Sad news today.  According to the Associated Press, doctors say famed Puerto Rican boxer Hector "Macho" Camacho is clinically "brain dead" after being shot in the face while he and a friend were sitting in a car outside a bar Tuesday night.  His friend died as a result of the shooting. 

Dr. Ernesto Torres said at a news conference this morning that doctors are still performing tests on the 50-year-old Camacho before meeting with his family.  Police spokesman Alex Diaz has said officers found nine small bags of cocaine in the friend's pocket, and a 10th bag open inside the car.  Camacho was a popular and skilled boxer who battled drugs, alcohol and other problems throughout his life. He had a career record of 79-6-3.

It wasn’t easy, but a win is a win.  The Miami Heat wasted an 18-point lead and needed overtime to defeat the Milwaukee Bucks last night, 113-106 here at the AAA.  The Big Four combined to score 97 points to tie its best start to a season at 9-3, 5-0 at home.  Dwayne Wade and LeBron James each scored 28 points, Chris Bosh added 24 points and grabbed 18 rebounds, while Ray Allen finished with 17 points off the bench.  Kudos to Udonis Haslem who passed Alonzo Mourning in the Heat record books with the most rebounds in team history, with 4,814.  The team is off until Saturday night, when they welcome the Cleveland Cavaliers to the AAA, and they are off again until next Thursday, the 29th, when Tim Duncan, Manu Ginobili, Tony Parker, and the rest of the San Antonio Spurs come calling.  In the NBA yesterday,

Charlotte 98 Toronto 97

The Bobcats have won five of six and are just one victory shy of matching their total wins from all of last season.

Cleveland 92 Philadelphia 83

Jeremy Pargo scored a career high of 28 points

Indiana 115 New Orleans 107 (ot)

Paul George scored 37 points, including nine 3-pointers

Orlando 90 Detroit 74

Orlando wins for only the second time in nine games, both of those victories coming against the Pistons

Atlanta 101 Washington 100 (ot)

The Wizards came close to winning their first game of the season, but fall to 0-9

San Antonio 112 Boston 100

Tim Duncan finished with 20 points and 15 rebounds

Oklahoma City 117 LA Clippers 111 (ot)

35 points for Kevin Durant

Houston 93 Chicago 89

James Harden connected for 28 points

Denver 101 Minnesota 94

Danilo Gallinari scored 19 points, one of five Denver players in double figures

Dallas 114 New York 111

OJ Mayo pumped in 27 points while Vince Carter had a season high 25 points, including 14 in the fourth quarter

Phoenix 114 Portland 87

Marcin Gortat scored 22 points

Sacramento 113 LA Lakers 97

The Kings bench players combined to score 49 points

Golden State 102 Brooklyn 93

Stephen Curry scored 25 points, Klay Thompson added 23

NO GAMES TODAY IN THE NBA

The Miami Dolphins return to the field on Sunday against the Seattle Seahawks.  Game time at the Seven-Names Stadium is 1:00 pm, and you can watch the game on Channel 4, CBS in South Florida. The Dolphins are tied with the Bills and Jets with identical 4-6 records, behind the New England Patriots, who lead the AFC East at 7-3. 

A Thanksgiving Day triple-header today in the NFL.  

Houston @ Detroit

Det +3 12:30 pm CBS  Ch. 4

Washington @ Dallas

Dal -3.5 4:30 pm FOX  Ch. 7

New England @ NY Jets

NYJ +7 8:20 pm NBC Ch. 6

The rest of the league is in action on Sunday:

Seattle @ Miami

Mia +3 1:00 pm CBS Ch. 4

Minnesota @ Chicago

No Line 1:00 pm

Oakland @ Cincinnati

Cin -9.5 1:00 pm

Pittsburgh @ Cleveland

Cle +1 1:00 pm

Buffalo @ Indianapolis

Ind -3 1:00 pm

Denver @ Kansas City

KC +10 1:00 pm

Atlanta @ Tampa Bay

TB +1 1:00 pm

Tennessee @ Jacksonville

Jax +3 1:00 pm

Baltimore @ San Diego

SD -1 4:05 pm

San Francisco @ New Orleans

NO +2.5 4:25 pm FOX  Ch. 7

St. Louis @ Arizona

Ari -1 4:25 pm

Green Bay @ NY Giants

NYG -2.5 8:20 pm NBC  Ch. 6

MONDAY

Carolina @ Philadelphia

Phi +1 8:30 pm ESPN

TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION:  When was the first time the NFL played on Thanksgiving day?  Tell you later, alligator. 

In college football, both local universities close out their seasons this saturday.  The University of Miami Hurricanes will try to end 2012 with a victory at Duke against the Blue Devils at 12:30 pm.  Meanwhile, FIU closes out their season as they host UL-Monroe at the Cage.  Game time is 6:00 pm, and you can listen to the game broadcast (in English) on your smartphone or on the computer at www.fiusports.com.  I will be handling the play-by-play, and Pete Pelegrin will be handling the color analysis. 

This week’s games involving teams ranked in the top ten,

FRIDAY

#7 LSU @ Arkansas 2:30 pm  CBS Ch. 4

SATURDAY

Georgia Tech @ #3 Georgia 12 noon ESPN

#5 Oregon @ #5 Oregon State 3:00 pm

Auburn @ #2 Alabama 3:30 pm CBS Ch. 4

#4 Florida @ #10 Florida State 3:30 pm ABC Ch. 10

#8 Stanford @ #17 UCLA 6:30 pm FOX Ch. 7

Missouri @ #9 Texas A&M 7:00 pm ESPN 2

#1 Notre Dame @ USC 8:00 pm ABC Ch. 10

THE ANSWER TO TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION:  When was the first time the NFL played on Thanksgiving day?  It was back in 1920, when the Akron Pros beat the Canton Bulldogs 7-0.  College football beat them to it, though.  On Thanksgiving Day, 1876, Yale and Princeton squared off when the American Intercollegiate Football Association held its first championship game.       

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