Saturday, January 3, 2009

South Bend, Indiana; January 3, 2009


Announcements
S.B. Free Press Sports
ND Scores: Hockey, Shillelagh Tournament at Sears Centre; Hoffman Estates, IL.--
ND 3, Union 1 (Irish unbeaten streak reaches 15).
NFL Wildcard Weekend: Saturday--Falcons at Cardinals (4:30 p.m., NBC); Colts at Chargers (8 p.m., NBC); Sunday--Ravens at Dolphins (1 p.m., CBS); Eagles at Vikings (4:30 p.m., Fox). Titans, Panthers, Giants, and Steelers get byes.
NFL Notes: Colts--Peyton Manning voted NFL MVP for third time.
NCAA Football Scores, Bowls: Cotton--(20) Ole Miss 47, (8) Texas Tech 34; Liberty--Kentucky 25, East Carolina 19; Sugar--(7) Utah 31, (4) Alabama 17 (Utah finishes 13-0).
NBA Scores: Cavaliers 119, Bulls 92; Pacers 105, Knicks 103; Magic 86, Heat 76; Raptors 94, Rockets 73; Celtics 108, Wizards 83; Nets 93, Hawks 91 (OT); Nuggets 122, Thunder 120; Pistons 98, Kings 92; Spurs 91, Grizzlies 80; Timberwolves 115, Warriors 108; Mavericks 96, 76ers 86; Bucks 103, Bobcats 75; Suns 106, Clippers 98; Hornets 92, Trailblazers 77; Lakers 113, Jazz 100.
NHL Scores: Hurricanes 2, Blues 1; Devils 4, Canadiens 1; Thrashers 4, Canucks 3 (SO); Blue Jackets 6, Avalanche 1; Coyotes 5, Islanders 4; Flyers 5, Ducks 4 (SO).
College Basketball Scores: Men--IPFW 100, South Dakota St. 66; IUPUI 59, Southern Utah 54; South Carolina 85, (19) Baylor 84; (13) Syracuse 59, South Florida 54; (8) Texas 78, Appalachian St. 43; (12) UCLA 69, Oregon St. 46; (17) Arizona St. 90, Stanford 60; Women--Evansville 70, Southern Illinois 65; (11) Stanford 64, Arizona St. 61; (13) California 56, Arizona 46; (16) Virginia 62, Georgia 60.
MLB: Diamondbacks--ex-Diamondback 1B Tony Clark agrees to 1-year deal to return to team; Padres--former Diamondbacks CEO Jeff Moorad says he has reached an agreement to buy Padres.
Local
Local Headlines: Singing Hoosiers--former local high school students to perform at inauguration with IU Singing Hoosiers; Crime Spree--two shootings and two home invasions this morning; man arrested in Saturday’s second home invasion; Library--St. Joseph County Public Library to offer video game rentals.
Nation/World
Nation/World Headlines: Transition--
newly inaugurated Senate hopes to have President-elect Obama’s cabinet picks confirmed by time he takes oath; Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, Jr., will reportedly pick Denver schools chief Michael Bennett to fill Senate seat left vacant by Secretary of the Interior-designate Ken Salazar; Senate--as 111th Senate set to be sworn in, four seats still up in air: Illinois (President-elect Obama); New York (Secretary of State-designate Hillary Clinton); Colorado (Secretary of the Interior-designate Ken Salazar; see item above); Minnesota (former “Saturday Night Live” star Al Franken leads incumbent Norm Coleman in recount by 49 votes); Senate refuses to seat Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich pick Roland Burris because Blagojevich is under investigation for attempting to sell the Senate seat; New York Gov. David A. Paterson refuses to confirm that he has decided on Caroline Kennedy for Clinton seat that was once held by Caroline’s Uncle Bobby; Israel/Palestine--Israeli offensive kills senior Hamas fighter; Ghana--opposition party candidate John Atta Mills wins presidency of Ghana in third try 50.23%-49.77%; Economy--federal government agrees to sell what’s left of IndyMac Bank of California to private investors; IndyMac’s aggressive lending practices helped set off financial crisis.
Deaths: Jett Travolta, 16, son of John Travolta and Kelly Preston; had history of seizures; hit head on bathtub at family’s Bahamas vacation home; former Olympic swimmer Roy Saari, 63; won gold in 1500-meter freestyle in 1964 Olympics; Henry King Stanford, 92, former president of Universities of Miami and Georgia.


Weather
Today High 32 Low 29 Mostly Cloudy
Sun High 38 Low 16 Chance Snow
Mon High 27 Low 18 Partly Cloudy
Tue High 31 Low 22 Snow
Wed High 27 Low 16 Chance Snow

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