Tuesday’s Sports

OBJ’s trick play sets up Kupp’s TD grab as Rams dominate Cardinals

NFL
Monday
Rams (12-5) 34 – Cardinals (11-6) 11
They took Arizona Cardinals safety Budda Baker off the field on a stretcher after a violent collision late in the third quarter of Monday night’s NFC wild-card game against the Los Angeles Rams victory over Arizona.

NBA
Monday
Celtics (23-22) 104 – New Orleans (16-28) 92
Mavericks (25-19) 104 – Thunder (14-29) 102
Suns (34-9) 121 – San Antonio (16-28) 107

NHL
Canadiens at Dallas 7:30 pm ESPN

COLLEGE
Basketball
AP Poll the top five as 1 – Gonzaga, 2 – Auburn, 3 – Arizona, 4 – Purdue, and 5 – Baylor. Houston is at ten, LSU 13, Texas Tech 18, and Texas holds down No. 23.

HIGH SCHOOL
Coach Whitney Keeling of Waskom will take the athletic director and head football coach’s job at Tatum. Keeling’s record at Waskom is 113-40, including back-to-back 3A Division II state championships in 2014 and 2015.

Howe High School has hired Lance Bryan to be its 27th Bulldogs head football coach and athletic director. Bryan spent the previous three seasons at Sanger, serving as the defensive coordinator.

It’s Teacher Appreciation Night at the Mt Pleasant basketball game as they host the Sulphur Springs Wildcats in a crucial district matchup. The freshmen tip at 5:00, the JV at 6:15, and the Varsity is at 7:30.

BASKETBALL
Tuesday
Girls
Chapel Hill MP at Harmony 6:00 pm
ET Homeschool at Paris 5:30 pm
Hughes Springs at New Diana 6:45 pm
Liberty-Eylau at Pittsburg 6:00 pm
Longview at Hallsville 6:30 pm
Pleasant Grove at Gilmer 6:30 pm
Texas High at Pine Tree 6:30 pm
White Oak at Daingerfield 6:30 pm
Boys
Chapel Hill MP at Harmony 7:30 pm
Daingerfield at White Oak 6:15 pm
Gilmer at Pleasant Grove 6:30 pm
Hallsville at Longview 7:30 pm
New Diana at Hughes Springs 8:00 pm
Pine Tree at Texas High 7:00 pm
Union Hill at Avinger 6:00 pm