KWBG Sports for January 11th

  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP)- The Atlanta Falcons have suffered one
more loss in addition to that 24-2 wild-card playoff drubbing by
the Giants last Sunday. The Jacksonville Jaguars have hired Falcons
offensive coordinator Mike Mularkey as head coach, and he will be
formally introduced today.
   
     OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - The Oakland Raiders are in the market for
a new coach. Hue Jackson, who paid the price for the Raiders losing
four of their last five games and missing the playoffs for the
ninth straight year, was fired yesterday in Reggie McKenzie's first
big move since being named Raiders GM.
   
     CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Brandon Paul poured in a career-high 43
points, including a 3-pointer with less than a minute to play, to
help Illinois upset No. 5 Ohio State 79-74. Paul's 43 points was
the third-highest scoring performance in Illini history.
   
     MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - Perry Jones scored 17 points and
fourth-ranked Baylor held No. 18 Kansas State to one basket over
the final 5 minutes for a 75-73 win on the road last night. Quincy
Acy and Brady Heslip added 13 points apiece for the 16-0 Bears, one
of three unbeaten Division I men's teams including top-ranked
Syracuse and Murray State.
   
     UNDATED (AP)- The next snap that Heisman Trophy winner Robert
Griffin III takes in earnest will most likely be in an NFL uniform.
A source familiar with the decisions tells the AP that Griffin is
bypassing his senior season at Baylor to enter the NFL draft.

KWBG Sports at a Glance for January 10th

 NEW ORLEANS (AP)- The Alabama Crimson Tide won the BCS national
championship with a stunning defensive effort in blanking
previously unbeaten and top-ranked LSU 21-0. Jeremy Shelley booted
five field goals, Trent Richardson scored on a 34-yard TD and
Alabama's defense held LSU to 92 total yards and five first downs.
   
     NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Alabama split the games and swept the titles.
The Crimson Tide was voted No. 1 in the final AP poll for the
eighth time, tying Notre Dame for the most of any team in college
football, after winning last night's rematch with LSU in the BCS
championship.
   
     KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP)- Steve Stricker has gotten his PGA Tour
season off to a rousing start with a three-shot victory over Martin
Laird at the winners-only Tournament of Champions on the island of
Maui. Stricker has 12 career victories, with eight of those coming
in the past 33 months.
   
     OSHKOSH, Wis. (AP) - Investigators searching for Green Bay
Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin's missing son say they
will not publicly identify a body found in a Wisconsin river until
today. Divers recovered the body of a man between the ages of 20
and 25 from the river yesterday afternoon, and Packers officials
are bracing for bad news.
   
     NEW YORK (AP) - Barry Larkin, the former Cincinnati Reds
shortstop, was the only former great to receive at least 75 percent
of the vote and received his ticket to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
On July 22, Larkin will be inducted along with the late Ron Santo,
who was elected last month by the Veterans Committee.

KWBG Sports for January 9th

 DENVER (AP) - The Denver Broncos have advanced to the AFC's
divisional playoffs by outlasting the Pittsburgh Steelers 29-23 in
overtime. The Broncos blew a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter
before Tim Tebow (TEE'-boh) threw an 80-yard touchdown pass to
Demaryius (deh-MAR'-ee-uhs) Thomas on the first play of OT. Tebow
threw for two touchdowns, ran for another and finished with 316
passing yards despite completing just 10 of his 21 throws.
   
     EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - The New York Giants dominated the
Atlanta Falcons 24-2 to earn the right to face the Green Bay
Packers in the NFC's divisional playoffs. Eli Manning threw for 277
yards and three touchdowns while the Giants were gaining 172 yards
on the ground. The Falcons gained just 247 total yards and were
stopped on a pair of fourth-down plays.
   
     UNDATED (AP) - No. 12 Indiana and No. 16 Michigan were winners
yesterday. Jordan Hulls hit seven of the Hoosiers' 16
three-pointers in an 88-82 win against Penn State. The Wolverines
hammered 18th-ranked Wisconsin 58-41 as Tim Hardaway Jr. finished
with 17 points.
   
     CHICAGO (AP) - The Detroit Red Wings are within two points of
Vancouver the NHL's Western Conference lead following a comeback
win at Chicago. Pavel Datsyuk (DAHT'-sook) scored an unassisted
goal at 3:08 of overtime to give the Red Wings a 3-2 triumph over
the Blackhawks. The Hawks owned a 2-1 lead until Henrik Zetterberg
tallied with 4:45 left in regulation.
   
     KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) - Steve Stricker will carry a five-stroke
lead into the final round of the PGA's Hyundai Tournament of
Champions. Stricker stretched his team with yesterday's 4-under-par
69 that left him 19-under for the tournament. Martin Laird, Webb
Simpson and Jonathan Byrd share second.

KWBG Sports for January 6th

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - The Sacramento Kings changed coaches,
and it paid immediate dividends. Keith Smart replaced Paul Westphal
just seven games into the season as coach and the Kings improved to
3-5 by winning their first game under Smart, 103-100 over Milwaukee
last night.
   
     ATLANTA (AP) - There was a triple-overtime thriller in the NBA
last night. Chris Bosh scored 33 points and the Miami Heat, playing
without injured stars LeBron James and Dwyane (dwayn) Wade,
outlasted the Atlanta Hawks 116-109 to improve to 7-1.
   
     BOSTON (AP) - The defending Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins
routed Calgary 9-0, handing the Flames their fifth straight loss.
Nathan Horton and Patrice Bergeron (pah-TREES' BEHR'-zhehr-ahn)
each had two goals and an assist for the B's, who've won nine of
10.
   
     KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP)--The PGA Tour tees off today with 28
winners from the 2011 Tour playing in the Tournament of Champions
at Kapalua, Hawaii. The season starts with Tiger Woods and Phil
Mickelson no longer part of the top 10 in the world rankings, and
neither is playing in this event.
   
     STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) - Multiple media reports say New England
Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien has agreed to suceed
legendary Joe Paterno at Penn State. JoPa was fired two months ago
in the aftermath of child sex abuse charges against retired
defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky.

KWBG Sports for January 5th

  MIAMI (AP) - Geno Smith tied a record for any bowl with six TD
passes -- four to Tavon (TAY'-vahn) Austin -- in West Virginia's
record-setting 70-33 rout of 14th-ranked Clemson last night in the
Orange Bowl. The Mountaineers' 70 points is a record for any bowl
game.
   
     PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP)- Brandon Triche scored 16 points, hitting
three straight 3-pointers early in the second half, and No. 1
Syracuse pulled away from Providence to win 87-73. It's the second
straight season the Orange have opened with 16 straight wins.
   
     MIAMI (AP) - A person familiar with the negotiations says the
Chicago Cubs have reached a deal to trade pitcher Carlos Zambrano
to the Miami Marlins for pitcher Chris Volstad, pending physical
and approval by MLB. Zambrano wore out his welcome with the Cubs
after repeated meltdowns.
   
     MIAMI (AP) - LeBron James had 33 points and 13 assists, Chris
Bosh added 22 points and the Miami Heat hardly missed Dwyane
(dwayn) Wade in a 118-83 rout of the Indiana Pacers. Wade sat out
with a sore foot.
   
     MONTREAL (AP) - Lars Eller had four goals and an assist and the
Montreal Canadiens bounced back from a 1-5 road trip with a 7-3
rout of the Winnipeg Jets. Eller scored his fourth goal on a
penalty shot 11 minutes into the third, and afterward did a
backward somersault over the Winnipeg goalie to celebrate.

KWBG Sports for January 4th

 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.

KWBG Sports for January 3rd

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Third-ranked Oklahoma State won on its first trip to a BCS bowl by outlasting fourth-ranked Stanford 41-38 in overtime on Quinn Sharp's 22-yard field goal on the Cowboys' first possession of overtime to win the Fiesta Bowl. It's the first time in school history that Oklahoma State has posted a 12-victory season.

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Oregon's incredible offense busted up Wisconsin and the record books on the way to the Ducks' first Rose Bowl victory in 95 years. Darron Thomas passed for 268 yards and three touchdowns as the sixth-ranked Oregon outscored ninth-ranked Washington 45-38 in the highest-scoring Rose Bowl ever.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A couple decades ago, few in college football would have dreamed of placing Virginia Tech in the same elite class as Michigan. Tonight, the 11-2 Hokies, who've won no fewer than 10 games in eight straight seasons, play in their 19th straight bowl game when they take on the 10-2 Wolverines in the Sugar Bowl.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The fifth annual NHL Winter Classic goes to the New York Rangers, who rallied from a two-goal deficit to nip host Philadelphia 3-2 on the outdoor rink at Citizens Bank Park. Henrik Lundqvist stopped Danny Briere's (bree-AYRZ') penalty shot with 19 seconds left to save it.

UNDATED (AP)— Two more job openings in the ranks of NFL coaches. The St. Louis Rams fired Steve Spagnuolo (spag-NOH'-loh) and general manager Billy Devaney following their 2-14 season and the 4-12 Tampa Bay Bucs fired Raheem Morris and his entire staff.