Confusing NFL playoff picture tightens in final weeks
Packers 40 Bears 3 ends slump but Holmgren faces uncertain path to a postseason. Bears atop NFC Central while four 7-7 teams contend. 49ers and Cowboys lead the NFC with San Francisco home field. In AFC, Steelers and Browns eye the Central title as Chargers chase West. Bills hover on edge with two games left amid streaks and doubts.
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SATECH finds new use for old sneakers in courts
SATECH, based in Kirkland near Seattle, turns ground sneakers into SmartBits flooring for basketball courts. The 13-4 inch pad blends recycled rubber and fiber, bonded to surfaces, coated with urethane, and finished to resemble hardwood. Tests suggest reduced joint impact and good ball bounce, with potential NBA and shoe-maker partnerships.
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Patriots dominate Oakland Mills in girls basketball clash
Thomas Johnson defeats Oakland Mills 55 to 35 with balanced scoring led by Cindy Dove 11 points and Judy Whims Karin Treese 10 each. Higbee grabs 11 rebounds Treese 5 assists, TJ leads 19-8 first quarter and 31-20 at halftime. JV win 35-28. Celtics activate Douglas Ellison.
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Parks earns ACC men’s basketball player of the week
Duke star Cherokee Parks was named ACC men's basketball player of the week after totaling 45 points in wins over George Washington and Michigan. He had 29 points and eight rebounds versus George Washington and 16 points with eight boards and two blocks against Michigan.
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Mashburn Named NBA Player of the Week
Jamal Mashburn of the Dallas Mavericks earned the NBA Player of the Week honor after a 36.7 point per game average with five assists and four rebounds in three games last week. He shot 52.5 percent from the floor and 79.2 percent at the line, boosting season average to 26.6 points per game, fourth in the league.
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Retired NFL official Haggerty dies at 67 in Denver
Patrick Haggerty, a 26 year NFL referee who worked three Super Bowls, died of prostate and bone cancer at Swedish Hospital on December 9 aged 67. He will be buried at Linn Grove Cemetery in Greeley. NFL referee Ben Dreith called him an easygoing likeable Irishman and longtime friend. Haggerty and Creith coached at Denver’s Lincoln High School where none of the teams he coached ever had a losing season.
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Former Royals star Willie Aikens jailed for cocaine distribution
Willie Mays Aikens, former Kansas City Royals first baseman, sentenced to 20 years and eight months in prison without parole on four crack cocaine distribution counts, firearm use, and bribery for offering $100 to a drug testing official. Judge Whipple imposed an $18,000 fine. Aikens admitted selling 63 grams of crack to an undercover officer in early 1984 while free on bond.
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Bengals' Fenner to face court on threats charge
Cincinnati Bengals fullback Der rick Fenner is due in court next week on charges he threatened a police officer and incited a tavern crowd. Police say he refused an officer's orders before his arrest at 2 a.m. at Parktown Cafe after returning with the Bengals from a 27-20 loss to the New York Giants in East Rutherford, New Jersey.
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