louisville took the lead on a third quarter touchdown pass and wrapped up the 20-17 win over rutgers on a field goal in the closing minutes. that gives louisville the big east title and a bid to a bcs bowl game. in college basketball, manti te o, notre dame s quarterback and heisman award candidate cheers on the unranked irish as they upset number eight kentucky. irish won, 64-50. the new york yankees reportedly have a new one-year deal for $10 million with closer mariano rivera who missed most of last season with a knee injury. get this. superstar michael jordan was playing golf in cargo shorts similar to these when he was asked to change. well, he refused. so the country club in miami asked him never to return. and he left. michael jordan, mind you. los angeles lakers center dwight howard was challenged to a shooting contest by the lionhead mascot of the sacramento kings who made every single shot he took. and of course, embarrassed the
five interceptions on the night for brees, the first time he s ever had five interceptions in a game. his nfl record streak of 54 consecutive games with a touchdown pass also came to an end in this one as the falcons win, 23-13. they can now clinch the division title this weekend if the bucs lose to the broncos. to college football now. louisville facing rutgers for the big east championship and a bcs bowl berth. gary nova drops back and finds brandon coleman who gets past the cardinals secondary and goes all the way down the line sideline untouched for an 85-yard touchdown to give the scarlet knights an early lead. rutgers up four in the third quarter. bridgewater gives the cardinals the lead with the beautiful pass to the back of the end zone. bridgewater leads his team to the 20-17 win despite playing with a broken wrist and a sprained ankle. good lord. cardinals are going to the second-ever bcs bowl game. they lead the big east for the
they keep going. he had four touchdowns. 70 points for the mountaineers. one big bowl game left that is the bcs bowl game. a scary moment for miami fans watching lebron james go down. watch him with the steal. he gets tangled up. hurts his ankle as he lands on the floor. he will only play a few more minutes after this. even banged up, he s lebron. unstoppable. sweet lay-up there. would he leave the game. the heat beat miami. he got a sprained ankle. dewayne wade was out of the game with a sore foot. the hoop of the night though, watch sacramento and denver. the nuggets get the loose ball. roody fer than dez, over the head alley-oop. three for the slam. you don t need to look, turn around, just toss it up and down. nuggets rolled 110-83. this is team u.s.a. soccer goalie. tim howard.
welcome back to first look. i m veronica de la cruz. in sport now, the west virginia mountaineers barely eked into the top 25, but last night against clemson in the orange bowl, they looked like the top-ranked team in the universe. here is fred roggin. good morning. every bcs bowl game has been a close one until last night. to the orange bowl in miami. clemson and west virginia. this was a good game for the first quarter. then the mountaineers started to pull away. smith flipped the ball to tavon austin. looked like a handoff but it was actually a pass. he threw four of six touchdowns that way. west virginia up 21-17. next play changed the entire game. clemson a yard away from taking the lead. ellington stripped at the goal line. darwin cook came out of the pile with the ball and he was gone, 99 yards the other way. that opened the floodgates. west virginia set a school and orange bowl record for points, embarrassed clemson 70, yep,
welcome back to first look. i m veronica de la cruz. in sport now, the west virginia mountaineers barely eked into the top 25, but last night against clemson in the orange bowl, they looked like the top-ranked team in the universe. here is fred roggin. good morning. every bcs bowl game has been a close one until last night. to the orange bowl in miami. clemson and west virginia. this was a good game for the first quarter. then the mountaineers started to pull away. smith flipped the ball to tavon austin. looked like a handoff but it was actually a pass. he threw four of six touchdowns that way. west virginia up 21-17. next play changed the entire game. clemson a yard away from taking the lead. ellington stripped at the goal line. darwin cook came out of the pile with the ball and he was gone, 99 yards the other way. that opened the floodgates. west virginia set a school and orange bowl record for points, embarrassed clemson 70, yep, 70-33. college hoops. temple beat a top ten tea