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CDISPATCH.COM 50 ¢ Newsstand | 40 ¢ Home Delivery Monday | January 5, 2015 City council to consider CMSD board position Since the school district holds Local Realtor applies first to fill vacancy after Lewis’ departure several leases with CLRA, spec- By Zack Plair a year of his five-year appoint- replacement by the end of Feb- ulation arose whether Lewis’ [email protected] ment. Mayor Robert Smith said ruary. hire as executive director would the council is expected to accept The council appointed Lewis constitute a conflict of interest. Columbus real estate agent Lewis’ resignation during its to the five-person CMSD board Smith told The Dispatch last Stephen Jones has submitted the regular meeting at 5 p.m. Tues- in February. He resigned that month that he didn’t see why first application to fill a vacant day at City Hall. From there, the post in December after accept- there would be a conflict. Still, Lewis gave his letter of resigna- seat on the Columbus Municipal city will advertise the vacancy ing the executive director’s po- Jones Smith School District board. and accept applications for 30 sition with the Columbus-Lown- tion to CMSD board president Jones seeks to replace Greg days after the initial advertise- des Recreation Authority. Lewis gram director before being pro- Angela Verdell on Dec. 17. Lewis, who resigned effective ment. Smith said he expects has worked for CLRA for more moted to executive director in “I hate to see him step down,” Dec. 31 after serving less than the council will appoint Lewis’ than 20 years, serving as pro- October. See Board, 3A Golden GAME TIME Triangle avoids storm’s wrath About 3,000 left without power in Starkville, Sturgis

BY CARL SMITH [email protected]

A line of thunderstorms knocked down trees and knocked offline a portion of Ok- tibbeha County’s power grid Saturday af- ternoon, leaving an estimated 3,000 people without electricity for a few hours. No injuries or significant damage was reported, but downed lines in Starkville left about 2,000 people in the dark Saturday, Starkville Electric Department General Manager Terry Kemp said. Almost 1,000 4-County Electric Power Association cus- tomers in Sturgis were also affected. Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff Looking at Mississippi as a whole, Satur- From left, Brentsyn McCoy, 12, Tavon Macon, 13, and Quay Tate, 11, play video games at the Columbus-Lowndes Pub- day’s high winds and heavy rains led to no lic Library on Dec. 29. Brentsyn is the son of Georgia McCoy, Tavon is the son of Catina Blevins and Thomas Macon, injuries. and Quay is the son of Marilyn Brooks and Christopher Walton, all of Columbus. The boys say they come to the library often to play their favorite football video game, Madden 25. “Thankfully, in all of this, there are no in- juries reported anywhere,” said Greg Flynn of Mississippi’s Emergency Management Agency. Tornado and flood watches and warnings were issued throughout much of Saturday Area escapes holidays with no highway deaths in the state and in Louisiana. There were at least two confirmed tornadoes reported by the National Weather Service in Mississippi. State adds two fatal wrecks to unusually deadly Dec. lisions on state highways, according Flynn said his agency received reports of to MHP Public Affairs Officer Criss several homes severely damaged in Jasper By Zack Plair Patrol released to The Dispatch on Turnipseed. However, the Golden County, along with homes damaged in Lau- [email protected] Friday. Triangle did have five total traffic col- derdale and Covington counties. There also For the time period beginning at lisions during that timeframe, includ- were scattered reports of power outages Christmas and New Year’s Day 6 p.m. New Year’s Eve and running ing two that were alcohol related, and around Mississippi and Louisiana. passed without any fatalities on Gold- throughout New Year’s Day, Troop three injuries. Emergency sirens sounded shortly after en Triangle roadways, according to G — which includes the Golden Tri- Statewide, MHP reported 70 traf- See Storms, 3A numbers the Mississippi Highway angle — reported no fatal traffic col- See deaths, 3A

In search of a Boston jury to try marathon bombing suspect Perhaps the most closely watched federal death penalty case since the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing In this 2013 file By DENISE LAVOIE His defenders bank on the story photo, medi- AP Legal Affairs Writer of a difficult childhood in a former cal workers aid Soviet republic and his radicaliza- injured people at BOSTON — His tion at the hands of an influential the finish line of accusers brandish a the 2013 Boston older brother who could have pres- Marathon following confession scribbled sured him into participating in the an explosion in inside a boat during deadly attack. Boston. Jury selec- an intensive man- Jury selection for the trial of Dz- tion for bombing hunt and a video they hokhar Tsarnaev, accused in the suspect Dzhokhar say shows him plac- Boston Marathon attacks, begins Tsarnaev’s trial is ing a backpack with a Tsarnaev today. Those chosen from a pool scheduled to begin today in federal bomb a few feet from of about 1,200 will decide whether court in Boston. a little boy who died when it explod- Tsarnaev planned and carried out AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File ed seconds later. See Boston, 3A

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1 Which country has an English ver- Jan. 6: Columbus City Thursday, Jan. 8 Council, Municipal Complex, sion of its national anthem beginning: ■ Exhibit opening: Come as “We’ll sing a song, a soldier’s song”? 5 p.m. you are to the opening of “12 Bar 2 What rock star is credited as a Jan. 6: Starkville Board of Bridge: Rhythm in Portrait,” an ex- co-writer and backing singer for David Aldermen: 5:30 p.m. at the Bowie’s “Fame”? hibit of musician portraits by visu- 3 What was the original Dutch name al and jazz artist Chad Anderson. City Hall courtroom. Jan. 12: Columbus Munic- Tre´ Mosley of New York City? A free reception at the Rosenzweig 4 What barbecue snack gave Micky Arts Center, 501 Main St., is from ipal School District Board Third grade, Cook Mouse his first spoken words? 5:30-7 p.m. For more information, meeting, Brandon Central 5 What natural phenomena can be Office, 6 p.m. High Low spherical, doughnut-shaped of like contact the CAC, 662-328-2787. 44 28 size? Jan. 13: Columbus Housing Mostly sunny Authority, CHA Office, noon Full forecast on Friday, Jan. 9 Answers, 6B Jan. 26: Columbus-Lown- page 2A. ■ Backyard astronomy: Bring along telescopes, binoculars and des Convention & Visitors chairs for star-gazing at 7 p.m. at Bureau Board meeting, CVB the Plymouth Bluff Center, 2200 Office, 4 p.m. Inside Old West Point Road, Columbus, March 9: Columbus Munic- with David Teske of Rainwater Ob- ipal School District Board Classifieds5B Obituaries 5A servatory. For more information, meeting, Brandon Central 135th Year, No. 253 Comics 4B Opinions 4A contact the center, 662-241-6214. Cory Conner lives in Columbus. Office, 6 p.m.

DISPATCH CUSTOMER SERVICE 328-2424 | NEWSROOM 328-2471 2A Monday, January 5, 2015 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Say What? Did you hear? “It was an ugly win, but we will take a bunch more of them just like it.” Mississippi State women’s basketball coach Vic Tupelo plans city-wide events Schaefer, whose 17th-ranked team beat Missou- celebrate Elvis’ birthday Monday ri 53-47 on Sunday to go to 17-0. Story, 1B. ‘It was time to step up our game as it relates to Tupelo and Elvis’ birthday’ A Thousand Words

The Associated Press throughout the day with a sing-along version of TUPELO — On Thurs- the film “Jailhouse Rock” day, Tupelo launches a at Link Centre and a the- birthday celebration fit for atrical production, aptly the king of rock and roll. named “Graceland” at Tu- Seven organizations pelo Community Theatre’s will participate in a city- Off Broadway location. wide event schedule, cul- “In years that end in minating with an Elvis five or zero, we always Presley-themed concert get bigger crowds,” said from the North Mississippi CVB spokeswoman Jen- Symphony Orchestra and nie Bradford Curlee. “We Richard Marx. wanted to build in more “It was time to step up things for people to see and our game as it relates to experience around town.” Tupelo and Elvis’ birth- The schedule for Friday day,” said Tupelo Conven- is packed, starting with an tion and Visitors Bureau exhibit at CVB, topped off executive director Neal McCoy. with free banana pudding. “We wanted to see what “Elvis’ first appearance we could involve and in- was on WELO on Missis- corporate from our com- sippi Slim’s radio show, munity to help celebrate broadcast from the court- Elvis’ birthday. We feel it’s house,” McCoy said. “So, a pretty good reflection of we’re going to do a Mis- what our community has to sissippi Slim exhibit here offer, and hopefully things in the lobby, with the local Elvis would be proud of food trucks here and free banana pudding.” Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff today,” McCoy told the Ernest Manor, of Macon, left, watches Columbus local Richard Flemming dump a basket of fried catfish into a Northeast Mississippi Dai- In addition, the Gum- tray Dec. 29 at the Miller Marine warehouse. Many more fillets were fried for the annual Giant Neighborhood ly Journal. tree Museum will be host- Dinner, hosted by Glenn and Jan Miller, of Columbus. The Elvis Presley Birth- ing a party with the open- place will host their annual ing of an Elvis art exhibit birthday party Thursday from Betty Harper, an of- for the late musician, who ficially licensed Graceland would have been 80 this artist and music from the year. Events continue Memphis Jones Trio. 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Solunar table Sun and Moon Last New First Full Monday Tuesday The solunar Sunrise ..... 6:59 a.m. Major ... 12:15 a.m. Major ..... 1:07 a.m. period schedule allows planning days Sunset ...... 4:59 p.m. Minor ..... 6:29 a.m. Minor ..... 7:19 a.m. so you will be fishing Moonrise ... 5:49 p.m. in good territory or Major ... 12:41 p.m. Major ..... 1:30 p.m. hunting in good cover Moonset .... 7:00 a.m. Jan. 13 Jan. 20 Jan. 26 Feb. 3 Minor ..... 6:52 p.m. Minor ..... 7:41 p.m. during those times. 516 Main Street • Columbus, MS Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2015 Monday, January 5, 2015 3A MSU SPORTS BLOG ONLINE SUBSCRIPTIONS Visit The Dispatch MSU Sports Blog for breaking For less than $1 per month, print subscribers can get unlimited Bulldog news: www.cdispatch.com/msusports access to story comments, extra photos, newspaper archives and much more with an online subscription. Nonsubscribers can purchase online access for less than $8 per month. @ Go to www.cdispatch.com/subscribe Education, taxes among top 2015 Miss. issues

with Mississippi’s use of Com- likely to influence the Republi- ers believe an alternative could terview. “If a business is making State’s three-month mon Core academic standards. can primaries, believe Common confuse voters and lead to defeat money, what they try to do is re- legislative session However, with an independent Core could give the federal gov- of the initiative. Legislative lead- turn some of that profit to their state superintendent of educa- ernment too much control over ers haven’t said whether they’ll shareholders. Our shareholders begins Tuesday tion and Board of Education, it’s what children are taught. Sup- add an alternative, but critics say are the taxpayers of Mississippi. unclear how much influence the porters of Common Core say the initiative could give a judge They oftentimes take the risk, By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Legislature will have on repeal- curriculum decisions are still control over the budget process and they pay all the bills.” The Associated Press ing or revising the standards. made at the local level. that’s reserved for legislators. Reeves has also said he sup- Superintendent Carey Wright ports a tax cut, but he hasn’t of- JACKSON — Mississippi’s and state board chairman John fered specifics. three-month legislative session Education funding Taxes Kelly said in a joint statement More than 116,000 people pe- Bryant proposes a tax break begins at noon Tuesday. The last month that they have “grave titioned to put a proposed consti- for people with low to moderate Prisons governor, lieutenant governor concerns” about moving away tutional amendment on this No- incomes. He says a family of Former state Corrections and most of the 174 lawmakers from Common Core, which the vember’s ballot. It would require four with a household income of Commissioner Christopher are seeking re-election this state has phased in since 2010 the Legislature to fully fund the $52,000 would receive a $921 a Epps and businessman Cecil year, and there will be plenty under the name College- and Mississippi Adequate Education year tax credit, and a single per- McCrory await trial in April on of jostling for attention as they Career-Ready Standards. They Program, a budget formula de- son with an income of $14,590 federal charges that they par- tackle issues affecting the fu- said the nonprofit Thomas B. signed to give schools enough would receive a credit of $75. ticipated in a bribery scheme ture of the state. Fordham Institute found that money to meet midlevel academ- The tax breaks would be avail- tied to prison contracts. Bryant Mississippi’s previous math ic standards. MAEP became law able only in years when state appointed a commission to re- Academic standards standards were “mediocre” and in 1997 but has been fully fund- revenue grows by at least 3 per- view Mississippi Department Gov. Phil Bryant, Lt. Gov. its previous English standards ed only twice. cent. of Corrections’ spending, and Tate Reeves and House Speaker were “the worst in the country.” Legislators have the option “I look at this as a dividend it’s asking legislators to tighten Philip Gunn — all Republicans Conservative critics, includ- of putting an alternative amend- return,” Bryant told The Asso- the contract process for all state — have expressed displeasure ing tea party voters who are ment on the ballot. Petition lead- ciated Press in a pre-session in- agencies.

Boston Continued from Page 1A the twin bombings that months to get the trial age and the thousands of they could present miti- killed three people and moved, arguing the Bos- runners, spectators and gating evidence to spare injured more than 260 ton jury pool was tainted others in the area per- his life. He has a strong near the finish line of the because of the number of sonally affected by the team behind him. Attor- race on April 15, 2013. If locals with connections bombings. The process ney Judy Clarke touts a they find him guilty, they to the race and drawing also could be slowed if strong record of helping will decide whether he parallels to the McVeigh potential jurors express her high-profile clients should be put to death. case, which was moved objections to the death avoid the death penalty, It’s perhaps the most to Denver for similar rea- penalty. including Ted Kaczyns- closely watched federal sons. But U.S. District Some legal observ- ki, the Unabomber; death penalty case since Judge George O’Toole Jr. ers say Tsarnaev’s law- Olympic Park bomber Timothy McVeigh was has been unmoved. yers — facing powerful Eric Rudolph; and Jared convicted and executed Jury selection alone evidence against him Loughner, who killed six for the 1995 Oklahoma is expected to take sev- — will probably focus people and wounded for- City bombing. Tsarnaev’s eral weeks because of their energies on the mer U.S. Rep. Gabrielle lawyers tried in vain for extensive media cover- penalty phase, when Giffords. Storms Continued from Page 1A 4 p.m. Saturday in Oktib- by 9 p.m. that same night. derstorms did not pro- Director Cindy Lawrence beha County, although a “By about 9:30 p.m., we duce as much damage as reported no substantial tornado is not believed to were down to a minimal a microburst of wind on damage from the week- have touched down in the number of calls,” he said. October. Then, damaging end storm. county. The damage was “Our guys got out there winds and falling limbs The Associated Press attributed to straight-line quickly, assessed the knocked out power for contributed to this report. winds. problems and got most more than half of SED’s Emergency crews went back up within a cou- customer base. to work quickly through- ple of hours. Apparently Tornado and flood BELK.COM out the county, clearing lightning hit one of our watches and warnings debris from roads and structures, and we had a were issued throughout removing downed power pole leaning on Louisville much of Saturday, and the lines and transmission Street; however, most of National Weather Service poles. the problems were from confirmed two tornado Kemp said SED work- the wind knocking down touchdowns that day. ers re-established power tree limbs.” Lowndes County connections to customers Saturday’s line of thun- Emergency Management

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PETER IMES General Manager WILLIAM BROWNING Managing Editor BETH PROFFITT Advertising Director The MICHAEL FLOYD Circulation/Production Manager Opinion Dispatch Possumhaw Hillbilly speed bumps and Hoover hogs Sam likes to small eyes and about the size of a possum. in one meal. I can appreciate the lake. see how high the don’t see well. Sup- While some species are on that. Armadillos have large, Armadillos are fast runners water is down at posedly they make the threatened list, ours is sharp claws and can ferret and good swimmers. They can the spillway, if it up for it with their ever-expanding, even though out ants and hold them with hold their breath for six whole has any “color,” and hearing, but this they only have one litter a their sticky tongues. They eat minutes. who’s fishing — so one was intent on year and usually four identical some small critters like mice, “Little armored one,” that’s we took a drive. digging. Looking young from the same egg. snakes, some plants and fruit what armadillo means in That day at the armor that I find that a little confusing and occasionally dead things. Spanish. Armadillos are eaten there were two encased him I won- since obviously some are fe- The creature’s home is a in most Latin American coun- bank-walkers. One dered if he had any males and some are males, but burrow. Out here in the Prai- tries. The meat is described was down on the predators. The only “identical” is what the informa- rie they like to burrow under like “fine-grained, high quality point. We thought thing I came up tion said. buildings and can cause a lot pork.” he got a bite then Shannon Bardwell with was speeding Armadillos have a low met- of damage. We don’t worry too During the Great Depres- realized he was cars and .22s. abolic rate and low fat content much about them except the sion folks ate armadillos; they hung up in the brush. The oth- There’s 20 armadillo so they don’t like cold. In time one dug up the grass Sam called them “Hoover hogs.” er guy brought in a fish, then species, only one in the U.S. summer they forage at night. planted on a bare hill. One Our friend Jim, also a chef, packed up his gear and headed The sizes range from 6 inches, Sometimes I hear them out- night I discovered the beast asked, “What’d they use to in. It was cold and fairly late in called the pink fairy armadillo, side the house. In winter, like digging in the new grass so I crack their shell, posthole the day. up to 5 feet. Lordy, I’m glad we the one at the spillway, they fired the .22 at him. It was too diggers?” Up the hill was an armadillo don’t have 5-footers; alligators forage during daylight hours. dark for the scope so I put the Shannon Bardwell’s column foraging in the dead grass. are bad enough. Mostly they eat bugs like sight on him. The armadillo appears in The Dispatch on We stopped and watched for a Our species is called the beetles, termites and ants. An squealed, jumped straight up Mondays. Email reaches her at few minutes. Armadillos have nine-banded armadillo and is armadillo can eat 40,000 ants in the air, then plunged into [email protected].

Letters to the editor Voice of the people Response to column I agree with Mr. Press (Black men: beware of police officers, Sunday, Jan. 4)that there is a problem with race in America. Primarily, it’s with blacks and whites, but it exists with blacks and whites and every other race as well. Where I disagree with this author and many others is why it exists today. There’s enough blame to go around to paint every- body, not just the whites. True, most blacks in Amer- ica today can trace their heritage back to slavery, but not all. There were free blacks in America since the days of the colonies, and some of them owned slaves. Many whites in Colonial America were indentured servants, another word or phrase for slaves. A lot of people have made up their minds regarding the guilt of these white cops who killed black men in the line of duty, but these same people have refused to look at all the evidence. They’re mad and aren’t going to waste a good mad! Before anybody condemns a police officer for doing his/her job, put on that uniform, go through the academy, walk a mile in their shoes. Deal with a huge, combative, non-compliant offender. Let one sucker-punch you and charge you with his head down and arms up. Let one refuse to comply with lawful commands from a police officer. Experience that first. Then tell me these officers were wrong. Mississippi Voices Mr. Press opines that “President Obama should take the lead” by appointing a committee to study the problem. Do what? That would be another colossal waste of time and taxpayer monies. White working class in a corner, The squeaky wheel gets the grease, and violence sells air time and newspapers. The only blacks that make the nightly news or the front page of the paper and it’s getting lonely are the gang-bangers and assorted criminals. Sta- OXFORD — Repub- ethic, enticing us to That could be exactly what tistics show that blacks commit most of the violent licans who want to stay sacrifice our personal happens. crimes in America. If that bothers anyone, do some- in office in Mississippi freedoms and become Or not. thing about it. this election year slaves to government. White working class people Something like reduce the number of fatherless have no worries — if The newly mint- who vote are not a majority in children growing up like weeds, without nurture or they are conservative ed U.S. Congress is America. Trends indicate they care. Encourage all children to get a good educa- enough. evidence Americans will increasingly be marginalized. tion and stay away from gangs and drugs, a path to If any are seriously are not real happy with The determining factor will be if nowhere. … challenged, it will likely how things are going. and how any coalition-building It will take years to correct the problem, and every- be from the right, not A key number in emerges across today’s political body needs to start now. from the left. That’s this trend is 30. landscape. There are far more “decent” blacks than “bad” where we are in the ev- That’s the percent- In other nations where there ones, and there are more “sorry” whites than people er-swinging pendulum Charlie Mitchell age point spread in are more political parties, folks will admit. That’s not the problem. Everybody would of politics. November nationally who do not speak to each other be far better off if everybody would obey the laws, not Nationally, voting trends from between white working class vot- during campaigns find the com- just blacks and not just whites. November illustrate this. Closer to ers who supported the Democratic mon ground needed for a govern- The town of Ferguson, Missouri, is majority black home, it may be fair to say Missis- Party and those who did not. ing majority. but governed almost exclusively by whites. Why? sippi is the epicenter of a deeply That’s a big spread. While wounds from the Co- Blacks must not be voting. Maybe there are no quali- disenchanted white working class. For context, the total vote chran-McDaniel fiasco appear fied black political candidates? You don’t take a drunk No longer a Tea Party “fringe,” spread was a mere 18 percent- to be a long way from healed, it out of a bar and expect him to fly a jet fighter, and you this is a reformist group demand- age points when Ronald Reagan must be pointed out that there can’t take somebody without the proper background ing to be heard. stomped Walter Mondale, carried is a recent history of coalition and expect him to do a good job in political office. The marquee example is last 49 states. governance in Mississippi — by Cameron Triplett year’s race between incumbent For additional context, remem- Democrats. Before a Republican Brooksville U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran and state ber that the Democratic Party has majority was reached in the state Sen. Chris McDaniel. valued itself and identified itself as House of Representatives, former Raising minimum wage not the answer Cochran had served four de- the party of working people. Speaker Billy McCoy, D-Rienzi, The Greenwood Commonwealth editorial (Other cades — four decades! — in feder- But white men and women, held together a voting bloc of black Editors, Jan. 4) published in Sunday’s Dispatch, hit al office without anyone accusing nationally and perhaps moreso in representatives, many from urban remarkably close to the solution considering it didn’t him of not being conservative until Mississippi, abandoned the party. areas, and white representatives, analyze the problem very well. Less than 4% of work- McDaniel came along. The little These voters feel their values are many of them farmers. To the ers, covered by the federal minimum wage get paid known lawyer from Laurel actually ignored and they are being forced surprise of many, this group got a the minimum wage. The other 96% get more than the beat “big spender” Cochran in the to support those who are able but lot of “conservative” things done, minimum wage. Maybe they all have very altruistic Republican Primary. prefer not to support themselves. such as limits on lawsuits, and a employers or very foolish employers, but I suspect the Here’s the nut of it, though: One view is that establishment lot of “liberal” things done such as real answer is the knowledge, skills, experience and Their conflict was not issues-cen- Republicans have sucked these a six-year package of teacher pay motivation they bring to the job are worth more than tered. Cochran and McDaniel voters in — that the Legislature in raises and health-care expansion. the minimum wage. It’s easier to pass a minimum agree on almost everything. The Mississippi is passing one corpo- The state made common sense wage law than to improve education and training. election was a manifesto in the rate giveaway after another, giving progress on a several fronts. Politicians and bureaucrats like easy solutions, but war the white working class has only lip service to helping the little So the situation is this: In Mis- the big government solution of raising the minimum on social and economic progres- guy while twisting a knife deeper sissippi and nationally, two-thirds wage amounts to telling people, “You can’t work in sives (who like that term better and deeper into his back. of white working class voters are America if you have low skills, low knowledge, low than liberals) or, more broadly, Others have concluded the feeling abandoned and backed into experience or lack motivation.” Raising the minimum any who would even associate emergence of a vocal far right is a corner. wage makes it even harder for the poorly educated, with non-conservatives. Mention wholly a reaction to a president They can hiss and spit all they poorly trained to get experience. Telling those same Barack Obama or Nancy Pelosi or who is black. These observers want, but anger alone will not get individuals they’re victims of unscrupulous employ- Harry Reid to this group and there shrug their shoulders, label the them out. They don’t have the ers, makes it less likely they’ll improve their moti- is instant and visceral disdain. Ev- disaffected as racists and disre- numbers. vation, although it might turn out a few more voters. ery smidge of nonsense that takes gard them. It will get lonelier and lonelier We’ve all heard the adage about giving a man a fish place in America — social media Indeed, some would-be ad- until and unless they figure out versus teaching a man to fish. Congress and legisla- photos of people holding $600 cell visers to the Democratic Party the necessity of conversation and, tures need to admit which approach is better for those phones while paying for groceries say winning the White House in yes, compromise. on bottom rung. with EBT cards — is laid at the 2016 elections should be a breeze Charlie Mitchell is a Mississippi Bob Altman feet of those seen to be killing because the Republican Party is journalist. Write to him at cmitch- Columbus the country, destroying the work destroying itself. [email protected]. The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Monday, January 5, 2015 5A Area obituaries COMMERCIAL DISPATCH is 5-8 p.m. today at McNeel, 7999 Colo- in Birmingham, Ala- Travis Hathcock, Chad ating. Visitation is two OBITUARY POLICY Calvert Funeral Home ny Road, Pheba, MS bama. Gunter, Jamie Robinson hours before service Obituaries with basic informa- and one hour before 39755. 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D Call customerispa support at: 662-328-2424tch SPORTS EDITOR SECTION Adam Minichino: 327-1297 SPORTS LINE 662-241-5000 B Sports THE DISPATCH n CDISPATCH.COM n MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 2015 BROADCASTING WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL PREP BOYS Cancer BASKETBALL claims Falcons ESPN’s Scott at 49 hold off By RICK FREEMAN The Associated Press Stuart Scott, the long- Trojans time “SportsCenter” anchor and ESPN per- sonality known for his Columbus uses run in enthusiasm and ubiquity, died Sunday. He was 49. first half to build big Scott had fought can- cer since a diagnosis in cushion in victory late 2007, BY SCOTT WALTERS the cable [email protected] TV sports n e t w o r k In theory, last month’s said, but boys basketball game be- r e m a i n e d tween Lowndes County dedicated rivals New Hope and Co- to his craft lumbus high schools had Scott even as he little bearing when they underwent met again in the Trojan chemotherapy, radiation Holiday Classic. and surgery. Columbus junior point ESPN President John guard Tavarest Gray took Skipper said in a state- the opposite approach. ment that Scott was “a “We wanted to come true friend and a uniquely in here and inspirational figure” and get some CHS 70, that his “energetic and r e v e n g e , ” NHHS 66 unwavering devotion to Gray said. his family and to his work “They beat us at our place, while fighting the battle of so it was only fair we come his life left us in awe, and over here and beat them he leaves a void that can at their place. We are two never be replaced.” really good teams, and On Sunday morning, when we play it is going to NFL Network broadcaster be special. We didn’t want Rich Eisen’s voice broke to lose this one at the end.” as he reported the death of Demyis Mayberry hit his good friend, with whom free throws in the closing he worked on “SportsCen- seconds to help New Hope ter” broadcasts. earn a 70-69 win at the Joe Fans and players at Horne Columbus Christ- games around the United mas Classic two weeks States on Sunday stopped ago. The rematch had a to observe moments of similar score but far less silence, including at NFL drama. playoff games in Indianap- Jim Lytle/Special to The Dispatch An 11-0 run to end the olis and Arlington, Texas; Mississippi State senior guard Jerica James attempts a shot against then-No. 19 Georgia on Friday first half helped Colum- the Mavericks-Cavaliers in a victory at Humphrey Coliseum. James had a career-high 17 points Sunday in No. 17 MSU’s bus build an 18-point lead. NBA game in Cleveland 53-47 victory at Missouri. The win pushed MSU to 17-0 and 2-0 in the Southeastern Conference. A late 3-point barrage and at several college bas- by New Hope tightened ketball games. things, but Columbus Some of the world’s capped a three-weekend most famous athletes ex- run of holiday tourna- pressed their grief online. ments in the coverage Basketball star LeBron area with a 70-66 victory James wrote on Instagram: James, MSU hit 17 late Saturday night. “Thank you so much for “New Hope is really being u and giving us inner Senior point guard scores career-high 17 points to help Bulldogs improve to 17-0 good,” Columbus junior city kids someone we could power forward Chris relate to that wasn’t a play- From Special Reports No. 17 MSU 53, The Bulldogs have held nine Deloach said. “I never er but was close enough to opponents to 50 or fewer points thought I would look at them.” COLUMBIA, Mo. — When Missouri 47 in a game this season. the scoreboard and see an “Stuart wasn’t covering the Mississippi State women’s “Getting the first conference 18-point lead. It’s a testa- heroes & champions, it basketball team didn’t have an- road win is an accomplishment ment of how well we can was the other way around,” INSIDE swers on offense, it turned its because we didn’t play well,” play when we do every- golfer Tiger Woods said game up on defense. n MORE WOMEN’S COLLEGE thing right. Our big men MSU sophomore forward Bre- on Twitter. On a frigid shooting after- BASKETBALL: Ole Miss nearly really brought it tonight. anna Richardson said. “In the Born in Chicago, Scott noon for both teams, No. 17 pulls upset of No. 11 Kentucky. That was the difference.” Page 3B second half, we had turn up attended high school in MSU found its offensive spark For the second time in the intensity on defense and North Carolina. After at the right time to earn a 53-47 14 days, the gym was over- graduating from the Uni- victory against Missouri in its free throws in the second half be more aggressive. It started flowing when the rivals versity of North Carolina first Southeastern Conference after we shot two in the first with me. I tried to bring the met. Law enforcement was in 1987, Scott worked at road game of the season at the half. That is on us for not be- juice and get my teammates needed to make sure extra three TV stations in the Mizzou Arena. ing aggressive enough. It was involved.” spectators crammed into southern U.S. before join- “Our defense caused some an ugly win, but we will take a Defense triggered MSU’s the stands and didn’t filter ing ESPN for the 1993 problems for them there late,” bunch more of them just like it.” rally from a nine-point deficit. onto the floor to obstruct launch of its ESPN2 net- MSU coach Vic Schaefer said. MSU improved to 17-0 and A steal by Chinwe Okorie led play. work, hosting short sports “We turned them over and got 2-0 in the SEC for the first time to a layup by Breanna Richard- Things were intense update segments. some transition layups. We did since the 2009-10 season. The son. Seconds later, a steal by for close to two quarters. He often anchored the a good job getting to the line Bulldogs have won all four series Dominique Dillingham led to Columbus (10-3) then See SCOTT, 3B in the second half, shooting 30 meetings against the Tigers. See msu women, 3B See REMATCH, 3B

FOOTBALL: NFL RESULTS / Penalties way up even after SCHEDULE Marquee matchups at QB set Wild-card Playoffs interference call vanishes Saturday, Jan. 3 n Carolina 27, Arizona 16 By HOWARD FENDRICH per game this season than a year n Baltimore 30, Pittsburgh 17 for next round of playoffs The Associated Press ago and the highest rate since Sunday’s Games By BARRY WILNER Cam Newton against another 2005, according to STATS. The n Indianapolis 26, Cincinnati 10 Officiating prompted conver- n The Associated Press new-wave QB, Seattle’s Russell numbers are skyrocketing in the Dallas 24, Detroit 20 sation and consternation all sea- Wilson, who merely won a Super playoffs: The first four games av- son in the NFL, so why should Divisional Playoffs In this quarterback-driven Bowl last February. eraged 13.5 calls, compared to the playoffs — particularly the Saturday’s Games league, nothing could be better “On to next week,” Luck said 7.8 from wild-card weekend last pass interference call that was, n Baltimore at New England, than teams driven by their QBs after helping the Colts defeat then suddenly wasn’t, in the season, STATS said. 3:35 p.m. (WTVA) meeting in the playoffs. Cincinnati 26-10 on Sunday in n Carolina at Seattle, Cowboys’ wild-card win over the In the NFC, Dallas beat De- So next weekend can’t come the AFC wild-card round. “It’s troit 24-20, and Carolina elimi- 7:15 p.m. (WLOV) soon enough: Denver’s Pey- Lions — be any different? Sunday, Jan. 11 the playoffs. There’s a differ- nated Arizona 27-16. In the AFC, There’s actually something n Dallas at Green Bay, ton Manning vs. the man who ence. You’ve got to move on; ironic about such a ruckus Indianapolis defeated Cincin- 12:05 p.m. (WLOV) replaced him in Indianapolis, you’ve got to keep that journey raised by what wound up being nati 26-10, and Baltimore beat n Indianapolis at Denver, Andrew Luck. Baltimore’s Joe alive.” a no-call, given that the compe- Pittsburgh 30 -17. 3:40 p.m. (WCBI) Flacco, who twice has defeat- The divisional round opens tition committee’s extra empha- On Sunday in Dallas, De- ed the Patriots and Tom Brady, next Saturday with AFC top seed sis on, and rewording of, rules troit was leading 20-17 and fac- Inside heading to New England. New England (12-4), the East governing defensive-backfield ing third-and-1 with about 8 n Romo, Luck lead Aaron Rodgers against Tony winner, hosting Baltimore (11- play led to an increase in flags. 1/2 minutes left in the fourth Cowboys, Colts to wins. Romo in Lambeau Field — just 6), which eliminated Pittsburgh There was one more penalty See Penalty, 4B Page 3B as enticing. Even Carolina’s See PLAYOFFS, 4B 2B Monday, January 5, 2015 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

SOUTHWEST NFLPA Collegiate Bowl Basketball Cent. Arkansas 66, Abilene Christian 60 At Carson, Calif. BASKETBALL: NBA Oklahoma 71, West Virginia 60 National vs. American, 3 p.m. (ESPN2) CALENDAR NBA Texas A&M 52, Arkansas 50 EASTERN CONFERENCE Texas Tech 52, TCU 37 Saturday, Jan. 24 Atlantic Division UTEP 54, Rice 51 Senior Bowl Prep Basketball W L Pct GB UTSA 53, North Texas 45 At Mobile, Ala. Toronto 24 10 .706 — North vs. South, 3 p.m. (NFLN) Today’s Games Brooklyn 16 17 .485 7½ FAR WEST Warriors flourish Boston 11 20 .355 11½ Cal St.-Fullerton 66, Seattle 59 Toledo 63, Hamilton at Heritage Academy New York 5 31 .139 20 UC Irvine 78, Concordia (Cal.) 72 Pickens County at Fayette County Philadelphia 4 28 .125 19 Arkansas State 44 Southeast Division No. 1 South Carolina 75, Toledo 21 14 7 21—63 Tuesday’s Games W L Pct GB LSU 51 Arkansas St. 14 3 14 13—44 Atlanta 25 8 .758 — SOUTH CAROLINA (14-0): Welch 3-4 Columbus at Noxubee County Washington 22 11 .667 3 First Quarter after big trade 0-2 6, Dozier 1-3 0-0 3, Ibiam 1-2 0-0 2, Ses- Tol—Voss recovered fumble in end zone Miami 15 20 .429 11 New Hope at Louisville sions 0-1 0-0 0, Mitchell 7-12 0-0 17, Farmer (Detmer kick), 14:50. Orlando 13 24 .351 14 0-0 0-0 0, Cuevas 2-8 3-3 8, Gaines 1-3 0-0 2, West Point at Saltillo Charlotte 11 24 .314 15 AkSt—Mays 44 pass from Knighten (Spry kick), Duckett 0-0 0-0 0, Davis 1-1 0-0 3, Wilson 7-11 13:30. Central Division 7-9 21, Roy 2-6 0-0 6, Coates 2-2 3-4 7. Totals Tishomingo County at Amory W L Pct GB Tol—Hunt 4 run (Detmer kick), 5:04. 27-53 13-18 75. Tol—Hunt 44 run (Detmer kick), 2:36. Chicago 24 10 .706 — LSU (7-7): Amichia 4-6 0-2 8, Boykin 3-6 Aberdeen at Okolona Cleveland 19 15 .559 5 AkSt—Houston 66 pass from Knighten (Spry they didn’t make 0-0 6, Moncrief 3-12 1-3 7, Hill 2-6 1-2 5, Hard- kick), 1:25. Milwaukee 18 17 .514 6½ East Webster at Winona en 4-12 1-2 9, Deemer 2-6 1-2 5, Bethel 0-3 1-2 Second Quarter Indiana 13 22 .371 11½ 1, Pedersen 3-8 1-2 8, Rhodes 1-3 0-1 2, Jones McAdams at West Oktibbeha Detroit 10 23 .303 13½ AkSt—FG Spry 31, 7:13. By JON KRAWCZYNSKI 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 22-64 6-16 51. Tol—Hunt 29 run (Detmer kick), 2:28. WESTERN CONFERENCE Halftime—South Carolina 37-22. 3-Point Columbus Christian at Smithville Southwest Division Tol—Covington 67 fumble return (Detmer The Associated Press Goals—South Carolina 8-21 (Mitchell 3-6, kick), :34. Oak Hill Academy at Winston Academy W L Pct GB Roy 2-6, Davis 1-1, Dozier 1-3, Cuevas 1-4, Memphis 24 9 .727 — Third Quarter Sessions 0-1), LSU 1-7 (Pedersen 1-3, Harden Tol—Hunt 6 run (Detmer kick), 8:15. Heritage Academy at Starkville Academy Dallas 25 10 .714 — 0-1, Deemer 0-3). Rebounds—South Carolina Sometimes the best trades are the ones Houston 23 10 .697 1 AkSt—Mays 55 pass from Knighten (Spry Grace Christian at Central Academy 42 (Wilson 13), LSU 35 (Boykin 11). Assists— kick), 4:40. San Antonio 21 14 .600 4 South Carolina 18 (Roy 4), LSU 4 (Amichia, you don’t make. New Orleans 17 16 .515 7 AkSt—Hunter 94 interception return (Spry Starkville Christian at Kemper Academy Deemer, Hill, Rhodes 1). Total Fouls—South kick), 2:06. Northwest Division Carolina 19, LSU 20. A—3,438. Long before Kevin Love teamed up with Vardaman at Hebron Christian W L Pct GB Fourth Quarter LeBron James and Kyrie Irving in Cleveland Portland 26 8 .765 — No. 5 Texas A&M 52, Tol—Hunt 1 run (Detmer kick), 11:46. Pickens County at Francis Marion Oklahoma City 17 17 .500 9 AkSt—Mays 27 pass from Knighten (Spry kick), this summer, the Warriors were in a golden Restoration at Pickens Academy Denver 14 20 .412 12 Arkansas 50 10:08. Utah 12 22 .353 14 TEXAS A&M (14-2): Ade 4-9 2-3 10, Tol—Jones-Moore 10 run (Detmer kick), 6:33. position to add the three-time All-Star and Minnesota 5 27 .156 20 AkSt—Griswold 3 pass from Knighten (pass South Lamar at Holy Spirit Hillsman 1-4 0-0 2, Williams 7-16 4-6 18, Jones failed), 2:17. Pacific Division 1-5 2-2 4, Walker 2-11 3-4 7, Cooper 1-2 0-0 2, one of the most versatile offensive players in Aliceville at Lamar County W L Pct GB Tol—Jones-Moore 29 run (Detmer kick), 1:02. Knox 1-2 3-3 5, Terry 1-1 0-0 2, Jennings 0-2 A_36,811. Golden State 26 5 .839 — 0-0 0, Scott 1-4 0-0 2, Scott-Williams 0-0 0-0 the game to a 51-win team on the rise. L.A. Clippers 23 11 .676 4½ Prep Soccer Phoenix 20 16 .556 8½ 0. Totals 19-56 14-18 52. Tol AkSt All they had to do was give up shooting ARKANSAS (10-4): Jackson 7-22 2-2 18, Today’s Match Sacramento 14 20 .412 13½ First downs 30 20 L.A. Lakers 11 23 .324 16½ Bailey 0-0 0-0 0, Wolff 3-7 2-4 8, Berna 0-4 1-2 Rushes-yards 53-365 32-65 guard Klay Thompson as the headliner of a Starkville Academy at Magnolia Heights, 4 p.m. 1, Brooks 4-16 5-8 15, Bostad 0-0 2-2 2, Powell Passing 176 403 package going to Minnesota, and Love was Late Saturday 1-2 0-0 2, West 0-0 0-0 0, Bowen 1-4 2-2 4. Comp-Att-Int 21-27-1 23-31-0 Tuesday’s Matches Atlanta 115, Portland 107 Totals 16-55 14-20 50. Return Yards (-1) 103 theirs. Timberwolves President Flip Saun- L.A. Clippers 127, Philadelphia 91 Halftime—Arkansas 28-25. 3-Point Punts-Avg. 4-36.3 4-40.0 Amory at Columbus, 5:30 p.m. Sunday’s Games Goals—Texas A&M 0-5 (Scott 0-1, Williams Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-2 ders coveted Thompson as the Warriors in- Dallas 109, Cleveland 90 0-1, Cooper 0-1, Jones 0-1, Knox 0-1), Arkan- Penalties-Yards 5-45 5-41 Starkville at New Hope, 5:30 p.m. Time of Possession 35:17 24:43 Miami 88, Brooklyn 84 sas 4-23 (Brooks 2-8, Jackson 2-11, Powell quired about Love early in the summer. Detroit 114, Sacramento 95 Louisville at MSMS, 5:30 p.m. 0-1, Berna 0-3). Rebounds—Texas A&M 42 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Milwaukee 95, New York 82 (Ade 15), Arkansas 39 (Jackson, Wolff 10). To the surprise of many, the Warriors Phoenix 125, Toronto 109 RUSHING—Toledo, Hunt 32-271, Jones- Assists—Texas A&M 9 (Jones 6), Arkansas 8 Moore 15-103, Olack 1-1, Woodside 5-(minus declined to include Thompson, a very good Men’s College Basketball L.A. Lakers 88, Indiana 87 (Berna 7). Total Fouls—Texas A&M 16, Arkan- Today’s Games 10). Arkansas St., Gordon 10-36, White 5-16, Tuesday’s Games sas 17. A—2,106. fourth-year player but not believed to be of Cleveland at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. McKissic 1-9, Knighten 16-4. Ole Miss at Kentucky, 6 p.m. Charlotte at Boston, 6:30 p.m. No. 11 Kentucky 64, PASSING—Toledo, Woodside 21-27-1-176. Love’s caliber, in their offer and Saunders Dallas at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m. Arkansas St., Knighten 23-31-0-403. Washington at New Orleans, 7 p.m. RECEIVING—Toledo, Zmolik 6-47, Wilcher Texas A&M at Alabama, 8 p.m. Mississippi 58 5-23, Russell 4-49, Co.Jones 2-30, Jones- held firm. Talks broke down and Love eventu- Houston at Chicago, 7 p.m. MISSISSIPPI (11-4): Hayes 3-5 4-4 10, Wednesday’s Game New York at Memphis, 7 p.m. Moore 2-11, Olack 1-21, Hunt 1-(minus 5). Sisk 1-8 0-0 2, McCray 4-5 0-1 9, Sessom 2-6 Arkansas St., McKissic 7-99, Mays 5-138, ally landed in Cleveland when James decided Denver at Minnesota, 7 p.m. 1-2 5, Faleru 8-18 5-7 21, Joseph 2-9 4-4 8, Tennessee at Mississippi State, 8 p.m. Indiana at Utah, 8 p.m. Houston 2-78, Mack 2-36, Trosin 2-23, Gordon to return home. Frizzell 1-7 0-0 3, Briggs 0-1 0-0 0, Singletary 2-11, Griswold 2-9, Rains 1-9. L.A. Lakers at Portland, 9 p.m. 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 21-59 14-18 58. Two months into the season, the Warriors’ Women’s College Basketball Atlanta at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m. KENTUCKY (13-2): Thompson 4-11 9-11 Oklahoma City at Golden State, 9:30 p.m. 17, Goodin-Rogers 0-2 0-0 0, Harper 6-16 0-4 decision has been validated. Thompson has Thursday’s Games Tuesday’s Games 12, Epps 3-17 6-6 12, Bishop 0-2 1-3 1, O’Neill Hockey Phoenix at Milwaukee, 7 p.m. 3-10 5-7 13, Jennings 4-6 1-1 9, Rice 0-2 0-0 0. NHL emerged as a star alongside Stephen Curry Ole Miss at Florida, 6 p.m. Detroit at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. Totals 20-66 22-32 64. EASTERN CONFERENCE South Carolina at Alabama, 6 p.m. Halftime—Mississippi 27-25. 3-Point Atlantic Division and the Warriors are an NBA-best 26-5. Sunday’s Men’s Major Goals—Mississippi 2-17 (McCray 1-1, Frizzell GP W L OT Pts GF GA UTSA at Southern Mississippi, 6 p.m. 1-6, Faleru 0-1, Sessom 0-2, Sisk 0-3, Joseph Montreal 39 26 11 2 54 108 89 “For me as a new coach, what I saw was College Scores 0-4), Kentucky 2-11 (O’Neill 2-4, Jennings 0-1, EAST Tampa Bay 41 25 12 4 54 134 108 maybe the best backcourt in the NBA and a Arkansas at Mississippi State, 8 p.m. Harper 0-1, Thompson 0-1, Goodin-Rogers 0-1, Detroit 39 20 10 9 49 109 99 Iona 86, Siena 72 Epps 0-3). Fouled Out—Jennings, McCray, Manhattan 63, Canisius 60 Toronto 40 21 16 3 45 130 122 chance to keep the group together,” coach Sessom. Rebounds—Mississippi 39 (Faleru Boston 40 19 15 6 44 104 108 Junior College Basketball Monmouth (NJ) 66, Niagara 50 13), Kentucky 46 (Harper 14). Assists—Missis- St. Peter’s 79, Marist 67 Florida 37 17 11 9 43 87 97 Steve Kerr said. “And that’s pretty power- Tuesday’s Games sippi 9 (Hayes 4), Kentucky 8 (O’Neill, Thomp- Ottawa 38 16 15 7 39 102 105 Temple 84, UCF 78 son 3). Total Fouls—Mississippi 27, Kentucky ful, especially when you know you’re already VCU 75, Fordham 58 Buffalo 40 14 23 3 31 77 136 Women: East Central at EMCC, 5:30 p.m. SOUTH 15. A—6,162. Metropolitan Division pretty good.” FIU 62, FAU 60 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Men: East Central at EMCC, 7:30 p.m. Louisville 85, Wake Forest 76 No. 17 Miss. State 53, Pittsburgh 39 24 10 5 53 118 94 After spending the summer with Team Women: Itawamba at Jones, 5:30 p.m. Old Dominion 61, Charlotte 54 Missouri 47 N.Y. Islanders 39 26 12 1 53 121 109 UAB 54, Middle Tennessee 49 MISSISSIPPI ST. (17-0): Dillingham 2-10 Washington 38 20 11 7 47 112 99 USA, Thompson has blossomed into so much Men: Itawamba at Jones, 7:30 p.m. W. Kentucky 81, Marshall 62 1-6 6, Chapel 0-4 0-0 0, James 4-8 7-11 17, Viv- N.Y. Rangers 36 21 11 4 46 113 90 more than a shooter, showing an ability to put MIDWEST ians 2-7 4-7 9, Okorie 1-3 0-0 2, Schaefer 0-2 Columbus 37 17 17 3 37 96 119 Cleveland St. 74, Ill.-Chicago 69 0-0 0, William 0-4 3-4 3, Richardson 3-10 1-4 7, Philadelphia 39 14 18 7 35 106 120 the ball on the floor and create his own shot Detroit 83, Milwaukee 67 Williams 0-0 0-0 0, Alwal 0-0 0-0 0, Grant 2-5 New Jersey 41 14 20 7 35 90 117 on the air IUPUI 63, IPFW 58 0-0 5, Carter 2-2 0-0 4. Totals 16-55 16-32 53. Carolina 39 12 23 4 28 77 102 while still playing strong defense. Indiana St. 79, Evansville 75, OT MISSOURI (10-5): Fowler 1-4 0-0 2, Frer- WESTERN CONFERENCE Kansas 76, UNLV 61 icks 1-9 1-2 3, Robinson 1-6 3-4 5, Michaelis Central Division Meanwhile, the Cavs have languished N. Dakota St. 72, S. Dakota St. 69 3-10 2-3 8, Eye 4-12 0-1 10, Mo. Stock 0-0 0-0 GP W L OT Pts GF GA Today N. Iowa 67, Loyola of Chicago 58 0, Ma. Stock 4-6 4-4 16, Cunningham 0-3 0-0 0, Nashville 38 25 9 4 54 116 88 while trying to fit all their new parts together. Valparaiso 79, Youngstown St. 64 MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Hudyn 1-4 1-2 3. Totals 15-54 11-16 47. Chicago 39 26 11 2 54 124 85 In Golden State, the main pieces of the roster W. Illinois 80, Nebraska-Omaha 78 Halftime—Mississippi St. 21-19. 3-Point St. Louis 39 23 13 3 49 118 99 6 p.m. — Notre Dame at North Carolina, ESPN Wichita St. 70, Illinois St. 62 Goals—Mississippi St. 5-17 (James 2-3, Winnipeg 39 20 12 7 47 101 93 have been together for years, and that famil- Wisconsin 81, Northwestern 58 Grant 1-1, Dillingham 1-3, Vivians 1-3, William Dallas 38 18 14 6 42 119 124 6 p.m. — West Virginia at Texas Tech, ESPNU MIDWEST 0-1, Schaefer 0-2, Richardson 0-4), Missouri Minnesota 37 18 15 4 40 104 106 iarity and chemistry is paying dividends. Cleveland St. 74, Ill.-Chicago 69 6-20 (Ma. Stock 4-6, Eye 2-8, Robinson 0-3, Colorado 39 15 16 8 38 101 117 8 p.m. — Oklahoma at Texas, ESPN Detroit 83, Milwaukee 67 Michaelis 0-3). Fouled Out—Cunningham, Pacific Division “Whatever lineup we throw out there, I feel IUPUI 63, IPFW 58 Eye, Frericks. Rebounds—Mississippi St. 43 GP W L OT Pts GF GA 8 p.m. — Texas Southern at Southern U., ESPNU Indiana St. 79, Evansville 75, OT (Richardson 9), Missouri 49 (Eye 12). Assists— Anaheim 41 26 9 6 58 115 110 like we have the ultimate high confidence to Kansas 76, UNLV 61 Mississippi St. 5 (Dillingham 3), Missouri 10 Vancouver 37 22 12 3 47 109 98 N. Dakota St. 72, S. Dakota St. 69 NBA (Robinson 4). Total Fouls—Mississippi St. 21, Los Angeles 40 19 12 9 47 112 103 play well,” Curry said. “That comes with the N. Iowa 67, Loyola of Chicago 58 Missouri 26. A—1,432. 7 p.m. — N.Y. Knicks at Memphis, SportSouth Valparaiso 79, Youngstown St. 64 San Jose 39 20 14 5 45 106 103 experience of going through a couple of play- W. Illinois 80, Nebraska-Omaha 78 No. 19 Georgia 64, Calgary 40 21 16 3 45 115 105 SOCCER Wichita St. 70, Illinois St. 62 Arizona 38 15 19 4 34 92 124 off series together and falling short of our ex- Wisconsin 81, Northwestern 58 Alabama 47 Edmonton 40 9 22 9 27 88 135 pectations before. And now being even more 1:55 p.m. — FA Cup, third round, Liverpool at FAR WEST ALABAMA (11-6): Cook 0-8 1-2 1, Heg- Arizona 73, Arizona St. 49 stetter 1-3 0-0 2, Williams 4-9 4-10 12, Mid- NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for Wimbledon, FS1 overtime loss. hungry as a group to get to the next level. Colorado 86, Southern Cal 65 dlebrook 3-4 0-3 7, Hutchen 1-2 0-0 2, Bolton Grand Canyon 71, UC Riverside 69 5-12 1-1 12, Hayden 0-4 0-0 0, Knight 1-6 3-4 That’s a huge bonus for us.” WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL South Dakota 74, Denver 69 Late Saturday 6, Rivers 1-5 2-4 5, Hamilton 0-0 0-0 0. Totals Vancouver 4, Detroit 1 6 p.m. — Tennessee at Vanderbilt, SEC Network Stanford 68, Washington 60,, OT 16-53 11-24 47. Utah 71, UCLA 39 St. Louis 7, San Jose 2 Here are some things to watch in the NBA GEORGIA (13-2): Griffin 7-11 0-0 16, Washington St. 69, California 66 Sunday’s Games this week: Tuesday Hempe 3-7 9-10 15, Donald 4-4 0-0 9, Barbee Boston at Carolina, Noon n CAVS SANS LEBRON: With King James out for at least two Late Saturday Men’s Major 3-9 2-2 8, Butler 0-4 1-2 1, Godwin 0-0 0-0 0, Florida at Washington, 2 p.m. MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Almire 0-0 0-0 0, Roberts 0-3 0-0 0, Clark 0-1 Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 6 p.m. weeks with knee and back injuries, the Cavaliers are in trouble. They 6 p.m. — Arkansas at Georgia, ESPN College Scores 0-0 0, Carter 2-4 0-0 4, Washington 2-3 0-0 4, Dallas at Chicago, 7 p.m. play the 76ers, Rockets, Warriors and Kings this week as they try to stay MIDWEST Engram 2-4 2-2 7. Totals 23-50 14-16 64. Columbus at Colorado, 7 p.m. 6 p.m. — UConn at USF, ESPN2 Bradley 63, S. Illinois 44 Halftime—Georgia 41-23. 3-Point Nashville at Anaheim, 7 p.m. afloat in the muddled East. FAR WEST Goals—Alabama 4-23 (Middlebrook 1-2, N.Y. Islanders at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m. n HAWKS ROLLING: They have reeled off 18 wins in 20 games 6 p.m. — UCF at Houston, ESPN News BYU 99, San Francisco 68 Knight 1-3, Rivers 1-4, Bolton 1-5, Hutchen 0-1, Today’s Game Fresno St. 59, San Diego St. 57 Hegstetter 0-1, Hayden 0-2, Cook 0-5), Georgia San Jose at Winnipeg, 7 p.m. to jump to the top of the Eastern Conference and face a tough slate of Gonzaga 87, Portland 75 Tuesday’s Games 6 p.m. — East Carolina at Cincinnati, ESPNU Idaho 86, Weber St. 84 4-11 (Griffin 2-5, Donald 1-1, Engram 1-2, Rob- games this week. They visit the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday, host erts 0-1, Butler 0-2). Fouled Out—Washington. Buffalo at New Jersey, 6 p.m. 6 p.m. — Marquette at Georgetown, FS1 Montana 74, North Dakota 63 Ottawa at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. the Grizzlies on Wednesday, visit the Pistons on Friday and host the N. Arizona 73, Portland St. 60 Rebounds—Alabama 32 (Rivers, Williams 6), Georgia 41 (Barbee 8). Assists—Alabama 10 Tampa Bay at Montreal, 6:30 p.m. 6 p.m. — Ole Miss at Kentucky, SEC Network Nevada 80, Air Force 62 Carolina at Nashville, 7 p.m. Wizards on Sunday. New Mexico St. 70, UC Irvine 67 (Bolton, Cook, Hutchen, Middlebrook 2), Geor- gia 14 (Barbee 5). Total Fouls—Alabama 16, San Jose at Minnesota, 7 p.m. n SPURS SLOG: A brutal December finally behind them, the de- 6 p.m. — St. Louis at George Washington, CBS Sacramento St. 90, S. Utah 75 Colorado at Chicago, 7:30 p.m. Santa Clara 59, San Diego 56 Georgia 21. A—3,419. fending champion Spurs see the schedule lighten a little bit this week Sports Network UC Davis 78, Cal Maritime 41 Columbus at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. Wyoming 64, San Jose St. 59 St. Louis at Arizona, 8 p.m. with games against the Pistons, Suns and Timberwolves. They went Florida 63, Auburn 50 Detroit at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m. 8 p.m. — Ohio State at Minnesota, ESPN FLORIDA (9-6): Lorenzen 4-5 2-2 10, 8-10 in December, their first losing month since Feb. 1999 and the most The Associated Press N.Y. Islanders at Vancouver, 9 p.m. 8 p.m. — Oklahoma State at Iowa St., ESPN2 Miller 0-2 0-0 0, Needles 4-8 0-0 11, Peoples losses in a month since Tim Duncan joined the team in 1997. Men’s Top 25 Fared 3-11 2-2 9, Lewis 4-7 2-2 10, Williams 4-8 3-3 n JOSH SMITH EFFECT: The Pistons are 5-0 since a stunning 11, Anderson 0-1 0-0 0, Dimaite 0-0 0-0 0, Co- 8 p.m. — Auburn at Vanderbilt, ESPNU 1. Kentucky (13-0) did not play. peland 4-8 0-1 12, Batchelor 0-1 0-0 0. Totals: Transactions decision to waive Smith and eat the rest of his contract. The Rockets 8 p.m. — Villanova at St. John’s, FS1 2. Duke (13-0) beat Toledo 86-69; beat 23-51 9-10 63. Sunday’s Moves Wofford 84-55; beat Boston College 85-62. AUBURN (9-6): Tanner 3-9 6-8 12, Mont- picked him up but are an underwhelming 3-3 with him. 3. Virginia (13-0) beat Davidson 83-72; BASEBALL 8 p.m. — Texas A&M at Alabama, SEC Network gomery 5-17 0-0 10, Frerking 1-4 0-0 2, Parker American League n FREE-FALLING WOLVES: They have lost 11 in a row to fall beat Miami 89-80, 2OT. 0-0 0-0 0, Dieng 0-4 0-0 0, Muhammad 6-15 4. Wisconsin (14-1) beat Penn State KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms to 5-27. They host Denver on Monday, Phoenix on Wednesday, visit 8 p.m. — Providence at Butler, CBS Sports 1-3 13, Jones 0-0 0-0 0, Petithomme 3-6 0-0 with RHP Ryan Madson on a minor league 89-72; beat Northwestern 81-58. 7, Robeson 0-3 0-0 0, Capers 2-2 2-2 6. Totals: Milwaukee on Friday and host San Antonio on Saturday. Network 5. Louisville (13-1) beat Long Beach State 20-60 9-13 50. contract. 63-48; beat Wake Forest 85-76. HOCKEY STAT LINE OF THE WEEK Halftime—Tied at 29. 3-Point Goals— 10 p.m. — New Mexico at San Diego State, CBS 6. Villanova (13-1) beat Butler 67-55; lost Florida 8-20 (Copeland 4-8, Needles 3-7, National Hockey League Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant, the reigning MVP, wasted no time to Seton Hall 66-61, OT. Peoples 1-3, Batchelor 0-1, Miller 0-1), Auburn NHL — Fined the Philadelphia Flyers an Sports Network 7. Gonzaga (14-1) beat San Diego 60-48; getting back to form after missing six games with a sprained ankle. He 1-11 (Petithomme 1-2, Frerking 0-2, Dieng undisclosed amount for violating the collective beat Portland 87-75. 0-3, Montgomery 0-4). Rebounds—Florida 40 bargaining agreement by traveling during the put up 44 points, 10 rebounds and seven assists to beat the Phoenix NHL 8. Arizona (13-1) beat Arizona State (Lewis 9), Auburn 32 (Tanner 10). Assists— Dec. 24-26 holiday break. 73-49. Florida 12 (Peoples 6), Auburn 15 (Petithom- ARIZONA COYOTES — Recalled G Louis Suns 137-134 on Wednesday night. His monster line was even bigger 7 p.m. — San Jose at Minnesota, NBC Sports 9. Iowa State (10-2) beat MVSU 83-33; me 3). Total Fouls—Florida 15, Auburn 15. Domingue from Gwinnett (ECHL) to Portland considering Russell Westbrook got ejected after playing 17 minutes. lost to South Carolina 64-60. 1:30 p.m. — FA Cup, third round, West Ham 10. Utah (12-2) beat Carroll (Mont.) A—1,990. (AHL). 85-49; beat Southern Cal 79-55; beat UCLA Late Saturday Women’s EDMONTON OILERS — Returned C Leon United at Everton, FS1 71-39. Draisaitl to Prince Albert (WHL). COLLEGE FOOTBALL 11. Texas (12-2) beat Rice 66-55; beat Major College Scores NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Recalled D Loic Texas Tech 70-61. SOUTHWEST Leduc from Stockton (ECHL) to Bridgeport 12. Maryland (14-1) beat Michigan State Texas 60, Kansas 46 (AHL). 68-66, 2OT; beat Minnesota 70-58. FAR WEST COLLEGE BASKETBALL 13. Kansas (11-2) beat Kent State 78-62; Sacramento St. 69, S. Utah 67 Saturday’s Moves beat UNLV 76-61. Stanford 62, Colorado 55 BASKETBALL Hunt, Toledo earn 14. Notre Dame (14-1) beat Hartford National Basketball Association STANDINGS 87-60; beat Georgia Tech 83-76, 2OT. The AP Women’s HOUSTON ROCKETS — Assigned G Nick 15. St. John’s (11-3) lost to Seton Hall Johnson to Rio Grande Valley (NBADL). UTSA 71, North Texas 61 78-67; lost to Butler 73-69. Top 25 Fared FOOTBALL 16. Wichita State (12-2) beat Drake Southeastern UAB 54, Middle Tennessee 49 1. South Carolina (14-0) beat Auburn National Football League 66-58; beat Illinois State 70-62. 77-58; beat LSU 75-51. W. Kentucky 81, Marshall 62 17. West Virginia (13-1) beat Virginia Tech BALTIMORE RAVENS — Placed LB Arthur win in GoDaddy Bowl Conference Men 2. UConn (12-1) beat No. 10 Duke Brown on injured reserve. UTEP 66, Rice 57 Conference All Games 82-51; beat TCU 78-67. Monday’s Games 83-52; beat East Carolina 89-38; beat St. GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed C Joe W L Pct. W L Pct. 18. Oklahoma (10-3) beat George Mason John’s 66-50. No games scheduled Madsen to the practice squad. Kentucky 0 0 .000 13 0 1.000 61-43; beat No. 22 Baylor 73-63. 3. Texas (12-0) beat Rice 77-54; beat By DAVID BRANDT Tuesday’s Games SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed DE Arkansas 0 0 .000 11 2 .846 19. North Carolina (11-3) beat William & Kansas 60-46. No games scheduled Mary 86-64; beat Clemson 74-50. Lawrence Okoye to a futures contract. The Associated Press LSU 0 0 .000 11 2 .846 4. Notre Dame (14-1) beat Florida State Wednesday’s Games 20. Ohio State (12-3) lost to Iowa 71-65; HOCKEY Alabama 0 0 .000 10 3 .769 74-68; beat No. 21 Syracuse 85-74. No games scheduled beat Illinois 77-61. National Hockey League Vanderbilt 0 0 .000 10 3 .769 5. Texas A&M (14-2) lost to Washington Thursday’s Games 21. Washington (11-3) lost to California DALLAS STARS — Claimed D David Schlemko MOBILE, Ala. — Sophomore Kareem Georgia 0 0 .000 9 3 .750 70-49; beat North Texas 75-38; beat Vanderbilt Old Dominion at Marshall, 6 p.m. 81-75; lost to Stanford 68-60, OT. off waivers from Arizona. Reassigned D Jyrki S. Carolina 0 0 .000 9 3 .750 75-61; beat Arkansas 52-50. Charlotte at Western Kentucky, 7 p.m. 22. Baylor (11-2) beat Norfolk State 6. Baylor (12-1) beat Prairie View 108-64; Jokipakka to Texas (AHL). Hunt is one of the most accomplished run- Texas A&M 0 0 .000 9 3 .750 92-51; lost to No. 18 Oklahoma 73-63. Florida Atlantic at UAB, 7 p.m. beat No. 18 Oklahoma State 61-45. NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Placed F Mississippi 0 0 .000 9 4 .692 23. Northern Iowa (12-2) lost to Evansville ning backs in Toledo history. The five seniors FIU at Middle Tennessee State, 7 p.m. 7. Louisville (14-1) beat Evansville Taylor Beck on injured reserve. Recalled Fs Tennessee 0 0 .000 8 4 .667 52-49; beat Loyola of Chicago 67-58. Southern Mississippi at UTSA, 7 p.m. 73-51; beat Georgia Tech 75-48; beat Miikka Salomaki and Viktor Stalberg from Auburn 0 0 .000 8 5 .615 24. Colorado State (14-1) beat Boise blocking for him were intent on ending their Louisiana Tech at UTEP, 8 p.m. Pittsburgh 63-57. Milwaukee (AHL) and F Zach Budish and D Florida 0 0 .000 7 6 .538 State 71-65; lost to New Mexico 66-53. Friday’s Games 8. Tennessee (11-2) beat Missouri 63-53. Garrett Noonan from Cincinnati (ECHL) to college careers with a victory. Miss. St. 0 0 .000 7 6 .538 25. Georgetown (9-4) lost to Xavier No games scheduled 9. North Carolina (14-1) beat Albany Milwaukee. Missouri 0 0 .000 6 7 .462 70-53; beat Creighton 76-61. Saturday’s Games (N.Y.) 71-56; beat ETSU 95-62; beat N.C. State NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Recalled D Mark Combine the two and the Rockets were a 72-56. FIU at UAB, 2 p.m. Sunday’s Women’s Major Fraser from Albany (AHL). Today’s Games 10. Duke (10-4) lost to No. 2 UConn running juggernaut that Arkansas State sim- Louisiana Tech at UTSA, 2 p.m. No games scheduled 83-52; beat N.C. A&T 87-36; beat Wake Forest North Texas at Rice, 2 p.m. College Scores Friday’s Moves Tuesday’s Games EAST 70-63. BASEBALL ply couldn’t stop. Old Dominion at WKU, 4:30 p.m. Arkansas at Georgia, 6 p.m. (ESPN, ESPN3 DePaul 105, Georgetown 85 11. Kentucky (13-2) beat Alabama 78-66; American League Charlotte at Marshall, 6 p.m. Hunt ran for a bowl-record 271 yards and Ole Miss at Kentucky, 6 p.m. (SEC Network) Drexel 58, Northeastern 35 beat Mississippi 64-58. TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Named Dane Florida Atlantic at Middle Tennessee, 7 p.m. Auburn at Vanderbilt, 8 p.m. (ESPNU, Fordham 65, Richmond 64, OT 12. Nebraska (10-3) lost to Minnesota Johnson bullpen coach, Eric Owens five touchdowns to lead Toledo past Arkansas Southern Mississippi at UTEP, 8 p.m. ESPN3) Hofstra 78, Coll. of Charleston 53 72-69; lost to No. 14 Maryland 75-47. assistant hitting coach, Sal Fasano minor league Sunday, Jan. 11 13. Oregon State (11-1) beat UCLA 65-47. Texas A&M at Alabama, 8 p.m. Illinois 91, Penn St. 76 pitching coordinator, Darold Knowles State 63-44 on Sunday night. He averaged 8.5 No games scheduled 14. Maryland (11-2) beat Ohio State (SEC Network) Iona 85, Canisius 75 rehabilitation pitching coach and Rick 87-78; beat No. 12 Nebraska 75-47. yards per carry and scored three touchdowns Wednesday’s Games Iowa 79, Rutgers 72 15. Stanford (9-4) beat Colorado 62-55. Langford senior pitching advisor. Promoted SEC Women Louisville 63, Pittsburgh 57 Heather Connolly to manager, major league in the first half as the Rockets took a 35-17 Florida at South Carolina, 6 p.m. Conference All Games 16. Rutgers (10-4) lost to Ohio State (SEC Network) Notre Dame 85, Syracuse 74 85-68; lost to No. 20 Iowa 79-72. administration and Joe Sheehan to manager, W L Pct. W L Pct. Quinnipiac 94, Monmouth (NJ) 53 lead by halftime. Tennessee at Mississippi State, 8 p.m. Miss. St. 2 0 1.000 17 0 1.000 17. Mississippi State (17-0) beat baseball research and development. (SEC Network) South Carolina 2 0 1.000 14 0 1.000 Siena 65, St. Peter’s 40 Arkansas-Pine Bluff 83-26; beat No. 19 FOOTBALL “Kareem has a special gear and it happens Thursday’s Game Texas A&M 2 0 1.000 14 2 .875 UConn 70, St. John’s 54 Georgia 64-56; beat Missouri 53-47. National Football League LSU at Missouri, 6 p.m. (ESPN2) Kentucky 2 0 1.000 13 2 .867 Villanova 68, Marquette 48 18. Oklahoma State (10-2) beat GREEN BAY PACKERS — Promoted Eliot Wolf a lot when you least expect it,” Toledo center Friday’s Games Tennessee 1 0 1.000 11 2 .846 SOUTH Northwestern State 89-44; lost to No. 6 Baylor to director of player personnel. Greg Mancz said. “That’s what makes him so No games scheduled Georgia 1 1 .500 13 2 .867 Brown 59, Morgan St. 52 61-45. Arena Football League Saturday’s Games Mississippi 1 1 .500 11 4 .733 Duke 70, Wake Forest 63 19. Georgia (13-2) lost to No. 17 SPOKANE SHOCK — Re-signed defensive special.” Kentucky at Texas A&M, Noon (WCBI) Florida 1 1 .500 9 6 .600 FAU 79, FIU 63 Missisippi State 64-56; beat Alabama 64-47. backs coach William Mulder to a one-year Alabama at Tennessee, 1 p.m. LSU 1 1 .500 7 7 .500 Florida 63, Auburn 50 20. Iowa (11-2) beat No. 16 Rutgers contract. The 5-foot-11, 200-pound Hunt sliced (SEC Network) Arkansas 0 2 .000 10 4 .714 Furman 65, SC State 46 79-72. HOCKEY Vanderbilt at Arkansas, 3:30 p.m. Missouri 0 2 .000 10 5 .667 George Mason 66, Saint Louis 57 21. Syracuse (10-4) beat CCSU 74-43; National Hockey League through Arkansas State’s defense early and Alabama 0 2 .000 11 6 .647 Georgia 64, Alabama 47 lost to No. 4 Notre Dame 85-74. ARIZONA COYOTES — Assigned F Tyler (SEC Network) 22. Arizona State (12-1) beat Washington South Carolina at Ole Miss, 4 p.m. Vanderbilt 0 1 .000 8 5 .615 Georgia Tech 74, Clemson 66 Gaudet to Portland (AHL). often. The performance easily set a GoDad- Auburn 0 2 .000 9 6 .600 Jacksonville 45, Savannah St. 41 62-48. CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Recalled F Teuvo (Fox Sports Net, ESPN3) 23. Seton Hall (13-2) beat Butler 70-65; Missouri at Auburn, 6 p.m. (SEC Network) Kentucky 64, Mississippi 58 Teravainen from Rockford (AHL). dy Bowl record, topping the previous mark of Sunday’s Games lost to St. John’s 59-50. Mississippi St at Florida, 6 p.m. (Fox Sports La Salle 63, Davidson 54 24. Michigan State (8-6) lost to Indiana EDMONTON OILERS — Traded LW David 207 set by Tulsa’s Tarrion Adams in 2009. Georgia 64, Alabama 47 Memphis 60, East Carolina 57, OT Perron to Pittsburgh for C Rob Klinkhammer Net, ESPN3) Texas A&M 52, Arkansas 50 70-51; lost to Michigan 74-65. Georgia at LSU, 8 p.m. (ESPNU, ESPN3) Miami 74, Boston College 53 25. DePaul (10-5) lost to Villanova 79-76, and a 2015 first-round draft pick. Hunt, who was the offensive MVP, said he Kentucky 64, Mississippi 58 Middle Tennessee 76, UAB 68 FLORIDA PANTHERS — Recalled D Shane Sunday’s Games South Carolina 75, LSU 51 OT; beat Georgetown 105-85. No games scheduled North Carolina 72, NC State 56 O’Brien from San Antonio (AHL). wished he could give the trophy to the offensive Mississippi State 53, Missouri 47 Old Dominion 66, Charlotte 57 Florida 63, Auburn 50 NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Assigned F Stefan line. His performance helped Toledo (9-4) end Conference USA Today’s Game South Carolina 75, LSU 51 Football Matteau and F Joe Whitney to Albany (AHL). Conference All Games Tennessee at Vanderbilt, 6 p.m. South Florida 53, Tulane 40 College Bowl Schedule Placed F Mike Sislo on waivers. Activated F the season on a three-game winning streak. W L Pct. W L Pct. (SEC Network) Southern Miss. 79, Louisiana Tech 77, OT Patrik Elias, F Martin Havlat and F Michael UNC Wilmington 63, William & Mary 62 Sunday’s Game Arkansas State (7-6) pulled within 49-38 UTEP 2 0 1.000 10 4 .714 Tuesday’s Games GoDaddy Bowl Ryder. Old Dominion 1 0 1.000 12 1 .923 No games scheduled Virginia 62, Virginia Tech 47 At Mobile, Ala. COLLEGE in the fourth quarter, but could get no closer. Louisiana Tech 1 0 1.000 10 4 .714 Wednesday’s Games W. Kentucky 67, Marshall 53 Toledo 63, Arkansas State 44 BUTLER — Removed the interim tag from W. Kentucky 1 0 1.000 8 5 .615 No games scheduled MIDWEST men’s basketball coach Chris Holtmann. The Red Wolves were playing in their fourth- FIU 1 0 1.000 8 6 .571 Thursday’s Games Butler 63, Creighton 58 Saturday’s Game ELIZABETHTOWN — Announced the UAB 1 0 1.000 5 9 .357 South Carolina at Alabama, 6 p.m. George Washington 69, Dayton 66 Medal of Honor Bowl retirement of director of athletics Nancy straight GoDaddy Bowl and fell to 2-2 in that UTSA 1 1 .500 6 6 .500 (SEC Network +) Michigan 74, Michigan St. 65 At Charleston, S.C. Latimore announced at the conclusion of the span. Rice 1 1 .500 4 9 .308 Auburn at Kentucky, 6 p.m. (SEC Network +) Minnesota 72, Wisconsin 60 American vs. National, 1:30 p.m. 2014-15 academic year. FAU 0 1 .000 7 5 .583 Ole Miss at Florida, 6 p.m. (Fox Sports Net) Mississippi St. 53, Missouri 47 MINNESOTA — Announced TE Maxx Williams Missouri at Georgia, 6 p.m. (SEC Network +) Monday, Jan. 12 Middle Tenn. 0 1 .000 7 7 .500 Missouri St. 74, Indiana St. 66 will enter the NFL draft. Texas A&M at Tennessee, 6 p.m. N. Dakota St. 83, S. Dakota St. 78 College Football Championship PORTLAND STATE — Named Mark Rountree Charlotte 0 1 .000 6 7 .462 (SEC Network) At Arlington, Texas briefly So. Miss. 0 1 .000 5 7 .417 N. Iowa 75, Loyola of Chicago 58 athletic director. Arkansas at Mississippi State, 8 p.m. Ohio St. 73, Northwestern 64 Ohio State (13-1) vs. Oregon (13-1), 7:30 p.m. VIRGINIA TECH — Suspended junior F Joey Marshall 0 1 .000 4 10 .286 (Fox Sports Net) (ESPN) North Texas 0 2 .000 6 8 .429 Purdue 86, Indiana 64 van Zegeren indefinitely from the men’s Vanderbilt at LSU, 8 p.m. (SEC Network) S. Illinois 65, Illinois St. 56 basketball team. Correction Friday’s Games Saturday, Jan. 17 Sunday’s Games W. Illinois 71, Nebraska-Omaha 56 East-West Shrine Classic WINSTON-SALEM STATE Announced the Victory Christian Academy senior Anthony Sharp’s name was No games scheduled Wichita St. 54, Evansville 44 Old Dominion 61, Charlotte 54 Saturday’s Games At St. Petersburg, Fla. resignation of football coach Steed Lobotzke to Xavier 71, Providence 59 misspelled in a story in Sunday’s edition. FIU 62, FAU 60 No games scheduled East vs. West, 3 p.m. (NFLN) become the offensive coordinator at Richmond. The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Monday, January 5, 2015 3B

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Pro Bowl Romo, Dallas rally past Detroit in NFC wild-card game Sunday, Jan. 25 At Glendale, Ariz. Team Irvin vs. Team Carter, 7 p.m. (ESPN) By SCHUYLER DIXON Cowboys 24, Lions 20 li announced a pass interference liams was an 8-yarder after Romo The Associated Press Super Bowl penalty against Anthony Hitchens had several seconds to throw be- Sunday, Feb. 1 to a divisional game in Green Bay, on a third-down pass to Brandon hind an offensive line among the At Glendale, Ariz. ARLINGTON, Texas — Face- their first postseason visit there AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 5:30 p.m. (WTVA) Pettigrew. But officials reversed league’s best because Dallas has Cowboys 24, Lions 20 down on the turf, Tony Romo since a heartbreaking loss to the the call without explanation, and drafted linemen in the first round Detroit 14 3 3 0—20 Dallas 0 7 7 10—24 pounded his hands into the ground Packers in the Ice Bowl in 1967. Sam Martin had a 10-yard punt af- three of the past four years. First Quarter like a petulant child. “You just have to stay in the mo- ter the Lions tried to draw Dallas The Cowboys had to wait a Det—Tate 51 pass from Stafford (Prater kick), 11:22. Frustrated by yet another sea- Det—Bush 18 run (Prater kick), 1:57. ment and understand the game,” offside on fourth-and-1. little longer to celebrate. Rookie Second Quarter son-ending failure? Far from it. Romo said. “It doesn’t end after the Dal—Williams 76 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), 1:37. Pettigrew said he didn’t get an DeMarcus Lawrence gave the Det—FG Prater 39, :03. The Dallas quarterback was cele- first quarter, second quarter. You Third Quarter explanation, while Lions coach Jim Lions the ball back with a fumble Det—FG Prater 37, 8:41. brating after giving the Cowboys just have to keep calm. I’ve played Caldwell said he did — but didn’t following Anthony Spencer’s sack Dal—Murray 1 run (Bailey kick), 2:54. Fourth Quarter the lead in a stirring playoff come- enough games to understand that. like it. that knocked the ball loose from Dal—FG Bailey 51, 12:16. Dal—Williams 8 pass from Romo (Bailey kick), 2:32. back. Maybe I didn’t do that as well when “Not a good enough one. I’m Stafford, who was 28 of 42 for 323 A—91,410. Romo threw two touchdown I was younger.” going to leave it at that,” Caldwell yards playing against his home- Det Dal First downs 19 18 passes to Terrance Williams, the The Lions (11-6) went 99 yards said. “I’m not going to sit up here town team. Total Net Yards 397 315 Rushes-yards 22-90 21-73 second for the lead late in the for one of two first-quarter touch- and act like that was the play that Lawrence redeemed himself on Passing 307 242 fourth quarter, and the Cowboys Punt Returns 2-2 0-0 downs, but Matthew Stafford made a difference in the game. We the clincher, sacking Stafford on Kickoff Returns 1-8 2-35 rallied for a 24-20 wild-card win couldn’t get them in the end zone Interceptions Ret. 0-0 1-5 still had our chances.” fourth down near midfield in the Comp-Att-Int 28-42-1 19-31-0 against Detroit on Sunday in their again. Romo took the Cowboys 59 final minute. Sacked-Yards Lost 3-16 6-51 Punts 4-35.5 4-48.0 first playoff game in five years. Detroit was driving with a 20-17 yards in 11 plays, including a The Lions have not won a play- Fumbles-Lost 4-2 3-1 Penalties-Yards 8-44 6-46 Dallas (13-4) wiped out an early lead midway through the fourth 21-yard pass to Jason Witten on off game since the 1991 season, Time of Possession 29:33 30:27 two-touchdown deficit to advance quarter when referee Pete Morel- fourth-and-6. The winner to Wil- when they beat Dallas. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING—Detroit, Bell 12-43, Bush 8-37, Stafford 1-9, Collins 1-1. Dallas, Murray 19-75, Romo 2-(mi- nus 2). PASSING—Detroit, Stafford 28-42-1-323. Dallas, Romo 19-31-0-293. RECEIVING—Detroit, Tate 6-89, C.Johnson 5-85, Indianapolis pulls away to extend Cincinnati’s losing skid Bell 4-42, Riddick 4-39, Ebron 3-21, Bush 3-10, Full- er 2-26, Pettigrew 1-11. Dallas, Witten 5-63, Beasley 4-63, Williams 3-92, Bryant 3-48, Murray 3-22, Harris By MICHAEL MAROT Mike Nugent said after set- running his butt off and 1-5. Colts 26, Bengals 10 LONGEST PLAYOFF MISSED FIELD GOALS—Dallas, Bailey 41 (WR). The Associated Press ting a franchise record late tried to put it in a spot Colts 26, Bengals 10 lievable back there.” DROUGHTS in the first half with a 57- where only he could get it,” Cincinnati 7 3 0 0—10 INDIANAPOLIS — For Cincinnati, a bedev- Most consecutive seasons yard field goal that got the Luck said. “He does such a Indianapolis 7 6 10 3—26 When Andrew Luck was iling postseason curse con- without a playoff victory First Quarter since 1933, the first Bengals within 13-10. great job of running under- Ind—Herron 2 run (Vinatieri kick), 11:05. under pressure Sunday, he tinued. Cin—Hill 1 run (Nugent kick), 1:28. season of NFL playoffs: But the glaring differ- neath those balls and we Second Quarter stood tall and maintained The Bengals (10-6-1) ence between the postsea- had the touch.” Ind—FG Vinatieri 38, 12:41. n 50, Chicago/St. Louis/ Ind—FG Vinatieri 29, 8:34. his poise. became the first team in Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals son success for Luck and On the next Bengals Cin—FG Nugent 57, :10. Third Quarter Andy Dalton and the NFL history to lose four (1948-97) the Colts (12-5), and the plays, Dalton had Bran- Ind—Moncrief 36 pass from Luck (Vinatieri kick), 7:48. Ind—FG Vinatieri 22, 1:31. Cincinnati Bengals simply consecutive opening-round n 37, Pittsburgh Pirates/ postseason failures for Dal- don Tate open deep down Fourth Quarter Steelers (1933-71) Ind—FG Vinatieri 53, 11:31. collapsed. Again. games. Dalton tied Warren ton and the Bengals was the middle on a flea-flick- A—63,385. Luck delivered a n 33, New Orleans Saints Moon for the most consec- never more apparent than er. But instead of scoring, Cin Ind game-changing touch- utive opening-round playoff (1967-99), Detroit Lions on two big plays in the third Colts cornerback Greg First downs 14 22 (1958-90) Total Net Yards 254 482 down pass as he was head- losses by a quarterback, quarter. Toler raced over and broke Rushes-yards 21-110 25-114 n 28, Washington Redskins Passing 144 368 ed to the turf, and Indianap- dropping to 0-4 all-time. On second-and-10 from up the underthrown pass. Punt Returns 2-20 5-35 (1944-71) Kickoff Returns 3-80 3-76 olis’ defense dominated the Coach Marvin Lew- n 24, Cincinnati Bengals the Bengals 36, Luck float- Three plays later, the Ben- Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 18-35-0 31-44-0 rest of the game in a 26-10 is tied Marty Schotten- (1991-2014) ed a pass to the corner gals punted. They never Sacked-Yards Lost 3-11 1-8 Punts 8-47.5 4-51.5 victory that propelled the heimer, Jim Mora, and of the end zone as Carlos seriously challenged again. Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-1 Penalties-Yards 6-45 9-66 Colts into the divisional Steven Owen for most Dunlap started to take him “I thought he (Dalton) Time of Possession 25:50 34:10 playoff round. consecutive playoff losses losses with one team. to the turf. Rookie receiver hung in there,” Lewis said. INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS “The one magical play RUSHING—Cincinnati, Hill 13-47, Dalton 4-34, Burk- (six) by a coach. Lewis also They haven’t won a play- Donte Moncrief sprinted “I thought he made plays head 1-23, Bernard 3-6. Indianapolis, Herron 12-56, was when Andrew was tied Mora, the former Colts off game since January across the field and cradled with his feet. I thought Tipton 11-40, Luck 2-18. PASSING—Cincinnati, Dalton 18-35-0-155. Indianap- at his finest,” said coach coach, for most consecu- 1991. the ball for the score that he made plays throwing olis, Luck 31-44-0-376. RECEIVING—Cincinnati, Bernard 8-46, Hewitt 3-37, Chuck Pagano, whose team tive playoff losses to start “It’s kind of like missing gave Indy a 20-10 lead. the football, and I thought Burkhead 3-34, Sanu 3-31, Brock 1-7. Indianapolis, Herron 10-85, Hilton 6-103, Nicks 3-59, Moncrief will play Sunday in Denver. a career, and tied Owen for a field goal that you should “I sort of stepped up in he played a good football 3-54, Allen 3-30, Doyle 3-9, Fleener 1-18, Wayne 1-12, “He’s a maestro. He’s unbe- most consecutive playoff have hit,” Cincinnati kicker a crease there, saw Donte game.” Tipton 1-6. Scott WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Continued from Page 1B 11 p.m. “SportsCenter,” where he would “Monday Night Football” game between No. 11 Kentucky outlasts Ole Miss punctuate highlights with “Boo-ya!” Miami and Pittsburgh to have his appen- Scott covered countless major events, dix removed. Doctors discovered a tumor From Staff and Wire Reports Ole Miss will play at 6 p.m. Thursday including the Super Bowl, NBA finals, during surgery. He underwent chemother- at Florida. Fox Sports Net will broadcast World Series, and NCAA college basket- apy again in 2011. LEXINGTON, Ky. — Senior forward the game. ball tournament. He also interviewed Pres- Scott made a point of continuing to live Tia Faleru picked up her fourth-straight n No. 1 South Carolina 75, LSU 51: At Baton Rouge, Lou- ident Barack Obama, joining him for a tele- his life — at work and outside of it. double-double with 21 points and 13 isiana, South Carolina freshman A’ja Wilson is just now getting vised game of one-on-one basketball. “Who engages in mixed martial arts rebounds Sunday, but the Ole Miss her first taste of competition in the Southeastern Conference. Based on early results, the rest of the league better look out. “I will miss Stuart Scott,” Obama said training in the midst of chemotherapy women’s basketball team lost to No. 11 Wilson had 21 points, a career-high 13 rebounds and in a statement. “Stu helped usher in a new treatments?” Skipper said in ESPN’s state- Kentucky 64-58 in a Southeastern Con- blocked three shots to help No. 1 South Carolina win its way to talk about our favorite teams and ment. “Who leaves a hospital procedure to ference matchup. school-record 14th straight game Sunday. the day’s best plays. For much of those 20 return to the set?” Ole Miss (11-4, 1-1 SEC) extended Tiffany Mitchell hit three of six 3-point attempts and finished years, public service and campaigns have Scott accepted the Jimmy V Persever- with 17 points for the Gamecocks (14-0, 2-0), whose only deficit its lead to six points – the largest for was 2-0 before they scored the next eight points and led the kept me from my family — but wherever I ance Award at the ESPYs, the ESPN sports either team — at the 15-minute, 53-sec- rest of the way. went, I could flip on the TV and Stu and his award show, in July. The award is named ond mark of the second half thanks to a South Carolina shot 51 percent (27 of 53) and led by as colleagues on ‘SportsCenter’ were there.” for former North Carolina State University 3-pointer by Gracie Frizzell. Kentucky much as 31 points while holding LSU (7-7, 1-1) to 34-percent Scott was first diagnosed with cancer in basketball coach Jim Valvano, who died of pushed back with an 8-0 run to take a 38- shooting (22 of 64). DaShawn Harden led the Lady Tigers with nine points while November 2007 after he had to leave the cancer in 1993. 36 lead, but the Rebels kept their compo- Sheila Boykin had 11 rebounds. sure and went back to work. n No. 5 Texas A&M 52, Arkansas 50: At Fayetteville, Ar- Jennifer O’Neil completed a four- kansas, Gary Blair’s best effort to fight back tears while remem- point play to put the home team up 45- bering his time at Arkansas failed. Rematch Blair had plenty of reasons to cry, both because of his Continued from Page 1B 42, but Ole Miss responded with seven memories of 10 seasons in Fayetteville and the No. 5 Aggies’ found its second gear and fourth quarter. will keep looking for that. points to take a 47-46 lead with less than buzzer-beating win against the Razorbacks on Sunday. dropped 11 points in the When Columbus need- Overall, it was a great eight minutes remaining. Achiri Ade’s putback as time expired helped Texas A&M (14-2, 2-0) overcome a difficult performance and give the school final 75 seconds of the ed an answer, it turned to win, but it should have not The home team sealed the win in the final two minutes with a 6-0 run in the final three straight wins after back-to-back losses — including a dis- first half to take a 38-28 freshman Robert Wood- come down to a posses- appointing defeat in the closing seconds to No. 3 Texas in North 2:22 that gave the Wildcats their eighth- halftime lead. ard. A major factor in the sion or two at the end. Little Rock two weekends ago. straight win at Memorial Coliseum. n No. 19 Georgia 64, Alabama 47: At Athens, Georgia, “Their big men total- Falcons’ early success “We played too well for A’Queen Hayes joined Faleru in dou- Tiaria Griffin had 16 points, Merritt Hempe added 15 and No. 19 ly dominated the game,” this season, Woodard an- it come to down that there ble figures with 10 points. Georgia snapped a two-game losing streak with a win against New Hope coach Drew swered the bell with 25 at the end. Robert really Alabama on Sunday. Linnae Harper had 12 points and 14 McBrayer said. “We ab- points and 11 rebounds. did a great job tonight. All The Bulldogs (13-2, 1-1) scored the first nine points of the rebounds to lead Kentucky (13-2, 2-0). game, led 16-3 on Krista Donald’s 3-pointer at 14:51 and scored solutely could not get a He scored on back-to- of our big men did. But he rebound. They dominat- back possessions after She forced a key turnover on Hayes and the last four points of the half to make it 41-23. Griffin had 13 really carried us. He is a then scored to make it 62-58 with 1:13 points and the Bulldogs shot 51.6 percent. ed us inside and held us New Hope had closed freshman. He is so coach- The Crimson Tide (11-6, 0-2) shot 30 percent, including 4 to one shot on a regular within six two minutes left. Jennifer O’Neill (13 points) made a able and he is learning. of 23 from 3-point range, and made just 11 of 24 free throws. basis. That was really the into the fourth quarter. pair of free throws to seal it for the Wild- Ashley Williams and Quanetria Bolton scored 12 apiece for Al- He is getting better every key. They took it to us Still, New Hope cats. abama. day. down low, and we strug- wouldn’t go away. Three- gled to find an answer.” straight 3-pointers by “We rebounded much A 3-pointer by JaVontae Thomas, Shemar John- better than we did in the MSU women McDavid capped an 8-0 son, and Bardley had New first meeting. You are Continued from Page 1B run midway through the Hope within three points facing one of the best of- another layup by Richard- lot of positives we can James paced the Bull- third quarter that gave in the final minute. How- fenses we will see all year, son. The Bulldogs pulled take from this game, but dogs with a career-high Columbus a 52-34 advan- ever, New Hope never had so you have to make sure within one on a 3-pointer we need to finish games 17 points on a 4-of-8 night tage. a potential game-tying they don’t get extra oppor- by Jerica James and took better.” from the field (2 of 4 from “We just wanted to possession in the second tunities.” the lead for good at 37-36 Dillingham hit a 3-point range) and a 7-of come out and play our half. Thomas led New Hope on a layup by Vivians with 3-pointer as part of a 7-0 11-night from the free- game,” McDavid said. “The kids scrapped with 22 points, followed 7 minutes, 10 seconds to run in the final 3:23 of the throw line. Richardson go. The Bulldogs scored first half to help MSU take “This was a really big and clawed,” McBrayer by Mayberry (13), Bard- added nine rebounds. win from a confidence said. “That is one thing 12-straight points to take a 21-19 halftime lead. ley (12), and Johnson (10). Okorie had three of the standpoint. We needed you can say about this Both teams will turn a 44-36 lead with 3:46 left. In the second half, the Bulldogs’ 12 steals. MSU something like this to get team. They are never go- their thoughts to the be- Another basket by Rich- Bulldogs managed only scored 25 points off Mis- us ready for January and ing to lie down. They will ginning of region play in ardson capped the run. one field goal over the souri turnovers. February. They made one battle until the end of ev- New Hope’s case or the Missouri closed within first 10 minutes. Maddie Stock led Mis- more play than we did the ery game. We didn’t play continuation of region 50-47 with 39 seconds left. Missouri (10-5, 0-2) souri with 16 points, while last time, so our goal in nearly as well as we need- play in Columbus’ case. The Bulldogs closed the grabbed the game’s larg- Eye had 10 points and 12 this game was to come out ed to defensively. How- “We had a big district game with Vivians, James est lead at 34-25 after a and make as many plays ever, I am proud of them win against Northwest and Dillingham splitting a 3-pointer by Morgan Eye rebounds. as we could as early as we for battling and being in a Rankin (Friday night),” pair of free throws to cre- with 10:30 remaining. MSU will play host ate the final margin. MSU was 16 of 55 from could.” position there at the end.” Gray said. “Our defensive to Arkansas at 8 p.m. New Hope (11-5) shift- Deloach added 13 “For whatever rea- the field (29.1 percent), 5 effort was really good Thursday (Fox Sports ed its offense into high points and Jay Jay Swan- son, offensively we set of 17 from 3-point range (allowed 12 first-half Net South) at Humphrey gear in an attempt to close igan had eight. The trio the game back 20 years,” (29.4), and 16 of 32 from points in a 54-42 win). We Coliseum. the gap. helped Columbus finish Schaefer said. “They the free-throw line (50). wanted to carry that over Prior to the game, fans Terryonte Thomas with a plus-16 rebounding dared us to shoot it. We Missouri was 15 of 54 can meet the team 11:30 took matters into his advantage. McDavid also to this game. We knew couldn’t get the ball in- from the field (27.8), 6 a.m. Tuesday at the next hands by scoring eight- had 10 points. playing better defense side. We won not playing of 20 from 3-point range Hail State Hoops lun- straight points, including “We have to learn how on their shooters would our best. We won because (30), and 11 of 16 from the a salute to the Columbus to close our games,” Co- mean victory. We will try we grinded it out defen- free-throw line (68.8). cheon at Mize Pavilion. student section after he lumbus coach Sammy to keep that up for the sively on every posses- Missouri held at 49-43 The cost is $12 per per- scored on a finger roll. Smith said. “We have to rest of our district games. sion. rebounding advantage. son. Mayberry and Jaylon find a guard who at the That is how we can be suc- “We held a great shoot- The Bulldogs had five Fans can RSVP by Bardley hit 3-pointers to end of the game can con- cessful.” ing team to 29 percent assists and 22 turnovers, calling 662-325-0198 or help New Hope cut the trol a game and make Follow Scott Walters on from the field on their while the Tigers had 10 by emailing at dbrown@ deficit to 11 entering the sure we close it out. We Twitter @dispatchscott home floor. There are a assists and 27 turnovers. athletics.msstate.edu. 4B Monday, January 5, 2015 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com Penalty Playoffs Continued from Page 1B Continued from Page 1B quarter, when Cowboys flag, prompting the initial 30-17 in the other AFC wild-card good or better than Manning for Indy to keep going. in the playoffs, with Dallas having four wins — will be linebacker Anthony Hitch- announcement, and the match. That will be followed by de- “Looking at next week, he’s going to have to do the renewed. Standing in for Bart Starr or Brett Favre will be same things,” Pagano said. “He’s going to have to create Rodgers, who already owns a Super Bowl ring. In place ens was flagged while cov- change came because the fending Super Bowl champion Seat- some plays, he’s going to have to move around and get of Don Meredith or Troy Aikman will be Romo, whose late ering Brandon Pettigrew. head linesman then said tle (12-4), the NFC West champion, some first downs with his legs, and those type of things. touchdown pass lifted Dallas over Detroit in the wild-card “Pass interference,” ref- there wasn’t enough con- against Carolina (8-8-1), which beat Obviously, it’s a benefit.” round on Sunday. eree Pete Morelli intoned. tact to warrant a penalty. Arizona 27-16. The Broncos know the challenge Luck presents. “I’m excited about the challenge, it’s going to be fun,” “He’s one of those guys that you have to play a 60-min- Romo said. “Obviously we know now we’re going against “Automatic first down.” Also, Dallas’ Dez Bryant NFC North champ Green Bay ute game against,” DE DeMarcus Ware said. “He has really as good an offense as there is in the league. Maybe over About 15 seconds later, wasn’t penalized for leaving (12-4) is home for Dallas in the ear- good pocket awareness. He’s always one of those guys, just the last three of four years the best offense in the league. and with no explanation, the sideline without a hel- ly game next Sunday. It’s the first like Peyton, where he hits the open guy the majority of the It’s going to be a great test. We have to play great, better Morelli announced, “There met to approach an official postseason visit to Lambeau Field time.” than we did today.” for the Cowboys since the 1967 Ice RAVENS AT PATRIOTS Green Bay was 8-0 at home in 2014. Dallas (13-4) won is no foul on the play.” and dispute the initial call. Yes, New England was 7-0 at home in games with any all eight of its road games. On Fox’s broadcast, When play resumed, the Bowl. Dallas beat Detroit 24-20 in meaning. But if there’s one team that has shown no fear of PANTHERS AT SEAHAWKS announcer Joe Buck said: Lions shanked a punt. Then the wild-card round. Foxborough, it’s Baltimore. Just the second team with a losing record to win a “Boy, that was late.” Then, they were whistled twice The final division-round contest The Ravens knocked off the Patriots at Gillette Stadi- division title, the Panthers took their fifth straight game by next Sunday has Indianapolis (12- um in the 2009 and 2012 playoffs; Baltimore won the Super ending Arizona’s season Saturday. It was Carolina’s first addressing former head of for defensive penalties, Bowl after the latter victory. playoff win in nine years. NFL officiating Mike Perei- gave up a 21-yard pass from 5) at Denver (12-4). Indy disposed “Bring ‘em on,” linebacker Pernell McPhee said Satur- The defense held the Cardinals (11-6) and third-string ra, Buck asked, “You ever Tony Romo to Jason Witten of Cincinnati 26-10 in a wild-card day night after the Ravens won a postseason game in Pitts- quarterback Ryan Lindley to 78 yards, the fewest in NFL seen that call picked up that on fourth-and-6, and let game. burgh for the first time. “We’re going to work hard in practice playoff history. But facing Wilson is a far tougher challenge, COLTS AT BRONCOS this coming week and go up there and play our best game. to say the least. late?” Pereira replied, “Not Dallas score the go-ahead Andrew Luck threw for 376 yards and one touchdown, We’re going to play Ravens football. And with a great game “We know who we are — menacing, stifling and we are at all.” Later, Pereira said: touchdown. Daniel “Boom” Herron ran for another score, and Indianapo- plan, I know we’ll be ready for anything.” going to get after you,” cornerback Josh Norman said. “We “I still strongly believe that “I don’t ever think it lis dominated the second half to beat Cincinnati on Sunday. Brady, of course, owns three Super Bowl rings and two know when there is blood in the water and when there is, our was not a good pickup of a comes down to one call,” The Colts made a fair share of mistakes, but nothing like the more AFC titles. In recent years, though, Flacco has been sharks are going to eat.” Bengals (10-6-1), who became the first team in NFL history just as successful in the playoffs and has a 10-4 record, 7-4 They might not find such a meaty opponent next week flag.” Detroit coach Jim Caldwell to lose four consecutive opening-round playoff games. on the road. when the AFC South champs travel to Seattle. Newton will Afterward, Morelli said said, “but calls are crucial Colts coach Chuck Pagano, whose team lost the sea- COWBOYS AT PACKERS face the league’s stingiest defense, one that has been doing the back judge threw a during games like this.” son opener 31-24 at Denver, knows that Luck must be as A longstanding rivalry — they have met six times much of the chomping the last two months. Comics & Puzzles DILBERT Dear Abby EAR ABBY: I not a “horrible on Facebook recently. He’s am engaged person,” and yes, now in a domestic partnership Dto the father some people do with another man. It wasn’t a of my son. We harbor this preju- shock because Mom had told have been togeth- dice. You appear me some time ago she had er for five years. to be a young suspected he was gay. He’s in a wheel- woman with her What upset me were chair and has head on straight, several posts he made about been since he and I hope you wanting a happy family with was a child. I love won’t allow your his partner. I know the family him very much mother’s refusal he made with Mom may not and am ready to to attend your have been his ideal, but my ZITS be his wife. wedding to stand sister and I ARE his family. I Every time in the way of your feel like we were tossed aside I would tell happiness. for this idea of a new family, my mother we While there which seems cold and callous. planned to be are some things I haven’t mentioned it to my married, she’d Dear Abby people in wheel- sister because I think she’d give me a thou- chairs can’t do, find it upsetting. sand reasons why marrying the there are many things at which I want to confront Dad, but man I love would be stupid. We they excel. Many people with also think it might be best to are now at a point in our lives disabilities earn a comfort- just leave it alone. Any advice? where we are financially stable able living using the muscle — UNCOUNTED IN CALIFORNIA and are finally ready. When between their ears in careers DEAR UNCOUNTED: I think I told Mom, she called me such as law, counseling, you should contact your father, selfish and said she won’t be teaching, Internet technology start a dialogue with him and there. I am heartbroken. and more, and some have be- ask why he dropped out of GARFIELD Am I a horrible person come fine craftsmen because your life. His reason may be for marrying the man I love of their manual dexterity. that he was made to feel that despite the fact that my family Perhaps if your family were to his presence in your life was can’t accept his disability? concentrate less on what your unwelcome, or a fear that you They keep asking if I under- fiance can’t do and more on would not be able to accept stand the responsibility that the things he can, they’d be his sexual orientation. comes with being with a more accepting. It seems strange to me person in a wheelchair. I know DEAR ABBY: I am a that he would leave his daugh- I can’t change other people’s 25-year-old woman. My ters behind for no reason. If minds, but do people really parents divorced when I was you would like to re-establish think it’s bad for a walking young. I kept in contact with a relationship, tell him so. He person to marry a person in a my father until he dropped out may need to hear it from you wheelchair? — ENGAGED IN of my life when I was around before he can move forward MICHIGAN 11. and reconnect with you and DEAR ENGAGED: You’re I came across Dad again your sister. CANDORVILLE Horoscopes TODAY’S BIRTHDAY (Jan. action, but something else out by making a purchase. The 5). You’ll receive more of entirely. This is good... domestic puzzle can be solved what you crave: love, respect, TAURUS (April 20-May with some kind of rearranging tenderness and attention. This 20). Beware: People will talk of your schedule, boundaries month shows you a source of of being trustworthy, sensitive or furniture. great joy. Your confidence will or generous. They may be stat- LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). The grow through March. A series ing the exact opposite of their matter that ails you will turn of good decisions will favorably values and qualities. It’s a around in the weeks to come. alter your finances. You’ll excel good day to do your own thing A small change is all it will in an April competition. Travel and depend on no one. take to get a good result, as in June will be excellent for GEMINI (May 21-June 21). long as you make that small BABY BLUES your heart and soul. Leo and People will tell you who they change every day. Taurus people adore you. Your are by declaring to possess VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. lucky numbers are: 12, 19, the opposite qualities. Take 22). After intense planning, 22, 45 and 7. note. Tonight’s message: Most a domestic project will blast ARIES (March 21-April children like to play, and few off. Travel or temporary moves 19). The day will seem, at like to clean up. offer the challenge you crave. first, compromised. Then you’ll CANCER (June 22-July Your personal life will hit a understand what the delay 22). Get back to a comfy, cozy mellow groove, allowing for is all about -- not the central place. This cannot be sorted whatever you want to do. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). There’s growing respect for all you do. A serene home life will give you the support you need to develop your talents. There’s money to be made BEETLE BAILEY from the layers of knowledge and skill you now add to your arsenal. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21). Life is cyclical. Believe that you’re not going to be any one way for very long. It will shift, for better or worse, but mostly for better. Someone in your life will man the shift today. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21). The choices you’ve made to declare and accentuate your individuality will pay off. Your confidence MALLARD FILMORE will be built on the things you do, wear and say that are “so you.” CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). Your diligence will make a difference, though not in one day. Commit to doing the same action for three weeks, and you’ll be amazed at where you wind up. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). People will get territorial, and rightly so. Be sensitive to the boundaries of others, and draw some of your own. You FAMILY CIRCUS will feel protective, recognizing how fragile we all are. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). Your conscientiousness will extend to people you don’t know. Instead of being reactive and critical, you’ll be active and creative, bringing all of your knowledge to bear on the situation.

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Be- paid upon completion of Sporting Goods 4720 not pay your rent, like to 50% of work contract or Apts For Rent: Northside 7010 party & disturb others, Construction nefits include a monthly Call Abra Richardson, to work for you! stipend, health insur- earlier if appropriate ¾ STATIONARY BIKE for you associate w/crimin- New Construction, Re- DON sale. Heavy duty com- 1 & 2BR. Starting @ modeling, Repairs, Con- ance & education GUARANTEE specified in als & cannot get along USDOL Reg. 20 CFR (662) 369-6431 mercial Schwinn 230i $600 or $500 w/milit- w/others, drugs is your crete. Free est. Call or award. AA or 3 years of or fax resume’ to relevant experience. E- 655.122(i) JOB con- recumbent bike. $150. ary disc. Short term thang, or you don't have email 662-889-8662 or (662) 369-6473 Used but in very good leases avail. Located toddparks.construction mail aislinn.colum- tract. Contact MS WIN credit history, you don't Work Center REF: Job condition. Call Peter next to Hospital. Fox like me because I'm old @gmail.com [email protected] for Sales / Marketing 3600 662.328.2424 instructions. order # 516367 Job 662-574-1561. Run Apts. 549-1732. school, don't call!!!! offered by Echo Farms General Help Wanted 3200 Tom Hatcher, LLC Partnership, Marksville, AGGRESSIVE SELF Custom Construction, LA 71351. starter for auto sales, 07 TEMP Farmworker experience preferred. Restoration, Remodel- Start date 03/06/2015 ing, Repair, Insurance Hourly wage guarantee end 01/06/2016 06 TEMP Farmworker plus commission. Call claims. 662-364-1769. $10.18 P/H 35 hrs M-F Licensed & Bonded Start date 02/20/2015 662-574-4221. some S/S Plant har- end 07/20/2015 vest sugarcane Apply $10.18 P/H 35 hrs Trades 3650 General Services 1360 fertilizer pesticide mulch P/W M-F some S/S cover repair fences dig Plant harvest row A&P Mechanic for MR. PIANO. Best piano ditches form rows cut crops(strawberries to- Phenom 100-300 Fleet & organ service. Sales, grass remove debris matoes blue berries) Ap- Golden Triangle Airport. rentals, moving, tuning trash use hand tools. Ir- ply fertilizer pesticide Please email your & service. Call 465- rigation cultivation load Minor maint on farm & resume to Employ 8895 or 418-4097 unload farm field sanita- equip Minor operation [email protected]. tion duties Minor maint of farm equip Use hand 866-935-7771. & operation of farm tools Irrigation cultiva- NEW YEARS SPECIAL equip 3 months exper tion Farm field sanita- Painting inside houses, LOCAL COMPANY has required lift up to 50lb tion duties lift up to an immediate need for apartments, or trailers. walk bend kneel handle 50lb walk bend kneel Specializes in pressure a Draftsperson who has materials repetitively for handle materials repetit- at least two years exper- washing. Mr. Staples long periods Once hired ively for long periods 662-386-6067 ience in structural steel may require a random Once hired may require detailing and piping iso- drug test at no cost to a random drug test at metrics. Competitive RETAINER WALL, drive- worker work done in in- no cost to worker work wages and benefits way, foundation, con- clement weather time done in inclement package. No phone crete/riff raft drainage may vary due to mech- weather time may vary calls, please. Email your work, remodeling, base- anical availability of due to mechanical avail- resume to deborah@lav- ment foundation, re- crop weather Shared ability of crop weather enderinc.com or mail to pairs, small dump truck housing available IF out- Shared housing avail- Recruiting @ PO Box hauling (5-6 yd) load & side commuting area at able IF outside commut- 441; Aliceville, Al demolition/lot cleaning. no cost to worker tools ing area at no cost to 35442. Burr Masonry 242-0259 supplies & equip worker tools supplies & provided at no cost to equip provided at no Truck Driving 3700 worker Transportation & cost to worker Trans- Housekeeping 1380 subsistence expenses portation & subsist- EXPERIENCED CLASS A to work site provided or ence expenses to work RESPONSIBLE 50 year Driver needed to haul paid upon completion of site provided or paid scrap and junk cars. old woman, very cap- 50% of work contract or upon completion of 50% able, efficient, & thor- Must be able to pass earlier if appropriate ¾ of work contract or earli- drug screen. Call 662- ough to do housekeep- GUARANTEE specified in er if appropriate ¾ ing in your home. $75 364-6303 or 662-549- USDOL Reg. 20 CFR GUARANTEE specified in 9988. to $125 per day. Any 655.122(i) JOB con- USDOL Reg. 20 CFR day of the week 8-5. tract. Contact MS WIN 655.122(i) JOB con- Call any time & leave OTR DRIVERS Work Center REF: Job tract. Contact MS WIN AMORY, MS message. 662-497- order # 517118 Job Work Center REF: Job Hub Miles Pay. Home 0428. offered by CRS LLC, order # 516924 Job During the Week & Houma, LA 70360. offered by Johndales Every Weekend. Class A Lawn Care / Landscaping Farm, Ponchatoula, LA License. Three Years 1470 70454. Verifiable Experience FAST PACED optometry Required. TERRA CARE practice seeks full time 20 TEMP Farmworker 662-257-0605 Landscaping L.L.C. dynamic sales profes- Start date 03/06/2015 OWNER/OPERATOR Phone: 662-549-1878 sional who can bring the end 12/31/2015 Home: 662-327-5552 "Wow" factor to patient Seeks Drivers. $10.18 P/H 35 hrs Please Call Landscaping, Property encounters. Optical ex- P/W M-F some S/S Clean Up, Plant Care, perience a plus! Must (662) 549-2787. Plant harvest sugar- Hiring Immediately. Bush Hogging, be punctual, polished in cane Apply fertilizer Herbicide Spraying appearance, and func- pesticide repair fences tion well in a team set- EXPERIENCED TORCH dig ditches cut grass operator needed to pre- ting. Email resume and Remove debris Use Painting & Papering 1620 salary requirements to: pare scrap metal. Must hand tools Irrigation cul- be able to pass drug SULLIVAN'S PAINT opticaltech2014@gmail. tivation load unload com screen. Call 662-364- SERVICE farm field sanitation du- 6303 or 662-549-9988. Certified in lead ties Minor maint opera- removal. Offering spe- tion of farm equip 3 Appliances 4090 cial prices on interior & GOLDEN TRIANGLE Pro- months exper required exterior painting, pres- pane seeking full-time lift up to 50lb walk bend sure washing & sheet route salesman. CDL & kneel handle materials rock repairs. Hazmat license are re- repetitively for long peri- Free Estimates quired. Mail resume to ods Once hired may re- Call 435-6528 Golden Triangle Pro- quire a random drug WITH pane, P.O. Box 509, test at no cost to work- YOUNG APPLIANCE! Stump Removal 1790 Starkville, MS 39760 or er work done in in- Top quality used appli- email resume to gtpro- clement weather time ances! Whirlpool, Fri- GET 'ER DONE! [email protected]. may vary due to mech- gidaire, Kenmore, Kit- We can grind all your anical availability of chen-Aid, & more. All stumps. Free estimates. crop weather Shared come with 30 day All Stump Grinding FREE TRAINING - Job & housing available IF out- warranty. We also do Service. Life Skills plus Com- side commuting area at appliance repairs! 662-361-8379 puter Training for Wo- no cost to worker tools 662-549-5860 men. Tues & Thurs supplies & equip or 662-364-7779 nights starting in Janu- provided at no cost to STUMP GRINDING, ex- ary at Christian worker Transportation & Bargain Column 4180 cavation, & dirt work. Women’s Job Corps. subsistence expenses Text/call 662-251- 662-722-3016; 662- to work site provided or HOSPITAL BED. $100. 9191. 328-6802. paid upon completion of 662-386-1859. 50% of work contract or earlier if appropriate ¾ GUARANTEE specified in USDOL Reg. 20 CFR 655.122(i) JOB con- tract. Contact MS WIN Work Center REF: Job order # 517067 Job offered by E G Robichaux LLC, Labadi- eville, LA 70372. 6B MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 2015 The Dispatch • www.cdispatch.com

General Help Wanted 3200 Houses For Sale: Other 8500 FSBO: 58 Military Chapel Ln. Steens, MS. 3BR/2BA completely re- modeled brick home. New roof, new paint in- side & out, new wood floors, new interior doors & hardware, new kitchen w/new SS Fri- gidaire stove, DW, lg. side by side fridge, built in microwave, new bar countertops, new bath- rooms. Laundry room & carport. CH&A. XL lot with outbuilding. Caledo- nia Schools. 1 mi. from Col. Christian Academy. $89,900. 662-327- 5463 or 205-999-3099. Apts For Rent: West 7050 Apts For Rent: Other 7080 Houses For Sale: Northside Lots & Acreage 8600 Apts For Rent: Northside 7010 8150 19.2 acres on Hwy 182 Rivergate LET'S make a deal on E. Appx. 5 miles from this 3BR/2BA home city limits. Hwy frontage. with tons of potential! FSBO. Call 328-4137. Apartments Home has 1738 sq. ft. & could be yours with “Quiet Country Living” 28.5 ACRES in N.H. no money down! w/25 yr. old pines. • Studio, $84,900 obo. Call Kim- $3500/ac. Will divide berly with Crye Leike at into 10 ac. plots. 915 SATURDAY’SSunday’s answer ANSWER 1&2 Bedrooms 328-1150 or 364-1423. 6th St. S. $3000. Own- er financing avail. 386- Sudoku Committed to serving our owners, • Executive Units 6619. Sudoku is a number- our residents, agencies, and each other. Houses For Sale: New Hope • Water placing puzzle based on 8250 INDUSTRIAL SITE for Furnished sale. 229 acres + at the a 9x9 grid with several 625 31st Ave. N. - Columbus, MS $86,500. New Hope Southwest corner of given numbers. The object Monday - Friday school district. Artesia Rd. & Manufac- is to place the numbers (662) 329-2544 3BD/2BA, over 1400 turer's Dr. Immediately 8a-5p sq. ft, woodburning in- south of Severstal. 1 to 9 in the empty spaces www.falconlairapts.com sert, CH&A, double car- Please call 327-3154 327-6333 port, storage building. so that each row, each 662-549-7372. 300 Holly Hills Rd. Apts For Rent: Other 7080 Houses For Rent: Other 7180 PROPERTY FOR SALE column and each 3x3 box Columbus GREAT LOT!! contains the same number DOWNTOWN: 2BR/1BA NEW COTTAGE: © Commercial Dispatch 267 STOKES ROAD only once. The difficulty CH&A, remodeled, 1 1BR/1BA, all appl, wa- 4BR/2BA home for sale COLUMBUS, MS 39702 story, W/D, historic dis- ter, trash, yard maint. in New Hope. Beautiful, CONTACT: MS. WILLI- level increases from Apts For Rent: Caledonia 7060 Chateaux trict, 1 block from down- incl. in lease. Near secluded setting. Home AMS (213) 718-2960 Monday to Sunday. town, $550/mo. with Starkville, Columbus, & has whirlpool tub in for additional details. 1BR/1BA. CH&A. Refer- Holly Hills $550 dep. NO PETS. West Point. Perfect for master bath, walk in rals, 1 year lease. Call Call 662-574-8789. 1 person or couple. NO Apartments closet, new roof in READY TO GO: 100 386-4180 or 356-4700. pets. $500/mo. $300 2014, large back deck, dep. 1 yr lease reqd. Ap- acres w/green fields & 102 Newbell Rd private playground, stor- shooting houses. 1.5 PRIVATE STUDIO-type Columbus Commercial Property For plication/ref. reqd. 494- age house with electri- 5419/242-2923. mi. SW of Crawford, MS furnished apartment. In- Mon-Fri 8-5 Rent 7100 city. Located 5 mins. on Fairport Rd. cludes W/D & utilities. from Lake Lowndes $2500/acre. Serious in- $575/mo. plus dep. 328-8254 205 TUSCALOOSA Rd. Mobile Homes 7250 State Park. $129K. for quiries only. Contact Call 662-356-6206 • Central Heat & Air Restaurant for rent. a viewing appointment Randy Luker at 386- 3,650 sq. ft. Call Rich- FREE RENT! Share call 662-570-5334. 8470. Conditioning home with your own Apts For Rent: Other 7080 • Close to CAFB land Realty at 327- 5000. room & bath, paid utilit- • Onsite Laundry Facility ies, access to kit/laun- RIVERFRONT 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom Apart- • All Electric/Fully Equipped dry in exchange for com- BEST DEAL IN PROPERTY Camp Pratt ments & Townhouses. Kitchen panionship & light duty NEW HOPE! Call 574-3056 1BR/1BA Apt. $300 • Lighted Tennis Court medical care for 62yo Lovely 4BR/3BA home 2BR/1BA Apt. $350- OFFICE SPACES for Ray McIntyre • Swimming Pool female diabetic. Beauti- with 2274 sq ft located $400. 2BR/2BA 3BR lease. 200-2,000 sq. ft. Blythewood Realty ful rural setting on 400 in Lakeover subdivision. Sunday’s Cryptoquote: /2BA Townhouses Where Coming Utilities & internet in- acres only 5 mins from Home has a large back- $550-$800. No HUD al- Home is the cluded, starting at downtown Columbus. yard & tons of potential. WINTER SPECIAL. 2½ lowed. Lease, deposit, Best Part of $285. Fairlane Center, Looking for caring, Call Kimberly Reed @ acre lots. Good/bad credit check required. the Day 118 S. McCrary. 662- single female who will Crye-Leike 364-1423 or credit. $995 down. Coleman Realty. 329- 364-1030 or 386-7694. be like a family mem- 328-1150. $197/mo. Eaton Land. 2323 ber, non smoker, must 662-726-9648 LOVE CATS! Long-term Houses For Sale: Southside 2BR APARTMENTS & Houses For Rent: Northside commitment & com- Mobile Homes 8650 townhouses $300- 7110 pensated $600/mo. 8300 Please provide refs from 2006 16X80 Clayton $650. Associated Re- single wide for sale alty 327-8557. 1518 6TH Ave. N. 3BR, a pastor or other profes- NEWLY REMODELED LR, DR plus bonus room sional you know. Con- Craftsman home, 3BR/2BA in good condi- w/ washer & dryer hook- tact David, 662-251- 3BR/1BA, CH&A, hard- tion, vinyl siding/shingle up, & fenced drive. Call 2754 or wood floors, 1,344 sq. roof, some appliances, for more info & appt. [email protected] ft. $85,000. 662-251- $23,900 incl. delivery & 662-425-1483 3205. set up Call 662-760- 2120. RENT A fully equipped camper w/utilities & cable from $135/wk - Houses For Sale: West 8350 4 BED 2 Bath Double $495/month. 3 Colum- Wide, 2005, Great con- FOR RENT in North 4BR/3BA. Elm Lake dition, $37,900 in- Columbus: 3BR/2BA, bus locations. Call 601- 940-1397 Golf Course. In ground cludes delivery & set up very clean, hardwood/ pool. $289,000. 662- Call 662-401-1093 for ceramic tile throughout. 550-5095. For more more info. Private, safe area, 1 mi. Office Spaces For Rent 7300 info & pics go to: from Lowes. $950/mo. forsalebyowner.com. I PAY TOP DOLLAR FOR OFFICE SPACE for lease w/$950 dep. Ref. req. Listing#23980405 USED MOBILE HOMES at 814 2nd Ave. N. 662- 328-0468 leave mess. CALL 662-296-5923. 574-3970. Houses For Sale: Caledonia SPACIOUS 3BED/2bath Houses For Rent: South 7140 Rooms For Rent 7450 8450 double wide for sale only. Lg covered side FOR SALE or lease: BEDROOMS COM- FSBO: 3BR/2BA, porch built in. Lg mas- 3BR/2BA home. Victori- PLETELY furn. in West 1300sq.ft., completely ter bath with garden an style. 2185 sq. ft, Point. Furn, appl, utilit- remodeled, 1ac lot, tub. Spacious living hardwood floors, 12' ies & cable. $145wk/ fenced back yard, in room with fireplace. ceilings, great deck, $500mo. Also have ground pool, all appl. in- Lots of cabinet space in wood blinds, privacy room with private en- cl., $137K. Contact kitchen. Set up on lot fence. For info call 352- trance/bath, $600mo. Matt 662-574-2591 and ready to move in. 3205. No dep. 662-295-6309. Call the Grove Mobile Home Community at FREE RENT! Share 662-329-9110 for more Houses For Rent: Caledonia home with your own HOUSE FOR sale by owner: 3BR/2BA, large info on home and avail- 7160 room & bath, paid utilit- able financing. ies, access to kit/laun- shop, call 662-549- 3628. NICE 2BR/1BA on 1 ac. dry in exchange for com- SUPER NICE 14x70 2 lot. Nice location. Ideal panionship & light duty Bed 2 Bath, appliances, for single person or medical care for 62yo Houses For Sale: Other 8500 central heat & air, lar- couple. Laundry rm & female diabetic. Beauti- ger master bath workshop. No pets. No ful rural setting on 400 BUILDING WITH great $16,900 includes deliv- HUD. $587/mo. $575 acres only 5 mins from rental potential that can ery & set up call 662- dep. Call 386-5000. downtown Columbus. be used for office or 401-1093. ACROSS Looking for caring, studio apart. Fenced in single female who will back yard. Make offer. Waterfront Property 8900 1 Sweet liqueur be like a family mem- On Jess Lyons Rd. ber, non smoker, must 6 Cooking mint across from golf course. RIVER LOT & house- LOVE CATS! Long-term Some owner financing boat for sale. Clay 10 Take it easy commitment & com- avail. 549-7495. county, call for details. pensated $600/mo. 11 Emulates a 662-574-0093. Please provide refs from a pastor or other profes- raptor sional you know. Con- Autos For Sale 9150 13 “West Side tact David, 662-251- 2754 or 1994 VOLVO 850 SW. Story” role [email protected] $2650. 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