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NCAAMBB – Men’s College Basketball
Last Night
Virginia Tech 73, Michigan 70
UNC-Wilmington 97, Western Michigan 92
Eastern Michigan 87, Detroit Mercy 61
VT 73, Michigan 70 – Virginia Tech rallies for 73-70 win over Michigan
Zach LeDay scored 15 of his 18 points in the second half, and Virginia Tech rallied from a 15-point first-half deficit to beat Michigan 73-70 on Wednesday night. The Hokies (6-1) trailed 67-63 late in the second half before a 3-pointer by Justin Bibbs started an 8-0 run. Seth Allen gave Virginia Tech the lead with a driving layup, then added a 3-pointer. Duncan Robinson’s 3-pointer with 42 seconds left pulled Michigan (5-2) to within a point, and an offensive foul on Allen gave the Wolverines the ball back. But Michigan was out of timeouts, and Zak Irvin ended up trying a tough jumper from just inside the arc that missed. After Bibbs made two free throws with 3.9 seconds left, Robinson had a chance to tie it, but his 3-pointer from the left wing missed. Michigan was in total control at the start, jumping out to a 17-4 lead and eventually going up 23-8 on a 3-pointer by Derrick Walton. Virginia Tech was down 39-30 at halftime but opened the second half with a 9-2 run. Irvin led Michigan with 23 points.
UNCW 97, WMU 92 – Broncos fall to UNC Wilington
C.J. Bryce scored 18 points and UNC Wilmington used a big first half to beat Western Michigan 97-92 Wednesday night. Western Michigan closed in the second half and outscored the Seahawks 60-46, but ran out of time in Kalamazoo.
EMU 87, UDM 61 – Eastern Michigan dumps Detroit 87-61 behind Mangum, Thompson
Willie Mangum IV score 21 points and James Thompson IV had 14 points and 13 boards as Eastern Michigan took control in the second half and went on to beat Detroit Mercy 87-61.
NBA – National Basketball Association
Last Night
Detroit Pistons 121, Boston Celtics 114
Los Angeles Lakers 96, Chicago Bulls 90
Portland Trailblazers 131, Indiana Pacers 109
Pistons 121, Celtics 114 – Caldwell-Pope scores 25 as balanced Pistons beat Celtics
Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 25 points and Tobias Harris had 21 to lead balanced scoring that carried the Detroit Pistons to a 121-114 win over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night. Andre Drummond added 20 points and 17 rebounds, one night after he was ejected in the second quarter of a victory at Charlotte for a flagrant-2 foul. Isaiah Thomas paced the Celtics with 27 points, and Kelly Olynyk scored a season-high 19. Boston had won five of seven. Marcus Morris had 20 points and Ish Smith 19 for the Pistons, who had lost eight of their first nine road games before winning away from home on consecutive nights. Detroit used a 9-0 spree midway through the fourth quarter to open a 103-95 edge with 5:08 to play after Boston went on an 11-0 run to take its first lead since early in the opening period. Morris and Harris each hit a 3-pointer during the Pistons’ spurt.
Lakers 96, Bulls 90 – Randle makes late layup to help Lakers edge Bulls 96-90
Julius Randle made a strong move against Nikola Mirotic for a tiebreaking layup with 45.1 seconds left, and the Los Angeles Lakers held off the Chicago Bulls for a gritty 96-90 victory on Wednesday night. Randle had 13 points and matched a career high with 20 rebounds for Los Angeles Randle’s drive and layup gave Los Angeles a 92-90 lead. After Jimmy Butler missed on the other side for Chicago, Williams went 1 for 2 at the line with 20 seconds to go. Butler then missed another 3 and Randle and Nance combined for three foul shots to help Los Angeles hold on.
Trailblazers 131, Pacers 109 – Lillard scores 28 as Trail Blazers beat Pacers 131-109
Damian Lillard had 28 points and 10 assists, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Indiana Pacers and former coach Nate McMillan 131-109 on Wednesday night. Maurice Harkless added 23 points for the Blazers, who led by as many as 28 in their fifth consecutive victory over the Pacers. Jeff Teague led Indiana with 25 points, while Myles Turner had 19 points and 10 rebounds.
NHL – National Hockey League
Tonight
Florida Panthers at Detroit Red Wings, 7:30 p.m.
New Jersey Devils at Chicago Blackhawks, 8:30 p.m.
NFL – National Football League – Week 13
Tonight
Dallas Cowboys at Minnesota Vikings, 8:25 p.m. 95.7 & 1400 WSJM Sports 8:00
NFL – Emergency eye surgery makes Zimmer uncertain for Thursday
Minnesota Vikings coach Mike Zimmer is having emergency eye surgery, about a month after he had an initial procedure to repair a torn retina. Vikings general manager Rick Spielman said Wednesday night that Zimmer was having the operation and uncertain to recover in time for the team’s game against Dallas on Thursday night. Spielman said he has met with coaches and players to put a contingency plan in place in case Zimmer is unable to coach against the Cowboys. Zimmer first experienced trouble with his vision a couple of days before the Oct. 31 game at Chicago and scratched the eye inadvertently during the game. The Vikings said Spielman wouldn’t be available for further comment until Thursday morning.
NFL – 49ers’ Kelly and Florida’s McElwain deny Oregon interest
San Francisco 49ers coach Chip Kelly says he has no interest in going back to Oregon after his successor Mark Helfrich was fired Tuesday night. And Florida coach Jim McIlwain, whose team is getting ready to play top-ranked Alabama in Saturday’s SEC championship, says he’s not interested in Oregon either.
NCAAFB – QB Zaire leaving Notre Dame, eligible to play immediately
Malik Zaire, the quarterback who won the starting job at Notre Dame last year before a broken ankle ended his season, plans to graduate in December and use his final year of eligibility elsewhere next season. University spokesman Michael Bertsch said Wednesday that Zaire has been given his release. Zaire told the South Bend Tribune among the schools he is considering are Florida, Wisconsin, Pittsburgh and Michigan State, an Irish opponent next season. Notre Dame won all three games Zaire started but was beaten out for the starter’s job this season by DeShone Kizer. Zaire completed 58 of 98 passes for 816 yards and six touchdowns with no interceptions in three seasons with the Irish. Kizer has said he hasn’t decided whether he will return next season. He has requested feedback from the NFL Draft Advisory Board. Reports said that Zaire wanted a transfer to Michigan State, but Notre Dame blocked that request as well and transfer requests to any other school on the Irish 2017 schedule
NCAAWBB – Women’s College Basketball
Last Night
(1) Notre Dame 73, Iowa 58
(20) Syracuse 75, Michigan State 64
Western Michigan 68, North Dakota State 63
(1) ND 73, Iowa 58 – No. 1 Notre Dame tops Iowa 73-58 in ACC/Big Ten Challenge
Brianna Turner scored 15 points, Arike Ogunbowale added 14 points and No. 1 Notre Dame held off Iowa 73-58 on Wednesday night in the ACC/Big Ten Challenge. Lindsay Allen added 11 points for the Irish (7-0). They had 42 points in the paint and scored 21 points off 23 Hawkeyes turnovers.
(20) Syracuse 75, MSU 64 – Peterson leads No. 20 Syracuse over Michigan State
Alexis Peterson had 27 points, six rebounds and five steals to help No. 20 Syracuse beat Michigan State 75-64 in a ACC/Big Ten Challenge game Wednesday night. Tori Jankoska had 21 points, nine rebounds and seven assists and Nia Hollie added 10 points for Michigan State. Coming into this week, the Spartans dropped out of the Top 25.
Today
Loyola-Chicago at Central Michigan, 12:00 p.m.
Michigan at Georgia Tech, 7:00 p.m.
MLB – MLB players, owners have tentative labor deal
Baseball players and owners reached a tentative agreement on a five-year labor contract Wednesday night, a deal that extends the sport’s industrial peace to 26 years since the ruinous fights in the first two decades of free agency. After days of near round-the-clock talks, negotiators reached a verbal agreement about 3 1/2 hours before the expiration of the current pact. Then they worked to draft a memorandum of understanding, which must be ratified by both sides. As part of the deal, the luxury tax threshold rises from $189 million to $195 million next year, $197 million in 2018, $206 million in 2019, $209 million in 2020 and $210 million in 2021, a person familiar with the agreement told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal had not yet been signed.
MLB – CBA ending All-Star link to World Series’ home-field advantage
The league that wins baseball’s All-Star Game no longer will get home-field advantage in the World Series, which instead will go to the pennant winner with the better regular-season record. The change was included in Major League Baseball’s tentative new collective bargaining agreement and disclosed early Thursday to The Associated Press by a person familiar with the agreement. The person spoke on condition of anonymity, because details of the deal — reached Wednesday evening in Irving, Texas — had not been announced. This year’s World Series punctuated the All-Star Game policy’s effect when Game 7 was played in Cleveland instead of at Wrigley Field, after the Cubs finished the regular season with 103 wins, as compared to the Indians’ 94. The Cubs still won, ending their 108-year championship drought.
NFL responds to congresswoman about unaccepted ID
The NFL sent a memo to the 32 teams to clarify what is valid identification after a man with a new District of Columbia driver’s license was initially denied purchasing alcohol at a stadium. A vendor at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, did not recognize the license and turned away Aninda Maitra, thinking the ID was from the country of Colombia. The vendor asked for Maitra’s passport. Maitra eventually got his beer, but Eleanor Holmes Norton, a delegate to the House of Representatives from the District, wrote to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell about the incident. Last week, the NFL responded to Norton, saying it has sent photos of the old and new DC driver’s licenses to the clubs and directed them to “share this information with their concession management teams.”
AHL – American Hockey League
Last Night
Cleveland Monsters 3, Grand Rapids Griffins 2 – Shootout
Chicago Wolves 4, Texas Stars 3
ECHL – East Coast Hockey League
Last Night
Kalamazoo Wings 4, Elmira Jackals 3 – OT Justin Taylor (KAL) GWG, Hat Trick
MHSAA – High School Sports
Tonight
Girls Basketball
New Buffalo at Mendon, 7:00 p.m.
Cassopolis at Bronson, 7:30 p.m.
