Betting news, trends, odds and predictions from various handicappers and websites.
— Celtics 108, Nets 104 OT- Jayson Tatum had 33 points, nine rebounds.
— Suns 114, Mavericks 113- Nurkic made game-winning FT with 0:00.8 left.
— Pistons 122, Hawks 121- Cunningham had his third straight triple-double.
— Cavaliers 136, Warriors 117- Cleveland led 83-42 at halftime.
— Knicks 116, Bucks 94- Milwaukee is off to a 2-7 start.
— Thunder 126, Rockets 107- Holngren, Gilgeous-Alexander both had 29 points.
Quote of the Day
“I feel like I’ve never really got those calls, so I don’t really expect that.”
Bengals QB Joe Burrow
Saturday’s quiz
Who was starting QB for the Patriots, the first time they played in a Super Bowl?
Friday’s quiz
Steelers’ QB Russell Wilson played college football at NC State, Wisconsin.
Thursday’s quiz
Brian Billick was coach of the Baltimore Ravens, before John Harbaugh.
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Saturday’s Den: College basketball and baseball notes……..
— Kansas 92, North Carolina 89
Jayhawks led by 15 at halftime; they trailed for while in 2nd half.
UNC was 28-31 on foul line, Kansas 12-17.
Kansas had only four turnovers, in a 77-possession game.
— The airplane carrying Auburn’s basketball team to Saturday’s game in Houston turned around shortly after takeoff and returned to the airport Friday afternoon when activity on the plane prompted the pilot to abandon the flight plan. No bueno.
Air Traffic Control got a message from the plane that said “a bunch of basketball players were fighting” The team was expected to try and fly to Houston Friday night.
— Alabama 88, Arkansas State 79
Lot of fouls; Bama was 28-44 on line, Ark State 23-38.
Teams combined to go 12-59 on the arc. Brickfest.
— Austin Peay 68, Butler 66
Not good when a Big East team loses to an Atlantic Sun squad.
— VCU 80, Boston College 55
VCU starts five seniors; they held BC to 29.3% from floor.
— Charleston 86, South Florida 71
6-10 senior Brzovic had 34 points, nine rebounds.
Chris Mack’s Cougars are 2-0, scoring 90-86 points.
— Furman 76, Belmont 74
Paladins made 16-35 shots on the arc, 12-24 inside arc.
— Famous birthdays, November 9th:
Bruce Gossett, 83
Virgil Carter, 79
Robert David Hall, 76
Teddy Higuera, 67
Adam Dunn, 45
Michael Busch, 27
Baseball notes……..
— St Louis Cardinals are moving Willson Contreras from catcher to 1B/DH next year; he has three years left on his 5-year, $87M contract. This should keep the 32-year old Contreras a little healthier— he played in only 84 games last year, 33 of them as the Cardinals’ DH.
— Angels’ SS Zach Neto had surgery on his right (throwing) shoulder, might miss the start of next season. 23-year old Neto hit 23 HR’s last year, knocked in 77 runs.
— Former Marlins’ manager Skip Schumaker signed on with the Texas Rangers as a senior advisor to club president Chris Young, fueling speculation that he’ll be the eventual successor to Bruce Bochy as manager of the Rangers.
— Mets’ OF Tyrone Taylor has had two surgeries since the season ended, one to fix a hernia, the other one on his elbow. He is expected to be ready for the start of spring training.
— Dodgers are expected to move to Mookie Betts to an infield position next year; they said they haven’t decided whether it will be 2B or shortstop.
— Free agent 3B Alex Bregman had surgery to clean up some bone chips in his right (throwing) elbow; Bregman hit .260 last year, with 26 homers, 75 RBI.
— Bronx Bombers announced that manager Aaron Boone will be back next year; Boone has a 603-429 regular season record in seven years as a manager, 22-23 in playoff games.
— Cleveland Guardians re-signed C Austin Hedges for one year, $4M; he is a highly-regarded defensive catcher.
Guardians’ David Fry had surgery to fix a ligament in his elbow; he hit 14 homers in 122 games this past season, with an .804 OPS while playing five different positions.
— A’s re-signed reliever TJ McFarland for one year, $1.8M; he appeared in 79 games for the A’s this past season.