WEEC SPORTS – THURSDAY 1-3-13:
NBA: SACRAMENTO 97 CLEVELAND 94, INDIANA 89 WASHINGTON 81, AND GOLDEN STATE 115 THE L.A. CLIPPERS 94, L.A.’S 2ND STRAIGHT LOSS, THE WARRIORS 22-10!
THE CLEVELAND INDIANS AGREE TO A ONE YEAR DEAL WORTH $7 MILLION DOLLARS WITH RIGHT-HANDED PITCHER BRET MYERS, WHO PITCHED LAST YEAR FOR THE ASTROS AND CHICAGO WHITE SOX. MYERS WILL REPORTEDLY BE GIVEN A CHANCE TO WIN A STARTING SPOT, YET ALSO HAS PITCHED AS A RELIEVER.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: THE SUGAR BOWL: LOUISVILLE 33 FLORIDA 23. TONIGHT AT 8:30PM IS THE FIESTA BOWL: OREGON VS. KANSAS STATE, FRIDAY 8PM: THE COTTON BOWL: TEXAS A & M VS. OKLAHOMA, MONDAY 8:30PM: THE BCS CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN MIAMI, FLORIDA: NO. 2 ALABAMA VS. TOP-RANKED NOTRE DAME, ONE OF 2 12-0 TEAMS THIS YEAR, THE OTHER BEING OHIO STATE, NOT PLAYING IN A BOWL DUE TO THEIR 1-YEAR BAN.
CONFERENCE BOWL RECORDS SO FAR ACCORDING TO FOX NEWS: CONFERENCE USA IS 4-1, THE ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE IS 4-2, THE BIG 12 4-3, THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE 3-2, THE PAC-12 3-4, AND THE BIG TEN FINISHES 2-5.
NFL PLAYOFFS SATURDAY 4:30PM: CINCINNATI AT HOUSTON IN THE AFC WILD-CARD PLAYOFF ROUND! 8PM SATURDAY: MINNESOTA AT GREEN BAY, SUNDAY 1PM: INDIANAPOLIS AT BALTIMORE, 4:30PM: SEATTLE AT WASHINGTON.
DENVER AND NEW ENGLAND, SEEDED NOS. 1 AND 2, GET 1ST ROUND BYES IN THE AFC, WHILE IN THE NFC IT’S NO. 1 SEED ATLANTA AND NO. 2 SEED SAN FRANCISCO THAT GET 1ST ROUND BYES.
THE CLEVELAND PLAIN-DEALER SAYS OREGON COACH CHIP KELLY WILL INTERVIEW WITH THE BROWNS ON FRIDAY, AS WELL AS THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES AND BUFFALO BILLS, SAYS USA TODAY, THE INTERVIEWS TO REPORTEDLY TAKE PLACE IN PHOENIX, WHERE THE FIESTA BOWL IS BEING HELD.
LINEBACKER RAY LEWIS WILL PLAY IN THE PLAYOFFS, BUT SAYS HE’LL RETIRE AT THE END OF THIS SEASON, SAYS CBSSPORTS.COM.
COLLEGE MENS BASKETBALL: NO. 8 OHIO STATE 70 NEBRASKA 44, NO. 7 SYRACUSE 78 RUTGERS 53, THE 903RD CAREER WIN FOR SYRACUSE COACH JIM BOEHEIM, HE PASSES FORMER INDIANA COACH BOBBY KNIGHT FOR 2ND ON THE ALL-TIME WINS LIST, TRAILING NOW ONLY DUKE COACH MIKE KRZYZEWSKI, WHO HAS 940 CAREER WINS! PURDUE UPSETS NO. 11 ILLINOIS 68-61.
DESHAUN THOMAS OUTSCORED NEBRASKA IN THE 1ST HALF 18-17. . .COACH THAD MATTA TALKS DESHAUN, AND HIS TEAM’S DEFENSE.
7PM TONIGHT: WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY AT WRIGHT STATE.
HIGH SCHOOL BOYS BASKETBALL: SOUTHEASTERN 45 NORTHEASTERN 42, BELLEFONTAINE 39 JONATHAN ALDER 26.
ACCORDING TO THE COLUMBUS DISPATCH, THE SHEKINAH CHRISTIAN FLAMES ARE 3-3, WITH A BIG 68-42 WIN OVER PATRIOT ACADEMY, WHILE THE LADY FLAMES SO FAR ARE 6-2! GIRLS ACTION WEDNESDAY NIGHT: KETTERING ALTER 56 MIDDLETOWN MADISON 43, SAYS THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS.
