By Sonny Jones
Registration for the Lil Knights Basketball League has opened. The league will play on five consecutive Saturday mornings beginning Jan. 7.
The league is open to boys and girls in grades first through eighth. Registration fee is $35 prior to Dec. 30 and $45 after Dec. 30. Make checks payable to West Bladen Athletics Association.
Click here for a printable registration form
• Elizabethtown’s Larrell Murchison is expected to make his debut with the Los Angeles Rams on Monday night against the Packers. The weather forecast for Green Bay calls for a 40% chance of snow with a low around 13 degrees. Bet Larrell will play sleeveless like most NFL players. I will be bundled up watching from home beside a space heater. ESPN has the broadcast at 8:15 p.m.
• Can the Carolina Panthers keep winning? If they win their final four games, they are NFC South champion and will host a playoff game. Could win the division by winning three of four and beating Tampa Bay again. Who would have thought it after a 1-4 start?
• A Carolina Hurricanes weekend puts a dent in attempting to watch every college football bowl game. The Hurricanes played Dallas on Saturday night, winning in overtime on a Martin Necas goal, and meet Pittsburgh this afternoon at PNC Arena. I’m there in Section 304, Row C. Thankfully, there’s streaming on-demand so maybe I’ll catch up on the bowl games … or get too bored to continue. Go Canes!
• A reminder about the holiday events Bladen County basketball teams will be involved. The West Bladen boys host the Bladen Offroad Christmas Tournament Dec. 28-30 with four games each day. The East Bladen boys and girls team will participate in the Wilmington Hoggard Holiday Classic Dec. 28-29. The West Bladen girls do not play in a holiday tournament.
West Bladen To Host Bladen Offroad Christmas Tournament Dec. 28-30
East Bladen Basketball Teams To Play In Hoggard Holiday Classic
TODAY IN SPORTS HISTORY
• 2006 — Tenth-ranked Arizona State beats Texas Tech 61-45 when the second outdoor game in women’s college basketball history is called on account of rain with 4:18 to play at Chase Field, home of baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks.
POTATO PICKS TO WATCH TODAY
• WORLD CUP: Championship, Argentina vs. France, 10 a.m., FOX
• WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Wake Forest at Syracuse, noon, ACCN
• GOLF: PNC Championship, 12:30 p.m., GOLF and 1:30 p.m., NBC
• NFL: Pittsburgh at Carolina, 1 p.m., CBS
• NFL: Dallas at Jacksonville, 1 p.m., FOX
• BASKETBALL: Stanford vs. Texas, 1 p.m., ESPN2
• WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Florida State vs. Connecticut, 1 p.m., ESPN
• BASKETBALL: N.C. A&T vs. Norfolk State, 2 p.m., ESPNU
• NHL: Ottawa at Minnesota, 2 p.m., NHLN
• WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Tennessee at Stanford, 3 p.m., ABC
• NFL: Cincinnati at Tampa Bay, 4:25 p.m., CBS
• NHL: Pittsburgh at Carolina, 5 p.m., BALLY SOUTH
• WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Clemson at N.C. State, 6 p.m., ACCN
• BASKETBALL: Notre Dame vs. Georgia, 5:30 p.m., ESPN2
• WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: Arizona vs. Baylor, 7:30 p.m., ESPN
• NHL: N.Y. Rangers at Chicago, 7:30 p.m., NHLN
• NFL: N.Y. Giants at Washington, 8:15 p.m., NBC
• BASKETBALL: Washington State vs. Baylor, 10 p.m., ESPN
Sonny Jones can be reached at wibbyj@gmail.com.
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