NFL:
In the NFL, the Giants beat Chicago 22-16, New England topped San Francisco 30-17, Buffalo beat Cincinnati 16-12, Dallas came out over Baltimore 27-17 for its ninth straight win in a row, Miami won against Los Angeles 14-10, Washington blasted Green Bay 42-24, Seattle beat Philadelphia 26-15, Indianapolis trumped Tennessee 24-17, Tampa Bay defeated Kansas City 19-17, Detroit won against Jacksonville 26-19, Minnesota bested Arizona 30-24, and it was Pittsburgh over Cleveland 24-9.
NHL:
In the NHL, Florida slid past the Rangers in a shootout 3-2, Calgary edged Detroit 3-2, the Kings won against Anaheim 3-2, Calgary skated past Detroit 3-2, Columbus beat Washington 3-2, and it was Columbus over Washington 3-2.
NBA:
In the NBA, the Knicks topped Atlanta 104-94, Portland won against Brooklyn 129-109, Indiana bested Oklahoma City in overtime 115-111, Sacramento beat Toronto 102-99, Denver defeated Utah 105-91, and it was Chicago over the Lakers 118-110.
Golden State coach Steve Kerr has been fined $25,000 by the NBA for publicly criticizing officiating during a radio show Thursday. The league took the action after Kerr questioned the officiating during the Warriors game with Toronto Wednesday night. He complained about how referees miss what he believes should be obvious traveling calls.
NCAA:
In NCAA men’s basketball, UAlbany beat Brown 80-76, UNC Asheville won against Siena 92-80, UMass topped Holy Cross 68-60, Grand Canyon bested Marist 84-72, and it was Central Arkansas over Army 81-76.
In the NCAA men’s soccer tournament, both Syracuse and UAlbany advanced to the third round. Syracuse will play North Carolina next, and UAlbany will play Clemson.
Three of the top five spots in the new Associated Press Top-25 football poll are held down by teams from the Big Ten. On top, as has been the case all season, is Alabama of the Southeastern Conference. In the No. 2 spot is Ohio State, followed by Michigan, and this coming Saturday those teams will square off in their annual Big Ten battle, this time in Columbus, Ohio. Rounding out the top five are Clemson and Wisconsin, the third Big Ten team. The last time the AP poll had three Big Ten teams in the top five was 56 years ago. Completing the top ten this week are Washington, Oklahoma, Penn State, Colorado and Oklahoma State.
NASCAR:
Jimmie Johnson has won his seventh NASCAR championship. The win ties Johnson with Dale Earnhardt and Richard Petty in the NASCAR record books. He did it by holding off defending champion Kyle Busch and Joey Logano on a late restart. The fourth contender in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship was Carl Edwards. His day ended with 10 laps to go after he was collected in a wreck after contact with Logano. It was also the final NASCAR race for three-time champion Tony Stewart, who is retiring.
PGA:
The final PGA event of the year will be completed Monday. Mackenzie Hughes was the third player to have a putt to win the RSM Classic in a playoff but he missed and four players will have to return to finish the playoff. MacKenzie, Blayne Barber, Camilo Villegas and Henrik Norlander had to return Monday morning. The winner gets in the Masters.
LPGA:
There were three winners in the final LPGA event of the year. Charley Hull won the CME Group Tour Championship event in Naples, Florida, while Arya Jutanugarn is the LPGA's player of the year, and In Gee Chun is the tour's scoring champion. Jutanugarn wrapped up her season by finishing tied for fourth in the event, good enough to clinch the season-long Race to CME Globe points competition and $1 million bonus.
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