WPPA/T102 SPORTS-MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2009

THE TRI VALLEY BULLDOGS WILL FACE BISHOP MCCOURT FRIDAY NIGHT AT STATE COLLEGE FOR THE EASTERN FINAL IN CLASS A. KICKOFF AT 7PM.

ATLANTA (AP) - MAKING QUITE A RETURN TO THE GEORGIA DOME, MICHAEL VICK ACCOUNTED FOR A PAIR OF TOUCHDOWNS - ONE RUNNING, THE OTHER PASSING - AND BASKED IN THE CHEERS OF HIS FORMER HOME, AS THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES THOROUGHLY DOMINATED THE SHORT-HANDED ATLANTA FALCONS 34-7 YESTERDAY.

ATLANTA (AP) - ANDY REID SAYS HE LOVES COACHING THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES BUT WON'T DISCUSS REPORTS THAT HE'S CLOSE TO COMPLETING A LONG-TERM CONTRACT EXTENSION.TEAM OFFICIALS ALSO DECLINED COMMENT ON REPORTS THAT AN ANNOUNCEMENT COULD COME EARLY THIS WEEK. BUT THEY HAVE SAID ALL ALONG THEY'RE EAGER TO LOCK UP AN EXTENSION FOR REID, WHO'S IN HIS 11TH SEASON.

PITTSBURGH (AP) - LOUIS MURPHY CAUGHT AN 11-YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS FROM BRUCE GRADKOWSKI WITH NINE SECONDS REMAINING, HIS SECOND SCORE IN THE FINAL 5 1/2 MINUTES, AND THE OAKLAND RAIDERS SCORED THREE LATE TOUCHDOWNS TO STUN PITTSBURGH 27-24 YESTERDAY. THIS WAS THE STEELERS FOURTH CONSECUTIVE LOSS. PITTSBURGH HAS LOST TO TWO OF THE NFL'S WORST TEAMS IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS, THE CHIEFS AND THE RAIDERS.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - ALLEN IVERSON PRACTICED WITH THE PHILADELPHIA 76ERS AND IS EXPECTED TO START WHEN THEY PLAY TONIGHT AGAINST DENVER. IVERSON PRACTICED WITH THE FIRST TEAM YESTERDAY. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE PRACTICED WITH THE SIXERS SINCE HE WAS TRADED IN 2006. COACH EDDIE JORDAN SAYS HE "ANTICIPATES" PUTTING IVERSON IN THE STARTING LINEUP.

WASHINGTON (AP) - SCOTTIE REYNOLDS SCORED 25 POINTS AND COREY FISHER ADDED 20 TO LEAD NO. 3 VILLANOVA TO A 95-86 VICTORY OVER MARYLAND LAST NIGHT IN THE BB&T CLASSIC. THE WILDCATS SET A SCHOOL RECORD BY ATTEMPTING 39 3-POINTERS, MAKING 16. THAT'S ONE SHORT OF THE SCHOOL MARK. COREY STOKES LED THE WAY, GOING 5 FOR 11 FROM BEYOND THE ARC.

STATE COLLEGE, PA. (AP) - NO. 11 PENN STATE IS HEADED TO THE CAPITAL ONE BOWL AGAINST NO. 13 LSU AFTER GETTING BYPASSED FOR A LUCRATIVE BCS BERTH. THE NEW YEAR'S DAY GAME IN FLORIDA WILL BE A MARQUEE MATCHUP BETWEEN TWO OF THE GAME'S BETTER-KNOWN PROGRAMS. STILL, PENN STATE HAD HOPES OF SNATCHING A BIG-MONEY BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES AT-LARGE SPOT.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - TEMPLE IS HEADED TO A BOWL GAME FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 30 YEARS. THE OWLS WERE SELECTED YESTERDAY TO PLAY IN THE SECOND EAGLEBANK BOWL AT RFK STADIUM IN WASHINGTON ON DEC. 29. BUT THE OWLS WON'T FIND OUT THEIR OPPONENT UNTIL NEXT WEEKEND'S ARMY-NAVY GAME IN PHILADELPHIA.

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Final Denver 44 Kansas City 13
Final Cincinnati 23 Detroit 13
Final Jacksonville 23 Houston 18
Final Miami 22 New England 21
Final OT New Orleans 33 Washington 30
Final Oakland 27 Pittsburgh 24
Final Philadelphia 34 Atlanta 7
Final Chicago 17 St. Louis 9
Final Carolina 16 Tampa Bay 6
Final Indianapolis 27 Tennessee 17
Final San Diego 30 Cleveland 23
Final N-Y Giants 31 Dallas 24
Final Seattle 20 San Francisco 17
Final Arizona 30 Minnesota 17

NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION

Final New York 106 New Jersey 97
Final Cleveland 101 Milwaukee 86
Final Detroit 98 Washington 94
Final Miami 115 Sacramento 102
Final L-A Lakers 108 Phoenix 88

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

Final Detroit 3 N-Y Rangers 1
Final 2OT Ottawa 4 Anaheim 3 (SO Ottawa 2-1)
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final ( 1) Kansas 73 UCLA 61
Final ( 3) Villanova 95 Maryland 86
Final (12) Washington 88 CS Northridge 76
Final (14) Connecticut 79 Harvard 73
Final (18) Clemson 72 South Carolina 61
Final (21) Florida St. 82 Fla. International 62
Final Idaho 68 (25) Portland 48

TOP-25 WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Final ( 3) Ohio St. 70 Wisconsin 55
Final ( 4) North Carolina 83 St. John's 73
Final ( 6) Tennessee 78 (17) Texas 58
Final ( 9) Xavier 69 Cincinnati 38
Final (10) Texas A&M 68 (20) California 61
Final (11) Duke 78 Southern Cal 72
Final (12) Florida St. 78 Alcorn St. 50
Final (13) Georgia 56 (23) Georgia Tech 50
Final James Madison 75 (14) Virginia 73
Final OT (16) Vanderbilt 79 W. Kentucky 73
Final (21) DePaul 73 Loyola of Chicago 30
Final Indiana 68 (22) Michigan St. 63
Final (24) Kansas 81 N. Colorado 54
Final (25) Dayton 79 Wright St. 58