Your Professional and College Sports news for the weekend of January 4th to 6th, 2013
NFL….
the postseason began this weekend….starting on Saturday….
Texans beat the Bengals 19-13
Packers handled the Vikings 24-10
on Sunday…
The Colts comeback season ended, as Indianapolis lost to the Baltimore Ravens 24-9
Seattle 24 – Washington 14
NHL…
The near-season long lock-out of players has ended as the League and the NHL Players Association announced early Sunday morning that a tentative agreement has been reached. The lockout lasted 113 days and cancelled 510 games. A likely 48-game season will begin Jan. 19
NBA…
winners from Sunday: Memphis, Charlotte (in OT), Miami, Oklahoma City, and Denver
NCAA Football…
on Friday night…
Heisman winner Jonny Manziel led Texas A&M in a rout of Oklahoma, winning 41-13 in the Cotton Bowl. Manziel had 516 total yards in the game.
and on Saturday…
it was Ole Miss 38 – Pittsburg 17 in the BBVA Compass Bowl
and the big Bowl game is tonight at 7:00 – as #1 Notre Dame takes on #2 Alabama in the Discover BCS Championship Game…
NCAA basketball…
on Saturday…the 11th-ranked Fighting Illini had a 74-55 blowout win over No. 8 Ohio State. Brandon Paul led Illinois with 19 points and had seven rebounds. 6-foot-11 sophomore center Nnanna Egwu scored a career-high 16 points
Also…
#1 Duke remains undefeated after handling Wake Forest 80 – 62.
And it was Michigan State 84 – Purdue 61
on Sunday…
Michigan also remains undefeated as they thumped Iowa 95 – 67
#6 Kansas 69 – Temple 62
#7 Syracuse 55 – South Florida 44
#9 Minnesota beat Northwestern 69 - 51
#13 Florida 79 – Yale 58
That’s your WHPO National Sports weekend update….I’m Kevin Jett
