The Miami Heat return to the hardwood tonight against the Golden State Warriors. The team will be looking for rebounds against a very good Warriors team that will present matchup problems for the Heat. Game time tonight is at 10:30, you can watch the game on Sun Sports or on ESPN. They leave the Bay area immediately after the game to head down to Los Angeles where they will play the Lakers tomorrow night.
In the rest of the NBA yesterday,
Indiana 103 Charlotte 76
Roy Hibbert led the way with 18 points
New Orleans 111 Philadelphia 99
Greivis Vazquez scored 23 points, Eric Gordon added 19 points
Brooklyn 113 Toronto 106
The Nets are 9-1 with PJ Carlesimo as their head coach
LA Clippers 117 Houston 109
With Chris Paul still out, Eric Bledsoe handled his duties quite well, 19 points, seven rebounds, and five assists. Jamal Crawford scored 30 points in the win.
Denver 115 Portland 111 (OT)
Wilson Chandler hit the game winning 3-point basket with 14.9 seconds left in the overtime period
LA Lakers 104 Milwaukee 88
Dwight Howard and Kobe Bryant scored 31 points apiece. Howard collected 16 rebounds.
TONIGHT’S GAMES:
Miami @ Golden State 10:30 pm Sun Sports, ESPN
Indiana @ Orlando 7:00 pm
Chicago @ Toronto 7:00 pm
Brooklyn @ Atlanta 7:30 pm
New Orleans @ Boston 8:00 pm
Denver @ Oklahoma City 8:00 pm
Houston @ Dallas 8:00 pm ESPN
Memphis @ San Antonio 8:30 pm
Washington @ Sacramento 10:00 pm
Cleveland @ Portland 10:00 pm
The Conference Championship games are all set for this coming Sunday. The NFC Championship game will feature the San Francisco 49ers going cross-country to face the Atlanta Falcons. Game time is 3:00 pm, and it will be televised by FOX, Channel 7. In the AFC Championship game, the Baltimore Ravens will travel to New England to take on the Patriots, in a rematch of the 2011 Championship game. Kickoff is at 6:30, and you can watch it on CBS, Channel 4 in Miami. The odds in Las Vegas for these games: San Francisco is favored over Atlanta by 4 points, while New England is a 8 1/2 - point favorite over Baltimore. I’ll continue to watch the odds during the week and track the movement.
TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION: The NFL Draft is coming up in April. Who has the dubious honor of making the first selection this year? Tell you later, alligator.
THe NFL coaching carousel continues to go round and round, and the merry-go-round continues to accelerate.
The Chicago Bears hired Montreal Alouettes head coach Marc Trestman as their new head coach. Trestman is a former Dolphin and University of Miami offensive coordinator. It is about time that Trestman got his shot. The San Diego Chargers also got their man, and they tabbed Broncos offensive coordinator Mike McCoy as their new head coach. Three teams are still left without a head coach: The Jacksonville Jaguars are considering an internal option, defensive coordinator Mel Tucker, as well as St. Louis Rams offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer. The Philadelphia Eagles have interviewed Whisenhunt, as well as TV analyst and former Ravens head coach Brian Billick. They have interviewed Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians and Bengals offensive coordinator Jay Gruden, and had a second interview with Seattle defensive coordinator Gus Bradley. The Arizona Cardinals are also interested in a couple of the above-listed coordinators.
I’ll continue to show the list of coaching casualties in the NFL until replacements are final:
Arizona Cardinals
fired Ken Whisenhunt
Buffalo Bills
fired Chan Gailey, HIRED DOUG MARRONE
Chicago Bears
fired Lovie Smith, HIRED MARC TRESTMAN
Cleveland Browns
fired Pat Schurmur, HIRED ROB CHUDZINSKI
Jacksonville Jaguars
fired Mike Mularkey
Kansas City Chiefs
fired Romeo Crennel, HIRED ANDY REID
Philadelphia Eagles
fired Andy Reid
San Diego Chargers
fired Norv Turner, HIRED MIKE McCOY
In MLB news, the Washington Nationals keep adding to their team, signing reliever Rafael Soriano to a two-year $28 million dollar deal, with an option for a third season. Can you say “overpaid”? The Arizona Diamondbacks signed reliever JJ Putz, two years, $13.5 million.
The arbitration process has begun in MLB, with 133 players filing for arbitration. Under the latest labor agreement, 22% of the players with at least twoyears service but less than three years, are eligible. Players and teams are scheduled to exchange salary figures on Friday, with the arbitration hearings taking place next month in Arizona. Of course, most of these cases settle before reaching the arbitrators.
After a decade of denial, Lance Armstrong has finally come clean and admitted that he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France. Armstrong made the confession to Oprah Winfrey during an interview taped Monday, an interview that will be aired tomorrow on Winfrey's network. Can’t wait for all the lawsuits and legal mumbo-jumbo to start. You also may want to keep your eyes on the US government, who are going to want to pursue this even further. They obviously don’t have anything else to do in Washington.
Today’s article of the day comes from ESPN and talks about Ichiro Suzuki’s outlook coming into the 2013 season with the Yankees.
Dear Santa Claus Tooth Fairy Cupid Easter Bunny Jeffrey Loria and minions:
What do you mean, you still haven’t sold the team? Christmas came and went! The New Year is here!!! What are you waiting for? The Super Bowl? Valentine’s day? Easter? Next year’s HOF election?
Your inept management allowed the Marlins farm system to deteriorate to the point of being horrible, and now have dismantled the major league roster while pissing off the players on the roster and the entire South Florida community. How soon before you get rid of Giancarlo Stanton for another group of so-called prospects? You allow your management to continue the policy of “sell low and buy high”. Please sell the team so we can once again enjoy baseball in Miami.
All kidding aside, your window of opportunity to get out of town is opening up in just a few weeks. The five-year anniversary of the Marlins and Miami-Dade County agreement for the baseball stadium is coming up on February 21, 2013. After that time, the “penalty” for selling the team is only 5%, a mere pittance, based on a $250 million value of the team. You’ve already saved much more than that on the salary dump this season alone. Of course, you and your minions have already decided not to field a quality major league roster this coming season, hopefully setting up the sale of the team.
We’ll continue to keep our fingers crossed and light a candle in the meantime.
Here’s the answer to today’s question: The NFL Draft is coming up in April. Who has the dubious honor of making the first selection this year? The Kansas City Chiefs, who had the worst record in the NFL this past season at 2-14, are on the clock.
Still waiting on the NCAA to publicly notify the University of Miami football and basketball programs with their notice of allegations that will hopefully put an end to the investigation into illegal recruiting activities, illegal payments, and additional infractions. Coaches and personnel that are no longer with the U and working elsewhere will also be answering these allegations specifically. The University has been more than cooperative to this point, with self-imposed penalties and bowl game bans and are hoping that the NCAA, who act as both judge and jury, will be lenient in their handing out of additional sanctions. After the notice of allegations is officially received, the University will have 90 days to respond before an NCAA hearing that would most likely take place in June. After that hearing, the NCAA committee will probably make the total report public, along with the penalties, hopefully by August or September. This could get ugly.
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