2/10/23 Hometown Broadcasting Sports Friday
10 February 2023 Sports
Friday Sports
From Wayne Mausser
The Bucks won over the Lakers in Los Angeles Thursday night, 115-106. Giannis Antetokounmpo led Milwaukee with 38 points while grabbing 10 rebounds and dishing out six assists. Jrue Holiday chipped in with 22. The Lakers played without LeBron James, who sat out with a sore ankle, two nights after breaking the all-time NBA scoring record set by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Los Angeles was led by Dennis Schroder’s 25 points while Anthony Davis added 23. The Central-Division leading Bucks improved to 38-17 in the Eastern Conference, one game behind the Celtics. Milwaukee stay in Los Angeles to take on the Clippers tonight.
The Milwaukee Bucks have acquired Jae Crowder from the Brooklyn Nets ahead of the NBA trade deadline. The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported the Bucks traded for Crowder in exchange for five second-round picks in the draft. The forward was part of a blockbuster trade between the Nets and Phoenix Suns for Kevin Durant. The Nets then traded Crowder to the Bucks. The 32-year old Crowder was the Big East Player of the Year in his senior year at Marquette University.
Patrick Mahomes dominated the voting for the AP NFL Most Valuable Player award. Now, he’ll try to break the MVP curse. Mahomes, who also won in 2018, easily outdistanced Jalen Hurts, receiving 48 of 50 first-place votes from a nationwide panel of media members who regularly cover the league. He earned 490 points to 193 for Hurts, who got one first-place vote, 26 seconds, 11 thirds and 10 fourths.
Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs (16-3) face Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles 16-3) in the Super Bowl on Sunday. Mahomes thanked the Chiefs organization and his teammates in a video at NFL Honors on Thursday night.
The last nine MVP’s to play in the Super Bowl that season are 0-9. Kurt Warner was the last to win both the MVP award and Super Bowl following the 1999 season.
Bills quarterback Josh Allen received the other first-place vote, finishing third with 151 points. Bengals QB Joe Burrow placed fourth and Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson came in fifth.
The 27-year-old Mahomes is the third player to win his second MVP before turning 28, joining Brett Favre (27) and Jim Brown (22). Mahomes was the 2018 NFL MVP in his first full season as a starter.
The Chiefs lost the AFC championship game that season but Mahomes led them to a Super Bowl victory over San Francisco the following season.
In the second-closest race Thursday, Brian Daboll won AP Coach of the Year after leading the New York Giants to their first playoff appearance in six years.
Daboll received 16 first-place votes and 123 total points to outpace 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan, who got 12 votes for first and 100 points.
Other awards announced Thursday:
DeMeco Ryans, who spent the past two seasons as the defensive coordinator of the 49ers, was named AP Assistant Coach of the Year. He is now the head coach of the Texans.
Nick Bosa made it a landslide for the AP Defensive Player of the Year award. San Francisco’s All-Pro defensive end received 46 first-place votes after leading the NFL with 18 ½ sacks in the regular season.
Bosa and the 49ers lost to the Eagles 31-7 in the NFC title game. He joked that he’s ready to start the season now.
Jets cornerback Ahmad “Sauce” Gardner won the AP Defensive Rookie of the Year award. Gardner, the No. 4 overall pick in the draft, started every game for the Jets. He had two interceptions and allowed just 33 catches on 73 targets.
Jets receiver Garrett Wilson edged out Seattle Seahawks running back Kenneth Walker for the AP Offensive Rookie of the year award.
Justin Jefferson ran away with the AP Offensive Player of the Year award. Minnesota’s All-Pro wide receiver got 35 first-place votes and earned 192 points, outdistancing runner up Mahomes by a significant margin.
Geno Smith, who earned his first Pro Bowl berth after becoming a full-time starter for the first time since 2014, is the AP Comeback Player of the Year. The Seattle Seahawks quarterback threw for 4,282 yards, 30 TDs and led Seattle to an NFC wild-card berth.
Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott was the Walter Payton Man of the Year. The prestigious award recognizes an NFL player for outstanding community service activities off the field, as well as excellence on the field.
The Eagles and Chiefs continue practicing in preparation for Super Bowl LVII Sunday iat Staate Farm Stadium n Glendale, Arizona. It promises to be a classic match-up at quarterback of two premier quarterbacks, the Eagles Jalen Hurts and the Chiefs Patrick Mahomes. Mahomes, who suffered a high ankle sprain earlier in the playoffs, is close to 100 percent and should be more mobile than he was in the AFC Championship game against the Bengals. His main target is tight end Travis Kelce, who cuaght 110 passes during the regular season for 1,338 yards and 12 touchdowns. So far in the playoffs, he’s had 21 receptions for 176 yards and three touchdowns.
Hurts, like Mahomes, is very mobile and a threat to run. He threw 22 touchdowns for 3,701 yardsduring the regular season and was intercepted six times. He had a passer rating for 101.5 while rushing for a team-leading 760 yards, averaging 4.6 yards per carry. His main receiver is A.J. Brown who cuaght 86 passes for 1,496 and 11 touchdownss. Tight end Dallas Godert had 55 catches for 702 yards and 3 three touchdowns.
Defensively, the Eagles are the best in the league at preventing big plays and are giving up just 15.6 points a game. They have a league-high 16 takeaways and 23 sacks, fifth-most in the league and have allowed just nine touchdowns in their last six games. Kansas City ranks 22nd in passing and 17th in rushing.
Both teams have good kickers. Jake Elliot has good range for the Eagles and has a careerlong of 61 yards set as rookie in 2017. Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker had several injuries and finished 18 of 24 and has a long of 62 yards.
Chiefs coach Any Reid is making hit fourth appearance, three with Kansas City and one with the Eagles. Eagles coach Nick Sirianin is making his first appearance as head coach in the Super Bowl, in his second season with Philadelphia. He broke in as an offensive control coach spent a year as wide receivers coach Kansas City. Kickoff is 5:30 Sunday.
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre filed lawsuits Thursday in Mississippi, accusing the state auditor and two national sportscasters of defaming him in public discussions about the misspending of welfare money that was supposed to help some of the poorest people in one of the poorest states in the nation.
The lawsuit against Auditor Shad White says the Republican “has carried out an outrageous media campaign of malicious and false accusations against Brett Favre — the Hall of Fame quarterback and native son of Mississippi — in a brazen attempt to leverage the media attention generated by Favre’s celebrity to further his own political career.”
In a separate lawsuit against former NFL player Shannon Sharpe, Favre said Sharpe made “egregiously false” statements about him on the FOX Sports talk show “Skip and Shannon: Undisputed,” including that Favre “stole money from people that really needed money.”
And in another lawsuit against retired NFL player Pat McAfee, Favre said McAfee had used “outrageous falsehoods” that included calling Favre a “thief” who was “stealing from poor people in Mississippi.”
Favre is not facing criminal charges in the Mississippi welfare scandal, but he is among more than three dozen people or businesses the state is suing to try to recover misspent money through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.
Favre has repaid $1.1 million he received for speaking fees from a nonprofit group that spent TANF money with approval from the Mississippi Department of Human Services. White said Favre never showed up to give the speeches.
In December, the state Department of Human Services made a new demand of up to $5 million against Favre and a university sports foundation, saying welfare money was improperly used to pay for a volleyball arena at Favre’s alma mater, the University of Southern Mississippi.
Men’s College Basketball (Sat.)
Wisconsin at Nebraska-Tipoff at 3:00.
Monmouth College at Ripon College-Tipoff at 3:00.
UW-Lacrosse at UW-Oshkosh-Tipoff at 5:00.
Women’s College Basketball (Sat.)
Cornell College at Ripon College-Tipoff at 1:00.
UW-Oshkosh at UW-Lacrosse-Tipoff at 3:00.
Thursday Basketball Schedule
(Boys)
Ripon at Laconia-Tipoff at 7:15 on AM 1600/93.1 FM, WRPN, The WAVE. –Cancelled
Kettle Moraine Lutheran 65, Berlin 63
Plymouth 71, Winneconne 29
Weyauwega-Fremont 70, Menominee Indian 56
Wild Rose 43, Pittsville 39
Hortonville 52, Green Bay Southwest 51
Oshkosh North 89, Germantown 71
Clintonville 73, Oconto Falls 32
Fox Valley Lutheran 75, Denmark 50
Little Chute 75, Waupaca 49
Horicon 58, Dodgeland 45
Lourdes Academy 74, Valley Christian 46
Princeton/Green Lake at Cambria-Friesland-Rescheduled for Monday, February 13h.
(Girls)
Lomira 48, Campbellsport 41
Winnebago Lutheran 58, Omro 46
Oshkosh West 63, D.C. Everest 28
Wautoma 46, Mauston 43
Westfield 59, Adams-Friendship 26
Wisconsin Dells 69, Nekoosa 9
Friday Basketball Schedule (Boys)
Waupun at Kewaskum
Winnebago Lutheran at Campbellsport
Laconia at North Fond du Lac
Omro at Lomira
Saint Mary’s Springs at Mayville
Rosholt at Tri-County
Fond du Lac at Oshkosh North
Hortonville at Neenah
Appleton West at Oshkosh West
Luxemburg-Casco at Freedom
Nekoosa at Wautoma
Mauston at Adams-Friendship
Westfield at Wisconsin Dells
Hustisford at Wayland Academy (cancelled)
Fall River at Markesan
Rio at Montello (postponed)
Princeton/Green Lake at Cambria-Friesland (cancelled)
(Sat.) Waupun at Sheboygan Falls
Oakfield at Saint Mary’s Springs
Waubeno/Laona at Wisconsin Dells
Horicon at Williams Bay
Hustisford at Living Word Lutheran
Parkview at Wayland Academy
(Girls) (Fri.)
Berlin at Kettle Moraine Lutheran
Waupun at Kewaskum
Plymouth at Winneconne
Weyauwega-Fremont at Menomoniee Indian
Port Edwards at Tri-County
Wild Rose at Pittsville
Oshkosh North at Fond du Lac
Hortonville at Neenah
Oshkosh West at Appleton West
Clintonville at Wrightstown
Fox Valley Lutheran at Little Chute
Marinette at Freedom
Waupaca at Luxemburg-Casco
Nekoosa at Wautoma
Dodgeland at Central Wisconsin Christian
Horicon at Wayland Academy
Hustisford at Oakfield
Cambria-Friesland at Rio
Randolph at Fall River
Princeton/Green Lake at Markesan
Pardeeville at Montello
(Sat.)
Wisconsin Luther Prep at Waupun
Omro at Markesan
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