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NFL – National Football League – Week 14
Yesterday
Detroit Lions 24, Tampa Bay Buccaneers 21
Chicago Bears 33, Cincinnati Bengals 7
Buffalo Bills 13, Indianapolis Colts 7 – OT
Lions 24, Buccaneers 21 – Stafford’s 4th winning drive leads Lions over Bucs
Matthew Stafford passed for 381 yards with an injured throwing hand and set up Matt Prater for a 46-yard field goal in the closing seconds to help the Detroit Lions remain in playoff contention with a 24-21 victory over the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday. Stafford made his 109th consecutive start despite being limited in practice after his right hand was stepped on during the previous week at Baltimore. He completed 36 of 44 attempts against the 4-9 Bucs, and the Lions, now 7-6, overcame two interceptions and a fumble to stop a two-game losing streak.
Bears 33, Bengals 7 – Trubisky, Howard lead Bears over hapless Bengals 33-7
Rookie Mitchell Trubisky threw for a touchdown and ran for another in his best showing yet, and the Chicago Bears ended a five-game losing streak by routing the lackluster Cincinnati Bengals 33-7 on Sunday. Jordan Howard ran for 147 yards and a pair of touchdowns as the Bears, now 4-9, dominated a matchup of the NFL’s worst offenses. Their rookie quarterback took full advantage of an injury-depleted defense, completing a career-high 25 passes out of 32 attempts for 271 yards. He also ran 4 yards for a score. The Bengals, who are 5-8, were coming off a 23-20 loss to the Steelers on Monday night that crushed their playoff hopes and gutted their defense. The Bears piled up a season-high 482 yards against a unit missing starting cornerbacks Adam "Pacman" Jones and Dre Kirkpatrick as well as linebackers Vontaze Burfict and Nick Vigil.
Bills 13, Colts 7 – OT – McCoy scores to seal Bills’ 13-7 OT win over Colts
LeSean McCoy scored on a 21-yard run with 1:33 left in overtime to secure the Buffalo Bills’ 13-7 win over the Indianapolis Colts in a wintry, white-out setting best suited for snow shoes and sled dogs. McCoy finished with 156 yards rushing and topped the 1,000-yard mark for the sixth time in his career on a slick, snow-covered field. Buffalo, now 7-6, stayed alive in the AFC playoff picture, while the 3-10 Colts were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention.
Other NFL Scores
Dallas 30, N.Y. Giants 10
Carolina 31, Minnesota 24
Kansas City 26, Oakland 15
Green Bay 27, Cleveland 21, OT
San Francisco 26, Houston 16
Denver 23, N.Y. Jets 0
Arizona 12, Tennessee 7
L.A. Chargers 30, Washington 13
Jacksonville 30, Seattle 24
Philadelphia 43, L.A. Rams 35
Pittsburgh 39, Baltimore 38
Tonight
New England Patriots at Miami Dolphins, 8:30 p.m. 95.7 & 1400 WSJM Sports 7:45
NBA – National Basketball Association
Last Night
Boston Celtics 91, Detroit Pistons 81
Indiana Pacers 126, Denver Nuggets 116 – OT
Celtics 91, Pistons 81 – Horford, Irving help Celtics beat Pistons, 91-80
Al Horford amassed 18 points, nine rebounds and six assists, and Boston handed Detroit its sixth consecutive loss 91-81. Kyrie Irving tossed in 16 points, while Marcus Smart and Jaylen Brown had 12 apiece for Boston. Rookie Jayson Tatum added 11 points, and Aron Baynes snared a season-high 13 rebounds for the Celtics, who overcame a scoreless drought of more than six minutes in the fourth quarter. Tobias Harris led the Pistons with 19 points. Anthony Tolliver contributed a season-high 15 points off the bench, Andre Drummond was held to six points and 15 rebounds.
Pacers 126, Nuggets 116 – OT – Pacers’ Oladipo scores 47 in OT win
Victor Oladipo scored a career-high 47 points to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 126-116 overtime victory over the Denver Nuggets on Sunday night. The Pacers held a 12-2 advantage in overtime as Oladipo scored six points in the extra session. Oladipo sank 15 of 28 shots, including 6 of 12 3-point attempts. Myles Turner added 24 points on 10-of-15 shooting and had eight rebounds for the Pacers. Trey Lyles scored a career-high 25 points for Denver, Benton Harbor’s Wilson Chandler had 18 points.
Tonight
Boston Celtics at Chicago Bulls, 8:00 p.m.
NHL – National Hockey League
Last Night
Chicago Blackhawks 3, Arizona Coyotes 1
Blackhawks 3, Coyotes 1 – Crawford makes 31 saves, Blackhawks beat Coyotes 3-1
Artem Anisimov scored the go-ahead goal with 4:47 left in the third period, and Chicago pulled away for a 3-1 win over Arizona. Tommy Wingels and Nick Schmaltz also scored as the Blackhawks earned their second consecutive win. Chicago improved to 8-5-2 on home ice and beat Arizona for the eighth straight meeting. Anthony Duclair scored the Coyotes’ lone goal. Arizona is winless in its past four games. Chicago goaltender Corey Crawford made 31 saves to improve to 13-7-2. Arizona goaltender Scott Wedgewood dropped to 3-6-3 despite turning aside 34 shots.
Tonight
Florida Panthers at Detroit Red Wings, 7:30 p.m.
MLB – Tigertown: Morris, Trammell elected to baseball Hall of Fame
Former Detroit Tigers teammates Jack Morris and Alan Trammell have been elected to the baseball Hall of Fame. Morris and Trammell were chosen Sunday by a 16-man panel that considered candidates from the sport’s modern era. Morris posted 254 wins. The right-hander’s most famous victory was a 10-inning shutout, winning 1-0 for Minnesota over Atlanta in Game 7 of the 1991 World Series. Trammell was a six-time All-Star and four-time Gold Glover at shortstop. He scored 1,231 runs and drove in 1,003 while batting .285. Trammell and Morris teamed to help the Tigers win the 1984 World Series. Former catcher Ted Simmons fell one vote short of election and former players’ union head Marvin Miller was five shy of the 12 needed for election.
NCAA Basketball – Women’s
Last Night
(24) Michigan 54, Kent State 41
Illinois State 65, Eastern Michigan 56
(24) Michigan 54, Kent St. 41 – No. 24 Michigan women pull away 54-41 over Kent State
Hailey Brown and Hallie Thome each scored 11 points and No. 24 Michigan overcame a slow start to get past Kent State for a 54-41 win Sunday. Michigan (8-2) got the first bucket of the game, a quick layup from Brown, but then went scoreless until the end of the first quarter when Kayla Robbins sank a 3-pointer to cut the gap to 12-5. Thome and Deja Church each went 2 for 2 from the line during the late third-quarter run, which was capped with Nicole Munger’s 3-pointer to give Michigan a double-digit advantage it protected the rest of the way. Munger finished with 10 points and Jillian Dunston had seven rebounds to go with five assists for the Wolverines. Kent State (6-5) got 15 points from Golden and Jordan Korinek had 10.
AHL – American Hockey League
Last Night
Iowa Wild 2, Grand Rapids Griffins 1
ECHL – East Coast Hockey League
Tonight
Kalamazoo Wings 3, Wichita Thunder 2
MHSAA – High School Sports
Tonight
Girls Basketball
Howardsville Christian at Athens Factoryville Christian, 6:00 p.m.
