BOYS BASKETBALL: Hawks stop Bulldogs in opener (Suburban Journals)
Any game between neighbors Waterloo and Gibault is fraught with anxiety and heat and intensity, but Katie, bar the door when two of the tilts come in the span of seven days.

Auburn losing players, but Chizik looking at future (Knoxville News Sentinel)
AUBURN, Ala. — Gene Chizik is focusing on the players Auburn already has and the ones he’s trying to land, not those who aren’t expected to return. Perhaps that’s why Chizik said Friday he hasn’t spoken to linebacker Tray Blackmon, defensive back Ryan Williams, wide receiver Chris Slaughter or defensive end Raven Gray. All four are reportedly not enrolled in school for spring semester and ...

Best first quarter for video games EVER? (Games Radar)
We just made it through the holiday rush, wallets scraped bare from last year’s heaviest hitters, and there are no fewer than eleven quality games about to rush us.

Baldelli, Smoltz may bolster BoSox (Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
BOSTON - With spring training a little more than a month away, the Red Sox have signed one of the best prospects to come out of the talent-rich Tampa Bay organization and are expected to soon add a Hall of Fame-bound pitcher.

Year later, unsolved Chesapeake killing haunts family, friends (The Virginian-Pilot)
CHESAPEAKE Bobby Whiting liked video games and samurai swords. He read science fiction and wanted to learn Japanese. He was a smoker, preferred Marlboro Menthol Lights but sometimes bought the cheaper brands.