.
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…(General)…
PGA Golf..Sony Invitational-tees off in Honolulu..Colin Morikawa heads the field.
PGA..16-Players met with family of late golfer Grayson Murray-defending champion at Sony-who took his own life weeks later after years of depression…Family spread his ashes and flowers on water hole at course where he won last year in Hawaii.
Soccer..EPL-West Ham fires coach Julien Lopetegui-on job for 8-months..Team in 14th place..Could be replaced by ex Chelsea coach Graham Potter.
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