Corey Stokes scored 24 points and Maalik Wayns added 21, helping eighth-ranked Villanova hold off No. 25 Temple, 78-74, in a Big 5 contest at the Pavilion.
Tom Vandergriff, the man largely responsible for bringing Major League Baseball to north Texas, has passed away at the age of 84 due to natural causes.
The Calgary Flames have a new set of eyes watching them and will try to impress their new general manager with their first three-game winning streak in over two months in a battle with the Colorado Avalanche at the Saddledome.
New York Rangers center Erik Christensen will miss the next four to six weeks with a right knee injury, general manager Glen Sather announced Thursday.
The New Jersey Devils are mired in their worst losing streak of an already disappointing season. They will try to halt the slide at six games when they host the Atlanta Thrashers tonight at Prudential Center.
A battle of freshman quarterbacks highlights the 2010 Liberty Bowl, as the Georgia Bulldogs tangle with the UCF Knights on New Year's Eve in Memphis, Tennessee.