Pats’ Belichick unaware of filming at Bengals’ game
New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick says neither he nor his coaching staff has watched any video footage shot by an in-house production team now at the center of an NFL investigation for inappropriately filming the Cincinnati Bengals’ sideline at a recent game.
Belichick said during a conference call Tuesday he was not involved and had no knowledge of what took place during Sunday’s Bengals-Browns game in Cleveland. Belichick said he wasn’t informed of it until Monday afternoon.
“I personally have never viewed any video footage at all, anything that those production people have done, other than what’s shown on public television or something like that,” Belichick said.
In a statement posted on Twitter and the team website Monday night, the Patriots said a three-person crew producing a web series titled “Do Your Job” “inappropriately filmed the field from the press box” as part of a feature on the scouting department. The filming took place “without specific knowledge of league rules,” the statement said.
An NFL spokesman declined comment. Bengals coach Zac Taylor confirmed during a news conference Monday that the league was investigating the crew’s activities.
The incident could be addressed on Wednesday when NFL owners convene for their previously scheduled winter meeting in Irving, Texas.
The Patriots’ statement said that while they were granted credentials for the crew from the Browns, “our failure to inform the Bengals and the league was an unintended oversight.” When confronted, the team said the crew “immediately turned over all footage to the league and cooperated fully.”
The Patriots said the purpose of the filming was for an illustration of the work team advance scouts do while on the road. The team says it accepts full responsibility for the crew’s actions.
FALCONS PLACE WR RIDLEY, CB TRUFANT ON INJURED RESERVE >> Receiver Calvin Ridley and cornerback Desmond Trufant were placed on injured reserve by the Atlanta Falcons.
Ridley (abdominal strain) and Trufant (broken forearm) will miss the final three games of the season after being injured in Atlanta’s 40-20 win over the Carolina Panthers.
Atlanta (4-9) travels to San Francisco on Sunday to meet the 49ers.
Hockey
STARS FIRE MONTGOMERY FOR UNPROFESSIONAL CONDUCT >> The Dallas Stars fired second-year coach Jim Montgomery, citing unspecified unprofessional conduct in a surprising blow to one of the preseason favorites in the NHL’s Western Conference.
General manager Jim Nill said Montgomery had acted inconsistently with “core values and beliefs of the Dallas Stars and the National Hockey League.” He did not elaborate.
Nill said he became aware Sunday of an act by Montgomery and the decision to fire him came after an internal investigation that included discussions with the team’s general counsel. Nill said only that it was not because of a criminal act, had no connection to players, past or present, and didn’t involve another employee of the team.
Rick Bowness, who came on an assistant coach with Montgomery, was named interim head coach for the remainder of the season, starting with Tuesday night’s home game against the New Jersey Devils.
Baseball
PADRES, D-BACKS MEET IN MEXICO CITY >> The San Diego Padres and Arizona Diamondbacks will play each other in April in Major League Baseball’s first regular-season games in Mexico City.
The commissioner’s office said the two games on April 18 and 19 will be at Alfredo Harp Helú Stadium, a 20,000-capacity ballpark that opened last year. Arizona will be the home team for both games, which originally were scheduled for Phoenix.
Swimming
TRANSLATION ISSUES DELAY VERDICT IN SUN YANG DOPING CASE >> Translation problems in the doping case of Olympic swimming champion Sun Yang have delayed the expected verdict to January, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said.
CAS said an “agreedupon written transcript” from the hearing, including Sun’s testimony from Chinese into English, is being prepared to help the judging panel who heard the appeal in open court last month.
Sun is facing a ban from next year’s Tokyo Olympics if the three-judge panel decides he broke anti-doping rules by refusing to cooperate with officials who visited his home in China in September 2018. He disputed their credentials to take his blood and urine samples.
College football
NORVELL SAYS HE WON’T COACH MEMPHIS IN COTTON BOWL >> Former Memphis coach Mike Norvell says he won’t coach the Tigers in the Cotton Bowl now that he’s taken the Florida State job.
Norvell said in a letter to Memphis fans that the transition to a new job made him unable to coach the Cotton Bowl. The 15thranked Tigers (12-1) face No. 13 Penn State (10-2) on Dec. 28 in Arlington, Texas.
Ryan Silverfield, a cooffensive coordinator on Norvell’s Memphis staff, has been named the Tigers’ interim head coach while athletic director Laird Veatch oversees a search for Norvell’s permanent replacement.
San Francisco11 Seattle 10 Rams 8 Arizona 3
EAST DIVISION
Dallas Philadelphia Washington N.Y. Giants
SOUTH DIVISION
y-New Orleans10 Tampa Bay 6 Carolina 5 Atlanta 4
NORTH DIVISION
Green Bay Minnesota Chicago Detroit
W
W
10 9 7 3
Monday's games
Philadelphia 23, N.Y. Giants 17, OT
Thursday, Dec. 12
N.Y. Jets at Baltimore, 5:20 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 15
Denver at Kansas City, 10 a.m. Tampa Bay at Detroit, 10 a.m. Houston at Tennessee, 10 a.m. Miami at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m.
Seattle at Carolina, 10 a.m.
Chicago at Green Bay, 10 a.m.
New England at Cincinnati, 10 a.m. Philadelphia at Washington, 10 a.m. Cleveland at Arizona, 1:05 p.m. Jacksonville at Oakland, 1:05 p.m. Minnesota at Chargers, 1:05 p.m. Atlanta at San Francisco, 1:25 p.m. Rams at Dallas, 1:25 p.m.
Buffalo at Pittsburgh, 5:20 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 16
Indianapolis at New Orleans, 5:15 p.m.
Prescott, Dal Winston, TB Rivers, LAC Goff, LAR Ryan, Atl Brady, NE Watson, Hou Wilson, Sea Cousins, Min Mahomes, KC
RUSHERS
Chubb, Cle Henry, Ten McCaffrey, Car Cook, Min Elliott, Dal Jacobs, Oak Carson, Sea Jacobs, Oak Fournette, Jac Jackson, Bal
RECEIVERS
Receptions
Thomas, NO Hopkins, Hou Edelman, NE Godwin, TB Moore, Car Kelce, KC Cooper, Dal J.Jones, Atl Landry, Cle Chark, Jac 325 314 304 305 321 316 295 280 272 253
Buffalo (7-5) vs. Charlotte (7-5), 2 p.m (ESPN)
FRISCO (TEXAS) BOWL
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .846 .769 .615 .269 .462 .462 .231 .154 .769 .462 .385 .308 .769 .692 .538 .269 1281 1243 1220 1108 1071 1061 1057 1061 1039 1017 1424 1023 1010 1212 1061 989 1054 1016 995 956 4122 4115 3748 3712 3559 3437 3425 3422 3274 3266 397 341 311 272 334 297 188 247 344 378 300 300 309 339 243 287 5.1 5.0 5.0 4.6 4.4 4.9 4.3 4.9 4.4 6.7 11.8 11.0 11.2 15.0 13.6 13.2 15.1 14.7 14.4 14.3 24 26 20 15 22 19 24 26 24 21 88t 74t 84t 75t 31 51 59 51 81 47t 49 43t 44 71t 52t 47 53t 54t 65 69 229 321 262 374 267 301 310 362 296 381 360 343 270 249 232 335 11 23 15 14 12 7 9 5 4 3
7 13 12 13 9 7 5 7 3 7 7 7 6 9 4 4 8 4 5 8
Utah State (7-5) vs. Kent State (6-6), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
Saturday, Dec. 21
CELEBRATION BOWL
At Atlanta
NC A&T (8-3) vs. Alcorn State (9-3), 9 a.m. (ABC)
NEW MEXICO BOWL
Albuquerque
Central Michigan (8-5) vs. San Diego State (9-3), 11 a.m. (ESPN)
CURE BOWL
Orlando, Fla.
W
6 6 3 2
Liberty (7-5) vs. Georgia Southern (7-5), 11:30 a.m. (CBSSN)
BOCA RATON (FLA.) BOWL
SMU (10-2) vs. FAU (10-3), 12:30 p.m. (ABC)
CAMELLIA BOWL
496 512 467 484 481 522 436 419 388 392 121 93 90 81 78 75 70 69 69 67
Montgomery, Ala.
2 3 5 9 7 7 10 11 3 7 8 9 3 4 6 9 253 250 246 241 246 218 246 218 235 151
Oklahoma State (8-4) vs. Texas A&M (7-5), 3:45 p.m. (ESPN)
HOLIDAY BOWL
San Diego
Iowa (9-3) vs. Southern Cal (8-4), 5 p.m. (FS1)
CHEEZ-IT BOWL
Phoenix
Air Force (10-2) vs. Washington State (6-6), 7:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Saturday, Dec. 28
CAMPING WORLD BOWL
Orlando, Fla.
Notre Dame (10-2) vs. Iowa State (7-5), 9 a.m. (ABC)
COTTON BOWLCLASSIC
Arlington, Texas
Penn State (10-2) vs. Memphis (12-1), 9 a.m. (ESPN)
PEACH BOWL
Atlanta
CFP Semifinal, LSU (13-0) vs. Oklahoma (12-1), 1 p.m. (ESPN)
FIESTA BOWL
Glendale, Ariz.
CFP Semifinal, Ohio State (13-0) vs. Clemson (13-0), 5 p.m. (ESPN)
Monday, Dec. 30
SERVPRO FIRST RESPONDER BOWL
Dallas
Western Kentucky (8-4) vs. Western Michigan (7-5), 9:30 a.m. (ESPN)
MUSIC CITY BOWL
Nashville, Tenn.
Mississippi State (6-6) vs. Louisville (75), 1 p.m. (ESPN)
REDBOX BOWL
Santa Clara, Calif.
Illinois (6-6) vs. California (7-5), 1 p.m. (FOX)
ORANGE BOWL
Miami Gardens, Fla.
Florida (10-2) vs. Virginia (9-4), 5 p.m. (ESPN)
Tuesday, Dec. 31
BELK BOWL
Charlotte, N.C.
Kentucky (7-5) vs. Virginia Tech (8-4), 9 a.m. (ESPN)
SUN BOWL
El Paso, Texas
Florida State (6-6) vs. Arizona State (75), 11 a.m. (CBS)
LIBERTY BOWL
Memphis, Tenn.
Kansas State (8-4) vs. Navy (9-2), 12:45 p.m. (ESPN)
ARIZONA BOWL
Tucson, Ariz.
Wyoming (7-5) vs. Georgia State (7-5), 1:30 p.m. (CBSSN)
ALAMO BOWL
San Antonio
Texas (7-5) vs. Utah (11-2), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Wednesday, Jan. 1
CITRUS BOWL
Orlando, Fla.
Michigan (9-3) vs. Alabama (10-2), 10 a.m. (ABC)
OUTBACK BOWL
Tampa, Fla.
Minnesota (10-2) vs. Auburn (9-3), 10 a.m. (ESPN)
ROSE BOWL
Pasadena, Calif.
Oregon (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (10-3), 2 p.m. (ESPN)
SUGAR BOWL
New Orleans
Georgia (11-2) vs. Baylor (11-2), 5:45 p.m. (ESPN)
Thursday, Jan. 2
BIRMINGHAM (ALA.) BOWL
Cincinnati (10-3) vs. Boston College (66), noon (ESPN)
GATOR BOWL
Jacksonville, Fla.
Indiana (8-4) vs. Tennessee (7-5), 4 p.m. (ESPN)
Friday, Jan. 3
FAMOUS IDAHO POTATO BOWL
Boise
Ohio (6-6) vs. Nevada (7-5), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Saturday, Jan. 4
ARMED FORCES BOWL
Fort Worth, Texas
Southern Miss (7-5) vs. Tulane (6-6), 8:30 a.m. (ESPN)
Monday, Jan. 6
LENDINGTREE BOWL
Mobile, Ala.
Miami (Ohio) (8-5) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (10-3), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Monday, Jan. 13
College Football Championship New Orleans
Peach Bowl winner vs. Fiesta Bowl winner, 5 p.m. (ESPN)
Saturday, Jan. 18 East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla.
East vs. West, noon (NFL)
NFLPA COLLEGIATE BOWL
At Pasadena, Calif.
American vs. National, TBA (NFL)
Saturday, Jan. 25
SENIOR BOWL
At Mobile, Ala.
North vs. South, 11:30 a.m.
Sunday, Jan. 26
HULA BOWL
At Honolulu
10:30 p.m.
Clippers 110, Indiana 99
Boston 110, Cleveland 88 Detroit 105, New Orleans 103 Milwaukee 110, Orlando 101 Sacramento 119, Houston 118 Toronto 93, Chicago 92 Oklahoma City 104, Utah 90 Phoenix 125, Minnesota 109 Memphis 110, Golden State 102
Tuesday's games
Washington at Charlotte, n. Atlanta at Miami, n.
Denver at Philadelphia, n. New York at Portland, n.
Wednesday's games
Boston at Indiana, 4 p.m.
Houston at Cleveland, 4 p.m.
Clippers at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Lakers at Orlando, 4 p.m.
Charlotte at Brooklyn, 4:30 p.m. Atlanta at Chicago, 5 p.m.
Utah at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Memphis at Phoenix, 6 p.m.
New Orleans at Milwaukee, 6:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Sacramento, 7 p.m. New York at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.
Crowder 1-6 0-0 2, Jackson Jr. 6-14 2-3
16, Valanciunas 5-7 1-3 13, Morant 8-14 7-8 26, Brooks 6-12 2-2 17, Hill 1-7 0-0 3, Caboclo 2-2 0-0 4, Melton 3-6 1-1 7, Jones 2-3 0-0 5, Guduric 1-3 0-0 2, Allen 6-8 0-0 15. Totals 41-82 13-17 110.
WARRIORS (102)
Paschall 2-10 1-1 5, Green 6-13 3-4 16, Cauley-Stein 6-9 5-6 17, Russell 6-22 2-4 18, Robinson III 2-7 0-0 4, Chriss 2-6 0-0 4, Spellman 3-4 2-2 10, Looney 0-2 0-0 0, Bowman 3-7 0-0 8, Evans 1-4 0-0 2, Burks 4-9 8-8 18. Totals 35-93 21-25 102.
Memphis 15-40 (Allen
3-4, Morant 3-5, Brooks 3-7, Valanciunas 2-2, Jackson Jr. 2-9, Jones 1-1, Hill 1-5, Melton 0-1, Guduric 0-2, Crowder 0-4), Golden State 11-27 (Russell 4-10, Spellman 2-2, Bowman 2-3, Burks 2-4, Green 1-3, Chriss 0-1, Robinson III 0-2, Paschall 0-2); Valanciunas;
Memphis 42 (Valanciunas 10), Golden State 46 (Robinson III, Cauley-Stein 8);
Memphis 29 (Morant, Jones 7), Golden State 23 (Russell 7).
Fouled out:
Assists:
Arizona Edmonton Calgary Vegas Vancouver Sharks Anaheim Los Angeles
CENTRAL DIVISION
St. Louis Colorado Winnipeg Dallas Minnesota Nashville Chicago
Boston Florida Buffalo Montreal Toronto Tampa Bay Ottawa Detroit
METROPOLITAN DIVISION
Washington N.Y. Islanders Philadelphia Pittsburgh Carolina
N.Y. Rangers Columbus New Jersey 32 32 32 32 30 32 30 31
GP W
31 30 30 31 30 28 30 31 29 31 30 31 28 31 31
GP W
32 29 30 30 30 29 30 29
Monday's games
46 107 78 35 105 99 34 96 95 32 97 102 32 100 103 31 103 92 27 84 97 17 66 124
L OT Pts
N.Y. Islanders 5, Tampa Bay 1 Columbus 5, Washington 2 Ottawa 5, Boston 2
Calgary 5, Colorado 4, OT
Tuesday's games
18 18 16 15 15 15 12 11 18 19 18 17 14 13 12 20 15 14 13 14 14 13
7 22 20 17 17 18 15 12
9
Tampa Bay at Florida, n. Montreal at Pittsburgh, n.
St. Louis at Buffalo, n.
Sharks at Nashville, n.
Detroit at Winnipeg, n. Anaheim at Minnesota, n.
New Jersey at Dallas, n. Calgary at Arizona, n.
Carolina at Edmonton, n. Toronto at Vancouver, n. Chicago at Vegas, n.
N.Y. Rangers at Los Angeles, n.
Wednesday's games
10 10 12 12 11 15 14 18 7 8 10 11 12 10 12 5 9 11 11 13 11 17 21 5 7 8 9 11 11 14 15 4 4 4 5 4 2 4 2 6 3 2 3 4 5 6 6 5 6 6 4 3 1 3 5 2 5 4 1 3 4 5
Rebounds:
College football
NBA
NHL
40 40 36 35 34 32 28 24 42 41 38 37 32 31 30 49 42 39 38 37 33 28 23 89 75 97 93 86 96 93 93 103 91 88 111 79 90 77 102 92 111 87 82 90 95 83
GF GA
117 93 86 69 96 85 103 81 97 82 93 91 76 93 74 109
Boston at Washington, 4 p.m. Ottawa at Montreal, 4:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Colorado, 6:30 p.m. 83 84 82 76 98 92 93
Odds