NFL:
In the NFL, Dallas beat the Giants 31-28, New England blew out Detroit 34-9, Denver bested Miami 39-36, San Francisco defeated Washington 17-13, San Diego edged St. Louis 27-24, Green Bay won against Minnesota 24-21, Philadelphia topped Tennessee 43-24, Seattle beat Arizona 19-3, Indianapolis won against Jacksonville 23-3, Chicago trumped Tampa bay 21-13, Cincinnati bested Houston 22-13, and Cleveland slid past Atlanta 26-24.
On Monday Night Football, Buffalo will face the Jets in Detroit at 7 for a makeup game, and at 8:30 Baltimore will be in New Orleans to face the Saints.
NHL:
Over on the ice, the Rangers blanked Montreal 5-0, Anaheim skated past Arizona 2-1, St. Louis doubled up Winnipeg 4-2, and it was Vancouver over Chicago 4-1.
NBA:
Portland beat Boston 94-88, Miami edged Charlotte 94-93, Memphis defeated the Clippers 107-91, Golden State topped Oklahoma City 91-86, and it was Denver over the Lakers in overtime 101-94.
NCAA:
In men’s college basketball, No. 17 UConn fell to West Virginia 78-68,
NCAAW:
In women’s college basketball, No. 1 UConn bested Creighton 96-60.
Tennis:
Roger Federer defeated Richard Gasquet 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 in the first reverse singles match to give Switzerland the Davis Cup final against France. The win put the Swiss on top 3-1 in the best of five competition.
The 17-time Grand Slam champion gave Switzerland its first title in the team competition and added the only big trophy in tennis missing from his collection.
MLB:
The Oakland Athletics have filled their second key position in five days, acquiring first baseman Ike Davis and an international bonus slot from the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for a higher slot in the international bonus selection. Oakland, which lost in the AL wild-card game to Kansas City, signed designated hitter Billy Butler to a $30 million, three-year contract Wednesday.
F1-WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP:
A dream season for British Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton has ended with a victory in the final race of the season and the World Championship. Despite not sleeping the night before the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Hamilton finished first in a race he only needed to finish first or second in to clinch the title, his second. Hamilton also won the F1 title in 2008. Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg started the day on the pole and just 17 points back of Hamilton but he never recovered from a poor start.
Overall, Hamilton finished the season with 384 points, with Rosberg notching 317 and Daniel Ricciardo 238 to finish third.
LPGA:
New Zealand teenager Lydia Ko ended a big year on the LPGA Tour with the largest payoff in women's golf. The 17-year-old won the final event of the year and in the process won the $1 million bonus from the "Race to CME Globe." She finished regulation in a three-way tie and eventually defeated Carlota Ciganda of Spain on the fourth extra hole in Naples, Florida.
Ko played the 18th hole five times on Sunday and made par each time. The last par was worth $1.5 million, including the bonus and the $500 payoff for the tournament win.
NCAA - Hall of Fame:
Longtime LSU coach Dale Brown and Shaquille O'Neal were inducted together into the College Basketball Hall of Fame on Sunday night in Kansas City.
They were joined by six other luminaries, including former Duke star Grant Hill, Louisville standout Darrell Griffith, longtime Maryland coach Gary Williams, Stetson's Glenn Wilkes Sr., Five-Star Basketball Camp founder Howard Garfinkel and the late Prairie View A&M star Zelmo Beaty.
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