| | | Aaron Rodgers | While you were sleeping, Twenty20 Internationals Cricket was contested, with New Zealand hoping a 6-0record over visiting Bangladesh. Thematch was held at the Bay Oval at Mount Maunganui, New Zealand, and is probablyfinished by the time you are reading this! The match scheduled to begin at 15:00local time and lasting until 17:55, with 2 hours, 35 minutes of playingtime. Twenty20 is a limited Cricket format, meant toappeal to busy fans who may not be able to follow five day matches. NFLPlayoffs continue with the Miami Dolphins (10-6) at the Pittsburgh Steelers (11-5) in an AFC wild-card game. Star RBs Jay Ajayiand Le'Veon Bell highlight the first playoff meeting of these teams in 32years. The Steelers have 13 postseason wins (two in Super Bowls) since Miami'slast postseason win in 2000. In theevening, the New York Giants (11-5) will play at the Green Bay Packers (10-6)in an NFC wild-card game. Packers' Quarterback Aaron Rodgers has 18 touchdownsand 0 interceptions in his last seven games. The Packers won against the Giants23-16 in their October meeting. InHawaii, final-round play will take place in the SBS Tournament of Champions atthe Plantation Course at Kapalua on Maui, Hawaii. The surf, the sun and endlessviews of island paradise can make the SBS Tournament of Champions feel like aworking vacation. Ryan Moore and Justin Thomas were the leaders heading into thisfinal round. | | | Wisconsin's Ethan Happ | USANCAA College Basketball features the Wisconsin Badgers at the PurdueBoilermakers. Big menwill be the focus of this Big Ten matchup, with Ethan Happ and Nigel Hayestopping Wisconsin, and Caleb Swanigan and Isaac Haas in the paint for Purdue.Purdue won twice against Wisconsin last year. The Stanford Cardinal travels to the UCLA Bruins. Two of the Pac-12'stop scoring and rebounding big men are featured in this matchup, with ReidTravis anchoring the Cardinal and freshman T.J. Leaf a force for the Bruins.Stanford won last year's meeting 79-70. The California Golden Bears travel to Southern California. Lankysophomore forwards Ivan Rabb and Chimezie Metu key these Pac-12 foes. Rabb's 18points and 10 rebounds helped the Bears to an 87-65 win over USC in lastseason's only meeting. ItalianSerie A Soccer has their real new year debut today, having had their "softstart" yesterday. The AS Roma vs.Genoa game should be a real contest, and challenge to Roma which has enjoyedsome success this year. In their lastfive meetings, Genoa leads 3 games to 2. Of more international interest, perhaps, is the evening's Iuventus vs.Bologna contest. Defender AndreaBarzagli is confident Juventus can pick up where they left off in Serie A asthey host Bologna looking to extend their three-match winning run in the league. He said ``I'm not of the opinion that defeatsare ever a good thing and it's important never to fall into the bad habit oflosing. We need to remember that Juventus must always be aiming for victory.'' Itwas recently announced that Brazilian team Chapecoense, who suffered the tragicloss of most of their team in November's air crash, will play their first postgame crash this month in a "friendly match" against defending leaguechampions Palmeiras. The match will beheld on January 21 in Chapecoense's 20,000-seat Arena Conda in Chapeco, a cityof 200,000 about 800 miles south of Rio de Janeiro. Coach Vagner Mancini is still signing playersto replace the 19 that died on a Colombian hillside on November 28. Chape, as the team are known, was travelingto the final game and likely win in the Copa Sudamerica championship when thetragedy occurred. They will play theirfirst official match on January 26 against local rival Joinville. -- Posted By Rex to Speed o Rex at 1/08/2017 04:12:00 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.
