NCAAB: Loads of Top 25 action.
Nothing overly notable happened last night in the world of college basketball, but there was a boatload of ranked teams in action, and it made for a great night of hoops. Syracuse fell to Georgetown in Big East play, while Pitt and Wake Forest remained undefeated.
Top 25 scores:
#1 Pittsburgh 75, South Florida 62
#2 Duke 70, Georgia Tech 56
#3 Wake Forest 83, Boston College 63
#12 Georgetown 88, #8 Syracuse 74
#10 Michigan State 78, Penn State 73
Texas A&M 84, #21 Baylor 73
Illinois 66, #24 Michigan 51
Stephen Curry also had 39 points in a Davidson win over Elon. Ho-hum.
Tonight's action: Three national games tonight. None of them are particularly great matchups, but all involve Top 20 teams on the road. So you never know. Watch UConn/St. John's and UNC/Virginia in a doubleheader on ESPN at 7, or catch Purdue/Northwestern at 7 on ESPN2.
NFL: Lots of news for a day off.
Leading it off, obviously, is talk from Cowboys' and league sources that T.O. may be cut for chemistry reasons. Ironically, T.O.'s theatrics in Dallas are probably less severe than anything he did in SF or Philly. The clear follow-up question: Where does he go next? (Plax's future in New York is also in question.)
Scott Pioli, the new Chiefs' czar, says that Herm Edwards may be back as head coach. The entire Chiefs' fan base would like to respectfully offer to chug a gallon of brake fluid if that turns into reality.
Anquan Boldin practiced Wednesday and plans to play in the NFC title game.
I caught a very odd blurb in Awful Announcing about Michael Irvin having a gun drawn on him, then proceeding to get sucked into a friendly discussion on the Cowboys with his assailant. This world is crazy sometimes.
In draft declarations: Sam Bradford back to OU, Mark Sanchez off to the NFL.
MLB: Owners calling for a cap?
Oh, boy. Maybe baseball would or would not be better off without a salary cap, but it seems calling for one just because the Yankees signed a ton of free agents again (literally if you include Sabathia) would strike many fans as penis-envy. In any case, nothing is likely to be done about it now: The collective bargaining agreement ends after 2011, so maybe something will happen then. I'll have forgotten about it by that point, of course.
The Last Word:
The NBA won't fine Portland for threatening to sue the hell out of anyone who signed Darius Miles (Memphis did). Let's hope that's the last time the league has to rule on "should we punish a team that threatened lawsuits against any team that picked up our horrible contract?".
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