Jeff Hart

The Buford girls basketball team won won the Jackson County Christmas Tournament routing Hebron Christian 62-25 Saturday night in the championship game.

Patrick Kerney has a chance to finish as the NFL's leader in sacks - and to do it against his former team. Kerney is on the cusp of doing that for the first time entering next week's game between NFC West champion Seattle and the struggling Falcons.

Willie Parker, the NFL's leading rusher when he broke his right leg Thursday night in St. Louis, was officially lost for the season when the Pittsburgh Steelers placed him on the injured reserve list Monday. To replace Parker on their roster, the Steelers re-signed former Georgia Bulldog Verron Haynes, primarily a third down back for the Steelers from 2002-06.

He spends hours on the football field, but his feet never touch the turf. His specialty is dissecting offenses, but he's never played a down. Meet Brian Kajiyama, a first-year graduate assistant for Hawaii who was born with cerebral palsy, scoots around in a motorized wheelchair and communicates by typing into a small computer that speaks in a robotic voice.

After nearly a four-year absence, Connecticut is back at No. 1. The Huskies received 49 of the 50 first-place votes Monday in The Associated Press poll after being ranked second all season. Georgia remained seventh in the latest poll.

Last week's three big-time matchups caused plenty of movement in The Associated Press' college basketball poll Monday, except at the top. For the fourth straight week, North Carolina, Memphis and Kansas were the top three teams in the rankings.

The Chicago Bulls were sure this was their season to challenge for the Eastern Conference championship. If they do, it'll be with a new coach. The Bulls fired Scott Skiles on Monday, hoping to shake up a team with one of the worst records in the Eastern Conference.

Roger Clemens posted a video Sunday repeating his denials of the steroids use alleged against him in the Mitchell Report and plans to be interviewed for a future episode of "60 Minutes." The seven-time Cy Young Award winner was accused in the report of using steroids, an allegation made by his former trainer.

Marian Hossa scored on a break-in at 19 seconds of overtime after a defensive mistake, and Ilya Kovalchuk scored his NHL-leading 29th goal in the Atlanta Thrashers' 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Sunday night.

A winter storm packing heavy snow walloped the central United States, causing at least 5 deaths and dozens of injuries as multi-car pileups forced authorities to close parts of several major highways.