National Champions

Connecticut Huskies defeated Syracuse Orange last Tuesday 82-51 to win the 2016 National Championship in Indianapolis, Indiana. Breanna Stewart led the Huskies with 24 points and 10 rebounds. Morgan Tuck scored 19 points and had 7 rebounds and Moriah Jefferson chipped in with 13 points and 5 assists. With the win, Coach Geno Auriemma won his 11th national title passing John Wooden for the most national championships. Stewart, Tuck and Jefferson won four straight national championships and leave UConn with a 151 wins. Stewart was named Most Outstanding Player of the Final Four.

National Championship

Syracuse will play Connecticut tonight in the women's basketball national championship game in Indianapolis, Indiana. Coverage starts at 7:30 p.m., but the game will tip off at 8:30 p.m.

Go UConn! I want to see Stewie, Moriah and Tuck win their fourth straight national championship. I want Geno to win his 11th national championship. This UConn team is special and they have worked hard all season. They have the tools to win and I hope they do.

NCAA Volleyball Championships

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The Nebraska Cornhuskers swept Texas Longhorns 3-0 (25-23, 25-23, and 25-21)
Saturday to win the Division I Women's Volleyball National Championship in Omaha, Nebraska. The Huskers won their fourth national title.

To reach the finals Saturday, Texas defeated Minnesota Golden Gophers 3-1 and Nebraska beat Kansas Jayhawks 3-1. I was hoping for an all Big Ten final, but it wasn't to be.

Leading the way for the Huskers was freshman Mikaela Foecke with a match high 19 kills. Foecke was named Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. Junior Amber Rolfzen chipped in with 10 kills and four blocks. Sophomore setter Kelly Hunter contributed with 42 assists.

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NCAA Volleyball

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The NCAA Women's Volleyball final four is set. The four teams left standing are from the Big Ten and the Big Twelve Conferences: Minnesota and Nebraska (B1G) and Kansas and Texas (XII).

These teams will meet on Thursday in the National Semifinals. Kansas will face Nebraska and Texas plays Minnesota. The games will broadcast on ESPN2 Thursday evening. I would love to see an all Big Ten National Championship game played on Saturday.

Go Nebraska and Minnesota!

Michigan

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The University of Michigan football team closed out the regular season Saturday when it hosted Ohio State University. Ohio State defeated Michigan 42-13. Michigan's record is now 9-3, while Ohio State is 11-1.

The score was close at halftime, Ohio State was leading Michigan by four points, 14-10. Ohio State dominated Michigan in the second half as U-M couldn't stop OSU's rushing. Ohio State outrushed Michigan 369 to 57.

With the regular season over, Michigan waits to find out what bowl game they will be playing at. The upcoming bowl game will be the Michigan's 44th. The Bowl Selection show will take place Sunday on ESPN.

Game 5

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The Minnesota Lynx defeated Indiana Fever Wednesday 69-52 in Game 5 of the WNBA Finals to win the WNBA Championship. With the win, the Lynx won their third WNBA title in five years. The first two championships were celebrated on the road. This was the first time the team was able to celebrate at home with their fans at the Target Center in Minneapolis.

Sylvia Fowles, the Finals MVP, scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds. Seimone Augustus chipped in with 16 points.

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The Lynx celebrated with a parade and party today. The parade will end at the Target Center where a celebration took place.

Game 4

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The Indiana Fever women's basketball team defeated Minnesota Lynx 75-69 Sunday to force the series to a Game 5 in the WNBA Finals.

The Fever were behind in the series to Minnesota 2-1 Sunday. If the Lynx won, the series would have ended. The Fever were able to hold off the Lynx in Game 4 to tie the series at two games a piece. With the series tied, the winner of tonight's game will be in the WNBA champions.

Shenise Johnson scored 15 points and Marissa Coleman had 14 points to lead the way for the Fever. Minnesota's Maya Moore led all scorers with 20 points. 

Game 5 will be played tonight in Minnesota at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN 2.

Game 3

Game 3 of the WNBA finals takes place tonight in Indianapolis at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN 2. The series between Indiana Fever and Minnesota Lynx is tied at one game a piece.

I am a fan of both teams, but I would like to see Minnesota win the game and the series.

WNBA Finals

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The WNBA Finals Game 1 took place Sunday in Minneapolis, Minnesota between the Indiana Fever and the Minnesota Lynx. How the teams reached the finals: Indiana Fever defeated the New York Liberty 66-51 in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals last Tuesday. The Minnesota Lynx defeated the Phoenix Mercury 72-71 Sunday, September 27 to sweep the in the Western Conference Finals series.

The Fever defeated the Lynx 75-69 in a very close Game 1. Briann January was the leading scorer for the Fever with 19 points, six assists, four rebounds and two steals. Marissa Coleman added another 16 points for Indiana as well. The Lynx's Maya Moore led all scorers with 27 points and 12 rebounds.

Game 2 of the WNBA Finals will be played Tuesday in Minneapolis at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN 2.

Eastern Conference Finals

New York Liberty defeated Washington Mystics Tuesday night 79-74 to advance to the WNBA Eastern Conference Finals. The Liberty will host Indiana Fever tonight in New York City at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN 2.

I'm a Liberty fan and would love to see Coach Bill Laimbeer take them to the WNBA finals. Laimbeer won three WNBA titles coaching the Detroit Shock in 2003, 2006 and 2008.

Connecticut Huskies

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The Connecticut Huskies defeated Notre Dame Fighting Irish Tuesday in the NCAA Women's Basketball National Championship game 63-53 in Tampa Bay, Florida.

Leading the way for the Huskies was senior Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis with 15 point. Player of the Year, Breanna Stewart, didn't score a lot, but did contribute in other ways. Stewart had 8 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks. 

With the win, the Huskies have won Back-To-Back-To-Back National titles and a total of 10 national championships. All of the titles have been won under Coach Geno Auriemma. Auriemma is now tied with UCLA coach John Wooden for most championships won. 

Duke Blue Devils

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The Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team defeated Wisconsin Badgers 68-63 Monday in the NCAA National Championship game in Indianapolis, Indiana.

With the win, Duke now has five NCAA basketball titles. All of the titles have been won by Coach Mike Krzyzewski.

Freshman Tyus Jones lead Duke with 23 points and fellow Freshman Grayson Allen came off the bench to score 16 points.

The Duke Blue Devils finished the year 35-4.

National Championship

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The Duke Blue Devils will play Wisconsin Badgers in the NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship tonight in Indianapolis, Indiana.

To reach the National Championship, Duke defeated Michigan State Spartans Saturday 81-61. In the other national semifinal, Wisconsin Badgers handed Kentucky Wildcats their first loss of the year winning 71-64.

The National Championship game starts at 9:18 p.m. ET on CBS.

UConn

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The University of Connecticut women's basketball team overcame a one point half deficit to defeat Dayton Flyers 91-70 Monday in Albany, New York. With the win, UConn moves on to the Final Four in Tampa, Florida.

Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis was the leading scorer for the UConn Huskies with 27 points, five rebounds, three steals and two blocks. Mosqueda-Lewis also set the record for 3 point field goals in the NCAA with 393. Kaleena is now the all-time leader. Breanna Stewart and Morgan Tuck both had 23 points and Moriah Jefferson also scored double digits with 10 points.

UConn will play Maryland Sunday in a national semifinal in Tampa at 8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN. Notre Dame and South Carolina play in the other national semifinal game at 6:30 p.m. All four of the number 1 seeds
made it to the final four.

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Final Four

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The Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team are moving on to the Final Four in Indianapolis, Indiana.

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The Blue Devils defeated Gonzaga Bulldogs Sunday 66-52 in the Elite Eight in Houston, Texas. With the win, Duke makes its 16th Final Four appearances and 12 Final Fours for Coach Mike Krzyzewski.

Justise Winslow and Matt Jones led the team in points with 16. Tyus Jones added 15 points, Quinn Cook had 10 points and Jahlil Okafor scored nine points and grabbed eight rebounds.

Duke will play Michigan State Spartans Saturday in the Final Four. The game will start at 6:09 ET and will be broadcast on TBS.

TV shows

I found new TV shows to watch over the weekend. I like them already of course. As my bio says on this blog, Twitter and Instagram: I love TV. Here my two more TV programs that I like.

Alpha House (Amazon Prime)
Alpha House is a political satire show created by Garry Trudeau, Doonesbury creator. It is about four republican congressmen who share a house in Washington, D.C. The show stars John Goodman as Gil John Biggs, R - North Carolina; Clark Johnson as Robert Bettencourt, R - Pennsylvania; Matt Malloy as Louis Laffer, R- Nevada and Mark Consuelos as Andy Guzman, R - Florida.






Archer (FX)
Archer is an animated TV show for adults. The show is about a spy agency in New York run by Malory Archer. Her son, Sterling Archer works for her, along with Archer's ex-girlfriend and agent Lana Kane. Other employees include accountant Cyril Figgs, human resource director Pam Poovey, secretery Cheryl Tunt and research head Doctor Krieger.

New Balance Indoor Grand Prix

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The New Balance Indoor Grand Prix took place Saturday at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston, Massachusetts.

Big winners of the night were the New Balance Distance Medley Relay team of Sarah Brown, Mahagony Jones, Megan Krumpoch and Brenda Martinez. The group set a DMR world record with a time of 10:42.57. The group ran a 1200m, 400m, 800m and 1600m. Nicole Tully of the New York All-Stars passed Brenda Martinez with two laps to go. Martinez was able to chase Tully down to set the world record.

Bernard Lagat's second place finish to Dejen Gebremeskel of Ethopia in the 3000m set a new master's world record. Gebremeskel won the race in 7:48.19 to Lagat's 7:48.33. Lagat lowered the world record by 13 seconds. The former record was 8:01.44.

The final record of the night was set by Jenny Simpson in the Two Mile. Simpson pulled away from the field to win the race and set an American Record with a time of 9:18.35.

Other winners from the night were Matthew Centrowitz in the men's 1000m with a time of 2:17.00. Trell Kimmons was the 60m winner in 6.51. Treneire Moser beat training partner Mary Cain to win the 1000m in 2:37.86. New Zealand's Nick Willis won the Mile in 3:51.61. Newly signed Oiselle pole vaulter Mary Saxer won with a height of 14-9. Chaunte Lowe won the high jump with a leap of 6-2. Ryan Whiting was the winner of the shot put throwing 70-3.75.

Super Bowl XLIX

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The New England Patriots defeated the Seattle Seahawks 28-24 Sunday in the Super Bowl in Glendale, Arizona.

I watched about five minutes of the Super Bowl. I needed to go to bed early because I had to work at 4 am Monday morning. I was happy to see that New England won the game. I'm not a big fan of New England, but I do like Tom Brady. Brady did go to Michigan. As for Seattle, I'm not a fan of theirs. Never have been. Probably never will.

Pleased that Brady has won four Super Bowl titles and was named MVP for a third time. #GoBlue

Big Ten Cross Country Championships

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Michigan State Spartans women's cross country team won their sixth Big Ten Cross Country Championship Sunday in Iowa City, Iowa at the Ashton Cross Country Course. Michigan State's Leah O'Connor won the 6K race in 19:26.3. MSU teammate Rachele Schulist was third (19:54.4) and Lindsay Clark was fourth (19:59.7). Michigan State won with the team score of 26 points over second place Wisconsin with 55 points. Wisconsin's Sarah Disanza was runner-up in 19:28.1 and Molly Hanson placed fifth in 20:02.9. Michigan Wolverines placed third with 93 points and ran without sophomore Erin Finn. Finn was out due to injury. The highest place Wolverines were Shannon Osika in sixth (20:03.4) and Brook Handler was eighth (20:10.0).

Wisconsin Badger's men's team won their 47th Big Ten Cross Country Championship with a total of 47
points over second place Michigan with 77 points. The Badger's Malachy Schrobligen was the winner of the men's 8K race in 23:35. Teammate Michael Van Voorhis was second in 23:37.6. Michigan's Mason Ferlic was fourth in 23:41.3. Ben Flanagan was 13th for the Wolverines in 23:58.8.

Big Ten Network will broadcast the Big Ten Cross Country Championships on November 12 at 5 p.m ET.

Women's Individual Results
1. Leah O'CONNOR Michigan St. - 19:26.3
2. Sarah DISANZA Wisconsin - 19:28.1
3. Rachele SCHULIST Michigan St.- 19:54.4
4. Lindsay CLARK Michigan St. - 19:59.7
5. Molly HANSON Wisconsin - 20:02.9
6. Shannon OSIKA Michigan - 20:03.4
7. Julia OTWELL Michigan St. - 20:04.1
8. Brook HANDLER Michigan - 20:10.0
9. Katie BORCHERS Ohio State - 20:16.1
10. Gabi ANZALONE Wisconsin - 10 20:17.1

Women's Team Results
1. Michigan St. 26
2. Wisconsin 55
3. Michigan 93
4. Ohio State 127
5. Minnesota 139

Men's Individual Results
1. Malachy SCHROBILGEN Wisconsin - 23:35.0
2. Michael VANVOORHIS Wisconsin - 23:37.6
3. Matt MCCLINTOCK  Purdue - 23:39.9
4. Mason FERLIC  Michigan - 23:41.3
5. Caleb RHYNARD Michigan St. - 23:47.8
6. Kevin LEWIS Iowa - 23:52.2
7. Aaron BARTNIK Minnesota - 23:52.6
8. Matt FISCHER Penn State - 23:52.8
9. Jason CRIST Indiana - 23:52.9
10. Matthew SCHWARTZER Indiana - 23:54.9

Men's Team Results
1. Wisconsin 47
2. Michigan 77
3. Penn State 92
4. Indiana 95
5. Michigan St. 117

TCS NYC Marathon

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The TCS NYC Marathon took place Sunday in the five boroughs of New York City. The runners and wheelchair racers had to deal with strong winds all over the course.

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The wheelchair racers started first. For safety reasons, those races were 23.2 miles this year. The winds were gusting 35-45 miles per hour, so they started on the other side of the Verrazano Narrows bridge in Brooklyn. Winning the men's race was Australia's Kurt Fearnley over South Africa's Ernst Van Dyk. USA's Tatyana McFadden was the women's winner. Switzerland's Manela Schar finished second.

Kenya's Mary Keitany won the NYC Marathon in 2:25:07 over fellow Kenyan Jemima Sumgong. Desiree Linden was the top American in fifth place running 2:28:11. Annie Bersagel was 10th, Deena Kastor 11th and Kara Goucher finished 14th.

Wilson Kipsana of Kenya won the men's race in 2:10:55. Ethiopia's Lelisa Desisa was second. Meb Keflezighi was the highest placing American male in fourth with a time of 2:13;18. Ryan Vail finished just ahead of Nick Arciniaga in ninth place to Arciniaga's tenth place.

Women's results
1. Mary Keitany 2:25:07 KEN
2. Jemima Sumgong 2:25:10 KEN
3. Sara Moreira 2:26:00 POR
4. Jelena Prokopcuka 2:26:15 LAT
5. Desiree Linden 2:28:11 USA
6. Rkia El Moukim 2:28:12 MAR
7. Firehiwot Dado 2:28:36 ETH
8. Valeria Straneo 2:29:24 ITA
9. Buzunesh Deba 2:31:40 ETH
10. Annie Bersagel 2:33:02 USA
11. Deena Kastor 2:33:18 USA
14. Kara Goucher 2:37:03 USA
15. Lauren Kleppin 2:39:13 USA

Men's results
1. Wilson Kipsang 2:10:59 KEN
2. Lelisa Desisa Benti 2:11:06 ETH 
3. Gebre Gebremariam 2:12:13 ETH 
4. Meb Keflezighi 2:13:18 USA 
5. Stephen Kiprotich 2:13:25 UGA
6. Geoffrey Mutai 2:13:44 KEN
7. Masato Imai 2:14:36 JPN 
8. Peter Cheruiyot Kirui 2:14:51 KEN
9. Ryan Vail 2:15:08 USA 
10. Nick Arciniaga 2:15:39 USA

Men's Wheelchair
1. Kurt Fearnley 1:30:55 AUS
2. Ernst Van Dyk 1:30:56 RSA
3. Tomasz Hamerlak 1:30:56 POL
4. Masazumi Soejima 1:30:57 JPN
5. Kota Hokinoue 1:30:57 JPN
6. Pierre Fairbank 1:30:59 USA
7. Joshua George 1:33:09 USA
8. Denis Lemeunier 1:33:36 FRA
9. Hiroyuki Yamamoto 1:33:53 JPN
10. Jorge Madera Jimenez 1:34:08 ESP

Women's Wheelchair 
1. Tatyana McFadden 1:42:16 USA
2. Manuela Schar 1:43:25 SUI
3. Wakako Tsuchida 1:44:49 JPN
4. Christie Dawes 1:52:39 AUS
5. Amanda McGrory 1:52:40 USA
6. Sandra Graf 1:52:40 SUI
7. Susannah Scaroni 1:57:55 USA
8. Shelly Woods 2:03:15 USA
9. Chelsea McClammer 2:03:17 USA
10. Arielle Rausin 2:12:07 USA