Super Bowl LV
at Tampa Bay, Florida
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 31 Kansas City Chiefs 9
Tom Brady fired 3 touchdown passes
Brady’s 3 TD passes came in the 1st half & included a pair to Rob Gronkowski, & another to Antonio Brown
Brady was named as the Super Bowl MVP for a 5th time.
National Hockey League
Philadelphia Flyers 7 Washington Capitals 4
Scott Laughton had a hat trick for Philadelphia
The Flyers and Boston are tied for 1st in the east at 18 points.
Vegas Golden Knights 4 Los Angeles Kings 3
Chandler Stephenson scored twice for Vegas who share the lead the West Division with St Louis and Colorado.
Carolina Hurricanes 6 Columbus Blue Jackets 5
Chicago Blackhawks 2 Dallas Stars 1 (OT)
Detroit Red Wings 4 Florida Panthers 1
Arizona Coyotes at Minnesota Wild (ppd)
Colorado Avalanche at St. Louis Blues (ppd)
Tonight
Vancouver Canucks at Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto has won 2 in a row head-to-head with Vancouver by a combined score of 12-4 and have points in their last 7 games
7 pm
Edmonton Oilers at Ottawa Senators 7 pm
Carolina Hurricanes at Columbus Blue Jackets 7 pm
New York Islanders at New York Rangers 7 pm
Tampa Bay Lightning at Nashville Predators 8 pm
Arizona Coyotes at St. Louis Blues 8 pm
Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins (ppd)
Backstrom Passes
Former Montreal Canadien Ralph Backstrom, a 6-time Stanley Cup winner has died at age 83.
In the NHL and the WHA, Backstrom scored 378 goals
A native of Kirkland Lake, Ontario, Backstrom also coached at the University of Denver plus founded the Colorado Eagles minor-league franchise.
National Basketball Association
Utah Jazz 103 Indiana Pacers 95
Donovan Mitchell had 27 points for the Jazz who lead the Western Conference at 19 & 5
Indiana is 5th in the Eastern Conference just back of Boston
Phoenix Suns 100 Boston Celtics 91
Sacramento Kings 113 Los Angeles Clippers 110
De’Aaron Fox had 36 points for the Kings
The Clippers are 3rd in the West at 17 & 8
Charlotte Hornets 119 Washington Wizards 97
Miami Heat 109 New York Knicks 103
Portland Trail Blazers at Charlotte Hornets (ppd)
Tonight
Toronto Raptors at Memphis Grizzlies
The Raptors are coming off a loss Saturday night at Atlanta
Toronto is 10 & 13 and sits 9th in the Eastern Conference
Memphis has fallen from 4th to 11th in the Western Conference
8 pm
Houston Rockets at Charlotte Hornets 7 pm
Washington Wizards at Chicago Bulls 8 pm
Minnesota Timberwolves at Dallas Mavericks 8:30 pm
Golden State Warriors at San Antonio Spurs 8:30 pm
Cleveland Cavaliers at Phoenix Suns 9 pm
Milwaukee Bucks at Denver Nuggets 9:30 pm
Oklahoma City Thunder at Los Angeles Lakers 10 pm
PGA Waste Management Phoenix Open
at Scottsdale, Arizona
Brooks Koepka had a 6 under par 65 in the final round to win the tournament by 1 stroke
Koepka who started the day 5 strokes behind the leaders, chipped in from 97 feet for an eagle on the 17th hole to break a tie for the lead.
Corey Conners of Listowel was the low Canadian
Conners tied for 17th, 7 strokes off the lead.
Thursday the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am begins
Canadian Nick Taylor is the defending champion
Australian Open Tennis
Women
Bianca Andreescu beat Mihaela Buzarnescu 6-2, 4-6 & 6-3
Men’s
Milos Raonic swept Federico Coria 6-3, 6-3 & 6-2
Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 6-2, 6-4 & 6-2
Today
Denis Shapovalov vs Jannik Sinner
Vasek Pospisil vs Daniil Medvedev