MANHATTAN, Kan.&nbsp;— Kansas State is back in the bowl scene after a one-year hiatus as the Wildcats were rewarded for their seven-win regular season with their 23rd bowl berth all-time and will take on LSU in the TaxAct Texas Bowl. The game is slated for an 8 p.m. kickoff on Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022, inside NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas. The game can be heard locally on My 93-1, KHMY in Hutchinson.

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Thompson to lead Kansas State against LSU in Texas Bowl

McPherson 84, Manhattan Christian Thunder 71

Mary Hardin-Baylor 111, Concordia-Austin 101

Northeastern St. 97, Neb.-Kearney 90, 2OT

Sam Houston St. 86, Texas Rio Grande Valley 78

<h2>College Basketball Scores</h2>Monday, Jan. 3EASTBowdoin 81, Saint Joseph's (Maine) 70Case Western 102, Hilbert 80Delaware Valley 81, Cairn 73Drexel 65, Towson 61Hamilton 76, Geneseo 65Neumann 90, Penn St.-Brandywine 67Oswego St. 74, St. Lawrence 60SUNY-IT 73, Utica 58W. Connecticut 75, Castleton 47Wesleyan (Conn.) 94, Amherst 85, 3OTWest Liberty 108, Bowie St. 85SOUTHAlabama St. 84, MVSU 75Bethune-Cookman 66, Florida A&amp;M 59Cedarville 72, Kentucky Wesleyan 65Ohio Dominican 56, Trevecca Nazarene 51Savannah St. 75, Spring Hill 70Southern U. 63, Texas Southern 50MIDWESTCent. Oklahoma 87, Newman 66Cornell (Iowa) 74, Simpson 69, OTIowa 80, Maryland 75McPherson 84, Manhattan Christian Thunder 71NW Missouri St. 74, Pittsburg St. 64Wisconsin 74, Purdue 69Wittenberg 77, Oberlin 75SOUTHWESTAlabama A&amp;M 70, Ark.-Pine Bluff 50E. Texas Baptist 80, Belhaven 65Houston Baptist 94, Ecclesia 63Mary Hardin-Baylor 111, Concordia-Austin 101Northeastern St. 97, Neb.-Kearney 90, 2OTRogers St. 58, Fort Hays St. 51Sam Houston St. 86, Texas Rio Grande Valley 78UTSA 101, Dallas Christian 48FAR WESTArizona 95, Washington 79Occidental 96, West Coast Baptist 60___<a href="https://hutchpost.com/download" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>&nbsp;to download the Hutch Post mobile app. <a href="https://hutchpost.com/posts/5e73b532afae0f4d5f5d90ea" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>&nbsp;to sign up for the daily Hutch Post email news update.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

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Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Keegan Murray made 5 of 6 from 3-point range and finished with a career-high tying 35 points to help Iowa beat Maryland 80-75. Murray made 14 of 21 from the field, grabbed eight rebounds and blocked three shots. Filip Rebraca had 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting and grabbed eight rebounds for Iowa (11-3, 1-2 Big Ten) and Joe Toussaint added nine points, nine assists and three steals. Murray gave the Hawkeyes the lead for good with a 3-pointer that sparked a 17-5 run midway through the second half. Toussaint added a 3 and Murray hit another from behind the arc before Tony Perkins made two free throws to cap the spurt and make it 68-58 with 5:22 remaining. Eric Ayala led the Terrapins (8-5, 0-2) with 19 points.

HOUSTON (AP) — Quarterback Skylar Thompson will return from an ankle injury to start for Kansas State in the Texas Bowl on Tuesday night. LSU interim coach Brad Davis won't say who will start at QB for the Tigers. Myles Brennan is injured and Max Johnson transferred to Texas A&amp;M. Freshman Garrett Nussmeier was listed first on a depth chart released this week but it's unclear if he'll play because one more game would burn his redshirt year.&nbsp;

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs lost in Cincinnati on a last-second field goal Sunday that knocked Kansas City out of the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoff race. There was plenty of blame to go around. The Chiefs allowed Joe Burrow to throw for 446 yards and four TDs, and Ja'Marr Chase had 11 catches for 266 yards and three of the scores. The Kansas City offense failed to reach the end zone in the second half, allowing the Bengals to overcome an early 28-14 hole. And both sides committed too many penalties in a loss that takes the chance to earn a first-round playoff bye out of the Chiefs' hands.

UNDATED (AP) — Baylor kept its firm hold on No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll with few changes at the top and no new teams entering the latest rankings. The reigning national champion Bears earned all 61 first-place votes for the third time in four weeks to easily outdistance No. 2 Duke. No. 9 Auburn climbed into the top 10 for the first time this season. No. 16 Providence rose five spots in the week's biggest jump. No. 24 Seton Hall had the biggest tumble by falling nine spots. LSU, Tennessee and Iowa State also fell.

UNDATED (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals are no longer the Bungles. But their playoff clincher was filled with a little too much drama for comfort for the franchise's long-suffering fans. Fortunately, quarterback Joe Burrow's sore knee wasn't a serious injury. The quarterback hopped off the field in the final minute Sunday, putting a scare into fans who were about to celebrate the franchise's first playoff berth in six years. But social media images of Burrow chomping on a cigar and dancing in the locker room assuaged concerns that their franchise QB had suffered a serious injury, like he did last year.&nbsp;

NFL finale is showdown for playoffs: Chargers at Raiders

UNDATED (AP) — The NFL's schedule changes for Week 18 will feature a Sunday night showdown for a playoff berth. To finish off the NFL's first 17-game season, the Los Angeles Chargers at Las Vegas Raiders game was flexed from daytime to primetime. Both AFC West rivals are 9-7 and the winner will advance to the postseason.

The league also switched two games from Sunday to Saturday. Kansas City, already the AFC West champion, will be at Denver, followed by Dallas at Philadelphia. Neither of those games has the strong postseason implications of Chargers-Raiders.

— Ben Roethlisberger threw for 123 yards and a touchdown in likely his final start at Heinz Field as the Pittsburgh Steelers beat Cleveland 26-14. Roethlisberger says he is leaning toward retirement. He improved to 26-3-1against the Browns in his 18-year career. The Steelers also kept their slim playoff hopes alive with the victory. Pittsburgh needs a win in its regular-season finale against Baltimore and a loss by Indianapolis to Jacksonville to reach the postseason. Baker Mayfield threw for 185 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions for the Browns.

— The Philadelphia Eagles have placed defensive tackle Fletcher Cox and tight end Dallas Goedert along with 10 others on the reserve/COVID-19 list Monday ahead of Saturday's regular- season finale against Dallas. The Eagles already have a playoff berth clinched with only the seeding still to be decided Saturday night when they host the Cowboys. Under the NFL's revised COVID-19 protocols, the Eagles could get all 12 back before kickoff. The Titans activated a trio off COVID-19 reserve led by receiver Julio Jones and linebacker Jayon Brown.

— The Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians said Monday he has no regrets about giving the often-troubled receiver Antonio Brown an opportunity to play with Tom Brady and revive a career derailed by on- and off-the-field issues — even though it ended with Brown leaving the reigning Super Bowl champions in the middle of a game. Arians declined to discuss specifics of what happened but dispelled the notion Brown left after telling coaches he was too injured to re-enter the game.

— Las Vegas Raiders rookie cornerback Nate Hobbs was arrested on a misdemeanor DUI charge shortly after the team returned from a road game in Indianapolis. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department says dispatch received a call at about 4 a.m. Monday about a driver asleep inside a vehicle parked on an exit ramp of a parking garage. Hobbs' attorneys questioned whether the arrest qualified as drunken driving.

UNDATED (AP) — Saddiq Bey scored a career-high 34 points and the Detroit Pistons beat Milwaukee 115-106 to snap the Bucks' six-game winning streak. Detroit owns the NBA's worst record but beat the reigning NBA champions and ended its recent futility in this series by getting a boost from the return of several players who had missed multiple games due to the NBA's health and safety protocols. Milwaukee had won 12 consecutive regular-season matchups with the Pistons by an average margin of 16.7 points before Monday.

— Anfernee Simons had a career-high 43 points and the Portland Trail Blazers overcame an NBA season-best 56 points by Atlanta's Trae Young, snapping a four-game losing streak in a 136-131 win over the Hawks. Young shot 17 for 26 from the field, 7 for 12 from 3-point distance and 15 for 15 from the line for his career-high scoring total, and added 14 assists. His 56-point game eclipsed Kevin Durant's 51-point performance for the Nets at Detroit on Dec. 12.

— Anthony Edwards scored 28 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves routed the Los Angeles Clippers 122-104 to end a three-game skid. The Wolves gained a split in LA after losing by five to the Lakers a night earlier. The Clippers struggled mightily in their first home game of the new year. They had 39 made shots and 21 turnovers in the game. They got dominated in the paint, 64-42. Serge Ibaka tied his season high with 17 points for the Clippers, who have dropped four of six.

— Jordan Poole scored 32 points, Andrew Wiggins added 22 points, six rebounds and a key driving dunk with 4:34 remaining on a quiet night for Stephen Curry, and the Golden State Warriors held off the undermanned Miami Heat 115-108. Heat star Jimmy Butler was helped off the court with 3:14 left in the third quarter after hurting his right ankle going down awkwardly, leaving coach Erik Spoelstra with a worried look on his face given his team's already depleted roster. Butler had 22 points, five rebounds and three assists. Curry had a season-low nine points. 

— Ja Morant scored 36 points and five Grizzlies scored in double figures as Memphis extended its winning streak to five games with a 118-104 win over the Brooklyn Nets. Desmond Bane scored 29 points, Brandon Clarke added 16, and Jarrett Culver and Tyus Jones had 12 apiece. Kevin Durant led the Nets with 26 points on 8-for-24 shooting from the field. James Harden added 19 points in 5-for-14 shooting. Nic Claxton added 11 points and Blake Griffin and Bruce Brown each finished with 10 points as Brooklyn lost its third straight. 

— Joel Embiid had 31 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists in the Philadelphia 76ers' 133-113 win over the Houston Rockets. It was Embiid's third career triple-double. Furkan Korkmaz scored 24 points and Isaiah Joe had 18 points for the Sixers. Garrison Matthews led the Rockets with 23 points. Embiid scored 30 points for the fourth straight game. The Rockets played without Kevin Porter Jr. and Christian Wood. Both players were suspended one game for bad behavior.

— Kyle Kuzma had a season-high 36 points and 14 rebounds, Bradley Beal scored 35 points, and the Washington Wizards beat the Charlotte Hornets 124-121. Charlotte was led by Gordon Hayward's 27 points. Terry Rozier scored 25 points, and Miles Bridges added 23 points and a season-high 14 rebounds for the Hornets. 

— Luka Doncic had 21 points and matched a season high with 15 assists as the Dallas Mavericks beat the Denver Nuggets 103-89. Dwight Powell and Reggie Bullock added 15 points each for the Mavericks, who swept a back-to-back and matched their longest winning streak of the season at three games. Nikola Jokic had 27 points and 16 rebounds to lead the Nuggets, who had a three-game winning streak snapped.

— DeMar DeRozan scored 29 points, Zach LaVine added 27 and the Chicago Bulls won their eighth straight game, beating the Orlando Magic 102-98. Nikola Vucevic had 13 points and 17 rebounds for the Bulls. Coby White came off the bench to score 17 points. Franz Wagner led Orlando with 22 points. Wendell Carter Jr. finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds for the Magic, who lost their sixth straight. 

— Donovan Mitchell scored 29 points, Bojan Bogdanovic added 21, and Utah Jazz beat the New Orleans Pelicans 115-104 to extend their road winning streak to nine games. Bogdanovic hit two of his five 3s in the final 2:31 after New Orleans had trimmed a 15-point deficit down to five. Rudy Gobert had 10 points and 18 rebounds for the Jazz. Jonas Valanciunas had 25 points and nine assists for New Orleans. 

UNDATED (AP) — The NBA has rescheduled all 11 games that were postponed in December for virus-related reasons and either shifted the times or dates of 10 other games to help accommodate those changes. Toronto had six games affected, Chicago had five and Brooklyn had four. In all, 18 of the league's 30 teams had at least one game date changed by the postponements or future adjustments. The updates were revealed today.

— Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash says the organization is "hopeful" that Kyrie Irving could make his season debut Wednesday at Indianapolis. Nash added that "no determinations have been made yet." Irving has not been vaccinated against the coronavirus, which makes him ineligible to play home games under a New York City vaccine mandate.

— The Cleveland Cavaliers have landed Rajon Rondo. Cleveland finalized its trade for the 35-year-old Rondo with the Los Angeles Lakers in what eventually became a three-team deal involving the New York Knicks. In the swap, the Knicks receive guard Denzel Valentine from the Cavaliers along with the draft rights to international prospects and cash from the Lakers. Ricky Rubio tore his left anterior cruciate ligament last week and is out for the season.

Davis scores 37 in No. 23 Badgers' win over No. 3 Purdue

UNDATED (AP) — Johnny Davis scored a career-high 37 points and Brad Davison added 15 to help No. 23 Wisconsin get past No. 3 Purdue 74-69. The 11-2 Badgers used a late 16-5 run to take control for its third straight win. Davis also had 14 rebounds. Zach Edey took advantage of his size by scoring 24 points and grabbing 10 rebounds to lead the 13-2 Boilermakers. 

Jaden Ivey added 14 points but it wasn't enough to extend a 13-game home winning streak. Purdue lost for the first time since Dec. 9.

Meanwhile, Ben Mathurin scored 27 points, Christian Koloko added 22 points and 10 rebounds, and Arizona returned from an extended break to beat Washington. 

The Wildcats moved the ball well offensively in their first game in 16 days, shooting 55% and finishing with 28 assists on 33 made shots. 

Kerr Kriisa finished with 21 points and Arizona went 12 for 25 from 3 for its best start since opening the 2015-16 season 13-1.

UNDATED (AP) — Baylor kept its firm hold on No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll with few changes at the top and no new teams entering the latest rankings. No. 2 Duke is No. 2. No. 9 Auburn climbed into the top 10 for the first time this season. No. 16 Providence rose five spots in the week's biggest jump. 

No. 24 Seton Hall had the biggest tumble by falling nine spots.

UNDATED (AP) — A contingency plan is in place for the FCS championship game if Montana State or North Dakota State are impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Both teams are scheduled to arrive in Frisco, Texas, on Wednesday, three days before the Football Championship Subdivision title game. Saturday's game could be pushed back nearly a week if one or both teams fall below a minimum 53 players before arriving in Texas. If one or both teams are unable to play after arriving in Texas, the game would be declared a no-contest. 

— Louisville plans to retire the No. 2 jersey number of former All-America guard and fifth-highest scorer Russ Smith, who led the Cardinals to the 2013 NCAA men's basketball championship that was later vacated. Smith's jersey will be retired at halftime of Louisville's game against Notre Dame on Jan. 22. 

Rangers sit atop NHL after Kreider, Strome help beat Oilers

NEW YORK (AP) — Chris Kreider scored his 20th goal, Ryan Strome had a goal and two assists, and the New York Rangers beat the slumping Edmonton Oilers 4-1 for their third straight win. Alexis Lafrenière (lah-frehn-YEHR') and Barclay Goodrow each had a goal and an assist. Adam Fox had two assists to help the Rangers win for the fourth time in six games.

They moved into first place atop the Metropolitan Division and the NHL. Alexandar Georgiev (GEER'-gee-ehv) stopped 33 shots to get his first win since Dec. 10. Ryan McLeod scored for Edmonton and Mikko Koskinen had 24 saves.

UNDATED (AP) — The NHL has postponed the Seattle Kraken's home game scheduled for Thursday against Ottawa because of COVID-19 problems with the Senators. It's the 92nd NHL game to be postponed for coronavirus-related reasons this season. Several of those are linked to attendance restrictions in Canada.

Meanwhile, the Buffalo Sabres added forward Kyle Okposo and another player to the league's COVID-19 protocol list Monday.

The Dallas Stars removed 10 players from the list and appear to be on track to resume play Thursday. The Stars have not played since Dec. 20.

Oklahoma QB Williams enters portal, says Sooners an option

UNDATED (AP) — Oklahoma quarterback Caleb Williams said Monday he is entering his name in the transfer portal so he can speak with other schools, but he has not ruled out staying with the Sooners. The freshman and former five-star recruit from Washington, D.C. led the Sooners to a victory last week against Oregon in the Alamo Bowl. 

Williams played for then-head coach Lincoln Riley posted his intentions on social media. Riley left Oklahoma to become coach at Southern California the day after the Sooners ended their regular season with a loss to Oklahoma State. Former Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables was hired to replace Riley.

— Wisconsin linebacker Leo Chenal is entering the NFL draft rather than returning to the Badgers next season. Chenal announced his decision Monday on social media. The move comes after Chenal earned second-team honors on the Associated Press All-America team as a junior. Chenal was the leading tackler for a Wisconsin defense that allowed the fewest yards per game of any Football Bowl Subdivision team this season. Wisconsin (9-4) closed its season Thursday by beating Arizona State 20-13 in the Las Vegas Bowl.

Cameron Maybin retires after 15 major league seasons 

UNDATED (AP) — Outfielder Cameron Maybin is retiring after 15 major league seasons. The 34-year-old had one hit in 28 at-bats from May 19-29 last season for the New York Mets. He was assigned to Triple-A Syracuse on June 3 and hit .182 with no homers and five RBIs in 44 at-bats for the Mets' top farm team. Detroit selected him with the 10th overall pick in the 2005 amateur draft. Maybin had a .254 career batting average with 72 homers and 354 RBIs. He played for 10 major league teams and won a World Series title in 2017 with the Houston Astros.

<h2>Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press</h2>IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Keegan Murray made 5 of 6 from 3-point range and finished with a career-high tying 35 points to help Iowa beat Maryland 80-75. Murray made 14 of 21 from the field, grabbed eight rebounds and blocked three shots. Filip Rebraca had 13 points on 6-of-8 shooting and grabbed eight rebounds for Iowa (11-3, 1-2 Big Ten) and Joe Toussaint added nine points, nine assists and three steals. Murray gave the Hawkeyes the lead for good with a 3-pointer that sparked a 17-5 run midway through the second half. Toussaint added a 3 and Murray hit another from behind the arc before Tony Perkins made two free throws to cap the spurt and make it 68-58 with 5:22 remaining. Eric Ayala led the Terrapins (8-5, 0-2) with 19 points.HOUSTON (AP) — Quarterback Skylar Thompson will return from an ankle injury to start for Kansas State in the Texas Bowl on Tuesday night. LSU interim coach Brad Davis won't say who will start at QB for the Tigers. Myles Brennan is injured and Max Johnson transferred to Texas A&amp;M. Freshman Garrett Nussmeier was listed first on a depth chart released this week but it's unclear if he'll play because one more game would burn his redshirt year.&nbsp;KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs lost in Cincinnati on a last-second field goal Sunday that knocked Kansas City out of the No. 1 seed in the AFC playoff race. There was plenty of blame to go around. The Chiefs allowed Joe Burrow to throw for 446 yards and four TDs, and Ja'Marr Chase had 11 catches for 266 yards and three of the scores. The Kansas City offense failed to reach the end zone in the second half, allowing the Bengals to overcome an early 28-14 hole. And both sides committed too many penalties in a loss that takes the chance to earn a first-round playoff bye out of the Chiefs' hands.UNDATED (AP) — Baylor kept its firm hold on No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll with few changes at the top and no new teams entering the latest rankings. The reigning national champion Bears earned all 61 first-place votes for the third time in four weeks to easily outdistance No. 2 Duke. No. 9 Auburn climbed into the top 10 for the first time this season. No. 16 Providence rose five spots in the week's biggest jump. No. 24 Seton Hall had the biggest tumble by falling nine spots. LSU, Tennessee and Iowa State also fell.UNDATED (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals are no longer the Bungles. But their playoff clincher was filled with a little too much drama for comfort for the franchise's long-suffering fans. Fortunately, quarterback Joe Burrow's sore knee wasn't a serious injury. The quarterback hopped off the field in the final minute Sunday, putting a scare into fans who were about to celebrate the franchise's first playoff berth in six years. But social media images of Burrow chomping on a cigar and dancing in the locker room assuaged concerns that their franchise QB had suffered a serious injury, like he did last year.&nbsp;<h2>Update on the latest sports</h2>NFL-NEWSNFL finale is showdown for playoffs: Chargers at RaidersUNDATED (AP) — The NFL's schedule changes for Week 18 will feature a Sunday night showdown for a playoff berth. To finish off the NFL's first 17-game season, the Los Angeles Chargers at Las Vegas Raiders game was flexed from daytime to primetime. Both AFC West rivals are 9-7 and the winner will advance to the postseason.The league also switched two games from Sunday to Saturday. Kansas City, already the AFC West champion, will be at Denver, followed by Dallas at Philadelphia. Neither of those games has the strong postseason implications of Chargers-Raiders.In other NFL news:— Ben Roethlisberger threw for 123 yards and a touchdown in likely his final start at Heinz Field as the Pittsburgh Steelers beat Cleveland 26-14. Roethlisberger says he is leaning toward retirement. He improved to 26-3-1against the Browns in his 18-year career. The Steelers also kept their slim playoff hopes alive with the victory. Pittsburgh needs a win in its regular-season finale against Baltimore and a loss by Indianapolis to Jacksonville to reach the postseason. Baker Mayfield threw for 185 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions for the Browns.— The Philadelphia Eagles have placed defensive tackle Fletcher Cox and tight end Dallas Goedert along with 10 others on the reserve/COVID-19 list Monday ahead of Saturday's regular- season finale against Dallas. The Eagles already have a playoff berth clinched with only the seeding still to be decided Saturday night when they host the Cowboys. Under the NFL's revised COVID-19 protocols, the Eagles could get all 12 back before kickoff. The Titans activated a trio off COVID-19 reserve led by receiver Julio Jones and linebacker Jayon Brown.— The Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Bruce Arians said Monday he has no regrets about giving the often-troubled receiver Antonio Brown an opportunity to play with Tom Brady and revive a career derailed by on- and off-the-field issues — even though it ended with Brown leaving the reigning Super Bowl champions in the middle of a game. Arians declined to discuss specifics of what happened but dispelled the notion Brown left after telling coaches he was too injured to re-enter the game.— Las Vegas Raiders rookie cornerback Nate Hobbs was arrested on a misdemeanor DUI charge shortly after the team returned from a road game in Indianapolis. The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department says dispatch received a call at about 4 a.m. Monday about a driver asleep inside a vehicle parked on an exit ramp of a parking garage. Hobbs' attorneys questioned whether the arrest qualified as drunken driving.NBA-SCHEDULEPistons snap Buck's winning streakUNDATED (AP) — Saddiq Bey scored a career-high 34 points and the Detroit Pistons beat Milwaukee 115-106 to snap the Bucks' six-game winning streak. Detroit owns the NBA's worst record but beat the reigning NBA champions and ended its recent futility in this series by getting a boost from the return of several players who had missed multiple games due to the NBA's health and safety protocols. Milwaukee had won 12 consecutive regular-season matchups with the Pistons by an average margin of 16.7 points before Monday.In other NBA action:— Anfernee Simons had a career-high 43 points and the Portland Trail Blazers overcame an NBA season-best 56 points by Atlanta's Trae Young, snapping a four-game losing streak in a 136-131 win over the Hawks. Young shot 17 for 26 from the field, 7 for 12 from 3-point distance and 15 for 15 from the line for his career-high scoring total, and added 14 assists. His 56-point game eclipsed Kevin Durant's 51-point performance for the Nets at Detroit on Dec. 12.— Anthony Edwards scored 28 points and the Minnesota Timberwolves routed the Los Angeles Clippers 122-104 to end a three-game skid. The Wolves gained a split in LA after losing by five to the Lakers a night earlier. The Clippers struggled mightily in their first home game of the new year. They had 39 made shots and 21 turnovers in the game. They got dominated in the paint, 64-42. Serge Ibaka tied his season high with 17 points for the Clippers, who have dropped four of six.— Jordan Poole scored 32 points, Andrew Wiggins added 22 points, six rebounds and a key driving dunk with 4:34 remaining on a quiet night for Stephen Curry, and the Golden State Warriors held off the undermanned Miami Heat 115-108. Heat star Jimmy Butler was helped off the court with 3:14 left in the third quarter after hurting his right ankle going down awkwardly, leaving coach Erik Spoelstra with a worried look on his face given his team's already depleted roster. Butler had 22 points, five rebounds and three assists. Curry had a season-low nine points. — Ja Morant scored 36 points and five Grizzlies scored in double figures as Memphis extended its winning streak to five games with a 118-104 win over the Brooklyn Nets. Desmond Bane scored 29 points, Brandon Clarke added 16, and Jarrett Culver and Tyus Jones had 12 apiece. Kevin Durant led the Nets with 26 points on 8-for-24 shooting from the field. James Harden added 19 points in 5-for-14 shooting. Nic Claxton added 11 points and Blake Griffin and Bruce Brown each finished with 10 points as Brooklyn lost its third straight. — Joel Embiid had 31 points, 15 rebounds and 10 assists in the Philadelphia 76ers' 133-113 win over the Houston Rockets. It was Embiid's third career triple-double. Furkan Korkmaz scored 24 points and Isaiah Joe had 18 points for the Sixers. Garrison Matthews led the Rockets with 23 points. Embiid scored 30 points for the fourth straight game. The Rockets played without Kevin Porter Jr. and Christian Wood. Both players were suspended one game for bad behavior.— Kyle Kuzma had a season-high 36 points and 14 rebounds, Bradley Beal scored 35 points, and the Washington Wizards beat the Charlotte Hornets 124-121. Charlotte was led by Gordon Hayward's 27 points. Terry Rozier scored 25 points, and Miles Bridges added 23 points and a season-high 14 rebounds for the Hornets. — Luka Doncic had 21 points and matched a season high with 15 assists as the Dallas Mavericks beat the Denver Nuggets 103-89. Dwight Powell and Reggie Bullock added 15 points each for the Mavericks, who swept a back-to-back and matched their longest winning streak of the season at three games. Nikola Jokic had 27 points and 16 rebounds to lead the Nuggets, who had a three-game winning streak snapped.— DeMar DeRozan scored 29 points, Zach LaVine added 27 and the Chicago Bulls won their eighth straight game, beating the Orlando Magic 102-98. Nikola Vucevic had 13 points and 17 rebounds for the Bulls. Coby White came off the bench to score 17 points. Franz Wagner led Orlando with 22 points. Wendell Carter Jr. finished with 21 points and 10 rebounds for the Magic, who lost their sixth straight. — Donovan Mitchell scored 29 points, Bojan Bogdanovic added 21, and Utah Jazz beat the New Orleans Pelicans 115-104 to extend their road winning streak to nine games. Bogdanovic hit two of his five 3s in the final 2:31 after New Orleans had trimmed a 15-point deficit down to five. Rudy Gobert had 10 points and 18 rebounds for the Jazz. Jonas Valanciunas had 25 points and nine assists for New Orleans. NBA-NEWSNBA reschedules gamesUNDATED (AP) — The NBA has rescheduled all 11 games that were postponed in December for virus-related reasons and either shifted the times or dates of 10 other games to help accommodate those changes. Toronto had six games affected, Chicago had five and Brooklyn had four. In all, 18 of the league's 30 teams had at least one game date changed by the postponements or future adjustments. The updates were revealed today.In other NBA news:— Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash says the organization is "hopeful" that Kyrie Irving could make his season debut Wednesday at Indianapolis. Nash added that "no determinations have been made yet." Irving has not been vaccinated against the coronavirus, which makes him ineligible to play home games under a New York City vaccine mandate.— The Cleveland Cavaliers have landed Rajon Rondo. Cleveland finalized its trade for the 35-year-old Rondo with the Los Angeles Lakers in what eventually became a three-team deal involving the New York Knicks. In the swap, the Knicks receive guard Denzel Valentine from the Cavaliers along with the draft rights to international prospects and cash from the Lakers. Ricky Rubio tore his left anterior cruciate ligament last week and is out for the season.COLLEGE BASKETBALL-SCHEDULEDavis scores 37 in No. 23 Badgers' win over No. 3 PurdueUNDATED (AP) — Johnny Davis scored a career-high 37 points and Brad Davison added 15 to help No. 23 Wisconsin get past No. 3 Purdue 74-69. The 11-2 Badgers used a late 16-5 run to take control for its third straight win. Davis also had 14 rebounds. Zach Edey took advantage of his size by scoring 24 points and grabbing 10 rebounds to lead the 13-2 Boilermakers. Jaden Ivey added 14 points but it wasn't enough to extend a 13-game home winning streak. Purdue lost for the first time since Dec. 9.Meanwhile, Ben Mathurin scored 27 points, Christian Koloko added 22 points and 10 rebounds, and Arizona returned from an extended break to beat Washington. The Wildcats moved the ball well offensively in their first game in 16 days, shooting 55% and finishing with 28 assists on 33 made shots. Kerr Kriisa finished with 21 points and Arizona went 12 for 25 from 3 for its best start since opening the 2015-16 season 13-1.COLLEGE BASKETBALL POLLBaylor remains in top spotUNDATED (AP) — Baylor kept its firm hold on No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 men's college basketball poll with few changes at the top and no new teams entering the latest rankings. No. 2 Duke is No. 2. No. 9 Auburn climbed into the top 10 for the first time this season. No. 16 Providence rose five spots in the week's biggest jump. No. 24 Seton Hall had the biggest tumble by falling nine spots.COLLEGE BASKETBALL-NEWSContingency plan for FCS championshipUNDATED (AP) — A contingency plan is in place for the FCS championship game if Montana State or North Dakota State are impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Both teams are scheduled to arrive in Frisco, Texas, on Wednesday, three days before the Football Championship Subdivision title game. Saturday's game could be pushed back nearly a week if one or both teams fall below a minimum 53 players before arriving in Texas. If one or both teams are unable to play after arriving in Texas, the game would be declared a no-contest. In other college football news:— Louisville plans to retire the No. 2 jersey number of former All-America guard and fifth-highest scorer Russ Smith, who led the Cardinals to the 2013 NCAA men's basketball championship that was later vacated. Smith's jersey will be retired at halftime of Louisville's game against Notre Dame on Jan. 22. NHL-SCHEDULERangers sit atop NHL after Kreider, Strome help beat OilersNEW YORK (AP) — Chris Kreider scored his 20th goal, Ryan Strome had a goal and two assists, and the New York Rangers beat the slumping Edmonton Oilers 4-1 for their third straight win. Alexis Lafrenière (lah-frehn-YEHR') and Barclay Goodrow each had a goal and an assist. Adam Fox had two assists to help the Rangers win for the fourth time in six games.They moved into first place atop the Metropolitan Division and the NHL. Alexandar Georgiev (GEER'-gee-ehv) stopped 33 shots to get his first win since Dec. 10. Ryan McLeod scored for Edmonton and Mikko Koskinen had 24 saves.VIRUS OUTBREAK-NHLAnother NHL game postponedUNDATED (AP) — The NHL has postponed the Seattle Kraken's home game scheduled for Thursday against Ottawa because of COVID-19 problems with the Senators. It's the 92nd NHL game to be postponed for coronavirus-related reasons this season. Several of those are linked to attendance restrictions in Canada.Meanwhile, the Buffalo Sabres added forward Kyle Okposo and another player to the league's COVID-19 protocol list Monday.The Dallas Stars removed 10 players from the list and appear to be on track to resume play Thursday. The Stars have not played since Dec. 20.COLLEGE FOOTBALL-NEWSOklahoma QB Williams enters portal, says Sooners an optionUNDATED (AP) — Oklahoma quarterback Caleb Williams said Monday he is entering his name in the transfer portal so he can speak with other schools, but he has not ruled out staying with the Sooners. The freshman and former five-star recruit from Washington, D.C. led the Sooners to a victory last week against Oregon in the Alamo Bowl. Williams played for then-head coach Lincoln Riley posted his intentions on social media. Riley left Oklahoma to become coach at Southern California the day after the Sooners ended their regular season with a loss to Oklahoma State. Former Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables was hired to replace Riley.In other college football news:— Wisconsin linebacker Leo Chenal is entering the NFL draft rather than returning to the Badgers next season. Chenal announced his decision Monday on social media. The move comes after Chenal earned second-team honors on the Associated Press All-America team as a junior. Chenal was the leading tackler for a Wisconsin defense that allowed the fewest yards per game of any Football Bowl Subdivision team this season. Wisconsin (9-4) closed its season Thursday by beating Arizona State 20-13 in the Las Vegas Bowl.MLB-NEWSCameron Maybin retires after 15 major league seasons UNDATED (AP) — Outfielder Cameron Maybin is retiring after 15 major league seasons. The 34-year-old had one hit in 28 at-bats from May 19-29 last season for the New York Mets. He was assigned to Triple-A Syracuse on June 3 and hit .182 with no homers and five RBIs in 44 at-bats for the Mets' top farm team. Detroit selected him with the 10th overall pick in the 2005 amateur draft. Maybin had a .254 career batting average with 72 homers and 354 RBIs. He played for 10 major league teams and won a World Series title in 2017 with the Houston Astros.___<a href="https://hutchpost.com/download" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>&nbsp;to download the Hutch Post mobile app. <a href="https://hutchpost.com/posts/5e73b532afae0f4d5f5d90ea" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>&nbsp;to sign up for the daily Hutch Post email news update.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

Sports Headlines for Tuesday

Rhode Island 70, American International 55

Coastal Carolina 76, Emory &amp; Henry 62

Nova Southeastern 93, Embry-Riddle (AZ) 71

Northern St. 83, Minn. St. (Moorhead) 80, 2OT

Saginaw Valley St. 92, Indiana-Northwest 68

St. Thomas (Texas) 81, Dallas Crusaders 72

Texas A&amp;M Commerce 73, Dallas Baptist 64

West Texas A&amp;M 91, Oklahoma Christian 56

<h2>College Basketball Scores</h2>Sunday, Jan. 2EASTArcadia 88, Immaculata 60Binghamton 68, Mass.-Lowell 63California (Pa.) 81, Kutztown 64Christopher Newport 85, Widener 47Colby 84, Maine Maritime 69Cornell 79, Dartmouth 71Houston 66, Temple 61Iona 69, Marist 66NJIT 69, Maine 66North Carolina 91, Boston College 65Penn 77, Brown 73Penn St. 61, Indiana 58Penn State-Erie 73, Carnegie Mellon 70Post (Conn.) 93, Holy Family 55Rhode Island 70, American International 55St. Lawrence 60, Elmira 57Susquehanna 86, Lebanon Valley 60Swarthmore 89, Stevens Tech 63Vassar 75, Moravian 64Wingate 93, Virginia-Wise 72SOUTHAuburn-Montgomery 68, Lee 61Barry 98, St. Leo 84Christian Brothers 69, West Georgia 65Coastal Carolina 76, Emory &amp; Henry 62Delta St. 72, Mississippi College 66Emory 87, Oglethorpe 65Huntingdon 70, Mississippi Women Owls 67Louisville 67, Georgia Tech 64Lynn 81, Rollins 60Nova Southeastern 93, Embry-Riddle (AZ) 71Tampa 91, Palm Beach Atlantic 67West Alabama 84, Valdosta St. 74MIDWESTAugustana (SD) 71, Wayne St. (Neb.) 55Bemidji St. 70, Minn.-Crookston 46Capital 88, Olivet 80Indiana St. 76, Bradley 71Manchester 88, Transylvania 80Michigan St. 73, Northwestern 67Minnesota St. 92, Concordia (St.P.) 82Missouri St. 61, Drake 56Missouri-St. Louis 82, Rockhurst 62N. Iowa 83, Evansville 61Northern St. 83, Minn. St. (Moorhead) 80, 2OTOhio St. 87, Nebraska 79Quincy 71, Maryville (Mo.) 67S. Indiana 68, McKendree 55S.D. Mines 82, W. Colorado 77, OTSaginaw Valley St. 92, Indiana-Northwest 68Saint Louis 76, Richmond 69Sioux Falls 72, SW Minnesota 71, OTTruman St. 74, Lindenwood (Mo.) 56Valparaiso 81, Illinois St. 76, OTWinona St. 73, Upper Iowa 68, OTSOUTHWESTArk.-Fort Smith 74, Cameron 63Incarnate Word 90, Dallas Christian 45SMU 72, UCF 60St. Thomas (Texas) 81, Dallas Crusaders 72Texas A&amp;M Commerce 73, Dallas Baptist 64Texas-Permian Basin 66, St Edwards 65Texas-Tyler 69, Midwestern St. 68West Texas A&amp;M 91, Oklahoma Christian 56FAR WESTCS Monterey Bay 75, San Francisco St. 74CS San Marcos 70, Cal State-LA 61CSU-Chico 61, CS Stanislaus 55California 74, Arizona St. 50Humboldt St. 84, Sonoma St. 60Schreiner 87, Colorado College 82___<a href="https://hutchpost.com/download" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>&nbsp;to download the Hutch Post mobile app. <a href="https://hutchpost.com/posts/5e73b532afae0f4d5f5d90ea" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>&nbsp;to sign up for the daily Hutch Post email news update.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

🏀 College Basketball Scores from Sunday

CINCINNATI (AP) — Evan McPherson kicked a 20-yard field goal as time ran out, and the Cincinnati Bengals earned their first AFC North title and postseason appearance in six years with a wild 34-31 win over the Kansas City Chiefs. Rookie Ja'Marr Chase had a franchise-record and NFL rookie record 266 yards receiving and three touchdowns on 11 catches for Cincinnati. Joe Burrow threw for 466 yards and four scores while outdueling Patrick Mahomes, and the Bengals rallied from three 14-point deficits against the AFC West champs. Kansas City's eight-game winning streak was snapped and it fell behind Tennessee for the top seed in the AFC.

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Freshman Malaki Branham scored 35 points, Jamari Wheeler made two 3-pointers early in overtime and No. 13 Ohio State beat Nebraska 87-79 Sunday night. Ohio State (9-2, 3-0 Big Ten) hadn't played since Dec. 11 because of a COVID-19 outbreak in their program. E.J. Liddell, who came in averaging 21.6 points per game, was just 2 of 14 for Ohio State. Bryce McGowens led the Huskers (6-8, 0-3) with 18 points. Branham had scored in double figures only once prior to Sunday, and his breakout game was well-timed, getting 21 of the Buckeyes' first 32 points.&nbsp;

CINCINNATI (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs let the No. 1 seed in the AFC slip away and the first-round bye and home-field advantage that comes with it. Now the AFC West champs have to beat Denver next week and hope woeful Houston can knock off AFC South champion Tennessee to get it back. Kansas City had won eight straight. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes had won 26 consecutive games as the starter in the months of November, December and January. But their momentum slipped away as the Bengals rallied from 14-point deficits three times to win on a field goal as time expired.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Yuri Collins scored a career-high 24 points and Saint Louis beat Richmond 76-69 in the Billikens' Atlantic 10 Conference opener on Sunday. Gibson Jimerson had 17 points for Saint Louis (9-4). Tyler Burton had 24 points and 12 rebounds to pace the Spiders (9-6, 0-2).

MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Ayoka Lee continued to show why she is one of the best post players in the country scoring 32 points and 10 rebounds and helped Kansas State upset No. 10 Baylor 68-59. Kansas State led by 14 in the fourth quarter, but the Bears cut the lead to four in the final minute. The Wildcats held off the Bears nailing five free throws down the stretch. &nbsp;It's the first time the Wildcats have beat the Lady Bears in 36 tries dating back to 2004. &nbsp;Kansas State beat a ranked opponent for the first time since 2012. &nbsp;

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Sophomore Caitlin Clark scored a career-high 44 points with eight assists, freshman Addison O'Grady recorded her first double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds and No. 21 Iowa beat Evansville 93-56. It was the most points scored by a player in a women's basketball game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Clark also became the fastest Big Ten women's basketball player to reach the 1,000-point milestone, doing so in her first 40 games. Ohio State star Kelsey Mitchell reached the mark in 41 games. Clark finished 18 of 26 from the floor, going 2 of 7 from 3-point range and 6 of 7 at the line to top her previous scoring high of 39 points against Nebraska on Feb. 11. Abby Feit had 22 points and 10 rebounds for Evansville.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — Ashley Joens poured in 29 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as No. 14 Iowa State rolled to an 88-72 victory over West Virginia in a Big 12 Conference opener. Joens buried 9 of 16 shots from the floor and 9 of 9 at the free-throw line for the Cyclones (12-1), who have won five straight games. It was Joens seventh double-double of the season and the 38th of her career. Emily Ryan finished with 10 points and a personal best 16 assists for her second straight double-double for Iowa State. Ryan's assist total matched the school record set by Lyndsey Medders in 2005 against IPFW. Kirsten Deans scored 17 points to top the Mountaineers (7-4), but she made just 4 of 16 shots including 1 of 7 from 3-point range.

UNDATED (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs' eight-game winning streak is over and they've lost the pole position in the AFC playoff race with their 34-31 loss at Cincinnati.

The Tennessee Titans are now the top seed heading into Week 18. The Titans ended Miami's seven-game winning streak with a 34-3 win.

Ryan Tannehill threw two touchdown passes as the Tennessee Titans clinched their second straight AFC South title, snapping the Miami Dolphins' seven-game winning streak. 

Evan McPherson kicked a 20-yard field goal as time ran out, and the Bengals earned their first AFC North title and postseason appearance in six years with the win over AFC West champion Kansas City. 

Joe Burrow threw for 466 yards and four scores, breaking Cincinnati's single-season passing record, while rookie Ja'Marr Chase had a franchise-record and NFL rookie record 266 yards receiving and three touchdowns.

— Aaron Rodgers threw two touchdown passes, A.J. Dillon ran for two more scores and the Green Bay Packers routed the Minnesota Vikings 37-10 to wrap up the NFC's No. 1 playoff seed. Green Bay's victory, coupled with Philadelphia's 20-16 triumph at Washington, dropped the Vikings from postseason contention and gave the Eagles a playoff berth. The Packers are the lone NFL team with an unbeaten home record and have a chance to reach the Super Bowl without leaving Lambeau Field, where the temperature was 11 degrees just before kickoff.

— Daniel Carlson kicked a 33-yard field goal as time expired to give the Raiders a 23-20 victory over the Indianapolis Colts. Derek Carr found Hunter Renfrow for 24 yards on third-and-10 in the final minute, setting the stage for Carlson's third field goal of the game. Las Vegas could wrap up a playoff spot if they beat the Chargers next weekend.

— The Los Angeles Chargers moved back into a playoff spot in the AFC with a 34-13 victory over the Denver Broncos. Justin Herbert threw for two touchdowns, while Andre Roberts returned a kickoff 101 yards for a score for L.A. While they are in the final wild-card spot now, Los Angeles will need to beat Las Vegas next week to secure a postseason berth. 

— The AFC East-leading Buffalo Bills rallied to clinch their third consecutive playoff berth with a 29-15 win over the Atlanta Falcons. Devin Singletary scored two touchdowns rushing in the second half to make up for a sloppy performance from Josh Allen. The Buffalo quarterback did score two rushing touchdowns himself but also threw three interceptions. 

— Rookie quarterback Mac Jones threw three touchdown passes and Damien Harris and Rhamondre Stevenson rushed for two scores apiece to put the New England Patriots in the playoffs with a 50-10 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Patriots snapped a two-game losing streak and gave Bill Belichick his 20th 10-win season as a head coach, tying Don Shula for the most in NFL history. 

— The Baltimore Ravens lost to the Los Angeles Rams, 20-19, devastating their postseason hopes. The Ravens were called for a crucial delay-of-game penalty on third-and-goal from the 4. After settling for a field goal, they allowed the Rams to drive the other way. L.A. quarterback Matthew Stafford shook off three turnovers to throw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Odell Beckham Jr. with 57 seconds left. The victory pushed the Rams to the cusp of their second straight NFC West title. 

— Antonio Brown was kicked off the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after a bizarre, shirtless exit from the field before Tom Brady coolly led the Bucs on a 93-yard drive in the final minutes for a 28-24 victory over the New York Jets. Brown's mid-game meltdown came late in the third quarter with Tampa Bay trailing 24-10. He appeared animated while talking to teammate Mike Evans when he stripped off from the waist up, tossing his gloves and T-shirt into the stands.

— The Philadelphia Eagles clinched a playoff spot after beating Washington 20-16. Jalen Hurts scrambled out of trouble while showing no ill effects from a recent ankle injury, running six times for 45 yards. Boston Scott rushed for two touchdowns. Rodney McLeod picked off Taylor Heinicke in the end zone with 24 seconds remaining to seal it. 

— Rookie Trey Lance overcame a first-half interception to throw two touchdown passes in the second half, and the San Francisco 49ers closed in on a playoff berth with a 23-7 victory over the Houston Texans. Lance got the start for the 49ers with Jimmy Garoppolo sidelined by a thumb injury. The Niners can clinch the playoffs with a loss by New Orleans or a win next week against the Rams. 

— Alvin Kamara turned a short pass into New Orleans' first touchdown in more than 11 quarters, and the Saints beat the Carolina Panthers 18-10. The victory assured New Orleans would head into the final week of the regular season still in the hunt for an NFC wild-card playoff spot. Taysom Hill passed for 222 yards and led the Saints in rushing with just 45. 

— Kyler Murray threw two touchdown passes to Antoine Wesley and the Arizona Cardinals held on to beat the Dallas Cowboys 25-22 in a matchup of playoff-bound teams. The outcome didn't do much to change the races for the NFC's No. 1 seed or the NFC West. But the Cardinals ended a three-game skid a week after backing into the postseason while stopping the NFC East champion's four-game winning streak. 

— The Seattle Seahawks routed the Detroit Lions 51-29. Rashaad Penny rushed for a career-high 170 yards and two touchdowns, while Russell Wilson threw three of his four TD passes to DK Metcalf. 

— Robert Quinn broke Hall of Famer Richard Dent's franchise single-season record with his 18th sack, and the Chicago Bears pounded the New York Giants 29-3. Trevis Gipson added a career-high two sacks for the Bears.

Zibanejad has hat trick as Rangers beat Lightning 4-0

UNDATED (AP) — Igor Shesterkin (shehs-TUR'-kihn) stopped 38 shots for his second shutout of the season, and the New York Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-0.

Mika Zibanejad (MEE'-kah zih-BAN'-eh-jad) took care of the offense, with his eighth career hat trick. Ryan Strome also scored. 

New York was without star forward Artemi Panarin (ahr-TEH'-mee pah-NAH'-rihn), who was placed in COVID-19 protocols before the game.

— Nico Hischier scored his second goal of the game with 2:04 left in overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a 4-3 victory over the Washington Capitals. Washington rallied late in regulation to force overtime, with Nic Dowd pulling the Capitals within a goal with 6:38 remaining and Conor Sheary tying it with 3:47 left. 

— Evan Rodrigues and Bryan Rust both finished off hat tricks in the third period and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the San Jose Sharks 8-5 for their eighth straight win. The Pens built a 6-1 lead in the first period, but needed Rodrigues and Rust's insurance goals after San Jose narrowed it to 6-5 with three goals in the final period.

— Erik Haula (HAW'-lah) scored a tiebreaking goal in the second period and the Boston Bruins pulled away with three more in the third to beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-1. Jeremy Swayman made 23 saves as Boston won for the second time in two days after six consecutive postponements due to COVID-19 outbreaks. 

— The Colorado Avalanche rallied from two goals down past the Anaheim Ducks 4-2. Logan O'Connor scored a tiebreaking goal late in the third period, while Mikko Rantanen (MEE'-koh RAN'-tah-nehn) had a goal and two assists for the Avalanche. Colorado had not played since Dec. 16 due to COVID-19 cases on the team.

— Kyle Connor scored in overtime and the Winnipeg Jets held off the Vegas Golden Knights 5-4 in their return from a two-week hiatus. Mattias Janmark scored twice for Vegas in the third period, including a tying goal with 8.1 seconds left, but Winnipeg's Connor Hellebuyck (HEH'-leh-buhk) improved to 4-1-1 career against the Golden Knights by stopping 42 shots. 

— Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and two assists, and the Calgary Flames beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-1. Matthew Tkachuk (kah-CHUHK') scored for a third straight game. Chicago dropped its fourth straight. 

Panthers' Sam Bennett banned 3 games for hit to head

NEW YORK (AP) — Florida Panthers forward Sam Bennett has been suspended three games without pay by the NHL for an illegal check to the head of Montreal Canadiens forward Cedric Paquette during a game Saturday. 

Paquette took possession of the puck in front of his own net and turned up ice to make a pass when Bennett glided in and drove a shoulder into Paquette's head. Paquette left with a neck injury and did not return. 

Brown scores 50, rallies Celts over Magic

UNDATED (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored a career-high 50 points, rallying the Boston Celtics from 14 points down late in the fourth quarter to a 116-111 overtime victory over the Orlando Magic. 

Brown scored 21 in the fourth quarter, then opened OT with his fifth 3-pointer of the game. Brown, whose previous career high was 46 against the Knicks on Oct. 20, also finished with 11 rebounds as the Celtics avoided losing for the fourth time in five games. 

Marcus Smart added 17 points, seven assists and seven rebounds for the Celtics, who needed an 11-2 run down the stretch to force overtime. 

— LeBron James scored 26 points, and the Los Angeles Lakers hung on to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 108-103. A couple of streaks came to an end in the Lakers' first game of the new year. They were James' run of seven straight games with at least 30 points and Russell Westbrook's stretch of four straight triple-doubles. 

— Luka Doncic (LOO'-kuh DAHN'-chitch) had 14 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds in his return from a 10-game absence, and Dallas beat Oklahoma City 95-86. Doncic played with a long brace on his left knee and saw just over 31 minutes in his first game in 23 days. Josh Giddey had 17 points, 14 assists and 13 rebounds for the Thunder, becoming the youngest NBA player to have a triple-double at 19 years, 2 months, 23 days.

— The short-handed Phoenix Suns hammered the Charlotte Hornets 133-99. Devin Booker scored 24 points, Jalen Smith tied a career high with 19 points and 12 rebounds and Chris Paul had 16 assists to help the Suns improve to 28-8 — a half-game behind Golden State for the NBA lead. They had lost three of their previous four.

— Fred VanVleet scored 19 of his season-high 35 points in the third quarter, and the Toronto Raptors beat a depleted New York Knicks team 120-105.

Pascal Siakam had 20 points and 14 rebounds for the Raptors, who won back-to-back games for the first time in three weeks.

— The Sacramento Kings ended the Miami Heat's five-game winning streak with a 115-113 victory. De'Aaron Fox scored 11 of his 24 points over the final six minutes, including two free throws with 6.2 seconds left for Sacramento. Damian Jones had 18 points and 10 rebounds. 

— The Cleveland Cavaliers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 108-104 win over the Indiana Pacers. Rookie Evan Mobley had 24 points and nine rebounds, while Kevin Love scored 20 points for Cleveland. 

No. 10 Michigan State rallies to beat Northwestern 73-67

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Gabe Brown scored 20 points, Marcus Bingham Jr. added 13 and No. 10 Michigan State rallied from a 13-point first-half deficit for a 73-67 victory over Northwestern. 

Max Christie had 11 points and Joey Hauser added 10 as the Spartans won their seventh straight. 

In other top 25 men's college basketball:

— Fabian White Jr. had 15 points and 14 rebounds, and Jamal Shead scored 14 points to lead depleted No. 12 Houston past Temple 66-61. Houston had 10 players available and only seven played. 

— No. 13 Ohio State needed overtime, but the Buckeyes used it well, beating Nebraska 87-79. Freshman Malaki Branham scored 35 points and Jamari Wheeler made two 3-pointers early in the overtime for an Ohio State team that hadn't played since Dec. 11 because of a COVID-19 outbreak in their program. 

<h2>Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press</h2>CINCINNATI (AP) — Evan McPherson kicked a 20-yard field goal as time ran out, and the Cincinnati Bengals earned their first AFC North title and postseason appearance in six years with a wild 34-31 win over the Kansas City Chiefs. Rookie Ja'Marr Chase had a franchise-record and NFL rookie record 266 yards receiving and three touchdowns on 11 catches for Cincinnati. Joe Burrow threw for 466 yards and four scores while outdueling Patrick Mahomes, and the Bengals rallied from three 14-point deficits against the AFC West champs. Kansas City's eight-game winning streak was snapped and it fell behind Tennessee for the top seed in the AFC.LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Freshman Malaki Branham scored 35 points, Jamari Wheeler made two 3-pointers early in overtime and No. 13 Ohio State beat Nebraska 87-79 Sunday night. Ohio State (9-2, 3-0 Big Ten) hadn't played since Dec. 11 because of a COVID-19 outbreak in their program. E.J. Liddell, who came in averaging 21.6 points per game, was just 2 of 14 for Ohio State. Bryce McGowens led the Huskers (6-8, 0-3) with 18 points. Branham had scored in double figures only once prior to Sunday, and his breakout game was well-timed, getting 21 of the Buckeyes' first 32 points.&nbsp;CINCINNATI (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs let the No. 1 seed in the AFC slip away and the first-round bye and home-field advantage that comes with it. Now the AFC West champs have to beat Denver next week and hope woeful Houston can knock off AFC South champion Tennessee to get it back. Kansas City had won eight straight. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes had won 26 consecutive games as the starter in the months of November, December and January. But their momentum slipped away as the Bengals rallied from 14-point deficits three times to win on a field goal as time expired.ST. LOUIS (AP) — Yuri Collins scored a career-high 24 points and Saint Louis beat Richmond 76-69 in the Billikens' Atlantic 10 Conference opener on Sunday. Gibson Jimerson had 17 points for Saint Louis (9-4). Tyler Burton had 24 points and 12 rebounds to pace the Spiders (9-6, 0-2).MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Ayoka Lee continued to show why she is one of the best post players in the country scoring 32 points and 10 rebounds and helped Kansas State upset No. 10 Baylor 68-59. Kansas State led by 14 in the fourth quarter, but the Bears cut the lead to four in the final minute. The Wildcats held off the Bears nailing five free throws down the stretch. &nbsp;It's the first time the Wildcats have beat the Lady Bears in 36 tries dating back to 2004. &nbsp;Kansas State beat a ranked opponent for the first time since 2012. &nbsp;IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Sophomore Caitlin Clark scored a career-high 44 points with eight assists, freshman Addison O'Grady recorded her first double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds and No. 21 Iowa beat Evansville 93-56. It was the most points scored by a player in a women's basketball game at Carver-Hawkeye Arena. Clark also became the fastest Big Ten women's basketball player to reach the 1,000-point milestone, doing so in her first 40 games. Ohio State star Kelsey Mitchell reached the mark in 41 games. Clark finished 18 of 26 from the floor, going 2 of 7 from 3-point range and 6 of 7 at the line to top her previous scoring high of 39 points against Nebraska on Feb. 11. Abby Feit had 22 points and 10 rebounds for Evansville.AMES, Iowa (AP) — Ashley Joens poured in 29 points and grabbed 11 rebounds as No. 14 Iowa State rolled to an 88-72 victory over West Virginia in a Big 12 Conference opener. Joens buried 9 of 16 shots from the floor and 9 of 9 at the free-throw line for the Cyclones (12-1), who have won five straight games. It was Joens seventh double-double of the season and the 38th of her career. Emily Ryan finished with 10 points and a personal best 16 assists for her second straight double-double for Iowa State. Ryan's assist total matched the school record set by Lyndsey Medders in 2005 against IPFW. Kirsten Deans scored 17 points to top the Mountaineers (7-4), but she made just 4 of 16 shots including 1 of 7 from 3-point range.<h2>Update on the latest sports</h2>NFL-SCHEDULEChiefs lose, Titans clinch AFC SouthUNDATED (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs' eight-game winning streak is over and they've lost the pole position in the AFC playoff race with their 34-31 loss at Cincinnati.The Tennessee Titans are now the top seed heading into Week 18. The Titans ended Miami's seven-game winning streak with a 34-3 win.Ryan Tannehill threw two touchdown passes as the Tennessee Titans clinched their second straight AFC South title, snapping the Miami Dolphins' seven-game winning streak. Evan McPherson kicked a 20-yard field goal as time ran out, and the Bengals earned their first AFC North title and postseason appearance in six years with the win over AFC West champion Kansas City. Joe Burrow threw for 466 yards and four scores, breaking Cincinnati's single-season passing record, while rookie Ja'Marr Chase had a franchise-record and NFL rookie record 266 yards receiving and three touchdowns.In other NFL action:— Aaron Rodgers threw two touchdown passes, A.J. Dillon ran for two more scores and the Green Bay Packers routed the Minnesota Vikings 37-10 to wrap up the NFC's No. 1 playoff seed. Green Bay's victory, coupled with Philadelphia's 20-16 triumph at Washington, dropped the Vikings from postseason contention and gave the Eagles a playoff berth. The Packers are the lone NFL team with an unbeaten home record and have a chance to reach the Super Bowl without leaving Lambeau Field, where the temperature was 11 degrees just before kickoff.— Daniel Carlson kicked a 33-yard field goal as time expired to give the Raiders a 23-20 victory over the Indianapolis Colts. Derek Carr found Hunter Renfrow for 24 yards on third-and-10 in the final minute, setting the stage for Carlson's third field goal of the game. Las Vegas could wrap up a playoff spot if they beat the Chargers next weekend.— The Los Angeles Chargers moved back into a playoff spot in the AFC with a 34-13 victory over the Denver Broncos. Justin Herbert threw for two touchdowns, while Andre Roberts returned a kickoff 101 yards for a score for L.A. While they are in the final wild-card spot now, Los Angeles will need to beat Las Vegas next week to secure a postseason berth. — The AFC East-leading Buffalo Bills rallied to clinch their third consecutive playoff berth with a 29-15 win over the Atlanta Falcons. Devin Singletary scored two touchdowns rushing in the second half to make up for a sloppy performance from Josh Allen. The Buffalo quarterback did score two rushing touchdowns himself but also threw three interceptions. — Rookie quarterback Mac Jones threw three touchdown passes and Damien Harris and Rhamondre Stevenson rushed for two scores apiece to put the New England Patriots in the playoffs with a 50-10 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. The Patriots snapped a two-game losing streak and gave Bill Belichick his 20th 10-win season as a head coach, tying Don Shula for the most in NFL history. — The Baltimore Ravens lost to the Los Angeles Rams, 20-19, devastating their postseason hopes. The Ravens were called for a crucial delay-of-game penalty on third-and-goal from the 4. After settling for a field goal, they allowed the Rams to drive the other way. L.A. quarterback Matthew Stafford shook off three turnovers to throw a 7-yard touchdown pass to Odell Beckham Jr. with 57 seconds left. The victory pushed the Rams to the cusp of their second straight NFC West title. — Antonio Brown was kicked off the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after a bizarre, shirtless exit from the field before Tom Brady coolly led the Bucs on a 93-yard drive in the final minutes for a 28-24 victory over the New York Jets. Brown's mid-game meltdown came late in the third quarter with Tampa Bay trailing 24-10. He appeared animated while talking to teammate Mike Evans when he stripped off from the waist up, tossing his gloves and T-shirt into the stands.— The Philadelphia Eagles clinched a playoff spot after beating Washington 20-16. Jalen Hurts scrambled out of trouble while showing no ill effects from a recent ankle injury, running six times for 45 yards. Boston Scott rushed for two touchdowns. Rodney McLeod picked off Taylor Heinicke in the end zone with 24 seconds remaining to seal it. — Rookie Trey Lance overcame a first-half interception to throw two touchdown passes in the second half, and the San Francisco 49ers closed in on a playoff berth with a 23-7 victory over the Houston Texans. Lance got the start for the 49ers with Jimmy Garoppolo sidelined by a thumb injury. The Niners can clinch the playoffs with a loss by New Orleans or a win next week against the Rams. — Alvin Kamara turned a short pass into New Orleans' first touchdown in more than 11 quarters, and the Saints beat the Carolina Panthers 18-10. The victory assured New Orleans would head into the final week of the regular season still in the hunt for an NFC wild-card playoff spot. Taysom Hill passed for 222 yards and led the Saints in rushing with just 45. — Kyler Murray threw two touchdown passes to Antoine Wesley and the Arizona Cardinals held on to beat the Dallas Cowboys 25-22 in a matchup of playoff-bound teams. The outcome didn't do much to change the races for the NFC's No. 1 seed or the NFC West. But the Cardinals ended a three-game skid a week after backing into the postseason while stopping the NFC East champion's four-game winning streak. — The Seattle Seahawks routed the Detroit Lions 51-29. Rashaad Penny rushed for a career-high 170 yards and two touchdowns, while Russell Wilson threw three of his four TD passes to DK Metcalf. — Robert Quinn broke Hall of Famer Richard Dent's franchise single-season record with his 18th sack, and the Chicago Bears pounded the New York Giants 29-3. Trevis Gipson added a career-high two sacks for the Bears.NHL-SCHEDULEZibanejad has hat trick as Rangers beat Lightning 4-0UNDATED (AP) — Igor Shesterkin (shehs-TUR'-kihn) stopped 38 shots for his second shutout of the season, and the New York Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-0.Mika Zibanejad (MEE'-kah zih-BAN'-eh-jad) took care of the offense, with his eighth career hat trick. Ryan Strome also scored. New York was without star forward Artemi Panarin (ahr-TEH'-mee pah-NAH'-rihn), who was placed in COVID-19 protocols before the game.In other NHL action:— Nico Hischier scored his second goal of the game with 2:04 left in overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a 4-3 victory over the Washington Capitals. Washington rallied late in regulation to force overtime, with Nic Dowd pulling the Capitals within a goal with 6:38 remaining and Conor Sheary tying it with 3:47 left. — Evan Rodrigues and Bryan Rust both finished off hat tricks in the third period and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the San Jose Sharks 8-5 for their eighth straight win. The Pens built a 6-1 lead in the first period, but needed Rodrigues and Rust's insurance goals after San Jose narrowed it to 6-5 with three goals in the final period.— Erik Haula (HAW'-lah) scored a tiebreaking goal in the second period and the Boston Bruins pulled away with three more in the third to beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-1. Jeremy Swayman made 23 saves as Boston won for the second time in two days after six consecutive postponements due to COVID-19 outbreaks. — The Colorado Avalanche rallied from two goals down past the Anaheim Ducks 4-2. Logan O'Connor scored a tiebreaking goal late in the third period, while Mikko Rantanen (MEE'-koh RAN'-tah-nehn) had a goal and two assists for the Avalanche. Colorado had not played since Dec. 16 due to COVID-19 cases on the team.— Kyle Connor scored in overtime and the Winnipeg Jets held off the Vegas Golden Knights 5-4 in their return from a two-week hiatus. Mattias Janmark scored twice for Vegas in the third period, including a tying goal with 8.1 seconds left, but Winnipeg's Connor Hellebuyck (HEH'-leh-buhk) improved to 4-1-1 career against the Golden Knights by stopping 42 shots. — Johnny Gaudreau had a goal and two assists, and the Calgary Flames beat the Chicago Blackhawks 5-1. Matthew Tkachuk (kah-CHUHK') scored for a third straight game. Chicago dropped its fourth straight. NHL-NEWSPanthers' Sam Bennett banned 3 games for hit to headNEW YORK (AP) — Florida Panthers forward Sam Bennett has been suspended three games without pay by the NHL for an illegal check to the head of Montreal Canadiens forward Cedric Paquette during a game Saturday. Paquette took possession of the puck in front of his own net and turned up ice to make a pass when Bennett glided in and drove a shoulder into Paquette's head. Paquette left with a neck injury and did not return. NBA-SCHEDULEBrown scores 50, rallies Celts over MagicUNDATED (AP) — Jaylen Brown scored a career-high 50 points, rallying the Boston Celtics from 14 points down late in the fourth quarter to a 116-111 overtime victory over the Orlando Magic. Brown scored 21 in the fourth quarter, then opened OT with his fifth 3-pointer of the game. Brown, whose previous career high was 46 against the Knicks on Oct. 20, also finished with 11 rebounds as the Celtics avoided losing for the fourth time in five games. Marcus Smart added 17 points, seven assists and seven rebounds for the Celtics, who needed an 11-2 run down the stretch to force overtime. In other NBA action:— LeBron James scored 26 points, and the Los Angeles Lakers hung on to beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 108-103. A couple of streaks came to an end in the Lakers' first game of the new year. They were James' run of seven straight games with at least 30 points and Russell Westbrook's stretch of four straight triple-doubles. — Luka Doncic (LOO'-kuh DAHN'-chitch) had 14 points, 10 assists and nine rebounds in his return from a 10-game absence, and Dallas beat Oklahoma City 95-86. Doncic played with a long brace on his left knee and saw just over 31 minutes in his first game in 23 days. Josh Giddey had 17 points, 14 assists and 13 rebounds for the Thunder, becoming the youngest NBA player to have a triple-double at 19 years, 2 months, 23 days.— The short-handed Phoenix Suns hammered the Charlotte Hornets 133-99. Devin Booker scored 24 points, Jalen Smith tied a career high with 19 points and 12 rebounds and Chris Paul had 16 assists to help the Suns improve to 28-8 — a half-game behind Golden State for the NBA lead. They had lost three of their previous four.— Fred VanVleet scored 19 of his season-high 35 points in the third quarter, and the Toronto Raptors beat a depleted New York Knicks team 120-105.Pascal Siakam had 20 points and 14 rebounds for the Raptors, who won back-to-back games for the first time in three weeks.— The Sacramento Kings ended the Miami Heat's five-game winning streak with a 115-113 victory. De'Aaron Fox scored 11 of his 24 points over the final six minutes, including two free throws with 6.2 seconds left for Sacramento. Damian Jones had 18 points and 10 rebounds. — The Cleveland Cavaliers snapped a three-game losing streak with a 108-104 win over the Indiana Pacers. Rookie Evan Mobley had 24 points and nine rebounds, while Kevin Love scored 20 points for Cleveland. COLLEGE BASKETBALLNo. 10 Michigan State rallies to beat Northwestern 73-67EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Gabe Brown scored 20 points, Marcus Bingham Jr. added 13 and No. 10 Michigan State rallied from a 13-point first-half deficit for a 73-67 victory over Northwestern. Max Christie had 11 points and Joey Hauser added 10 as the Spartans won their seventh straight. In other top 25 men's college basketball:— Fabian White Jr. had 15 points and 14 rebounds, and Jamal Shead scored 14 points to lead depleted No. 12 Houston past Temple 66-61. Houston had 10 players available and only seven played. — No. 13 Ohio State needed overtime, but the Buckeyes used it well, beating Nebraska 87-79. Freshman Malaki Branham scored 35 points and Jamari Wheeler made two 3-pointers early in the overtime for an Ohio State team that hadn't played since Dec. 11 because of a COVID-19 outbreak in their program. <a href="https://hutchpost.com/download" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>&nbsp;to download the Hutch Post mobile app. <a href="https://hutchpost.com/posts/5e73b532afae0f4d5f5d90ea" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>&nbsp;to sign up for the daily Hutch Post email news update.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

Sports Headlines for Monday

Chiefs lose, Titans clinch 2nd straight AFC South, beating Miami 34-3

The Tennessee Titans are now the top seed heading into Week 18. The Titans ended Miami's seven-game winning streak with a 34-3 win Sunday.

Ryan Tannehill threw two touchdown passes as the Tennessee Titans clinched their second straight AFC South title Sunday, snapping the Miami Dolphins' seven-game winning streak with a 34-3 win. The Titans won their second straight overall and third in four games to clinch their first back-to-back division titles since the start of the AFL when this franchise was the Houston Oilers. 

The win made them the top seed in the AFC when Kansas City lost at Cincinnati. Miami had been the first NFL team to win seven straight after a seven-game skid to move into the third and final wild-card spot in the AFC.

Joe Burrow broke the single-season passing record for the Cincinnati Bengals. In the second quarter against the Chiefs, Burrow passed the 4,293 yards recorded by Andy Dalton in the 2013 season.

— Derek Carr directed Las Vegas to Daniel Carlson's winning 33-yard field goal as time expired, and the Raiders beat the Indianapolis Colts 23-20 to move one step closer to an AFC wild card. After Michael Badgley kicked a tying 41-yard field goal for Indianapolis with 1:56 left, Carr and the Raiders got the ball back at their 25 after a touchback. Carr found Hunter Renfrow for 24 yards on third-and-10 in the final minute, setting the stage for Carlson's third field goal of the game. Carr passed for 255 yards and a touchdown for Las Vegas, and Zay Jones had eight receptions for 120 yards.

— Devin Singletary scored two touchdowns rushing in the second half to make up for Josh Allen's sloppiness and the AFC East-leading Buffalo Bills rallied to clinch their third consecutive playoff berth with a 29-15 win over the Atlanta Falcons. Buffalo clinched the playoff berth by beating the Falcons coupled with the Ravens' 20-19 loss to the Rams. Atlanta's Kyle Pitts has set the franchise rookie record for yards receiving, becoming the NFL's second rookie tight end to top 1,000 yards receiving. Pitts upped his season total to 1,018 yards receiving with season-high 61-yard catch and run late in the second quarter against the Buffalo Bills.

— Rookie quarterback Mac Jones threw three touchdown passes and Damien Harris and Rhamondre Stevenson rushed for two scores apiece to put the New England Patriots in the playoffs with their 50-10 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. The victory and Miami's loss at Tennessee did the job for the Patriots. They snapped a two-game losing streak and gave Bill Belichick his 20th 10-win season as a head coach, tying Don Shula for the most in NFL history. The Jaguars have lost eight consecutive games.

— The Philadelphia Eagles held on to beat Washington 20-16 and moved one step closer to the playoffs. Jalen Hurts scrambled out of trouble while showing no ill effects from a recent ankle injury, and Boston Scott rushed for two touchdowns. Hurts ran six times for 45 yards and was 17 of 26 passing for 214 yards in leading the Eagles to a fourth consecutive victory. Hurts also narrowly escaped a railing collapse as he walked to the tunnel after the game. Pending other results around the NFL, they could have an NFC wild-card spot locked up by the end of the night. Rodney McLeod picked off Taylor Heinicke in the end zone with 24 seconds remaining to seal it.

— Robert Quinn broke Hall of Famer Richard Dent's franchise single-season record with his 18th sack, and the Chicago Bears pounded the New York Giants 29-3. Trevis Gipson added a career-high two sacks and the Bears joined Green Bay as the only franchises with 800 victories counting the postseason. They also gave the embattled Matt Nagy a win in what might have been his final home game as their coach. Quinn broke Dent's mark of 17 1/2 set in 1984 when he took down Mike Glennon in the fourth quarter. —

 — The Baltimore Ravens were called for a crucial delay-of-game penalty on third-and-goal from the 4 and after settling for a field goal on that drive, they allowed the Los Angeles Rams to drive the other way for the winning touchdown with less than a minute remaining. The Ravens lost 20-19 on Sunday in a devastating blow to their postseason hopes. Baltimore has dropped five straight games, four decided by two points or fewer. 

— Antonio Brown was kicked off the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after a bizarre, shirtless exit from the field before Tom Brady coolly led the Bucs on a 93-yard drive in the final minutes for a 28-24 victory over the New York Jets on Sunday. Coach Bruce Arians said after the game that Brown was off the team. Brown's mid-game meltdown came late in the third quarter with Tampa Bay trailing 24-10. He appeared animated while talking to teammate Mike Evans when he stripped off his pads, jersey, gloves and T-shirt — tossing the gloves and T-shirt into the stands. He then jogged into the tunnel.

Garoppolo out, Lance in for 49ers vs. Texans

UNDATED (AP) — Rookie quarterback Trey Lance made second start of the season for the San Francisco 49ers in place of the injured Jimmy Garoppolo.

Garoppolo is inactive for San Francisco's game against Houston after injuring his right thumb last week in a loss at Tennessee. Garoppolo was listed as doubtful after not practicing all week and will sit out the game.

Lance hasn't thrown a pass since making his only start in a 17-10 loss at Arizona in Week 5.

UNDATED (AP) — Mika Zibanejad (MEE'-kah zih-BAN'-eh-jad) had his eighth career hat trick, Igor Shesterkin (shehs-TUR'-kihn) stopped 38 shots for his second shutout of the season and the New York Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-0. Ryan Strome also scored, Chris Kreider had three assists and Adam Fox added two to help New York win for the third time in five games. 

New York won in a shootout Friday night to end Tampa Bay's seven-game home winning streak.

The Lightning got goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy (va-sih-LEHV'-skee) and forward Anthony Cirelli back from the COVID-19 protocol before the game.

— Nico Hischier scored his second goal of the game with 2:04 left in overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a 4-3 victory over the Washington Capitals. Washington rallied late in regulation to force overtime, with Nic Dowd pulling the Capitals within a goal with 6:38 remaining and Conor Sheary tying it with 3:47 left. Yegor Sharangovich and Damon Severson scored in a 1:14 span of the first period for the Devils, and John Carlson connected for Washington with 47 seconds left in the period. Hischier gave New Jersey a 3-1 lead 22 seconds into the second period. Mackenzie Blackwood made 27 saves for the Devils. Ilya Samsonov stopped 33 shots for the Capitals.

— Evan Rodrigues and Bryan Rust both finished off hat tricks in the third period and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the San Jose Sharks 8-5 for their eighth straight win. Rodrigues and Rust each scored twice as the Pens built a 6-1 lead in the first period. Both added insurance goals in the final period, with Rodrigues completing his first career hat trick with 2:01 left and Rust scoring into an empty net with 11 seconds remaining. Rust had a career-best five points. San Jose scored three times in the first 4:09 of the third period but couldn't overcome the huge deficit.

— Erik Haula scored a tiebreaking goal in the second period and the Boston Bruins pulled away with three more in the third to beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-1. Patrice Bergeron had his fifth goal in three games against Detroit this season. Charlie McAvoy, Trent Frederic and Tomas Nosek also scored for the Bruins. Jeremy Swayman made 23 saves as Boston won for the second time in two days after six consecutive postponements due to COVID-19 outbreaks. 

— Logan O'Connor scored a tiebreaking goal late in the third period and the Colorado Avalanche rallied from two goals down past the Anaheim Ducks 4-2. Mikko Rantanen had a goal and two assists and Darcy Kuemper had 29 saves for the Avalanche, who were playing their first game in nearly three weeks. Colorado had not played since a 5-2 loss at Nashville on Dec. 16 due to COVID-19 cases on the team.

Fleury removed from COVID-19 protocol...Rangers put Panarin on list

UNDATED (AP) — Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury has been removed from the NHL's COVID-19 protocol. The 37-year-old was added to the list on Monday and removed Sunday. 

Fleury is 9-10-1 with two shutouts, a .913 save percentage and 2.86 goals-against average in his first season with the Blackhawks.

Chicago also moved forward Josiah Slavin from the taxi squad to its active roster. Forward MacKenzie Entwistle was shifted to the taxi squad, and goaltender Collin Delia was reassigned to Rockford of the American Hockey League. 

The Blackhawks host the Calgary Flames later tonight.

VanVleet scores season-high 35, Raptors rout Knicks 120-105

TORONTO (AP) — Fred VanVleet scored 19 of his season-high 35 points in the third quarter, Pascal Siakam had 20 points and 14 rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors extended their home winning streak against the Knicks to 11 games by beating a depleted New York team 120-105 Sunday. 

OG Anunoby scored 14 points, Scottie Barnes had 13 and Chris Boucher 12 as the Raptors won back-to-back games for the first time since home wins over New York and Sacramento on Dec. 10 and 13. 

Evan Fournier scored 20 points and R.J. Barrett and Obi Tippin each 19 for the Knicks, who lost their second straight after winning the previous three.

EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Gabe Brown scored 20 points, Marcus Bingham Jr. added 13 and No. 10 Michigan State rallied from a 13-point first-half deficit for a 73-67 victory over Northwestern. Max Christie had 11 points and Joey Hauser added 10 as the Spartans won their seventh straight. Pete Nance had 13 points before fouling out and Boo Buie and Chase Audige had 12 points apiece for Northwestern.

Meyers Taylor, Friedrich claim World Cup bobsled victories

SIGULDA, Latvia (AP) — Elana Meyers Taylor of the U.S. got her first World Cup women's bobsled win in nearly three years. She teamed with Lake Kwaza for the win Sunday in Latvia.

The British sled driven by Mica McNeill and pushed by Adele Nicoll was second. Canada's team of Christine de Bruin and Kristen Bujnowski was third.

In the two-man race, Francesco Friedrich of Germany got back on the winning track. He paired with Thorsten Margis for the win one day after Friedrich's 21-race World Cup winning streak came to a surprising end.

Latvia, Germany win World Cup luge golds; US grabs a bronze

WINTERBERG, Germany (AP) — Latvia has won gold in a World Cup luge team relay on Sunday. Austria was second and the U.S. was third. It was the second relay medal of the season for USA Luge. The Americans in the relay were Summer Britcher, Tucker West and the doubles team of Chris Mazdzer and Jayson Terdiman.

Germany found the top of the podium in the women's race Sunday. Julia Taubitz rallied to overtake fellow German slider Natalie Geisenberger in the second heat to claim the gold. Madeleine Egle was third for Austria. 

Britcher was the top American finisher in the women's race, placing fifth. That was good enough to officially clinch a berth on the U.S. Olympic team.

<h2>Update on the latest sports-UPDATED</h2>NFL-SCHEDULEChiefs lose, Titans clinch 2nd straight AFC South, beating Miami 34-3UNDATED (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs' eight-game winning streak is over and they've lost the pole position in the AFC playoff race with their 34-31 loss at Cincinnati.The Tennessee Titans are now the top seed heading into Week 18. The Titans ended Miami's seven-game winning streak with a 34-3 win Sunday.Ryan Tannehill threw two touchdown passes as the Tennessee Titans clinched their second straight AFC South title Sunday, snapping the Miami Dolphins' seven-game winning streak with a 34-3 win. The Titans won their second straight overall and third in four games to clinch their first back-to-back division titles since the start of the AFL when this franchise was the Houston Oilers. The win made them the top seed in the AFC when Kansas City lost at Cincinnati. Miami had been the first NFL team to win seven straight after a seven-game skid to move into the third and final wild-card spot in the AFC.Joe Burrow broke the single-season passing record for the Cincinnati Bengals. In the second quarter against the Chiefs, Burrow passed the 4,293 yards recorded by Andy Dalton in the 2013 season.In other NFL action:— Derek Carr directed Las Vegas to Daniel Carlson's winning 33-yard field goal as time expired, and the Raiders beat the Indianapolis Colts 23-20 to move one step closer to an AFC wild card. After Michael Badgley kicked a tying 41-yard field goal for Indianapolis with 1:56 left, Carr and the Raiders got the ball back at their 25 after a touchback. Carr found Hunter Renfrow for 24 yards on third-and-10 in the final minute, setting the stage for Carlson's third field goal of the game. Carr passed for 255 yards and a touchdown for Las Vegas, and Zay Jones had eight receptions for 120 yards.— Devin Singletary scored two touchdowns rushing in the second half to make up for Josh Allen's sloppiness and the AFC East-leading Buffalo Bills rallied to clinch their third consecutive playoff berth with a 29-15 win over the Atlanta Falcons. Buffalo clinched the playoff berth by beating the Falcons coupled with the Ravens' 20-19 loss to the Rams. Atlanta's Kyle Pitts has set the franchise rookie record for yards receiving, becoming the NFL's second rookie tight end to top 1,000 yards receiving. Pitts upped his season total to 1,018 yards receiving with season-high 61-yard catch and run late in the second quarter against the Buffalo Bills.— Rookie quarterback Mac Jones threw three touchdown passes and Damien Harris and Rhamondre Stevenson rushed for two scores apiece to put the New England Patriots in the playoffs with their 50-10 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. The victory and Miami's loss at Tennessee did the job for the Patriots. They snapped a two-game losing streak and gave Bill Belichick his 20th 10-win season as a head coach, tying Don Shula for the most in NFL history. The Jaguars have lost eight consecutive games.— The Philadelphia Eagles held on to beat Washington 20-16 and moved one step closer to the playoffs. Jalen Hurts scrambled out of trouble while showing no ill effects from a recent ankle injury, and Boston Scott rushed for two touchdowns. Hurts ran six times for 45 yards and was 17 of 26 passing for 214 yards in leading the Eagles to a fourth consecutive victory. Hurts also narrowly escaped a railing collapse as he walked to the tunnel after the game. Pending other results around the NFL, they could have an NFC wild-card spot locked up by the end of the night. Rodney McLeod picked off Taylor Heinicke in the end zone with 24 seconds remaining to seal it.— Robert Quinn broke Hall of Famer Richard Dent's franchise single-season record with his 18th sack, and the Chicago Bears pounded the New York Giants 29-3. Trevis Gipson added a career-high two sacks and the Bears joined Green Bay as the only franchises with 800 victories counting the postseason. They also gave the embattled Matt Nagy a win in what might have been his final home game as their coach. Quinn broke Dent's mark of 17 1/2 set in 1984 when he took down Mike Glennon in the fourth quarter. — — The Baltimore Ravens were called for a crucial delay-of-game penalty on third-and-goal from the 4 and after settling for a field goal on that drive, they allowed the Los Angeles Rams to drive the other way for the winning touchdown with less than a minute remaining. The Ravens lost 20-19 on Sunday in a devastating blow to their postseason hopes. Baltimore has dropped five straight games, four decided by two points or fewer. — Antonio Brown was kicked off the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after a bizarre, shirtless exit from the field before Tom Brady coolly led the Bucs on a 93-yard drive in the final minutes for a 28-24 victory over the New York Jets on Sunday. Coach Bruce Arians said after the game that Brown was off the team. Brown's mid-game meltdown came late in the third quarter with Tampa Bay trailing 24-10. He appeared animated while talking to teammate Mike Evans when he stripped off his pads, jersey, gloves and T-shirt — tossing the gloves and T-shirt into the stands. He then jogged into the tunnel.NFL-NEWSGaroppolo out, Lance in for 49ers vs. TexansUNDATED (AP) — Rookie quarterback Trey Lance made second start of the season for the San Francisco 49ers in place of the injured Jimmy Garoppolo.Garoppolo is inactive for San Francisco's game against Houston after injuring his right thumb last week in a loss at Tennessee. Garoppolo was listed as doubtful after not practicing all week and will sit out the game.Lance hasn't thrown a pass since making his only start in a 17-10 loss at Arizona in Week 5.NHL-SCHEDULEZibanejad has hat trick as Rangers beat Lightning 4-0UNDATED (AP) — Mika Zibanejad (MEE'-kah zih-BAN'-eh-jad) had his eighth career hat trick, Igor Shesterkin (shehs-TUR'-kihn) stopped 38 shots for his second shutout of the season and the New York Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-0. Ryan Strome also scored, Chris Kreider had three assists and Adam Fox added two to help New York win for the third time in five games. New York won in a shootout Friday night to end Tampa Bay's seven-game home winning streak.New York was without star forward Artemi Panarin (ahr-TEH'-mee pah-NAH'-rihn), who was placed in COVID-19 protocols before the game.The Lightning got goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy (va-sih-LEHV'-skee) and forward Anthony Cirelli back from the COVID-19 protocol before the game.In other ice action:— Nico Hischier scored his second goal of the game with 2:04 left in overtime to give the New Jersey Devils a 4-3 victory over the Washington Capitals. Washington rallied late in regulation to force overtime, with Nic Dowd pulling the Capitals within a goal with 6:38 remaining and Conor Sheary tying it with 3:47 left. Yegor Sharangovich and Damon Severson scored in a 1:14 span of the first period for the Devils, and John Carlson connected for Washington with 47 seconds left in the period. Hischier gave New Jersey a 3-1 lead 22 seconds into the second period. Mackenzie Blackwood made 27 saves for the Devils. Ilya Samsonov stopped 33 shots for the Capitals.— Evan Rodrigues and Bryan Rust both finished off hat tricks in the third period and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the San Jose Sharks 8-5 for their eighth straight win. Rodrigues and Rust each scored twice as the Pens built a 6-1 lead in the first period. Both added insurance goals in the final period, with Rodrigues completing his first career hat trick with 2:01 left and Rust scoring into an empty net with 11 seconds remaining. Rust had a career-best five points. San Jose scored three times in the first 4:09 of the third period but couldn't overcome the huge deficit.— Erik Haula scored a tiebreaking goal in the second period and the Boston Bruins pulled away with three more in the third to beat the Detroit Red Wings 5-1. Patrice Bergeron had his fifth goal in three games against Detroit this season. Charlie McAvoy, Trent Frederic and Tomas Nosek also scored for the Bruins. Jeremy Swayman made 23 saves as Boston won for the second time in two days after six consecutive postponements due to COVID-19 outbreaks. — Logan O'Connor scored a tiebreaking goal late in the third period and the Colorado Avalanche rallied from two goals down past the Anaheim Ducks 4-2. Mikko Rantanen had a goal and two assists and Darcy Kuemper had 29 saves for the Avalanche, who were playing their first game in nearly three weeks. Colorado had not played since a 5-2 loss at Nashville on Dec. 16 due to COVID-19 cases on the team.NHL-NEWSFleury removed from COVID-19 protocol...Rangers put Panarin on listUNDATED (AP) — Chicago Blackhawks goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury has been removed from the NHL's COVID-19 protocol. The 37-year-old was added to the list on Monday and removed Sunday. Fleury is 9-10-1 with two shutouts, a .913 save percentage and 2.86 goals-against average in his first season with the Blackhawks.Chicago also moved forward Josiah Slavin from the taxi squad to its active roster. Forward MacKenzie Entwistle was shifted to the taxi squad, and goaltender Collin Delia was reassigned to Rockford of the American Hockey League. The Blackhawks host the Calgary Flames later tonight.NBA-SCHEDULEVanVleet scores season-high 35, Raptors rout Knicks 120-105TORONTO (AP) — Fred VanVleet scored 19 of his season-high 35 points in the third quarter, Pascal Siakam had 20 points and 14 rebounds, and the Toronto Raptors extended their home winning streak against the Knicks to 11 games by beating a depleted New York team 120-105 Sunday. OG Anunoby scored 14 points, Scottie Barnes had 13 and Chris Boucher 12 as the Raptors won back-to-back games for the first time since home wins over New York and Sacramento on Dec. 10 and 13. Evan Fournier scored 20 points and R.J. Barrett and Obi Tippin each 19 for the Knicks, who lost their second straight after winning the previous three.COLLEGE BASKETBALLNo. 10 Michigan State rallies to beat Northwestern 73-67EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — Gabe Brown scored 20 points, Marcus Bingham Jr. added 13 and No. 10 Michigan State rallied from a 13-point first-half deficit for a 73-67 victory over Northwestern. Max Christie had 11 points and Joey Hauser added 10 as the Spartans won their seventh straight. Pete Nance had 13 points before fouling out and Boo Buie and Chase Audige had 12 points apiece for Northwestern.BOBSLED WORLD CUPMeyers Taylor, Friedrich claim World Cup bobsled victoriesSIGULDA, Latvia (AP) — Elana Meyers Taylor of the U.S. got her first World Cup women's bobsled win in nearly three years. She teamed with Lake Kwaza for the win Sunday in Latvia.The British sled driven by Mica McNeill and pushed by Adele Nicoll was second. Canada's team of Christine de Bruin and Kristen Bujnowski was third.In the two-man race, Francesco Friedrich of Germany got back on the winning track. He paired with Thorsten Margis for the win one day after Friedrich's 21-race World Cup winning streak came to a surprising end.LUGE WORLD CUPLatvia, Germany win World Cup luge golds; US grabs a bronzeWINTERBERG, Germany (AP) — Latvia has won gold in a World Cup luge team relay on Sunday. Austria was second and the U.S. was third. It was the second relay medal of the season for USA Luge. The Americans in the relay were Summer Britcher, Tucker West and the doubles team of Chris Mazdzer and Jayson Terdiman.Germany found the top of the podium in the women's race Sunday. Julia Taubitz rallied to overtake fellow German slider Natalie Geisenberger in the second heat to claim the gold. Madeleine Egle was third for Austria. Britcher was the top American finisher in the women's race, placing fifth. That was good enough to officially clinch a berth on the U.S. Olympic team.___<a href="https://hutchpost.com/download" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>&nbsp;to download the Hutch Post mobile app. <a href="https://hutchpost.com/posts/5e73b532afae0f4d5f5d90ea" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>&nbsp;to sign up for the daily Hutch Post email news update.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

Update on the latest sports

CINCINNATI (AP) — Evan McPherson kicked a 20-yard field goal as time ran out, and the Cincinnati Bengals earned their first AFC North title and postseason appearance in six years with a wild 34-31 win over the Kansas City Chiefs. Rookie Ja’Marr Chase had a franchise-record and NFL rookie record 266 yards receiving and three touchdowns on 11 catches for Cincinnati. Joe Burrow threw for 466 yards and four scores while outdueling Patrick Mahomes, and the Bengals rallied from three 14-point deficits against the AFC West champs. Kansas City’s eight-game winning streak was snapped and it fell behind Tennessee for the top seed in the AFC.

CINCINNATI (AP) — Evan McPherson kicked a 20-yard field goal as time ran out, and the Cincinnati Bengals earned their first AFC North title and postseason appearance in six years with a wild 34-31 win over the Kansas City Chiefs. Rookie Ja’Marr Chase had a franchise-record and NFL rookie record 266 yards receiving and three touchdowns on 11 catches for Cincinnati. Joe Burrow threw for 466 yards and four scores while outdueling Patrick Mahomes, and the Bengals rallied from three 14-point deficits against the AFC West champs. Kansas City’s eight-game winning streak was snapped and it fell behind Tennessee for the top seed in the AFC.<a href="https://hutchpost.com/download" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>&nbsp;to download the Hutch Post mobile app. <a href="https://hutchpost.com/posts/5e73b532afae0f4d5f5d90ea" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>&nbsp;to sign up for the daily Hutch Post email news update.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

🏈 Bengals rally past Chiefs 34-31, clinch AFC North title

ATLANTA (AP) — Former Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Reeves has died at the age of 77. His family says he died peacefully Saturday of complications from dementia. Reeves won a Super Bowl as a player with the Dallas Cowboys but was best known for a long coaching career highlighted by four more appearances in the title game with Denver and Atlanta, all blowout losses. He teamed with John Elway to take the Broncos to three Super Bowls. Reeves also guided the Falcons to their first Super Bowl. And he coached the New York Giants in a career stretching 23 seasons.

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ATLANTA (AP) — Former Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Reeves has died at the age of 77. His family says he died peacefully Saturday of complications from dementia. Reeves won a Super Bowl as a player with the Dallas Cowboys but was best known for a long coaching career highlighted by four more appearances in the title game with Denver and Atlanta, all blowout losses. He teamed with John Elway to take the Broncos to three Super Bowls. Reeves also guided the Falcons to their first Super Bowl. And he coached the New York Giants in a career stretching 23 seasons.<a href="https://hutchpost.com/download" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>&nbsp;to download the Hutch Post mobile app. <a href="https://hutchpost.com/posts/5e73b532afae0f4d5f5d90ea" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>&nbsp;to sign up for the daily Hutch Post email news update.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

🏈 Former Broncos, Falcons, Giants coach Dan Reeves dies at 77

Jefferson leads No. 22 Arkansas over Penn State 24-10

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — KJ Jefferson picked up 104 of his 110 rushing yards in the second half and threw for 90 more to lead No. 22 Arkansas past Penn State 24-10 in the Outback Bowl. Raheim Sanders had 79 yards and two touchdowns on 13 rushing attempts and Dominique Johnson added 85 yards on 11 carries as the Razorbacks finished with 361 rushing yards. Arkansas (9-4), coming off four consecutive seasons of four or fewer wins, got its first nine-win year since going 11-2 in 2011. Sean Clifford went 14 of 32 for 195 yards for Penn State (7-6). He gained 47 yards on the ground on 11 attempts.

No. 9 Oklahoma State beats No. 5 Notre Dame 37-35 in Fiesta

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Spencer Sanders accounted for 496 yards and threw three of his four touchdown passes to Tay Martin, and No. 9 Oklahoma State overcame a 21-point deficit to beat No. 5 Notre Dame 37-35 in the Fiesta Bowl. Oklahoma State came up inches short of securing a College Football Playoff spot in a loss to No. 6 Baylor at the Big 12 title game and fell into 21-point first-half deficit against Notre Dame. Jack Coan led Notre Dame's early charge while throwing for a Fiesta Bowl-record 509 yards and five touchdowns. Sanders threw for 371 yards on 34-of-51 passing and ran for 125 yards.

No. 25 Kentucky rallies late to beat No. 17 Iowa 20-17 in Citrus Bowl

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Chris Rodriguez ran for a 6-yard touchdown with 1:48 to play, and No. 25 Kentucky rallied in the fourth quarter to defeat No. 17 Iowa 20-17 in the Citrus Bowl. Kentucky was forced to rally after blowing a 10-point lead in the second half. Wan'Dale Robinson set up the winning score when he caught a 52-yard pass from Will Levis to get the Wildcats to the 1-yard line. Robinson, the game's MVP, finished with 10 catches for 170 yards. Kentucky won a fourth straight bowl game for the first time in school history and became the fourth Wildcats team to win at least 10 games. Iowa's bowl streak ended at three games.

No. 7 Ohio State beats No. 10 Utah 48-45 in wild Rose Bowl

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — C.J. Stroud capped his record-setting offensive day by leading a 56-yard drive ending in Noah Ruggles' 19-yard field goal with nine seconds to play, and No. 7 Ohio State beat No. 10 Utah 48-45 on Saturday night in the wild 108th edition of the Rose Bowl. Stroud passed for a school-record 573 yards and a record-tying six touchdowns for the Buckeyes (11-2). Stroud's yards passing and touchdowns both are Rose Bowl records. Ohio State still had to rally from 10 points down late in the third quarter to get past the Pac-12 champion Utes (10-4). Ohio State's Jaxon Smith-Njigba set the record for any FBS bowl game with 347 yards receiving, catching a school-record 15 passes and scoring three touchdowns.

No. 6 Baylor tops No. 8 Ole Miss in Sugar Bowl; Corral hurt

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Al Walcott set a Sugar Bowl record with a 96-yard interception return, Monaray Baldwin raced 48 yards for the go-ahead score on an end around, and sixth-ranked Baylor beat No. 8 Mississippi 21-7 as injured Rebels quarterback Matt Corral looked on from the sideline. Abram Smith ran for 172 yards to finish with a single-season record 1,601 yards rushing for Big 12 champion Baylor. The Bears earned their first 12-win season with the help of a defense that finished with 10 sacks and three interceptions against Ole Miss. Corral was hurt when sacked from behind on Mississippi's third series of the game.

<h2>Jefferson leads No. 22 Arkansas over Penn State 24-10</h2>By MARK DIDTLER Associated PressTAMPA, Fla. (AP) — KJ Jefferson picked up 104 of his 110 rushing yards in the second half and threw for 90 more to lead No. 22 Arkansas past Penn State 24-10 in the Outback Bowl. Raheim Sanders had 79 yards and two touchdowns on 13 rushing attempts and Dominique Johnson added 85 yards on 11 carries as the Razorbacks finished with 361 rushing yards. Arkansas (9-4), coming off four consecutive seasons of four or fewer wins, got its first nine-win year since going 11-2 in 2011. Sean Clifford went 14 of 32 for 195 yards for Penn State (7-6). He gained 47 yards on the ground on 11 attempts.<h2>No. 9 Oklahoma State beats No. 5 Notre Dame 37-35 in Fiesta</h2>By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports WriterGLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Spencer Sanders accounted for 496 yards and threw three of his four touchdown passes to Tay Martin, and No. 9 Oklahoma State overcame a 21-point deficit to beat No. 5 Notre Dame 37-35 in the Fiesta Bowl. Oklahoma State came up inches short of securing a College Football Playoff spot in a loss to No. 6 Baylor at the Big 12 title game and fell into 21-point first-half deficit against Notre Dame. Jack Coan led Notre Dame's early charge while throwing for a Fiesta Bowl-record 509 yards and five touchdowns. Sanders threw for 371 yards on 34-of-51 passing and ran for 125 yards.<h2>No. 25 Kentucky rallies late to beat No. 17 Iowa 20-17 in Citrus Bowl</h2>By JOHN DENTON Associated PressORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Chris Rodriguez ran for a 6-yard touchdown with 1:48 to play, and No. 25 Kentucky rallied in the fourth quarter to defeat No. 17 Iowa 20-17 in the Citrus Bowl. Kentucky was forced to rally after blowing a 10-point lead in the second half. Wan'Dale Robinson set up the winning score when he caught a 52-yard pass from Will Levis to get the Wildcats to the 1-yard line. Robinson, the game's MVP, finished with 10 catches for 170 yards. Kentucky won a fourth straight bowl game for the first time in school history and became the fourth Wildcats team to win at least 10 games. Iowa's bowl streak ended at three games.<h2>No. 7 Ohio State beats No. 10 Utah 48-45 in wild Rose Bowl</h2>By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports WriterPASADENA, Calif. (AP) — C.J. Stroud capped his record-setting offensive day by leading a 56-yard drive ending in Noah Ruggles' 19-yard field goal with nine seconds to play, and No. 7 Ohio State beat No. 10 Utah 48-45 on Saturday night in the wild 108th edition of the Rose Bowl. Stroud passed for a school-record 573 yards and a record-tying six touchdowns for the Buckeyes (11-2). Stroud's yards passing and touchdowns both are Rose Bowl records. Ohio State still had to rally from 10 points down late in the third quarter to get past the Pac-12 champion Utes (10-4). Ohio State's Jaxon Smith-Njigba set the record for any FBS bowl game with 347 yards receiving, catching a school-record 15 passes and scoring three touchdowns.<h2>No. 6 Baylor tops No. 8 Ole Miss in Sugar Bowl; Corral hurt</h2>By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports WriterNEW ORLEANS (AP) — Al Walcott set a Sugar Bowl record with a 96-yard interception return, Monaray Baldwin raced 48 yards for the go-ahead score on an end around, and sixth-ranked Baylor beat No. 8 Mississippi 21-7 as injured Rebels quarterback Matt Corral looked on from the sideline. Abram Smith ran for 172 yards to finish with a single-season record 1,601 yards rushing for Big 12 champion Baylor. The Bears earned their first 12-win season with the help of a defense that finished with 10 sacks and three interceptions against Ole Miss. Corral was hurt when sacked from behind on Mississippi's third series of the game.<a href="https://hutchpost.com/download" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>&nbsp;to download the Hutch Post mobile app. <a href="https://hutchpost.com/posts/5e73b532afae0f4d5f5d90ea" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>&nbsp;to sign up for the daily Hutch Post email news update.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;

🏈 New Year's Day Bowl results

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The St. Louis Blues cruised through the coldest outdoor game in NHL history to beat the host Minnesota Wild 6-4. Jordan Kyrou had two goals and two assists in a five-goal second period for St. Louis in the Winter Classic. The faceoff temperature was minus-5.7 degrees. This was the first of 33 outdoor games the league has played below zero. David Perron, Vladimir Tarasenko, Ivan Barbashev and Torey Krug also scored for the Blues. Kirill Kaprizov scored and had two assists for Minnesota. Wild goalie Cam Talbot left trailing 6-2 after two periods with a lower-body injury.

AMES, Iowa (AP) — James Akinjo scored 16 points, LJ Cryer had 10 of his 13 in the second half, and top-ranked Baylor beat No. 8 Iowa State 77-72 for the Cyclones' first loss. Baylor never trailed in only the fourth Division I matchup of 12-0 teams in 40 years and the first game between top-10 teams at Hilton Coliseum since 2014. The defending national champion Bears extended their win streak to 19 games and are among three remaining unbeaten teams. Tristan Enaruna scored a career-high 23 points for the Cyclones, who were off to the second-best start in program history after winning two games last season.

NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Elijah Harkless sank a go-ahead jumper with 35 seconds remaining, scoring 21 points to spark Oklahoma to a 71-69 victory over Kansas State in a Big 12 Conference opener. The basket by Harkless came after Kansas State battled back from an 11-point halftime deficit to tie the score at 65 on Ismael Massoud's 3-pointer with 63 seconds left. Umoja Gibson added 19 points, going 4 for 4 from the free-throw line in the final 17 seconds. Harkless was 4 of 4 from distance and grabbed seven rebounds for the Sooners (11-2). Mark Smith scored 14 of his career-high 25 points in the second half for the Wildcats (8-4), who trailed 33-22 at intermission.&nbsp;

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Jalen Coleman-Lands came off the bench to hit five 3-pointers and score 20 points, Mitch Lightfoot added 14 points, and sixth-ranked Kansas held off George Mason 76-67. Kansas led 66-61 with 3 minutes left before putting the game out of reach. D'Shawn Schwartz had 15 points and 12 rebounds, and Davonte Gaines also scored 15 for George Mason. The game was put together when Kansas had its Big 12 opener against TCU postponed by a COVID-19 outbreak and George Mason had four straight games canceled or postponed.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have downgraded running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire to out of Sunday's game in Cincinnati. Edwards-Helaire hurt his shoulder early in the second half of last weekend's romp past Pittsburgh. He did not participate in practice this week and was listed as questionable on the final injury report before being downgraded Saturday. The Chiefs activated running back Jerick McKinnon off injured reserve, where he'd been recovering from a hamstring injury, and planned for him to make the trip to Cincinnati.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Max Abmas scored 20 points and Francis Lacis added 14 points and Oral Roberts topped the century mark for the second time this season in beating Omaha 107-62. Abmas led ORU in scoring for the 12th time this season. It was his eighth 20-plus point game of the season. Oral Roberts led 59-27 at halftime and went on to shoot 54.1% which included 14 for 29 from 3-point range.&nbsp;

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ryan Hawkins made a 3-pointer with 1:55 remaining in double overtime to give Creighton the lead en route to a 75-69 win over Marquette. Ryan Kalkbrenner had a career-high 20 points plus 12 rebounds to lead the Bluejays. Oso Ighodaro led the Golden Eagles with a career-high 22 points.

Notre Dame loses to Oklahoma State in Fiesta Bowl

UNDATED (AP) — Spencer Sanders accounted for 496 yards and threw three of his four touchdown passes to Tay Martin, and No. 9 Oklahoma State overcame a 21-point deficit to beat No. 5 Notre Dame 37-35 in the Fiesta Bowl. 

Oklahoma State came up inches short of securing a College Football Playoff spot in a loss to No. 6 Baylor at the Big 12 title game and fell into 21-point first-half deficit against Notre Dame. Jack Coan led Notre Dame's early charge while throwing for a Fiesta Bowl-record 509 yards and five touchdowns. Sanders threw for 371 yards on 34-of-51 passing and ran for 125 yards.

— C.J. Stroud capped a record-setting offensive day by leading a 56-yard drive ending in Noah Ruggles' 19-yard field goal with nine seconds to play, and No. 7 Ohio State beat No. 10 Utah 48-45 in the Rose Bowl. Ohio State had to rally from 10 points down late in the third quarter to get past the Pac-12 champion Utes. Stroud passed for a school-record 573 yards and a record-tying six touchdowns for the Buckeyes — both also Rose Bowl records. Ohio State's Jaxon Smith-Njigba set the record for any FBS bowl game with 347 yards receiving, catching a school-record 15 passes and scoring three touchdowns.

— Al Walcott set a Sugar Bowl record with a 96-yard interception return, Monaray Baldwin raced 48 yards for the go-ahead score on an end around, and sixth-ranked Baylor beat No. 8 Mississippi 21-7. Rebels quarterback Matt Corral was hurt when sacked from behind on Mississippi's third series of the game and looked on from the sideline the rest of the way. 

— KJ Jefferson picked up 104 of his 110 rushing yards in the second half and threw for 90 more to lead No. 22 Arkansas past Penn State 24-10 in the Outback Bowl. Raheim Sanders had 79 yards and two touchdowns on 13 rushing attempts and Dominique Johnson added 85 yards on 11 carries as the Razorbacks finished with 361 rushing yards. 

<h2>Here is the latest Mid-America sports news from The Associated Press</h2>MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The St. Louis Blues cruised through the coldest outdoor game in NHL history to beat the host Minnesota Wild 6-4. Jordan Kyrou had two goals and two assists in a five-goal second period for St. Louis in the Winter Classic. The faceoff temperature was minus-5.7 degrees. This was the first of 33 outdoor games the league has played below zero. David Perron, Vladimir Tarasenko, Ivan Barbashev and Torey Krug also scored for the Blues. Kirill Kaprizov scored and had two assists for Minnesota. Wild goalie Cam Talbot left trailing 6-2 after two periods with a lower-body injury.ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Chris Rodriguez ran for a 6-yard touchdown with 1:48 to play, and No. 25 Kentucky rallied in the fourth quarter to defeat No. 17 Iowa 20-17 in the Citrus Bowl. Kentucky was forced to rally after blowing a 10-point lead in the second half. Wan'Dale Robinson set up the winning score when he caught a 52-yard pass from Will Levis to get the Wildcats to the 1-yard line. Robinson, the game's MVP, finished with 10 catches for 170 yards. Kentucky won a fourth straight bowl game for the first time in school history and became the fourth Wildcats team to win at least 10 games. Iowa's bowl streak ended at three games.AMES, Iowa (AP) — James Akinjo scored 16 points, LJ Cryer had 10 of his 13 in the second half, and top-ranked Baylor beat No. 8 Iowa State 77-72 for the Cyclones' first loss. Baylor never trailed in only the fourth Division I matchup of 12-0 teams in 40 years and the first game between top-10 teams at Hilton Coliseum since 2014. The defending national champion Bears extended their win streak to 19 games and are among three remaining unbeaten teams. Tristan Enaruna scored a career-high 23 points for the Cyclones, who were off to the second-best start in program history after winning two games last season.NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Elijah Harkless sank a go-ahead jumper with 35 seconds remaining, scoring 21 points to spark Oklahoma to a 71-69 victory over Kansas State in a Big 12 Conference opener. The basket by Harkless came after Kansas State battled back from an 11-point halftime deficit to tie the score at 65 on Ismael Massoud's 3-pointer with 63 seconds left. Umoja Gibson added 19 points, going 4 for 4 from the free-throw line in the final 17 seconds. Harkless was 4 of 4 from distance and grabbed seven rebounds for the Sooners (11-2). Mark Smith scored 14 of his career-high 25 points in the second half for the Wildcats (8-4), who trailed 33-22 at intermission.&nbsp;LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Jalen Coleman-Lands came off the bench to hit five 3-pointers and score 20 points, Mitch Lightfoot added 14 points, and sixth-ranked Kansas held off George Mason 76-67. Kansas led 66-61 with 3 minutes left before putting the game out of reach. D'Shawn Schwartz had 15 points and 12 rebounds, and Davonte Gaines also scored 15 for George Mason. The game was put together when Kansas had its Big 12 opener against TCU postponed by a COVID-19 outbreak and George Mason had four straight games canceled or postponed.KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs have downgraded running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire to out of Sunday's game in Cincinnati. Edwards-Helaire hurt his shoulder early in the second half of last weekend's romp past Pittsburgh. He did not participate in practice this week and was listed as questionable on the final injury report before being downgraded Saturday. The Chiefs activated running back Jerick McKinnon off injured reserve, where he'd been recovering from a hamstring injury, and planned for him to make the trip to Cincinnati.TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Max Abmas scored 20 points and Francis Lacis added 14 points and Oral Roberts topped the century mark for the second time this season in beating Omaha 107-62. Abmas led ORU in scoring for the 12th time this season. It was his eighth 20-plus point game of the season. Oral Roberts led 59-27 at halftime and went on to shoot 54.1% which included 14 for 29 from 3-point range.&nbsp;MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ryan Hawkins made a 3-pointer with 1:55 remaining in double overtime to give Creighton the lead en route to a 75-69 win over Marquette. Ryan Kalkbrenner had a career-high 20 points plus 12 rebounds to lead the Bluejays. Oso Ighodaro led the Golden Eagles with a career-high 22 points.<h2>Update on the latest sports</h2>COLLEGE FOOTBALL-BOWL SCHEDULENotre Dame loses to Oklahoma State in Fiesta BowlUNDATED (AP) — Spencer Sanders accounted for 496 yards and threw three of his four touchdown passes to Tay Martin, and No. 9 Oklahoma State overcame a 21-point deficit to beat No. 5 Notre Dame 37-35 in the Fiesta Bowl. Oklahoma State came up inches short of securing a College Football Playoff spot in a loss to No. 6 Baylor at the Big 12 title game and fell into 21-point first-half deficit against Notre Dame. Jack Coan led Notre Dame's early charge while throwing for a Fiesta Bowl-record 509 yards and five touchdowns. Sanders threw for 371 yards on 34-of-51 passing and ran for 125 yards.In other Bowl action:— C.J. Stroud capped a record-setting offensive day by leading a 56-yard drive ending in Noah Ruggles' 19-yard field goal with nine seconds to play, and No. 7 Ohio State beat No. 10 Utah 48-45 in the Rose Bowl. Ohio State had to rally from 10 points down late in the third quarter to get past the Pac-12 champion Utes. Stroud passed for a school-record 573 yards and a record-tying six touchdowns for the Buckeyes — both also Rose Bowl records. Ohio State's Jaxon Smith-Njigba set the record for any FBS bowl game with 347 yards receiving, catching a school-record 15 passes and scoring three touchdowns.— Al Walcott set a Sugar Bowl record with a 96-yard interception return, Monaray Baldwin raced 48 yards for the go-ahead score on an end around, and sixth-ranked Baylor beat No. 8 Mississippi 21-7. Rebels quarterback Matt Corral was hurt when sacked from behind on Mississippi's third series of the game and looked on from the sideline the rest of the way. — KJ Jefferson picked up 104 of his 110 rushing yards in the second half and threw for 90 more to lead No. 22 Arkansas past Penn State 24-10 in the Outback Bowl. Raheim Sanders had 79 yards and two touchdowns on 13 rushing attempts and Dominique Johnson added 85 yards on 11 carries as the Razorbacks finished with 361 rushing yards. — No. 25 Kentucky rallied to beat No. 17 Iowa in the Citrus Bowl. Kentucky blew a 10-point lead in the second half, but Chris Rodriguez scored on a 6-yard touchdown with 1:48 to play for the victory. COLLEGE FOOTBALL NEWSNorth Carolina QB Sam Howell to forgo senior season for NFLCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina quarterback Sam Howell is forgoing his senior season to enter the NFL draft. Howell's decision was not surprising, but he made it official with a video posted on North Carolina football's official Twitter account. He is considered a potential first-round draft pick. The 6-foot-1, 220 pound junior will leave college as North Carolina's most prolific quarterback, with career records in yards passing, 10,283, and total offense, 11,292. NBA SCHEDULEDeRozan beats the buzzer again, giving Bulls 7 straight winsUNDATED (AP) — DeMar DeRozan hit a 3-pointer at the buzzer for the second straight game to give the Chicago Bulls a 120-119 win over the Washington Wizards. Kyle Kuzma's 3-pointer with 3.3 seconds to play gave Washington a two-point lead, 119-117 lead, until DeRozan's 3. DeRozan finished with 28 points and Zach LaVine had 35 points to help the Bulls to their seventh straight win. That's their longest streak since December 2014. In other NBA action:— Stephen Curry scored 28 points and had nine assists to lead the Golden State Warriors to a 123-116 win over the Utah Jazz. Andrew Wiggins had 25 points for the Warriors, while Otto Porter Jr. had 20 points, eight assists and seven rebounds. — The Denver Nuggets used a huge second quarter to take control in a 124-111 win over the Houston Rockets. Nikola Jokic's (nih-KOH'-lah YOH'-kihch-ihz) 24 points led the Nuggets, as they returned to action after their game against Golden State on Thursday was postponed because they didn't have enough players available due to injuries and health and safety protocols. — The short-handed Los Angeles Clippers, playing on the second night of a back-to-back, rallied to beat the Brooklyn Nets 120-116. Eric Bledsoe scored a season-high 27 points, while Terance Mann and Reggie Jackson added 19 points apiece for the Clippers. The Nets wasted James Harden's seventh triple-double and game-high 34 points.— The Milwaukee Bucks won their sixth straight game, beating the New Orleans Pelicans 136-113 on Saturday night. Giannis Antetokounmpo (YAH'-nihs an-teh-toh-KOOM'-poh) had 35 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists for his second triple-double of the season. — Saddiq Bey hit a 3-pointer with 1.9 seconds left in overtime, leading the Detroit Pistons to a 117-116 win over the San Antonio Spurs. Hamidou Diallo had 34 points and 13 rebounds to lead Detroit, which had lost four in a row and 18 of its last 19 games. T25 MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL-SCHEDULETop-ranked Baylor gets by Iowa StateUNDATED (AP) — James Akinjo scored 16 points, LJ Cryer had 10 of his 13 in the second half, and top-ranked Baylor beat No. 8 Iowa State 77-72 for the Cyclones' first loss.Baylor never trailed in only the fourth Division I matchup of 12-0 teams in 40 years. The defending national champion Bears extended their win streak to 19 games and are among three remaining unbeaten teams.In other T25 action:— Sixth-ranked Kansas held off George Mason 76-67. Jalen Coleman-Lands came off the bench to hit five 3-pointers and score 20 points, while Mitch Lightfoot added 14 points.— Justin Moore hit a go-ahead jumper with 1:36 to play and No. 22 Villanova beat short-handed but gutsy No. 15 Seton Hall, 73-67. Villanova dominated the boards 42-28 with Seton Hall missing two key big men because of COVID-19.— Marcus Carr scored a season-best 20 points and No. 17 Texas defeated short-handed West Virginia 74-59 in the Big 12 opener. The Mountaineers' eight-game winning streak came to as they played without three players in COVID-19 protocols, including starting guard and leading scorer Taz Sherman. — Aljami Durham scored 17 points and No. 21 Providence beat DePaul 70-53. The Friars are off to their best start since the 2015-16 team won 14 of its first 15. They grabbed a 25-point halftime lead on the way to their eighth straight win. NFL-NEWSColts activate QB Carson Wentz from COVID-19 listUNDATED (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts have activated quarterback Carson Wentz from the reserve/COVID-19 list and he should be able to start against Las Vegas.Wentz, who is unvaccinated, must have a negative test Sunday to be allowed to play under new protocols adopted by the NFL and the players' union this week. He went on the COVID-19 list Tuesday and was required to isolate for five days.The 9-6 Colts can clinch a playoff berth by winning. In other NFL news:— The Kansas City Chiefs have downgraded running back Clyde Edwards-Helaire to out of Sunday's game in Cincinnati. Edwards-Helaire hurt his shoulder early in the second half of last weekend's romp past Pittsburgh. The Chiefs activated running back Jerick McKinnon off injured reserve, where he'd been recovering from a hamstring injury, and planned for him to make the trip to CincinnatiNFL-OBIT-DAN REEVESFormer Broncos, Falcons, Giants coach Dan Reeves dies at 77ATLANTA (AP) — Former Denver Broncos and Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Reeves has died at the age of 77. His family says he died peacefully Saturday of complications from dementia. Reeves won a Super Bowl as a player with the Dallas Cowboys but was best known for a long coaching career highlighted by four more appearances in the title game with Denver and Atlanta, all losses. He teamed with John Elway to take the Broncos to three Super Bowls in 12 seasons. Reeves also guided the Falcons to their first Super Bowl during the 1998 season. And he coached the New York Giants in a career stretching 23 seasons.NHL-SCHEDULEMaple Leafs rout Senators 6-0 at empty Scotiabank ArenaUNDATED (AP) — The home crowd would have loved it, but Toronto's Scotiabank Arena was mostly empty of fans as the Maple Leafs thrashed the Ottawa Senators 6-0. Justin Holl and Ilya Mikheyev scored on the same first-period penalty kill for their first goals of the season. The game was played without fans after the Ontario government announced Thursday that attendance at indoor events, including arenas, would be capped at 1,000 spectators because of COVID-19. Maple Leaf Sports &amp; Entertainment, which also owns the NBA's Toronto Raptors, subsequently said it would operate without sold tickets for games, save for league and team requirements, for the next three weeks.Elsewhere on NHL ice:— The St. Louis Blues cruised through the coldest outdoor game in NHL history to beat the host Minnesota Wild 6-4. Jordan Kyrou had two goals and two assists in a five-goal second period for St. Louis in the Winter Classic. The official faceoff temperature was minus-5.7 degrees, the first of 33 outdoor games the league has played with a temperature below zero. — Charlie Coyle scored on a wrist shot from the slot 34 seconds into overtime and Boston completed a 4-3 comeback victory over the Buffalo Sabres. The Bruins erased a 3-1 deficit, with Nick Foligno and Taylor Hall each scoring early in the third period. — Noah Dobson scored 3:52 into overtime to give the New York Islanders a 3-2 victory over the slumping Edmonton Oilers. It was the Islanders first win beyond regulation this season. Edmonton lost in overtime for the second straight day and fell to 2-7-2 in its last 11 after starting the season 16-5-0. — The Panthers won their third straight game, this one 5-2 over the Montreal Canadiens. Sam Bennett scored twice and Sergei Bobrovsky made 29 saves to lead the Panthers. Aleksander Barkov, Frank Vatrano and Mason Marchment also scored and Jonathan Huberdeau added three assists as Florida improved to 17-3 at home. — A 4-0 lead approaching the midpoint of the game is generally pretty comfortable, but it wasn't enough for the Blue Jackets against the Hurricanes. Brady Skjei and Steven Lorentz each scored twice as Carolina had the last seven goals to beat Columbus 7-4.— The Nashville Predators routed the Chicago Blackhawks, 6-1. Tanner Jeannot scored twice while Filip Forsberg and Ryan Johansen each scored once and added an assist for Nashville, which snapped a two-game losing streak. — Vancouver stayed hot with a 5-2 win over the Seattle Kraken. The Canucks improved to 8-0-1 since Bruce Boudreau took over as coach. The Kraken lost their fifth straight and eighth in the past nine games. — The Los Angeles Kings beat the visiting Flyers 6-3. Viktor Arvidsson led the L.A. attack with two goals and two assists, while Trevor Moore also scored and registered three assists. With the Kings victory, Todd McLellan earned his 500th win as an NHL coach.OLYMPICS-WOMEN'S HOCKEY Knight headlines US team for BeijingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Four-time Olympian Hilary Knight is one of 15 players with prior Winter Games experience on the U.S. women's team seeking to defend its gold medal next month. Knight joined Jenny Potter, Angela Ruggiero and Julie Chu as the only American women to make four Olympic hockey teams. Brianna Decker, Kendall Coyne Schofield, Amanda Kessel and Lee Stecklein were all named to their third Olympic team. The Americans start the Olympic tournament in Beijing on Feb. 3 with a group-play game against Finland.HORSE RACING-OBIT-BILLY TURNERBilly Turner, trainer of Triple Crown winner, dies at 81REDDICK, Fla. (AP) — Billy Turner, the Triple Crown-winning trainer of Seattle Slew has died. Turner's wife, Pat, says he died at his home in Florida, where he had been in hospice care after battling prostate cancer for two years. Turner trained Seattle Slew to an undefeated season in 1977, highlighted by a sweep of the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont stakes. The colt was named Horse of the Year. He was inducted into racing's Hall of Fame in 1981.Billy Turner was 81.<a href="https://hutchpost.com/download" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>&nbsp;to download the Hutch Post mobile app. <a href="https://hutchpost.com/posts/5e73b532afae0f4d5f5d90ea" target="_blank">CLICK HERE</a>&nbsp;to sign up for the daily Hutch Post email news update.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;