Roundup: Fiscal Cliff Crisis Averted, Fail Video Compilation of 2012 & What's In/Out for 2013
By Jason McIntyre
Florida State 31, Northern Illinois 10, in a snoozer of an Orange Bowl. [Herald]
Northwestern won its first bowl game since 1949, topping Mississippi State 34-20. [Times-Union]
Chuck Pagano, the Colts’ coach, talks cancer. [Star]
Is there a bubble for massive MLB TV deals? [Biz of Baseball]
Reggie Johnson, the Miami center, will miss about six weeks with a broken thumb. [CBS Sports]
Cleveland rookie Trent Richardson played nine games with broken ribs. [Cleveland.com]
The Carolina Panthers are searching for a new GM. This read covers just about everything. [Biz Journals]
Did you know Jordan Lynch went to Donovan McNabb’s high school? [SI]
Tissue from Ryan Freel’s brain will be donated to search for evidence of CTE. [Globe and Mail]
Richard Justice: No sport has ever had the kind of parity baseball currently has. [MLB.com]
You can’t totally blame Deron Williams for Avery Johnson’s firing. [Yahoo Sports]
Nice read on RG3’s leadership with the Redskins, despite being a rookie. [Post]
Rather thorough breakdown of Andy Reid’s firing. [Inquirer]
A 28-year-old Norwegian made a trick “kicks” video, and the Jets were interested in him. The man has never heard of Tom Brady, knows little or nothing about NFL rules. [NYT]
UNLV’s monumental upset of UNC in December 2011, when the Tar Heels were No. 1, is being called a “program-building” win. [Sun]
Moe Harkless, whom the Magic got in the Dwight Howard deal had a very nice slam last week.
A shark tank exploded in a mall. Sixteen people were injured; sharks, turtles, fish and sharks died. [via the Independent]
Watch this high school basketball player throw the ball off the backboard and dunk it – in traffic – last week. [via College Basketball Talk]
Got 14 minutes? Feel like laughing? [via Adam]