Manning, Spurrier enter College Football Hall of Fame

Peyton Manning and his Southeastern Conference nemesis, former Florida coach Steve Spurrier, will go into the College Football Hall of Fame together. The rest of the new Hall of Fame class of 13 players and coaches announced Monday includes Southern California Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart, San Diego State running back Marshall Faulk and Danny Ford, who coached Clemson to its only national championship.

Phil Jackson is silently watching the Knicks burn :0

After the Knicks’ humiliating 110-96 loss to the Pelicans at the Garden, the Knicks’ eighth loss in the last nine games, Joakim Noah was the only Knicks player or official who said he spoke to the missing guard. Rose was at the morning shootaround, but did not show up to the game and did not contact the Knicks.

Mitchell, Ugba help Grambling St beat Alcorn St 67-62

Avery Ugba had 19 points, on 6-of-9 shooting, and nine rebounds, Ervin Mitchell scored 20 and Grambling State snapped a four-game skid against Alcorn State with a 67-62 win on Monday night. Ugba and Remond Brown scored four points apiece during a 10-0 run to open the second half that gave the Tigers a 40-27 lead with 17:06 left.

UNCP cuts mena s soccer program

… reserve funding by this summer,” the statement signed by Director of Athletics Dick Christy said. This is the third sports program cut at UNCP since 2015, with the women’s tennis and men’s golf programs being terminated in March 2015. Those two …

With Butler feeling sick, Bulls can’t stick with OKCJimmy Butler…

Oklahoma City Thunder’s Russell Westbrook, center, drives on Chicago Bulls’ Cristiano Felicio, left, as Steven Adams and Michael Carter-Williams watch during the first half of an NBA basketball game Monday, Jan. 9, 2017, in Chicago. Jimmy Butler probably just had the best week of any Chicago Bulls player since the days of vintage Michael Jordan.

Cricket: Australian great Stuart MacGill served with AVO

Former Australian cricket great Stuart MacGill has been slapped with an apprehended violence order for the protection of his socialite girlfriend Julie Singleton. Police served MacGill with the AVO on Boxing Day on behalf of Ms Singleton, the lawyer and ex-wife of Sydney multi-millionaire adman and John Singleton.

Future Stars: The ones to watch at Blackburn Rovers in 2017…

The 19-year-old has been tipped as a star of the future for some time now, but with every promising performance for the Under-23s comes a clamour for more first-team inclusion. Mahoney, not 20 until next month, has become a more regular name in the matchday 18 in recent weeks, though his wait for a first-team outing goes on.

Pearl doesn’t want to reveal plan without Purifoy

Danjel Purifoy is out with an ankle injury and Auburn head coach Bruce Pearl doesn’t want you to know his plan without him. Pearl confirmed Monday what he suspected two days earlier that Purifoy’s ankle injury will keep him out of tonight’s contest at Missouri leaving Auburn without a direct answer to the replacement in his absence.

Fleury Wins 5th Straight As Pens Roll

The Pittsburgh Penguins were rested after a week off since their last game, while the Tampa Bay Lightning were playing for the third time in four days. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 28 shots in his fifth straight win, leading the Penguins to a 6-2 victory over the Lightning on Sunday.