— Patriots 10, Broncos 7
Denver drove 59 yards for TD on their second drive, led 7-0
Broncos rest of game: 52 plays, 121 yards, no points.
New England is in Super Bowl for first time in seven years.
Second half of this game was played in snowy, windy weather.
Teams combined to miss a total of four field goals.
Total yardage: Patriots 206, Broncos 181
— Seahawks 31, Rams 27
QB Darnold threw for 346 yards, three TD’s.
Seattle took 24-13 lead on 17-yard drive after a fumbled punt.
Seahawks-Patriots is same Super Bowl matchup as 11 years ago.
QB Stafford threw for 374 yards, three TD’s.
Seattle was 7-13 on third down, Rams 1-8.
Rams finished 14-6 this year, 6-6 in games decided by 7 or less points.
— Opening line for the Super Bowl: Seahawks, -3.5, 46.5
— USC 73, Wisconsin 71
Badgers led by 12 with 12:00 left in the game.
Baker-Masera scored 29 points, had three assists.
Wisconsin shot 9-37 on arc, 14-37 inside arc.
— South Florida 89, Florida Atlantic 75
South Florida outscored Owls 56-39 in second half.
Bulls won five of last six games; they shot 56.1% inside arc.
Loss snaps Florida Atlantic’s five game win streak.
— Washington 72, Oregon 57
Washington led 34-19 at halftime.
Huskies shot 10-21 on the arc.
Oregon has lost six in a row, is 1-8 in league games.
— Mercyhurst 61, Chicago State 59
2-19 Cougars lost 10th game in row; they led 28-26 at halftime.
Mercyhurst shot 10-25 on the arc.
Lakers won last three games, giving up 59 ppg.
Famous birthdays, January 26th
David Strathairn, 77
Jack Youngblood, 76
Brian Doyle, 72
Ellen DeGeneres, 68
Rick Schu, 64
Merril Hoge, 61
Vince Carter, 49
Joshua Dobbs, 31
Darius Garland, 26
Paul Newman was born on this day in 1925.
Bob Uecker was born on this day in 1934.
— It is common knowledge that Ted Williams is the last hitter to hit .406 for a season; until this week, I didn’t realize he hit .406 when he was only 22 years old.
The next year, Williams hit .356, then he missed the next three years because he was in the military. When he came back from serving in the military, Williams hit .342/.343 the next two seasons. His record is pretty amazing; he was actually underrated.
— Last week, there were three goals scored in a minute in a Penguins-Bruins game; it was the first NHL game since 1988 with three goals scored in less than a minute.
— Cleveland Guardians signed 3B Jose Ramirez to a 7-year contract extension worth $175M; Ramirez is 33; he hit .283 with 30 HR’s last year, an OPS of .863. He’s made the All-Star team the last five years, and seven of last nine years.
— Washington Nationals traded P MacKenzie Gore to Texas for five minor league prospects, as Washington’s new (and very young) front office starts another rebuild.
Gore was 5-15, 4.17 in 30 starts for Washington last year; he is 26-41, 4.19 in 102 major league starts, over four seasons.
— Pittsburgh Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith is going to be the new OC at Ohio State.
— Former Arizona Cardinals coach Jonathan Gannon is the new defensive coordinator for the Green Bay Packers; he replaces Jeff Hafley, the new head coach of the Dolphins.
— There are three unbeaten teams left in college basketball:
Arizona, Miami OH, Nebraska
