Roundup: Tiger Woods & Lindsey Vonn Rumors, JJ Abrams to Direct Star Wars, Nail Yakupov's Goal Celebration
By Jason McIntyre
Knicks 89, Celtics 86. Mature Melo scored 28 points on 28 shots and Boston has lost five in a row. [Woj]
Ole Miss 62, Tennessee 56. The Rebels have won eight straight and mouthy Marshall Henderson might be my favorite player in the SEC. [Ledger]
Love or hate Ray Lewis, this is a recommended read. [Buffalo News]
Scoring is down in college hoops, making it not very fun to watch, columnist writes. [Hampton Roads]
Andy Murray advanced to the Australian Open Final by beating Roger Federer, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3, 6-7, 6-2. He’ll face Novak Djokovic. [Morning Herald]
What’s it like watching the Big Ten network for 24 hours? [Star Ledger]
On his 3rd day back on the job, Sean Payton fired defensive coordinator Steve Spagnuolo. [NOLA.com]
Jeff Goodman wrote one of the saddest college basketball stories you’ll read this season. [CBS Sports]
Your Australian Open women’s final: Li Na vs Victoria Azarenka. I was rooting for Sloane Stephens vs. Maria Sharapova. [NYT]
“So much of this news story is hauntingly familiar to me from fieldwork with Samoan migrants: the role of family, the half-hearted attempts to verify a person’s identity that fail, the strong spiritual connection Te’o thought he felt with Kekua, and the hoax itself.” [The Atlantic]
Rob Ryan is the new defensive coordinator of the St. Louis Rams. [Fox Sports Midwest]
He hit a halfcourt shot and eventually got his free car. [via]
Nail Yakupov scored the game-tying goal for Edmonton last night, and then celebrated with a slide.
DeMar DeRozan beat the buzzer, and the Magic, 97-95.