Friday, December 25, 2009

Scores and Sports this Christmas Day 2009

NFL - Moving the Pro Bowl to the week before the Super Bowl in Miami looks like a very mixed bag. Rivers (25 TDs, nine picks) has never lost in December. San Diego heads to Tennessee in a showdown for the AFC's No. 2 seed. The Titans needs V.Y. to throw downfield to have success but Philip Rivers will lead the Chargers to a win.
Today CHRISTMAS DAY - Fri.: Chargers-Titans, 7:30 p.m.

NCAA Football - Remember when SMU was a joke? It's not anymore. June Jones' club beats Nevada 45-10 in the Hawaii Bowl. It's an amazing turnaround for a team that finished 1-11 last season.
No Bowl games this CHRISTMAS DAY!

NBA - Cruising in HollywoodThe Lakers are back where they ended last season: looking down on the rest of the NBA. Can anyone catch them? Smith has 41 with 10 3s to lift NuggetsJames gets triple-double, Cavs win in OT.

NCAA Hoop's - No. 6 West Virginia tops No. 15 Ole Miss. Oral Roberts deals Lobos first lossWall helps No. 3 Kentucky move to 13-0. Wright's 34 lift Georgetown past Harvard. Wise lifts Arizona in final second again. Villanova rolls in nonconference finale. No. 16 Vols score first 22 in romp.

NHL - Blackhawks' Niemi beats Red Wings 3-0. Backstrom, Ovechkin lift Caps by Sabres. Malkin's hat trick helps Pens rout Sens. Sens' Alfredsson likely out a few weeks. Blues complete Western Canada sweep. Coyotes' Bryzgalov notches fifth shutout. Habs score 3 PP goals, rip 'Canes 5-1. Bruins score 3 in 1:08 span, top Atlanta.

MLB - Nationals add closer Capps to revamped bullpen. Ex-Dodger Park sues one-time catcher Kreuter. Versatile pitcher Duchscherer, A's agree on deal. Angels sign ex-Tigers closer Rodney for two years. Longtime Astros scout Benjamin dies at 95.

GOLF - Phil Mickelson's HSBC Champions victory brought excitement to China and may be a harbinger of more to come in 2010.

NASCAR - Jeff Gordon's 2009 season was pretty good, but with a long series of runner-up finishes, the No. 24 team was not good enough.

TENNIS - Serbia chooses indoor clay to face US in Davis Cup. The venues for six of the eight first-round World Group matches on March 5-7 were announced Monday by the International Tennis Federation.

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