SCORES and SPORTS INFO for 12 30 2010

HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON TO ALL from GLOBAL SPORTS !



NFL - Favre fined for not cooperating. Favre to start last game if cleared. 'Giants WR Nicks likely out for finale. Jaguars QB Garrard to miss season finale. Seahawks' Whitehurst set to go vs. Rams. Eagles not sure Vick will play Sunday.Jets lean toward playing Sanchez 'some',



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NCAA FOOTBALL - Justin Blackmon's two TDs helped Oklahoma State end a two-game bowl skid by overpowering Arizona 36-10 at the Alamo Bowl. Maryland wins big in Friedgen's finale. Okla. St. achieves first 11-win season. Leshoure, Illini run past Baylor in bowl. Newton, Fairley yet to decide on NFL. June Jones not leaving SMU for Maryland. Penn State AD expects Paterno to return. Nebraska, Washington meet again in bowl.



MILITARY BOWL - E.Carolina 20 Maryland 51,
TEXAS BOWL - Illinois 28 Baylor 14.
ALAMO BOWL -Oklahoma State 36 Arizona 10



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NCAA BASKETBALL - Irish rip Georgetown in Big East opener. No. 23 Illini win Big Ten opener at Iowa. No. 3 Kansas wins 66th straight at home. No. 19 Central Florida improves to 12-0. Arkansas suspends F Powell. No. 24 Vanderbilt edges Marquette 77-76. Richmond ends 17-game skid to Wake. Red Storm win Lavin's Big East debut.



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NBA - The Celtics lost Kevin Garnett after he injured his right leg. Will they lose him for a lot longer? Garnett injures leg in Celtics' loss. Wade scores 45, Heat road run hits 10. Odom helps Lakers end 3-game skid. Phil Jackson upset by
Hornets situation. Thunder roll by error-prone Nets. Billups' 15 in 4th lead
Nuggets. Kings win on Evans' heave at buzzer.Smith helps Hawks beat Warriors.



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NHL - Isles end Crosby's 25-game points streak. Blackhawks F Toews to miss 2 weeks. Lundqvist stops 43, Devils' skid at 6. Eaves scores 3, Wings rally by Stars 7-3. Ward makes 37 saves, 'Canes blank Sens. Brodziak scores twice, Wild beat Sharks.Coyotes get 4 in 1st, defeat Kings 6-3. Winter Classic forecast: 54 and showers.



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MLB - Palmeiro insists he never used roids. Kurkjian Dotel agrees to deal to be Jays' closer. Ozzie's son calls Jenks 'punk' after closer talks. Yankees' Pettitte leaning toward retirement.



NASCAR - No. 3 Kevin Harvick experienced NASCAR's biggest turnaround in 2010. But will his momentum carry over into 2011?



GOLF - We take you now to the Hacienda Hills Golf and Country Club, where eight co-workers participated in the usual toss-in-a-dollar-and-divide-the-pot lottery game. Jeannette French had the bad luck to miss one day of work on the very day
her colleagues hit the jackpot, to the tune of $16 million.



UFC - Getty ImagesWhile others have been feasting during the holidays, Gray Maynard is zoned in on his shot at Frankie Edgar's UFC title.


BOXING - Best of 2010- Juan Manuel Marquez's victory over Michael Katsidis in the ninth was an unforgettable showdown for voters.




TENNIS - Former world No. 1 Justine Henin says she will nurse an elbow injury through next month’s Australian Open, and she may be six months away from full strength.



HORSE RACING - Baffert, Awesome Patriot win Santa Anita. Driven by Solar wins the Big A feature.



POKER - Bell outlasts Klodnicki for WSOPC title.