There are only 5 shopping days until Christmas, and counting. Seriously. Time is running out. If you haven’t done it, it is probably to late to order on the web. You procrastinated once more, and you’re going to have to go to the stores. You’re almost at the point of having to go buy gift cards at the corner store.
The Dolphins take on the Buffalo Bills up in Buffalo on Sunday at 1:00 pm. The other game we need to keep our eyes on is the matchup between the Baltimore Ravens and the New England Patriots at 4:25 pm. All the Dolphins have to do is win their two remaining games and they’re in the playoffs.
Here’s more on the Dolphins from Armando Salguero:
Here is this week’s NFL schedule. I already miss the Thursday night games. I was 4-2-1 last week on my picks, and my record so far this season is a very respectable 55-45-5 against the spread, and 63-42 straight up. I’ll have all this week’s picks tomorrow (Friday).
SUNDAY
Dolphins @ Buffalo +2 ½ 1:00 pm CBS
Indianapolis @ Kansas City -7 1:00 pm CBS
Cleveland @ NY Jets -2 1:00 pm CBS
Tennessee @ Jacksonville +5 ½ 1:00 pm CBS
Denver @ Houston +11 1:00 pm CBS
Minnesota @ Cincinnati -7 1:00 pm FOX
Tampa Bay @ St. Louis -5 1:00 pm FOX
Dallas @ Washington +2 ½ 1:00 pm FOX
New Orleans @ Carolina -3 1:00 pm FOX
NY Giants @ Detroit -10 4:05 pm FOX
Arizona @ Seattle -10 ½ 4:05 pm FOX
Pittsburgh @ Green Bay -7 4:25 pm CBS
Oakland @ San Diego -10 4:25 pm CBS
New England @ Baltimore -2 ½ 4:25 pm CBS
Chicago @ Philadelphia -3 8:30 pm NBC
MONDAY NIGHT
Atlanta @ San Francisco -12 ½ 8:30 pm ESPN
Here’s ESPN’s NFL Nation Blog, with more news from all around the league:
Of course, we can all continue to sleep at night, knowing full well that Aaron Hernandez remains in jail, where he belongs.
In baseball:
The Marlins signed third baseman Case McGehee to a one-year deal. McGehee played in Japan last season. Hopefully, he will hold down the position until first-round draft pick Colin Moran is ready for the show.
Here’s the latest around baseball:
Marlins’ pitchers and catchers report February 16th, position players arrive February 20th, and the spring training games begin February 26th, when the Fish play the University of Miami Hurricanes. They will then play the FIU Panthers on the 27th. Both of those games will be in Jupiter.
Here is the complete preseason schedule for the Fish:
TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION: In the history of MLB, 114 players have homered on their first at-bat in the major leagues. Only two of them also homered in their second at bat. Who were they? The answer comes later, alligator.
In college football,
The College Bowl season kicks off on Saturday with four games. I’ll bring you analysis and picks for these games tomorrow:
SATURDAY
GILDAN NEW MEXICO BOWL
Washington State vs Colorado State 2:00 pm ESPN
ROYAL PURPLE LAS VEGAS BOWL
Fresno State vs USC 3:30 pm ABC
FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO BOWL
Buffalo vs San Diego State 5:30 pm ESPN
R+L CARRIERS NEW ORLEANS BOWL
Tulane vs Louisiana-Lafayette 9:00 pm ESPN
The BCS National Championship game will have the Florida State Seminoles squaring off against the Auburn Tigers in Pasadena on January 6th. The rest of the bowl schedule is here, including a good one in the Orange Bowl Classic, where we will see the Clemson Tigers and Ohio State Buckeyes do battle at the Seven Names Stadium.
Manny Navarro and Susan Miller Degnan have the latest from Coral Gables.
Here’s the latest from FIU. David J. Neal of the Herald has the details:
Here’s the latest from Tallahassee and #1-ranked FSU:
From Gainesville and the University of Florida:
Moving to the hardwood:
The Miami Heat beat the Indiana Pacers last night 97-94. They needed yet another furious comeback, after erasing a 15-point third-quarter deficit. The Big Three combined for 71 points - 32 points for Dwyane Wade, 24 for LeBron James, and Chris Bosh added 15.
Next game for the Heat is tomorrow night, at the AAA, against the Sacramento Kings. Tipoff is at 7:30 pm, and you can watch the game on Sun Sports.
The Heat’s schedule for the remainder of 2013:
Hawks @ Heat Mon 12/23 7:30 pm Sun Sports
Heat @ Lakers Christmas Day 5:00 pm ABC
Heat @ Trailblazers Sat 12/28 10:00 pm Sun Sports
Heat @ Nuggets Mon 12/30 9:00 pm Sun Sports
More Heat coverage:
Here is the Heat’s complete regular season schedule:
On the NHL ice, the Panthers have won four in a row and six out of their last seven, and have moved to only six points behind Ottawa for the final playoff spot. Big game tonight as the team is in Ottawa to take on the Senators tonight. They will remain north of the border after tonight’s game as they go to Winnipeg to take on the Jets tomorrow night.
In boxing news,
Here is Santos Perez’ weekly boxing spotlight column from the Miami Herald:
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THE ANSWER TO TODAY’S TRIVIA QUESTION: In the history of MLB, 114 players have homered on their first at-bat in the major leagues. Only two of them also homered in their second at bat. Who were they?
Bob Neiman (St. Louis Browns) did it on September 14, 1951 (both in the same game). Keith McDonald (St. Louis Cardinals) homered in his first major league at bat on July 4, 2000 and then homered in his next at-bat two days later on July 6th.
Behave yourselves, and always remember that tomorrow will bring us a brand new day.
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