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Authorities:
Southside
fire possible
case of arson
No arrests made so far
DISPATCH STAFF REPORT
The Columbus Police Department is

investigating a weekend house fire on
the Southside as an arson.
CPD and Columbus Fire & Rescue
responded to the fire in the 1400 block
of 11th Avenue South on Sunday afternoon.
We got a call from someone in the
neighborhood who said they saw people
in the back of the building who were
smoking, Shelton said. We think thats
what started the fire. Columbus Fire
& Rescue extinguished the fire in the
house, which turned out to be an abandoned house.
No arrests have been made and the
possible arson is being investigated by
the CF&R fire investigator, Shelton said.
Shelton said incidents of fires in
abandoned buildings are more frequent
in cold weather, although that does not
appear to be the case in Sundays fire.
Homeless people do go into abandoned houses and build fires when its
cold, Shelton said. Sometimes, they
even go to sleep with the fire still burning, which is very dangerous, obviously.
Girl shot in the back Sunday

Police say 16-year-old was injured
during altercation between two men
By ISABELLE ALTMAN
ialtman@cdispatch.com
A teenage Columbus girl was treated and released from Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle on Sunday after being shot in the back.
Police responded to a call about
shots fired near Suds & Duds on Main
Street at approximately 2 a.m. Sunday,
according to Fred Shelton, interim
chief of police with the Columbus Police Department. When officers ar-
rived at the scene they

found no suspects.
About 2:40 p.m. Sunday, CPD received a call Shelton
from the hospital about
a teen girl there who had been shot.
Officers talked to the victim who
reported that she and another female
had been in a vehicle with a man at
Suds & Duds earlier in the day, when
the man got into an altercation with
another man, Shelton said. As the ve-
hicle with the girls and man started to

pull away from the business, the other
man pulled out a gun and fired four
shots, two of which hit the car. One of
the bullets hit the victim in the upper
back.
Officers recovered four shell casings at the scene.
The victims injury was not
life-threatening. She was later released from the hospital. Authorities
declined to identify her, but CPDs
Twitter account stated she was 16
years old.
Police have suspects but have not
made any arrests at this time, according to Shelton.
KARRIEM HEADED TO JACKSON
CPD makes auto

burglary arrest
Sunday incident occurred
in downtown Columbus
DISPATCH STAFF REPORTS
A Columbus man is in
custody after a witness
saw him allegedly breaking into a car on Sunday.
Officers with the Columbus Police Department arrested Tashawn
Lanier Grassiree, 25, on
suspicion of auto burglary Grassiree
and possession of paraphernalia.
A CPD media release states the department responded to a call on Seventh
Avenue North about a suspicious male
walking between vehicles in the First
Baptist Church parking Lot. A witness
reported seeing the suspect near a
Chevy Silverado and saw him walk away
in the direction of the YMCA with items
in his hand, according to authorities.
A short time later, an officer saw
Grassiree near Fifth Street South and
College Street. The officer detained
Grassiree and the witness identified
him as the suspect from the FBC parking lot, according to CPD.
CPD notified the vehicles owner and
will return the stolen items after they
are processed.
Grassiree had a $687 bond set for
possession of paraphernalia. No bond
had been set for auto burglary as of
press time.
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Kabir Karriem poses outside City Hall on Saturday. Karriem has served as Ward 5 councilman for six years and will be
sworn in as District 41 representative in the state House of Representatives.
Ward 5 councilman concludes

final city council meeting
Despite the challenges we had, we did
some really, really good things on the
council. Im leaving on a good note.
By Alex Holloway
aholloway@cdispatch.com
For Ward 5 Councilman Kabir Karriem, last Tuesdays

Columbus council meeting was an end and a beginning.
The councilman formally announced his resignation
from the seat hes held since 2009, paving the way for him
to begin his first term as the District 41 representative in
the Mississippi House of Representatives.
Karriem succeeded former Ward 5 Councilman Jay Jor-
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dan. Karriem was the first to hold the seat for consecutive
terms since Virginia Hooper held it for 22 years.
Karriem said the councils politics could, at times, make
it difficult to move the city forward in a direction he preferred. But, for all the challenges, he said hes proud of the
time he served on the council and its accomplishments
during his tenure.
Despite the challenges we had, we did some really, really good things on the council, Karriem said. Im leaving on a good note.
Karriem pointed to achievements such as the appointment of the first African American police and fire chiefs
during his tenure; the creation of a gun buyback program;
the creation of a citizen oversight committee for the Columbus Police Department; and approving the currently
See Karriem, 8A
Local Folks
Christmas in the Park: Take a driving tour

through Guthrie Smith Park in Fayette, Alabama, to
view dozens of animated and illuminated scenes. Entry
is $1 per car nightly, 5:30-9:30 p.m. Rides on the minitrain are offered Thursdays through Saturdays ($1/
person). The park is located near the intersection of
Columbus Street and Temple Avenue North in Fayette.
For more information, call 205-932-4587.
Monday, Jan. 4
Christmas Tree Bonfire: The City of Columbus

holds a Christmas Tree Bonfire at 6 p.m. at the west
end of the Old 82 pedestrian bridge at the Riverwalk.
Visit Columbus will provide refreshments and Chinese
lanterns for release. The city will conduct curbside pickup Dec. 26-Jan. 3, or drop trees off at the citys Public
Works Facility on MLK Drive, or at the Hitching Lot
Farmers Market at Second Avenue and Second Street
North. For more information, call 662-245-5061.
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Billy Holley is a sixth

grader from Vernon.
Public
meetings
Jan. 4: Lowndes
County Supervisors, Courthouse,10 a.m.
Jan. 5: Columbus
City Council, Municipal Complex,
5 p.m.
Jan. 8: Lowndes
County School
District Board of
Trustees, District
Central Office, 11
a.m.
Jan. 11: Columbus Municipal
School District
Board of Trustees,
Brandon Central
Offices, 6 p.m.
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Did you hear?
Say What?
I thought our team came out in the second half

and played much, much better.
Mississippi State womens basketball coach Vic

Schaefer, talking about his teams victory against
Western Michigan on Sunday. Story, 1B.
A Thousand Words
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This photo shows Peter Mayhew as Chewbacca and

Harrison Ford as Han Solo in Star Wars: The Force
Awakens.
Star Wars blasts opening

weekend record with $238M
global bow of $525 million.
But the dinosaurs had the
added benefit of China
Star Wars wont open
there until Jan. 9.
This is just the latest in
a laundry list of records set
by J.J. Abrams film, the
seventh in the franchise,
which had analysts anticipating a debut anywhere
from $150 million to $300
million.
The X-factor was
quality. While The Force
Awakens drew enormous
pre-sales, the film was kept
under lockdown from the
press and critics until mere
days before it was released
to the public. Reviews
turned out to be stellar (95
percent on Rotten Tomatoes), as did early audience
reaction, who gave the film
an A CinemaScore.
By LINDSEY BAHR
AP Film Writer
LOS ANGELES To
say that the force is strong
with this one is an understatement.
Star Wars: The Force
Awakens brought in a galactic $238 million over the
weekend, making it the
biggest North American
debut of all time according
to studio estimates on Sunday.
The Walt Disney Co.
earnings destroy the previous opening record set
by Universals Jurassic
World, which drew $208.8
million this summer.
Internationally, the film
brought in $279 million,
bringing its global gross
to $517 million second
only to Jurassic Worlds
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KFAR SABA, Israel

Under the bright lights, a
call of set, hike echoes
out, followed by the clatter of helmets smashing
against pads at a high
school football game. But
these arent American
teenagers hoping to play
college ball they are Israelis with an eye on joining elite military combat
units.
A growing number of
native-born Israelis have
taken to the army-like
strategy, camaraderie and
collisions of the gridiron
and turned Americas
Game, once a niche expat activity, into a popular
fixture in the Holy Land.
Some 2,000 Israelis now
play the game, thanks in
large part to the support
of New England Patriots
owner Robert Kraft.
In the central city of
Kfar Saba, the hometown Hawks are Israels
four-time defending high
school champions and
their coach, the son of a
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former Israeli military

chief, is churning out
nearly as many commandos as victories.
Football is a great
tool for building a young
man, said head coach
Itay Ashkenazi, 36. The
mentality of football is
very similar to what you
try to instill in elite combat units.
Ashkenazi used to be a
special forces commando
himself, and his father,
Gabi Ashkenazi, was the
military chief of staff from
2007 to 2011. Yet Ashkenazi, who was a star quarterback in the adult Israel
Football League until retiring a few seasons ago,
says football has meant
more to him than the military, and he tries to instill
that love of the game in
his young charges.
Most of them coming in, they dont know
football, they dont know
anything about it. But you
try to sell the football as
a tool for what they are
going to do afterward,
which is the army, said
Ashkenazi, who owns an
insurance company in
addition to his part-time
work as coach.
AP Photo/Dan Balilty
In this Dec. 10 photo, high school football team Kfar

Saba Hawks, in green shirts, play against Mazkeret
Batya Gorillas in Kfar Saba, Israel. A growing number
of native-born Israelis have taken to the army-like
strategy, camaraderie and collisions of the gridiron
and turned Americas Game, once a niche expat activity, into a popular fixture in the Holy Land.
They fall in love with

the atmosphere. They fall
in love with the values we
try to build up, you know,
the team concept, the getting tough mentality and
physicality, he said.
He said word was getting out that his players
made for good soldiers.
The military itself had no
comment.
Military service is
compulsory for most Israelis, and Ashkenazis
players have gone on to
careers in some of the
armys most prestigious
units, serving in elite
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commando,
reconnaissance and undercover
units. The army is Israels
most admired institution,
but Palestinians and human rights groups see
the military as a tool of Israels occupation of lands
sought by the Palestinians for a future independent state.
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A radio shock jock who
hosted Opie and Anthony is facing charges over
a fight with a woman at his
New York home.
Nassau County police
say Anthony Cumia was
arrested Saturday after the
26-year-old woman contacted authorities.
He was arraigned Sunday on a charge of second-degree strangulation.
A judge released him without setting bail but ordered
him to stay away from the
woman.
Hes due back in court
in January.
His attorney says Cumia
emphatically denies the allegations.
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In budget deal, health law foes took a different path

Maybe Republicans have come to grips with
the idea ... that simple repeal is not possible
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
WASHINGTON Republican foes of President Barack

Obamas health care law may
be able to get more by chipping
away at it than trying to take the
whole thing down at once.
Thats one lesson of the budget deal passed by Congress
and signed by the president last
week.
It delayed a widely criticized tax on high-cost employer health insurance plans that
hasnt taken effect yet. And it
temporarily suspended two taxes on industry already being collected, which are also part of the
health law.
In contrast to frontal attacks

on Obamacare that have repeatedly failed, this tactic could
well succeed. Delays and suspensions have a way of becoming permanent.
Polls show that the public remains deeply divided over the
Affordable Care Act, or ACA.
Opponents are already looking
for other provisions that could
be separated from the law.
Next could be the employer
mandate, a requirement that
larger companies offer coverage
or risk fines. Part of the mandate is a controversial definition
of a full-time worker as someone
who averages 30 hours a week.
Critics say it discourages com-
panies from hiring full-time employees.

Maybe Republicans have
come to grips with the idea that
the basic structure of the ACA
has been in place long enough
that simple repeal is not possible, said economist Joe Antos
of the American Enterprise Institute, a business-oriented think
tank. Perhaps the budget deal
is practice for more changes,
he added.
Supporters of the health care
law are trying to downplay the
consequences of the budget
deal as superficial dings. It did
not touch coverage provisions
that have reduced the nations
uninsured rate to a historic low
of 9 percent. Indeed, Obama
himself announced that 6 million people have already signed
up for 2016 coverage, with more
than a month left in open-enroll-
ment season.
I think you can make too
much of these particular things,
said economist Paul Van de Water of the Center on Budget and
Policy Priorities, referring to the
deal. They dont actually have
any effect on the ACAs coverage expansion. In that sense,
its not a blow against the ACA
at all. The center advocates on
behalf of low-income people.
Yet not too long ago a top
White House adviser was vigorously defending the health
laws tax on high-cost coverage,
known as the Cadillac tax.
The tax is 40 percent of the value of employer-sponsored plans
that exceeds certain thresholds:
$10,200 for individual coverage
and $27,500 for family coverage.
In its first year, 2018, it would
have affected 26 percent of all
employers and nearly half of
Union: Company will move work from China to Miss.

Move will create up to 100 new jobs
over life of four-year contract
AMORY The United Steelworkers union

says workers at the True
Temper Sports plant in
Amory have ratified a new
contract with the sporting
goods maker.
The 200 workers at the
plant make steel tubes
used in golf club shafts
and other items by the
company, based in Memphis, Tennessee.
Steelworkers District
Director Ronnie Flippo

said Saturday that the contract includes a provision
for True Temper to close a
Chinese factory and move
work to Amory, creating
up to 50 new jobs in coming months and up to 100
jobs over the four-year life
of the contract. About 200
people now work at the
Amory plant.
In a time of uncertainty, the USW and True
Temper together have
made the future more se-
cure for workers in Amory, Flippo said.

True Temper did not
return requests for comment Friday.
Workers will get a
$1,250 bonus for ratifying
the contract, plus raises of
$1 an hour by the agreements end, Flippo said.
He couldnt immediately
say how much workers in
Amory now make.
The union agreed to a
lower wage tier for new
workers hired to do the
work being brought back
from China. Flippo said the
contract called for quarterly meetings between the
union and managers, and
said union members hope

to raise wages for lower-tier workers in the future.
The previous contract
wasnt supposed to end
until July, but Flippo said
the union and company
agreed to negotiate a new
agreement after managers
told union officials that
because of a downturn in
demand for golf clubs, the
company had too much capacity at its two plants.
True Temper filed for
bankruptcy in 2009 as part
of a plan to wipe out much
of its debt. Investors put
in $70 million to help the
company emerge from
bankruptcy.
Animals killed by wild dogs at Mississippi zoo

This is a sad day, and the hardest thing
about it is it didnt have to happen
By JEFF AMY
JACKSON Wild animals at a Mississippi zoo

continue to fall prey to
wilder animals intruding
from the outside.
Jackson Zoo Director
Beth Poff said Friday that
an addra gazelle and five
springbok were attacked
and killed by feral dogs
just before dawn Friday
morning.
Two
spurwinged geese were injured.
This is a sad day, and
the hardest thing about
it is it didnt have to happen, Poff said in a statement. There are people
out there who have not
taken responsibility for
their dogs, and unfortunately we all have to suffer the consequences.
Its not the first time
that dogs have killed animals that are supposed to
be safely confined inside
the zoo. A klipspringer,
a small African antelope,
was killed by a dog in
2013, while two gazelles
were killed in 2008. The
zoo sits in a neighborhood west of downtown
thats plagued by abandoned houses.
All the animals killed
are part of the zoos African savannah exhibit.

The geese were being
cared for in the zoos animal hospital.
Poff said four of five
dogs believed to have
been part of Fridays attack were captured by zoo
employees and handed
over to the animal control
division of the Jackson
Police Department. The
fifth dog got away, and
animal control was also
unable to capture a dog
sighted in the adjoining
Cedar Lawn Cemetery.
Spokeswoman Angela Harris said the zoos
24-hour security has
spotted dogs and called
city animal control eight
times since June. Animal control officers have
captured dogs only three
times.
Police spokeswoman
Officer Colendula Green
said animal control is
waiting to see if any of the
dogs are claimed. None
of the four had collars.
She said that if owners
come forward, they could
face misdemeanor criminal charges.
Theyll be held responsible for these dogs,
she said.
If no one comes for-
German auto parts maker Hago

to open Iuka plant, hiring 80
IUKA German auto

parts supplier Hago Automotive Corp. will open
a metal stamping plant in
Tishomingo County, investing $10 million and
hiring 80 people.
The company and Gov.
Phil Bryant made the announcement Friday. Hago,
based in Kssaberg, Ger-
many plans to start operations in Mississippi by

mid-2016.
Hago will lease a 50,000
square-foot building at the
states Yellow Creek Port
Mississippi
Development Authority spokeswoman Tammy Craft says
the state agency will give
Hago $500,000 to subsidize equipment and relocation costs.
ward, she said animal

control officers would kill
the dogs.
Harris said zoo employees inspect the zoos
exterior fences once a
week to check for holes

where dogs or other animals can get in. She said
zoo officials hadnt yet
figured out how the dogs
got in Friday.
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larger companies, according to

the nonpartisan Kaiser Family
Foundation. Since the tax is indexed to general inflation, which
rises more slowly than health
insurance premiums, it would
have affected a growing share of
health plans over time.
Proponents of the tax, including many economists, see it as
a much-needed brake on health
care spending. But business and
labor joined forces to oppose it.
The budget deal delayed it two
years, and its future is in doubt.
The spirited defense of the
tax came from Jason Furman,
chairman of the White House
Council of Economic Advisers.
Repealing the tax or delaying
its scheduled implementation
... would have serious negative
consequences for our health
care system, Furman warned
in a speech Oct. 7.
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Eutelle White
TUPELO Eutelle
Steadman White, 91,
died Dec. 19, 2015, at
the Sanctuary Hospice
Center.
Services will be
Tuesday at 11 a.m. at
Memorial Gardens Park
in Starkville.
Mrs. White was previously employed as a
clerk for the Oktibbeha
County Circuit Clerk.
She was preceded in
death by her parents,
Curby Steadman and
Nora Williams Steadman; husband, L.H.
White; and brother,
Bertrand Steadman.
She is survived by
her son, Carlos White
of Starkville; two
grandchildren; and two
great-grandchildren.
Memorials may be
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Hospice, 5159 West
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Frank Davis
WEST POINT
Frank Davis, 69, died
Dec. 19, 2015, at North
Mississippi Medical
Center in Tupelo.
Services will be
Tuesday at 11 a.m. from
Calvert Funeral Home
Chapel with James Towery officiating. Burial
will follow in Cedar
Bluff Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery near
Cedar Bluff. Visitation
is today from 5-8 p.m. at
Calvert Funeral Home.

Mr. Davis was born
Aug. 21, 1946, to the
late James Bandy and
Ruth Ivy Brown Davis
in Pheba. He was a
member of Calvary
Baptist Church and was
a Maintenance Supervisor at Royal Trucking in
West Point.
In addition to his parents he was preceded
in death by one granddaughter.
He is survived by his
wife, Nina M. Davis of
West Point; daughters,
Lisa Keehley Holdiness of Cumberland,
Cindy Carter and Kris
Cliett, both of Caledonia; sister, Peggy
Childers of Cedar Bluff;
brother, Lynn Davis
of Cedar Bluff; seven
grandchildren; and one
great-grandchild.
Pallbearers will
be Mike Davis, Terry
Benson, Roy Holdiness,
Thomas Holder, Lynn
Gammill, Billy Milican
and John Ed Freshour.
Memorials may be
made to Cedar Bluff
Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery Fund,
C/O Mrs. Anna Sims,
911 Henryville Road,
Cedar Bluff, MS 39741.
New rules bringing kidneys

to hardest-to-transplant patients
WASHINGTON A shake-up of the

nations kidney transplant system means
more organs are getting to patients once
thought nearly impossible to match,
according to early tracking of the new
rules.
Its been a year since the United Network for Organ Sharing changed rules
for the transplant waiting list, aiming
to decrease disparities and squeeze the
most benefit from a scarce resource: kidneys from deceased donors. Now data
from UNOS shows that the changes are
helping certain patients, including giving those expected to live the longest a
better shot at the fittest kidneys.
The hope is to really level the playing field, said Dr. Mark Aeder, a transplant surgeon at University Hospitals
Case Medical Center in Cleveland who
is chairman of the UNOS kidney committee.
In Abingdon, Virginia, 8-year-old
Marshall Jones was one of the lucky first
COLUMBUS Geraldine Logan, 58, died

Dec. 14, 2015, at her
residence.
Services will be
Tuesday at noon at 7th
Street Church of Christ
with Jim Ferguson
officiating.
Burial will
follow in
Memorial
Gardens.
Visitation
will be
today from
Logan
noon-6
p.m. at
Carters Funeral Services of Columbus.
Ms. Logan was born
July 2, 1957, to the late
Arthur Davis and Mary
Etta Jones. She was a
member of 7th Street
Church of Christ and
was employed as a
nurses aid.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded
in death by her brother,
Arthur Lee Jones.
She is survived by
her son, Gerald King
of Carrollton, Virginia;
siblings, Annie Irions,
Freddie Jones and
Eddie C. Jones, both
of Columbus; and two
Rhena Friloux
Visitation:
Monday, Dec. 21 9 AM
Annunciation Catholic Church
Services:
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Nancy Dickerson
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In this Dec. 9 photo, Marshall Jones,

right, laughs with Dr. John Barcia in the
Battle Building at the University of Virginia
Childrens Hospital in Charlottesville, Va.
recipients. A birth defect severely damaged his kidneys and a failed transplant
when he was younger left his immune
system abnormally primed to reject kidneys from 99 percent of donors.
Then last January, after four years of
searching, organ officials found a possible match, hours away by plane but
available under the new policy and it
worked.
We dont use the word lightly, but
this was really a miracle kidney for him,
said Dr. Victoria Norwood, Marshalls
doctor and the pediatric nephrology
chief at the University of Virginia.
Theres a huge gap between who
needs a new kidney and who gets one.
More than 101,000 people are on the
national waiting list, while only about
17,000 kidney transplants are performed
each year.
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SAN JOSE, Calif. Security researcher Brian Wallace was on the

trail of hackers who had snatched
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opened a pathway into the networks
running the United States power
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Digital clues pointed to Iranian
hackers. And Wallace found that
they had already taken passwords,
as well as engineering drawings of
dozens of power plants, at least one
with the title Mission Critical.
The drawings were so detailed that
experts say skilled attackers could
have used them, along with other
tools and malicious code, to knock
out electricity flowing to millions of
homes.
Wallace was astonished. But this
breach, The Associated Press has
found, was not unique.
About a dozen times in the last decade, sophisticated foreign hackers
have gained enough remote access
to control the operations networks
that keep the lights on, according to
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In this Oct. 21 photo, Brian Wallace, a security researcher at Cylance, poses for a photo in Irvine, Calif. Wallace was on the trail of hackers who had
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Fake bomb prompts emergency landing of Air France flight

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gency slides in what the

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against the airline in recent weeks.
The homemade apparatus was discovered
around midnight hidden
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was apparently placed
during the approximately 11-hour flight to Paris

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contained no explosives.
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Beware of grinches stealing cookies

Most of my family memage how good your blood
is doing, or how well your
bers, including myself, and
knee replacement went or
my friends have their annual
when youre getting your secphysicals during the last
two months of the year, the
ond cataract surgery. Its like
holiday months.
competitive health reporting.
I was fuming inside. Its
My doctor, looking
doesnt count, bragging on
through her bifocals and
cholesterol levels if youre on
scanning the screen of her
drugs. For Petes sake, anylittle handheld computer,
said, Well, the bad news
one can win the discus throw
is that your cholesterol has
if theyre on steroids!
Shannon Bardwell
climbed again.
At least I wasnt on meds
yet, so I tore through the
I levitated from my chair.
pantry checking labels and trying to
That is not possible! I eat no meat, no
figure out what I was supposed to be
butter and drink soy milk!
looking at and what I could or couldnt
Unperturbed, she said, Well, it has.
eat.
Blame your parents.
Some items had no cholesterol but
At home I fired off an email to my
had saturated fats; some had polyunsatbrother, Are you on cholesterol medicine?
urated fat and monounsaturated fat but
no cholesterol. The Fruit & Grain bars
Yes, he replied.
had no cholesterol, .5g of saturated fats,
My brother brags on his cholesterol
no trans fats but 2.5 grams of total fat.
levels. Thats what you brag on at our
Now figure that out.

Sam came home from his doctors
appointment with virtually the same
report, adding a little weight gain. He
said, I guess I thought since I was
walking I could eat anything I wanted;
so I did.
I sent an email to my dietitian friend
questioning all this cholesterol stuff.
She replied, Its all very complicated. Just eat healthy, exercise and thank
your parents. Basically what the doctor
said.
Shirley, my walking partner, got the
same report. Better cholesterol count
than last year but not as good as two
years ago.
Its starting to feel like pulling the
lever on a slot machine. Two apples, no
banana.
A lifelong member of Weight Watchers, Shirley went to a meeting to find out
about the new program. She said they
recommended eliminating processed
foods, and they cut way back on treats.

Looks like Shirley and the rest of us
are going to celebrate Christmas with
Cutie oranges and seedless grapes.
My sister-in-law texted her report.
Shes been balancing on the diabetes
beam for a few years, then found out she
had fallen over into the diabetic-needing-medicine side. Her words were,
Diabetes ... on meds, no more candy/
sugar. Cold turkey!
She seemed a little depressed to get
the news so close to Christmas. Bardwells were born loving sugar. It might
have been a little more palatable to have
gotten the news in January.
The brother-in-law reports that he
cant have salt. Well, who gives a fig
about salt when Christmas morning
your stocking is filled with oranges and
grapes.
Shannon Bardwells column appears
in The Dispatch on Mondays. Email
reaches her at msdeltachild@msn.com.
Campaign 2016
Where can
Rubio win?
Its not exactly like
Babe Ruth pointing with
his bat to the stands
where he was about to
hit a home run. But the
presidential primary
equivalent is that candidates can stay in the
race so long as they can
point to a state where
they are going to win
and, preferably, its an
Susan Estrich
early state.
Winning in primary politics is very often not about winning but
about doing better than expected, particularly
if youre not the frontrunner. But at some point,
sooner or later, you do need to win. You need to
show that youre not just second or third choice
but the first choice somewhere.
And therein lies the problem for Sen. Marco
Rubio of Florida. Its just not clear where he
is going to win, at least among the four early
states: Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina
and Nevada. Its unlikely that anyone will sweep
all four, but if you dont win one of them, how do
you claim to be in the top tier?
For his part, Rubios folks are trying to make
lemonade out of their failure to put a stake in
the ground anywhere, claiming that it saves
them from disappointing expectations. Thats
true enough, but if the expectations are that you
wont win, and then you dont win, its hard to
turn that into a victory. Unless, perhaps, your
name is Bill Clinton, youve just been hammered by the tabloids over an alleged mistress
and you manage to turn a second-place finish in
New Hampshire into a victory for the comeback kid. Miracles like that rarely happen
twice and, for all of his skill, Rubio has yet to
prove himself a political Bill Clinton.
Which doesnt mean Rubio should be taken
lightly: quite the contrary. Rubio is not only
a skilled debater but compared to say, Ted
Cruz hes also an all-around Mr.
Congeniality. Rubio is far better liked and
respected in the Senate than Cruz, which may
not be saying much except for the fact that
Cruz is leading in Iowa and is turning his lack
of popularity into an asset of sorts, owning it,
even. Hes painting himself as Mr. Outsider: the
first senator anyone can remember to be denied
basic senatorial courtesies by the members of
his own party; a guy who has managed to unite
the entire Senate against him.
But Rubios supporters have now taken to
complaining to the press about his failure to
commit to winning anywhere. This is not a
good sign. His top supporters in Iowa are using
The New York Times to send a message to the
candidate that he needs to push harder in Iowa
and not just aim to show. Thats a very bad sign.
Remember when Ben Carsons foreign policy
team decided to brief reporters on their candidates lack of attention to matters of national
security? That was the beginning of the end of
his candidacy.
Im old-fashioned enough to believe in that
ancient instrument of communication the
telephone. Its the usual way shall we say
the best way for supporters to give advice
to their candidates. When they use a national
newspaper instead, it generally means one of
two things: that theyre not really supporters, or
that they are, but theyve tried everything else,
and they might not be supporters much longer.
Marco Rubio has the potential to be a strong
candidate for president. Hes smart and affable,
and he has a story to tell. Once the voting begins, he wont have to win everywhere. But first,
he does have to win somewhere, and he has yet
to decide, or even to hint, where that might be.
Susan Estrich is a nationally syndicated
columnist. To find out more about her go to www.
creators.com.
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Aldermen willing to discuss $11M

retail project
Concerned Citizen: Come to

Mayhew! Great location, crossroads,
education, entertainment area..it
has all the needed. Did I mention location? Plus, the leaders there know
how to keep a secret, Max. Rule
No. 1, dont talk out of school when
working on economic development
projects.
Slimantics: Talking bout my

generation: The movies the 70s
Raider: I believe you forgot
Shaft (1971).
frank: They dont make music

like they did in the 60s and 70s
either. The kids of today still listen
to it and every other commercial
on TV has it as background score. I
sometimes wonder if the technology of today has stifled some of our
creativity.
Just the thoughts of another
old man who thought that the now
forgotten Close Encounters of the
Third Kind, which ran just after the
original Star Wars, was the better
sci-fi movie of that year.
Is hunting on the decline in

Mississippi?
frank: The last few paragraphs

beginning with the Hunting is important quote say a lot. It is a FAMILY activity. The guns are real and
their handling and safety as well as
their power are demonstrated.
It puts things in a far different
light for the children than any
video game ever will. I praise these
parents for taking the time to teach
and set an example for their two
children.
I read a statistic some time back
that children who were taught to

hunt and handle guns in their early
and pre-teen years were dramatically less likely to commit a violent
crime in their lifetime. I am sure
this has as much to do with parenting as it does with firearms. Teaching children to hunt is an example of
discipline in both.
Orenokoto: A big congratulations, Caleb an Kendall! I am so
happy to see Mom and Dad taking
you hunting. And, you cannot get
healthier food than wild game. We
love it at our house.
As a geezer (thatd be senior
citizen) who was raised hunting, the
main reason I dont hunt as much as
Id like, is the cost to join hunting
clubs.
For people like me, if its not public land, I cannot hunt. Even though
I have a lifetime license, I pay to
hunt on the private land dove hunts
the state leases from farmers, but
there are just no doves. I didnt even
get one shot this dove season so far.
Oh well, I still love just being
outdoors on the beautiful land.
frank: Great photo by the way.
The rendering makes it look like a
Norman Rockwell painting.
Experts: Coyotes not a Golden

Triangle problem
Mike Rathbone: There was one

traveling along Alabama Street
about 30 yards parallel to it and it
cut right through my yard, crossed
the street, and headed off toward
McCrary. There was no mistake
about what it was...also, one bow
season I was coming to the top of a
little rise along a trail and ended up
within about 10 foot of one...face to
face we just looked at each other in
disbelief. I loaded an arrow, and the
coyote hauled butt.
The experts here will also tell
you there are no Florida panthers in
this area. Its not the first time they
were wrong. Ive seen two of them,

one out by the airport, the other
by the state line. Again, there is no
mistaking a large, long bottle-brush
tailed cat that is rust colored.
Dont get me started on the coon
problem in town ....youd be amazed
at how many, and how dangerous
their presence in this town is. They
carry a bacteria in their intestines
that is usually fatal to humans, but it
can be treated.
Most times though, youll be
dead long before they figure out
what is wrong with you and children
are the most at risk as they are most
likely to touch objects and then
their mouth.
Critters...this isnt your world...
its theirs.
Slimantics: Fear and hatred are

the first steps to injustice
Tro705: Nice article Slim.

Bringing things up like Christians showing us their own bigotry
and racism is alive and well is something we are supposed to ignore.
During the time the Irish were
coming to America and staying in
the New York area, signs started
popping up on most business that
simply said INNA.
Irish need not apply was its
meaning and this was from those
that would proudly proclaim that
they were good Christians all the
while condemning the entire Irish
group as drunkards and lazy.
Muslims today have been put into
that same category by a few that
have managed to stroke the fears of
many.
Next we might see signs saying
MNNA and that will bring us back
to when we could show our hatred
and misinformation to the world and
maybe even be proud that America
is no longer moving forward but
instead has decided we like going
backwards to support our fears of
those that dont fit into our tiny view
of others.
Democratic debate in New Hampshire
AP Photo/Jim Cole
Bernie Sanders, left, and Hillary Clinton speak during an exchange during the Democratic presidential primary
debate Saturday at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H.
Sanders, Clinton move past

rancor over voter data breach
Clintons campaign had accused
Sanders team of stealing
information used to target voters
By JULIE PACE
and LISA LERER
MANCHESTER, N.H.
Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Hillary
Clinton moved past the
rancor over a breach of
her campaigns valuable
voter data, shifting Saturday nights debate into a
pointed but polite discussion of national security,
Americans heightened
terrorism fears and the
economy.
Clinton, the Democratic front-runner, kept
much of her focus on the
general election, sharply criticizing Donald
Trumps plan to ban Muslims from entering the
United States. She called
the leader of the GOP
race the Islamic States
best recruiter.
Mr. Trump has a
great capacity to use bluster and bigotry to inflame
people, said Clinton, the
former secretary of state.
Clinton and Sanders,
her closest challenger,
AP Fact check
entered the debate in

the midst of one of their
fiercest fights about
the campaign itself rather
than a national or international issue. Clintons
campaign accused Sanders team of stealing information used to target
voters and anticipate what
issues might motivate
them. In response to the
breach, the Democratic
National Committee temporarily cut off Sanders
teams access to its own
data, a move the Vermont
senator said Saturday was
an egregious act.
Still, Sanders said his
staff had acted improperly.
This is not the type of
campaign that we run, he
said. Sanders campaign
fired a worker involved in
ed two more aides.

Clinton quickly accepted his apology Saturday
night, saying, We should
move on, because I dont
think the American people are all that interested
in this.
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in the latest Democratic
presidential debate that
the Islamic State group
is using video of Donald
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CLINTON: He is
becoming ISISs best recruiter. They are going to
people showing videos of
Donald Trump insulting
Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical
jihadists.
THE FACTS: Whats
true is that Trumps
provocative
comments
about Muslims, including
his call to ban them from
coming to the U.S., have
been widely played across
the Middle East in the
hothouse of social media
and beyond. Plenty of people his Republican rivals
among them see his
positions as playing into
the hands of terrorists and
raising the risk of radicalizing Muslims in the West as
well as in the Middle East.
Its also true that IS has a
sophisticated propaganda
operation and it cant be
ruled out that the group
has spread such videos under the Western radar.
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to supporters that said
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placed its thumb on the
scales in support of Hillary Clintons campaign.
His campaign said after
the debate it had suspend-
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By JEFF AMY
JACKSON Mississippi could

get smoother roads, lower taxes
and a tax system more tilted to favor the rich than it does today.
Thats one possible outcome of
a tax shift that some people are
discussing as the 2016 legislative
approaches.
It would work something like
this: Lawmakers would vote to
raise fuel or other taxes to repave
roads and rebuild bridges. But at
the same time they would vote to
cut other taxes, either Mississippis
corporate franchise tax or some or
all of its personal income tax.
The tax cut might even be big
enough to outweigh the $375 million tax increase proposed Friday
by the Mississippi Economic Coun-
cil for transportation.

Joe Sanderson Jr., who led a
transportation study for MEC, the
states Chamber of Commerce,
made the idea explicit in a speech
Friday.
There are current conversations about phasing out the corporate franchise tax and reducing
personal income taxes to stimulate
economic growth, Sanderson said.
There is no reason why a strategy for boosting our states economy through improving highways,
roads and bridges, cannot be combined with efforts to make our tax
climate more competitive.
Answering questions after the
speech, he told reporters that you
could come up with a net tax decrease.
That echoes the position of Gov.
Phil Bryant, who in a statement Friday on the MEC report, said that
any tax increase must be offset by
corresponding tax cuts.
But unless the tax cuts proposed
are drastically different than those
considered in the Legislature last
year, people in lower income brackets could benefit less than people in
higher income brackets.
Heres why. Last year, Republican lawmakers tried to eliminate
Mississippis franchise tax, and to
reduce or eliminate its personal income tax.
After granting more than $350
million of tax cuts to businesses
since 2011, even some Republicans
were uneasy about eliminating Mississippis corporate franchise tax,
which charges a 2.5 percent levy
on business property or capital employed. Business groups, especially
banks and manufacturers, dislike
franchise taxes because they apply
not only when a business is profitable but also when its losing money. Business groups including MEC
have long aimed to eliminate Mississippis franchise tax.
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Became eligible for the funds this year,

its third straight year with nonblack
enrollment greater than 10 percent
By JEFF AMY
JACKSON Jackson
State University will become the second of Mississippis three historically black universities to
gain control of an endowment set aside in a desegregation lawsuit.
Higher
Education
Commissioner
Glenn
Boyce announced the
transfer of $24.3 million
at a Thursday meeting of
the College Board.
We will transfer the
money to them immediately, he said.
JSU became eligible
for the funds this year,
its third straight year
with nonblack enrollment
greater than 10 percent.
The amount more than
doubles Jackson States
overall endowment. Recently hired Vice Pres-
ident for Institutional

Advancement
Anthony
Holloman said JSU has
about $15 million in its
own endowment currently. The school was
already receiving investment income from the
endowment, and will still
be barred from invading
the principle. Investment
income must be spent for
academic purposes, including financial aid and
faculty salaries.
One of the major
things at Jackson State
is we want to continue
to grow and be a diverse
campus reflective of our
state, Holloman said.

Those dollars have allowed us to recruit the
best and brightest students regardless of race,
he said.
The late Jake Ayers
Sr. sued in 1975, citing
inequitable funding for
Mississippis three predominantly black universities. The case was
settled in 2001, with the
state committing more
than $500 million to rectify the problems. So far,
the state has contributed
about $400 million, and
contributions are beginning to taper off.
plished for my constituents as I represent them in

Jackson, he said. I think
we have a mutual respect
for each other and I am
hopeful that our relationship with each other has
grown.
Jackson, Karriem plans to

focus on economic development and finding ways
to bring jobs to the community. He acknowledged
the well-worn talking
point, but nevertheless
said jobs are vital to the
communitys continued
wellbeing.
Its so important that
people are able to take care
of themselves, he said. I
want to help provide some
hope. Our community
desperately needs hope.
For the neighborhood in
the area I represent right
now Im in the trenches
and I just see the disparity that is just so prevalent.
Its easy to cast blame and
point fingers for what people can and cannot do, but
we have to make sure the
opportunity is there for
people to achieve what
they need to achieve and
take care of themselves
and their families.
Columbus councilmen
will likely determine a
date for a special election
at their next regular meeting.
Karriem
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under-construction Sen.
Terry Brown Amphitheater.
For Karriem, the six
years on the council
were a time for personal
growth. He said he saw
that not only in himself,
but his fellow councilmen.
Of course, its been
a growing process, but
I think the whole entire council has grown
through my tenure, because of some of the
things that have been
brought before us and
some of the challenges we
have faced, Karriem said.
I think its been a learning process for the entire
council. Am I the same
person I was when I first
entered the council? Of
course not, because I have
a lot of experience under
my belt now.
Mayor Robert Smith
set a little time aside
during Tuesdays council
meeting to say goodbye to
Karriem.
Ive really enjoyed
working to you, Smith
said. You brought a lot to
the table since youve been

working with us. You will
definitely be missed, but
Im quite sure you wont be
a stranger. We will be calling on you, especially me,
for support of the projects
weve been working on
like the amphitheater and
the continuation of the
Riverwalk and several other projects where you can
assist us. I know you wont
turn a deaf ear upon us.
Karriem said his relationship with the mayor was another point of
growth, and its come a
long way since he and
Smith got into a fight in
city hall in 2010. He said
hes gathered a mutual respect for Smith.
Regardless of any sour
feelings in the past, Karriem said hes ready to
move on and do whatever he can to help the city
from his new position.
The mayor and council are going to need support in Jackson, just like
Im hoping that I can call
back to the mayor and city
hall to get things accom-
The next step
Karriem will take the

oath of office as representative on Jan. 5.
The office will be only
the second public seat hes
held, and he said he feels
some nerves about it. Still,
more than that, he said
hes ready to go to work in
the new phase of his political career.
Anything you dont
really know about, youll
have some little apprehensions about it, he said.
But Im excited. I hope
that I can represent the
people of District 41 to the
best of my ability.
Karriem said he plans
to open a constituent services office in Columbus,
though hes still working
to determine a location.
For his first term in
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PREP BASKETBALL
Columbus edges New Hope in first boys meeting of season

BY BEN WAIT
bwait@cdispatch.com
Luther Riley is no stranger to

good high school basketball rivalries.
Riley, who is in his first year as
Columbus High School boys basketball coach, spent 12 seasons at
Provine High in Jackson. Provine
and Lanier High have one of the
best basketball rivalries in the
state of Mississippi. Players like
Monta Ellis (Lanier), who plays
for the NBAs Indiana Pacers, and
Scottie Haralson (Provine), who
played at Connecticut and Tulsa,
have played in the rivalry.
Its a little bit more intense,
just being in the capital city, Riley said.
Riley had his first taste of the

cross-town rivalry between Columbus and New Hope on Saturday night and came away with a
65-56 victory in the final game of
the two-day Joe Horne Christmas
Classic at Columbus High.
The former Alcorn State
coach was impressed with the intensity of the rivalry. The stands
were packed and standing-room
only overflowed into the lobby
outside of the gym, as the 10 p.m.
tip didnt stop fans from showing
up in droves.
The crowd said it all, Riley
said. It was jam packed. A lot
of people came out. It was just a
great environment.
Sophomore Robert Woodard
II led Columbus with 14 points.
He has friends who play for New

Hope, and he knows many people
who are go to New Hope High.
Woodard said playing a rival
like New Hope makes for a more
intense game, which means getting a victory is even more important.
Its a pretty fun rivalry for
both of us, Woodard said. I
dont believe in bragging. I may
joke around about it in the future,
but just move onto the next game.
The atmosphere was nice,
and you had people going for both
teams. It was a nice experience.
Cameron Douglas led Columbus (8-2) with 15 points, while
Chris DeLoach added 13 and
Demetrius Clark had 10.
Junior Terryonte Thomas led
New Hope (9-1) with 16 points.

Carlos Brooks had 13, while Terrell Jennings added 10.
Its just a cross-town rivalry
and thats what rivalries are all
about, New Hope coach Drew
McBrayer said. It was a great atmosphere and two teams trying
to go after each other.
The Falcons led 11-6 after the
first quarter. Both teams scored
20 points in the second quarter
and Columbus led 31-26 at halftime.
Columbus led 48-40 entering the fourth quarter and did
enough in the final eight minutes to win Game 1 between the
teams. They will meet again Jan.
2 in New Hopes Trojan Holiday
Classic.
WOMENS
COLLEGE
BASKETBALL
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McCowan
helps MSU
pull away
for victory
From Special Reports
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Ole Miss junior defensive lineman Robert Nkemdiche (5) gets help from C.J. Johnson (back) in a sack of Mississippi State quarterback
Dak Prescott in a 38-27 victory on Nov. 28 at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville. Nkemdiche wont play for Ole Miss in the Sugar Bowl
on Jan. 1 and will enter the NFL draft.
NFL next stop for robert nkemdiche
Junior defensive lineman opts to declare for draft, wont play for Ole Miss against Oklahoma State in Sugar Bowl
By The Associated Press
OXFORD Ole Miss defensive lineman Robert Nkemdiche has played his last
college football game.
The junior standout, who was recently
charged with marijuana possession after a 15-foot fall at
an Atlanta hotel, wont play
against Oklahoma State in
the Sugar Bowl on Jan. 1.
The school said he will enter
the NFL draft.
Ole Miss coach Hugh
Nkemdiche Freeze said in a statement
Sunday that Nkemdiche was
told last week that he will not be joining
us for the bowl game. He added that the
school will support him as he prepares for
the next chapter in his life.
These is an intense rivalry, Riley said. They have good

players and we have some pretty
good players.
Even though the loss to Class
6A Columbus wont hurt New
Hope, which is Class 5A, in the division standings or in its quest for
a state championship, McBrayer
said his team has plenty to learn
from the game.
The physicality of the game
is a measuring stick, McBrayer
said. We had too many turnovers against their length. Its all
stuff we need to go back and work
on in practice for the next time we
see them.
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Freeze said he will share information

with NFL general managers and scouts
on Nkemdiche, a unique and talented individual who has made an immeasurable
impact on our program.
The 6-foot-4, 296-pounder is a second-team All-American and a possible
top-10 draft pick. He has 29 tackles, seven
for losses, including three sacks. He also
scored three touchdowns for Ole Miss,
which used him at fullback at times.
While I wish I could have finished
this journey with my team, I am grateful
for the opportunity to have been a part of
this program, and I am ready to begin the
next phase of my life, Nkemdiche said in
a statement. I have learned a valuable lesson in the last week, and I look forward to
showing NFL personnel that this is not rep-
resentative of my true character.

Police said the 21-year-old Nkemdiche
on Dec. 12 broke a hotel-room window,
walked about 15 feet, climbed over a wall
and fell about 15 feet. He was taken to a
hospital, ending up with stitches in his
back and leg and a swollen ankle.
A police report said a double-pane window was broken and the room was in complete disarray. The report also said there
were approximately seven rolled marijuana cigarettes in plain sight that police
linked to Nkemdiche.
Nkemdiche came to Ole Miss, where
his older brother, linebacker Denzel, also
plays, as one of the top-rated recruits in
the country. Ole Miss beat Alabama two
consecutive years and reached two major
bowls.
FOOTBALL: NFL
Patriots lead AFC

after beating Titans
By JIMMY GOLEN
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. The New England

Patriots know theyll get a first-round bye in
playoffs.
The Tennessee Titans future is even more in
doubt.
Tom Brady threw for two touchdowns to help
the Patriots hold onto the top spot in the AFC,
beating Tennessee 33-16 Sunday after knocking
quarterback Marcus Mariota out with a knee
injury.
The 2014 Heisman Trophy winner and the No.
2 overall pick in this years draft, Mariota left the
game and didnt return after being sacked to stop
See PATRIOTS, 5B
SCOREBOARD
Sundays games
n Minnesota 38, Chicago 17
n Atlanta 23, Jacksonville 17
n Houston 16, Indianapolis 10
n Carolina 38, N.Y. Giants 35
n New England 33,
Tennessee 16
n Washington 35, Buffalo 25
n K. City 34, Baltimore 14
n Seattle 30, Cleveland 13
n G. Bay 30, Oakland 20
n San Diego 30, Miami 14
n Cincinnati 24,
San Francisco 14
n Pittsburgh 34, Denver 27
n Arizona 40, Philadelphia 17
TOdays games
n Detroit at New Orleans,
7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Inside
n More NFL. Pages 3B, 6B
Panthers hold on
to keep perfect mark
By BARRY WILNER
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. After one of the

strangest and nastiest games this NFL season,
Cam Newton had an odd feeling.
His Carolina Panthers had just shrugged off a
record-tying Giants comeback to remain perfect
with a wild 38-35 victory Sunday. Newton, who
threw for five touchdowns to further state his
case for NFL Most Valuable Player honors, wasnt
quite sure what hed just been through.
It was kind of a weird feeling in that locker room, and Im still feeling kind of weird, but
See PANTHERS, 5B
SAN JUAN, Puerto

Rico Another dominating defensive performance
in the second half sparked
the No. 9 Mississippi State
womens basketball team.
Pulling away from a
two-point halftime lead,
MSU poured it on the second half to take a 90-68
victory against Western
Michigan in the second
day of the Puerto Rico
Classic.
I thought our team
came out in the second
half and played much,
much better, MSU coach
Vic Schaefer said. We
probably played our worst
half of the year (in the
first half). The second
half three things happened: Chinwe (Okorie)
established our inside
game, (Teaira) came off
the bench and really established our inside game
and Victoria took over the
game in a brief stretch
where she made some
great shots.
Defensively, we were
much better in the second half. We got out of the
press and tried to defend
them in the half court, and
we held them to 36 percent
from the floor.
MSU (10-1) won its
fifth-straight game to improve to 2-0 in the event. It
will wrap up its pre-Christmas slate at 12:15 p.m. today with a game against
SMU in its final game of
the tournament.
Freshman Teaira McCowan had her fourth
double-double with season-highs totals of 24
points and 13 rebounds,
including 10 on the offensive end.
When coach gives you
an opportunity, you have
to take advantage of it and
produce and do as much as
you can, McCowan said.
Second-chance
points
keeps teams in games,
so I tried to get as many
offensive rebounds and
See MSU WOMEN, 5B
Game 12
n No. 9
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2B Monday, December 21, 2015
USM football team leaves today for Dallas
Basketball
HAT TIESBURG The

Southern Mississippi football
team went through its final
on-campus practice Sunday afternoon before heading west to
play in the Zaxbys Heart of Dallas Bowl, where it will take on
Washington at 1:20 p.m. Saturday at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
The Golden Eagles went
through an hour workout on
briefly
Local
Starkville Academy boys beat
Oak Hill Academy
WEST POINT Carter Roach

had 17 points and three assists Saturday to lead the Starkville Academy
boys basketball team to a 65-42
victory against Oak Hill Academy.
Ade Amusa had 13 points, 12
rebounds, and five assists, while
Codie Futral had 13 points and six
steals for the Volunteers, who led
40-13 at halftime.
n The Oak Hill Academy girls
basketball team beat Starkville
Academy 53-45.
Alabama
Mens basketball team will
face Oregon tonight
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. The

Alabama mens basketball team will
take on Oregon at 8 tonight (ESPNU)
in The Vulcan Classic, presented by
BBVA Compass, at Birminghams
Legacy Arena.
It will be Alabamas first game in
Birmingham since it defeated Oklahoma State 69-52 in the 2011 season.
While the game is considered a
home game for Alabama, it will be the
seventh time in 10 games this season
it has played a game away from Tuscaloosa, marking the first time since
the 1978-79 season that has occurred
(played nine of first 11 games on the
road that year).
College Football
Georgia Southern hires
Colorado States Summers
as coach
STATESBORO, Ga. Georgia

Southern hired Colorado State defensive coordinator Tyson Summers as
coach Sunday night.
Summers, from Tifton, Georgia,
will replace Willie Fritz, who left
Georgia Southern to become Tulanes
coach. Fritz was formally introduced
as Tulanes coach Tuesday.
Summers served as an assistant
coach at Georgia Southern in 2006
before stints at Alabama-Birmingham and Central Florida. He said
Statesboro is home and he plans to
carry on the proud traditions of both
Georgia Southern University and the
Eagle football program.
Im looking forward to building off
the offense that is in place and continuing to progress with the defense,
Summers said.
Georgia Southern plans to introduce Summers at a press conference
on Saturday. Interim President Dr.
Jean Bartels, athletic director Tom
Kleinlein and the Georgia Southern
board of regents announced Sunday
night that Summers had accepted the
offer from Georgia Southern.
Kleinlein said Summers is a
great fit for the Eagles.
What we get in Tyson is someone who knows Georgia, someone
who was born and raised in Georgia,
someone who has recruited Georgia
his entire career, and someone who
has been a part of a ... school that
has played on New Years Day, which
is the level were aspiring to get to,
Kleinlein said.
Before his move to Colorado
State, Summers spent three seasons
at UCF. He was defensive coordinator
in 2014, when UCFs defense led the
American Athletic Conference and
ranked fifth in the nation in yards
allowed. He was interim defensive
coordinator when UCF upset Baylor in
the 2014 Fiesta Bowl.
Georgia Southern will play
Bowling Green in the GoDaddy Bowl
in Mobile, Alabama, on Wednesday. It
is the first bowl game for the Eagles in
their first season eligible as a Football
Bowl Subdivision team.
NBA
Milwaukees Kidd taking leave
of absence to have surgery
PHOENIX Milwaukee Bucks
coach Jason Kidd is taking an indefinite leave to have hip surgery.
Assistant coach Joe Prunty will
direct the team in Kidds absence,
general manager John Hammond
said after the Bucks 101-95 victory
over the Phoenix Suns.
I tried to put off surgery for as
long as I could, but after consulting
with my doctor, he advised that the
best course of action was to have
the procedure now, Kidd said in
statement released by the team.
The Bucks are 11-18 this season
and 52-59 in two seasons under Kidd.
Prunty has 20 years of NBA
coaching experience, including three
under Kidd. He served as an assistant
during Kidds one season coaching
the Brooklyn Nets and has been with
Kidd in Milwaukee the past two seasons. Prunty also is the head coach of
Britains national team.
I have every confidence in Joe
to lead our team during my absence,
Kidd said. Joe has many years of
coaching experience both in the NBA
and in international competition. Hes
well-respected in the league and I
know our players and coaches will
give their all during Joes time as head
coach.
the game field at M.M. Roberts

Stadium before transitioning
into a mock game that allowed
new offensive coordinator John
Wozniak an opportunity to call
plays while also working on preparing special teams. Wozniak
replaces Chip Lindsey, who accepted a similar position at Arizona State earlier this month.
Southern Miss will travel to
Dallas today. It will return to
practice Tuesday.
CALENDAR
Prep Basketball
Todays Games
West Point at Ridgeland
Saturdays Games
West Point hosts West Point Christmas
Classic
Mens College
Basketball
Todays Game
Alabama vs. Oregon (Birmingham), 8 p.m.
Tuesdays Games
Troy at Ole Miss, 3 p.m.
Southern Mississippi at Tulane, 6 p.m.
Wednesdays Game
Mississippi State vs. Northern Colorado
(Jackson), 7 p.m.
Womens College
Basketball
Todays Game
Mississippi State vs. SMU (San Juan,
Puerto Rico), 12:15 p.m.
on the air
Today
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
6 p.m. Sacred Heart at Northwestern,
Big Ten Network
6 p.m. Providence at Massachusetts,
CBS Sports Network
6 p.m. Appalachian State at North
Carolina, ESPN2
6 p.m. Eastern Kentucky at West
Virginia, ESPNU
6 p.m. Chicago State at Marquette,
FS1
8 p.m. Pepperdine at Gonzaga, ESPN2
8 p.m. Oregon vs. Alabama (at
Birmingham, Alabama), ESPNU
8 p.m. North Texas at Creighton, FS1
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
1:30 p.m. Miami Beach Bowl, South
Florida vs. Western Kentucky, at Miami,
ESPN
NBA
6:30 p.m. Minnesota at Boston, NBA
TV
9:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Los
Angeles Clippers, NBA TV
NFL
7:15 p.m. Detroit at New Orleans,
ESPN
SOCCER
2 p.m. Premier League, Manchester
City at Arsenal, NBC Sports Network
WOMENS COLLEGE BASKETBALL
4 p.m. Florida State at Arizona State,
ESPNU
Tuesday
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
1:30 p.m. Diamond Head Classic,
Auburn vs. New Mexico, at Honolulu,
ESPNU
3 p.m. Troy at Ole Miss, SEC Network
3:30 p.m. Diamond Head Classic,
BYU vs. Harvard, at Honolulu, ESPNU
4 p.m. Miami (Fla.) at La Salle, CBS
Sports Network
5 p.m. Kennesaw State at Indiana, Big
Ten Network
5 p.m. Clemson at Georgia, SEC
Network
5:30 p.m. South Florida at Seton Hall,
FS2
6 p.m. Georgetown at Charlotte, CBS
Sports Network
6 p.m. Iowa State at Cincinnati,
ESPN2
6 p.m. Michigan State vs. Oakland, at
Auburn Hills, Michigan, ESPNU
6 p.m. Delaware at Villanova, FS1
7 p.m. Vanderbilt at Purdue, Big Ten
Network
7 p.m. American at LSU, SEC Network
7:30 p.m. Southern Utah at Butler,
FS2
8 p.m. St. Johns vs. South Carolina,
at Uncasville, Connecticut, CBS Sports
Network
8 p.m. California at Virginia, ESPN2
8 p.m. Mercer at Ohio State, ESPNU
8 p.m. George Washington at DePaul,
FS1
10 p.m. Diamond Head Classic,
Oklahoma vs. Washington State, at
Honolulu, ESPNU
10 p.m. Kansas at San Diego State,
CBS Sports Network
Midnight (Wednesday) Diamond Head
Classic, Northern Iowa vs. Hawaii. at
Honolulu, ESPNU
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
2:30 p.m. Famous Idaho Potato Bowl,
Akron vs. Utah State, at Boise, Idaho,
ESPN
6 p.m. Boca Raton Bowl, Temple vs.
Toledo, at Boca Raton, Florida, ESPN
NBA
6:30 p.m. Dallas at Toronto, NBA TV
NHL
7 p.m. Montreal at Minnesota, NBC
Sports Network
9:30 p.m. San Jose at Los Angeles,
NBC Sports Network
Noon Arkansas-Little Rock at Texas
A&M, SEC Network
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB
Toronto
17 12 .586
Boston
14 13 .519 2
New York
14 14 .500 2
Brooklyn
7 20 .259 9
Philadelphia
1 28 .034 16
Southeast Division

W L Pct GB
Miami
16 10 .615
Atlanta
17 12 .586
Charlotte
15 11 .577 1
Orlando
15 12 .556 1
Washington
11 14 .440 4
Central Division

W L Pct GB
Cleveland
18 7 .720
Indiana
16 10 .615 2
Chicago
15 10 .600 3
Detroit
16 12 .571 3
Milwaukee
11 18 .379 9
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division

W L Pct GB
San Antonio
23 5 .821
Dallas
15 12 .556 7
Memphis
15 14 .517 8
Houston
14 14 .500 9
New Orleans
8 19 .296 14
Northwest Division

W L Pct GB
Oklahoma City
18 9 .667
Utah
11 14 .440 6
Denver
11 16 .407 7
Minnesota
11 16 .407 7
Portland
11 18 .379 8
Pacific Division

W L Pct GB
Golden State
26 1 .963
L.A. Clippers
16 12 .571 10
Phoenix
12 17 .414 15
Sacramento
11 16 .407 15
L.A. Lakers
4 23 .148 22
Sundays Games
Miami 116, Portland 109
Minnesota 100, Brooklyn 85
Cleveland 108, Philadelphia 86
Milwaukee 101, Phoenix 95
Sacramento 104, Toronto 94
Atlanta 103, Orlando 100
New Orleans 130, Denver 125
Todays Games
Sacramento at Washington, 6 p.m.
Minnesota at Boston, 6:30 p.m.
Orlando at New York, 6:30 p.m.
Brooklyn at Chicago, 7 p.m.
Charlotte at Houston, 7 p.m.
Portland at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Indiana at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Utah, 8 p.m.
Oklahoma City at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.
Tuesdays Games
Memphis at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
Dallas at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.
Detroit at Miami, 6:30 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Denver, 8 p.m.
Sundays Mens College

Scores
EAST
Assumption 83, Philadelphia 73
Chestnut Hill 75, St. Michaels 63
Goldey Beacom 80, Wilmington (Del.) 74
Marist 89, Army 83
Md.-Eastern Shore 79, American U. 64
Monmouth (NJ) 73, Rutgers 67
NJIT 83, St. Johns 74
Pittsburgh 94, Davidson 69
Post (Conn.) 73, New Haven 67
St. Francis Brooklyn 64, Liberty 55
Stockton 73, Hood 64, OT
Stony Brook 71, Hofstra 68
Towson 88, Rio Grande 47
UConn 88, Mass.-Lowell 79
SOUTH
Austin Peay 92, Lipscomb 84
Coastal Carolina 68, Alabama St. 65
E. Connecticut 66, Berry 60, OT
Hampden-Sydney 69, Albright 53
James Madison 67, East Carolina 61
Manhattan 78, Morgan St. 66
Morehead St. 60, W. Carolina 52
Shaw 80, Fort Valley St. 79
MIDWEST
Samford 69, Nebraska 58
Wright St. 83, Bowling Green 47
SOUTHWEST
TCU 80, Abilene Christian 69
Texas A&M-CC 80, Cal Poly 74
UALR 84, N. Arizona 57
FAR WEST
Boise St. 90, Bradley 70
CS Northridge 79, Bethesda 49
E. Washington 74, Denver 58
Evansville 85, Fresno St. 77
Seattle 67, San Jose St. 64

Mens Top 25 Fared
1. Michigan State (12-0) beat

Northeastern 78-58.
2. Kansas (9-1) beat Montana 88-46.
3. Oklahoma (8-0) beat Creighton 87-74.
4. Kentucky (9-2) lost to Ohio State 74-67.
5. Iowa State (9-1) lost to Northern Iowa
81-79.
6. Maryland (10-1) beat Princeton 82-61.
7. Duke (9-2) beat Georgia Southern
99-65; lost to Utah 77-75, OT.
8. Virginia (9-1) beat No. 12 Villanova
86-75.
9. Purdue (11-1) lost to No. 17 Butler
74-68.
10. Xavier (11-0) beat Auburn 85-61.
11. North Carolina (9-2) beat Tulane
96-72; beat No. 22 UCLA 89-76.
12. Villanova (8-2) lost to No. 8 Virginia
86-75.
13. Arizona (11-1) beat Northern Arizona
92-37; beat UNLV 82-70.
14. Providence (11-1) beat Rider 73-65.
15. Miami (9-1) beat College of
Charleston 85-63.
16. Baylor (8-2) beat Hardin-Simmons
104-59; lost to No. 24 Texas A&M 80-61.
17. Butler (9-1) beat No. 9 Purdue 74-68.
18. SMU (9-0) beat Nicholls State 86-42;
beat Hampton 105-72.
19. Louisville (9-1) beat Kennesaw State
94-57; beat Western Kentucky 78-56.
20. West Virginia (9-1) beat Marshall
86-68.
21. George Washington (10-1) beat St.
Peters 87-74.
22. UCLA (8-4) beat Louisiana-Lafayette
89-80; lost to No. 11 North Carolina 89-76.
23. Cincinnati (10-2) beat Norfolk State
75-59; beat VCU 69-63.
24. Texas A&M (9-2) beat No. 16 Baylor
80-61.
25. UConn (7-3) beat UMass-Lowell
88-79.
Southeastern Conference
Sundays Games
No games scheduled
Todays Game
Oregon vs. Alavama at Birmingham,
Alabama, 8 p.m. (ESPNU)
Tuesdays Games
Auburn vs. New Mexico, 1:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
Troy at Ole Miss, 3 p.m. (SEC Network)
Clemson at Georgia, 5 p.m. (SEC Network)
Jacksonville at Florida, 6 p.m.
East Tennessee State at Tennessee, 6 p.m.
Vanderbilt at Purdue, 7 p.m. (Big Ten Network)
American at LSU, 7 p.m. (SEC Network)
North Florida at Arkansas, 7 p.m.
St. Johns vs. South Carolina, 8 p.m.
(CBS Sports Network)
Wednesdays Games
Missouri at Illinois, 6 p.m. (ESPN2)
Northern Colorado at Mississippi State, 7 p.m.
(SEC Network)
Thursdays Games
No games scheduled
Fridays Games
No games scheduled
Saturdays Game
Louisville at Kentucky, 11 a.m. (WCBI)
Sunday, Dec. 27
No games scheduled
Late Saturday Mens

College Scores
SOUTHWEST
Mercer 69, Arkansas 66, OT
New Mexico St. 73, UTEP 53
Texas A&M 80, Baylor 61
FAR WEST
Arizona 82, UNLV 70
Colorado 95, Hampton 53
Gonzaga 86, Tennessee 79
Oregon St. 76, Tulsa 71
Portland 65, Cal St.-Fullerton 60
Rice 90, New Mexico 89
Texas 75, Stanford 73
No. 24 Texas A&M 80,

No. 16 Baylor 61
BAYLOR (8-2): Gathers 4-10 0-5 8, Medford 5-12 5-6 16, Prince 2-8 3-4 8, Wainright
4-8 0-0 12, Freeman 1-6 2-2 5, Lindsey 1-5 2-2
4, Motley 3-6 0-0 6, McClure 0-3 0-0 0, Maston
1-1 0-0 2. Totals 21-59 12-19 61.
TEXAS A&M (9-2): A. Collins 2-6 2-2 8,
Jones 8-15 0-0 17, Caruso 2-4 2-2 6, House
6-13 1-1 17, Davis 6-6 3-6 15, Hogg 1-5 1-3
4, Gilder 1-7 3-4 5, Trocha-Morelos 2-4 0-3 4,
Aparicio 0-0 0-0 0, Byers 1-1 0-1 2, Dobbins
0-0 0-2 0, Distefano 0-0 0-0 0, Miller 1-2 0-4 2.
Totals 30-63 12-28 80.
HalftimeTexas A&M 51-30. 3-Point
GoalsBaylor 7-21 (Wainright 4-5, Freeman
1-2, Medford 1-4, Prince 1-5, Lindsey 0-2,
McClure 0-3), Texas A&M 8-22 (House 4-9, A.
Collins 2-4, Jones 1-3, Hogg 1-4, Gilder 0-1,
Trocha-Morelos 0-1). Fouled OutWainright.
ReboundsBaylor 40 (Gathers 18), Texas
A&M 45 (House 8). AssistsBaylor 15 (Lindsey 6), Texas A&M 23 (Caruso 8). Total Fouls
Baylor 22, Texas A&M 18. A9,056.
Sundays Womens
College Scores
EAST
American U. 52, Manhattan 48
Auburn 74, Towson 52
Boston College 66, Mass.-Lowell 55
Bryant 55, New Hampshire 42
Bucknell 80, Delaware 51
Caldwell 97, Washington Adventist 51
Fairfield 74, IPFW 62
Fairleigh Dickinson 81, Monmouth (NJ) 75
Fordham 63, CCSU 48
Franklin Pierce 75, Molloy 71
George Washington 70, Iona 65
Goldey Beacom 85, Wilmington (Del.) 72
Hofstra 71, Marist 67
Penn St. 83, Sacred Heart 46
Philadelphia 75, Holy Family 70
Pittsburgh 75, Rider 44
Providence 64, Rhode Island 55, OT
Seton Hall 81, St. Peters 65
St. Rose 67, Chestnut Hill 53
UMBC 52, Loyola (Md.) 46
Vermont 54, NJIT 46
Villanova 67, La Salle 56
SOUTH
Alabama 72, Grambling St. 57
Appalachian St. 92, Furman 78
Campbell 66, North Florida 55
Cent. Arkansas 51, SC State 38
Charlotte 99, Davidson 88
Florida Gulf Coast 57, Arizona 55
Georgia St. 68, Bethune-Cookman 61
Kentucky 71, Duke 61
Lehigh 63, Hampton 56
Louisville 71, Coll. of Charleston 67
Marshall 81, Norfolk St. 67
Maryland 106, Md.-Eastern Shore 30
Miami 89, Indiana 75
Middle Tennessee 69, Tennessee Tech 53
Mississippi St. 90, W. Michigan 68
North Carolina 69, Southern Miss. 62
SMU 69, Gardner-Webb 61
Shaw 64, St. Leo 54
South Carolina 88, East Carolina 57
South Florida 68, Oklahoma St. 46
Stetson 79, Georgia Southern 57
Stockton 63, Concordia (Wis.) 58
Wake Forest 43, Richmond 33
West Virginia 69, James Madison 62
MIDWEST
Cincinnati 70, E. Illinois 57
Creighton 69, Nebraska-Omaha 46
Dayton 85, Princeton 81
Georgia 63, Wright St. 57
Georgia Tech 60, IUPUI 50
Iowa St. 91, Alcorn St. 41
Missouri 91, Lamar 57
N. Iowa 75, Tulsa 59
Toledo 60, Ill.-Chicago 51
Washington St. 66, Kansas 53
SOUTHWEST
Missouri St. 64, UALR 58
TCU 76, S. Utah 47
Texas 61, Arkansas 50
Texas A&M 74, Oklahoma 68
Texas Rio Grande Valley 55, Houston 45
Texas Tech 84, Ark.-Pine Bluff 40
FAR WEST
Abilene Christian 71, Idaho 59, OT
Colorado St. 74, Denver 46
Hawaii 74, Sacramento St. 72
Long Beach St. 67, UNLV 63
New Mexico St. 52, New Mexico 47
Portland St. 83, CS Northridge 77
San Jose St. 79, UC Irvine 58
Scranton 86, Emory & Henry 57
UC Santa Barbara 89, LaVerne 41
TOURNAMENT
Gator Holiday Classic
First Round
Florida 122, St. Francis (Pa.) 65
NC State 73, E. Kentucky 62
Lady Griz Classic
Championship
Montana 86, Utah St. 70
Third Place
FAU 69, Tennessee St. 64
Tulane Classic
First Round
Saint Louis 76, Cleveland St. 65
Tulane 74, UNC-Greensboro 53
Women of Troy Classic
Championship
Florida A&M 61, UC Davis 58
Third Place
Southern Cal 68, Albany (NY) 67
The AP Womens
Top 25 Fared
1. UConn (8-0) did not play.

2. South Carolina (11-0) beat Hampton
86-48; beat East Carolina 88-57.
3. Notre Dame (9-1) did not play.
4. Baylor (12-0) beat Oral Roberts 97-39;
beat No. 23 Miami 88-81.
5. Texas (10-0) beat Canisius 92-62; beat
Arkansas 61-50.
6. Maryland (11-0) beat MarylandEastern Shore 107-30.
7. Oregon State (8-1) beat Cal State
Bakersfield 75-51; lost to No. 14 Tennessee
53-50.
8. Kentucky (10-0) beat No. 13 Duke
71-61.
9. Mississippi State (10-1) beat Southern
Mississippi 78-65; beat Florida Gulf Coast
65-60; beat Western Michigan 90-68.
10. Ohio State (7-3) beat Princeton 90-70.
11. Florida State (9-2) beat Mercer 79-36;
beat Murray State 101-59.
12. Northwestern (10-1) beat Alcorn State
91-47; lost to No. 16 DePaul 77-64.
13. Duke (9-3) beat UMass 70-46; beat
Liberty 79-41; lost to No. 8 Kentucky 71-61.
14. Tennessee (8-3) lost to No. 15
Stanford 69-55; beat No. 7 Oregon State
53-50.
15. Stanford (8-2) beat No. 14 Tennessee
69-55; beat Cornell 93-38.
16. DePaul (8-4) lost to South Dakota
State 88-79; beat No. 12 Northwestern 77-64.
17. Oklahoma (9-2) lost to No. 18 Texas
A&M 74-68.
18. Texas A&M (8-3) beat No. 17
Oklahoma 74-68.
19. UCLA (7-2) beat UC Irvine 83-48;
beat Sacramento State 109-76.
20. South Florida (7-2) beat Oklahoma
State 68-46.
21. Arizona State (7-3) beat Hartford
60-29; beat Marquette 90-80.
21. California (7-2) did not play.
23. Miami (11-1) lost to No. 4 Baylor
88-81; beat Indiana 89-75.
24. Michigan State (8-2) beat
Northeastern 77-51.
25. St. Johns (8-2) lost to Duquesne
76-57.
No. 20 South Florida 68,

Oklahoma State 46
OKLAHOMA ST. (8-1): Coleman 1-4 3-4

5, Loecker 0-3 0-0 0, Jensen 6-12 3-5 15, Martin 8-21 3-3 19, Patton 0-3 0-0 0, Simon 1-3 0-0
2, Omozee 2-4 0-0 5, Walton 0-2 0-0 0, Holt
0-0 0-0 0, Jones 0-5 0-0 0, Swanson 0-1 0-0 0,
Wheeler 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 18-61 9-12 46.
SOUTH FLORIDA (7-2): Jenkins 3-5 2-2
8, Weber 4-4 0-0 8, Williams 6-19 3-5 16, Ferreira 6-13 0-0 14, Flores 1-4 0-0 3, Pujol 0-1
0-0 0, Jespersen 2-5 0-0 5, Stringfield 1-3 0-0
2, Warioba 0-0 0-0 0, Laksa 5-8 0-0 12. Totals
28-62 5-7 68.
Oklahoma St. 8 13 12 1346
South Florida 16 15 18 1968
3-Point GoalsOklahoma St. 1-12
(Omozee 1-2, Jensen 0-1, Jones 0-1, Wheeler
0-2, Patton 0-3, Loecker 0-3), South Florida 7-21 (Laksa 2-3, Ferreira 2-7, Flores 1-3,
Jespersen 1-3, Williams 1-4, Pujol 0-1). ReboundsOklahoma St. 40 (Martin 9), South
Florida 39 (Jenkins 14). AssistsOklahoma St.
10 (Patton 4), South Florida 19 (Flores, Jenkins
5). Total FoulsOklahoma St. 13, South Florida 13. A1,912.
SEC
Sundays Games
Mississippi State 90, Western Michigan 68
South Carolina 88, East Carolina 57
Auburn 74, Towson 52
Georgia 63, Wright State 57
Texas 61, Arkansas 50
Florida 122, St. Francis (Pa.) 65
Alabama 72, Grambling State 57
Missouri 91, Lamar 57
Texas A&M 74, Oklahoma 68
Kentucky 71, Duke 61
Todays Games
Tennessee-Martin at Vanderbilt, Noon
Mississippi State vs. SMU, 12:15 p.m.
North Carolina State at Florida, 1:30 p.m.
LSU at UConn, 6 p.m.
Texas State at Missouri, 7 p.m.
Tuesdays Games
Arkansas-Little Rock at Texas A&M, Noon
(SEC Network)
Elon at South Carolina, 6 p.m.
Wednesdays Games
Cincinnati at Georgia, Noon
George Mason at Auburn, 6 p.m.
Thursdays Games
No games scheduled
Fridays Games
No games scheduled
Saturdays Games
No games scheduled
Sundays Games
No games scheduled
No. 2 South Carolina 88,

East Carolina 57
EAST CAROLINA (6-6): Payne 3-11 6-6

14, Taylor 8-18 0-1 16, Laramie 4-14 2-2 13,
Toure 1-9 2-2 4, Gray 0-3 0-0 0, Frazier 1-2
1-1 3, Womble 0-0 0-0 0, Csutoras 2-8 0-0 5,
Holston 0-4 2-2 2. Totals 19-69 13-14 57.
SOUTH CAROLINA (11-0): Wilson 7-10
1-1 15, Dozier 4-5 0-0 10, Coates 4-8 2-4 10,
Sessions 1-5 3-4 5, Mitchell 5-9 5-8 16, Colley
1-2 0-0 3, Cuevas 1-7 2-2 4, Duckett 1-1 0-0 2,
Roy 1-5 0-0 3, Imovbioh 2-6 2-3 6, White 5-8
4-6 14, Farmer 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 32-67 19-28
88.
East Carolina
15 11 22 957
South Carolina 21 23 25 1988
3-Point GoalsEast Carolina 6-23 (Laramie 3-7, Payne 2-6, Csutoras 1-3, Gray 0-3,
Toure 0-4), South Carolina 5-18 (Dozier 2-2,
Colley 1-2, Mitchell 1-3, Roy 1-4, Farmer 0-1,
White 0-1, Sessions 0-2, Cuevas 0-3). Fouled
OutHolston. ReboundsEast Carolina 37
(Laramie 10), South Carolina 54 (Coates 15).
AssistsEast Carolina 7 (Toure 3), South Carolina 13 (Colley 4). Total FoulsEast Carolina
26, South Carolina 14. TechnicalEast Carolina Bench. ANA.
No. 5 Texas 61,

Arkansas 50
TEXAS (10-0): Davenport 2-7 0-0 5,

Rodrigo 3-8 2-2 9, McCarty 3-10 2-2 9, Taylor
6-10 3-6 15, Boyette 3-6 0-0 6, Hosey 0-1 0-0 0,
Higgs 4-8 0-0 8, Atkins 1-5 2-2 5, Sanders 0-0
0-0 0, Hattis 1-2 0-0 2, Lang 1-7 0-0 2. Totals
24-64 9-12 61.
ARKANSAS (3-8): Jackson 8-23 5-5 22,
Zimmerman 0-1 0-0 0, Danberry 0-6 3-4 3,
Wolff 1-5 0-2 2, Cooley 1-6 0-0 2, Monk 1-5
0-0 2, Swenson 2-4 0-0 6, Freeman 0-0 0-0 0,
Brooks 0-2 0-0 0, Cosper 4-10 2-2 13, West 0-0
0-0 0. Totals 17-62 10-13 50.
Texas
20 5 18 1861
Arkansas 3 16 17 1450
3-Point GoalsTexas 4-19 (Atkins 1-3,
Davenport 1-4, Rodrigo 1-5, McCarty 1-6,
Higgs 0-1), Arkansas 6-20 (Cosper 3-7, Swenson 2-2, Jackson 1-7, Monk 0-1, Danberry
0-1, Brooks 0-1, Zimmerman 0-1). Fouled
OutBoyette, Danberry. ReboundsTexas 50
(Taylor 9), Arkansas 39 (Jackson, Swenson 6).
AssistsTexas 12 (Davenport 3), Arkansas 11
(Cosper, Monk 3). Total FoulsTexas 18, Arkansas 17. ANA.
No. 8 Kentucky 71,

No. 13 Duke 61
DUKE (9-3): Stevens 6-15 5-5 17, Chidom

4-5 0-0 8, Belton 1-5 0-0 2, Lambert 1-8 4-6 7,
Greenwell 0-6 1-2 1, Gorecki 1-5 0-0 2, Salvadores 3-9 2-3 9, Primm 6-7 3-4 15, Mathias 0-0
0-0 0. Totals 22-60 15-20 61.
KENTUCKY (10-0): Jennings 1-3 0-0 2,
Akhator 8-14 2-2 18, Thompson 7-12 0-0 17,
Morris 4-11 0-0 9, Epps 4-7 8-9 17, Camara 2-6
0-0 4, Jakubcova 0-0 0-0 0, Murray 2-5 0-0 4,
Rice 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 28-58 10-11 71.
Duke
13 17 17 1461
Kentucky 22 16 19 1471
3-Point GoalsDuke 2-13 (Salvadores
1-2, Lambert 1-3, Stevens 0-2, Greenwell 0-3,
Gorecki 0-3), Kentucky 5-9 (Thompson 3-4,
Epps 1-1, Morris 1-4). ReboundsDuke 38
(Chidom 7), Kentucky 28 (Akhator 6). Assists
Duke 8 (Greenwell, Salvadores, Stevens 2),
Kentucky 13 (Epps 8). Total FoulsDuke 19,
Kentucky 17. A17,150.
No. 9 Mississippi State 90,

Western Michigan 68
W. MICHIGAN (7-3): Shipman 4-9 7-8

17, Meeks 1-2 4-4 6, Morton 2-4 0-0 4, Reeves
1-4 2-2 4, Jessing 4-8 3-4 11, Wimby 0-2 2-2 2,
Mobley 1-4 3-6 5, Smith 2-2 0-0 5, Miller 0-1
2-2 2, Woods 3-5 1-2 7, Brooks 0-1 5-6 5. Totals
18-42 29-36 68.
MISSISSIPPI ST. (10-1): Dillingham 3-6
2-2 9, William 3-6 2-2 9, Chapel 5-6 1-1 11,
Vivians 6-14 2-2 15, Okorie 3-6 1-2 7, Schaefer
0-5 0-0 0, Richardson 0-4 0-0 0, Williams 0-1
0-0 0, Holmes 1-4 1-2 3, McCowan 9-16 6-8 24,
Nevitt 2-4 0-0 5, Salter 2-6 1-2 7. Totals 34-78
16-21 90.
W. Michigan
23 15 11 1968
Mississippi St. 25 15 27 2390
3-Point GoalsW. Michigan 3-11 (Shipman 2-5, Smith 1-1, Miller 0-1, Reeves 0-1,
Jessing 0-3), Mississippi St. 6-16 (Salter 2-3,
Dillingham 1-2, William 1-2, Nevitt 1-2, Vivians 1-5, Schaefer 0-2). Fouled OutReeves,
Woods. ReboundsW. Michigan 29 (Shipman
6), Mississippi St. 44 (McCowan 13). AssistsW. Michigan 12 (Brooks 3), Mississippi
St. 19 (William 5). Total FoulsW. Michigan 21,
Mississippi St. 26. ANA.
No. 18 Texas A&M 74,

No. 17 Oklahoma 68
TEXAS A&M (8-3): Hillsman 4-8 0-0 8,

C. Williams 8-13 7-10 23, Jennings 5-10 2-2 12,
Jones 0-3 0-0 0, Walker 7-17 4-6 18, Cooper
1-4 0-0 3, Howard 0-0 0-0 0, Allen 0-0 0-0 0,
Knox 1-2 0-0 2, D. Williams 1-4 0-2 2, Lumpkin 0-0 0-0 0, Mitchell 1-2 4-6 6. Totals 28-63
17-26 74.
OKLAHOMA (9-2): Little 3-13 2-2 8, Wyatt 4-11 0-0 11, Ortiz 3-7 0-0 8, Manning 3-10
2-2 10, K. Williams 4-9 4-8 12, Pierre-Louis 3-9
2-6 8, Edwards 2-6 0-0 4, Treece 2-2 0-0 4, L.
Williams 1-4 1-2 3. Totals 25-71 11-20 68.
Texas A&M 17 13 26 1874
Oklahoma 17 20 10 2168
3-Point GoalsTexas A&M 1-5 (Cooper
1-2, Jones 0-1, D. Williams 0-2), Oklahoma 7-23
(Wyatt 3-7, Manning 2-5, Ortiz 2-6, L. Williams
0-1, Little 0-4). Fouled OutManning, K. Williams. ReboundsTexas A&M 49 (Walker 8),
Oklahoma 39 (K. Williams 13). AssistsTexas
A&M 10 (Jones 5), Oklahoma 14 (Edwards, Ortiz 4). Total FoulsTexas A&M 21, Oklahoma
22. A2,403.
Alabama 72,
Grambling State 57
GRAMBLING STATE (2-8): Kennedy 3-6

0-0 6, Neal 6-15 2-2 16, Jones 0-1 0-0 0, Andrews 2-8 0-0 5, Boyd 4-13 3-3 12, Hill 0-1 3-4
3, Lewis 2-6 1-2 5, Parsons 0-0 0-0 0, Taylor
0-0 0-0 0, Thompson 5-8 0-0 10. Totals: 2258 9-11 57.
ALABAMA (10-2): Bolton 7-11 0-0 14,
Hegstetter 8-14 1-2 17, Cook 1-5 0-0 3, Knight
1-6 4-4 6, Middlebrook 2-7 0-0 4, Magee 1-2
2-2 5, Carter 0-0 0-0 0, Hayden 6-12 2-3 15,
Foy 0-0 0-0 0, Wade 3-6 0-1 6, Martinez 1-1 0-0
2. Totals: 30-64 9-12 72.
Grambling St. 27 2 11 17 57
Alabama
20 15 14 23 72
3-Point GoalsGrambling State 4-16
(Neal 2-4, Andrews 1-5, Boyd 1-5, Lewis 0-1,
Jones 0-1), Alabama 3-14 (Magee 1-1, Cook
1-2, Hayden 1-2, Wade 0-1, Hegstetter 0-1,
Bolton 0-1, Knight 0-2, Middlebrook 0-4).
ReboundsGrambling State 28 (Neal 9),
Alabama 45 (Hegstetter 10). AssistsGrambling State 9 (Boyd 3), Alabama 18 (Knight 5).
Total FoulsGrambling State 19, Alabama 15.
Fouled OutThompson. A2,474.
Late Saturday Womens

College Scores
SOUTHWEST
Stephen F. Austin 59, Rice 45
Texas Southern 51, Texas A&M-CC 43
Texas-Arlington 64, Houston Baptist 40
UTSA 88, Texas A&M-Kingsville 51
FAR WEST
South Alabama 59, Grand Canyon 56
Tennessee 53, Oregon St. 50
No. 14 Tennessee 53,

No. 7 Oregon State 50
TENNESSEE (8-3): Graves 4-6 1-2 9,

Dunbar 0-1 0-0 0, Carter 4-8 0-0 8, Russell 6-8
0-0 12, Nared 0-7 0-0 0, Reynolds 4-9 0-0 8,
Jackson 0-1 0-0 0, DeShields 6-12 2-8 14, Cooper 1-5 0-0 2. Totals 25-57 3-10 53.
OREGON ST. (8-1): Hanson 2-9 0-0 5,
Weisner 6-23 4-4 16, Wiese 7-17 0-0 17, Hunter
0-3 0-0 0, Hamblin 3-8 0-0 6, Siegner 0-0 0-0
0, McWilliams 0-1 2-2 2, Orum 0-0 0-0 0, Gulich
2-2 0-0 4, Hill 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 20-65 6-6 50.
Tennessee 17 18 10 853
Oregon St. 11 7 22 1050
3-Point GoalsTennessee 0-2 (Nared
0-1, Dunbar 0-1), Oregon St. 4-24 (Wiese
3-10, Hanson 1-3, McWilliams 0-1, Weisner
0-10). ReboundsTennessee 33 (DeShields 9), Oregon St. 48 (Hamblin, Weisner
12). AssistsTennessee 10 (Carter, Cooper,
Nared, Reynolds 2), Oregon St. 7 (Hunter 3).
Total FoulsTennessee 17, Oregon St. 11.
A8,223.
Football
College Bowl Schedule
Saturday, Dec. 19
Celebration Bowl
Atlanta
NC A&T 41, Alcorn State 34
New Mexico Bowl
Albuquerque
Arizona 45, New Mexico 37
Las Vegas Bowl
Utah 35, BYU 28
Camelia Bowl
Montgomery, Alabama
Applachian State 31, Ohio University 29
Cure Bowl
Orlando, Florida
San Jose State 27, Georgia State 16
New Orleans Bowl
Louisiana Tech 47, Arkansas State 28
Louisiana Tech 47,

Arkansas State 28
Arkansas St. 3 14 3 828

Louisiana Tech 10 7 17 1347
First Quarter
LaTDixon 9 pass from Driskel (J.Barnes
kick), 12:00.
AkStFG J.Houston 36, 6:38.
LaTFG J.Barnes 50, 1:55.
Second Quarter
LaTTaylor 13 pass from Driskel (J.Barnes
kick), 12:06.
AkStWand 1 run (J.Houston kick), 7:22.
AkStKnighten 1 run (J.Houston kick), :18.
Third Quarter
AkStFG Ferguson 37, 8:17.
LaTDixon 59 pass from Driskel (J.Barnes
kick), 5:09.
LaTDixon 8 run (J.Barnes kick), :18.
Fourth Quarter
LaTDixon 4 run (J.Barnes kick), 10:52.
AkStTaylor 98 kickoff return (Griswold pass
from Knighten), 10:38.
A32,847.

AkSt LaT
First downs
23
26
Rushes-yards 39-177 36-229
Passing 146 458
Comp-Att-Int 15-29-2 26-38-0
Return Yards
40
28
Punts-Avg. 5-40.0 3-43.3
Fumbles-Lost 3-1
1-0
Penalties-Yards 11-109 13-154
Time of Possession 25:13
34:47
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHINGArkansas St., Wand 12-66,
Knighten 13-42, J.White 9-41, McKissic 3-25,
Gordon 2-3. Louisiana Tech, B.Scott 4-106,
Dixon 21-102, Driskel 8-16, Higgins 1-3, Martin 2-2.
PASSINGArkansas St., Knighten 14-28-2137, McKissic 1-1-0-9. Louisiana Tech, Driskel
26-38-0-458.
RECEIVINGArkansas St., Wand 5-20,
T.Houston 3-47, McKissic 3-26, Stowers 2-27,
Paschal 1-17, Knighten 1-9. Louisiana Tech,
Taylor 10-149, Dixon 6-113, P.Turner 5-97,
C.Smith 3-40, Henderson 1-53, Gaines 1-6.
Todays Game
Miami Beach Bowl
South Florida (8-4) vs. Western Kentucky
(11-2), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Tuesdays Games
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Boise
Akron (7-5) vs. Utah State (6-6), 2:30 p.m.
(ESPN)
Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl
Temple (10-3) vs. Toledo (9-2), 6 p.m. (ESPN)
Wednesdays Games
Poinsettia Bowl
San Diego
Northern Illinois (8-5) vs. Boise State (8-4),
3:30 p.m. (ESPN)
GoDaddy Bowl
Mobile, Alabama
Bowling Green (10-3) vs. Georgia Southern
(8-3), 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Thursdays Games
Bahamas Bowl
Nassau
Middle Tennessee (7-5) vs. Western
Michigan (7-5), 11 a.m. (ESPN)
Hawaii Bowl
Honolulu
Cincinnati (7-5) vs. San Diego State (10-3),
7 p.m. (ESPN)
Saturdays Games
St. Petersburg (Fla.) Bowl
Marshall (9-3) vs. UConn (6-6), 10 a.m. (ESPN)
Sun Bowl
El Paso, Texas
Miami (8-4) vs. Washington State (8-4),
1 p.m. (WCBI)
Heart of Dallas Bowl
Washington (6-6) vs. Southern Mississippi
(9-4), 2:20 p.m. (ESPN)
Pinstripe Bowl
Bronx, New York
Duke (7-5) vs. Indiana (6-6), 2:30 p.m.
(WKDH-WTVA)
Independence Bowl
Shreveport, Louisiana
Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Tulsa (6-6), 4:45 p.m.
(ESPN)
Foster Farms Bowl
Santa Clara, California
Nebraska (5-7) vs. UCLA (8-4), 8:15 p.m.
(ESPN)
Monday, Dec. 28
Military Bowl
Annapolis, Maryland
Navy (9-2) vs. Pittsburgh (8-4), 1:30 p.m.
(ESPN)
Quick Lane Bowl
Detroit
Central Michigan (7-5) vs. Minnesota (5-7),
4 p.m. (ESPN2)
Tuesday, Dec. 29
Armed Forces Bowl
Fort Worth, Texas
Air Force (8-5) vs. California (7-5), 1 p.m.
(ESPN)
Russell Athletic Bowl
Orlando, Florida
North Carolina (11-2) vs. Baylor (9-3),
4:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Arizona Bowl
Tucson
Nevada (6-6) vs. Colorado State (7-5),
6:30 p.m. (TBA)
Texas Bowl
Houston
Texas Tech (7-5) vs. LSU (8-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN)
Wednesday, Dec. 30
Birmingham (Ala.) Bowl
Auburn (6-6) vs. Memphis (9-3), 11 a.m.
(ESPN)
Belk Bowl
Charlotte, North Carolina
NC State (7-5) vs. Mississippi St. (8-4),
2:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Music City Bowl
Nashville, Tennessee
Louisville (7-5) vs. Texas A&M (8-4), 6 p.m.
(ESPN)
Holiday Bowl
San Diego
Wisconsin (9-3) vs. Southern Cal (8-5),
9:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Thursday, Dec. 31
Peach Bowl
Atlanta
Houston (12-1) vs. Florida State (10-2),
11 a.m. (ESPN)
Orange Bowl (Playoff Semifinal)
Miami Gardens, Florida
Clemson (13-0) vs. Oklahom a (11-1), 3 p.m.
(ESPN)
Cotton Bowl Classic (Playoff Semifinal)
Arlington, Texas
Alabama (12-1) vs. Michigan State (12-1),
7 p.m. (ESPN)
Friday, Jan. 1
Outback Bowl
Tampa, Florida
Northwestern (10-2) vs. Tennessee (8-4),
11 a.m. (ESPN2)
Citrus Bowl
Orlando, Florida
Michigan (9-3) vs. Florida (10-3), Noon
(WKDH-WTVA)
Fiesta Bowl
Glendale, Arizona
Notre Dame (10-2) vs. Ohio State (11-1), Noon
(ESPN)
Rose Bowl
Pasadena, California
Iowa (12-1) vs. Stanford (11-2), 4 p.m. (ESPN)
Sugar Bowl
New Orleans
Oklahoma State (10-2) vs. Ole Miss (9-3),
7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Saturday, Jan. 2
TaxSlayer Bowl
Jacksonville, Florida
Penn St. (7-5) vs. Georgia (9-3), 11 a.m.
(ESPN)
Liberty Bowl
Memphis, Tennessee
Kansas St. (6-6) vs. Arkansas (7-5),
2:20 p.m. (ESPN)
Alamo Bowl
San Antonio
Oregon (9-3) vs. TCU (10-2), 5:45 p.m. (ESPN)
Cactus Bowl
Phoenix
West Virginia (7-5) vs. Arizona State (6-6),
9:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Monday, Jan. 11
College Football Championship Game
Glendale, Arizona
Orange Bowl winner vs. Cotton Bowl winner,
7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Saturday, Jan. 23
East-West Shrine Classic
At St. Petersburg, Florida
East vs. West, 3 p.m. (NFLN)
NFLPA Collegiate Bowl
At Carson, California
National vs. American, 5 p.m. (ESPN2)
Saturday, Jan. 30
Senior Bowl
At Mobile, Alabama
North vs. South, 1:30 p.m. (NFLN)
Hockey
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Montreal
34 20 11 3 43 103 82
Boston
32 19 9 4 42
104 83
Detroit
33 17 9 7 41 86 85
Florida
34 18 12 4 40 93 80
Ottawa
34 17 12 5 39 104 102
Tampa Bay
34 17 14 3 37 86 80
Buffalo
34 14 16 4 32 79 89
Toronto
31 11 13 7 29 77 86
Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 32 24 6 2 50
103 70
N.Y. Rangers 35 19 12 4 42 101 91
N.Y. Islanders 34 18 11 5 41 91 80
New Jersey 34 16 13 5 37 79 84
Philadelphia 33 14 12 7 35 70 89
Pittsburgh 32 15 14 3 33 71 82
Carolina
33 13 15 5 31 79 99
Columbus
35 13 19 3 29 86 107
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Dallas
33 24 7 2 50
114 85
St. Louis
34 20 10 4 44 87 81
Chicago
35 20 11 4 44 96 83
Minnesota 31 17 8 6 40 86 73
Nashville
33 16 11 6 38 85 85
Colorado
34 17 16 1 35 95 90
Winnipeg
32 15 15 2 32 90 97
Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Los Angeles 32 20 10 2 42 81 71
San Jose
33 16 15 2 34 88 91
Vancouver
35 12 14 9 33 89 102
Arizona
32 15 15 2 32 87 102
Calgary
33 15 16 2 32 87 112
Edmonton 34 14 18 2 30 88 105
Anaheim
31 12 14 5 29 58 77
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for
overtime loss.
Late Saturday
Arizona 1, N.Y. Islanders 0
Colorado 5, Edmonton 1
Sundays Games
Florida 5, Vancouver 4, SO
Boston 2, New Jersey 1, SO
Tampa Bay 5, Ottawa 2
Detroit 4, Calgary 2
Washington 7, N.Y. Rangers 3
Chicago 4, San Jose 3, OT
Todays Games
Anaheim at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.
St. Louis at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
Columbus at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.
Washington at Carolina, 6 p.m.
Montreal at Nashville, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Colorado, 8 p.m.
Winnipeg at Edmonton, 8 p.m.
Tuesdays Games
St. Louis at Boston, 6 p.m.
Anaheim at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.
New Jersey at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.
Ottawa at Florida, 6:30 p.m.
Montreal at Minnesota, 7 p.m.
Chicago at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
Winnipeg at Calgary, 8 p.m.
Toronto at Arizona, 8 p.m.
San Jose at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.
Transactions
Sundays Moves
BASEBALL
National League
CINCINNATI REDS Promoted senior
director of baseball operations Nick Krall and
senior director of baseball analytics Sam
Grossman to assistant general managers.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
DETROIT PISTONS Recalled G Brandon
Jennings and Fs Reggie Bullock and Darrun
Hilliard from Grand Rapids (NBADL).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS Released G Craig
Watts from the practice squad. Signed QB Brad
Sorensen to the practice squad.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
EDMONTON OILERS Recalled D Mark
Fayne from Bakersfield (AHL).
MINNESOTA WILD Recalled D Guillaume
Gelinas from Quad City (ECHL) to Iowa (AHL).
ST. LOUIS BLUES Assigned F Zach Pochiro
from Chicago (AHL) to Quad City (ECHL).
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING Recalled C Tanner
Richard from Syracuse (AHL).
COLLEGE
GEORGIA SOUTHERN Named Tyson
Summers football coach.
MARYLAND Named Walt Bell offensive
coordinator.
3B
football: NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East

W L T Pct PF PA Home Away AFC NFC Div
y-New England 12 2 0 .857 435 269 7-1-0 5-1-0 9-1-0 3-1-0 4-0-0
N.Y. Jets
9 5 0 .643 344
272 5-2-0 4-3-0 6-4-0 3-1-0 2-2-0
Buffalo
6 8 0 .429 341 336 3-3-0 3-5-0 6-5-0 0-3-0 3-2-0
Miami
5 9 0 .357 278 361 2-4-0 3-5-0 3-7-0 2-2-0 0-5-0
South

Houston
7 7 0 .500 275 301 4-3-0 3-4-0 5-5-0 2-2-0 3-1-0
Indianapolis
6 8 0 .429 285 372 3-4-0 3-4-0 4-6-0 2-2-0 3-2-0
Jacksonville
5 9 0 .357 343
380 4-4-0 1-5-0 5-6-0 0-3-0 2-3-0
Tennessee
3 11 0 .214 269 359 1-6-0 2-5-0 1-9-0 2-2-0 1-3-0
North

x-Cincinnati
11 3 0 .786 378 243 5-2-0 6-1-0 8-2-0 3-1-0 4-1-0
Pittsburgh
9 5 0 .643 378 287 6-2-0 3-3-0 6-4-0 3-1-0 2-2-0
Baltimore
4 10 0 .286 292 360 2-5-0 2-5-0 3-7-0 1-3-0 2-2-0
Cleveland
3 11 0 .214 253 387 2-5-0 1-6-0 2-8-0 1-3-0 1-4-0
West

Denver
10 4 0 .714 308
259 4-2-0 6-2-0 6-4-0 4-0-0 3-2-0
Kansas City
9 5 0 .643 365
257 4-2-0 5-3-0 8-2-0 1-3-0 4-1-0
Oakland
6 8 0 .429 319 356 2-5-0 4-3-0 6-4-0 0-4-0 2-2-0
San Diego
4 10 0 .286 280 348 3-5-0 1-5-0 3-7-0 1-3-0 0-4-0
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East

W L T Pct PF PA Home Away NFC AFC Div
Washington
7 7 0 .500 316 332 6-2-0 1-5-0 6-4-0 1-3-0 2-2-0
Philadelphia
6 8 0 .429 318 362 3-4-0 3-4-0 3-7-0 3-1-0 2-2-0
N.Y. Giants
6 8 0 .429 373 358 3-4-0 3-4-0 4-6-0 2-2-0 2-3-0
Dallas
4 10 0 .286 246 324 1-6-0 3-4-0 3-8-0 1-2-0 3-2-0
South

y-Carolina
14 0 0 1.000 449 278 7-0-0 7-0-0 10-0-0
4-0-0 4-0-0
Atlanta
7 7 0 .500 302 312 3-3-0 4-4-0 4-6-0 3-1-0 0-4-0
Tampa Bay
6 8 0 .429 311 353 3-4-0 3-4-0 5-5-0 1-3-0 3-2-0
New Orleans 5 8 0 .385 323 397 3-3-0 2-5-0 4-6-0 1-2-0 2-3-0
North

x-Green Bay
10 4 0 .714 347 265 5-2-0 5-2-0 7-3-0 3-1-0 3-2-0
Minnesota
9 5 0 .643 296
272 5-2-0 4-3-0 6-4-0 3-1-0 4-1-0
Chicago
5 9 0 .357 289 352 1-6-0 4-3-0 2-8-0 3-1-0 1-4-0
Detroit
4 9 0 .308 267 336 3-4-0 1-5-0 3-6-0 1-3-0 2-3-0
West

y-Arizona
12 2 0 .857 445
269 5-1-0 7-1-0 9-1-0 3-1-0 4-1-0
x-Seattle
9 5 0 .643 370 248 5-2-0 4-3-0 6-4-0 3-1-0 2-2-0
St. Louis
6 8 0 .429 241 294 5-3-0 1-5-0 5-5-0 1-3-0 3-1-0
San Francisco
4 10 0 .286 202 339 3-4-0 1-6-0 3-7-0 1-3-0 0-5-0
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
Thursday, Dec. 17
St. Louis 31, Tampa Bay 23
Saturday, Dec. 19
N.Y. Jets at Dallas, 7:25 p.m.
Sundays Games
Minnesota 38, Chicago 17
Atlanta 23, Jacksonville 17
Houston 16, Indianapolis 10
Carolina 38, N.Y. Giants 35
New England 33, Tennessee 16
Washington 35, Buffalo 25
Kansas City 34, Baltimore 14
Seattle 30, Cleveland 13
Green Bay 30, Oakland 20
San Diego 30, Miami 14
Cincinnati 24, San Francisco 14
Pittsburgh 34, Denver 27
Arizona 40, Philadelphia 17
Todays Game
Detroit at New Orleans, 7:30 p.m.
Thursdays Game
San Diego at Oakland, 7:25 p.m.
Saturdays Game
Washington at Philadelphia, 7:25 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 27
Houston at Tennessee, Noon
Cleveland at Kansas City, Noon
New England at N.Y. Jets, Noon
Indianapolis at Miami, Noon
San Francisco at Detroit, Noon
Dallas at Buffalo, Noon
Chicago at Tampa Bay, Noon
Carolina at Atlanta, Noon
Pittsburgh at Baltimore, Noon
Jacksonville at New Orleans, 3:05 p.m.
St. Louis at Seattle, 3:25 p.m.
Green Bay at Arizona, 3:25 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 28
Cincinnati at Denver, 7:30 p.m.
Arizona cliniches first

division title since 09
By ROB MA ADDI
PHILADELPHIA The Arizona Cardinals

are NFC West champions. Now, they have more to
accomplish.
David Johnson ran for 187 yards and three touchdowns, Carson Palmer threw a touchdown pass and
the Cardinals beat the Philadelphia Eagles 40-17 on
Sunday night to clinch their first division title since
2009.
Arizona (12-2) will earn a first-round bye with a
victory against Green Bay next
Cardinals 40, week. It still will have a chance
to secure the No. 1 seed if it wins
Eagles 17
out and Carolina (14-0) loses its
last two games.
Afterward, coach Bruce Arians wore a hat that
said: NFC West Champions
I have a closet full of them, but this is a good
one, he said. Still, I want one with a lot more written on it.
Philadelphia (6-8) would win the NFC East title if
it beats Washington (7-7) at home Saturday and the
New York Giants (6-8) on the road on Jan. 3.
But theyre not even close to Arizonas level.
The Cardinals outclassed Philadelphia in every
way on their way to their eighth-straight victory.
If we dont take care of business on Saturday,
theres no need to talk about the second game, Eagles coach Chip Kelly said.
Johnson, a rookie filling in for injured backs
Chris Johnson and Andre Ellington, had a pair of
1-yard touchdown runs and a 47-yarder.
Im just trying to learn, get better and help the
team win, Johnson said.
Palmer gave Cardinals fans a brief scare when he
came out for one play after injuring his right index
finger on a throw. But he returned to toss a 16-yard
touchdown pass to John Brown and was 20 of 32 for
274 yards.
Its very gratifying to come into this environment against a team thats hot, Palmer said. Its
a blast to be part of this group. Were coached hard
and we play hard.
Deone Bucannon returned Sam Bradfords interception 39 yards for a touchdown to give Arizona a
37-10 lead early in the fourth quarter, sending fans
to the exits.
Bradford threw for 361 yards and two touchdowns, including a 78-yard score to Jordan Matthews.
Everybody is frustrated, Bradford said. Good
news is we have to have a short memory. The next
two games are important.
Sundays Standouts
Passing
n Ben Roethlisberger,
Steelers, had 380 yards
passing and three
touchdowns to lead
Pittsburgh to a 34-27
comeback victory against
Denver.
n Cam Newton, Panthers,
threw five touchdown
passes for the third time
in five weeks and also ran
for 100 yards as Carolina
remained perfect on the
season by outlasting the
New York Giants 38-35.
n Kirk Cousins, Redskins,
equaled his career high with
four touchdown passes and
ran 13 yards for another
score, helping Washington
win consecutive games for
the first time in more than
a year and stay atop the
NFC East by beating Buffalo
35-25.
n Teddy Bridgewater,
Vikings, threw a career-high
four touchdowns and ran
for another one, and the
Vikings beat Chicago 38-17.
n Eli Manning, Giants,
threw four touchdown
passes in a losing cause
as New York fell 38-35 to
unbeaten Carolina.
Rushing
n Rookie David Johnson,
Cardinals, ran for 187
yards and three touchdowns
as they beat the Philadelphia Eagles 40-17 to clinch
the NFC West title.
n Alfred Blue, Texans, ran
20 times for 107 yards in
Houstons 16-10 win at
Indianapolis.
n Rashad Jennings, Giants,
had 107 yards rushing
the first 100-yard rusher
for the team this season
and a touchdown on 16
carries in a 38-35 loss to
Carolina.
n Jeremy Hill, Bengals, ran
for two scores in
Cincinnatis 24-14 win at
San Francisco.
n Danny Woodhead,
Chargers, had a
touchdown run and also
caught three touchdown
passes in San Diegos
30-14 victory against Miami.
Receiving
n Antonio Brown, Steelers,
caught 16 passes for 189
yards and two touchdowns
in Pittsburghs 34-27 victory
against Denver.
n Emmanuel Sanders,
Broncos, made 10
receptions for a career-high
181 yards and a touchdown
in a losing cause as Denver
fell to Pittsburgh 34-27.
n DeSean Jackson,
Redskins, had six catches
for 153 yards, including
a 77-yard touchdown in
Washingtons 35-25 victory
against Buffalo.
n Kamar Aiken, Ravens,
caught eight passes for 128
yards, including a
desperation 48-yard
touchdown at the end of the
first half of Baltimores
34-14 loss to Kansas City.
n Sammy Watkins, Bills,
had two touchdowns
catches while finishing with
five receptions for 111
yards in Buffalos 35-25
loss at Washington.
n Delanie Walker, Titans,
caught two touchdowns
passes in Tennessees
33-16 loss at New England.
Special Teams
n Graham Gano, Panthers,
kicked a 43-yard field
goal as time expired to
keep Carolina perfect this
season with a wild 38-35
victory against the New
York Giants.
n Stephen Gostkowski,
Patriots, booted four field
goals in New Englands
33-16 win against
Tennessee.
n Carlos Dunlap, Bengals,
blocked Phil Dawsons
41-yard field goal attempt
in Cincinnatis 24-14 win at
San Francisco.
n Mason Crosby, Packers,
kicked three field goals in
the second half to help lift
Green Bay past Oakland
30-20.
Victory helps Cincinnati

clinch spot in playoffs
By JANIE McCAULEY
SANTA CLARA, Calif. AJ McCarrons mindset with a big lead had everything to do with protecting the ball and sticking with high-percentage
plays. No passes into traffic necessary.
His opportunistic defense could take the risks.
McCarron kept handing off to Jeremy Hill and
stayed steady in his first career
start to lead the Bengals back into Bengals 24,
the playoffs.
49ers 14
Hill ran for a pair of 1-yard touchdowns to back McCarrons first start, and the patchwork Bengals clinched a fifth-straight postseason
berth by beating the San Francisco 49ers 24-14 on
Sunday.
As Andy Dalton watched from the sideline with
a large cast over his broken right thumb, McCarron
threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Tyler Kroft just
before halftime as the Bengals (11-3) forced three second-quarter turnovers by San Francisco (4-10) to take
command.
Dalton offered high-fives to McCarron with his
good hand and cracked jokes keeping it light, McCarron said. I was happy for him, Dalton said. Its never
easy to win on the road.
Vontaze Burfict and Adam Pacman Jones each
made interceptions on balls that deflected off the hands
of tight end Vance McDonald.
Cincinnati capitalized with touchdowns on two of
the turnovers, including Krofts touchdown catch one
play and five seconds after the second interception.
If all goes as planned, the Bengals will return to the
Bay Area for the Super Bowl at Levis Stadium.
Weve got bigger and better goals, Burfict said.
But that puts a smile on our faces.
McCarron, who led Alabama to two national championships and was a fifth-round pick in 2014, went 15 of
21 for 192 yards and a 115.6 passer rating. He became
the first former Alabama player to win a game in the
NFL as the starting quarterback since Jeff Rutledge for
the Giants on Nov. 15, 1987, according to STATS.
Marvin Jones had four receptions for 89 yards for
Cincinnati, which blocked a fourth-quarter field goal
but still let San Francisco stick around late until Shawn
Williams pick on the goal line with 1 minute, 50 seconds left.
Hill carried 19 times for 31 yards. But his fumble
late in the third put San Francisco in position for Bruce
Millers 1-yard touchdown. Anquan Boldin caught a
15-yard touchdown from Blaine Gabbert in the closing
minutes.
SUNDAYS TAKEAWAYS
STARTS
n Cam Newton led Carolina (14-0) to
its 18th-straight regular-season victory,
helping the Panthers improve to 14-0
with a 38-35 victory against the New
York Giants. Carolina will visit Atlanta
and will play host to Tampa Bay to
finish the schedule. All three previous
NFL teams to reach 14-0 Miami
in 1972, New England in 2007 and
Indianapolis in 2009 made the
Super Bowl. ... With New Englands
33-16 victory against Tennessee, the
Patriots (12-2) have won two in a row
since consecutive losses their first
two-game losing streak since 2012.
STREAKS & STATS
n With its 35-25 loss at Washington,
Buffalo (6-8) is assured of missing
the playoffs for the 16th year in a
row, the longest active drought in the
NFL. ... Baltimore (4-10) lost its third
straight and fell to 2-5 at home with
a 34-14 defeat against Kansas City,
the first time in their 20-year history
that the Ravens have lost five home
games. ... Houston snapped a sixgame skid in the series and improved
to 1-13 all-time in Indianapolis with a
16-10 victory. ... Washington scored
touchdowns on each of its first three
possessions of a game for the first
time since September 1999, grabbing a 21-0 lead midway through the
second quarter before beating Buffalo
35-25. ... Atlanta snapped a six-game
skid with a 23-17 win at Jacksonville.
... After winning an NFL-record 16 consecutive games against division foes,
Indianapolis has lost two AFC South
games in two weeks. ... The Cardinals
have won eight in a row, the latest a
40-17 victory at Philadelphia to clinch
the NFC West.
MILESTONES
n Indianapolis kicker Adam Vinatieri
played in his 304th career game,
breaking a tie with Jerry Rice for No.
6 on the NFLs career list for games
played. ... Indianapolis Matt Hasselbeck tied Terry Bradshaw and Y.A.
Tittle for No. 30 in touchdown passes
Defense
(212), and Colts receiver Andre Johnn Tyvon Branch, Chiefs,
son passed James Lofton for No. 9 in
returned a fumble 73 yards
yards receiving (14,015). ... Washingfor a touchdown in Kansas
tons Kirk Cousins threw for 319 yards
Citys 34-14 rout of
in a 35-25 win over Buffalo, his sixth
Baltimore. Teammate
300-yard passing day of the season, a
Marcus Peters scored on a
franchise record. He equaled anoth90-yard interception return. er club mark, set in 1967 by Hall of
Famer Sonny Jurgensen, by starting
n Damarious Randall,
the season with at least one touchPackers, returned an
down throw in 14 straight games. ...
interception 43 yards for a
Atlantas Julius Jones has 118 catchscore in Green Bays 30-20
es, breaking teammate Roddy Whites
victory against Oakland.
mark of 115 set in 2010. ... Teddy
n Akiem Hicks, Patriots,
Bridgewater became the first Minnesorecovered a fumble in the
ta player to throw for four touchdowns
end zone for a touchdown
in a game since Brett Favre on Jan.
17, 2010, against Dallas in the playafter Jamie Collins
strip-sack in New Englands offs. ... Oakland rookie Amari Cooper
cracked the 1,000-yard milestone as
33-16 victory against
he caught six passes for 120 yards
Tennessee.
and two touchdowns in a 30-20 loss
n Julius Peppers, Packers,
to Green Bay. He reached the mark on
had two-and-a-half sacks in
a 41-yard catch in the third quarter,
Green Bays 30-20 victory
becoming the first Oakland player with
at Oakland.
1,000 yards receiving since Randy
By The Associated Moss in 2005. That was the longest
Press current drought in the NFL.
TICKETS PUNCHED
n Seattle clinched a playoff spot for
the fourth straight season with a 3013 win over the Cleveland Browns on
Sunday. ... Green Bay beat the Oakland
Raiders 30-20 on Sunday after clinching a franchise-record seventh straight
playoff spot when the New York Giants
lost to Carolina. But Green Bay still
has its eyes set on a division title and
remained one game ahead of Minnesota in the NFC North. ... AJ McCarron
was steady in his first career start and
helped Cincinnati clinch a fifth straight
postseason berth by beating the San
Francisco 49ers 24-14. ... New England
(12-2) clinched a first-round bye in the
postseason for the sixth consecutive
year when Denver lost to Pittsburgh.
The Patriots could clinch home-field
advantage throughout the playoffs with
one more win, either next week at the
Jets or the final weekend at Miami. ...
Arizona (12-2) won the NFC West with
its 40-17 victory at Philadelphia.
SUPER CAM
n Carolinas Cam Newton passed for
340 yards with five touchdowns and
rushed for 100 yards in the Panthers
38-35 victory against the New York
Giants on Sunday. Newton became the
first player in NFL history with at least
300 yards passing, 100 yards rushing
and five touchdown passes in a game.
He has 3,402 yards passing and 580
yards rushing this season and is the
only player in NFL history to have five
years with at least 3,000 yards passing
and 500 yards rushing. Newton has
accomplished the feat in each of his five
NFL seasons.
SWINGS
n With their 34-14 victory at Baltimore,
the Kansas City Chiefs (9-5) became
the first team in NFL history to follow
a five-game skid with eight successive
wins in the same season. Kansas City
also kept itself in the thick of the AFC
playoff picture. ... The New York Giants
were down 35-7 against Carolina but
matched San Franciscos 28-point rally
from the same score against New
Orleans in 1980. It came in a losing
effort for the Giants, who fell 38-35.
BUTTING HEADS
n The New York Giants Odell Beckham Jr. was involved in a game-long
helmet-smacking, shoving, and jawing
session with Carolina cornerback Josh
Norman in the Panthers 38-35 victory.
Three times, a frustrated Beckham was
penalized for roughness. Norman also
drew a flag for hitting Beckham in the
helmet. And after his tying score, Beckham appeared to taunt Norman before
he ran to midfield in celebration. You
got two bulls going at it in a physical
sport, a field full of alpha males, theyre
not going to be playing patty-cake,
patty-cake, Panthers quarterback Cam
Newton said.
SOARING SEAHAWKS
n Seattles Russell Wilson was 21 of
30 for 249 yards in a 30-13 win over
Cleveland and became the first player
with three or more touchdown passes
and no interceptions in five straight
games. Doug Baldwin had touchdown
catches of 6 and 3 yards, joining Jerry

Rice as the only wide receivers to have
10 touchdown catches in a four-game
span in the same season. Rice had 10
touchdown catches from a combo of Joe
Montana and Steve Young during the
1987 season. Baldwin has grabbed all
10 from Wilson. Baldwin also became
the third wide receiver since 1960 with
four straight games with multiple touchdown catches, joining Calvin Johnson
in 2011 and Cris Carter in 1995, and
matched Daryl Turners single-season
franchise record of 13 touchdown
catches.
YOU STAY CLASSY, SAN DIEGO

n If this was the last NFL game in San
Diego, the Chargers at least provided a
win for their fans. The Chargers Cannon
went off when Danny Woodhead caught
a 20-yard touchdown pass from Philip
Rivers, the first of four scores for the
running back in a 30-14 victory against
Miami. In the final minutes, fans started
chanting San Diego! Rivers, tight end
Antonio Gates and receiver Malcom
Floyd came out of the game with 37 seconds left, to applause. No one knows if
this was the last Chargers game in San
Diego after 55 seasons. Team chairman
Dean Spanos has been angling since
February to try to beat St. Louis Rams
owner Stan Kroenke to the Los Angeles
market, which has been without the NFL
for 21 years.
PATRIOT GAMES
n New England improved to 12-2 with
a 33-16 victory against Tennessee, and
became the second team in NFL history
with at least 12 regular-season wins in
six consecutive seasons. The Patriots
joined the Indianapolis Colts, who had
at least 12 regular-season victories in
seven consecutive seasons from 200309. Tom Brady, who leads the NFL with
35 touchdown passes, joined Peyton
Manning as the only players in NFL history with at least 35 touchdown passes
in four seasons.
BROWN DELIVERS
n Pittsburgh wide receiver Antonio
Brown had 16 catches for 189 yards
and two touchdowns in a 34-27 win
against Denver. Brown, who leads the
AFC and ranks second in the NFL with
116 receptions, joined Wes Welker
(2007-09) as the only players in NFL history with three consecutive 110-catch
seasons. Brown led the NFL with 129
catches in 2014 and ranked second in
the league with 110 catches in 2013.
STEPPING IN
n With Houstons top two quarterbacks
out, Brandon Weeden responded when
he was pressed into service late in the
first half Sunday. Weeden led Houston
to two field goals before throwing an
8-yard go-ahead touchdown pass to Jaelen Strong with 10 minutes, 36 seconds
left to help Houston rally for a 16-10
victory. The win gave the Texans their
first win on Indianapolis home turf after
being 0-13 there. Starting quarterback
Brian Hoyer missed the game with a
concussion. His replacement, T.J. Yates,
left with 1:14 to go in the first half
because of an injured left knee.
By The Associated Press
SOCCER
FIFA ETHICS COURT BANS BLATTER, PLATINI FOR EIGHT YEARS

By GRAHAM DUNBAR
ZURICH Sepp Blatter and Michel

Platini were each banned for eight years
by the FIFA ethics committee Monday
in a stunning removal of world soccers
most powerful leaders.
FIFA President Blatter and his onetime protege Platini were kicked out of
the sport for conflict of interest and disloyalty to FIFA in a $2 million payment
deal that is also the subject of a criminal
investigation in Switzerland.
Both men were defiant in response to
the verdict, with each saying they will
appeal to the Court of Arbitration for
Sport, and insisting they had done nothing wrong.
I will fight, Blatter told a news conference in Zurich. I will fight until the
end.
Platini described the proceedings as
a true mockery.
Blatter invoked Nelson Mandela,
Martin Luther King and the United
Nations in a spirited 52-minute perfor-
mance holding court with international

media. He also said he will challenge his
ban at the FIFA appeal committee.
His last words were Ill be back,
thank you.
Blatters trademark fighting talk was
delivered while still sporting a strip of
surgical tape on his right cheek after a
minor medical procedure five days earlier.
Still, his FIFA career is ending in disgrace after more than 17 years as president and 40 years in total with the scandal-hit governing body.
Blatter made it clear he regretted his
current position but declared he was innocent of any wrongdoing.
I am not ashamed, he said. I am
sorry that I am a punching ball. I am
sorry for football... I am now suspended
eight years, suspended eight years. Suspended eight years for what?
Platini was also dismissive of the ethics commissions work.
He said its proceedings, which included a hearing earlier this month that he
did not attend, had been orchestrated...
by governing bodies that I know well to

tarnish him.
Im convinced that my fate was
sealed before the Dec. 18 hearing and
that this decision is just a pathetic maneuver to hide a true will of taking me
out of the football world, the Frenchman said.
My behavior has always been faultless and Im at peace with my own conscience.
Platini, who also said he will file a lawsuit in a civil court to seek damages for
what he had endured, now looks unlikely
to succeed in his bid to replace Blatter
in the Feb. 26 presidential election. In a
brief statement, UEFA said it was extremely disappointed with the ruling
and supported its leaders right to clear
his name.
FIFAs ethics judges decided that
Blatter and Platini broke ethics rules
on conflicts of interest, breach of loyalty
and offering or receiving gifts.
Platini took $2 million of FIFA money
in 2011 approved by Blatter as uncontracted salary for work as a presidential
adviser from 1999-2002.

In Mondays verdict, Blatter was
fined 50,000 Swiss francs ($50,250) and
Platini 80,000 Swiss francs ($80,400).
Neither in his written statement nor
in his personal hearing was Mr. Blatter
able to demonstrate another legal basis
for this payment, the judges said. By
failing to place FIFAs interests first
and abstain from doing anything which
could be contrary to FIFAs interests,
Mr. Blatter violated his fiduciary duty to
FIFA.
His (Blatters) assertion of an oral
agreement was determined as not convincing and was rejected by the chamber.
Blatter hit back at that conclusion
during his news conference, portraying
the ethics committee as saying of Platini
and himself: Hes a liar and Im a liar.
This is not correct, Blatter said.
Responding to a reporters question,
he said in French: Im sad. It cant go on
this way. Its not possible. After 40 years,
it cant happen this way. .. Im fighting to
restore my rights.
BASKETBALL: NBA
Christmas coming, Warriors rolling into NBA Finals rematch

By BRIAN MAHONEY
On Friday, after gifts are

given and dinner is digested,
somebody might watch an NBA
game for the first time this season.
Christmas, with five nationally televised games, is when
the NBA pops onto the radar for
some sports fans.
If so, they missed Stephen
Curry and the Golden State
Warriors putting together the
best start in league history,
winning their first 24 games.
They are 26-1 and appear even
more potent than the team that
beat Cleveland in June to win
the championship.
I said going into the year
I think theyre the prohibitive
favorite, and I think that if you
gave me the choice of picking
either Golden State to win it or
getting the rest of the field, I
would take Golden State, said
Jeff Van Gundy, who will work
the NBA Finals rematch on

ABC. I think theyre that big a
favorite.
Plenty more has happened.
Kobe Bryant said this season
would be his last, and Karl-Anthony Towns and Kristaps
Porzingis have been terrific in
their first.
The Eastern Conference has
gotten better, except for the
Philadelphia 76ers, who have
managed to look even worse.
The dominant story, and
dominant team, has been Golden State. San Antonio, also on
the Christmas schedule, isnt
far behind, while Cleveland
tops the East even without having its team together because of
injuries.
And though it feels like the
season is just starting to some
fans, the reality is all the winning the Warriors have done
before Christmas could pay off
much later.
When you get out with
the cushion like Golden State

has, you can go through a bad
stretch where maybe you take
an injury to a really valuable
piece and youre able to withstand it, Van Gundy said. I
thought home court had a big
impact on last years finals and
I think it can have an impact
again, so I think thats the advantage of what Golden State
and San Antonio have done so
quickly.
A look at the five games on
Christmas (all times Eastern):
PELICANS AT HEAT
11 a.m. (ESPN)
Miami has won on Christmas
each of the last six years and is
9-2 all-time on the holiday, an
.818 winning percentage that is
slightly behind Portland (14-3,
.824) for the NBAs best. Dwyane Wade is second to Bryant
among active players in appearances and points.
BULLS AT THUNDER
1:30 p.m. (WKDH-WTVA)
Two good teams who so far
look not quite good enough to
beat the powerhouses ahead
of them in their conferences.
But Van Gundy wont rule out a
run from either, because of the
Thunders trio of Kevin Durant,
Russell Westbrook and Serge
Ibaka, and the Bulls depth he
believes is best in the East. I
think both of those teams could
definitely find their way into the
conference finals and then take
their shot against a really good
team, he said.
CAVALIERS AT
WARRIORS
4 p.m.
(WKDH-WTVA)
Kyrie Irving returned Sunday
and will back on the floor where
he fractured his kneecap in
Game 1 of the NBA Finals. The
loser is 4-2 in finals rematches on
Christmas, with LeBron James
2-0 in such games.

SPURS AT ROCKETS
7 p.m. (ESPN)
Houston reached the West finals last season but San Antonio
is again the best in Texas. The
Spurs are 23-5 and playing the
finest basketball anywhere outside the Bay Area. The Rockets
have battled back to .500 after a
rocky start.
CLIPPERS AT LAKERS
9:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Bryant has played in 15
Christmas games and scored
383 points, both records on the
holiday. Most of that came back
when the Lakers were the best
in Los Angeles, but thats been
the Clippers for a while now.
STAT OF THE WEEK: Irving: 17 minutes, 12 points Sunday against Philadelphia. Not
the best stats of the week but the
most important, as the Cavaliers
finally had their team together for
the first time this season.
Mitchell leads No. 2 South Carolina; No. 8 Kentucky beats No. 13 Duke
From Staff and Wire Reports
MYRTLE
BEACH,
S.C. The Southeastern
Conference might want to
watch out. The leagues
reigning player of the year
is starting to feel better.
Tiffany Mitchell scored
17 points to lead No. 2
South Carolina (11-0) to an
88-57 win Sunday over East
Carolina with conference
season looming in just a
few weeks.
Mitchell has been consistently getting her game
back in shape since foot
surgery in August. I have
given myself until January
to kind of get things going,
but Im starting to feel a lot
better, Mitchell said.
The reigning Southeastern Conference player of
the year was 5 of 9 from the
field the first time this
season shes shot better
than 50 percent. But South
Carolina coach Dawn Staley said Mitchell also had
a season-best on the other
side of the court, which is
important because she was
on the 2014 all-SEC defensive team.
Tiffany Mitchell looked
like Tiffany Mitchell on
both sides of the ball, Staley said.
South Carolina took
control of a physical game
in the second quarter, outscoring East Carolina 23-11
as the Pirates (6-6) made
just three of their 15 shots
in the quarter with just one
bucket in the lane.
Aja Wilson returned
from resting shin splints
for two games to add 15
points and 10 rebounds,
while Alania Coates added
10 points and 15 rebounds.
Itiana Taylor scored 16
points despite picking up
three fouls in the first quarter, while Jada Payne added
14 for East Carolina.
East Carolina shot just
28 percent, while South
Carolina made of 48 percent of its shots. The Gamecocks scored 48 points in
the paint, while the Pirates
had just 18 points.

Playing their third game
in three days, the Pirates
decided to slow South Carolina down by playing physical, which worked for most
of the first quarter. The
Gamecocks led 21-15 after
the first 10 minutes, but
starting guard Khadijah
Sessions had two charging
calls on back-to-back possessions and sat out the
rest of the first half.
Two East Carolina players picked up three fouls
in the first quarter and got
a technical. One played
picked up coach Heather
Macy in her arms as she
charged at the referees after the technical and placed
her back by the bench.
Call that passion, East
Carolina coach Heather
Macy said.
n No. 5 Texas 61,
Arkansas 50: At Oklahoma City, When a potential blowout turned into a
nail-biter, Brianna Taylor
stepped up for No. 5 Texas.
After watching an early 17-point lead shrink to
three in the fourth quarter,
Taylor scored four of her 15
points in the final minute to
lead Texas to a 61-50 victory
over Arkansas on Sunday
in the Big 12-Southeastern
Conference Challenge.
Celina Rodrigo had nine
points and eight rebounds,
and Brooke McCarty also
had nine points for Texas
(10-0). The Longhorns
have won 24 straight regular-season games against
nonconference foes.
You cant complain too
much about not having a
loss at this point with our
team, Texas coach Karen Aston said. But there
are areas that we will look
at and obviously will need
to improve before league
play.
Jessica Jackson led
Arkansas (3-8) with 22
points, and Devin Cosper
added 13. The Razorbacks
reached the second round
of the NCAA Tournament
last season, but have lost

eight of their last nine
games.
It was the first meeting between the former
Southwest Conference rivals since 2003, when they
faced each other in the
NCAA tournament.
Texas leading scorer,
Imani Boyette, played only
21 minutes due to foul
trouble, but was a force
defensively. She blocked
six shots and had seven rebounds and six points.
Boyette scored her final four points on baskets
during the first two minutes of the fourth quarter,
helping Texas build a 49-40
lead. Texas still led 53-44
with 5:02 left, but the Longhorns didnt score again
for more than four minutes
and Boyette fouled out on a
charging call with 1:47 left.
Jackson made two free
throws with 1:18 left to pull
Arkansas to 53-50. Taylors
put-back she had a season-high nine rebounds,
six of those offensive with
51.4 seconds extended the
Longhorns lead to five
points. She followed with
two free throws two seconds later. After a charging
foul on Arkansas Jordan
Danberry, McCarty hit two
free throws to seal the win.
Brianna Taylors contribution to this game was
huge, Aston said. She
had to spend most of the
time guarding Jessica,
which was difficult, and
then at the other end, she
gave us some huge offensive rebounds and some
extra possessions which
really were the difference
in the game.
Texas jumped to a 20-3
lead after one quarter as
the Razorbacks hit only
one of their first 18 shots
six of those were blocked
by the Longhorns and committed nine turnovers. It
was Arkansas lowest-scoring quarter of the season.
I thought we outplayed
Texas the last 30 minutes,
Arkansas coach Jimmy

Dykes said. We dug ourselves a 20-3 hole after the
first quarter. We could not
have played any worse.
There is no way we could
have played any worse
than we did. We dug a huge
hole, but from that point
on, I thought we outplayed
them, I thought we outefforted them. I thought our
enthusiasm was good.
n No. 8 Kentucky 71,
No. 13 Duke 61: At Lexington, Kentucky, the Kentucky women are at home
in Rupp Arena, too.
Evelyn Akhator scored
18 points to help No. 8 Kentucky beat No. 13 Duke
71-61 on Sunday night in
front of 17,150 fans, the
fourth-largest
womens
crowd in school history.
Akhator scored eight of
Kentuckys first 10 points
and the Wildcats (10-0)
built an early lead and never trailed. The game was
teams second of the season at Rupp.
Kentucky coach Matthew Mitchell said the
teams point of emphasis
was producing a presence
in the post. Sparked by
Akhator, the Wildcats outscored the Blue Devils 3834 in the paint.
You must establish a
paint presence and you
have to go right at them,
Mitchell said. You have
to attack the paint early. It
was on the board all week.
Something that was emphasized all week long. It
was a great, great accomplishment for us to outscore them in the paint.
Janee Thompson and
Makayla Epps each added
17 points for the Wildcats,
who ended a two-game losing streak to the Blue Devils. Epps, who didnt have a
field goal in the first half,
scored 11 points in the final
two quarters. She also had
eight assists.
Thompson said the presence of Akhator helped the
Wildcats keep and the lead
throughout.
A good start in the
paint is always important,
Thompson said. We have
to establish a post presence
so all other areas of our
game can become open. Evelyn was key to the way we
started. She was almost unstoppable (and) almost automatic every time we gave
her the ball she was able to
score in the first half.
Akhator made 8 of 14
shots from the field and the
Wildcats shot 48 percent
from the floor. They also
made 10 of 11 free throws.
Thompson made three of
Kentuckys five shots from
long range, including a 3 at
the buzzer to end the first
quarter.
Azura Stevens led Duke
(9-3) with 17 points, and
Crystal Primm had 15.
Kentucky led by 11 in
the second quarter, but
Duke rallied to cut it to 2625 with 6 minutes remaining in the half. The Wildcats responded by scoring
eight of the next nine points
and pushed it to 34-26 with
4 minutes remaining in the
half and held a 38-30 halftime lead.
Duke struggled against
Kentuckys pressure and
committed 17 turnovers,
including 10 in the first
half. The Blue Devils shot
37 percent from the field
and were just 2 of 13 from
3-point range.
n No. 18 Texas A&M
74, No. 17 Oklahoma
68: At Oklahoma City,
Courtney Williams scored
23 points and No. 18 Texas A&M rallied from a
10-point third-quarter deficit to beat No. 17 Oklahoma
in the Big 12/SEC Challenge on Sunday, snapping
the Sooners eight-game
win streak.
Courtney Walker, a native of the Oklahoma City
area, added 18 points for
Texas A&M (8-3).
Kaylon Williams had 12
points and 13 rebounds to
lead Oklahoma (9-2).
The Sooners led 45-35

with seven minutes left in
the third quarter. Chelsea
Jennings made a pair of
free throws to spark a 21-2
run and Texas A&M led
56-47 at the end the third.
Williams scored six points
and Walker had five during
the span.
Jennings made consecutive layups to stretch the
Aggies lead to 60-48. Williams made a layup to pull
Oklahoma to 60-50. But
the Sooners were 0 for 12
from the floor with three
turnovers during a nearly
seven-minute stretch between the third and fourth
quarters.
n Alabama 72, Grambling State 57: At Tuscaloosa, Alabama, Nikki
Hegstetter matched her career high with a team-high
17 points and 10 rebounds
Sunday to help the Crimson Tide improve to 10-2.
Alabama held Grambling State (2-8) to two
points in the second quarter after the Tigers hit nine
shots from the field in a
row en route to an 11-of-14
performance in the first
quarter. The Tigers led by
as many as 11 points with
one minute left in the quarter, but Alabama closed to
within seven at 27-20. Monisha Neal paced Grambling
State with 11 points in the
opening 10 minutes.
Our first group has to
get off to a better start,
Alabama coach Kristy Curry said. You have to have
some folks on the bench to
give me a reason to change
my mind. At the end of the
day, we were able to make
enough plays. Basketball
is a game of runs. We were
able to more. That counts.
Theyre a team that went
at us, and they have played
some folks close. She (Nadine Domond) does a really
good job. We have to make
shots, and we have some
folks that really care. In
general, we did enough to
win.
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not enough to (not) celebrate, said Newton, who
also rushed for 100 yards.
Were just trying to find a
way to get victories.
New York tied the score
after trailing by 28 points
in the third quarter, but
the Panthers got to 14-0
on Graham Ganos 43-yard
field goal as time expired.
It was Carolinas 18th
straight regular-season victory. Newton has thrown
for 19 touchdowns in the
last five games and a career-best 33 in this so-far
special season.
It looked oh so easy
when NFC South champion Carolina led 35-7 with 5
minutes, 32 seconds left in
the third quarter. Then the
Giants (6-8) matched San
Franciscos 28-point rally from the same score
against New Orleans in
1980.
One big difference: The
49ers won that game in
overtime. New York trails
Washington by one game
in the NFC East, and has
lost in the final minutes six
times.
Carolina will visit Atlanta and will play host to Tampa Bay to finish the schedule. All three previous NFL
teams to reach 14-0 Miami in 1972, New England
in 2007, and Indianapolis
in 2009 made the Super
Bowl. Only the Dolphins
won the championship,
though.
Patriots
half and held Western Michigan to

8-of-22 shooting the final two quarters. The defensive effort sparked
an 11-0 run. A basket by Vivians
capped the run and gave MSU a 6046 lead. The quarter ended with an
18-3 run for a 67-49 lead.
William drained a 3-pointer, one
of her nine points, in the fourth
quarter to help the Bulldogs coast
to the finish line.
MSU was 34 of 78 from the field
(43.6 percent), 6 of 16 from 3-point
range (37.5), and 16 of 21 from the
The 18 straight wins

match the third-longest
string in NFL history.
These last two games
are division opponents, and
well be in a hostile environment in Atlanta, Newton
added. And weve got a
tricky week with Christmas. We just have to find a
way to keep moving ahead
and make sure we stay on
the side of the pendulum.
The Giants tied it when
Odell Beckham Jr., involved in a game-long helmet-smacking,
shoving
and jawing session with
cornerback Josh Norman,
got behind Norman for a
14-yard touchdown catch
with 1:46 to go. Beckham
had lost his cool several
times as Norman was getting the best of him in their
high-profile matchup. But
he got free for a 40-yard
catch and run that led to
the tying touchdown.
Then Newton calmly
guided the Panthers 49
yards to the winning kick.
To go out there and just
let them drive down the
field is just mind-boggling,
said cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie,
who blocked a field goal in
the fourth quarter.
Play ranged from chippy
to vicious, particularly as
the Panthers banged Beckham around. He gave back,
too, especially during one
sequence when Norman
crashed into him and Beck-
ham wrestled Norman to

the ground.
Three times, a frustrated Beckham was penalized
for roughness. Norman
also drew a flag for hitting
Beckham in the helmet.
And after his tying score,
Beckham appeared to
taunt Norman before he
ran to midfield in celebration.
Hes got the maturity of
a little kid, Norman said.
You got two bulls going at it in a physical sport,
a field full of alpha males,
theyre not going to be playing patty-cake, patty-cake,
Newton added.
Giants
coach
Tom
Coughlin said he considered sitting Beckham for
some plays, but didnt.
He did lose his composure, Coughlin said
of Beckham. I think
throughout the course of
the game he regained it. I
wont try to speak for him.
Beckham tried to explain his actions.
You are a competitor.
Im a competitor. We are
always going to go at it,
he said. Anybody who has
played sports you are
competitive and you are
going to go as hard as you
can.
NFL spokesman Michael Signora said Sunday
night: The disqualification of a player is a judgment made by the on-field
officials. The actions of
Patriots losses Sunday were linebacker Donta Hightower (knee),

receiver Danny Amendola (knee),
and safety Patrick Chung (hip).
All three left the game and didnt
return. No information about their
conditions was immediately available.
Guys are going out and guys are
coming in, Brady said. Youre just
trying to do what you can to be productive.
The Patriots have won two in a
row since stumbling to consecutive
losses their first two-game losing streak since 2012. Instead, they
have recorded their sixth straight
season with at least 12 wins.
Twelve wins, thats on the right
track here, coach Bill Belichick
said.
Rob Gronkowski caught a 5-yard
touchdown pass, and Akiem Hicks
fell on the ball in the end zone after
Jamie Collins strip-sacked Mariota for New Englands other touchdown.
The rookie quarterback was
sacked to end the next drive, too.
Zach Mettenberger replaced him
and was 20 of 28 for 242 yards, two
the players involved in unsportsmanlike

conduct
will be reviewed as per the
standard protocol that is
followed in all situations of
this type throughout the
season.
Meanwhile,
Newton
was staying calm.
He showed off his
sprinting skills, and his
toughness, on a 47-yard
gain to set up Carolinas
first touchdown. The
quarterback surged away
from pursuers, then was
slammed as he stepped
out of bounds by rookie
safety Landon Collins
Alabama hitting Auburn
for a late-hit penalty
that began all maliciousness.
Ted Ginn Jr. caught a
3-yarder to make it 7-0.
He added a 14-yard touchdown catch in the third
quarter.
Newton also took a
helmet to the right shoulder when passing in the
second period and came
to the sideline in obvious
pain. But he was back on
the field moments later after Rashad Jennings fumble was forced and recovered by Charles Tillman.
Newton was celebrating
in the end zone again after Greg Olsens 37-yard
reception three plays later.
It
was
Carolinas
league-leading 34th takeaway; the Panthers have
124 points off turnovers.
touchdowns both to Delanie

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Walker had a 7-yard catch in the
third quarter and then a 57-yard
rumble down the right sideline with
seven minutes left in the game.
Ryan Succop missed the extra
point, leaving Titans (3-11) with a
27-16 deficit.
But Brady led the Patriots to the
Tennessee 23, and Stephen Gostkowski put one through off the upright to make it a two-touchdown
game. After Collins intercepted
Mettenberger and ran it back 51
yards to the Titans 16, Gostkowski
added another field goal.
Already mired in a lost season,
with coach Ken Whisenhunt fired
midway through the season, the
only thing left for the Titans is to
get Mariota some experience
and add a high draft pick such as
Ohio State defensive lineman Joey
Bosa to the roster. Mariota has already missed two games this season with a left knee injury.
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consecutive second-quarter possessions. He said after the game
he could have returned, but agreed
with interim coach Mike Mularkey
that it wasnt worth the risk.
I wanted to go in right away,
Mariota said, adding that he deferred to the wishes of the training
staff. I dont expect to be out for
the rest of the year.
New England (12-2) clinched a
first-round bye in the postseason
when Denver lost to Pittsburgh
later Sunday. It could clinch homefield throughout the playoffs with
one more win, either next week at
the New York Jets or the final weekend at Miami.
Brady was 23 of 35 for 267 yards
for New England. James White
caught seven passes for 71 yards,
including a 30-yard catch-and-run
touchdown, and Keshawn Martin
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White was filling in at No. 1
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season-ending injuries. The big
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MSU held a 44-29 rebounding
advantage. It had 19 assists and 11
turnovers, while Western Michigan
had 12 assists and 17 turnovers.
Meredith Shipman led Western
Michigan with 17 points and six
rebounds. Jessica Jessing had 11
points.
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Victoria Vivians recorded her
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Chapel added her third-straight
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five and Dominique Dillingham and
Jazzmun Holmes with four.
MSU rallied from a 36-29 deficit
in the second quarter to take a 4038 halftime lead.
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Breaux comes back from broken neck to start for Saints

By BRETT MARTEL
NEW ORLEANS The New

Orleans Saints can excuse firstyear cornerback Delvin Breaux
for beaming with gratitude each
time he walks into club headquarters on the day after a loss.
Given Breauxs arduous and
highly unconventional route to the
NFL, the Saints
could only hope
hed justify the
faith they showed
in him. By now,
coach Sean PayBreaux
ton knows he was
right to make
sure he had the New Orleans
native under contract before
Breaux had a chance to leave
club facility for other scheduled
NFL workouts last offseason.

Delvin Breaux is playing
amazing football, Payton said
earlier this week when asked
not about Breaux, but the performance of the defense in general.
He has been fantastic.
A broken neck in a high
school game an injury doctors said he was fortunate to survive prevented Breaux from
playing college football at LSU,
which had recruited him. He enrolled at LSU anyway, but never
was cleared to play. Ultimately,
Breaux got back in the game by
playing semi-pro and arena football. That yielded an opportunity in the CFL, where he caught
the attention of NFL scouts.
Just how good the 26-year-old
Breaux has gotten through 13
NFL games was apparent to the
ON TV
n Detroit Lions (4-9) at
New Orleans Saints (5-8),
7:30 Tonight (ESPN)
Detroit Lions as they prepared

to test him in front of a national
audience tonight.
Hes a really talented guy.
Ive heard his backstory, which
is really interesting. If we
werent playing him this week,
youd kind of root for the guy,
Lions offensive coordinator Jim
Bob Cooter said. Physically, he
looks like a lot of the really good
corners in this league. Obviously, he hasnt played as much NFL
football as some other guys his
age, but I think hes an ascending young corner and he makes
plays on the ball, he picks balls
off, he covers really good receivers a lot of times.

The Saints made the 6-foot-1,
196-pound Breaux a starter because of injuries to Keenan Lewis. Breaux has been credited
with 15 passes defended and has
made two interceptions while
also recovering a fumble. He
also has been in on 38 tackles.
Breaux said his perspective
has helped him prevent lackluster plays or games from undermining his confidence as he
seeks to prove himself.
Each day I come in and put
on my cleats, I thank God, man,
that I just come to work, because
it was taken away from me for a
while and I dont take it for granted, Breaux said. It has shaped
me to be the best I can on every
snap. Im just thankful for the
opportunity and I just want to

try to be the best.
Saints safety Kenny Vaccaro
said if not for Breauxs neck injury, he would have been in the
league and been a star a long
time ago. Hes fought back, and
now the world is just now seeing
what he Delvin Breaux do.
(Breaux) has exceeded
our expectations of what we
thought we had in him, Saints
defensive coordinator Dennis
Allen said. The guy works extremely hard. He really studies
his opponent to try to understand what type of routes hes
going to get. ... That is where he
is really kind of developing as a
pro, and certainly we have a lot
of confidence in putting him out
there to play, and to play against
anybody.
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IN THE CHANCERY
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COURT OF LOWNDES
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
PUBLISH: 12/7/15,
12/14/15, 12/21/15
IN RE: ESTATE OF
EDGAR MARKHAM, DE- IN THE CHANCERY
CEASED
COURT OF LOWNDES
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
EDITH M. MARKHAM,
EXECUTOR CAUSE NO.: IN RE: ESTATE OF
JENNY C. PRATER, DE2015-00241-DWC
CEASED CAUSE NO.:
NOTICE TO CREDITORS 2014-00055-HJD
Atherton Consulting Engineers, Inc.,
1900 Lakeland Drive,
Jackson, MS 39216
Phone: 601-362-6478
A Pre-Bid Conference for
all prospective Bidders
will be scheduled for a
later date and time. Prospective Bidders are encouraged to submit written questions in advance. Bidders should
take any necessary
measurements at the
site visit.
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
of EDGAR MARKHAM,
the 16th day of
December, A.D., 2015.
all persons having
claims against said estate to Probate and Register same with the
Chancery Clerk of
Lowndes County, Mississippi, within ninety
(90) days from this
date. A failure to so Pro-

the 2nd day of December, 2015. This is to
give notice to all persons having claims
against said estate
to
The Dispatch
Probate and Register
same
with the
Legal Notices
0010Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, Mississippi,
within ninety (90) days
from this date. A failure
to so Probate and Register said claim will
forever bar the same.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
of JENNY C. PRATER,
the 2nd day of December, 2015. This is to
give notice to all persons having claims
against said estate to
Probate and Register
same with the Chancery Clerk of Lowndes
County, Mississippi,
IN THE CHANCERY
COURT OF LOWNDES
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
IN RE: LAST WILL AND
TESTAMENT
OF KEVIN B. ROCKY
ROCKWELL NO. 20150249-DWC
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
COUNTY OF LOWNDES
of Kevin B. Rocky
Rockwell, deceased, by
the Chancery Court of
Lowndes County, Mississippi, on the 16th
day of December, 2015.
all persons having
claims against said estate to probate and register same with the
Chancery Clerk of
(90) days from this
date. A failure to so probate and register said
claim will forever bar the
same.
This the 16th day of
December, 2015.
Dianne J. Rockwell, Executrix
2015. This is to give notice to all persons having

Legalclaims
Noticesagainst
0010 said
estate to Probate and
Register same with the
Chancery Clerk of
(90) days from the first
publication date of this
Notice to Creditors. A
failure to so Probate
and Register said claim
will forever bar the
same.
This the 1st day of
December, 2015.
IN THE MATTER OF THE

ESTATE OF
TYRONE VINSON
JAMES, SR., DECEASED CAUSE
NO.:2015-0234
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
2050 Card of Thanks

2100 Fraternal & Lodge
2150 Good Things To Eat
2200 In Memorial
2250 Instruction & School
2300 Lost & Found
2350 Personals
2400 Special Notices
2600 Travel/Entertainment
3000 Employment
3050 Clerical & Office

3100 Data Processing/ Computer
3150 Domestic Help
3170 Engineering
3200 General Help Wanted
3250 Management Positions
3300 Medical/Dental
3350 Opportunity Information
3400 Part-Time
3450 Positions Wanted
3500 Professional
3550 Restaurant/Hotel
3600 Sales/Marketing
3650Trades
3700Truck Driving
4030 Air Conditioners

4060 Antiques
4090 Appliances
4120 Auctions
4150 Baby Articles
4180 Bargain Column
4210 Bicycles
4240 Building Materials
4250 Burial Plots
4270 Business Furniture &
Equipment
4300 Camera Equipment
4330 Clothing
4360 Coins & Jewelry
4390 Computer Equipment
4420 Farm Equipment & Supplies
4450 Firewood
4460 Flea Markets
4480 Furniture
4510 Garage Sales
4540 General Merchandise
4570 Household Goods
4630 Lawn & Garden
4660 Merchandise Rentals
4690 Musical Instruments
4700 Satellites
4720 Sporting Goods
4750 Stereos & TVs
4780 Wanted To Buy
Price includes 2 FREE Garage Sale

signs. RAIN GUARANTEE: If it
rains the day of your sale, we will rerun you ad the next week FREE!
You must call to request free re-run.
5000 Pets & Livestock

5100 Free Pets
5150 Pets
5200 Horses/Cattle/Livestock
5250 Pet Boarding/Grooming
5300 Supplies/Accessories
5350 Veterinarians
5400 Wanted To Buy
6000 Financial
6050 Business Opportunity

6100 Business Opportunity Wanted
6120 Check Cashing
6150 Insurance
6200 Loans
6250 Mortgages
6300 Stocks & Bonds
6350 Business for Sale
7000 Rentals
7050 Apartments
7100 Commercial Property
7150 Houses
7180 Hunting Land
7190 Land for Rent/Lease
7200 Mobile Homes
7250 Mobile Home Spaces
7300 Office Spaces
7350 Resort Rentals
7400 River Property
7450 Rooms
7500 Storage & Garages
7520 Vacation Rentals
7550 Wanted to Rent
7600 Waterfront Property
8000 Real Estate
8050 Commercial Property

8100 Farms & Timberland
8150 Houses - Northside
8200 Houses - East
8250 Houses - New Hope
8300 Houses - South
8350 Houses - West
8450 Houses - Caledonia
8500 Houses - Other
8520 Hunting Land
8550 Investment Property
8600 Lots & Acreage
8650 Mobile Homes
8700 Mobile Home Spaces
8750 Resort Property
8800 River Property
8850 Wanted to Buy
8900 Waterfront Property
9000 Transportation
9050 Auto Accessories/Parts

9100 Auto Rentals & Leasing
9150 Autos for Sale
9200 Aviation
9250 Boats & Marine
9300 Camper/R.V.s
9350 Golf Carts
9400 Motorcycles/ATVs
9450 Trailers/Heavy Equipment
9500 Trucks, Vans & Buses
9550 Wanted to Buy
General Help Wanted 3200
Appliance Repair 1060

Mid South Appliance
Repair
licensed-bondedinsured
STEVE: 662-549-3467
ALL WORK
GUARANTEED
Building & Remodeling 1120

Tony Doyle
Cabinets &
Construction
Cabinets, Vinyl Siding,

Painting,
replacement
windows & doors and
Remodeling.
No job too small!
Free Bids
662-769-0680
FLOOR COVERING,
Countertops, Kitchen &
Bath Designs,
Cabinets, Outdoor
Grills, Plumbing
fixtures. Now also carrying appliances &
mattresses!
Licensed: Residental &
Commercial work.
327-6900
www.fryetile.com
Tom Hatcher, LLC
Custom Construction,
Restoration, Remodeling, Repair, Insurance
claims. 662-364-1769.
Licensed & Bonded
Electrical 1270
DKH ELECTRIC- journeyman electrician laid off.
Looking for any work;
No job too small! 662617-3859.
General Services 1360

GOLDEN TRIANGLE
Model Trains
For help to start, phone
662-324-0474 or 662323-4738
For Odd Jobs and

Handyman
Services
Call
Mr. Fix-It
205-399-1700
Lt. William ONeal
US Navy Retired
RETAINER WALL, driveway, foundation, concrete/riff raft drainage

work, remodeling, baseCOUNTY OF LOWNDES
ment foundation, repairs, small dump truck
Letters of Administration have been granted hauling (5-6 yd) load &
and issued to the under- demolition/lot cleaning.
signed upon the estate Burr Masonry 242of Tyrone Vinson James, 0259.
Sr., Deceased, by the
Lawn Care / Landscaping
Chancery Court of
Lowndes County, Mis1470
sissippi, on the 1st day
of December, A.D.,
JESSE & BEVERLY'S
2015. This is to give no- LAWN SERVICE. Spring
tice to all persons havcleanup, firewood, landing claims against said scaping, tree cutting.
estate to Probate and
356-6525.
Register same with the
2000 Announcements
4000 Merchandise
4 Lines/1 Day..................$9.20
4 Lines/3 Days..............$18.00
PUBLISH: 12/7/15,
12/14/15, 12/21/15
PUBLISH: 12/21/15,
12/28/15, 1/4/15
IN THE CHANCERY
COURT OF LOWNDES
COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI
1780 Sitting with Elderly/Sick

1790 Stump Removal
1800 Swimming Pools
1830 Tax Service
1860 Tree Service
1890 Upholstery
1910 Welding
INDEX
GARAGE SALE RATES
AVEE JAMES, Administrator
The Dispatch
M. MARKHAM,
Piled or bagged EDITH
leaves
EXECUTOR
CAUSE NO.:
2015-00241-DWC
Household material
Six lines or less, consecutive days.

Rate applies to private party ads of non-commercial nature for merchandise under $1,000. Must
include price in ad. 1 ITEM PER AD.
No pets, firewood, etc.
Call 328-2424 for rates on

additional lines.
1030 Air Conditioning & Heating

1060 Appliance Repair
1070 Asphalt & Paving
1090 Automotive Services
1120 Building & Remodeling
1150 Carpeting/Flooring
1180 Childcare
1210 Chimney Cleaning
1240 Contractors
IN THE CHANCERY
1250LOWNDES
Computer Services
COURT OF
COUNTY,1270
MISSISSIPPI
Electrical
1300 Excavating
THE MATTER
THE
You may cancel at any time during regular business hours IN
1320 FitnessOF
Training
ESTATE OF
Furniture Repair & Refinishing
and receive a refund for days not published.
TYRONE 1330
VINSON
1360 General
JAMES, SR.,
DE- Services
Housecleaning
CEASED 1380
CAUSE
NO.:2015-0234
1390 Insulation
1400 Insurance
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
1410 Interior Decorators
Jewelry/Watch Repair
Ad must fit in 4 lines (approximatelySTATE OF1440MISSISSIPPI
1470 Lawn Care/Landscaping
20 characters per line) and will run for 3 days. For items $100 or
COUNTY1500
OF Locksmiths
LOWNDES
less ONLY. More than one item may be in same ad, but prices
1530 Machinery Repair
Letters of
may not total over $100, no relists.
1560AdministraMobile Home Services
tion have been granted
1590 to
Moving
and issued
the& Storage
underUp to 4 lines, runs for 6 days.
1620 Painting
& Papering
signed upon
the estate
of Tyrone1650
Vinson
James,
Pest Control
Up to 6 lines, ad will run for 6 days.
Sr., Deceased,
by the
1680 Plumbing
Chancery1710
Court
Printingof
County, Mis& Guttering
These ads are taken by fax, e-mail or in person atLowndes
sissippi,1740
on Roofing
the 1st
day
1770 SawsA.D.,
& Lawn Mowers
of December,
our office. Ads will not be take by telephone.
SUPER SAVER RATES
Rate applies to commercial operations

and merchandise over $1,000.
Please read your ad on the first day of publication. We accept

responsibility only for the first incorrect insertion.
The Publisher assumes no financial responsibility for errors nor for
omission of copy. Liability shall not exceed the cost of that portion of
space occupied by such error.
All questions regarding classified ads currently running should be
directed to the Classified Department.
All ads are subject to the approval of this paper. The Commercial
Dispatch reserves the right to reject, revise, classify or cancel any
advertising at any time.
Phone: 662.328.2424 Fax: 662.329.1521

classifieds@cdispatch.com
cdispatch.com/classifieds
P.O. Box 511 516 Main Street
Columbus, MS 39701
6 Days ...................................... $12.00

12 Days.................................... $18.00
Over 6 lines is $1 per additional line.
4 Lines/6 Days ................... $19.20

4 Lines/12 Days................. $31.20
4 Lines/26 Days................. $46.80
7B
Painting & Papering 1620

PAINTING INC.
*HOLIDAY SPECIALS*
Interior/exterior painting, pressure washing,
wallpaper removal, &
handyman service.
Free estimate. Call
Derek @ 662-242-0735.
Stump Removal 1790
ALLSTUMP GRINDING
SERVICE
GET 'ER DONE!
We can grind all your
stumps. Hard to reach
places, blown over
roots, hillsides, backyards, pastures. Free
estimates. You find it,
we'll grind it!
662-361-8379
SULLIVAN'S PAINT
SERVICE
Certified in lead
removal. Offering special prices on interior &
exterior painting, pressure washing & sheet
rock repairs.
Free Estimates
STUMP GRINDING, exCall 435-6528
cavation, & dirt work.
Text/call 662-2519191.
Tree Services 1860

J.R. Bourland
Tree & Stump
Removal. Trimming
w/bucket truck
Licensed & Bonded
Firewood 4 sale LWB
$100. 662-574-1621
TREE REMOVAL, trimming, heavy duty industrial mowing & mulching. Text/call 662-2519191
Sitting With The Sick / Elderly

1780
CERTIFIED CNA formerly
employed at Windsor
Place Nursing Home for
the last 14-15yrs. Looking for a sitting job
around Columbus.
662-251-3368.
Tree Services 1860

A&T Tree Service
Bucket truck & stump
removal. Free est.
Serving Columbus
since 1987. Senior
citizen disc. Call Alvin @
242-0324/241-4447
"We'll go out on a limb
for you!"
J&A TREE REMOVAL
Work from a bucket

truck and/or will climb.
Insured/bonded.
Call Jimmy for a free estimate 662-386-6286.
PECANS
D UKE P ECAN
C O.
The REAL Duke Pecan Co.
508 Brame Ave.

West Point, MS
494-6767
Fresh NEW Crop
Large U.S. No. 1 Pecans,
Chocolate Pecans, &
Candies
Plumbing 1680
J&J, Plumbing &
Remodeling. Custom
Bathroom/Kitchen
repairs, handicap
accessible shower.
Call 662-251-1362
Good Things To Eat 2150
Reuse
the News
Recycle
this
NewspapeR
Pecans
Cracked & Blown
OPEN YEAR-ROUND
SINCE 1938
Lost & Found 2300

FOUND-IN the last 3
wks, Wedding Ring in
Kroger Parking Lot-Call
to Describe. 724-4708006.
Special Notices 2400

HISTORIC FRIENDSHIP
CEMETERY. Seven
(5+2) burial plots for
sale. In older section
(Square 1020). For
more information please
call 662-574-4693.

HIGH VOLUME medical
office seeks full time
patient care coordinator. Candidate must be
able to multi-task, work
well in a team setting,
be flexible with work
schedule, maintain a
neat appearance. Energetic self starters only!
Email resume and
salary requirements to :
carecoordinator2015@
gmail.com
IN SEARCH of at least 3
years experienced fence
installer at a reputable
fence company. MUST
HAVE VALID DRIVERS LICENSE and be willing to
travel out of town over
night.Welding, fabrication and electrical experience would be beneficial. Must pass drug
testing. Applications accepted at 3541 Hwy. 50
E Columbus, MS 39702
or by email
whitefence@cableone
.net
8B MONDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2015

Medical / Dental 3300
Sales / Marketing 3600
LICENSED COSMETOLOGIST & Nail Tech

needed for Brooklyn
Cuts Salon. 58 Oakdale Drive. Hwy 45 N.
Columbus. Plenty of potential for new clients.
Call 662-369-0231.
THE COMMERCIAL
DISPATCH is in search
of an excellent newspaper subscription salesperson to work the Monroe County area. Must
be able to sell door-todoor, KIOSK & work independently. Must be
able to pass drug
LOCAL BUSINESS look- screen if hired. For
ing for an Estimator for more information apply
residential and commer- to The Commercial Dispatch at 516 Main
cial projects. Will review plans and specific- Street in Columbus,
MS. No phone calls acations relative to the
cepted.
schedule and scope of
work as well as prepare
Truck Driving 3700
client estimates. Send
resumes to: Blind Box
BURKHALTER
RIGGING,
592 c/o The CommerInc. is searching for excial Dispatch P.O. Box
perienced Truck Drivers
511 Columbus, MS
to add to its perform39703
ance driven team. Successful candidates
must have a Class A
LOCAL BUSINESS look- CDL with 5 years of flating to hire warehouse
bed experience. Posimanager with experitions are open in Columence. Must have 3 to 5 bus, MS for projects
years in a management mainly in the Southeastrole, prior experience in ern US. Benefits inshipping, receiving,
clude competitive salary
scheduling, computer
and per diem. EOE Fax
skills as well as safety
resumes to 662-327is a must. Excellent pay 7485.
and 100% employee
paid benefits and 401k.
Please send current re- LOCAL OWNER Operatsume and references to or with Blair Logistics
warehousemanager35@ seeking a class A driver.
-2 years flatbed experigmail.com
ence
-Clean driving record
This is a great opportunNOWETA'S Green
ity with a growing comThumb is accepting ap- pany. Home most nights
plications for delivery
and every weekend.
personnel. Applicant
Great pay as well. Call
must have exc. driving
Neil 662-251-4536.
record and knowledge of
area. Must be physically able to do some lift- Appliances 4090
ing. Apply in person
between 3-5 M-F & 9-1
Sat. 1325 Main St. No
phone calls.
WITH
YOUNG APPLIANCE!
Top quality used appliSEEKING A maintenances! Whirlpool, Friance associate to clean
and update our building. gidaire, Kenmore, Kitchen-Aid, & more. All
Some lifting and room
come with 30 day
set ups required. See
warranty. We also do
www.pinelake.org/about
appliance
repairs!
/employment-at662-549-5860
pinelake/ for details
or 662-364-7779
and to submit an application.
Bargain Column 4180
Management Positions 3250
10FT. ALUMINUM Boat.

Clean. $100 OBO. 662LOCAL COMPANY seeks 386-8163.
Full Time Office Manager for established
33 GALLON Grab Bags.
Real Estate business.
Women's Clothing Sz
Front Office Experience 22-24, 3X. $30/each.
and Quick Books Experi- 549-5555.
ence Preferred. Send resumes to: Blind Box
ANTIQUE BLACKHAWK
591 c/o The CommerCorn Sheller, $44. 2
cial Dispatch P.O. Box
Wooden Pepsi Cola
511 Columbus, MS
Flats, $12. 574-3332.
39703.
Medical / Dental 3300

BUSY, FAST paced pediatric clinic looking for
RN or LPN. Pediatric experience a plus. Send
resume with references
by email at
support@drskiskids.com
, fax at 662-328-6007
or drop off at 114 N
Lehmberg Rd, Columbus, by December 28.
Apts For Rent: East 7020

1, 2, 3 BEDROOMS &
townhouses. Call for
more info. 662-5491953
TRINITY PLACE Retirement Community, in
Columbus, now has studio, 1 bedroom, & 2
bedroom apartments
available. We offer noon
meal 6 days each week,
scheduled transportation, variety of activities,
optional housekeeping,
& many other amenities. Rent assistance to
those that qualify. Call
Michelle for a tour
today, 327-6716 & you
can enjoy the Trinity way
of life. EHO.
Apts For Rent: South 7040

1 LARGE bedroom, 1
bathroom loft apt, overlooking Main Street. Appx. 1000 sq. ft. Avail.
NOW. $600/ mo. +
dep. 662-889-1837.
2BR/1BA. A/C window
units. All electric. Upstairs Apt 1730 4th
Ave. S. Apt #4. Call
662-364-3443
Apts For Rent: West 7050
Household Goods 4570

HOLIDAY SALE!!
Call today for bargain
savings on OIL LAMPS
and OIL as a set for
$10 which is usually
$15/set. I will meet or
deliver for you. Call 662364-3027.
Sporting Goods 4720
GUN SMITH. Over 45

yrs. exp. (As good as
the best, better than
PHARMACIST NEEDED: most). New & used
guns, new scopes, repart time to full time
pharmacist needed for a pairs, rebuilding, cleaning & scopes, mounted
small independent loc& zeroed on range, anally owned pharmacy.
Must be licensed and in tique guns restored, &
wood refinished. Ed
good standing with the
Sanders, West Point. 3
Mississippi Board of
mi. N. Barton Ferry on
Pharmacy. Send reDarracott Rd. Open Tuesume to Chris' PharSat. Call for appt. 494macy, 2320 5th St N,
Columbus, MS 39705. 6218.
FULL-TIME position
available. Certified Pharmacy Tech with experience working in hospital or retail pharmacy
preferred. Call 6152990 for more information. OCH Regional Medical Center, 400 Hospital Road., P. O. Drawer
1506, Starkville, MS
39760. Weekend work
required. Benefits eligible. Apply online:
https://careers.och.org
EOE
Apts For Rent: Northside 7010

FOR RENT
EASY STREET PROPERTIES
1 & 2BR very clean &
maintained. Soundproof. 18 units which I
maintain personally &
promptly. I rent to all
colors: red, yellow,
black & white. I rent to
all ages 18 yrs. to not
dead. My duplex apts.
are in a very quiet &
peaceful environment.
24/7 camera surveillance. Rent for 1BR
$600 w/1yr lease + security dep. Incl. water,
sewer & trash ($60
value), all appliances incl. & washer/dryer. If
this sounds like a place
you would like to live
call David Davis @ 662242-2222. But if cannot pay your rent, like to
party & disturb others,
you associate w/criminals & cannot get along
w/others, or drugs is
your thang, you won't
like me because I'm old
school, don't call!!!!
Pets 5150
For Sale: CKC registered Siberian Husky
puppies. Will be ready
in time for Christmas.
Call or text 662-3055584
Apts For Rent: Starkville 7070

3 & 4 BR Apts for rent.
Next door to Campus.
No pets. $900$1200/month. 662418-8603.
Apts For Rent: Other 7080

2BR APT. Christmas
Special! Move in today,
no rent until Jan. 1.
Northside & Southside
locations! 662-7984194.
Lost & Found Pets 5160

FOUND HUNTING dog at
the MUW campus.
Please call (662) 4351500 if lost.
Business Opportunity 6050
CONVENIENCE STORE
for Sale in Columbus,
WELL RESPECTED
private practice group is MS. Call Phil @205-266seeking an experienced 5128.
certified nurse practitioner. Currently, we
have two pediatricians
Bittersweet Townhouses
and two family nurse
practitioners. Our Nurse 2BR/1.5BA
Fully furnished kitchen
Practitioners rotate in
taking the clinics even- appliances,
ing and weekend calls. Carports available,
Fenced in backyards,
EMR, full benefits, exCH&A
cellent starting salary.
For more details, please (662)327-5000
contact Sabrina McDow
1, 2, 3 BEDROOM apartat (662) 329-2955 or
ments & townhouses.
email at
Call for more info. 662chccski@mac.com. To
549-1953.
learn more about our
clinic, please visit
Northwood Townwww.drskiskids.com.
houses 2BR, 1.5BA,
CH/A, stove, fridge,
DW, WD hookups, &
West Point Community
private patios. Call
Living Center
Robinson Real Estate
is accepting applica328-1123
tions for Full Time and
Part Time RN's, LPN's, 2BR/1BA apts. in North
and CNA's. Monday -Fri- & East Columbus.
day 8:00am to 4:30pm. CH&A, all elec, water &
Apply in person at 1122 sewer furn, convenient
to shopping. $350/mo.
N. Eshman Avenue,
$150 dep. 352-4776.
West Point.
Apts For Rent: Other 7080

1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Apartments & Townhouses.
1BR/1BA Apt. $300
2BR/1BA Apt. $350$400. 2BR/2BA 3BR
/2BA Townhouses
$550-$800. No HUD allowed. Lease, deposit,
credit check required.
Coleman Realty. 3292323
Commercial Property For

Rent 7100
205 Tuscaloosa Road:
located on intersection
with Gardner Blvd.
450-3650 sq ft spaces
available. Restaurant,
Office Space, Retail.
113 Tuscaloosa Road:
2000 sq ft restaurant.
Covered Porch, Drive
Thru.
(662)327-5000
Mobile Homes 7250
2BR/1BA. Clean, Quiet.

No Pets. $350 deposit.
$475/mo. 327-2951
after 5pm.
(662) 329-2544
www.falconlairapts.com
ACROSS
1 Court sport, in
slang
6 Breath fresheners
11 Finish
12 Conspicuous
13 Mexican mother
14 Turkey neighbor
15 Bud holder
17 Beagle or boxer
18 Kings representatives
22 Lacking color
23 Painter Georges
27 Small porch
29 Unmanned flier
30 Nosebleed seats
32 Wind pointer
33 Buck Rogers,
for one
35 Sleuth Spade
38 Scuffle
39 Student of
Socrates
41 Fizzy drinks
45 Parting word
46 Vestige
47 Tennis star
Rafael
48 English county
75AC. HUNTING/Family
Rec. land located 10min
from Starkville. Green
fields planted. Suitable
to build cabin on. Call
Phil @ 662-295-1344
Autos For Sale 9150
RETAIL/OFFICE Space
Avail for lease. Downtown. 2000sq feet. Call
662-574-7879 for inquires.
Storage & Garages 7500
Chateaux
Holly Hills
Apartments
102 Newbell Rd
Columbus
Mon-Fri 8-5
328-8254
Central Heat & Air

Conditioning
Close to CAFB
Onsite Laundry Facility
All Electric/Fully Equipped
Kitchen
Lighted Tennis Court
Swimming Pool
Where Coming
Home is the
Best Part of
the Day
INEXPENSIVE
MINI-STORAGE. From
5'x10' to 20'x20'. Two
well-lit locations in
Columbus: Near Walmart on Hwy 45 & near
Taco Bell on Hwy 182.
Call 662-327-4236 for
more information.
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Mini-Warehouses
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2 Conv
Locatienient
on
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n!
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NEED A CAR?
625 31st Ave. N. - Columbus, MS
Sundays Cryptoquote:
HUNTING LAND or Family Farm(s) located in

Monroe Co. Tracts have
paved frontage w/ utilities. Acreage varies from
1-171ac tracts. Cabin is
being built on one tract
now. 7 cabins to
choose from should you
CLOSE TO MSU! 3 bdrm want to buy land & build
mobile homes for rent
cabin. Call Stan @ 205starting at $560/mo.
391-8606
$15 app fee. Housing
RIVERFRONT
not accepted. Call 662PROPERTY
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cable from $135/wk lots. Good/bad credit.
$495/month. 3 Colum- $995 down. $197/mo.
bus locations. Call 662- Eaton Land. 662-726242-7653 or 601-9409648
1397.
Office Spaces For Rent 7300
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Call 662-328-9634 for
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8250
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1500 sq. ft home on
NOW AVAILABLE FOR
quiet street. 1 acre. 45
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S Justin Rd. Steens.
3,000 sq. ft. building on Above ground pool.
4.5 acres of land, 1078 125k. No renting. No
Old Yorkville Rd. S. Next owner financing.
to Lake Lowndes. Avail- 386-1287.
able for sale or rent.
386-5938 or 329-9939. 3BR/2BA. 73 Summer
Lane Dr. Lakeover SubOFFICE SPACES & retail division. 1,720 sqft.
High ceilings, hardwood
space for lease. Startfloor, ceramic tile floor,
ing at $285/mo. Fairlane Center, 118 S. Mc- ceramic tile master
bathroom shower, 4
Crary. 662-435-4188.
year old architectural
roof, 2 year old 3.5 ton
Office Building - great
Goodman AC unit, Great
Bluecutt Rd. location,
neighbors!!
reasonable rent. Call
662-574-8699
662-328-1976, leave
message.
CUSTOM HOME. Just
completely renovated.
For Sale OR LEASE.
Houses For Rent: Northside
Hwy.
50 East.
7110
3BR/2FBA. Open Floor
1073 RIDGE Rd. Small Plan. 30x60 covered
2 bedroom house. Cent- deck. 2 car enclosed
garage. 2400sq. ft unral H&A. No pets.
der one roof. 18x30
No HUD. $500/ mo.
shop. 1 1/2 acre
662-329-1424.
fenced lot. New Hope
Schools. For Appt call
3 BR/2 BA. Large
574-9472.
fenced in yard. CaledoFSBO. 3BR/1.5BA. Cent
nia schools. Close to
H&A. Completely refurCAFB. No pets. Prefer
non-smoker. $950/ mo. bished. Large Bldg in
back. 2 Acres. 1622
Plus deposit. Available
Jan 1st. Excellent refer- Hughes Rd. Serious Inq.
Only.
ences. 356-4764.
327-6331/251-7983.
3BR/2BA House for
REDUCED! 3BDR/2BA.
rent. 287 E Plymouth
1560sq. ft. 9ft ceilings.
Rd. 662-251-2583.
Vaulted L/R. Trey ceiling in Master BR w/ W-ICOLONIAL TOWNC. Close to school.
HOUSES. 2 & 3 bed$144,500. 662-386room w/ 2-3 bath town- 6036.
houses. $575/$700.
662-549-9555. Ask for
Investment Property 8550
Glenn or lv. message.
Investment Property for
Sale.
FIRST MONTH Rent
22 Unit Apartment
Free! 2-3BR Homes. 1
Compex. 2BD/1BTH.
BA. Stove, Refrig, W/D
W/D Hook-ups. Land adHookup, Window A/C,
jacent for extension.
Gas/Heat, $450662-327-5000.
$500/mo. Deposit.
Credit Check. HUD Approved. Coleman Realty. Lots & Acreage 8600
329-2323.
28.5 ACRES in N.H.
w/25 yr. old pines.
Houses For Rent: Other 7180 $3500/ac.
Will divide
into 10 ac. plots. OwnNEW COTTAGE:
er
financing
avail. 6621BR/1BA, all appl, wa386-6619.
ter, trash, yard maint.
incl. in lease. Near
FAMILY FARM, 44ac +/Starkville, Columbus, & near Tibbee. Paved Co.
West Point. Perfect for
Rd. Frontage, pastures,
1 person or couple. NO pond, & mature hardpets. $500/mo. $300
wood timber. Must See
dep. 1 yr lease reqd. Ap- tract to appreciate!! Serplication/ref. reqd. 494- ious inq. only, please.
5419/242-2923.
Priced on showing only.
Stan 205-391-8606.
Autos For Sale 9150
Ask About Our Move In Specials!
Houses For Sale: East 8200

3BR/1BA house located on Poplar Street.
Updated approximately
3 yrs ago on inside &
with new roof. Large
fenced back yard. Great
for an investor or a new
family. Call 662-2751865 for more info.
2005 CHEVY Impala. 4

Door. Black.
182,000mi. $4500
OBO. 549-5054.
DOWN
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3 Peculiar
BEIGE '05 Grand Marquis GS for sale. One

owner. 145k miles.
Good condition. Tires
are excellent.
205-799-6288
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5 Javelin
6 Sauntered
7 Vining plant
8 Uncool fellow
9 Duo plus one
10 Antlered animal
16 Sinking signal
18 Expansive
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20 Pork serving
21 Land measurers
24 Wander
25 Visitor to Siam
26 New driver,
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Campers & RVs 9300

RV CAMPER & mobile
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W&N from $80/wk $265/mo. 662-2427653 or 601-940-1397
Motorcycles & ATVs 9400

04' HONDA Shadow
600. Silver. Clean,
Windshield, Bags, Bck
Rest. Ready. $1,750.
662-574-6395.
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Red Cafe Racer Style
Bike. ONLY 1600 miles.
Garage kept. Comes w/
Cover & ALL access.
Has never been
wrecked or damaged.
Back seat cover slips
off for 2nd passenger.
Comes w/ motorcycle
jack/lift. $5500 OBO.
940-867-6041
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