ENGLISH FOOTBALL ROUND 14 RECAP
Chelsea and Newcastle United drew at 0 (London, England)

Liverpool and Fulham drew at 0 (Liverpool, England)

Manchester City def. Arsenal 3-0 (Manchester, England)

Bolton Wanderers def. Middlesbrough 3-1 (Middlesbrough, England)

Portsmouth and Hull City drew at 0 (Portsmouth, England)

Stoke City def. West Bromwich 1-0 (Stoke, England)

Aston Villa and Manchester United drew at 0 (Birmingham, England)


EUROPEAN FOOTBALL RESULTS
Real Madrid def. Recreativo Huelva 1-0 (Madrid, Spain)

Sevilla and Valencia drew at 0 (Seville, Spain)

Inter Milan def. Juventus 1-0 (Milan, Italy)

Paris Saint-Germain def. Olympic Lyon 1-0 (Paris, France)

Zenit St. Petersburg def. Spartak Moscow 3-1 (St. Petersburg, Russia)


LATIN AMERICAN FOOTBALL RESULTS
Independiente def. Rosario Central 2-1 (Avellaneda, Argentina)

Tigres def. Atlante drew at 1 (Cancun, Mexico)

Cruz Azul and Pumas drew at 0 (Mexico City, Mexico)

Atletico Paranaense def. Botafago 2-1 (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Colo Colo def. Huachipato 4-2 (Santiago, Chile)

Independiente Medellin def. Deportes Tolima 2-1 (Medellin, Colombia)



INTERNATIONAL RUGBY RESULTS
Japan def. United States 32-17 (Tokyo, Japan)

Pacific Islanders def. Italy 25-17 (Reggio Emilia, Italy)

South Africa def. England 42-6 (London, England, UK)

Ireland def. Argentina 17-3 (Dublin, Ireland)

Scotland def. Canada 41-0 (Aberdeen, Scotland, UK)

New Zealand def. Wales 29-9 (Cardiff, Wales, UK)

Australia def. France 18-13 (Paris, France)


DOMINICAN BASEBALL RESULTS
Tigres del Licey def. Estrellas Oriente 11-5 (Santo Domingo)

Toros del Este def. Aguilas Cibaenas 9-4 (La Romana)

Leones del Escogido and Gigantes del Cibao postponed (San Francisco de Macoris)

P.J. CARLESIMO FIRED AFTER 13 GAMES
The Oklahoma City Thunder, off to a league-worst 1-12 start in their new home town, fired coach P.J. Carlesimo following Friday night's loss to New Orleans. Assistant coach Scott Brooks was named interim coach, and team executive vice president and general manager Sam Presti said Saturday that Brooks will finish the season.


ROCKETS TAKE CONTROL LATE AND WIN
Orlando, Florida – Yao Ming’s 22 points and 13 rebounds help the Houston Rockets defeat the Orlando Magic 100-95 to snap the Magic’s winning streak at five. The Rockets got 17 points each from Tracy McGrady and Rafer Alston, and 11 apiece from Ron Artest and Carl Landry. Houston shot 54 percent in the second half to break open a close contest and win for the fourth time in the last five games. Houston won its seventh straight game against Orlando. Orlando's five-game win streak comes to an end as it lost for the second time in 11 November games.


YI, CARTER SPARK STREAKING NETS
East Rutherford, New Jersey – The New Jersey Nets came from an overtime thrilling victory last night with Yi Jianlian scoring 27 in his best game in a Net uniform as they defeated the short-handed Los Angeles Clippers 112-95. Vince Carter, without a doubt, is the game’s top performer for New Jersey with 26 points and 8 rebounds. The Nets won four in their last five games while the Clippers go double in defeats.


SHORT-HANDED KNICKS HAND WIZ MORE LOSSES
Manhattan, New York – The New York Knicks with Quentin Richardson leading the way with 34 points and 12 rebounds to hand the Washington Wizards another defeat by the score of 122-117 at Madison Square Garden. Richardson made seven 3-pointers; two shy of the franchise record, and fell a point shy of his highest-scoring game since the Knicks acquired him from Phoenix in June 2005. He scored 35 points against the Wizards on Jan. 17, 2007. The Wizards drop to 1-10, their worst start since the 1966 Baltimore Bullets opened 1-10.


SHAQ POWERS THE SUNS OVER ODEN
Phoenix, Arizona – Shaquille O'Neal had 19 points and 17 rebounds to power the Phoenix Suns to a 102-92 victory over Greg Oden and the Portland Trail Blazers on Saturday night. O'Neal's performance included a head-first dive over the first two rows of seats trying to save a loose ball with 2:55 to play as fearful fans scattered in every direction. Oden, meanwhile, watched mostly from the bench but did get a bit of court time against the 36-year-old O'Neal. The Blazers, playing for the second night in a row after winning at Sacramento on Friday, have lost 11 straight against Phoenix. The Suns have a nine-game home winning streak against Portland.


OTHER NBA RESULTS
Milwaukee Bucks def. Charlotte Bobcats 79-74 (Charlotte, North Carolina)

Cleveland Cavaliers def. Atlanta Hawks 110-96 (Cleveland, Ohio)

Miami Heat def. Indiana Pacers 109-100 (Miami, Florida)

New Orleans Hornets def. Oklahoma City Thunder 109-97 (New Orleans, Louisiana)

Utah Jazz def. Memphis Grizzlies 103-94 (Memphis, Tennessee)


ROY’S HONORING NIGHT SPOILED BY BOSTON
Montreal, Quebec – The Boston Bruins caught a big break in the shootout to back up Tim Thomas' strong netminding on a night that the Montreal Canadiens honored one of the greatest goalies to play the game. Blake Wheeler scored on Boston's first shot in the tiebreaker and Thomas stopped all three Montreal attempts to give the Bruins a 3-2 win over the Canadiens, who retired Patrick Roy's No. 33 jersey in a pre-game ceremony, on Saturday night. The Bruins have earned at least a point in 10 straight games (9-0-1) and 13 of last 14 (12-1-1). Montreal is 3-4-2 after starting the season 8-1-1.


SENS END LOSING SKID TO BEAT RANGERS
Ottawa, Ontario – Daniel Alfredsson and Jesse Winchester scored late in the second period and Ottawa beat the New York Rangers 4-1 to end a six-game skid. Jason Spezza and Nick Foligno also scored for the Senators, who got their first win since a 4-1 victory over Philadelphia on Nov. 6. Ottawa had lost each of its last two games in a shootout, including a 2-1 setback against the Rangers on Monday. After starting the season 10-2-1, the Rangers have gone 4-5-1 in November.


CANUCKS WIN AS LUONGO INJURES GROIN
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania – An injury to Roberto Luongo put a chill into the Vancouver Canucks' hot streak.The two-time Vezina Trophy finalist hurt his groin less than five minutes into Vancouver's game against Pittsburgh on Saturday, but Pavol Demitra scored twice and Daniel and Henrik Sedin had three points each in the Canucks' 3-1 win over the Penguins. The Penguins failed to garner a point for the first time since Oct. 30.


CHICAGO RUINS CLARK’S HONORING NIGHT
Toronto, Ontario – Ceremonies are held to retire the number 17 of former Maple Leaf Wendel Clark before the game and in the end, the Toronto Maple Leafs failed to win on his day as the loss 5-4 in overtime to the Chicago Blackhawks. It was the sixth time in 20 games Toronto held a lead heading into the final period. Once Chicago turned up the pressure and pushed hard for a comeback, the Leafs lost control.


OTHER NHL RESULTS
San Jose Sharks def. Washington Capitals 7-2 (San Jose, California)

Colorado Avalanche and Los Angeles Kings in overtime

New York Islanders def. Buffalo Sabres 4-2 (Buffalo, New York)

Philadelphia Flyers def. Phoenix Coyotes 4-3 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Columbus Blue Jackets def. Atlanta Thrashers 2-0 (Atlanta, Georgia)

Anaheim Ducks def. Dallas Stars 2-1 (Dallas, Texas)

St. Louis Blues def. Minnesota Wild 2-1 (St. Paul, Minnesota)

Detroit Red Wings def. Calgary Flames 5-2 (Calgary, Alberta)


NCAA FOOTBALL RESULTS (Top 25 notables)
(5) Oklahoma def. (2) Texas Tech 65-21 (Norman, Oklahoma)

(7) Utah def. (14) Brigham Young 48-24 (Salt Lake City, Utah)

(8) Penn State def. (15) Michigan State 49-18 (State College, Pennsylvania)

(10) Ohio State def. Michigan 42-7 (Columbus, Ohio)

Mississippi def. (18) LSU 31-13 (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)

Maryland def. Florida State def. (25) Maryland 37-3 (College Park, Maryland)


RICKY HATTON BEATS MALIGNAGGI
Las Vegas, Nevada – Ricky Hatton coasted to a one-sided win over Paulie Malignaggi at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, with his opponent's corner stopping the fight in round 11. Manchester's Hatton had Malignaggi in trouble with some savage left hooks, and overhand rights. Going into the 11th, Malignaggi was behind on all three scorecards, causing his corner to throw in the towel. Hatton joined up with new trainer Floyd Mayweather Sr just seven weeks ago, but there were signs of real improvement following some worrying recent performances, as Hatton promised there would be. Hatton, 30, improves to 45 wins (32 KOs) and one defeat, while Malignaggi falls to 25 wins (five KOs) and two defeats.Malignaggi had occasional success with his jab but fought virtually one-handed for much of the fight and lacked power.


SRI LANKA HAMMERED ZIMBABWE
Harare, Zimbabwe – Zimbabwe were all out for just 67 as Sri Lanka took a 2-0 series lead with a crushing nine-wicket victory in the second one-day international in Harare. The tourists needed just 17.4 overs to clinch the win after Ajantha Mendis had taken 4-15 in Zimbabwe's collapse.