Sport Sunday:
In Canada, hockey season is in full swing. New Year's Day means a Winter Classic! The DetroitRed Wings will visit the Toronto Maple Leafs in the Centennial Classic inToronto. The Original Six rivals head outdoors to celebrate the National HockeyLeague's 100th anniversary. In the United States: the last Sunday of regular season NFL meansFootball. | | | Adrian Peterson | Sunday night football willbring Green Bay (9-6) at Detroit (9-6) in a showdown for the NFC North title (withthe loser possibly earning a wild-card berth). Aaron Rodgers has thrown 11 Touchdownsand 0 Interceptions on Green Bay's current five-game winning streak, butDetroit has been very strong at home, and have been winners of their last sixgames at Ford Field. NCAA Basketball Sunday pits Syracuse vs. BostonCollege in an ACC opener at Conte Forum. Then-freshman Tyler Lydon's 20 pointsled the Orange to a 75-61 win here last year. The day also features Penn State at Rutgers in Big Ten play inPiscataway. Nittany Lions freshman Lamar Stevens and Rutgers junior DeshawnFreeman are forwards to watch. Penn State prevailed 70-58 here last season. Marquette, coming away from a convincing winat Georgetown, visits Seton Hall this afternoon. The basketball day concludes this eveningwith Washington State at Washington. Wazzu senior forward Josh Hawkinson andHuskies freshman star Markelle Fultz highlight this Pac-12 opener at Alaska AirlinesArena. UW swept last season's series 99-95 in OT. England'sPremier League soccer brings Arsenal vs. Crystal Palace and Watford vs. Tottenham. Tottenham is currently leading in that game4-0. Most other national leagues, inEurope and elsewhere, are on rest this week, some for several weeks. In Cricket, tomorrow (or today already forsome of you) South Africa vs. SriLanka, 2nd Test, begins at Cape Town, January 2-6, 2017. South Africa is heavily favored, as Sri Lankais coming from a defeat at Port Elizabeth, and has had only a day to rest andpractice. South Africa coach Russell Domingo said "Wewant to win the Test series but more important is the brand of cricket we wantto keep playing. We want to play it positive and aggressive..." -- Posted By Rex to Speed o Rex at 1/01/2017 10:34:00 AM -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
