This Day In Sports 1984 — Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers scores his 100th point in the 35th game of the season, a 6-3 Numbers Game victory over the Detroit Red Wings. C4 Antelope Valley Press, Saturday, December 29, 2018 Morning rush In Vegas or L.A., UFC is great show Valley Press news services By GREG BEACHAM bined with his brute brilliance Hawaii Pacific player dies, game canceled Associated Press in competition has made him FORT WORTH, Texas — A matchup between Ha- INGLEWOOD — Dana FEUD irresistible to many fight fans. waii Pacific and TCU has been canceled following the White knew the UFC would In this Nov. 2 According to Jones, some root for death of a Hawaii Pacific player who collapsed during a take some pretty big hits, both file photo, Jon his success, while others yearn game. Emil Isovic died at a hospital Wednesday. financial and otherwise, when Jones, left, for his failure with similar pas- he moved its traditional end-of- pushes Alexander sion — but both camps buy his the-year show from Las Vegas to Gustafsson out of fights. Southern California on six days’ the way during a Jones claims he thought notice to keep Jon Jones on the news conference about quitting the sport while Planner card despite his latest positive about their light he spent the past year pound- drug test. heavyweight ing a heavy bag in his garage in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He Some hits are more dam- bout. COMING UP IN THE VALLEY reclaimed his light heavyweight aging than others, however. Associated Press ANTELOPE VALLEY COLLEGE (Junior College Sports) According to White, UFC 232 title in July 2017 with a win over ■ M. Basketball: Today vs. TBD at Cuyamaca is going to sell out the famous includes former UFC champions UFC won’t compensate the fight- Daniel Cormier, only to lose it Tournament, TBA Forum on Saturday night, even BJ Penn, Carlos Condit and An- ers for any lost income due to the again due to another failed dop- ■ W. Basketball: Today at Ventura College Holiday though tickets only went on sale drei Arlovski, along with former move. ing test. Tournament, TBA Wednesday. title contenders Chad Mendes But the pay-per-view audi- “I was hated, and turning it That’s a statement on Los An- and Cat Zingano. ence still gets a stacked show all off is the easy way to deal with geles’ passion for mixed martial With such an irresistible headlined by the first fight in it,” said the 31-year-old Jones, UNIVERSITY OF ANTELOPE VALLEY (NAIA Sports) arts, but it’s mostly a testament slate of fights, the UFC is closing nearly 1½ years for Jones (22- who is fighting for only the third ■ M. Basketball: Today vs. San Diego Christ., 4 p.m. to the quality of a show that com- out the year with style — even if 1), the self-sabotaging superstar time in nearly four years of his ■ W. Basketball: Today at Dixie State, 2 p.m. pelled fans to travel countless it’s under weird circumstances who tested positive for very low athletic prime. miles to Vegas — and then about for the fans and fighters. levels of an anabolic steroid ear- “Financially, I didn’t have to 250 miles more to LA. “It’s not an easy decision to lier this year. fight anymore. I could afford to COMING UP IN SOCAL UFC 232 is headlined by make,” White said. “You’ve got to The result isn’t considered a delete my social media accounts CHARGERS (National Football League) Jones’ return to the sport in a pull the trigger and you’ve got to failed doping test by the U.S. An- and just ride off into the sunset. ■ Sunday at Denver, 1:25 p.m. (CBS) rematch with Alexander Gus- make moves. You’re not going to ti-Doping Agency, but the Neva- But I didn’t want to do that. I tafsson for the light heavyweight make everybody happy. You can’t da Athletic Commission wanted still want to compete and be the title. The penultimate bout is make every fan, every fighter a hearing on the matter in Jan- best.” featherweight champion Cris happy. We did everything we uary. Its California counterpart He returns to fight Gustafs- RAMS (National Football League) “Cyborg” Justino’s superfightcould to make it better.” had no such qualms, prompting son (18-4), who provided Jones ■ Sunday vs. San Francisco, 1:25 p.m. (FOX) with bantamweight champ Not every fighter will agree the UFC’s extraordinary move. with the toughest fight of his life Amanda Nunes in perhaps the after getting a shrunken pay- Jones has made innumerable in 2013. Jones won the decision, best matchup in women’s MMA check due to California’s state mistakes outside the octagon, but was battered and humbled USC (College Basketball) history. The big-name undercard income tax. White flatly said the but that bad-boy persona com- by the Swedish contender. ■ Sunday vs. UC Davis, 6 p.m. (Pac-12) ■ Jan. 3 vs. California, 7 p.m. (Pac-12) ■ Jan. 6 vs. Stanford, 5 p.m. (ESPNU) NFL COLLEGE FOOTBALL SPORTS ODDS NHL NBA NATIONAL CONFERENCE FCS Playoffs NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE WESTERN CONFERENCE UCLA (College Basketball) West Championship Today Pacific Division Pacific Division W L T Pct PF PA Saturday, Jan. 5 FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG GP W L OT Pts GF GA W L Pct GB ■ Today vs. Liberty, 3 p.m. (Pac-12) at MILWAUKEE 11 (223) Brooklyn y-L.A. Rams 12 3 0 .800 479 352 At Toyota Stadium; Frisco, Texas Calgary 38 23 12 3 49 131 104 Golden State 23 13 .639 — Houston 1½ (229) at NEW ORL. ■ Jan. 3 vs. Stanford, 8 p.m. (ESPN) x-Seattle 9 6 0 .600 401 323 North Dakota State (14-0) vs. Eastern San Jose 39 20 12 7 47 128 117 L.A. Clippers 21 14 .600 1½ at WASHINGTON 1½ (226½) Charlotte Vegas 40 21 15 4 46 119 113 L.A. Lakers 20 16 .556 3 ■ Jan. 5 vs. California, 1 p.m. (Pac-12) San Francisco 4 11 0 .267 310 387 Washington (12-2), 9 a.m. at ATLANTA 4 (218½) Cleveland Arizona 3 12 0 .200 201 398 Boston 2½ (199½) at MEMPHIS Ducks 39 19 15 5 43 97 113 Sacramento 19 16 .543 3½ Vancouver 40 18 18 4 40 121 127 DUCKS (National Hockey League) East at UTAH 13½ (214) New York Phoenix 9 27 .250 14 Bowl Glance Edmonton 37 18 16 3 39 104 115 Saturday, Dec. 15 Denver 4½ (216½) at PHOENIX Southwest Division ■ Today vs. Arizona, 7 p.m. (FSW) W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 37 16 19 2 34 94 103 Celebration Bowl Golden State 3½ (223½) at PORTLAND W L Pct GB y-Dallas 9 6 0 .600 303 289 Kings 38 15 20 3 33 88 113 ■ Monday vs. Tampa Bay, 5 p.m. (PRIME) N.C. A&T 24, Alcorn State 22 at LA CLIPPERS 3½ (227½) San Antonio Houston 19 15 .559 — Philadelphia 8 7 0 .533 343 348 Central Division ■ Cure Bowl COLLEGE BASKETBALL Memphis 18 16 .529 1 Jan. 4 vs. Vegas, 7 p.m. (FSW) Washington 7 8 0 .467 281 335 Today GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tulane 41, Louisiana-Lafayette 24 San Antonio 19 17 .528 1 N.Y. Giants 5 10 0 .333 334 376 FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG Winnipeg 37 24 11 2 50 129 105 New Mexico Bowl Dallas 16 18 .471 3 KINGS (National Hockey League) South at MISSISSIPPI ST 10 BYU Nashville 38 22 14 2 46 111 97 Utah State 52, North Texas 13 New Orleans 16 20 .444 4 ■ W L T Pct PF PA at SYRACUSE 12½ St. Bonaventure Colorado 38 19 13 6 44 130 117 Today vs. Vegas, 1 p.m. (FSW) Las Vegas Bowl Northwest Division y-New Orlns 13 2 0 .867 490 320 at FLORIDA 5 Butler Dallas 38 19 16 3 41 101 102 ■ Monday at Colorado, 5 p.m. (FSW) Fresno State 31, Arizona State 20 W L Pct GB at MICHIGAN ST 20½ N. Illinois Minnesota 36 17 16 3 37 105 104 Atlanta 6 9 0 .400 380 391 Camellia Bowl Denver 22 11 .667 — ■ Tuesday at Vegas, 6 p.m. (FSW) at NORTH CAROLINA 15 Davidson St. Louis 35 15 16 4 34 100 115 Carolina 6 9 0 .400 343 368 Georgia Southern 23, Eastern Michigan 21 Oklahoma City 22 12 .647 ½ at TOLEDO 5 Pennsylvania Chicago 40 14 20 6 34 116 147 Tampa Bay 5 10 0 .333 364 430 New Orleans Bowl Kentucky 2 at LOUISVILLE Portland 20 15 .571 3 CLIPPERS (National Basketball Association) EASTERN CONFERENCE North Appalachian State 45, Middle Tenness. 13 Nevada 9 at UTAH Utah 17 19 .472 6½ Atlantic Division ■ Today vs. San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. (PRIME) W L T Pct PF PA Tuesday, Dec. 18 at KANSAS 22½ E. Michigan Minnesota 16 19 .457 7 GP W L OT Pts GF GA y-Chicago 11 4 0 .733 397 273 Boca Raton (Fla.) Bowl at DEPAUL 1½ Xavier EASTERN CONFERENCE ■ Tuesday vs. Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. (PRIME) Tampa Bay 38 29 7 2 60 160 111 Minnesota 8 6 1 .567 350 317 UAB 37, Northern Illinois 13 at WASHINGTON ST 6 Santa Clara Atlantic Division Toronto 38 26 10 2 54 144 105 ■ Friday at Phoenix, 6 p.m. (PRIME) Green Bay 6 8 1 .433 376 369 Wednesday, Dec.