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Albany, NY – WAMC's Ian Pickus takes a tour of the sports world.
HOLIDAY SEASON MEANS IT'S ALSO BOWL SEASON IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL .LAST NIGHT, NUMBER 16 TCU EDGED PAST LOUISIANA TECH IN THE POINSETTIA BOWL .THE EIGHTH-STRAIGHT WIN FOR THE MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE CHAMPS. MEANWHILE THE GAME OF COACHING MUSICAL CHAIRS CONTINEUS .NORM CHOW HAS BEEN HIRED TO LEAD THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII .AND TOM WILLIAMS HAS QUIT AS YALE'S HEAD COACH AFTER A FLAP OVER HIS RESUME.
ROBERT GRIFFIN THE THIRD IS THE AP COLLEGE PLAYER OF THE YEAR THE BAYLOR HEISMAN-WINNING QUARTERBACK THREW FOR 36 TOUCHDOWNS.
SUNDAY'S NBA SCHEDULE COULD BE WITHOUT SOME STAR POWER .KOBE BRYANT IS QUESTIONABLE FOR THE SEASON-OPENER BECAUSE OF A TORN LIGAMENT IN HIS WRIST .ELSEWHERE, DERRICK ROSE HAS SIGNED A FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION WORTH 94 MILLION DOLLARS WITH THE BULLS. NETS FORWARD AND ERSTWHILE KARDASHIAN HUBBY KRIS HUMPHRIES HAS RESIGNED WITH THE NETS
TO THE SCOREBOARD, IT WAS NO. 5 NORTH CAROLINA OVER TEXAS 82-63 .NO. 22 MURRAY STATE STAYED UNDEFEATED WITH A 78-54 WIN OVER TENNESSEE-MARTIN AND 24TH-RANKED VIRGINIA GOT PAST SEATTLE 83-77.
ON THE ICE IT WAS CHICAGO 5, MONTREAL 1. HABS NOW 0-3 AFTER FIRING COACH JACQUES MARTIN IT WAS THE FLYERS 4, THE STARS 1. COLORADO GOT PAST ST. LOUIS 3-2. VANCOUVER TOPPED DETROIT 4-2 SAN JOSE ROUTED TAMPA BAY 7-2 AND THE COYOTES EDGED THE HURRICANES 4-3.
ON THE HOT STOVE, OUTFIELDER REED JOHNSON IS SET TO RETURN TO THE CUBS ON A ONE-YEAR DEAL ACROSS TOWN, THE WHITE SOX ARE POISED TO RE-SIGN HURLER JOHN DANKS TO AN EXTENSION AND THE BREWERS HAVE SIGNED INFIELDER CESAR IZTURIS.
AND A JUDGE HAS SENTENCED BOXER FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR. TO 90 DAYS IN JAIL AFTER HE PLEADED GUILTY TO BATTERY AND HARASSMENT CHARGES
IAN PICKUS, WAMC NEWS.