Numbers Game Elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame
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THIS DAY IN SPORTS 1993 — Reggie Jackson, who hit 563 homers and played on five championship teams in 21 seasons, is the only player Numbers Game elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. Antelope Valley Press, Tuesday, January 5, 2021 C3 College Basketball results | Monday National Hockey League Men No. 19 Indiana 80 No. 14 West Virginia at COLLEGE PARK, Md. — Ashley Oklahoma St., late Owusu scored 20 points, Training camps open with sense of urgency Women including the clinching free throw No. 5 South Carolina 77, with 4.3 seconds left, and No. 12 Maryland held off No. 19 Indiana By STEPHEN WHYNO While the seven teams that training and playing this season: several groups at their practice Alabama 60 Associated Press didn’t make the playoffs got a “There is no complaining about facility, Sidney Crosby and the TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Destanni after letting a 16-point fourth- Henderson had 20 points, eight quarter lead dwindle to three. Peter Laviolette pulled the few days’ head start, everyone anything.” Pittsburgh Penguins worked rebounds and five assists to lead Diamond Miller also had 20 mask away from his face to bark will be in the same grind when That includes the length inside spacious PPG Paints Are- No. 5 South Carolina to a victory points for the Terrapins (7-1, 3-0 out instructions while pointing the season begins Jan. 13. After of camp, which is even short- na. Things were so quiet that over Alabama. Big Ten), who led 23-9 after one every which way with his stick, completing last season in quar- er than eight years ago when coach Mike Sullivan’s instruc- The Crimson Tide cut the deficit quarter and by double figures then put the mask back on and antined bubbles, hockey will a lockout cut the season to 48 tions could be heard clearly all as low as eight points late in the midway through the fourth quarter. Chloe Bibby added 15 skated around to show his new open the season with the coro- games. Few seem worried about the way up in the rafters, even third quarter, but Zia Cooke scored players what to do. navirus pandemic still raging no preseason games. though he never raised his voice. nine of her 18 total points during points and Katie Benzan, a senior the final 11 minutes to keep the transfer from Harvard where she It was the first day of train- for a 56-game regular season “Most players would argue “Almost everything feels dif- Gamecocks (7-1, 2-0 Southeastern was a first-team All-Ivy League ing camp for Laviolette and the scheduled to run until May 8. that camps are a little bit long ferent, to be honest with you, Conference) in near-total control player three times, added 12. Washington Capitals and most “You get a fresh start,” said anyway,” Winnipeg Jets cap- as far as the surroundings and down the stretch. Grace Berger had a career-high of the NHL. With the regu- Jeff Skinner of the Buffalo tain Blake Wheeler said. “It’ll wearing masks and socially dis- South Carolina’s starting lineup 26 points for the Hoosiers (5-3, lar season starting next week, Sabres, who haven’t played a be nice to get right to it, get up tancing,” Crosby said. “But the averaged 1.6 inches taller than 3-1), who are now 0-11 against Maryland. Mackenzie Holmes there’s no time to waste. Camps game since March. “When you to game speed as fast as we can excitement and the anticipa- their counterparts on the Crimson are now open for the league’s 31 get to take a lot of time off, it and then hit the ice for games tion feels the same with getting Tide roster, and the Gamecocks added 18 points and 11 rebounds certainly made the most of that and Jaelynn Penn scored 10. teams and they will last just 10 sort of builds that anticipation that matter.” ready to play.” advantage in this one. Benzan opened the game days. to when you can get back, and In a reminder that the pan- When the Penguins host South Carolina actually hauled with consecutive 3-pointers and There are no exhibition now we’re here and it’s an excit- demic is still making an impact Philadelphia on opening night, in more rebounds on offense (26) Owusu had eight points in the games to tune up before the ing time.” on the sport, three NHL teams they won’t have forward Kas- than the Crimson Tide could pull first quarter when Maryland hit pucks drop for real. It’s also different. Coach- have to find new places for top peri Kapanen, one of a few down on defense (24), giving 10 of 15 shots. With 2:20 to go in the first half, Indiana cut the “There’s so many things that es couldn’t meet with players minor leaguers to play. The players dealing with immigra- the Gamecocks a decisive 55-31 you want to touch on, and the in person until camp, there American Hockey League an- tion issues that caused them to edge. deficit to seven but Owusu hit a 3 That allowed the Gamecocks to and Collins made two free throws time is limited,” Laviolette said are health and safety proto- nounced that three teams will miss the start of camp. Buffa- score twice as many second- to make it 41-29 at the break. after the first on-ice session cols to follow and there is daily opt out of this season, forcing lo’s Linus Ullmark and fellow chance points (22) as Alabama No. 16 Ohio St. vs. Penn St., Monday. “It’s almost like fear COVID-19 testing. St. Louis to shuffle prospects to goaltender Anton Khudobin of (11). late when you get home that maybe Columbus Blue Jackets Utica and leaving Nashville and Dallas were among those not No. 12 Maryland 84, No. 21 Gonzaga vs. Pacific, late you didn’t get everything done coach John Tortorella said he’d Florida to figure out a Plan B. available yet. or you didn’t get in what you emphasize a major point to Rather than beginning camp In Tampa Bay, coach Jon were supposed to get done.” players about how to approach with a hectic scramble among Cooper ran a different practice NBA results | Monday Celtics 126, Raptors 114 alternating losses then wins in COllEGE BASKETball COllEGE BASKETball COLLEGE FOOTBALL NFL NBA TAMPA, Fla. — Jayson Tatum all six, and has used a different AMERICAN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE The AP Top 25 The AP Women’s Top 25 2020-21 Bowl Glance West Pacific Division scored 40 points and the Boston starting five every time. The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ Canceled college basketball poll, with first-place votes women’s college basketball poll, with first- W L T Pct PF PA W L Pct GB Bahamas Bowl Celtics rolled to a win over the Jimmy Butler scored 18 points in parentheses, records through Jan. 3, total place votes in parentheses, records through *zyx-Kansas City 14 2 0 .875 473 362 L.A. Clippers 5 2 .714 — Toronto Raptors. for Miami, which used a 20-0 points based on 25 points for a first-place Jan. 3, total points based on 25 points for a Birmingham Bowl Las Vegas 8 8 0 .500 434 478 L.A. Lakers 5 2 .714 — vote through one point for a 25th-place vote first-place vote through one point for a 25th- Celebration Bowl L.A. Chargers 7 9 0 .438 384 426 Phoenix 5 2 .714 — Playing without three of their third quarter run to turn what was and previous ranking place vote and previous ranking Fenway Bowl Denver 5 11 0 .313 323 446 Sacramento 3 3 .500 1½ Golden State 3 3 .500 1½ top guards, the Celtics shook off a four-point game into a runaway. Record Pts Prv Record Pts Prv Frisco Bowl East 1. Gonzaga (63) 10-0 1599 1 1.Stanford (27) 9-0 745 1 W L T Pct PF PA Southwest Division Gasparilla Bowl a slow start to lead by as many as 76ers 118, Hornets 101 2. Baylor (1) 9-0 1537 2 2. Louisville 7-0 695 2 yx-Buffalo 13 3 0 .813 501 375 W L Pct GB 26 points in the second half. They 3. Villanova 8-1 1453 4 3. NC State (2) 10-0 680 3 Guaranteed Rate Bowl Miami 10 6 0 .625 404 338 New Orleans 4 3 .571 — PHILADELPHIA — Joel Embiid 4. Texas 8-1 1415 8 3. UConn (1) 6-0 680 4 Hawaii Bowl New England 7 9 0 .438 326 353 Dallas 3 4 .429 1 shot 48.8% overall. had 14 points and 11 rebounds, 5. Iowa 9-2 1298 10 5. South Carolina 6-1 647 5 Holiday Bowl N.Y. Jets 2 14 0 .125 243 457 Houston 2 3 .400 1 San Antonio 2 4 .333 1½ Tatum turned the game around 6. Kansas 8-2 1224 3 6. Baylor 8-1 590 7 Independence Bowl South Tobias Harris scored 22 points and 7. Creighton 8-2 1140 11 7. Arizona 8-1 535 6 Memphis 2 4 .333 1½ with 21 points in the second LA Bowl W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia beat Charlotte for its 8. Wisconsin 9-2 1085 6 8. Texas A&M 10-0 534 9 x-Indianapolis 11 5 0 .688 451 362 Northwest Division W L Pct GB quarter.