College Football (Div. I): Associated Press Top 10 (Final regular season standings) - 1. Florida State 2. Auburn 3. Alabama 4. Michigan State 5. Stanford 6. Baylor 7. Ohio State 8. South Carolina 9. Missouri 10. Oregon.... The No. 1 Florida State Seminoles and the No. 2 Auburn Tigers will play each other on Monday 1/6/2K14 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California for the BCS National Championship....Reigning Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Johnny Manziel, fellow signal-callers Jameis Winston (Florida State), AJ McCarron (Alabama) and Jordan Lynch (Northern Illinois), along with running backs Tre Mason (Auburn) and Andre Williams (Boston College) are the finalists for the prestigious accolade of National College Football Player for 2K13. The winner will be crowned on Saturday 12/14 at the Best Buy Theater in New York City.
NBA: Players of the Week (Monday 12/2 - Sunday 12/8)....Eastern Conference - G Jordan Crawford, Boston Celtics; Western Conference - F LaMarcus Aldridge, Portland Trail Blazers....Los Angeles Lakers veteran shooting guard Kobe Bryant played his first game of the season against the Toronto Raptors at home after tearing his Achilles tendon back in April. Bryant - officially entering his 18th NBA season with L.A. - scored nine points (2-9 FG), grabbed eight rebounds, handed out four assists and turned the ball over eight times (which was expected as he wears off the rust of not playing in a while) in 28 minutes of, for the most part, very productive action in his team's 106-94 loss to the Raptors....The Sacramento Kings traded guards Greivis Vasquez and John Salmons, along with big men Patrick Patterson and Chuck Hayes to the aforementioned Toronto Raptors for veteran talented swingman Rudy Gay, center Aaron Gray and forward Quincy Acy....Notable Milestones: Los Angeles Clippers forward Antwan Jamison became the 39th player in league history to reach the 20,000 career points plateau; Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Garnett added to his certain Hall-of-Fame credentials by grabbing career rebound number 14,000 in a loss to the Detroit Pistons on the road.....As of Friday 12/13, the Indiana Pacers (20-3) and the Portland Trail Blazers (19-4) own the two top records in the league.
MLB: Former big-league managers Joe Torre, Tony LaRussa and Bobby Cox were all elected into the Baseball Hall-of-Fame by the Expansion Era Committee....Notable Free-Agent Pickups - 2B Omar Infante, Kansas City Royals (4-years, $30M); Pitcher Bartolo Colon, New York Mets (2-years, $20M); 1B Justin Morneau, Colorado Rockies (2-years, $12.5M)....Notable Re-Signings - 1B/DH Mike Napoli, Boston Red Sox (2-years, $32M); Pitcher Charlie Morton, Pittsburgh Pirates (3-years, $21M); Pitcher Hiroki Kuroda, New York Yankees (1-year, $16M)....Two-time Cy Young Award-winning pitcher Roy Halladay retires after 16 stellar big-league seasons and 203 career victories....New managerial hire: Matt Williams, Washington Nationals.
NFL: Embattled Washington Redskins head coach Mike Shanahan benches talented but struggling young QB Robert Griffin III for the final three games of their highly disappointing 2K13 campaign. Kirk Cousins was penciled in to start as the team's signal-caller under center for the remainder of the season.....Both the Indianapolis Colts (AFC South champs) and the Denver Broncos clinched playoff berths....The No. 89 Chicago Bears football jersey of Hall-of-Fame player/head coach Mike Ditka was retired by the franchise....Denver Broncos place-kicker Matt Prater boomed a record-setting 64-yard field goal - barely clearing the uprights - in his team's 51-28 victory over the Tennessee Titans at home.
Women's College Basketball (Div. I): Associated Press Top 10 - 1. U.Conn 2. Duke 3. Tennessee 4. Notre Dame 5. Kentucky 6. Stanford 7. Louisville 8. Maryland 9. Baylor 10. South Carolina....Kentucky Lady Wildcats talented 6'3 forward and All-America candidate DeNesha Stallworth underwent arthroscopic left knee surgery, and will miss an upwards of four weeks of game action.
NHL: As of Friday 12/13, the reigning Stanley Cup champion Chicago Blackhawks (51 points) and the Boston Bruins (46 points) have the two best records thus far in the early part of the 2K13 campaign on the ice.
Men's Pro Soccer: Sporting Kansas City defeated Real Salt Lake 7-6 on penalty kicks to claim their first MLS Cup title in 13 years.
Pro Boxing: Paulie Malignaggi outlasted the seemingly washed-up Zab Judah in a 12-round unanimous decision to capture the NABF welterweight championship at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
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