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A Night of Holiday Hope

Community Outreach Office plans Christmas
party for 100 needy children
By ISABELLE ALTMAN knew of families in the same
ialtman@cdispatch.com circumstances.

G
lenda Buckhalter,
community outreach
coordinator for the city
of Columbus, recently learned
six homeless children she
works with are not expecting
anything for Christmas.
The children’s mother is
working a 15-hour per week job
and was just evicted from her
home.
“She told me, ‘I told my
children not to look for any-
thing for Christmas, that
whatever I’m able to do for
them will have to be done after
Christmas,’” Buckhalter said.
“I thought during Christmas
time, every child wants some-
thing.”
It turned out the family
Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff wasn’t alone — another mother
Glenda Buckhalter, director of community outreach for the city of Columbus, prepares toys and cloth- told Buckhalter a similar story
ing for children at Regal Hall Friday afternoon. Buckhalter is organizing a Night of Hope for 100 needy and when she began talking
children in the city to receive food, two gifts and a night of fun and games on Dec. 21. with other area nonprofits, they
That’s how Buckhalter got
the idea for “A Holiday Night of
Hope,” a Christmas celebration
for 100 needy children in the
city.
Normally, Buckhalter said,
she plans a gala around the
holidays for businesses and
individuals that sponsor her
community outreach efforts
— working with needy and
homeless people in Colum-
bus, helping them pay bills,
find temporary housing and
referring them to other local
nonprofits that can help.
“Instead of having a sit-
down dinner for adults, I
thought, why not make a fun
night for children?” she said.
The event will be held at 7
p.m. Dec. 21 in the upper floor
of Trotter Convention Center
downtown. It will feature food
See Outreach, 6A

Under the A STARKFILLED CHRISTMAS

Capitol Dome

Analysis: In
Jackson schools
report, tough
recommendations
By JEFF AMY 
The Associated Press

JACKSON — Inside a layer of

ego-protecting bubble wrap about eager
students, a caring staff and a supportive
community in the recent report on Jack-
son’s public school system, there are a
handful of rock-hard recommendations.
Now, the key questions are whether
new superintendent Errick Greene will
adopt them and accomplish them.
The report by consultants Insight
Education Group is in some ways is the
end of a process that was set in motion
when Gov. Phil Bryant spurned an effort
by the Mississippi Department of Edu-
cation to take over the district. Instead,
Bryant, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar
Lumumba, and the W.K. Kellogg Foun-
dation created the Better Together Com-
mission to study the district and suggest
improvements.
Lumumba also remade the school Laura Daniels/Special to the Dispatch
board after previous members resigned, The community choir made up of members from several local church choirs sang and led the audience in carols at A
Starkfilled Christmas in downtown Starkville. The annual celebration started in front of City Hall and included a live nativity
which was an implicit part of the deal.
at First United Methodist Church. For more photos, see page 2A.
The new board, in turn, hired Greene
after a search.
The awkward part of the arrange-
ment had always threatened to be that
the Better Together Commission would
hand the new superintendent a turn-
around plan that the superintendent
had no part in crafting. The report’s 100
Federal child support fee to rise from $25 to $35
The Associated Press custodial parent gets more than $550 state collect the fee to offset federal
pages of findings and recommendations a year. Parents currently collecting costs of the child support program.
sidestep that issue by using the mildest JACKSON— Mississippi parents food stamps or who have ever collect- The fee will be deducted from child
possible language in many places. But who get child support will see a federal
there are some real recommendations ed cash welfare payments don’t have support payments after a custodial par-
fee rise from $25 a year to $35 a year.
hiding in there. The Mississippi Department of to pay. ent gets the first $550 in child support.
Maybe the most urgent is a call for Human Service says it will begin re- Mississippi Department of Human The state projects it will collect $1.8
Jackson district to scrap its uncomplet- taining the increased fee on Jan. 1 Services spokesman Paul Taylor says million overall from as many as 63,000
See Capitol Dome, 6A from child support cases where the the federal government mandates the cases.

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Board regular
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Full forecast on Answers, 6B
Columbus Sings Messiah are 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. Dec. 17:
page 2A.
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Monday
Did you hear?

GM fights government to retain

tax credit for electric cars
The Associated Press month, declaring that his
administration was “look-
WASHINGTON — Gen- ing at cutting all GM subsi-
eral Motors is fighting to dies, including for electric
retain a valuable tax credit cars.”
for electric vehicles as the The company already
nation’s largest automaker is on the verge of being
tries to deal with the po- phased out of the tax cred-
litical fallout triggered by it program unless Con-
its plans to shutter sever- gress changes a law that
al U.S. factories and shed caps the break at 200,000
thousands of workers. vehicles per manufacturer.
Preserving the $7,500 Without the incentive, GM
tax incentive for buyers is may be forced to cut the
crucial for GM as the com- price of its electric cars to
pany pivots from internal
keep prospective custom-
combustion engines in
ers from taking their busi-
favor of building cars pow-
ness elsewhere, according
ered by batteries or hy-
to automotive industry ex-
drogen fuel cells. Yet the
perts.
layoffs and plant closings
could imperil GM’s push As evidence of the cred-
to keep the incentive. It it’s importance to GM’s
helps make plug-ins such future, the automaker has
as the $36,000 Chevy Bolt expanded its lobbying foot-
more affordable at a time print in Washington and
when competition from even joined forces with
other electric vehicle mak- two rivals, Tesla and Nis-
ers is heating up. san, to call for 200,000-ve-
GM faces opposition hicle limit to be scrapped. Laura Daniels/Special to The Dispatch
from President Donald Under federal law, the The crowd that gathered for carols at City Hall were led at the end of the program to the manger at First United
Trump and other Repub- $7,500 credit for buyers Methodist Church at A Starkfilled Christmas in downtown Starkville.
licans who consider the begins to phase out after
credit a waste of taxpayer a manufacturer has sold
money and want it elim- 200,000 qualifying electric
inated. Trump, who has vehicles. GM has estimat-
pledged a manufactur- ed it will hit that threshold
ing rebirth in the Mid- by the end of December,
west, reacted angrily to just as the Bolt will be
GM’s “transformation “ facing new and potentially
announcement late last stiff competition.

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IN THE NATION
TONIGHT TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY Honduran woman in migrant caravan U.S. inspectors at the main border
crossing in San Diego are processing up
Clear to partly cloudy
and cold
Plenty of sunshine Sunshine and some
clouds
Cloudy, a shower and
t-storm around
Rain tapering to
showers gives birth in US to about 100 asylum claims day, leaving
22° 51° 28° 53° 45° 57° 44° 52° 38° SAN DIEGO — A Honduran woman af- thousands of migrants waiting in Tijuana.
filiated with a caravan of Central American Some are crossing illegally and avoiding
ALMANAC DATA migrants gave birth on U.S. soil shortly
Columbus Sunday the wait.
TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW
after entering the country illegally amid
Sunday 43° 41° growing frustration about a bottleneck to
Normal
Record
58° 36°
79° (1978) 15° (2010)
claim asylum at official border crossings. Jury to recommend sentence for
PRECIPITATION (in inches)
Border Patrol agents arrested the wom-
an Nov. 26 after she entered the country
white nationalist
Sunday 0.11 CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A man
Month to date 3.33 illegally near Imperial Beach, California, convicted of first-degree murder for driv-
Normal month to date 1.58
across the border from Tijuana, Mexi-
Year to date 60.95 ing his car into counterprotesters at a white
Normal year to date 51.99 co, Customs and Border Protection said
nationalist rally in Virginia faces 20 years to
TOMBIGBEE RIVER STAGES Wednesday. She was arrested with her
life in prison as jurors reconvene to consid-
In feet as of Flood 24-hr. 20-year-old husband and 2-year-old son.
7 a.m. Sun. Stage Stage Chng. er his punishment.
The woman, who was eight months
Amory 20 16.80 +4.74
pregnant, was taken to a hospital after The panel that convicted James Alex
Bigbee 14 8.80 +3.62 Shown are tomorrow’s noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
Columbus 15 6.26 +0.61 Showers T-Storms Rain Flurries Snow Ice Cold Warm Stationary Jetstream complaining about abdominal plan the day Fields Jr. will hear more evidence Mon-
Fulton 20 12.45 +2.64 -10s -0s 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 100s 110s
after her arrest, Customs and Border Pro- day before recommending a sentence for
Tupelo 21 10.43 +8.52 TUE WED TUE WED
tection said. Judge Richard Moore.
LAKE LEVELS City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W City Hi/Lo/W Hi/Lo/W
Fields was convicted Friday of killing
In feet as of 24-hr. Atlanta 53/30/s 54/39/pc Nashville 48/31/s 50/42/c The family was released from custody
7 a.m. Sun. Capacity Level Chng. Boston 36/26/s 34/21/pc Orlando 61/41/s 68/53/pc
on Sunday, pending the outcomes of their Heather Heyer during last year’s “Unite
Chicago 36/27/pc 38/33/c Philadelphia 40/28/s 41/27/s
Aberdeen Dam 188 165.29 +1.88 Dallas 60/48/s 60/44/c Phoenix 71/46/pc 69/45/pc immigration cases. the Right” rally in Charlottesville, orga-
Stennis Dam 166 136.93 +1.88
Bevill Dam 136 136.44 +0.10
Honolulu 82/72/pc 82/71/s Raleigh 42/23/s 45/27/s
Univision reported that the family is nized to protest the planned removal of a
Jacksonville 58/32/pc 62/44/pc Salt Lake City 36/29/sf 38/21/sn
Memphis 50/36/s 52/44/c Seattle 51/42/r 50/44/r seeking asylum and hoped to join family statue of Confederal Gen. Robert E. Lee.
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The solunar period indicates peak feeding times for
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in Columbus, Ohio, while their cases are The 21-year-old Fields, of Maumee,
fish and game.
Major Minor Major Minor SUN AND MOON MOON PHASES pending. Ohio, also was found guilty of injuring
Mon. 2:45a 8:57a 3:09p 9:21p MON TUE FIRST FULL LAST NEW Maryury Serrano Hernandez, 19, told dozens of others by driving into a crowd of
Sunrise 6:47 a.m. 6:48 a.m.
Tue. 3:37a 9:49a 4:00p 10:12p
Sunset 4:46 p.m. 4:46 p.m. the network giving birth in the U.S. was people who were marching peacefully after
Forecasts and graphics provided by Moonrise 9:27 a.m. 10:10 a.m. a “big reward” for the family’s grueling the rally.
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018 Moonset 7:51 p.m. 8:45 p.m. Dec 15 Dec 22 Dec 29 Jan 5 journey. — The Associated Press
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Partnership opens nominations for annual awards

By Alex Holloway
aholloway@cdispatch.com
The Greater Starkville
Development Partnership is
seeking nominations for its
annual awards.
Partnership Special Events
and Projects Coordinator Paige
Watson said the Partnership
is now accepting nominations,
through 5 p.m. on Dec. 28, for
the T.E. Veitch Community
Service Award and the R. Clay
Simmons Exemplary Enter-
Prather Watson
prise Award.
The T.E. Veitch Community
Service Award was established
in 1993, and Watson said it
recognizes people who have
made major contributions to
the community.
“It’s for an outstanding
individual who has influenced
and helped the community,
whether through their individ-
ual work or their business,”
Watson said.
Eileen Carr Tabb won the
2017 T.E. Veitch Community
Service Award.
The R. Clay Simmons
Exemplary Enterprise Award,
established in 1995, recognizes
for-profit businesses or firms
that have shown exemplary
business practices and made
contributions to the commu-
nity.
Renasant Bank won the 2017
R. Clay Simmons Exemplary
Enterprise Award.
Nominations for the awards
can be submitted to The
Partnership office on Main
Street or emailed to jprather@
starkville.org.
Jennifer Prather, interim
CEO for The Partnership,
said the award winners will be
named at The Partnership’s
annual banquet on Jan. 29.
“The banquet is a great time
for us to celebrate communi-
ty-wide contributions, not only
for The Partnership but for
individuals who work tirelessly
every day for the betterment
of our community,” she said.
“These awards are a chance
for us to honor individuals and
businesses who go above and
beyond to make Starkville a
better place.”

Around the state

‘Bye, Felicia’: School bans
flip shirt honoring dead
seniors
PASCAGOULA — A Missis-
sippi high school has banned
students from wearing a class
t-shirt that lists the names of
three seniors who died this
year and the dismissive phrase
“Bye, Felicia.”
The Sun Herald of Biloxi
reports Pascagoula School
Superintendent Wayne Rodolf-
ich on Friday banned the shirts
from school property and
events. Students on Thursday
started receiving the shirts
that featured the phrase first
used by Ice Cube in the 1999
film “Friday” as a cold way to
say goodbye.
Pascagoula High School ad-
ministrators, staff and students
designed the shirts. Rodolfich
says the seniors’ names were
probably included in an effort
to honor them, but were not
in the design that had been
approved.
He says the school district
will be paying for the students
to get new senior class shirts.
Grant aims to aid prisoners
re-entering rural counties
JACKSON — The Mississip-
pi Department of Corrections
says it will use $715,000 in
federal grant money to offer a
re-entry and treatment pro-
gram in six northern Mississip-
pi counties.
The program is aimed
at helping people who have
substance abuse and mental
illness to re-enter society.
The grant will fund the
program for three years in
Panola, Lafayette, Marshall,
Tate, Calhoun and Yalobusha
counties.
The agency says the U.S.
Justice Department gave the
grant in part because of a suc-
cessful re-entry program that
began in Hinds County in 2016.
The new grant aims to
demonstrate what can be
accomplished in more rural ar-
eas, where there may be fewer
services.
Any medium- or high-risk
prisoner leaving a state prison
or regional jail and ordered
into at least one year of post-re-
lease supervision is targeted.
Man arrested and charged
with killing mom in
Mississippi
JACKSON — A man has
been arrested and charged
with shooting and killing his
mother in a Mississippi gro-
cery store parking lot.
Jackson Police Sgt. Rodrick
Holmes said in a news release
that 33-year-old Terry Huchen
has been charged with mur-
der in the shooting death of
51-year-old Ronia Rodgers.
Holmes said the shooting
happened in a grocery store
parking lot Saturday afternoon.
Holmes said officers found
Rodgers in a vehicle and she
was taken to a hospital where
she died.
The spokesman said both
Huchen and Rodgers were in
the vehicle when the shoot-
ing occurred. Police have not
released a possible motive.
It was not known if Huchen
has an attorney yet.
— The Associated Press

today in History
Today is Monday, Dec. 10, the 344th
day of 2018. There are 21 days left in the
year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Dec. 10, 1964, Martin Luther
King Jr. received his Nobel Peace Prize
in Oslo, saying he accepted it “with an
abiding faith in America and an auda-
cious faith in the future of mankind.”
On this date:
In 1817, Mississippi was admitted as
the 20th state of the Union.
In 1869, women were granted the
right to vote in the Wyoming Territory.
In 1898, a treaty was signed in Paris
officially ending the Spanish-American
War.
In 1906, President Theodore Roos-
evelt became the first American to be
awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for help-
ing to mediate an end to the Russo-Jap-
anese War.
In 1931, Jane Addams became the
first American woman to be awarded
the Nobel Peace Prize; the co-recipient
was Nicholas Murray Butler.
In 1967, singer Otis Redding, 26, and
six others were killed when their plane
crashed into Wisconsin’s Lake Monona;
one passenger, Ben Cauley, survived.
In 1987, President Ronald Reagan
and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev
concluded three days of summit talks
in Washington. Violinist Jascha Heifetz
died in Los Angeles at age 86.
In 1994, Yasser Arafat, Shimon
Peres and Yitzhak Rabin received the
Nobel Peace Prize, pledging to pursue
their mission of healing the anguished
Middle East.
In 1995, the first group of U-S Ma-
rines arrived in the Bosnian capital of
Sarajevo to join NATO soldiers sent to
enforce peace in former Yugoslavia.
In 1996, South African President Nel-
son Mandela signed the country’s new
constitution into law during a ceremony
in Sharpeville.
In 2005, former Senator Eugene Mc-
Carthy died in Washington, D.C., at age
89; actor-comedian Richard Pryor died
in Encino, California, at age 65.
In 2007, suspended NFL star Mi-
chael Vick was sentenced by a federal
judge in Richmond, Virginia, to 23
months in prison for bankrolling a
dogfighting operation and killing dogs
that underperformed (Vick served 19
months at Leavenworth). Former Vice
President Al Gore accepted the Nobel
Peace Prize with a call for humanity to
rise up against a looming climate crisis
and stop waging war on the environ-
ment.
— The Associated Press
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Letters to the editor Cartoonist view

Voice of the people
Transparency in government
A declaimer before this letter: I am writing
this because of talk on the street I have heard of
late. I am being kind in my remarks, to what the
street talk is. No accusations meant, just some in-
formation needed to explain our current financial
situation.
Transparency is a word thrown around a lot
lately when public officials talk. It is important
for the taxpayers to be informed when so many
are living off the taxpayers dime.
I was in attendance at the city council meeting
when the news broke that the city had a $800,800
deficit. Shock by many on the council is an
understatement. I observed the expressions on
their faces. Some might say fuzzy math, others
say mismanagement and others, incompetence.
What is the answer? Nearly half a million dollars
in overtime pay to our first responders, because
of three shootings? I didn’t know our police and
firemen were understaffed that much. We are 10
officers short from the authorized 70 at the police
department, but I was not aware of a fireman
shortage. I am not critical of either department
and am thankful for their dedication to keep us
safe, but how long has this drain being going
on? Transparency? All I ever heard at the coun-
cil meeting was, sale tax revenues were down,
but nothing about a growing deficit until it was
made public recently. This makes one to wonder
what else is going on. Our infrastructure needs
addressing, but if Columbus is running this kind
of deficit, we’ll have to live with potholes in our
streets and other maintenance being neglected.
With the integrity of some in leadership in
question, now Columbus has the competency of
others in the city government in question. I love
Columbus, but expect more out of our leaders. If
taxes are raised, which is inevitable to get us out
of this mess, let us have some transparency and
more accountability from city leaders. It is our
money you spent; transparency and answers is all
the public wants.
We need to work together, but we need good
leadership to get us out of this mess.
God Bless Columbus.
Lee Roy Lollar, Jr.
Columbus

Comments in recent shootings

Friday’s paper had an article in it about two
recent fatal shootings of black men by police offi-
cers who were responding to “shots fired” calls.
In both cases the police apparently mistook the
black men for the criminals when they actually
were the “good guys” responding to crimes com-
mitted by others.
Some are going to immediately jump on the
bandwagon “Police are racist gunning for blacks”
or just simply cry “racism!” without looking at
the whole picture. Don’t misunderstand me, both
of these deaths are tragic, and should have not
happened, but you cannot just blame the police or
“whitey”.
When the police arrive on scene and see
anybody holding a gun, they immediately want to
control the situation. If they say “Drop it!,” then
comply! They will thank you later.
Who is to blame for the deaths in these
situations? Do you really need me to spell it out?
The vast majority of violent crimes reported in
the news are young black men shooting others:
black, white, doesn’t matter. If the black commu-
nity would step up and help get these thugs off
the streets, attitudes would change, fast.
Having a license/permit to carry a concealed
weapon does not make a person capable of han-
dling such incidences. It is good when a “good
guy” can help, but it’s the job of the police to
apprehend the “bad guys.” I applaud these two
black men for trying to help, and wish things had
turned out far different. We are all responsible
for our own actions, so think before you act.
This is the time of year when crimes spike.
Strong-arm robbery and thefts are on the rise
because of Christmas shopping. Be aware of your
surroundings and stay alert. Think ahead. Don’t
be a victim of the Grinch.
Have a Merry Christmas.
Cameron Triplett
Brooksville

Other editors

Bus safety can’t be underestimated

Never pass a school bus
while it is loading or unloading
students.
Under Mississippi law,
motorists must remain at least
10 feet in either direction from
a stopped school bus when its
stop sign and crossing arms
are engaged. It’s a law we are
often reminded about at the
start of a new school year.
Unfortunately, it sometimes
takes a tragedy for it to truly
resonate.
On Oct. 31, 9-year-old
Dalen Thomas was killed
after he was struck by a car
while boarding a school bus to
attend Baldwyn Elementary.
Dalen was an exceptional kid
who overcame much after be-
ing born with a congenital con-
dition that impacted his motor
skills and hearing. Before he
started kindergarten, he un-
derwent 10 surgeries. And yet,
he was an honor student, an
advanced artist, and a friend
whom classmates remembered
as being remarkably generous.
His death is not isolated, ei-
ther. Between Oct. 30 and Nov.
1 this year, five children were
killed and six were injured
across five different school
bus incidents in Mississippi,
Indiana, Kentucky, Florida and
Pennsylvania.
In Northeast Mississippi,
an elementary school student
has been struck and killed
by a driver while entering or
leaving a school bus twice in
the past three school years. In
October 2016, 7-year-old North
Pontotoc Elementary student
Amiya Braxton was killed by
an SUV moments after step-
ping off her school bus.
The Mississippi law on
school bus safety is named af-
ter Nathan Key, who was killed
in 2009 when he was struck
by a car while leaving a school
bus in Jones County.
Under that 2011 law,
violators can be charged with
aggravated assault if they hit
a child. Motorists can also be
fined up to $750 for ignoring
a bus’s stop arm, and up to
$1,500 for a second offense.
Dalen’s death, which
occurred along Highway 370
in the Pratts community, also
brings into focus the peril
for children boarding buses
along rural two-lane highways,
where traffic tends to be mov-
ing at higher speeds. Those
boardings are more dangerous
than in municipalities, which
tend to offer neighborhood
stops.
There isn’t an easy answer.
But we encourage leaders to
creatively work toward strate-
gies that increase safety.
That includes drawing
bus routes to the best of their
abilities in a way that limits
students having to cross
highways. We understand that
many districts already do this -
and that it isn’t always possi-
ble - but Dalen’s death should
bring a renewed focus to the
importance of these efforts.
It also includes greater
enforcement - even employing
cameras on stop arms — to
send a message to motorists
that they can’t pass a stopped
bus.
As a community mourns the
loss of a life that was tragically
taken too soon, we must work
to ensure it doesn’t happen
again.
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Iraq marks anniversary of victory over Islamic State
The Associated Press
BAGHDAD — Iraq on
Monday celebrated the
anniversary of its costly
victory over the Islamic
State group, which has
lost virtually all the ter-
ritory it once held but
still carries out sporadic
attacks to cling to its last
enclave near the Syrian
border.
The government de-
clared victory last Decem-
ber after a grueling three-
year war in which tens of
thousands of people were
killed and hundreds of
thousands displaced. En-
tire towns and neighbor-
hoods were reduced to
rubble in the fighting.
The government de-
clared Monday a national
holiday, and a moment of
silence is planned for lat-
er in the day. Checkpoints
in the capital were deco-
rated with Iraqi flags and
balloons, as security forc-
es patrolled the streets
playing patriotic music.
As part of the celebra-
tions, authorities plan to
reopen parts of Baghdad’s
fortified Green Zone —
home to key government
offices and embassies —
to the public. The move
is billed as an act of trans-
parency following pro-
tests against corruption
and poor public services.
Reports: UK’s May,
facing defeat, to
postpone Brexit vote
LONDON — British
Prime Minister Theresa
May looked set to post-
pone Parliament’s vote
on her European Union
divorce deal Monday to
avoid a shattering defeat,
throwing Brexit plans
into chaos just weeks af-
ter Britain and the bloc
finally reached an agree-
ment.
The House of Com-
mons Speaker’s office
said May would make a
previously unscheduled
statement to lawmakers
about Brexit at about 3:30
p.m. (10:30 a.m. EST).
The announcement came
as May held talks with
her Cabinet about the
next steps in the Brexit
process.
The Press Association
news agency and other
British media outlets said
May had decided to post-
pone the vote scheduled
for Tuesday.
May’s office insisted
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The celebrations come
as political infighting has
hindered the formation of
the government and set-
ting next year’s budget
amid an acute economic
situation.
Addressing a group
of Iraqi military officers,
Prime Minister Adel Ab-
dul-Mahdi said it was a
“proud day for all of us
when our brave country
defeated the enemies of
life, dignity, freedom and
peace.”
He commended the
security forces as well
as Iraq’s top Shiite cler-
ic, Grand Ayatollah Ali
Sistani, who issued a
fatwa, or religious edict,
mobilizing volunteers
after the armed forces
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the IS onslaught in 2014.
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laying the foundations of
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could sink May’s deal, her
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a statement on “business
of the House” after May’s
address, indicating a sud-
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an 18-month low against
the U.S. dollar of $1.2660.
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a majority in the House of
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COLUMBUS —
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ard Taylor died Dec. 3,
2018, at her residence.
A homegoing cele-
bration service will be
held 11 a.m. Saturday
at New Canaan Baptist
Church in Aliceville,
Alabama. Burial will be
at Cedar Grove Baptist
Church Cemetery in
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their communities, while
thousands of children fa-
thered by IS militants —
including those born to
enslaved Yazidi women
He called on Iraqis to
relative stability in secu- all the territory it once — are still unrecognized
renounce their differenc-
rity is a golden opportu- held in Iraq, including in by the state.
es and to come together
nity for the government the climactic battle for Nearly two-thirds of
for a better future. “The
to rebuild the country Mosul, the country’s sec- displaced people say they
time has come to leave
and to meet the needs of ond-largest city. These are unwilling or unable to
behind all the past mis-
its people,” said Sameer days, IS is still fighting to return home in the next
takes and conspiracies to
al-Obaidi, who led an ini- hold onto a small pocket year, with more than half
open the doors of hope for
tiative in the capital’s Sun- of territory in Syria, near saying their homes were
our children for a better
ni-dominated northern the Iraqi border. damaged or destroyed,
future,” he said, vowing
Azamiyah neighborhood Iraq is still grappling said the aid group.
to rebuilt the demolished
to distribute flowers to with the legacy of the “If this is what ‘victory’
areas and help displaced
security forces at check- extremist group’s brutal looks like, then there is
people return to their
points. “It is important to rule. little to celebrate for mil-
homes.
treat all Iraqis equally so More than 1.8 million lions of Iraqis still haunt-
“This war has restored
that they feel that their Iraqis remain displaced ed by the crimes of the IS
Iraq’s dignity,” said Bagh-
sacrifices are appreciat- across the country, and and the long war to elim-
dad resident Qassim
ed,” al-Obaidi added. a staggering 8 million inate it,” said Norwegian
al-Fatlawi. “All Iraqis took
The Islamic State require some form of hu- Refugee Council Secre-
part in this fight, those
group, which traces its manitarian aid, accord- tary General Jan Egeland.
who couldn’t take up arms
roots back to the insur- ing to the Norwegian “They have largely been
fought with words and
gency that followed the Refugee Council. Those forgotten by their own
donations,” added al-Fat-
2003 U.S.-led invasion, with suspected links to government and the inter-
lawi, 29, who organized
swept into Iraq from IS have been rejected by national community.”
fundraising initiatives for
neighboring Syria in the
the paramilitaries.
summer of 2014. It carved
Popular songs praising
out a self-styled caliph-
the paramilitaries, also
ate across a third of both
known as the Popular Mo-
countries, imposing a
bilization Forces, blared
harsh form of Islamic rule
out from his small acces-
and massacring its oppo-
sories shop cosmetic in a
narrow alley in Baghdad’s nents. The group abduct-
ed thousands of women
Shiite-dominated Karra-
da area, which today is and girls from the Yazidi
adorned with rows of Iraqi religious minority and
flags. He said he planned forced them into sexual
to put out a large tray of slavery.
free sweets for customers Iraqi forces aided by a
later in the day. U.S.-led coalition eventu-
“That victory and the ally drove the group from
say the deal keeps Britain Thursday — and to Eu-
bound too closely to the ropean leaders including
EU, while pro-EU poli- Irish Prime Minister Leo
ticians say it erects bar- Varadkar, amid signs she
riers between the U.K. was seeking to tweak the
and its biggest trading deal to win over skeptical
partner and leaves many lawmakers.
details of the future rela- “Of course we can im-
tionship undecided. prove this deal, and the
The main sticking prime minister is seeking
point is a “backstop” pro- to improve this deal,” said
vision that aims to guar- British Environment Sec-
antee an open border retary Michael Gove.
between EU member Ire- — The Associated Press
land and the U.K.’s North-
ern Ireland post-Brexit.
The measure would keep
Britain under EU customs
rules, and is supposed to
last until superseded by
permanent new trade ar-
rangements.
Critics say it could
leave Britain tied to the
EU indefinitely, unable
to strike new trade deals
around the world.
Postponing the vote
could give May more time
to seek concessions from
the EU. She spoke over
the weekend to European
Council President Donald
Tusk — who will chair an
EU summit in Brussels on
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IN WASHINGTON

Top House Dems raise prospect

of impeachment, jail for Trump
By HOPE YEN  chairman of the House Judiciary
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Top House
Democrats have raised the prospect
of impeachment or the real possibil-
ity of prison time for President Don-
ald Trump if it’s proved that he di-
rected illegal hush money payments
to women, adding to the legal pres-
sure on the president over the Rus-
sia investigation and other scandals.
“There’s a very real prospect that
on the day Donald Trump leaves
office, the Justice Department may
indict him, that he may be the first
president in quite some time to face
the real prospect of jail time,” said
Rep. Adam Schiff, the incoming
chairman of the House intelligence
committee. “The bigger pardon
question may come down the road as
the next president has to determine
whether to pardon Donald Trump.”
Rep. Jerry Nadler, the incoming
Committee, described the details
in prosecutors’ filings Friday in the
case of Trump’s former personal
lawyer, Michael Cohen, as evidence
that Trump was “at the center of a
massive fraud.”
“They would be impeachable of-
fenses,” Nadler said.
In the filings, prosecutors in New
York for the first time link Trump to
a federal crime of illegal payments
to buy the silence of two women
during the 2016 campaign. Special
counsel Robert Mueller’s office also
laid out previously undisclosed con-
tacts between Trump associates and
Russian intermediaries and sug-
gested the Kremlin aimed early on
to influence Trump and his Repub-
lican campaign by playing to both
his political and personal business
interests.
Trump has denied wrongdoing
and has compared the investiga-
tions to a “witch hunt.”
Nadler, D-N.Y., said it was too ear-
ly to say whether Congress would
pursue impeachment proceedings
based on the illegal payments alone
because lawmakers would need to
weigh the gravity of the offense to
justify “overturning” the 2016 elec-
tion. Nadler and other lawmakers
said Sunday they would await addi-
tional details from Mueller’s investi-
gation into Russian election interfer-
ence and possible coordination with
the Trump campaign to determine
the extent of Trump’s misconduct.
Regarding the illegal payments,
“whether they are important enough
to justify an impeachment is a differ-
ent question, but certainly they’d be
impeachable offenses because even
though they were committed before
the president became president,
they were committed in the service
of fraudulently obtaining the office,”
Nadler said.

Trump looking at Democrats gain control of
the House next year.
several candidates for Trump’s top pick for
chief of staff the job, Nick Ayers, is out
WASHINGTON — of the running and Trump
President Donald Trump is now soliciting input on
is weighing at least four at least four individuals,
people to serve as his next including Office of Man-
chief of staff, after plans agement and Budget di-
for an orderly succession rector Mick Mulvaney
for departing John Kelly and Rep. Mark Meadows,
fell through. R-N.C., the chair of the
The high-profile hir- conservative House Free-
ing search comes at a dom Caucus.
pivotal time as the presi- Ayers, who is chief of
dent looks to prepare his staff to Vice President
White House for the twin Mike Pence, was seen
challenges of securing as the favorite for the job
his re-election and fend- when Trump announced
ing off inquiries once Saturday that Kelly would
leave around year’s end.
But a White House of-
ficial said Sunday that
Trump and Ayers could
not reach agreement on
Ayers’ length of service
and that he would instead
assist the president from
outside the administra-
tion. The officials spoke
on condition of anonymity
to discuss the sensitive
personnel matters.
Ayers confirmed the
decision in a tweet Sun-
day, thanking Trump and
Pence for giving him the
opportunity to work in
the White House. “I will
be departing at the end
of the year but will work
with the #MAGA team to
advance the cause,” he
said.
Trump offered his own
take on the development:
“I am in the process of
interviewing some real-
ly great people for the
position of White House
Chief of Staff. Fake News
has been saying with cer-
tainty it was Nick Ayers,
a spectacular person who
will always be with our
#MAGA agenda. I will be
making a decision soon!”
— The Associated Press

Outreach
Continued from Page 1A
stations, including na-
chos, cupcakes, popcorn
and more. It also will fea-
ture games with prizes
the kids can win.
“We wanted to give a
fun night for these chil-
dren that have struggles
throughout the year,”
Buckhalter said.
‘What better way to
show love?’
Most of the 100 chil-
dren are clients Buck-
halter works with, along
with a handful of others
from other nonprofits.
Buckhalter stressed
they’re not the same
children receiving gifts
from the annual Salva-
tion Army’s Angel Tree
program.
Many of the children
have parents who are
disabled, homeless or
otherwise in need and
unable to give the chil-
dren presents.
“They are barely
keeping a roof over their
head and the children’s
heads,” she said.
That’s why she’s hop-
ing for enough donations
of both money and toys
to give each child two
presents — a gift card
and something else,
particularly if the child
has requested a particu-
lar item.
Buckhalter has
already begun collecting
pajamas, board games,
toy trucks, dolls and gift
cards to McDonald’s and
Walmart — she’s even
collected Pampers at cer-
tain parents’ request.
She added she’s still
determining whether
the presents should be
wrapped and labeled for
certain children.
“I’m hoping that we
have enough that we can
go through and choose
a gift and choose a gift
card,” she said.
She’s already found
volunteers from other
nonprofits and from
United Christian Church,
which is sending 10
volunteers to help set up
the party.
The church’s pas-
tor, Steven James, said
church members have
worked with Buckhalter
several years volunteer-
ing with community
outreach programs. This
year, he said, they were
particularly excited to be
working with children.
“We’re always avail-
able and willing to
help her, even when it
pertains to adults, but es-
pecially children,” James
said. “Just to be able to
put a smile on children’s
faces.
“Many of them won’t
be able to have a good
Christmas because their
parents just will not be
able to do it,” he added.
“From our church’s
standpoint, what better
way to show love for the
community. ... We’re just
excited to be a part of it,
to be a part of helping
out.”
Buckhalter will take
donations, both of toys
and money, until Dec.
18. Donations can be
dropped off at the Com-
munity Outreach Office
at 1607 Main Street or
mailed to C/O Building
Bridges of Hope, P.O.
Box 492, Columbus,
Mississippi 3903.
“No gift is too small,”
she said.

Capitol Dome
Continued from Page 1A
ed effort to write its own be “clarifying what good shrink the size of the dis- es to recognize shrinking
curriculum and quickly core instruction looks like trict’s central office, as enrollment and cut the
buy one off the shelf from and training teachers on well as to overhaul it so number of teachers need-
an outside vendor. In- how to achieve it.” central office workers are ed at each school, freeing
sight warned that in some The report is also crit- doing more to support up money for other uses.
classrooms, curriculum is ical of how little time em- teachers in the field. A Especially if done quiet-
nonexistent. ployees who are supposed previous report found that ly, that could be a more
“There is currently no to be helping struggling Jackson has 37 percent politically palatable strat-
clear guidance for teach- students and those with more central office work- egy than closing schools,
ers about what must be special needs actual- ers, per student, than the which could arouse com-
taught and how what they ly spend with students. midpoint of other districts munity opposition.
are teaching reflects col- Much of the time of those who are members of the Greene says he’s go-
lege- and career-ready groups is instead spent Council of Great City ing to spend the next
standards for students,” doing paperwork and at- Schools. few months writing a
Insight wrote. tending to other duties, The consultants didn’t strategic plan. By then, it
Once Jackson adopts a something the consul- make any recommenda- should be clear whether
new curriculum, Insight tants suggest the district tions about closing indi- he’s unwrapped the re-
urges district leaders to find a way to streamline. vidual schools, but Insight port’s recommendations,
reconsider its standard- Insight also suggest did suggest that Jackson or left them in the bubble
ized testing program. The that Greene needs to both should increase class siz- wrap.
consultants find there are
too many tests, the dis-
trict isn’t providing data
that teachers can use to
help individual students,
and that the district is of-
ten testing material teach-
ers haven’t taught yet or
that differs from what
they teach.
The authors raise the
alarm that the district is
relying too much on pull-
ing students out of classes
and parking them in front
of computer programs
designed for struggling
students instead of rely-
ing on basic instruction
for teaching. Insight ad-
vises that Jackson should
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SECTION

Comeback Tagovailoa at top

lifts Saints of list for Heisman
to another contenders in 2019
South title
By RALPH D. RUSSO
The Associated Press

Tua Tagovailoa will be the odds-on favorite to

By FRED GOODALL
The Associated Press
TAMPA, Fla. — The
New Orleans Saints are a
long way from where they
want to be.
For now, though, re-
peating as NFC South
champions for the first
time in franchise history
feels pretty good.
“Goal No. 1 was to win
the division again and
we were able to do that,”
Drew Brees said Sun-
day after throwing for
one touchdown and run-
ning for another to help
the Saints rally from an
11-point halftime deficit to
beat the Tampa Bay Buc-
caneers 28-14.
“I like the way we won
this game. We didn’t play
win the Heisman Trophy next season after the
Alabama quarterback had to settle for second to
Oklahoma’s Kyler Murray.
Murray is heading for professional
baseball next year and Ohio State
quarterback Dwayne Haskins,
the other Heisman finalist on
Saturday night, could very
well enter the NFL draft.
Assuming Haskins does go pro,
along with a few other high-profile
quarterbacks such as Oregon’s
Justin Herbert and Michigan’s Tagovailoa
Shea Patterson, who else can
challenge Tagovailoa?
Note: UCF quarterback
McKenzie Milton would have
made this list if not for a severe leg
injury that makes his return to the
field uncertain.
TREVOR LAWRENCE, QB,
Tim Heitman/USA TODAY Sports
CLEMSON Hurts
Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott (4) celebrates with offensive guard
Xavier Su’a-Filo (76) and offensive tackle Tyron Smith (77) throwing a touchdown The strong-armed passer with
pass in the fourth quarter Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles at AT&T Stadium. the flowing blond hair became the Tigers’ start-
er four games into his freshman season and has

COWBOYS CLOSE IN ON TITLE

well in the first half and
(faced) a big deficit,”
Brees added. “We were
able to come together with
all sides making plays in
that second half. I think
that was the epitome of a
great team win.”
Music blared in the
winning locker room.
There’s still a lot of work
ahead for the Saints (10-2),
however clinching any di-
vision title — much less
with three weeks remain-
ing in the regular season
— is an accomplishment
worth celebrating.
“This is what guys look
See SAINTS, 3B
Prescott’s third TD to Cooper pushes Dallas closer to NFC East crown
By SCHUYLER DIXON
The Associated Press
ARLINGTON, Texas — Amari
Cooper’s impact on Dallas quarterback
Dak Prescott has been dramatic.
The new No. 1 receiver for the Cow-
boys shook up the NFC East race, too.
Prescott threw his third touchdown
pass to Cooper on the first possession
of overtime, and the Cowboys took a big
step toward the division title with a 29-
23 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles
on Sunday.
On third down, Rasul Douglas tipped
the pass into the air by getting inside
the slant route, and Cooper grabbed it
and had a clear path to the end zone
from the Philadelphia 7 for the 15-yard
score. The Cowboys used almost all of
the 10-minute overtime, scoring with 1
minute, 55 secondds remaining.
“I knew I had the slant route there,
but I knew he would sit on it,” Cooper
said. “I tried to sell the fade. It didn’t re-
ally work, but I just stayed with the ball
and there you have it.”
See COWBOYS, 3B
been one of the best quarterbacks in the coun-
try since. Lawrence enters the College Football
Playoff with 2,606 yards passing, 24 touchdown
passes and only four interceptions. Clemson
leaned on the running game and tailback Tra-
vis Etienne (1,463 yards rushing and 22 touch-
downs) at times this season to take the pressure
off Lawrence. Etienne is back next season, too,
but expect the Tigers to let Lawrence loose and
the results to be spectacular.
JAKE FROMM, QB, GEORGIA
Fromm got overlooked this season, with Ta-
govailoa, Haskins and Murray putting up crazy
stats. But the Bulldogs’ sophomore threw 27
touchdowns and was third behind Tagovailoa
and Murray in efficiency rating at 175.81. He’ll
be a third-year starter for a preseason top-five
team in 2019 — if he can hold off Justin Fields,
the five-star freshman who served as his back-
See 2019, 3B

Dolphins score on final play to stun Patriots COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF

By STEVEN WINE
The Associated Press
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — The
celebratory mob scene in the cor-
ner of the end zone broke out far
from Ryan Tannehill, leaving him in
the open field, running and scream-
ing as he waved his arms. Since
he couldn’t find anyone to hug, he
flopped to the grass on his back, the
job done and the game won.
“I collapsed — just the emotion
of the whole thing,” Tannehill said.
Sixteen seconds from defeat,
Tannehill threw a short pass and
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then watched his teammates save
the season with the “Drake Escape.”
Kenyan Drake ran the last 52
yards as the Dolphins scored on a
pass and double lateral on the final
play Sunday to beat the New En-
gland Patriots 34-33. With that, Mi-
ami lived up to its nickname — the
Magic City.
“They just made one more play
Cotton Bowl Classic
At Arlington, Texas
Semifinals — Dec. 29
than we did,” Patriots coach Bill Be- n Notre Dame (12-0) vs. Clemson (13-0), 3 p.m. (ESPN)
lichick said. Orange Bowl
At Miami Gardens, Florida
And what a play. The Patriots
were on the verge of clinching their Semifinals — Dec. 29
n Oklahoma (12-1) vs. Alabama (13-0), 7 p.m. (ESPN)
10th consecutive AFC East title
when the Dolphins lined up at their
31 after a kickoff return trailing 33- Outback Bowl
28. n Mississippi State (8-4) vs. Iowa (8-4), 11 a.m.,
“We had them right where we Tuesday, Jan. 1, 2019 (ESPN2; WKBB-FM 100.9,
wanted,” Tannehill said dryly. “Not WFCA-FM 107.9).
really surprised with how things
turned out.” INSIDE
He threw a 14-yard pass to Ken- n Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh says he is staying
ny Stills, who lateraled to DeVante in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and not going to the NFL.
Parker, who quickly lateraled to Page 2B
See DOLPHINS, 3B n Also, Bowl Schedule. Page 2B

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Lewis’ late 3-pointer, No. 7 Tennessee

FTs lift Tide to victory
By JOHN ZENOR
The Associated Press
TUSCALOOSA, Ala.
— Kira Lewis Jr. and Ala-
bama made sure this one
didn’t slip away.
The freshman made
a 3-pointer and two free
throws over the final 13
seconds and the Crimson
Tide held on for a 76-73
victory over Arizona on
Sunday.
Lewis pulled up for the
uncontested shot after the
Tide (6-3), which had lost
a big lead for the second
straight game, worked
most of the shot clock
down. His teammates
weren’t surprised that the
5-star recruit made the
big shot.
“I always have confi-
dence in Kira shooting
the ball, especially when
he gets a good look like
that,” Alex Reese said. “I
feel like it’s going to go in
most of the time.”
Added Tevin Mack:
“He’s a killer.”
Arizona didn’t go away
quietly even after that.
Brandon Randolph
drained a 3 from the top
of the key with seven
seconds left to keep the
Wildcats (7-3) alive. After
a quick foul, John Petty
made the second of two
free throws to push the
cushion back to three
points, at 74-71. Justin
Coleman, who started
his college career at Al-
abama, made two free
throws with five seconds
left.
Lewis hit both his foul
shots on the other end and
an Arizona desperation
heave from near midcourt
fell well short.
Lewis finished with
20 points and made 4 of 5
3-pointers. Reese scored
15 points off the bench.
beats No. 1 Gonzaga
By JOHN MARSHALL
The Associated Press
PHOENIX — The Tennessee men’s
basketball team lost the
reigning Southeastern Conference Inside
player of the year down the n MORE
stretch against the nation’s COLLEGE
BASKETBALL:
top-ranked team. Sunday’s
The Vols still had the Admiral Men’s,
to lead them. Women’s
Alabama Athletic Media Relations
Alabama’s John Petty Jr. drives past Arizona’s Dylan Admiral Schofield hit a 3-pointer Scores; Also,
with 24 seconds left and scored 25 No. 9
Smith in their game Sunday at Coleman Coliseum. The
Crimson Tide used a 3-pointer and two late free throws of his 30 points in the second half, Tennessee
by freshman Kira Lewis Jr. in the final 13 seconds to helping No. 7 Tennessee knock off edged No. 12
earn a 76-73 victory. Texas in
top-ranked Gonzaga 76-73 in the women’s
Colangelo Classic on Sunday. action and
Donta Hall added 13 for 40 minutes of the game “Our team really executed Michigan
points and nine rebounds and try not to let ourselves in the second half,” Schofield State upset
and Mack scored 12. get in that position in the said. “A lot of good looks for a lot No. 3 Oregon.
Chase Jeter led Arizo- first place,” he said of the of guys and anyone could have Page 4B
na with 19 points and nine big deficit. knocked down those shots, we
rebounds. Rudolph scored The Tide flirted with have so many talented people on this team.”
17 and Brandon Williams another collapse after Tennessee (7-1) jumped on Gonzaga early and
had 16. watching a 19-point first- fought back from a nine-point, second-half deficit.
Jeter said Alabama half lead evaporate. Geor- Reigning SEC Player of the Year Grant Wil-
“played harder than us.” gia State had wiped out liams fouled out with 2 minutes, 30 seconds left,
“We’re a tough team a 22-point deficit in the but the Vols went up two when Schofield banked
but we need to be tough See ALABAMA, 5B See TENNESSEE, 5B
2B MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

briefly MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

Mississippi State
Football team receives commitment from offensive
lineman
Baines will join closer Lee Smith in Hall of Fame
STARKVILLE — The 23rd commitment to Mississippi State By BEN WALKER Orel Hershiser, Albert committee this year to help on Veterans Committees to
football’s 2019 recruiting class created a big splash. The Associated Press Belle, Joe Carter, Will Clark, to get into the Hall of Fame,” reach the Hall. That panel
Offensive lineman Charles Cross of Laurel announced his com-
mitment to MSU Sunday, the four-star lineman on 247 Sports being the Davey Johnson and Charlie Baines said. has been revamped over the
highest-ranked of six offensive linemen in the class thus far.
LAS VEGAS — Harold Manuel all received fewer Reinsdorf praised his for- years, and the Today’s Game
At 6-foot-5, 270 pounds, Cross, a U.S. Army All-American, also en- Baines was given a save as than five votes. mer player in a statement. Era group was created as
tertained interest from Florida State, Ole Miss and USC, among others. big as any Lee Smith ever
Smith and Baines both Baines currently serves as part of changes in 2014.
The class can sign in the early signing period beginning Dec. 19, a posted.
three-day window preluding the traditional signing day on Feb. 6. debuted in Chicago during a team ambassador in com- “The era committees
In a vote sure to spark
— Brett Hudson the 1980 season. Smith be- munity relations depart- were established as a sort
renewed cries of cronyism
gan with the Cubs and went ment of the White Sox. of a court of appeals for an
at Cooperstown, Baines sur-
Major League Baseball prisingly was picked for the
on to record 478 saves while “So happy for Harold. opportunity in the event
Sunday night games an hour earlier in 2019 Baines started out with the He’s a great player and a that over time it was felt that
baseball Hall of Fame on
LAS VEGAS — Baseball players may get a little more sleep when Sunday after never coming White Sox and had 2,866 great human being,” Reins- maybe somebody slipped
traveling after Sunday night games next year.
close in any previous elec- hits. dorf said. “I am so honored through the cracks,” Hall
ESPN plans to announce it will move up the starting time of the Baines had 384 home that I was a member of the President Jeff Idelson said.
nationally televised game by one hour, with the first pitch planned for tion.
shortly after 6 p.m. “Very shocked,” the ca- runs and 1,628 RBIs in a committee. He deserved to “And in the case of someone
The network intends to make the announcement on Monday at the reer .289 hitter said on a 22-year career — good num- be in long ago. I am just so who received 6 percent of
winter meetings, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated
conference call. bers, but not stacking up excited.” the vote in the BBWAA elec-
Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Sunday because against the greats of his day. “Not only was Harold tion, the reason that may
the announcement hadn’t been made. Smith, who held the ma-
Philadelphia hosts Atlanta in the first Sunday night game next jor league record for saves He never drew more than 6.1 one of my favorite players have happened could be for
season on March 31, the second game of a television doubleheader when he retired, was an easy percent in five elections by to watch, but I have nothing many, many reasons.”
that begins with Texas playing the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field.
pick when the Today’s Game the Baseball Writers’ Asso- but admiration for him as a Baines, now 59, had
Among other Sunday night games next year will be a World Series ciation of America, far from player and as a human be- a smooth, consistent,
rematch between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Boston at Fenway Park Era Committee met at the
on July 14, three games between the Red Sox and New York Yankees winter meetings. the 75 percent required. ing,” he said. left-handed stroke. But he
(June 2 and Aug. 4 in the Bronx, July 28 in Boston) and the Little It took 12 votes for elec- “I wasn’t expecting this Tony La Russa, Baines’ never finished higher than
League Classic with Pittsburgh and the Chicago Cubs playing Aug. 18 tion by the 16-member pan- day to come,” the six-time first big league manager, ninth in an MVP vote, and
in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
el — Smith was unanimous, All-Star said. also was on the panel that never was among the top
ESPN started the “Sunday Night Baseball” telecast in 1990, and
it developed in a showcase time slot. It nearly always is the only game Baines got 12 and former The Hall board-appoint- elected him. five AL hitters in the yearly
scheduled for that time. outfielder and manager Lou ed panel included longtime In the past, Phil Rizzu- batting race. His single-sea-
But players who had to travel after games complained they Piniella fell just short with White Sox owner Jerry Re- to and Bill Mazeroski were son high was 29 home runs
reached the next city at dawn, disrupting their sleep schedules ahead of
the next series against an opponent that usually has more rest.
11. insdorf. among the players who ben- at a time when lots of players
Major League Baseball has been more cognizant of player health George Steinbrenner, “I’m glad he was on that efited from friendly faces hit more.
issues in recent years. As part of the collective bargaining agreement
that started in 2017, baseball scheduled earlier start times for many
weekday games on getaway days beginning last season. CALENDAR Basketball Golf QBE Shootout
MLB also is nearing an announcement on broadcast coverage NBA Sunday
EASTERN CONFERENCE At Tiburon Golf Club, Naples, Florida
for its first games in Britain, between the champion Red Sox and the
Yankees on June 29 and 30. Fox is likely to televise the Saturday game
Prep Basketball
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Yardage: 7,382; Par: 72 / Purse: $3.4 million
Final
and ESPN the Sunday game, the person said.
Today’s Games Toronto 21 7 .750 — Patton Kizzire/Brian Harman, $422,500 each...............................................................59-66-61—186
Philadelphia 18 9 .667 2½ Graeme McDowell/Emiliano Grillo, $265,500...............................................................59-66-62—187
Oak Hill Academy at Columbus Christian Boston 15 10 .600 4½ Gary Woodland/Charley Hoffman, $132,500.................................................................61-64-63—188
Brooklyn 10 18 .357 11 Kevin Na/Bryson DeChambeau, $132,500.................................................................... 59-67-62—188
Tuesday’s Games
College Football New Hope at West Lowndes
New York

8 20 .286 13
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Luke List/Charles Howell III, $132,500........................................................................... 61-66-61—188
Bubba Watson/Harold Varner III, $97,500..................................................................... 62-67-60—189
Lexi Thompson/Tony Finau, $92,500............................................................................. 61-67-65—193
Oklahoma QB Murray apologizes for anti-gay tweets Columbus Christian at Caledonia Charlotte
Orlando
13 13 .500 —
12 14 .462 1
Brandt Snedeker/Billy Horschel, $88,750......................................................................63-67-64—194
Steve Stricker/Sean O’Hair, $88,750............................................................................. 62-67-65—194
NORMAN, Okla. — Newly minted Heisman Trophy winner Kyler
Houston at West Point Miami 11 14 .440 1½ Andrew Landry/Luke Donald, $85,000......................................................................... 63-68-65—196
Murray is apologizing for anti-gay tweets posted to his Twitter account Washington 11 15 .423 2 Kyle Stanley/Pat Perez, $82,500....................................................................................63-68-67—199
several years ago, when he was 14 and 15. Leake County at Noxubee County Atlanta 6 20 .231 7 Kevin Kisner/Cameron Champ, $80,000........................................................................63-71-68—202
Central Division
The Oklahoma quarterback tweeted: “I apologize for the tweets Hamilton at Baldwyn W L Pct GB South African Open
Milwaukee 17 8 .680 — Sunday
that have come to light tonight from when I was 14 and 15. I used a poor Heritage Academy at Lamar School Indiana 16 10 .615 1½ At Randpark Golf Club, Johannesburg
choice of word that doesn’t reflect who I am or what I believe. I did not Pillow Academy at Starkville Academy Detroit 13 11 .542 3½ b-Bushwillow Course: 7,116 yards, par-71
Cleveland 6 20 .231 11½ f-Firethorn Course: 7,504 yards, par-71
intend to single out any individual or group.” Purse: $1.25 million
The tweets have since been deleted from the account of the Starkville Christian at Oak Hill Academy Chicago 6 21 .222 12
WESTERN CONFERENCE Final
21-year-old Murray, who won college football’s most prestigious indi- Prep Soccer
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
Final two rounds on Firethorn Course
Louis Oosthuizen, South Africa..............................................................................62b-70f-67-67—266
vidual award Saturday night over Alabama’s Tua Tagovailoa and Ohio Today’s Matches Memphis 15 10 .600 — Romain Langasque, France.................................................................................. 69b-68f-69-66—272
Dallas 13 11 .542 1½ Bryce Easton, South Africa.................................................................................... 68b-69f-71-66—274
State’s Dwayne Haskins. Thomas Aiken, South Africa...................................................................................67b-68f-72-67—274
Murray, a junior from the Dallas suburbs, has signed a $4.66 million
Nettleton at Columbus, 5 p.m. New Orleans
San Antonio
14 14 .500 2½
13 14 .481 3 Oliver Wilson, England........................................................................................... 73b-66f-68-67—274
contract with the Oakland Athletics after he was selected in the first Pillow Academy at Heritage Academy, 5 p.m. Houston 11 14 .440 4 Charl Schwartzel, South Africa..............................................................................67f-63b-72-72—274
Brandon Stone, South Africa..................................................................................71b-67f-71-66—275
Northwest Division
round of the Major League Baseball draft in June and this season may Indianola Academy at Starkville Academy, 5 p.m. W L Pct GB Yikeun Chang, South Korea.................................................................................. 70f-65b-72-68—275
Oklahoma City 16 8 .667 — Anthony Michael, South Africa.............................................................................. 67f-71b-69-68—275
be his last in college football. Tuesday’s Matches Denver 17 9 .654 — Haydn Porteous, South Africa...............................................................................68f-70b-68-69—275
Portland 15 11 .577 2 Branden Grace, South Africa..................................................................................66b-68f-71-70—275
Lamar School at Starkville Academy, 5 p.m. Minnesota 13 13 .500 4 Jbe Kruger, South Africa.........................................................................................66b-67f-72-70—275
Kentucky linebacker Allen wins Lott IMPACT Trophy Columbus at Starkville, 5 p.m. Utah 13 14 .481 4½
Pacific Division
Jeff Winther, Denmark...........................................................................................68f-69b-68-70—275
Madalitso Muthiya, Zambia.....................................................................................63b-68f-71-73—275
NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — Kentucky linebacker Josh Allen has Caledonia at Kosciusko, 5 p.m. W L Pct GB Zander Lombard, South Africa.............................................................................. 64b-68f-74-70—276
Golden State 18 9 .667 — Kurt Kitayama, United States................................................................................. 63f-69b-74-70—276
won the Lott IMPACT Trophy as the college defensive player having the
biggest influence on his team.
Choctaw County at MSMS, 5:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers 16 9 .640 1 Tapio Pulkkanen,Finland........................................................................................69b-69f-68-70—276
Robert MacIntyre, Scotland................................................................................... 70b-67f-68-71—276
L.A. Lakers 16 10 .615 1½
Allen received the award Sunday night from former Hall of Fame Men’s College Basketball Sacramento
Phoenix
13 12 .520 4
4 22 .154 13½
Ernie Els, South Africa............................................................................................66b-71f-68-71—276
Matt Wallace, Britain.............................................................................................. 65b-69f-68-74—276
safety Ronnie Lott at the Pacific Club. It goes to a player with strong Tuesday’s Games Also
Late Saturday Jarin Todd, United States.......................................................................................68b-72f-69-68—277
academic work, community involvement and team leadership.
Allen edged fellow finalists Ben Burr-Kirven of Washington, Chris-
Millsaps College at Southern Mississippi, 4 p.m. Portland 113, Minnesota 105 John Catlin, United States..................................................................................... 70f-70b-74-69—283
Miami 121, L.A. Clippers 98
tian Wilkins of Clemson and Ben Humphreys of Duke. Mississippi University for Women at Sunday’s Games
New Orleans 116, Detroit 108 Camping World Bowl
The 6-foot-5, 260-pound Allen, from Montclair, New Jersey, has Blue Mountain College, 7:30 p.m. Milwaukee 104, Toronto 99 At Orlando, Florida NAIA Playoffs
San Antonio 110, Utah 97 Championship
14 sacks and 84 tackles this season. He also won the Chuck Bednarik Wednesday’s Game Charlotte 119, New York 107
West Virginia (8-3) vs. Syracuse (9-3),
Saturday’s Game
4:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Award and Bronko Nagurski Trophy as the top defensive player and Southeastern Louisiana vs. Ole Miss (Jackson), Today’s Games Alamo Bowl At Municipal Stadium
Detroit at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Daytona Beach, Florida
was the Southeastern Conference defensive player of the year. At San Antonio
Morningside (14-0) vs. Benedictine (Kan.)
Allen and the Wildcats will close the season against Penn State in 6:30 p.m. Washington at Indiana, 6 p.m.
New Orleans at Boston, 6:30 p.m.
Iowa State (8-4) vs. Washington State (10-2),
(13-1), 6 p.m.
8 p.m. (ESPN)
the Citrus Bowl. Saturday’s Games Cleveland at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.
Southern Mississippi at Wichita State, 4:30 p.m.
Sacramento at Chicago, 7 p.m.
Utah at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 29
Peach Bowl
Hockey
Harbaugh says he’s staying at Michigan Cincinnati at Mississippi State, 7:30 p.m.
Orlando at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Phoenix, 8 p.m.
At Atlanta
Florida (9-3) vs. Michigan (10-2), 11 a.m.
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Jim Harbaugh insisted he is staying at
Michigan.
Women’s College Basketball Memphis at Denver, 8 p.m.
Miami at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.
(ESPN)
Belk Bowl
At Charlotte, North Carolina

Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Today’s Game Tuesday’s Games South Carolina (7-5) vs. Virginia (7-5), 11 a.m.
Tampa Bay 31 23 7 1 47 124 88
Responding to speculation he’s returning to the NFL, the former Portland at Houston, 7 p.m. (ABC)
Toronto 30 20 9 1 41 109 84
San Francisco 49ers coach told ESPN he is not going anywhere . Berry College at Mississippi University for Women, Phoenix at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. Arizona Bowl
Buffalo 30 17 9 4 38 91 88
Toronto at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m. Boston 30 16 10 4 36 81 76
“This is a choreographed message that comes up at this time every 7 p.m. Wednesday’s Games
At Tucson, Arizona
Arkansas State (8-4) vs. Nevada (7-5),
Montreal 30 15 10 5 35 96 94
Detroit 30 13 13 4 30 88 100
year before signing day,” Harbaugh told ESPN. “It’s people spreading Tuesday’s Games Boston at Washington, 6 p.m.
Brooklyn at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
12:15 p.m. (CBSSN) Ottawa 31 13 14 4 30 105 122
Cotton Bowl Classic
messages to further their own personal agenda. But I’m on record right Mississippi University for Women at Blue Mountain Detroit at Charlotte, 6 p.m. At Arlington, Texas
Florida 28 11 11 6 28 93 101
Metropolitan Division
here, right now: I’m not going anywhere. I’m staying at Michigan. We Milwaukee at Indiana, 6 p.m. CFP Semifinal, Notre Dame (12-0) vs. Clemson GP W L OT Pts GF GA
have big plans here, and there’s a lot we want to accomplish.”
College, 5:30 p.m. New York at Cleveland, 6 p.m. (13-0), 3 p.m. (ESPN) Washington 29 17 9 3 37 106 90
Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 7 p.m. Orange Bowl
Former Ohio State star receiver and Fox Sports analyst Cris Carter Alcorn State at Southern Mississippi, 6 p.m. Portland at Memphis, 7 p.m. At Miami Gardens, Florida
Columbus 29 16 11 2 34 100 99
N.Y. Islanders 28 14 11 3 31 82 83
Atlanta at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
has said Harbaugh is a potential candidate to lead the Green Bay Wednesday’s Game Miami at Utah, 8 p.m.
CFP Semifinal, Oklahoma (12-1) vs. Alabama
(13-0), 7 p.m. (ESPN)
N.Y. Rangers 29 14 12 3 31 85 92
Carolina 28 13 11 4 30 71 77
Packers and Cleveland Browns. Louisiana at Ole Miss, 11 a.m. Minnesota at Sacramento, 9 p.m.
Pittsburgh 28 12 10 6 30 96 91
Toronto at Golden State, 9:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 31
After Harbaugh and the eighth-ranked Wolverines were celebrated Thursday’s Game Military Bowl
Philadelphia 28 12 13 3 27 86 101
Sunday at a banquet, he didn’t want to discuss the topic much at a pre-
viously scheduled news conference to promote the team’s appearance Philander Smith College at Mississippi University Football At Annapolis, Maryland
Cincinnati (10-2) vs. Virginia Tech (6-6),
New Jersey 28 10 12 6 26 86 100
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
in the Peach Bowl. for Women, 5:30 p.m. Bowl Schedule 11 a.m. (ESPN)
Sun Bowl
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Saturday’s Games Nashville 30 19 10 1 39 95 77
At El Paso, Texas
Why did he address it with ESPN? Friday’s Game Celebration Bowl
At Atlanta Stanford (8-4) vs. Pittsburgh (7-6), 1 p.m. (CBS)
Colorado
Winnipeg
30 17 8 5 39 108 88
29 18 9 2 38 101 80
“To make a statement of it, to go on record and not be asked any- Mississippi State at Southern Mississippi, 6 p.m. NC A&T (9-2) vs. Alcorn State (9-3), 11 a.m. Redbox Bowl Dallas 30 16 11 3 35 83 78
more after that by people who like to yap and ask questions,” Harbaugh (ABC) Santa Clara, Calif. Minnesota 29 15 12 2 32 88 87
Saturday’s Games Cure Bowl Michigan State (7-5) vs. Oregon (8-4), 2 p.m. St. Louis 28 10 14 4 24 78 94
told reporters. At Orlando, Florida (FOX) Chicago 31 9 17 5 23 84 115
Michigan won 10 games this season for the third time under Mississippi University for Women at Huntingdon Tulane (6-6) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (7-6), Liberty Bowl Pacific Division
12:30 p.m. (CBSSN) At Memphis, Tenn. GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Harbaugh but dropped to 0-4 against the rival Buckeyes and fell out of College, 2 p.m. New Mexico Bowl Missouri (8-4) vs. Oklahoma State (6-6), Calgary 31 19 10 2 40 107 85
the Big Ten and national championship races. The Wolverines face No. 2:45 p.m. (ESPN) Anaheim 32 16 11 5 37 81 94
Ole Miss at Louisiana Tech, 2 p.m. At Albuquerque
North Texas (9-3) vs. Utah State (10-2), 1 p.m. San Jose 31 15 11 5 35 97 96
10 Florida on Dec. 29 in the Peach Bowl. Sunday’s Game (ESPN) Holiday Bowl Vegas 32 17 14 1 35 96 91
Harbaugh, who is 38-13 at Michigan, is in the fourth year of a Las Vegas Bowl At San Diego Edmonton 30 16 12 2 34 82 87
seven-year contract with a compensation package that gives him more Northwestern State at Alabama, 2 p.m. Fresno State (11-2) vs. Arizona State (7-5), 2:30 Northwestern (8-5) vs. Utah (9-4), 6 p.m. (FS1)
Gator Bowl
Vancouver 32 13 16 3 29 95 109
p.m. (ABC) Arizona 28 13 13 2 28 73 76
than $7 million per year. He returned nearly four years ago to the school
where he was a star quarterback after going 44-19-1 with the 49ers,
Junior College Basketball Camellia Bowl
At Montgomery, Alabama
Georgia Southern (9-3) vs. Eastern Michigan
At Jacksonville, Florida
NC State (9-3) vs. Texas A&M (8-4), 6:30 p.m.
(ESPN)
Los Angeles 30 11 18 1 23 67 91

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for

winning the 2012 NFC championship. Today’s Games (7-5), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) overtime loss. Top three teams in each division
New Orleans Bowl Tuesday, Jan. 1 and two wild cards per conference advance to
“I’m so happy that he’s our coach,” Michigan athletic director Warde Women: Itawamba at Lawson State, 5:30 p.m. Middle Tennessee (8-5) vs. Appalachian State Outback Bowl playoffs.
Manuel said. “And I look forward to him coaching, as I said before, until At Tampa, Florida
Men: Itawamba at Lawson State, 7:30 p.m. (10-2), 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Mississippi State (8-4) vs. Iowa (8-4), 11 a.m. Late Saturday
he retires from Michigan and ends his career here.” Friday’s Game Tuesday, Dec. 18 (ESPN2) Calgary 5, Nashville 2
Manuel said it is a credit to Harbaugh that his name is often Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl Citrus Bowl Sunday’s Games
mentioned to fill openings in the NFL.
Women: EMCC vs. South Georgia Technical UAB (10-3) vs. North Illinois (8-5), 6 p.m. At Orlando, Florida Vancouver 6, St. Louis 1
(ESPN) Kentucky (9-3) vs. Penn State (9-3), Noon Winnipeg 7, Philadelphia 1
“Jim is one of the greatest coaches — college or pro,” Manuel said. (ABC) Boston 2, Ottawa 1, OT
Wolverines quarterback Shea Patterson said he hasn’t thought
about whether he will stay in school or pro, adding he plans to talk about
on the air Wednesday, Dec. 19
Frisco (Texas) Bowl
San Diego State (7-5) vs. Ohio (8-4), 7 p.m.
Fiesta Bowl
At Glendale, Arizona
LSU (9-3) vs. UCF (12-0), Noon (ESPN)
Montreal 3, Chicago 2
Anaheim 6, New Jersey 5, SO
Edmonton 1, Calgary 0
(ESPN) Rose Bowl Vegas 4, Dallas 2
his future with Harbaugh and his family. Today Thursday, Dec. 20
At Pasadena, California
Washington (10-3) vs. Ohio State (12-1), 4 p.m.
Today’s Games
Pittsburgh vs. N.Y. Islanders at Nassau
NBA Gasparilla Bowl (ESPN) Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 6 p.m.
College Soccer 7 p.m. — New Orleans at Boston NBA TV
At St. Petersburg, Florida
Marshall (8-4) vs. South Florida (7-5), 7 p.m.
Sugar Bowl
At New Orleans
N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.
Los Angeles at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.
(ESPN) Texas (9-4) vs. Georgia (11-2), 7:45 p.m. New Jersey at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.
Maryland beats Akron for men’s title 8 p.m. — Memphis at Phoenix, Fox Sports (ESPN) Tuesday’s Games
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — Amar Sejdic scored on a penalty kick Friday, Dec. 21 Toronto at Carolina, 6 p.m.
Southeast Bahamas Bowl Monday, Jan. 7 Los Angeles at Buffalo, 6 p.m.
in the 57th minute and Maryland held off Akron 1-0 on Sunday night to 9:30 p.m. — Miami at LA Lakers, NBA TV At Nassau College Football Championship Vancouver at Columbus, 6 p.m.
win its fourth NCAA soccer title. Toledo (7-5) vs. FIU (8-4), 11:30 a.m (ESPN) At Santa Clara, California Arizona at Boston, 6 p.m.
“It’s a moment that I’ve thought of since I came to Maryland. I
NFL Famous Idaho Potato Bowl Cotton Bowl winner vs. Orange Bowl winner,
7 p.m. (ESPN)
Detroit at Washington, 6:30 p.m.
Montreal at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
At Boise, Idaho
knew that if the moment came I wanted to be the guy to step up and 7:15 p.m. — Minnesota at Seattle, ESPN Western Michigan (7-5) vs. BYU (6-6), 3 p.m.
Football Championship
Ottawa at Nashville, 7 p.m.
(ESPN) Chicago at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.
take it,” Sejdic said. “Scoring a goal in a meaningful match like that and RODEO Subdivision Playoffs Florida at St. Louis, 7 p.m.
celebrating with all the players is something that I’ll remember forever.” Saturday, Dec. 22 Edmonton at Colorado, 8 p.m.
9 p.m. — PRCA Rodeo, Wrangler National Finals, Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl Quarterfinals
Akron’s Colin Biros kicked Johaness Bergmann in the face pursu-
ing the ball inside the 18-yard box, resulting in the penalty shot. Sejdic
CBS Sports Network Memphis (8-5) vs. Wake Forest (6-6), 11 a.m.
(ESPN)
Friday, Dec. 7
Maine 23, Weber State 18
Saturday, Dec. 8
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calmly converted the opportunity with a well-struck shot to the right of SOCCER Armed Forces Bowl
At Fort Worth, Texas North Dakota State 35, Colgate 0 Sunday’s Moves
Ben Lundt after the goalkeeper guessed wrong and dove to the left. 1:55 p.m. — Premier League, Everton vs. Houston (8-4) vs. Army (9-2), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN) South Dakota State 27, Kennesaw State 17
Eastern Washington 34, UC Davis 29
BASEBALL
National League
Dollar General Bowl
“I thought he would go to my left and he went to my right,” Lundt Watford, NBC Sports Network At Mobile, Alabama NEW YORK METS — Named Chili Davis hitting
Buffalo (10-3) vs. Troy (9-3), 6 p.m. (ESPN) Semifinals coach, Chuck Hernandez bullpen coach and
said.
Dayne St. Clair made two saves in Maryland’s fifth straight shutout. Tuesday Hawaii Bowl
At Honolulu
Louisiana Tech (7-5) vs. Hawaii (8-5), 9:30 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 14 or Saturday, Dec. 15
Maine (10-3) vs. Eastern Washington (11-2),
TBA
Luis Rojas quality control coach.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
“We’re brothers,” St. Clair said. “We’re so close. The relationship COLLEGE BASKETBALL (ESPN) North Dakota State (13-0) vs. South Dakota NHL — Suspended Toronto F Zach Hyman
this team has is sensational, and I think that’s why we’re sitting here 6 p.m. — Villanova at Pennsylvania, ESPN2 State (10-2), TBA two games for a hit against Boston D Charlie
today.” Wednesday, Dec. 26 McAvoy on Saturday.
6 p.m. — Loyola Marymount at Maryland, SEC SERVPRO First Responder Bowl Championship CAROLINA HURRICANES — Recalled G Scott
The goal came on Maryland’s first penalty kick during regulation Network At Dallas Saturday, Jan. 5 Darling from Charlotte (AHL).
Boston College (7-5) vs. Boise State (10-3), At Toyota Stadium
play all season. LOS ANGELES KINGS — Recalled F Austin
8 p.m. — Colorado at New Mexico, ESPN2 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) Frisco, Texas Wagner from Ontario (AHL).
“I could not be more proud of this group,” coach Sasho Cirovski Quick Lane Bowl Semifinal winners, Noon MINNESOTA WILD — Recalled F Luke Kunin
said. “We talked about this being a big moment for our program. They 8 p.m. — North Florida at Minnesota, SEC At Detroit from Iowa (AHL).
Network Minnesota (6-6) vs. Georgia Tech (7-5), 4:15 NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Returned G
were pushed and hardened after a challenging schedule. And now, p.m. (ESPN) Semifinals Christopher Gibson to Bridgeport (AHL).
they’re jewels. I am incredibly happy for them.” NBA Cheez-It Bowl Saturday, Dec. 8
Valdosta State 30, Notre Dame (Ohio) 24
Recalled F Josh Ho-Sang from Bridgeport.
At Phoenix
Maryland shared the 1968 title with Michigan State and also won 7 p.m. — Portland at Houston, NBA TV California (7-5) vs. TCU (6-6), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Ferris State 42, Minnesota State-Mankato 25
WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Reassigned F
Riley Barber to Hershey (AHL).
championships in 2005 and 2008. Cirovski won his third title at the 9:30 p.m. — Toronto at LA Clippers, NBA TV Thursday, Dec. 27 Championship SOCCER
school. Major League Soccer
NHL Independence Bowl Saturday’s Game
ATLANTA UNITED — Declined options on G
At Shreveport, Louisiana At McKinney, Texas
“We needed to sort of get back to the Maryland way of doing thing,” 6:30 p.m. — Detroit at Washington, NBC Sports Temple (8-4) vs. Duke (7-5), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN) Valdosta State (13-0) vs. Ferris State (15-0), Mitch Hildebrandt, Ds Sal Zizzo and Michael
Cirovski said. “One of those things was like Dayne (St. Clair) mentioned, Pinstripe Bowl 3 p.m. Parkhurst and Ms Oliver Shannon and Andrew
Network At Bronx, New York Wheeler-Omiunu. Exercised options on G Alec
is to be prideful on the defensive side of the ball and make it hard to play RODEO Miami (7-5) vs. Wisconsin (7-5), 4:15 p.m. Division III Playoffs Kann, F Romario Williams, Ds Mikey Ambrose
against Maryland.” (ESPN) Semifinals and Greg Garza and Ms Julian Gressel, Jeff
Maryland finished the season 13-6-4, and Akron was 15-7-2.
9 p.m. — PRCA Rodeo, Wrangler National Finals, Texas Bowl Saturday, Dec. 8 Larentowicz and Darlington Nagbe. Re-signed
Mount Union 28, Johns Hopkins 20 D Jon Gallagher.
“We knew that they would be aggressive, try to press us and CBS Sports Network At Houston
Baylor (6-6) vs. Vanderbilt (6-6), 8 p.m. (ESPN) Mary Hardin-Baylor 31, Wisconsin-Whitewater 14 FC DALLAS — Traded the rights to F
disrupt our rhythm,” Akron coach Jared Embick said. “We never really SOCCER Tesho Akindele to Orlando City for 2019
targeted allocation money and 2020 general
Friday, Dec. 28 Championship
got in a comfort zone and I credit Maryland’s work rate and pressure.” 1:55 p.m. — Premier League, Watford vs. Music City Bowl Friday’s Game allocation money. Traded F Maxi Urruti to
At Shenandoah, Texas Montreal for a 2019 first-
Sejdic was selected the College Cup’s Most Outstanding Player. Manchester City, NBC Sports Network At Nashville, Tennessee
Purdue (6-6) vs. Auburn (7-5), 12:30 p.m. Mount Union (14-0) vs. Mary Hardin-Baylor, round draft pick and targeted
— From Staff and Wire Reports (ESPN) (14-0), 7 p.m. allocation money.
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Saints Cowboys FOOTBALL

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forward to. This is fun,” said
Brees, who shrugged off a
pair of turnovers to throw
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By winning the third
overtime game in the past
four seasons at A&T Stadi-
Goldman, dominant
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div
New England 9 4 0 .692 364 293 6-0-0 3-4-0 6-3-0 3-1-0 3-1-0

defense propel Bears

a 1-yard touchdown pass to
Zach Line, then scored on
a 1-yard sneak as the Saints
avenged a season-opening
loss to the Bucs (5-8) and
rebounded from a defeat the
previous week at Dallas.
“This is the stuff you
remember, especially road
games — you know, road
locker rooms, bus rides,
back on the plane. Those
moments together,” Brees
added. “It’s hard to win in
this league, it’s hard to win
on the road. We’re going to
enjoy these moments and
continue to build on ‘em.”
New Orleans’ defense
did its part after allowing
two first-half touchdowns,
too, sacking Jameis Win-
ston four times and limiting
the NFL’s No. 1-ranked of-
fense to 81 yards in the sec-
ond half — most of that on
the final drive of the game
“We got dominated in
the second half,” said Bucs
coach Dirk Koetter, whose
team won a high-scoring
shootout 48-40 at New Orle-
ans in Week 1. “We haven’t
been shut down like that in
a long time.”
Brees completed 24 of
31 passes for 201 yards and
one interception. Michael
Thomas had 11 receptions
for 98 yards, giving him 298
catches since entering the
league in 2016 — surpass-
ing Odell Beckham Jr. and
Jarvis Landry, both with
288, for the most by a player
in his first three seasons in
NFL history.
A week after being held
to a season-low 176 yards
total offense in a 13-10 loss
to Dallas that ended a 10-
game winning streak, the
Saints started slowly again.
Winston threw two
touchdown passes to Cam-
eron Brate, the latter a
1-yarder set up by Adar-
ius Taylor’s interception
to put the Bucs up 14-3 at
halftime. The fourth-year
pro also threw an 11-yard-
er to Brate on the opening
drive of the game.
um between these division
rivals, the Cowboys (8-5)
won their fifth straight
game and took a two-game
lead over the defending Su-
per Bowl champion Eagles
(6-7) and Washington with
three games left.
Carson Wentz threw for
three touchdowns, includ-
ing two tying scores in the
fourth quarter. But he never
got a chance in overtime be-
cause Prescott engineered
a 13-play, 75-yard drive.
Prescott overcame two
interceptions and a lost fum-
ble to set career highs in
completions (42), attempts
(54) and yards passing
(455).
“Helpless feeling,”
Wentz said. “I’ve got a lot
of lot of confidence in the
defense. They were making
plays today. We just didn’t
do enough early offensively
and that cost us.”
The Cowboys dominated
almost from the start, but
let the Eagles stay close to
set up a wild fourth quarter.
Dallas, which can clinch the
NFC East title with a win at
Indianapolis next Sunday,
finished with 576 yards,
the most since gaining 578
against the St. Louis Cardi-
nals in 1973.
Cooper finished with a
career-high 217 yards re-
ceiving on 10 catches in his
second game in the past
three with at least 180 yards
and two scores. All three
of Cooper’s touchdowns —
the others from 75 and 28
yards — were in the fourth
quarter and overtime.
Acquired from Oakland
for a 2019 first-round draft
pick seven games into the
season, Cooper leads the
NFL with 642 yards receiv-
ing since Week 9, his first
game with the Cowboys.
He had nine catches for 190
yards after halftime.
The Cowboys went for it
on fourth-and-1 from the Ea-
gles 19 in overtime and got
it with a 1-yard plunge from
Ezekiel Elliott.
Miami 7 6 0 .538 278 333 6-1-0 1-5-0 6-4-0 1-2-0 4-1-0
Buffalo 4 9 0 .308 201 320 2-4-0 2-5-0 3-7-0 1-2-0 1-3-0
N.Y. Jets 4 9 0 .308 270 330 2-4-0 2-5-0 3-7-0 1-2-0 1-4-0
South
W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div By ANDREW SELIGMAN togetherness. When you
Houston 9 4 0 .692 323 259 5-2-0 4-2-0 7-3-0 2-1-0 3-2-0 The Associated Press teach that and you talk
Indianapolis 7 6 0 .538 349 300 4-2-0 3-4-0 6-5-0 1-1-0 3-2-0
about it over and over and
Tennessee 7 6 0 .538 251 254 5-1-0 2-5-0 5-6-0 2-0-0 3-2-0 CHICAGO — The Chi-
Jacksonville 4 9 0 .308 212 273 3-4-0 1-5-0 3-7-0 1-2-0 1-4-0 over — as a culture, as a
cago Bears harassed Jared building, everyone together
North
Goff and squashed the Los
W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div as a family — and then they
Angeles Rams’ high-pow- do it, it lights a fire. It puts
Pittsburgh 7 5 1 .577 367 306 3-3-0 4-2-1 4-5-1 3-0-0 3-1-1
Baltimore 7 6 0 .538 321 241 4-2-0 3-4-0 6-4-0 1-2-0 2-3-0
ered offense while shuf- us in a great position. We
fling their way to a surpris-
Cleveland 5 7 1 .423 292 332 4-2-1 1-5-0 3-5-1 2-2-0 2-1-1 do talk about one game at
Cincinnati 5 8 0 .385 307 397 3-4-0 2-4-0 3-6-0 2-2-0 1-3-0 ing victory over the team a time. They’re gonna enjoy
that came in with the NFL’s
West tonight and then we’re gon-
W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div best record. na get right back in it and
In a season of huge
x-Kansas City 11 2 0 .846 471 351 6-0-0 5-2-0 9-1-0 2-1-0 4-0-0 get ready for next week.”
L.A. Chargers 10 3 0 .769 366 270 5-2-0 5-1-0 7-2-0 3-1-0 2-2-0 strides, this might be Coming off a shaky out-
Denver 6 7 0 .462 290 282 3-3-0 3-4-0 4-5-0 2-2-0 2-2-0 their biggest one yet.
ing against Detroit, Goff
Oakland 3 10 0 .231 244 388 2-5-0 1-5-0 2-7-0 1-3-0 0-4-0 Eddie Goldman led was 20 of 44 for 180 yards
NATIONAL CONFERENCE a dominant effort by the
with a 19.1 rating. NFL
East defense and the NFC rushing leader Todd Gur-
W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div North-leading Bears beat ley ran for a season-low 28
Dallas 8 5 0 .615 276 246 6-1-0 2-4-0 7-3-0 1-2-0 4-1-0 the NFC West champion yards on 11 carries, and
Philadelphia 6 7 0 .462 281 295 4-3-0 2-4-0 4-6-0 2-1-0 3-2-0 Rams 15-6 on Sunday night. the Rams’ three-game win
Washington 6 7 0 .462 249 297 3-4-0 3-3-0 6-5-0 0-2-0 2-3-0
“Our play on defense streak came to an end.
N.Y. Giants 5 8 0 .385 307 331 2-4-0 3-4-0 4-7-0 1-1-0 1-4-0
— all I can say is wow,” The Rams’ only other
South
coach Matt Nagy said. loss was at New Orleans.
W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div
The Rams (11-2) But against the Monsters
y-New Orleans 11 2 0 .846 447 283 5-1-0 6-1-0 8-2-0 3-0-0 3-1-0
missed a chance to secure of the Midway, they man-
Carolina 6 7 0 .462 324 332 5-1-0 1-6-0 4-5-0 2-2-0 1-2-0
Tampa Bay 5 8 0 .385 332 383 4-3-0 1-5-0 4-6-0 1-2-0 2-3-0 a first-round playoff bye aged just 214 yards.
Atlanta 4 9 0 .308 316 367 3-4-0 1-5-0 4-5-0 0-4-0 2-2-0 and fell into a tie with New “Consistently over and
North Orleans for home-field ad- over I continue to put our
W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div vantage throughout the players in bad spots,” Los
Chicago 9 4 0 .692 359 247 6-1-0 3-3-0 7-2-0 2-2-0 3-1-0 NFC playoffs. Angeles coach Sean McVay
Minnesota 6 5 1 .542 275 270 4-2-0 2-3-1 5-3-1 1-2-0 2-1-1 Goff threw a ca- said. “Certainly a humbling
Green Bay 5 7 1 .423 315 307 5-1-1 0-6-0 3-6-1 2-1-0 1-2-1 reer-high four intercep- night, but it’s one you get a
Detroit 5 8 0 .385 271 319 3-4-0 2-4-0 3-7-0 2-1-0 1-3-0 tions and was sacked chance to look at yourself
West three times, with Gold- critically, find a way to get
W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div man getting to him for a
better and move forward
y-L.A. Rams 11 2 0 .846 425 313 6-0-0 5-2-0 7-2-0 4-0-0 4-0-0 tiebreaking safety early in
accordingly and that’s ex-
Seattle 7 5 0 .583 319 259 3-2-0 4-3-0 6-3-0 1-2-0 2-2-0
the third quarter. actly what we’re going to do
Arizona 3 10 0 .231 178 327 1-6-0 2-4-0 3-6-0 0-4-0 2-2-0
Bradley Sowell became and that’s all I know how to
San Francisco 3 10 0 .231 275 350 3-3-0 0-7-0 1-8-0 2-2-0 0-4-0
the first Bears offensive do. And I have to be better
x-clinched playoff spot
lineman in 11 years with for our football team. This
y-clinched division a touchdown reception loss is on me. I didn’t do a
when he caught a 2-yard- nearly good enough job for
Thursday, Dec. 6 Thursday’s Game er from Mitchell Trubisky us today. I trust we will re-
Tennessee 30, Jacksonville 9 L.A. Chargers at Kansas City, 7:20 p.m. in the third quarter. And
Saturday, Dec. 15
spond the right way.”
Sunday’s Games
N.Y. Giants 40, Washington 16 Houston at N.Y. Jets, 3:30 p.m. after four straight last- The Bears (9-4)
Miami 34, New England 33 Cleveland at Denver, 7:20 p.m. place finishes in the NFC bounced back from a wild
Cleveland 26, Carolina 20 Sunday, Dec. 16 North, Chicago continued overtime loss at the New
Tennessee at N.Y. Giants, Noon
Indianapolis 24, Houston 21
Green Bay at Chicago, Noon
to close in on its first divi- York Giants and won for the
New Orleans 28, Tampa Bay 14 sion title and playoff ap- sixth time in seven games.
Detroit at Buffalo, Noon
Green Bay 34, Atlanta 20
Tampa Bay at Baltimore, Noon pearance since 2010. Khalil Mack and
N.Y. Jets 27, Buffalo 23
Kansas City 27, Baltimore 24, OT
Arizona at Atlanta, Noon “For them to go out and Akiem Hicks had sacks.
Oakland at Cincinnati, Noon
L.A. Chargers 26, Cincinnati 21 Dallas at Indianapolis, Noon
do it (against) a team that Roquan Smith, Prince
San Francisco 20, Denver 14 Miami at Minnesota, Noon had only one loss all year Amukamara, Eddie Jack-
Detroit 17, Arizona 3 Washington at Jacksonville, Noon long ... is so powerful for son and Kyle Fuller had
Oakland 24, Pittsburgh 21 Seattle at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m. our guys now because it
interceptions, helping
Dallas 29, Philadelphia 23, OT New England at Pittsburgh, 3:25 p.m.
Chicago 15, L.A. Rams 6 Philadelphia at L.A. Rams, 7:20 p.m.
helps us grow,” Nagy said. Chicago come away with
Today’s Game Monday, Dec. 17 “It helps us grow with con- the win despite a shaky
Minnesota at Seattle, 7:15 p.m. New Orleans at Carolina, 7:15 p.m. fidence. It helps us grow effort from Trubisky.

Dolphins
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Drake along the sideline. He cut toward
the middle and found a seam, helped by
a block from guard Ted Larsen at the 30.
Drake beat two Patriots to the corner of
the end zone — defensive back J.C. Jack-
son and tight end Rob Gronkowski, who
was on the field as part of New England’s
prevent defense.
“Drake runs a 4.3, and Gronk probably
runs a 4.6 or 4.7, so you feel good about that
matchup,” Tannehill said.
Then came one last pass to punctuate
the play — Drake reared back for a celebra-
tory heave into the stands as the Dolphins’
bench emptied and teammates swarmed
him.
“Football,” said Patriots quarterback
Tom Brady, “is a crazy game.”
The Dolphins call the play “Boise” be-
cause it was borrowed from the Boise State
playbook, and they had been working on it
all year.
“You rep it in practice over and over,”
receiver Kenny Stills said. “Sometimes it’s
like, ‘Why are we doing this?’ And now we
know why.”
It brought to mind other NFL last-sec-
ond stunners, including Roger Staubach’s
“Hail Mary”, the “Miracle in the Meadow-
lands” and the “Immaculate Reception”.
The play was the longest from scrimmage
to win a game with no time remaining in
the fourth quarter since the 1970 merger.
Brady threw for 358 yards and three
scores, but the Patriots (9-4) lost in Miami
for the fifth time in their past six visits.
The Dolphins (7-6) came from behind five
times to help their slim wild-card chances.
“We’re playing one week at a time right
now,” Miami coach Adam Gase said. “Any
loss could be the end.”
The Patriots’ Stephen Gostkowski
missed an extra point for the first time in
38 tries this season early in the game, and
also missed a 42-yard field goal try. But his
32-yarder to cap a 55-yard drive put the Pa-
triots ahead 30-28 with 6 minutes, 45 sec-
onds left.
Belichick opted to have Gostkowski
kick a 22-yarder in the closing seconds
rather than pin the Dolphins near their
goal line. Instead, Miami returned the en-
suing kickoff to the 31 — and on the next
play pulled off a miracle.
Brady broke the NFL record for career
touchdown passes including postseason
and now has 582, three more than Peyton
Manning. His scores covered 2 yards to Ju-
lian Edelman, 37 to Cordarrelle Patterson
and 16 to Gronkowski.

2019
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this season. And Geor-
gia’s offense could flow
through running back
D’Andre Swift no matter
who plays quarterback.
JALEN HURTS, QB,
TEAM TBD
Tagovailoa’s backup
at Alabama is almost
certain to transfer in the
offseason after having
graduated. That means
he can play immediately
next season. He’ll be col-
lege football’s most prized
free agent, a former
Southeastern Conference
player of the year. Where
he lands will help deter-
mine his Heisman hopes.
Let’s speculate. Oregon
is coached by former Al-
abama assistant Mario
Crisotbal and the Ducks
could be looking for a
quarterback if Herbert de-
parts. Or how about Hurts
at Oklahoma, trying to be-
come the third-0straight
Oklahoma quarterback to
win the Heisman?
JONATHAN TAYLOR,
RB, WISCONSIN
With a bowl game
still to play, Taylor has
rushed for 3,966 yards
through his sophomore
season, an NCAA record
previously held by Wis-
consin Heisman winner
Ron Dayne. The Badgers
disappointed in 2018,
starting in the top five
and going 7-5. That killed
Taylor’s Heisman hopes.
The Heisman has become
a quarterback’s award,
but If the Badgers bounce
back in 2019, Taylor can
make a run.
J.T. DANIELS, QB,
USC
Daniels flashed five-
star talent as a freshman
starter for the Trojans,
who stumbled to a 5-7 sea-
son. He will have a new of-
fensive coordinator next
year in former Texas Tech
coach Kliff Kingsbury,
who has a history of devel-
oping highly productive
quarterbacks — includ-
ing 2012 Heisman winner
Johnny Manziel at Texas
A&M.
SAM EHLINGER, QB,
TEXAS
The sophomore has
a little Tim Tebow in his
game, passing for 3,127
yards and 25 touchdowns
and rushing for 541 and
13. If the Longhorns take
another step forward and
can overtake the Soon-
ers in the Big 12, it would
likely mean Ehlinger has
stepped up, too. Though
he could be losing two
NFL-quality receivers in
juniors Collin Johnson
and Lil’Jordan Humphrey.
n Others possible
candidates are: Adrian
Martinez, QB, Nebraska;
AJ Dillion, RB, Boston
College; Jacob Eason, QB,
Washington; D’Eriq King,
QB, Houston; Rondale
Moore, WR, Purdue; and
Brock Purdy, QB, Iowa
State.
4B MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2018 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Jackson leads
Pepperdine 69, Jackson St. 66 22. South Carolina (5-4) beat
Sunday’s Men’s Major Portland 76, Sacramento St. 67 Appalachian State 80-50; at Duke, ppd.,
UC Irvine 60, Montana 51 weather.
Scores UC Santa Barbara 55, Ark.-Pine Bluff 45 23. Missouri (7-2) beat UMKC 66-59; beat
EAST UCLA 65, Notre Dame 62 Saint Louis 74-62.
Columbia 74, Iona 71 Utah Valley 98, N. Arizona 78 24. Gonzaga (9-1) beat Washington State
Delaware 88, St. Francis (Pa.) 83

Lady Vols past

76-53.
Duquesne 80, Longwood 71
Niagara 71, New Hampshire 67
Southeastern Conference 25. Miami (8-2) beat New Orleans 78-38.
St. John’s 89, Princeton 74 Men Michigan State 88,
Wagner 105, New Rochelle 57 Conf. Pct. Overall Pct.
SOUTH Auburn 0-0 .000 8-1 .889 No. 3 Oregon 82
Alabama 76, Arizona 73 Mississippi State 0 -0 .000 8-1 .889 OREGON (7-1): Boley 9-18 0-0 24, He-

Chattanooga 83, VMI 65
Coll. of Charleston
Georgia College & State 69
Georgia Tech 73, Florida A&M 40
LSU 91, Incarnate Word 50
Lipscomb 107, Navy 81
Old Dominion 79, Fairfield 69
Samford 77, Alabama A&M 59
Tennessee St. 64, Coppin St. 55
Tennessee Tech 97, Hiwassee 60
Virginia 57, VCU 49
Virginia Tech 81, SC State 44
Wofford 82, Coastal Carolina 71
MIDWEST
Cleveland St. 77, Notre Dame College 56
Evansville 89, Ball St. 77
Iowa St. 101, Southern U. 65
North Dakota 83, Milwaukee 72
Saint Louis 65, Oregon St. 61
SOUTHWEST
Texas 72, Purdue 68
FAR WEST
Denver 93, Western Colorado University 69
Hawaii 82, Hawaii Hilo 75
Montana St. 95, Washington St. 90
Nevada 74, Grand Canyon 66
San Diego 82, CS Northridge 68
Santa Clara 82, Sonoma State 54
Tennessee 76, Gonzaga 73
Longhorns
Tennessee 0-0 .000 7-1 .875 bard 5-9 0-0 10, Sabally 5-12 0-0 10, Cazorla
87, Kentucky 0-0 .000 7-2 .778 1-6 0-0 3, Ionescu 10-21 4-5 29, Gildon 1-2 0-0
LSU 0-0 .000 7-2 .778 2, Giomi 1-1 0-0 2, Chavez 1-2 0-0 2, Totals
Arkansas 0-0 .000 6-2 .750 33-71 4-5 82.
Vanderbilt 0-0 .000 6-2 .750 MICHIGAN STATE (8-1): Cook 4-7 4-4
Ole Miss 0-0 .000 6-2 .750 12, Gaines 3-6 0-0 6, Allen 11-14 2-4 27, Cloud-
Alabama 0-0 .000 6-3 .667 en 3-5 3-5 9, McCutcheon 4-14 3-4 14, Cooks
Missouri 0-0 .000 6-3 .667 4-7 0-0 10, Hollie 4-4 0-0 8, Ozment 1-2 0-0 2,
Georgia 0-0 .000 5-3 .625 Totals 34-59 12-17 88. By MARK ROSNER
Florida 0-0 .000 5-4 .556 Oregon 25 14 21 22 —82
South Carolina 0-0 .000 4-5 .444 Michigan St. 22 24 23 19 —88 The Associated Press
Texas A&M 0-0 .000 3-4 .429 3-Point Goals—Oregon 12-30 (Boley 6-12,
Sabally 0-4, Cazorla 1-6, Ionescu 5-7, Chavez
Saturday, Dec. 8
Boston College at Texas A&M, ccd., weather
0-1), Michigan St. 8-14 (Cook 0-1, Allen 3-4, AUSTIN, Texas — Even as
McCutcheon 3-5, Cooks 2-3, Ozment 0-1).
Michigan 89, South Carolina 78 Assists—Oregon 22 (Cazorla 11), Michigan Meme Jackson went ice cold from
Michigan State 63, Florida 59 St. 24 (McCutcheon 8). Fouled Out—Oregon
Seton Hall 84, Kentucky 83 Ionescu, Rebounds—Oregon 35 (Hebard 11), the field in recent games, Tennes-
Western Kentucky 78, Arkansas 77
Mississippi State 82, Clemson 71
Michigan St. 32 (Allen 7). Total Fouls—Oregon
19, Michigan St. 9. A—6,462. see women’s basketball coach Holly
Ole Miss 81, Illinois State 74
No. 5 Louisville 80, Warlick had no hesitation keeping
Sudoku YESTERDAY’S ANSWER
Auburn 82, Dayton 72
Sunday’s Games
No. 19 Kentucky 75 her on the floor.
Sunday’s answer
Sudoku YESTERDAY’S ANSWER
Alabama 76, Arizona 73
LSU 91, Incarnate Word 50
Tennessee 76, Gonzaga 73
KENTUCKY (9-1): McKinney 2-8 0-0 5,
Wyatt 2-3 2-2 7, Howard 9-17 6-7 25, Morris 4-8 “Her defense has just been phe- Sudoku is a number-
Today’s Games 2-2 11, Murray 5-12 6-7 18, Anyagaligbo 0-2 0-0
0, Green 0-2 0-0 0, Paschal 2-5 0-0 4, Roper
nomenal,” Warlick said. placing puzzle
Sudoku based on
is a number-
7 4 5 1 3 8 6 9 2
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Washington 70, Seattle 62 No games scheduled LOUISVILLE (10-0): Dunham 4-7 3-4 11,
Wednesday’s Games Fuehring 4-5 4-6 12, Carter 1-1 1-2 3, Durr 13- ninth-ranked Lady Vols when Jack- agiven
9x9 grid with several
numbers. The object 2 3 1 9 6 4 8 5 7
The Associated Press 25 4-6 32, Jones 5-8 1-4 12, Shook 0-2 0-0 0,
Southeastern Louisiana at Ole Miss, 6:30 p.m.
Evans 4-7 2-2 10, Laemmle 0-0 0-0 0, Robin- son found a groove on the offensive given numbers.
is to place The object
the numbers
Men’s Top 25 Fared LSU at Houston, 8 p.m. (ESPN2)
son 0-0 0-4 0, Totals 31-55 15-28 80.
end Sunday, too. is
1 8 7 6 4 2 9 3 5
1. Gonzaga (9-1) beat Washington 81-79;
Thursday’s Games
No games scheduled Kentucky 19 10 23 23 —75 1 to place
to 9 in thethe numbers
empty spaces
lost to No. 7 Tennessee 76-73.
2. Kansas (8-0) beat Wofford 72-47; beat
Friday’s Games Louisville 24 12 31 13 — 80
Jackson scored a career-best 33 1sotothat
9 ineach
the empty spaces
row, each 3 5 2 7 8 9 1 4 6
No games scheduled 3-Point Goals—Kentucky 7-16 (McK-
New Mexico State 63-60. Saturday’s Games inney 1-4, Wyatt 1-2, Howard 1-2, Morris 1-2, points, Evina Westbrook had 23 and so that each
column row, each
and each 3x3 box 6 9 4 3 1 5 2 7 8
3. Duke (9-1) beat Hartford 84-54; beat Murray 2-3, Paschal 0-1, Roper 1-2), Louis-
Tennessee at Memphis, 11 a.m. (ESPN2)
Tennessee beat No. 12 Texas 88-82. column
containsand theeach
same3x3 box
number
Yale 91-58.
4. Virginia (9-0) beat Morgan State Utah at Kentucky, 4 p.m. (ESPN2)
Arizona State at Georgia, 5 p.m. (SEC Network)
ville 3-13 (Durr 2-10, Jones 1-2, Evans 0-1).
Assists—Kentucky 10 (Howard 6), Louisville contains the same number
4 7 8 5 2 1 3 6 9
83-45; beat VCU 57-49.
5. Michigan (10-0) beat Northwestern Auburn vs. Alabama-Birmingham, at 13 (Jones 4). Fouled Out—Kentucky Wyatt, “I was more patient today, and only once. The difficulty
only once. The difficulty 9 2 3 4 7 6 5 8 1
Rebounds—Kentucky 32 (Howard 10), Lou-
62-60; beat South Carolina 89-78. Legacy Arena, at Birmingham, Alabama, 6:30 p.m.
isville 28 (Dunham 7). Total Fouls—Kentucky my teammates were giving me level increases from
6. Nevada (10-0) beat No. 20 Arizona (CBS Sports Network) level increases from 5 1 6 8 9 3 7 2 4
State 72-66; beat Grand Canyon 74-66. UTSA vs. Arkansas, at North Little Rock, 26, Louisville 21. Technical Fouls—Louisville
great looks,” Jackson said. Monday to Sunday.
7. Tennessee (7-1) beat No. 1 Gonzaga Arkansas, 7 p.m. Jones 1. A—13,786. Monday to Sunday. Difficulty Level 12/08

76-73. Cincinnati at Mississippi State, 7:30 p.m.

8. Auburn (8-1) beat UNC Asheville 67-41;
beat Dayton 82-72.
9. Kentucky (7-2) lost to Seton Hall
84-83, OT.
10. Michigan State (8-2) beat No. 18 Iowa
90-68; beat Florida 63-59.
11. Florida State (8-1) beat Troy 83-67;
beat UConn 79-71.
12. Wisconsin (8-2) beat Rutgers 69-64;
lost to Marquette 74-69, OT.
13. Texas Tech (8-0) beat Arkansas-Pine
Bluff 65-47.
14. North Carolina (7-2) beat UNC
Wilmington 97-69.
15. Virginia Tech (8-1) beat VMI 89-68;
beat S.C. State 81-44.
16. Kansas State (6-2) lost to Tulsa 47-46.
17. Buffalo (9-0) beat Le Moyne 89-55;
beat St. Bonaventure 80-62.
18. Iowa (7-2) lost to No. 10 Michigan
State 90-68; beat Iowa State 98-84.
19. Ohio State (8-1) beat Illinois 77-67.
20. Arizona State (7-1) lost to No. 6
Nevada 72-66.
21. Villanova (8-2) beat Temple 69-59;
beat Saint Joseph’s 70-58.
22. Mississippi State (8-1) beat McNeese
90-77; beat Clemson 82-71.
23. Maryland (8-2) lost to Purdue 62-60;
beat Loyola of Chicago 55-41.
24. Nebraska (8-2) lost to Minnesota
85-78; beat Creighton 94-72.
25. Furman (10-0) beat Elon 98-74; beat
South Carolina Upstate 74-60.
No. 7 Tennessee 76,
No. 1 Gonzaga 73
TENNESSEE (7-1): Alexander 1-3 0-1
2, Schofield 12-22 0-0 30, Pons 3-7 0-0 7,
Williams 6-13 3-3 16, Bone 2-13 0-0 5, Walker
0-1 0-0 0, Fulkerson 1-2 3-6 5, Johnson 0-1 0-0
0, Bowden 4-10 0-0 11. Totals 29-72 6-10 76.
GONZAGA (9-1): Clarke 8-12 5-9 21,
Kispert 4-6 2-2 13, Hachimura 8-18 4-6 21,
Perkins 0-6 0-0 0, Norvell 5-13 0-0 13, Jones
0-0 0-0 0, Petrusev 2-4 1-2 5, Foster 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 27-59 12-19 73.
Halftime—Tennessee 34-33. 3-Point
Goals—Tennessee 12-29 (Schofield 6-10,
Bowden 3-7, Williams 1-2, Pons 1-3, Bone 1-6,
Johnson 0-1), Gonzaga 7-18 (Kispert 3-4, Nor-
vell 3-9, Hachimura 1-3, Perkins 0-1, Petrusev
0-1). Fouled Out—Williams. Rebounds—Ten-
nessee 38 (Williams 12), Gonzaga 39 (Clarke,
Kispert 9). Assists—Tennessee 22 (Bone 9),
Gonzaga 14 (Perkins 9). Total Fouls—Tennes-
see 16, Gonzaga 17.
Alabama 76, Arizona 73
ARIZONA (7-3): Jeter 9-16 1-3 19, Wil-
liams 6-11 0-0 16, Coleman 2-5 4-4 8, Ran-
dolph 7-20 0-0 17, Akot 2-7 1-2 7, Luther 2-6 0-0
4, Lee 1-2 0-0 2, Barcello 0-0 0-0 0, D.Smith
0-3 0-0 0. Totals 29-70 6-9 73.
ALABAMA (6-3): Hall 3-4 7-9 13, Ingram
1-2 0-0 2, Lewis 7-13 2-4 20, H.Jones 0-1 0-4 0,
Mack 4-10 2-3 12, Reese 5-9 3-3 15, G.Smith
4-6 0-1 8, A.Johnson 1-3 0-0 2, Petty 1-8 2-4 4.
Totals 26-56 16-28 76.
Halftime—Alabama 39-30. 3-Point
Goals—Arizona 9-24 (Williams 4-7, Randolph
3-9, Akot 2-4, Coleman 0-1, D.Smith 0-1, Lu-
ther 0-2), Alabama 8-19 (Lewis 4-5, Reese 2-3,
Mack 2-5, A.Johnson 0-1, H.Jones 0-1, Petty
0-4). Rebounds—Arizona 35 (Jeter 9), Ala-
bama 39 (Hall 9). Assists—Arizona 10 (Cole-
man 6), Alabama 11 (Petty 4). Total Fouls—Ari-
zona 19, Alabama 14. A—9,581 (15,383).
LSU 91, Incarnate Word 50
INCARNATE WORD (5-6): Brown 1-7 3-4
5, Peevy 3-8 9-10 16, Ene 5-12 2-2 13, Mo.Tay-
lor 0-3 2-4 2, Murray 3-7 0-0 7, Davis 1-1 1-3 3,
Smith 0-3 0-0 0, Caruso 2-5 0-0 4, Kite 0-1 0-0
0. Totals 15-47 17-23 50.
LSU (7-2): Days 3-7 2-2 9, Reid 7-8 1-2
16, Mays 4-8 3-3 13, Waters 3-5 2-2 9, Smart
6-10 2-2 16, Bigby-Williams 6-9 2-2 14, Graves
2-4 0-0 6, Reese 1-2 0-0 2, Ma.Taylor 2-8 1-4 6.
Totals 34-61 13-17 91.
Halftime—LSU 51-29. 3-Point Goals—In-
carnate Word 3-14 (Peevy 1-1, Murray 1-2, Ene
1-3, Mo.Taylor 0-1, Kite 0-1, Brown 0-3, Smith
0-3), LSU 10-26 (Smart 2-3, Graves 2-4, Mays
2-6, Waters 1-2, Reid 1-2, Days 1-3, Ma.Taylor
1-5, Reese 0-1). Rebounds—Incarnate Word
17 (Brown, Peevy 4), LSU 43 (Bigby-Williams
10). Assists—Incarnate Word 7 (Mo.Taylor 3),
LSU 17 (Mays 6). Total Fouls—Incarnate Word
19, LSU 19. A—9,098 (13,215).
Late Saturday Men’s Major
Scores
SOUTHWEST
Texas Southern 107, Concordia (TX) 70
FAR WEST
CS Bakersfield 73, Idaho 67
Cal Poly 80, Bethune-Cookman 78, OT
California 89, San Diego St. 83
California Baptist 87,
California Institute of Technology 48
(SEC Network)
LSU vs. Saint Mary’s, at Las Vegas, 10 p.m.
(ESPNU)
Texas A&M vs. Oregon State, at Portland,
Oregon, 10 p.m. (Pac-12 Network)
Sunday, Dec. 16
Chattanooga at Ole Miss, 5 p.m. (SEC Network)
Sunday’s Women’s Major
Scores
EAST
Dartmouth 59, Fairfield 46
Florida St. 57, St. John’s 53
Hartford 67, Bryant 57
Hofstra 45, UMBC 42
La Salle 62, Norfolk St. 52
Minnesota 77, Boston College 69
NJIT 72, LIU Brooklyn 51
New Hampshire 74, Holy Cross 62
Penn St. 80, St. Bonaventure 65
UCF 71, Delaware 60
Villanova 76, Temple 68
Wright St. 60, Manhattan 44
SOUTH
Austin Peay 75, Alabama A&M 58
Bethune-Cookman 74, Flagler 59
Florida 62, Florida A&M 38
George Mason 91, E. Kentucky 75
Louisiana-Monroe 72, MVSU 65
Louisville 80, Kentucky 75
Memphis 53, Samford 48
Miami 78, New Orleans 38
South Alabama 77, Alabama St. 65
South Florida 63, George Washington 30
UT Martin 62, Lipscomb 53
Winthrop 58, Elon 57
MIDWEST
Indiana 98, Missouri St. 74
Iowa St. 87, North Dakota 35
Kansas 76, Grambling St. 45
Marquette 76, Northwestern 57
Michigan 85, Oakland 59
Michigan St. 88, Oregon 82
Milwaukee 57, N. Dakota St. 55
Missouri 74, Saint Louis 62
Nebraska-Omaha 53, CS Bakersfield 46
Purdue 65, Loyola of Chicago 41
South Dakota 79, Bellevue (SD) 40
UMKC 92, Missouri-St. Louis 63
W. Michigan 54, Detroit 44
Xavier 80, Delaware St. 59
SOUTHWEST
Arkansas St. 73, Tulsa 60
DePaul 87, Oklahoma 76
Portland St. 89, UTEP 61
Tennessee 88, Texas 82
FAR WEST
Arizona 70, Long Beach St. 43
Arizona St. 70, Colorado St. 39
CS Northridge 77, San Diego St. 74
Colorado 59, Navy 43
Gonzaga 76, Washington St. 53
Hawaii 66, Hawaii Pacific 51
Oregon St. 82, Santa Clara 31
Portland 82, Willamette 27
UC Davis 76, Seattle 59
The AP Women’s Top 25
Fared
1. UConn (9-0) beat Saint Louis 98-42;
beat Seton Hall 99-61.
2. Notre Dame (8-1) beat Toledo 72-56.
3. Oregon (7-1) lost to Michigan State
88-82.
4. Baylor (7-0) did not play.
5. Louisville (10-0) beat UT Martin
102-62; beat No. 19 Kentucky 80-75.
6. Mississippi State (9-0) beat No. 18
Marquette 85-82.
7. Maryland (9-0) beat James Madison
87-63.
8. Oregon State (7-1) beat Santa Clara
82-31.
9. Tennessee (8-0) beat Stetson 65-55;
beat No. 12 Texas 88-82.
10. N.C. State (10-0) beat Hampton
83-51; beat Georgetown 76-65. vs. Maine,
Saturday.
11. Stanford (6-1) did not play.
12. Texas (7-2) lost to No. 9 Tennessee
88-82.
13. California (8-0) beat Saint Mary’s
81-78, OT.
14. Minnesota (9-0) beat Incarnate Word
75-39; beat Boston College 77-69.
15. Syracuse (8-2) beat Maryland-
Eastern Shore 96-51.
16. Iowa (8-2) beat Iowa State 73-70; beat
IUPUI 72-58.
17. Arizona State (7-2) beat Southern
University 69-47; beat Colorado State 70-39.
18. Marquette (7-2) lost to No. 6
Mississippi State 85-82; beat Northwestern
76-57.
19. Kentucky (9-1) beat Rhode Island
75-52; lost to No. 5 Louisville 80-75.
20. DePaul (7-3) beat Temple 102-88;
beat Northwestern 76-60; beat Oklahoma
87-76.
21. Drake (8-2) beat Clarke 91-43; lost to
South Dakota State 80-71.
No. 9 Tennessee 88, Jackson made two free throws with
No. 12 Texas 82 21.6 seconds left to give Tennessee
TENNESSEE (8-0): Davis 2-4 2-4 7,
Green 3-7 4-4 10, Green 2-7 3-4 8, Jackson (8-0) a five-point lead. She entered
10-18 9-11 33, Westbrook 8-15 4-5 23, Collins
1-5 2-4 5, Harris 0-1 0-0 0, Burrell 1-3 0-0 2,
Sunday averaging 10 points per game.
Massengill 0-0 0-0 0, Totals 27-60 24-32 88. “She’s in the gym constantly so
TEXAS (7-2): Underwood 2-4 0-0 4,
White 3-7 3-3 9, Sutton 5-11 1-2 11, Warren for her to get 33, I’m not surprised,”
7-12 5-6 21, Williams 4-12 3-4 14, Aborowa 2-4
4-5 8, Collier 0-3 0-0 0, Allen-Taylor 0-0 0-0 0, Warlick said.
Holmes 1-5 0-0 2, Littleton 4-8 3-4 13, Totals
28-66 19-24 82. Audrey Warren had a sea-
Tennessee
Texas
14 26 22 26 —88
23 12 22 25 —82 son-best 21 points for Texas (7-2),
3-Point Goals—Tennessee 10-18 (Davis
1-1, Green 1-2, Jackson 4-9, Westbrook 3-4,
and Danni Williams scored all 14 of
Collins 1-2), Texas 7-17 (Sutton 0-1, Warren 2-3,
Williams 3-8, Littleton 2-5). Assists—Tennessee
her points in the second half.
Tennessee got a five-point swing
Sunday’s Cryptoquote:
8 (Westbrook 6), Texas 12 (Sutton 5). Fouled
Out—Texas Underwood. Rebounds—Tennessee
35 (Davis 6), Texas 41 (Williams 8). Total Fouls— when the Longhorns’ Jada Under-
Tennessee 22, Texas 24. A—4,275.
wood missed an open layup and
No. 23 Missouri 74, Jackson hit a 3-pointer for a six-
Saint Louis 62 point lead with 4 minutes, 24 sec-
MISSOURI (8-2): Schuchts 2-5 0-0 5,
Aldridge 1-3 2-2 5, Chavis 1-2 0-0 3, Cunning-
ham 4-11 8-9 18, Smith 6-16 0-1 15, Berg 1-2 onds remaining.
0-0 2, Tahane 5-6 3-4 13, Levy 4-7 2-4 11,
Roundtree 1-2 0-0 2, Troup 0-1 0-0 0, Totals
The Lady Vols trailed by 11 in
25-55 15-20 74.
SAINT LOUIS (4-6): Wilken 3-6 2-3 8,
the first quarter but strung togeth-
Clark 4-9 2-3 11, Frantz 3-6 1-2 9, Harbison er an 11-0 run in the second quarter
7-15 2-2 18, McMahan 4-8 0-0 8, Flowers 1-4
1-2 3, Zars 1-2 0-1 2, Lindfors 0-0 0-0 0, Rice and led 40-35 at halftime.
1-2 0-0 3, Totals 24-52 8-13 62.
Missouri 25 15 9 25 —74 Texas shot miserably in the sec-
Saint Louis 10 18 16 18 — 62
3-Point Goals—Missouri 9-27 (Schuchts ond quarter, missing 14 of 17.
1-4, Aldridge 1-3, Chavis 1-2, Cunningham
2-5, Smith 3-7, Berg 0-1, Levy 1-3, Roundtree
The Longhorns have lost two
0-1, Troup 0-1), Saint Louis 6-17 (Clark 1-4,
Frantz 2-4, Harbison 2-5, McMahan 0-2, Rice
straight to top-10 teams, but coach
1-2). Assists—Missouri 20 (Cunningham 8), Karen Aston was relatively pleased
Saint Louis 9 (Frantz 4). Rebounds—Missouri
34 (Smith 13), Saint Louis 29 (Clark 5). Total Sunday, considering the 18-point
Fouls—Missouri 14, Saint Louis 19. A—3,784.
defeat against Mississippi State on
Florida 62, Florida A&M 38 Dec. 2 in Austin.
FLORIDA A&M (1-6): Ballew 2-9 3-4 7,
Royal 0-2 0-0 0, Darks 2-6 0-0 4, Moye 4-8 0-0
9, Williams 1-8 2-2 4, Dilworth 0-2 0-0 0, Cook
“We didn’t really have an answer
2-6 1-3 5, Goram 0-0 0-0 0, James 3-6 2-2 9,
Mitchell 0-1 0-0 0, Totals 14-48 8-11 38.
for those two guards today,” Aston
FLORIDA (3-6): Moore 1-4 2-4 4, Wil- said. “We have to start with the
liams 8-12 0-0 16, Smith 1-7 1-4 3, Staples 3-8
1-2 8, Washington 4-8 3-4 11, Brower 0-1 0-0 0, defensive end. I don’t have to start
de Oliveira 2-9 3-3 7, Johnson 4-9 1-2 13, Totals
23-58 11-19 62. with effort. I had to start with effort
Florida A&M
Florida
9 14 2 13 —38
19 8 21 14 —62 last Monday. I didn’t think we had
3-Point Goals—Florida A&M 2-11 (Ballew
0-3, Moye 1-2, Williams 0-2, Dilworth 0-2, James
any fight in us last Sunday.”
1-2), Florida 5-28 (Moore 0-1, Williams 0-1, Smith
0-6, Staples 1-5, Washington 0-3, de Oliveira 0-3,
Tennessee entered the game
Johnson 4-9). Assists—Florida A&M 3 (Williams ranked 263rd in the country by mak-
2), Florida 13 (Washington 4). Rebounds—Florida
A&M 30 (Cook 9), Florida 44 (Washington 10). ing 63.6 percent of its free throws.
Total Fouls—Florida A&M 17, Florida 9. A—1,309.
They were much better against Tex-
SEC Women as, hitting 24 of 32 after making 25
Conf. Pct. Overall Pct.
Mississippi State
Tennessee
0-0 .000 9-0 1.000
0-0 .000 8-0 1.000
of 30 in a win over Stetson.
Kentucky 0-0 .000 9-1 .900 “We’re a good free-throw shooting
Auburn 0-0 .000 7-1 .875
Missouri 0-0 .000 8-2 .800 team,” Warlick said. “But we just have
Texas A&M
Arkansas
0-0 .000 6-2 .750
0-0 .000 7-3 .700 to get our mind right. We’ve gotten
Georgia
LSU
0-0 .000 6-3 .667
0-0 .000 4-2 .667 our mind right the last two games.
Alabama
South Carolina
0-0 .000 6-4 .600
0-0 .000 5-4 .556
They’ve been putting in extra shots.”
Vanderbilt 0-0 .000 4-5 .444 Texas: Joyner Holmes made her
Ole Miss 0-0 .000 4-6 .400 ACROSS
Florida 0-0 .000 3-6 .333 first appearance of the season after
1 Newspaper com-
Saturday, Dec. 8 recovering from right ankle surgery
Arkansas 80, Abilene Christian 68 mentary piece
Alabama 69, Tulane 58 in October. That’s potentially im- 5 Like the ice caps
Ole Miss 74, Savannah State 51
Texas A&M 84, Central Arkansas 27 portant for the Longhorns, since the 10 Like bulls
Sunday’s Games
Tennessee 88, Texas 82
6-foot-3 Holmes is their best rebound- 11 Tolerated
Florida 62,Florida A&M 38
Louisville 80, Kentucky 75
er, a capable scorer inside, and be- 13 Sweeping story
South Carolina at Duke, ppd. weather cause starting guard Lashann Higgs 14 Made over
Missouri 74, Saint Louis 62
Today’s Games is out for the season with a torn left 15 Garden pavilions
No games scheduled
anterior cruciate ligament. Higgs was
Tuesday’s Games 17 Chest muscle,
McNeese at LSU, 11 a.m.
the team’s leading scorer through the
Wednesday’s Games for short
Louisiana at Ole Miss, 11 a.m.
Thursday’s Games
three-plus games she played before 18 Apple pie order
No games scheduled
Friday’s Games
the injury. Holmes played just 11 min- 19 First prime
Georgia at Villanova, 6 p.m. utes Sunday, contributing two points number
Mississippi State at Southern Mississippi, 6 p.m.
UC Riverside vs. Texas A&M, 9:30 p.m. and three rebounds. 20 Young fellow
21 Bring up

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22 Foals’ mothers
25 Boot parts
26 Smell
Sunday’s answer

upset No. 3 Oregon 27 May honoree DOWN 21 Call to mind

By NOAH TRISTER
The Associated Press
to beat rival Kentucky 28 Toast spread
29 TV studio equip-
ment
33 “I — Rock”
1 Letter after psi
2 Vatican-based
3 “My Fair Lady”
lady
22 California desert
23 Unyielding
24 Love story
25 Residence
By GARY B. GRAVES 34 Lead or lithium 4 Last month 27 Polo need
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State wom- The Associated Press 35 Property defacer 5 Spoof 29 Stop
en’s basketball coach Suzy Merchant looked at Ore- 37 Letter after alpha 6 Corpulent 30 “Superman” star
gon’s statistical profile and figured the Ducks could LOUISVILLE, Ky. — With each missed 38 Put in a display 7 Pot part 31 Paid for a hand
be beaten. fourth-quarter free throw, the No. 5 Louisville wom- box 8 Birth parent 32 Flag features
It just wouldn’t be easy. en’s basketball team drew closer to discovering the 39 At any time seeker 36 Writer Brown
“All we had to do was be better than them for two hard way how much every point mattered against 40 Doctrine 9 Magazine order
hours,” Merchant said. “That’s what we just kept No. 19 Kentucky. 41 Cincinnati team 12 Room designs
All of which made the Cardinals appreciate the 16 Derisive calls
talking about. For two hours, our stats have to be
few they made to escape the archrival Wildcats.
just a little bit better.”
Asia Durr scored 32 points and made the first of
Jenna Allen scored 27 points — including a big
several critical free throws down the stretch that
3-pointer the final minute — and Michigan State
helped Louisville hold off Kentucky 80-75 on Sun-
handed No. 3 Oregon its first loss of the season,
day. The victory earned Bluegrass bragging rights
88-82 on Sunday. Up by three late in the fourth for the third year in a row for the Cardinals, but only
quarter, the Spartans ran the shot clock down and after they nearly let it slip away at the foul line.
got the ball to Allen, who sank a 3-pointer with 35 The Cardinals (10-0) appeared to have the game
seconds left, then ran down the court with her arms in control with an 18-point lead midway through the
outstretched to each side, holding three fingers out third quarter and a 67-52 lead entering the fourth.
with each hand. But Kentucky rallied to within four twice in the fi-
Sabrina Ionescu scored 29 points for Oregon and nal 30 seconds as Louisville missed the front end of
Erin Boley added 24, but the Ducks (7-1) didn’t start several opportunities in the final minutes that would
defending well until the final quarter, and Michigan have sealed the game.
State made enough shots late to pull out the win. Durr’s second foul shot with 25 seconds left gave
“They made a layup, they shot a wide open 3, Louisville a 78-73 cushion and Sam Fuehring made
or we fouled them. That was basically the whole one of two from the line 11 seconds later to make
game,” Oregon coach Kelly Graves said. “We just it 79-73. Maci Morris’ jumper brought Kentucky
kind of went through the motions defensively. We’re (9-1) within four before Arica Carter finally sealed
not a very good defensive team anyway, and when it, making the second of two free throws with five
you play with that kind of effort, that’s what’s going seconds left.
to happen.” Fuehringdid much of her damage with 19 first-
Oregon trailed by 11 early in the fourth but ral- half points and finished a point off her season high.
lied to tie it at 75. It was 77-all when Sidney Cooks Durr made 13 of 25 to help lead Louisville’s 56 per-
put Michigan State (8-1) back ahead with a shot
WHATZIT ANSWER
cent shooting, which came in handy as it made just
from around the top of the key. 15 of 28 from the free-throw line. Log cabin
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second half Tuesday night at Cole-
man Coliseum and won on a buzz-
er-beating 3-pointer.
“Terrific bounce-back victory,”
Alabama coach Avery Johnson
said. “Really exemplified the char-
acter of our team. I don’t know
that a lot of teams can come back
and win after such a disappointing
second half that we had in our last
game, at home.”
Alabama had seven players
score during a 23-2 run in the first
half to build a 33-14 lead. The Wild-
cats trimmed it to 39-30 by half-
time on Williams’ 3-pointer and
kept closing the gap to start the
second.
BIG PICTURE
Arizona: Had three-game win-
ning streak snapped. Only previous
visit to the state of Alabama came
in the NCAA Tournament in 1997
when the Wildcats went on to win
the national title. Won 10 of its last
12 road non-Conference games.
Alabama: Finished strong to
avoid a repeat of the last game’s
ending. Got a much-needed win
in its most high-profile nonconfer-
ence game.
COLEMAN’S RETURN
Coleman spent two seasons at
Alabama, starting 16 games, and
arrived at Arizona after a season at
Samford in Birmingham, Alabama.
He got a warm reception during
pregame introductions and heated
up in the second half. Coleman had
eight points, six assists and five re-
bounds.
“This kid is world-class,” Ala-
bama’s Johnson said. “Great atti-
tude, hard worker. He shows a lot
of class on a daily basis.”
DAZON INGRAM
Alabama guard Dazon Ingram
had back spasms after battling for
a loose ball late in the first half and
didn’t return.
Tennessee
Continued from Page 1B
in a 3-pointer with 80 seconds
left.
After Rui Hachimura tied it
with two free throws, Schofield
hit a long 3-pointer and Tennes-
see held on for its first victory
against a No. 1 team — fifth
overall — since beating Kansas
in 2010.
“We knew it would have a
March kind of feel to it,” said
Tennessee coach Rick Barnes,
who moved into a tie with Gary
Williams for 25th in Division
I with 668 victories. “When
you play against a No. 1 team,
you’re going to play 40 minutes
and we probably did that better
today that we had any other
game this season.”
Gonzaga (9-1) had two shots
at a tying 3-pointer, but Zach
Norvell Jr. and Hachimura
missed.
Hachimura and Brandon
Clarke had 21 points each for
the Bulldogs.
“It was heck of a basketball
game,” Gonzaga coach Mark
Few said. “We just ended up on
the short end. They made the
plays down the stretch and we
didn’t.”
The Zags passed every
previous test despite playing
without injured forward Kevin
Tillie.
Gonzaga blew out Tex-
as A&M in Spokane, then
knocked off Illinois, Arizona
and then-top-ranked Duke to
win the Maui Invitational. The
Bulldogs beat Washington in
their last game on Hachimura’s
last-second jumper.
Tennessee, a popular pre-
season Final Four pick, took
No. 2 Kansas to overtime be-
fore losing and beat Louisville
by 11 in its closest win of the
season.
Hachimura had no trouble
against one of the nation’s best
defensive frontcourts, effective-
ly using his mid-range jumper
to score 14 points by halftime.
Williams had 12 and the Vols
led 34-33 after Jordan Bowden
hit a last-second jumper.
Gonzaga built a quick sev-
en-point lead in the second
half, let Tennessee claw back,
then went up 58-50 on a pair of
Norvell 3-pointers as he trad-
ed baskets and trash talk with
Schofield.
Schofield brought the Vols
back, tying it at 68 with a
3-pointer from the wing with
just over three minutes left. He
kept pouring in big shots, lead-
ing the Vols to a victory against
the nation’s top-ranked team
and, most likely, a climb in The
AP Top 25.

Comics & Puzzles

DILBERT
Dear Abby
D
EAR ABBY:
I am an
older IT
professional (58)
who had a very
successful career
until a year ago. I
was part of a ma-
jor layoff at the
company I worked
at for many years.
I have not been
ZITS able to find a
job in the IT field
since.
Besides my
skills and knowl-
edge in IT, I’m
Dear Abby
an accomplished
handyman with skills in most
of the trades. The issue is,
my wife is insistent that I get
another job in IT — mostly for
the benefits.
Older IT workers have a
very hard time finding work
in the field. I’d like to start a
GARFIELD handyman company since I en-
joy this kind of work. If I start a
handyman business, my wife,
for the first time, would have
to go from being a part-time
worker at her job to full time to
provide us with benefits. This
will cause a lot of strain on
our marriage because she has
made it clear she does not
want to work full time.
I think she’s being selfish.
I have provided her with a very
nice lifestyle for many years
and feel it’s time she step up
CANDORVILLE
Horoscopes
TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Dec.
10). One of your many talents
this solar return is for bringing
people together and bathing in
their resulting concentration of
joy. Here comes a change in rou-
tine that has happy effects on
your health and relationships.
Also in 2019: an adorable ani-
mal encounter, the opening of
a venture and an international
passport. Scorpio and Pisces
BABY BLUES adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 10, 7, 8, 33 and 20.
ARIES (March 21-April
19). You are creative and will
have ideas about new things
to try. You’re also, unlike many
in your group, bold enough to
pitch them. You’ll start the ball
BEETLE BAILEY
MALLARD FILLMORE
FAMILY CIRCUS
and do her part.
I’m not sure how
to broach the
subject without
an argument
ensuing. Help?
— SWITCHING
GEARS IN NEW
YORK
DEAR
SWITCHING: Ex-
pect an argument
and be prepared
for it. You are
not responsible
for having been
laid off. It seems
there is plenty of
ageism in your
field, and it isn’t surprising you
can’t find a comparable job
in IT when the preference ap-
pears to be for hiring younger,
cheaper workers.
Frankly, you are fortunate
to have both an alternative and
the initiative to start a handy-
man business. Good handy-
men are hard to find, and your
wife should make the effort to
support you in what could be
a successful endeavor once it
gets on its feet. That’s what
partners in life are supposed
to do, isn’t it?
DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend
and I have been together for a
couple of years. He has three
siblings, all in their 20s, none
married.
Today I received a group
email from his mom ad-
rolling. Others will come forward
after you do.
TAURUS (April 20-May
20). Don’t fuss or hesitate over
today’s opportunities. They will
be like fresh toast. Get it while
it’s hot. Otherwise, it will harden
as it cools, making each bite a
crumbly mess.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21).
You’ll be lucky today, although
don’t expect to think so until
weeks later when you look back
on the events of Dec. 10 and
realize their role in landing you
in a position of good fortune.
CANCER (June 22-July
22). The day’s work will be
a little like putting a stylish
outfit together. It starts with
dressed to him, his father, his
grandmother, all three siblings
and their boyfriends/girl-
friends (including me) asking
for Christmas wish lists. She
wants to know what we would
like for Christmas and would
like all of us to “reply all” on
the email so everyone else
will have ideas for Christmas
presents.
I don’t know how to re-
spond! I don’t want to appear
greedy, but I do like the idea
that she wants to get us all
presents that we will like. Can
you give me any suggestions
on the best way to respond?
— PERPLEXED IN ALABAMA
DEAR PERPLEXED: Your
boyfriend’s mother is a
generous — and sensible
— woman. She is soliciting
ideas because she doesn’t
want to waste her time or
money buying something the
recipient won’t like. Answer
her question. Tell her what you
would like, as long as it isn’t
something that will break the
bank. Your boyfriend can prob-
ably give you some hints about
her budget. I suggest you talk
to him about it.
Dear Abby is written by
Abigail Van Buren, also known
as Jeanne Phillips, and was
founded by her mother, Pauline
Phillips. Contact Dear Abby
at www.DearAbby.com or P.O.
Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA
90069.
wearing everything you think will
work. Then you’ll change out of
different elements. And finally,
you’ll strip away everything
superfluous.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The
same force of attraction that
shapes the swirling universe at
large is at the heart of all you
create in your personal realm.
Careful, though, as attraction
can also cause greed and jeal-
ousy. Monitor your attractions.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22).
The situation today is some-
thing like a marching band in
which more than half the play-
ers are on key and in time. The
ones who are off sort of make it
a messy show, but it still, more
or less, sounds like music.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23).
You don’t want the same thing
as the others, and for this rea-
son, you’ll find life a lot easier
to manage. No lines, no inflated
costs -- you just go straight to
the source and plunk down the
money.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov.
21). Make it brief. Then you’ll
be listened to. They may not
understand it, because the
spirit of brevity leaves much un-
explained, but it’s better to have
attention and questions than to
have no audience.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-
Dec. 21). Imagine a world in
which you spend your days very
differently than you’re spending
them now. This thought exercise
holds a drop of enlightenment if
you go deep enough into it.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan.
19). Maybe it takes a degree of
education to bandy about high-
flown statements, but everyone
knows that education is not in-
telligence. Today’s best reason
will come plain-clothed.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb.
18). Instead of thinking of your
failed projects as mistakes,
think of them as school proj-
ects in the classroom of life.
Generosity abounds from the
standpoint of learning. Surely,
you’ve earned many an A.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March
20). You’re feeling sort of quiet,
observant and reflective today.
It’s comfortable for you, as well
as being a good look for you.
One caution: People will project
their hopes and wishes into the
space you’re holding.

Registered nurse
SOLUTION:
 Letters Testamentary
6B MONDAY, December
have10, 2018
been granted and
issued to the under-
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The DispaTch

Classifieds
signed upon the Estate
of Travis Howard
Broocks, Deceased, by
the Chancery Court of
Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi on the 20th day
of November, 2018.
This is to give notice to
all persons having
claims against said es-
tate to probate and re-
gister same with the
Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mis-
sissippi, within 90
(ninety) days from the
date of the first publica-
Legal Notices 0010 tion.
Legal ANotices
failure
0010to so pro-
bate and register said
ADVERTISEMENT FOR claim will forever bar the
BIDS same.
GOLDEN TRIANGLE CO- This the 21st day of
OPERATIVE SERVICE November, 2018.
DISTRICT
Elizabeth Broocks
Knight
Notice is hereby given
that the General Man- Executrix of the Estate
ager of Golden Triangle of Travis Howard
Cooperative Service Dis- Broocks, Deceased
trict will open bids at
8:30 a.m. on the 20th Prepared by:
day of December, 2018 Jeffrey J. Turnage, Esq.
for the following: (MSB#9447)
Mitchell McNutt &
ONE SERVICE TRUCK Sams, PA
WITH BED 215 5th Street North
P.O. Box 1366
Instructions and spe- Columbus, MS 39703-
cifications may be ob- 1366
tained from the Golden Telephone: 662-328-
Triangle Waste Service 2316
Office, 1311 Industrial
Park Road, Columbus, PUBLISH: 11/26, 12/3,
MS 662-327-6660. & 12/10/2018
BIDS MUST BE RE-
Building & Remodeling 1120 Tree Services 1860
CEIVED AT THE OFFICE
OF GOLDEN TRIANGLE
HOME REPAIRS & CON-
WASTE SERVICES, LOC-
STRUCTION WORK
ATED AT 1311 INDUS-
WANTED. Carpentry,
TRIAL PARK ROAD,
small concrete jobs,
COLUMBUS, MS ON
electrical, plumbing,
THE 19th DAY OF
roof repairs, pressure
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since 1987. Senior
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What
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You’re
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ON December 20, 2018 Generations of Vernon, Columbus: 411 Main

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Looking
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COLEMAN For
STARKVILLE, MS.
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right to accept or reject $25 per hour PEEPLES PECANS
662-328-0770.
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any and all bids re- Chords, Scales, Modes per mo + dep. 662-574- Mobile Homes for Rent 7250
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the Board of Commis- $70. 662-329-2080. discount offered, pet 7170
pecans. We also sell $535/month. Colum-
sioners of Golden Tri- area, pet friendly, and
shelled, halved, & bus & County School
angle Cooperative Ser- RETAINER WALL, drive- furnished corporate 2BR/1BA house w/ 2
vice District.
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apartments available. Apts For Rent: Other 7080 2411 HWY 45 N locations. 662-242-
way, foundation, con- acres in county. 3 miles 7653 or 601-940-1397.
crete, masonry restora- General Help Wanted 3200 4420 ON SITE SECURITY. 1BR/1BA in Historic
COLUMBUS, MS from Strk, 5 miles from
By: Mary Ann Gilliland tion, remodeling, base- ON SITE MAINTENANCE. MSU South Entrance,
General Manager Downtown Columbus.
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12/3/18 Payroll, Sales Tax,
Also, 2016 15ft
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pentry, painting, & de- fits & health insurance. tions. 662-435-4188. US Hwy 45. Equidistant
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pressure washing, mov- DOWNTOWN - WALK to square feet. 294
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VELMA WILLIAMS LIV- Accountant. This is a Water, trash, lawn incl.
INGSTON, SAMUEL HIL- Lawn Care / Landscaping smoking, no HUD. Avail- in lease. Near Stark-
full-time position. able January. $675/
ARY LIVINGSTON, III, 1470 Primary responsibilities HISTORIC DOWNTOWN ville, Columbus & West Lots & Acreage 8600
JAMES CLIFTON LIVING- $675. Credit check.
will include leading the Call Long & Long Real Columbus Office, Retail, Point. No pets.
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YARBOROUGH, CO-EX-
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ECUTORS Lake Lowndes Road.
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w/ living area, septic
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have been granted and Painting & Papering 1620 ture land in Steens for trailers. $45,000. Call
to Camgian-HR PETS. 662-574-8789. 662-574-0345.
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ams Livingston, Samuel 3BR/2BA, ch/a, double
Hilary Livingston, III, SERVICE garage, chain link
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James Clifton Living- RENT FREE! 1 & 2 Bed- fenced backyard, newly 3.5 Acre Lot. 3 estab-
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cial prices on interior & with paralyzed man in room Apts/Townhomes. 135 ACRES in Caledo-
ough, Co-Executors of
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the Estate of S. H. Liv- $335-$600 Monthly. lease. 662-327-4392. Morgan Lane. Off of
sure washing & sheet residents only. If dedic- Harris Road. Caledonia
ingston, Jr., deceased, rock repairs. ated to your patients, Credit check & deposit. Houses For Rent: New Hope
by the Chancery Court call after noon for an in- Coleman Realty, Mobile Homes for Rent 7250 Schools. $25,000.
Free Estimates 7130
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sissippi, on the 27 day 2BR/1BA Trailer. 129
of November, 2018. 4BR/2BA, 1.25 Acres Brownlee Dr. $500
This is to give notice to
General Help Wanted 3200 Christopher Hills Sub; per mo. $350 dep. LOWNDES COUNTY 45
all persons having $197K (15K below ap- Call 662-295-3262. acres on Sobley & Dav-
claims against said es- praisal). New Hope is Rd. Excellent hunting.
tate to Probate and Re- School District. Avail- 3BR/2BA Trailer, New 1 mile west of Hwy. 69.
gister same with the able to rent $1,000/ Hope school dist. Small creek runs thru
Chancery Clerk of mth - must meet minim- $500/mo & $500 dep. property. $1375 per
Lowndes County, Mis- um credit/income re- Call between 10a-7p. acre. 205-799-9846 or
sissippi, within ninety quirements. Military 662-386-4292. 205-695-2248.
(90) days from this families welcome. Move NO TEXT MESSAGES.
date. A failure to so Pro- in ready. Dep $500 plus
bate and Register said first month’s rent. Hot NICE 3BR/2BA DBW
claim will forever bar the tub, detached apart- MH in North Columbus. WINTER SPECIAL
Close to schools & 1.95 acre lots.
same. ment, & large wired Good/bad credit.
shop. Contact James CAFB. $600/mo +
10% down, as low as
THIS the 29th day of Thompson @ 662-574- $600 dep. 662-308-
November, 2018. 6269. 7781 or 601-940-1397. $299/mo. Eaton Land.
662-361-7711
Classes / Training Miscellaneous
/s/Velma Williams Liv-
ingston
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