CHICAGO (AP) - Luol Deng's (LOO'-ul dehngz) 's layup with 3.7
seconds to play lifted the Chicago Bulls to a 76-74 victory over
the Atlanta Hawks last night. Reigning NBA MVP Derrick Rose scored
17 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter to rally the Bulls from a
19-point deficit.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Brendan Gibbons drilled a 37-yard field goal
down the middle in overtime to lift 13th-ranked Michigan to a 23-20
victory over 17th-ranked Virginia Tech in the Sugar Bowl last
night. The victory capped an impressive 11-2 debut season for head
coach Brady Hoke (hohk), who has led the Wolverines back to
prominence with a BCS bowl victory.
UNDATED (AP)-The Associated Press and the NFL will announce the
annual league awards, including Most Valuable Player, in a two-hour
prime-time special "NFL Honors" to air on NBC on Super Bowl eve,
Feb. 4. All seven AP NFL awards will be presented live from the
Murat Theater in Indianapolis during a show hosted by Alec Baldwin.
UNDATED (AP) - San Diego's Norv Turner got a job reprieve, Lovie
Smith is safe in Chicago and Philadelphia Eagles owner Jeffrey
Lurie says Andy Reid will be back for a 14th season as coach. But
changes are coming to the Bears, who fired GM Jerry Angelo and said
offensive coordinator Mike Martz and QBs coach Shane Day won't be
back.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Gene Bartow, who succeeded John Wooden
at UCLA and later began UAB's program, died last night at 81 after
a nearly two-year battle with stomach cancer. Bartow was one of the
winningest NCAA Division I basketball coaches with 647 wins over 34
seasons, but may be best known as the man who succeeded legendary
John Wooden as UCLA's coach in 1976.
