Sportacular Sports Morning Newspaper

This is the first edition of the Sportacular Sports morning newspaper where Sportacular Sports will recap yesterday's headlines.
Thursday, January 10th

2 unbeatens remain as Arizona falls to Oregon in Eugene
-With Chip Kelly in the house, the unranked Ducks put on a show Thursday night. After the 'Cats scored the first 11 points of the game, Oregon and its crowd rebounded for a 40-19 run ending the half up 11. The Wildcats had no quit in them though as they cut it to 3 with under a minute. After a missed Oregon shot, the Wildcats had a chance to tie it or cut the lead to one but a bad turnover by the Point guard and it was clutch free throws from there on out. There was one last thing to do: Storm the funny looking court Oregon has!
Player of the game: E.J. Singler 14 pts 7 reb 7ast
Final score: 70-66 Oregon

Heat fall to the Blazers as LeBron passes up the last shot (yet again)
-From this headline I purposely make LeBron look bad because I believe he should be taking last shots not Mario Chalmers. But if you didn't see the highlights, James actually made the right play in dishing the ball to Chris Bosh who found Chalmers wide open for the would be game winning 3. Chalmers is usually clutch in those situations but the Heat came up short for the 3rd time in the last 5 games. The Heat aren't playing good basketball and look like they're coasting to the playoffs. The Blazers on the other hand could be scary in the postseason. Rookie sensation Damian Lillard and players like Nic Batum and LaMarcus Aldridge set up a pretty solid squad. Now let us all ponder if they had taken Durant over injury prone Greg Oden in the 08 draft. Oh boy.
Player of the game: Nicolas Batum 28 pts
Final score: 92-90 Trail Blazers

Tar Heels fall at home to the Hurricanes, 10-5 overall
-North Carolina does not look even remotely close to the National Championship contender they were last season. I guess it's tough when you lose your entire starting lineup but still this is UNC. The Tar Heels blew an early lead to a mediocre Miami team at home. The Tar Heels are now 0-2 in conference with bad losses to Virginia and now Miami. Lets see if the Hesls can turn this season around and make the Big Dance.
Player of the game: Kenny Kadji 18pts 9reb
Final score: 68-59 Miami

In early morning news, the Cleveland Browns hired former Panthers offensive coordinator Chudzinski in addition to former Chargers head coach Norv Turner as their OC. These signings brings an aerial attack to the Browns but how will they paid that with Trent Richardson? I guess we will find out.

Notable scores: Michigan state 62 Iowa 59- Iowa led for the first 32 minutes but couldn't hold on against #22 MSU
Indiana Pacers 81 New York Knicks 76

Rivalry Weekend- Oregon vs. Oregon St.

Oregon Ducks #5 (10-1)  vs. Oregon State Beavers #15 (8-2) 

The 10-1 Ducks travel across town to face archrival Oregon State. After Oregon appeared to have a shot at the National Championship, they are now in a tough situation and are not in control of the Pac-12. Because of the loss to Stanford, Oregon is now 2nd to that same Cardinal team. Standford faces a tough test today at UCLA in which a Stanford win would create a rematch for the Pac-12 championship next Friday.

Oregon, led by freshman QB Marcus Mariota, needs a win at Corvalis today to have a chance at the Rose Bowl or another BCS bowl. Heisman candidate, Kenjon Barner, does not look like he has as much of a chance now that the Ducks are no longer BCS champion favorites. The Ducks can still fly and even through the rain, I expect a rebound from the poor offensive effort last weekend.

QB-Sean Mannion

On the opposing sideline will be the Beavers of Oregon State. This OSU team has been under the radar much of the season and possess a team very capable of beating this Oregon squad. Ranked 15th in the nation, an Oregon State win could place them in the highest Pac-12 bowl outside of the BCS. The beavers would love to knock their rivals out of the BCS bowls as well as capping an over achieving season. 

Prediction: Due to my belief that rivalry games always make the game a TD closer than it should be, I think Oregon wins in the end. Much closer than people think adding in the weather elements. The ducks struggled at home in tough weather but they will squeak this one out this afternoon.

Final Score: 31-24