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Thursday's Results
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National Football League
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Led by a resurgent Peyton Manning, the Denver Broncos are on a roll. And now
the AFC West champs are eyeing a potential first-round bye following their
eighth straight win. Manning tallied his 5,000th career completion and threw
for 310 yards and a touchdown in the Broncos' 26-13 win over the Oakland
Raiders. Manning joined Brett Favre (6,400) as the only NFL quarterbacks with
5,000-plus completions. Manning, who completed 26-of-36 passes, has tossed 19
touchdowns and seven interceptions during his torrid eight-game stretch for
Denver (10-3), which is in the midst of its longest winning streak since the
1998 squad began the year 13-0.
National Basketball Association
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Raymond Felton sank six of New York's 18 3- pointers en route to 27 points as
the Knicks downed the Miami Heat, 112-92, at American Airlines Arena. Steve
Novak added four shots from beyond the arc for 18 points, while J.R. Smith and
Jason Kidd each connected on three from long distance for the Knicks, who won
their fifth straight game despite Carmelo Anthony sitting out the contest with
a lacerated middle finger on his left hand.
Elsewhere in the NBA:
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Dallas Mavericks 97, Phoenix Suns 94
Top-25 College Basketball
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C.J. Fair led five Syracuse players in double figures with 16 points and
grabbed a career-high 13 rebounds, as the fourth- ranked Orange beat Long
Beach State, 84-53. Michael Carter-Williams had a 15-point, 10-assist double-
double for the Orange (7-0), who have won their last 27 games at the Carrier
Dome, the longest home winning streak in Division I.
Elsewhere in the Top-25:
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(11) Cincinnati 87, Arkansas-Little Rock 53
(16) Creighton 64, Nebraska 42
(17) San Diego State 84, UC Santa Barbara 70
=== As of 1:45 a.m. (et) ===
=== BASEBALL ===
As baseball's Winter Meetings conclude today in Nashville, the Philadelphia
Phillies and Minnesota Twins pulled off a trade. The Twins sent outfielder Ben
Revere to the Phillies in exchange for pitcher Vance Worley and pitching
prospect Trevor May. Revere played in a career-high 124 games in 2012, batting
a career-best .294 with 40 stolen bases and 32 RBI. The 24-year-old Atlanta
native is a .278 hitter with 74 stolen bases in 254 games over three seasons.
Worley followed up a strong rookie campaign in 2011 that featured a mark of
11-3 and a 3.01 ERA with a 6-9 mark and a 4.20 ERA in 2012.
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The Tampa Bay Rays officially signed free agent first baseman James Loney to a
one-year contract on Thursday. Financial terms of the contract were not
released, but multiple sources had reported it to be worth $2 million with
incentives that could make it worth an additional $1 million. Loney split last
season with the Dodgers and Red Sox, batting a combined .249 with six homers
and 41 runs batted in. He was part of the blockbuster August deal that sent
Adrian Gonzalez, Carl Crawford and Josh Beckett to Los Angeles. The 28-year-
old former first-round pick is a career .282 hitter with 73 homers and 459 RBI
in 926 games over seven big league seasons.
=== NFL ===
Led by a resurgent Peyton Manning, the Denver Broncos are on a roll. And now
the AFC West champs are eyeing a potential first-round bye following their
eighth straight win. Manning tallied his 5,000th career completion and threw
for 310 yards and a touchdown in the Broncos' 26-13 win over the Oakland
Raiders. Manning joined Brett Favre (6,400) as the only NFL quarterbacks with
5,000-plus completions. Manning, who completed 26-of-36 passes, has tossed 19
touchdowns and seven interceptions during his torrid eight-game stretch for
Denver (10-3), which is in the midst of its longest winning streak since the
1998 squad began the year 13-0.
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Ben Roethlisberger will be back under center for the Steelers when they take
on the San Diego Chargers this coming Sunday. Pittsburgh head coach Mike
Tomlin made the announcement on Thursday afternoon, after the ninth-year pro
practiced for the second straight day. Roethlisberger suffered rib and
shoulder injuries in a Week 10 home win against Kansas City. Byron Leftwich
replaced Roethlisberger the following week and finished the club's home loss
to Baltimore despite suffering a rib fracture. Veteran signal-caller Charlie
Batch took over the reins in a Nov. 25 loss at Cleveland, then directed a
fourth-quarter comeback this past Sunday at Baltimore.
=== COLLEGE FOOTBALL ===
On Thursday night, college football's best were honored individually during an
awards ceremony at Disney World, and Notre Dame's Manti Te'o was the big
winner. The senior linebacker took home the Maxwell Award as the nation's top
all- around player, the Chuck Bednarik Award as the top defensive player and
the Walter Camp Award, which honors the player of the year as voted by coaches
and sports information directors. Te'o, the first person ever to win both the
Bednarik and Maxwell Awards, captured the Butkus Award, the Nagurski Award and
the Lombardi Award earlier in the week.
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Also on Thursday, USC's Marqise Lee won the Biletnikoff Award (wide receiver),
Wisconsin's Montee Ball was given the Doak Walker Award (running back),
Mississippi State's Johnthan Banks was the recipient of the Jim Thorpe Award
(defensive back), Tulane's Cairo Santos captured the Lou Groza Award (place-
kicker), Louisiana Tech's Ryan Allen repeated as the Ray Guy Award winner
(punter) and Texas A&M's Luke Joeckel won the Outland Trophy as the top
interior lineman.
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Barry Alvarez will be back on the sideline for Wisconsin, but for just one
game. Alvarez, the current Wisconsin athletic director, will coach the Big Ten
champion Badgers in the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day against Stanford after
Bret Bielema stunned the school earlier this week when he decided to leave
Wisconsin for the vacancy at Arkansas. Alvarez was the Wisconsin coach from
1990-2005 and has a record of 118-73-4, including Rose Bowl victories after
the 1993, 1998 and 1999 seasons. He now has the chance to tie Ohio State's
Woody Hayes for most Rose Bowl wins by a Big Ten coach.
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Charlie Strong has decided to remain the head coach at Louisville, turning
down an offer from Tennessee. Strong called it "the toughest decision I've
ever had to make in 29 years of coaching." He is in his third season at
Louisville and has guided the Cardinals to a record of 24-14 with three bowl
appearances. This year's squad is 10-2 and will play in the Sugar Bowl against
Florida after capturing a share of the Big East title and the conference's
automatic BCS bid.
=== NHL ===
The NHL rejected the players' most recent offer for a collective bargaining
agreement on Thursday, causing talks between the two sides to be suspended
indefinitely. The two sides had met for nearly 20 hours over the past two days
and reportedly exchanged proposals Wednesday in an effort to end the lockout,
which is approaching the three-month mark. The NHLPA then submitted its
counteroffer on Thursday, but the owners quickly shot it down. The current
work stoppage, which began Sept. 16, has already forced the cancellation of
regular-season games through Dec. 14, as well as the Winter Classic and All-
Star Weekend.
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