BOSTON (AP) - EJ Manuel threw for one touchdown and ran for
another as Florida State opened a 28-point halftime lead and
coasted to a lopsided 38-7 victory over Boston College. With their
fourth straight win, the 6-3 Seminoles qualified for a bowl game
for an NCAA-best 30th consecutive year while BC fell to 2-7 in a
rebuilding year.
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Southern California is a three-touchdown
favorite when they travel to Boulder to meet a 1-8 Colorado team in
the first meeting between the two teams as members of the Pac-10.
The Trojans are 6-2 under coach Lane Kiffen and are braced for cold
conditions as temperatures tonight in Boulder are expected in the
upper 30s.
NEW YORK (AP) - Detroit Tigers 24-game winner Justin Verlander
has won player of the year in voting by the Major League Baseball
Players Association, becoming the second pitcher to earn the honor.
Verlander beat out Boston first baseman Adrian Gonzalez and New
York Yankees outfielder Curtis Granderson for the Players Choice
Award.
NEW YORK (AP) - NBA players and owners resume negotiations
Saturday, with the union's leaders saying they are unified and
denying reports of a rift. Owners and players haven't met in a
week, and the four-month lockout already has caused cancellation of
the first month of the NBA regular season.
CORNELIUS, N.C. (AP) - Michael Waltrip Racing says David
Reutimann (ROO'-tih-mihn) will not be back with the team next
season. MWR has a news conference scheduled today at Texas Motor
Speedway, and is expected to announce Mark Martin will take over
the No. 00 Toyota next year.
