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Horne ..... 575-8661 [email protected] Daniel Paulling....... 575-8662 [email protected] There’s plenty of ways to cel- ebrate your Sweet 16 birthday, but McCracken County’s Jenny Chapman may have done it the best. The sophomore left-handed pitcher celebrated hers Wednes- day, a day after making a verbal commitment to play softball for Louisiana Tech. “I owe it all to my pitching coach, Mike Dicke,” the 5-foot-7, 150-pound Chapman said. “If he wasn’t there to help me the last four years, I wouldn’t be where I am today. Louisiana Tech is a great campus and is in a region of the United States I wanted to go to.” It’s not lost on Chapman that’s she’s making a decision on where she’ll play collegiately that many wait until their junior or senior years to do and especially when she could have waited to see if other schools wanted her ser- vices. “I just love the campus, and the coaches are really nice,” she said. “They’re in a great confer- ence, and I felt I could do a lot of pitching there. Plus, I wanted to get it out of the way and not have to worry about it.” Chapman has been a pitching standout since her eighth-grade year, when she led Lone Oak to a runner-up nish in the 2012 state softball tournament and then to the consolation bracket seminals last season as a ninth- grader. Chapman went 30-3 during the regular season last year with a 0.94 ERA and 200 strikeouts in 193 innings pitched. As an eighth-grader, Chapman n- ished the regular season 32-4 with a 1.92 ERA in 201 innings with 162 strikeouts. “I was practicing with my pitching coach every day to get up to that point,” she said. “I didn’t want to be an average pitcher. I wanted to be as great as I could be and the hard work, it paid off.” Of course, Chapman enters a new chapter because McCracken County is combining the softball teams from Heath, Lone Oak and Reidland into one. But she hopes the end result will be the same. “I’m very excited and think it’s a great opportunity,” Chapman said. “I think we’ll go back to the state tournament this year and think we’ll have a great team.” Call James D. Horne, a Sun sports writer, at 270-575-8661 or follow @bigdog_jamesd on Twitter. McCracken’s Chapman commits to Louisiana Tech BY JAMES D. HORNE [email protected] JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Nate Washington spoiled Brad Meester's home nale. He also may have helped save Mike Munchak's job. Washington scored on a 30- yard reception in the fourth quarter and Tennessee got a much-needed defensive stop late — both equally huge in helping the Titans beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 20-16 and end a three- game losing streak Sunday. Munchak surely didn't need getting swept by Jacksonville on his resume. And with lowly Houston up next, the Titans (6-9) could make a case for keeping their longtime player and coach another year. Tennessee overcame a 10-point decit in the second half and won for just the third time since September. Washington made several key plays, none bigger than when he slipped behind Alan Ball and caught Ryan Fitzpatrick's pass early in the fourth period for the go-ahead score. He nished with six catches for 117 yards. The Jaguars (4-11) were in po- sition to take the lead after that, but Ropati Pitoitua stuffed Mau- rice Jones-Drew on a fourth- and-1 play at the Tennessee 20 with 5:21 remaining. It was the seventh fourth- down attempt in a fairly enter- taining game, one of three on this weekend's NFL schedule with no playoff implications. The highlight came when Jacksonville honored the retir- ing Meester with a reception — the pass-catching kind. The Jaguars called a screen play for the 14-year veteran cen- ter who announced Wednesday that Sunday's game would be his home nale. Meester spent his entire ca- reer in Jacksonville, and the team recognized him before the game by only announcing him in pregame introductions. It was a nice tough. The Jaguars also honored him after the game, presenting him with four framed jerseys. But offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch didn't wait for the postgame celebration. He dialed up a play for Meester in the rst quarter. Meester reported as an eli- gible receiver, lined up at tight end and then caught the screen pass. Meester had fellow offen- sive linemen Uche Nwaneri and Austin Pasztor out front and plenty of open space. But Meester ran into Nwane- ri's back — maybe expected for someone making his rst career catch. Still, the play gained 9 yards and set up Chad Henne's 4-yard touchdown pass to Marcedes Lewis. The Jaguars were up 13-6 af- ter Henne hooked up with Mike Brown late in the rst half, but Josh Scobee's extra point was blocked. That proved big, espe- cially when Jacksonville was in eld-goal range late but had to go for it on fourth down. Jones-Drew nished with 45 yards, becoming the 46th play- er in NFL history with 8,000 yards rushing. Late score by Washington helps Titans knock off Jaguars BY MARK LONG Associated Press Associated Press Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Mike Brown misses a pass in front of Tennessee Titans cornerback Jason Mc- Courty during the second half in Jacksonville, Fla., on Sunday. The Titans won 20-16. LEXINGTON — Tricia Liston had some good looks at the basket, but the Duke senior guard just mostly used her height and quickness to score easy layups no matter who was on her. Those opportunities seemed to be there all day for the Blue Devils against Kentucky. Liston scored a season-high 28 points to help No. 2 Duke beat the fth-ranked Wildcats 69-61 be- fore 23,706 fans at Rupp Arena on Sunday. Five days after defending champion and No. 1 Connecti- cut soundly dealt the Blue Devils their rst loss, they used their size and length to hand the Wildcats their rst defeat before the larg- est crowd to see a women's game in Kentucky along with the biggest Duke has ever played in front of. The 6-foot-1 Liston thrived on mismatches to shoot 10 of 19 from the eld, including two 3-pointers, falling a point short of her career best. Duke's 6-3 center, Elizabeth Williams, was 6 of 10 to chip in 17 points and had eight rebounds. The Blue Devils (12-1) stied Kentucky (11-1) around the bas- ket, limiting the Wildcats to 25- of-75 shooting (33 percent) and 3 of 15 from long range. Poor free throw shooting also doomed Ken- tucky, which made a season-worst 8 of 19 from the line (42 percent). Janee Thompson had 12 sec- ond-half points to lead Kentucky and helped rally the Wildcats to 59-55 with 6:07 remaining. No. 2 Duke shoots down No. 5 Kentucky BY GARY B. GRAVES Associated Press Associated Press Duke’s Tricia Liston looks for an opening while driving on Ken- tucky’s Janee Thompson during the second half on Sunday in Lex- ington. Liston scored 28 points in Duke’s 69-61 win. ST. LOUIS — The toughest part of Robert Quinn's day was surviv- ing the ride to the locker room. “They hoisted me off,” the Rams defensive end said. “I was hoping I didn't get dropped.” Quinn got three sacks to break the franchise season record and take the NFL lead, too, as St. Lou- is beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-13 on Sunday. Controlling Quinn and the rest of the St. Louis pass rush had been a Tampa Bay priority. Whoops. “I'm anxious to watch the tape because I want to see — with some of the things we had in place — how the heck they didn't slow them down more than they did,” Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano said. “We've got to nd out why.” Fellow defensive ends Chris Long and William Hayes wait- ed just inside the tunnel to the locker room and scooped up the 264-pound Quinn. “I've never seen anybody like him,” Long said. “He deserves it. We don't just carry any jack wag- on off the eld.” The Rams wore throwback jer- seys from their Super Bowl title season and Quinn outdid one of the stars from that team. He has 18 sacks, 1½ more than Hous- ton's Robert Mathis for the league lead, and broke Kevin Carter's mark of 17 in that 1999 Super Bowl season. “You almost want to peel your eyes back and watch like a fan,” defensive tackle Michael Brockers said. “You think, 'How did he do that?' “You see that ash of 94 go past and you think, 'Oh snap, that quarterback doesn't know what he's in for.'” The Rams won without left tackle Jake Long, who injured his knee on the rst series. Coach Jeff Fisher believes Long tore a right knee ligament, adding, “We are anticipating the worst.” Zac Stacy rushed for 104 yards on 33 carries and a touchdown, and two other rookies also had big games for the Rams (7-8), who matched their victory total from last year. Stedman Bailey scored on a 27-yard reverse, and Alec Ogletree forced two fumbles. Ogletree stripped Bobby Rainey early in the second quarter. Bailey scored his rst career touchdown on the next snap on the reverse to put the Rams up for good at 14-7. Quinn, Rams sack Bucs, match win total from 2012 BY R.B. FALLSTROM Associated Press

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SCOREBOARD COLLEGE FOOTBALLNo. 18 Louisville stays the course in bowl preps

Despite some offense issues that plagued Louisville and star quarterback Teddy Bridgewater, the team prepares to use the same game plan that has yielded a 22-3 record over the past two seasons. They face Miami at the Russell Athletic Bowl in Orlando, Fla., on Saturday.

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There’s plenty of ways to cel-ebrate your Sweet 16 birthday, but McCracken County’s Jenny Chapman may have done it the best.

The sophomore left-handed pitcher celebrated hers Wednes-day, a day after making a verbal commitment to play softball for Louisiana Tech.

“I owe it all to my pitching coach, Mike Dicke,” the 5-foot-7, 150-pound Chapman said. “If he

wasn’t there to help me the last four years, I wouldn’t be where I am today. Louisiana Tech is a great campus and is in a region of the United States I wanted to go to.”

It’s not lost on Chapman that’s she’s making a decision on where she’ll play collegiately that many wait until their junior or senior years to do and especially when she could have waited to see if other schools wanted her ser-vices.

“I just love the campus, and

the coaches are really nice,” she said. “They’re in a great confer-ence, and I felt I could do a lot of pitching there. Plus, I wanted to get it out of the way and not have to worry about it.”

Chapman has been a pitching standout since her eighth-grade year, when she led Lone Oak to a runner-up fi nish in the 2012 state softball tournament and then to the consolation bracket semifi nals last season as a ninth-grader.

Chapman went 30-3 during

the regular season last year with a 0.94 ERA and 200 strikeouts in 193 innings pitched. As an eighth-grader, Chapman fi n-ished the regular season 32-4 with a 1.92 ERA in 201 innings with 162 strikeouts.

“I was practicing with my pitching coach every day to get up to that point,” she said. “I didn’t want to be an average pitcher. I wanted to be as great as I could be and the hard work, it paid off.”

Of course, Chapman enters a

new chapter because McCracken County is combining the softball teams from Heath, Lone Oak and Reidland into one. But she hopes the end result will be the same.

“I’m very excited and think it’s a great opportunity,” Chapman said. “I think we’ll go back to the state tournament this year and think we’ll have a great team.”

Call James D. Horne, a Sun sports writer, at 270-575-8661 or follow @bigdog_jamesd on Twitter. 

McCracken’s Chapman commits to Louisiana TechBY JAMES D. [email protected]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Nate Washington spoiled Brad Meester's home fi nale. He also may have helped save Mike Munchak's job.

Washington scored on a 30-yard reception in the fourth quarter and Tennessee got a much-needed defensive stop late — both equally huge in helping the Titans beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 20-16 and end a three-game losing streak Sunday.

Munchak surely didn't need getting swept by Jacksonville on his resume.

And with lowly Houston up next, the Titans (6-9) could make a case for keeping their longtime player and coach another year.

Tennessee overcame a 10-point defi cit in the second half and won for just the third time since September.

Washington made several key plays, none bigger than when he slipped behind Alan Ball and caught Ryan Fitzpatrick's pass early in the fourth period for the go-ahead score. He fi nished with six catches for 117 yards.

The Jaguars (4-11) were in po-

sition to take the lead after that, but Ropati Pitoitua stuffed Mau-rice Jones-Drew on a fourth-and-1 play at the Tennessee 20 with 5:21 remaining.

It was the seventh fourth-down attempt in a fairly enter-taining game, one of three on this weekend's NFL schedule with no playoff implications.

The highlight came when Jacksonville honored the retir-ing Meester with a reception — the pass-catching kind.

The Jaguars called a screen play for the 14-year veteran cen-ter who announced Wednesday that Sunday's game would be his home fi nale.

Meester spent his entire ca-reer in Jacksonville, and the team recognized him before the game by only announcing him in pregame introductions. It was a nice tough. The Jaguars also honored him after the game, presenting him with four framed jerseys.

But offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch didn't wait for the postgame celebration. He dialed up a play for Meester in the fi rst quarter.

Meester reported as an eli-

gible receiver, lined up at tight end and then caught the screen pass. Meester had fellow offen-sive linemen Uche Nwaneri and Austin Pasztor out front and plenty of open space.

But Meester ran into Nwane-ri's back — maybe expected for someone making his fi rst career catch.

Still, the play gained 9 yards and set up Chad Henne's 4-yard touchdown pass to Marcedes Lewis.

The Jaguars were up 13-6 af-ter Henne hooked up with Mike Brown late in the fi rst half, but Josh Scobee's extra point was blocked. That proved big, espe-cially when Jacksonville was in fi eld-goal range late but had to go for it on fourth down.

Jones-Drew fi nished with 45 yards, becoming the 46th play-er in NFL history with 8,000 yards rushing.

Late score by Washington helps Titans knock off JaguarsBY MARK LONG

Associated Press

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Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Mike Brown misses a pass in front of Tennessee Titans cornerback Jason Mc-Courty during the second half in Jacksonville, Fla., on Sunday. The Titans won 20-16.

LEXINGTON — Tricia Liston had some good looks at the basket, but the Duke senior guard just mostly used her height and quickness to score easy layups no matter who was on her.

Those opportunities seemed to be there all day for the Blue Devils against Kentucky.

Liston scored a season-high 28 points to help No. 2 Duke beat the fi fth-ranked Wildcats 69-61 be-fore 23,706 fans at Rupp Arena on Sunday.

Five days after defending champion and No. 1 Connecti-cut soundly dealt the Blue Devils their fi rst loss, they used their size and length to hand the Wildcats their fi rst defeat before the larg-est crowd to see a women's game in Kentucky along with the biggest Duke has ever played in front of.

The 6-foot-1 Liston thrived on mismatches to shoot 10 of 19 from the fi eld, including two 3-pointers, falling a point short of her career best. Duke's 6-3 center, Elizabeth Williams, was 6 of 10 to chip in 17 points and had eight rebounds.

The Blue Devils (12-1) stifl ed Kentucky (11-1) around the bas-ket, limiting the Wildcats to 25-of-75 shooting (33 percent) and 3 of 15 from long range. Poor free throw shooting also doomed Ken-

tucky, which made a season-worst 8 of 19 from the line (42 percent).

Janee Thompson had 12 sec-

ond-half points to lead Kentucky and helped rally the Wildcats to 59-55 with 6:07 remaining.

No. 2 Duke shoots down No. 5 KentuckyBY GARY B. GRAVES

Associated Press

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Duke’s Tricia Liston looks for an opening while driving on Ken-tucky’s Janee Thompson during the second half on Sunday in Lex-ington. Liston scored 28 points in Duke’s 69-61 win.

ST. LOUIS — The toughest part of Robert Quinn's day was surviv-ing the ride to the locker room.

“They hoisted me off,” the Rams defensive end said. “I was hoping I didn't get dropped.”

Quinn got three sacks to break the franchise season record and take the NFL lead, too, as St. Lou-is beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 23-13 on Sunday.

Controlling Quinn and the rest of the St. Louis pass rush had been a Tampa Bay priority.

Whoops.“I'm anxious to watch the tape

because I want to see — with some of the things we had in place — how the heck they didn't slow them down more than they did,” Buccaneers coach Greg Schiano said. “We've got to fi nd out why.”

Fellow defensive ends Chris Long and William Hayes wait-ed just inside the tunnel to the locker room and scooped up the 264-pound Quinn.

“I've never seen anybody like him,” Long said. “He deserves it. We don't just carry any jack wag-on off the fi eld.”

The Rams wore throwback jer-seys from their Super Bowl title

season and Quinn outdid one of the stars from that team. He has 18 sacks, 1½ more than Hous-ton's Robert Mathis for the league lead, and broke Kevin Carter's mark of 17 in that 1999 Super Bowl season.

“You almost want to peel your eyes back and watch like a fan,” defensive tackle Michael Brockers said. “You think, 'How did he do that?'

“You see that fl ash of 94 go past and you think, 'Oh snap, that quarterback doesn't know what he's in for.'”

The Rams won without left tackle Jake Long, who injured his knee on the fi rst series. Coach Jeff Fisher believes Long tore a right knee ligament, adding, “We are anticipating the worst.”

Zac Stacy rushed for 104 yards on 33 carries and a touchdown, and two other rookies also had big games for the Rams (7-8), who matched their victory total from last year. Stedman Bailey scored on a 27-yard reverse, and Alec Ogletree forced two fumbles.

Ogletree stripped Bobby Rainey early in the second quarter. Bailey scored his fi rst career touchdown on the next snap on the reverse to put the Rams up for good at 14-7.

Quinn, Rams sack Bucs,match win total from 2012

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LOUISVILLE — Louis-ville's plan for its bowl game against Miami doesn't in-clude a bunch of changes.

Sure, the offensive fall-off was obvious down the stretch as the No. 18 Car-dinals and quarterback Teddy Bridgewater looked fl at at times. Louisville had to work hard to score points in the second half of the season. But the Cardinals (11-1) averaged 453 yards per game this year.

So as Louisville begins practice today in Orlando, Fla., in preparation for Saturday's Russell Athletic Bowl against Miami (9-3), the focus is on executing the same game plan that has yielded a 22-3 record the past two seasons.

Having had time to re-charge after the regular season and re-examine is-sues that led to their late-season offensive struggles, the Cardinals are eager to execute better against the Hurricanes.

“There's always room for improvement,” Cardinals senior center Jake Smith said of the offensive per-formance. “We just need

to be more consistent. ... I wouldn't say there's a need to pull out all the stops, but we want every facet of the game to be polished.”

The potential exists for a big game against Miami if Louisville and Bridgewater execute. The Hurricanes al-lowed 26 points and nearly 416 yards per game this sea-son, ranking 58th and 76th nationally respectively.

On the other hand, Mi-ami's quick defense ranked ninth with 18 interceptions and defensive tackles Cur-tis Porter and Justin Ren-frow pose sizeable obstacles to move at 325 and 320 pounds respectively. Lou-isville's failure to move the ball and score could create openings for an explosive Hurricanes offense that averaged nearly 447 yards and 36 points per contest.

Rolling up big numbers wasn't a problem early on for the Cardinals, who av-eraged 41 points per game through six games includ-ing a 72-0 pasting of FIU. Since blowing a three-touchdown lead in a 38-35 loss to Central Florida that ultimately denied them a third straight conference title, they're scoring just 29

points per contest.Just as troubling is how

out of sync Louisville and Bridgewater have looked at times. The Cardinals broke 400 yards just twice in the fi nal fi ve games while Bridgewater — projected as the top QB selection in next spring's NFL draft should he turn pro — hasn't broken 300 yards in his past four games.

Despite public criticisms of conservative play call-ing, Louisville offensive coordinator Shawn Wat-son shrugged off the idea of changing things up and suggested that his unit just keep moving forward.

“We just keep following up with what we do,” Wat-son said. Bridgewater has “been pretty good at doing it, so we just keep doing what we do.

“As we go along each week, there's obviously some things you've got to manage. Some of that is injuries and the scheme you've got to face, but we're always able to put our tweaks on that and get a plan to make him effi cient. He's why we win, and we put him in position to help us do that.”

No. 18 Louisville prepares for battle against Miami

BY GARY B. GRAVESAssociated Press

Associated Press

Louisville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater passes against Cincinnati in the first half earlier this month in Cincinnati. In preparation for Saturday’s Russell Athletic Bowl against Miami (9-3), the focus for Louisville is on executing the same game plan that has yielded a 22-3 record the past two seasons.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — While a weekend of sun and 80-degree tem-peratures at the beach in Florida is nice, East Caro-lina and Ohio haven't lost sight of their mission in the Beef 'O'Brady's Bowl.

The Pirates (9-3) and Bobcats (7-5) not only are representing their respec-tive conferences, but are hoping to end the season on a high note when they meet today in the annual pre-Christmas game at Tropicana Field, home of major league baseball's Tampa Bay Rays.

The teams feature pass-oriented, high-scoring offenses led by quarter-backs Shane Carden of East Carolina and Ohio's Tyler Tettleton, which could make for an enter-taining matchup.

“It's good to have fun, but this is a business trip,” East Carolina kicker War-ren Harvey said. “We're here to win.”

A victory would get the Pirates of Conference USA to 10 victories, the second highest total in school history. Ohio, the second straight Mid-American Conference team to close its season in St. Peters-burg, is trying to fi nish with at least eight wins for the fourth consecutive season.

The Bobcats, in their ninth season under for-mer Nebraska coach Frank Solich, were in-vited after the American Athletic Conference was

unable to fulfi ll its bowl commitments. Ball State made the trip a year ago, losing to Central Florida after the Big East couldn't fi ll a slot in the Beef 'O' Brady's.

East Carolina's offense begins with Carden, who completed 71 percent of his passes for 3,866 yards, 32 touchdowns and 10 interceptions, while also rushing for 10 TDs. Wide receiver Justin Hardy has 105 receptions for 1,218 yards and eight TDs, while running back Vintavious Cooper is fi ve yards shy of rushing for 1,000 for the second straight season.

“Frustrating the quar-terback is going to be the key. We want to make sure he doesn't feel com-fortable, we do not want to allow him to sit back in the pocket,” Ohio corner-back Travis Carrie said. “If you allow him to sit back in the pocket, he will pick you apart.”

Ohio will counter with Tettleton, the Bobcats' ca-reer passing leader with 8,897. He's thrown for 2,623 yards, 20 TDs and nine interceptions this year.

Five reasons the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl could be an entertaining game, even though oddsmakers fa-vor East Carolina by two touchdowns:

HOLDING THEIR OWN: Ohio owns a pair of victories over Confer-ence USA teams, beating North Texas and eventual C-USA East Division win-ner Marshall at home in

September. East Carolina lost its regular season fi -nale 59-28 at Marshall, the only common oppo-nent the Pirates shared with the Bobcats.

SACK CITY: One of the key to the game fi g-ures to be getting defen-sive pressure on the quar-terback. East Carolina led Conference USA in rush-ing defense has 35 sacks. Ohio has 34 sacks, four shy of the school record.

PLAYMAKERS: Like Carden, Tettleton is sur-rounded by some impres-sive playmakers. Wide receiver Donte' Foster has 63 receptions for 858 yards and six touchdowns, while running back Beau Blankenship has rushed for 844 yards and fi ve TDs while closing in on the 3,000-yard career rush-ing mark.

S U C C E S S F U L COACHES: East Caro-lina's Ruffi n McNeill has his alma mater in a bowl game for the third time in his four seasons. Solich took over at Ohio in 2005, and the Bobcats have made six of their eight overall bowl appearances under him. They've won the past two.

FLORIDA FUN: East Carolina is playing in a bowl in Florida for the fi rst time since 1965, when the Pirates beat Maine in the Tangerine Bowl in Or-lando. On Ohio's last trip to the Sunshine State for a bowl game, the unbeaten Bobcats lost to Richmond in the 1968 Tangerine Bowl.

East Carolina, Ohio aim to finish on a high note

BY FRED GOODALLAssociated Press

NEW YORK — Geno Au-riemma has coached some of women's basketball's best players at UConn and few have impressed him like Breanna Stewart.

The sensational sopho-more matched her career high with 29 points to lift No. 1 Connecticut to an 80-47 rout of No. 21 California on Sunday in the Maggie Dixon Classic at Madison Square Garden.

“We never had anyone like her,” Auriemma said of his young star. “We've had some of the greatest players ever to play col-lege basketball and never had anyone like her. Maya Moore was unique, Diana Taurasi was unique. We've never had anybody that has the God-given talent that Breanna has.”

Stewart had 10 rebounds for the Huskies (12-0), who were coming off a rout of No. 2 Duke on Tuesday night.

Just as in that game, Stewart made her pres-ence felt early and often. She had 13 of the Huskies' fi rst 16 points and fi nished the half with 21 — one more than Cal had at that point.

“We talked about get-ting her 20 shots every game and I've never done that with any other player,” Auriemma said. “The ball fi nds great players.”

UConn led by 20 at half-time and Cal (7-3) could get no closer in the second half thanks to Stewart and a stingy Huskies defense.

The 6-foot-5 Stewart left the game for good with over 12 minutes left and her team up 30 points.

“I had a chance to be part of USA Basketball so I got to see her close up this summer,” Cal coach Lind-say Gottlieb said. “There is nothing that Breanna Stewart can't do. Her skill set at that size is more im-pressive then what I saw on fi lm already. She's going to be in an Olympic jersey someday. To do that as a sophomore in college and on a big stage, you can't take those types of perfor-mances for granted.”

Cal was coming off the most successful season in school history with a trip to the Final Four last April.

The Golden Bears had no answer for Stewart. Then again few teams have this season.

Stewart made an array

of jumpers, hook shots and drives. UConn led 12-9 midway through the fi rst half before scoring 11 straight points. Stew-art, who was 12 of 18 from the fi eld, had the fi rst four points in that burst.

“I thought my fi rst game at the Garden was a lot of fun,” Stewart said. “The fi rst 5, 10 minutes was ugly as a team, but once we set-tled down it made it a lot of fun for our team.”

Cal closed to 29-16 on Brittany Boyd's layup with 3:51 left in the fi rst half, but could get no closer. Stew-art's layup with 2 seconds left in the opening half made it 40-20.

Boyd, Cal's star guard, fi nished with nine points, but was 3 for 23 from the fi eld. She have seven re-bounds and fi ve assists.

“I take full blame on that,” Boyd said of her shooting. “I got to fi nish better as 3 for 23 is unac-ceptable.”

Aliyyah Handford scored 27 points, including a layup with 2 seconds left, to help St. John's beat Texas A&M 72-70 in the fi rst game of the doubleheader which honors the late Army wom-en's basketball coach.

Stewart helps No. 1 UConn women conquer California

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THE FINE PRINT

On television

TODAYCOLLEGE FOOTBALL

1 p.m. — Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl, East Carolina vs. Ohio, at St Petersburg, Fla. (ESPN)

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL8 p.m. — Diamond Head Classic,

semifinal, teams TBD, at Honolulu (ESPN2)

NFL FOOTBALL7:25 p.m. — Atlanta at San Francisco

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6:30 p.m. — Minnesota at Philadel-phia (NBCSN)

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WACO, Texas — Bay-lor will return more than 5,000 unsold Fi-esta Bowl tickets from its 17,500-ticket allotment for next month's game with Central Florida.

Baylor athletic offi cials told the Waco Tribune-Herald that the deadline was Friday to sell the al-lotted tickets as the No. 6 Bears prepare for No. 15 UCF.

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Associate athletic di-rector Nick Joos says the school in Waco kept about 1,000 tickets and those will be available starting Monday online and at the Bears' ticket offi ce.

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Associated PressMarshall 64, Metcalfe 35;

Marshall 46, Clinton 42 — At Albany, Marshall County won two games Sunday to fi nish the Twin Lakes Holi-day Classic with a record of 3-1. The Marshals fi nished with a tie for the best record with the Smoky Bears of Sevier County, Tenn., who handed Marshall their loss in the tournament.

In the fi rst game Sun-day, the Marshals pounded Metcalfe behind 18 points and 12 rebounds by Austin Rentfrow; DJ Pigg added

10 points for Marshall. The Marshals defense held the 1-7 Hornets to under 30 per-cent shooting for the game.

Metcalfe was led by Spen-cer Noe’s 15 points.

Marshall beat the host team, Clinton County, in its second game Sunday. Rent-frow had another strong performance with 12 points, eight rebounds and fi ve blocked shots that helped the Marshals hold the 9-2 Bull-dogs to 34 percent shooting.

Clinton County entered its tournament undefeated and won its fi rst two games

before dropping two in a row to the Smoky Bears and the Marshals.

Mason Wooten led the Marshals in scoring against Clinton with 14 points. Lance Claywell and Keifer Dalton each had 10 for the Bulldogs.

Marshall stands at 6-3 and heads to Panama City Beach, Fla., for the Marlin Christ-mas Classic from Dec. 27-30; Marshall opens the new year at Murray on Jan. 3.

Metcalfe County 8 20 28 35Marshall County 13 32 49 64Metcalfe County — Noe 15, Zurmehley

4, White 5, L. Bell 9, Clemmons 2, Bryant, Glass, Fancher, J. Bell, Edmunds, Pennington,

Reed, McMurtrey, Crain..Field goals 7/21. 3-pointers 1/6 (Noe).

Free throws 18/33. Rebounds 25. Fouls 19. Record 1-7.

Marshall County — Rentfrow 18, Pigg 10, Taylor 6, T. English 2, C. English 2, Wooten 5, Jolley 3, Warnick 5, Travis 4, Harvey 9, Sand-lin, Gunn, Walker, Beckett.

Field goals 8/13. 3-pointers 4/21 (Pigg 2, Taylor, Wooten). Free throws 18/26. Re-bounds 40. Fouls 26. Record 5-3.

Marshall County 16 21 32 46Clinton County 11 23 34 42Marshall County— Wooten 14, Rentfrow

12, Taylor 4, Pigg 9, Jolley 3, Travis 4, War-nick, Harvey.

Field goals 8/19. 3-pointers 7/13 (Pigg 3, Wooten 3, Jolley). Free throws 9/13. Re-bounds 25. Fouls 15. Record 6-3.

Clinton County — Dalton 10, Claywell 10, England 2, Anderson 2, Cb. Langford 8, Nelson 4, Ci. Langford 2, Choate 4, Tallent, Brown, Means.

Field goals 11/32. 3-pointers 4/12 (Clay-well 2, Cb. Langford 2). Free throws 8/10. Rebounds 28. Fouls 17. Record 9-2.

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HOUSTON — Peyton Manning owns the NFL re-cord for touchdown passes in a season and the Denver Broncos own the AFC West title.

Manning regained his record with 51 when he threw for 400 yards and four touchdowns, including three in the fourth quarter. He surpassed the 50 TD passes Tom Brady threw in 2007 and led the Broncos (12-3) to a 37-13 win over the Texans (2-13) that ex-tended Houston's franchise-record skid to 13 games.

Manning did it on a 25-yard pass to Julius Thomas with 4:28 remaining. Just 2 ½ minutes earlier, he tied the mark with a 20-yard pass to Eric Decker.

He entered the game with 47 and his fi rst touchdown came on a 36-yard pass to Demaryius Thomas in the second quarter. The sec-ond was a 10-yard throw to Decker earlier in the fourth period.

Manning had previously established the record by throwing 49 touchdown passes in 2004.

The Broncos already had a spot in the playoffs, but their victory, combined with Kansas City's loss to India-napolis, gave them the divi-sion crown. They could se-cure home-fi eld advantage throughout the playoffs if New England doesn't win its late game at Baltimore.

PANTHERS 17, SAINTS 13

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cam Newton threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Dome-nik Hixon with 23 seconds left to lift the Panthers to the team's fi rst playoff berth since 2008. Carolina (11-4) can wrap up the NFC South and a fi rst-round bye with a win next Sunday at Atlanta.

The Panthers inter-cepted Drew Brees twice and sacked him six times to avenge a 31-13 loss two weeks ago.

Still, the Panthers needed some last-minute big plays from Newton. After being held to 116 yards passing for the game's fi rst 59 minutes, Newton led the Panthers 65 yards in 32 seconds for the winning score.

BENGALS 42, VIKINGS 14

CINCINNATI — Vin-cent Rey returned an in-

terception 25 yards for a touchdown as Cincinnati clinched the AFC North. Andy Dalton threw four touchdown passes.

The Bengals (10-5) re-mained perfect at home and secured an unprec-edented third straight playoff appearance when Miami lost at Buffalo. Then the Bengals won the divi-sion when the Ravens fell to the Patriots.

In his past four home games, Dalton has thrown for fi ve, three, three and four touchdowns. The Ben-gals have topped 40 points in each of their past four home games, a club record.

The Vikings (4-10-1) had knocked off playoff con-tenders Chicago and Phila-delphia in the past three weeks. Even with Adrian Peterson back from a foot injury, they couldn't keep up.

CARDINALS 17, SEAHAWKS 10

SEATTLE — Carson Palmer overcame four in-terceptions to throw a 31-yard touchdown to Michael Floyd with 2:13 left. The Cardinals kept their post-season hopes going while

snapping the Seahawks 14-game home win streak.

Arizona (10-5) had to win after Carolina beat New Orleans. And the Cardinals did thanks to a stingy de-fense that fl ustered Russell Wilson into one of his worst days as a pro, delaying any celebration of an NFC West championship. The Se-ahawks can still clinch the NFC West with a win over St. Louis next Sunday.

PATRIOTS 41, RAVENS 7

BALTIMORE — Logan Ryan had two intercep-tions, LeGarrette Blount scored twice and the Pa-triots ended the Ravens' four-game winning streak.

The previous time these two teams met, the AFC title hung in the balance and Baltimore used a strong second half to pull out a 28-13 victory. In this one, New England took a 17-0 lead early in the sec-ond quarter and never let up behind a defense that forced four turnovers and had four sacks.

It was Baltimore's most lopsided loss since a 37-0 defeat at Pittsburgh in 1997. Things went so bad

for the Ravens that Justin Tucker's run of 33 straight fi eld goals ended when he went wide left on a 37-yarder.

The Patriots (11-4) were assured their fi fth straight AFC East title when Mi-ami lost at Buffalo. It's the 11th division crown for New England coach Bill Belichick, tied with Don Shula for most since the 1970 merger.

STEELERS 38, PACKERS 31

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Le'Veon Bell ran for a 1-yard touchdown with 1:28 left, then Pittsburgh withstood Green Bay's last throw into the end zone and dealt the Packers' playoff hopes a blow.

It's a long shot, but the Steelers (7-8) are still mathematically in the hunt for an AFC wild-card spot. They need a lot of help.

The loss meant Green Bay (7-7-1) needed Chica-go to lose at Philadelphia on Sunday night to stay in playoff contention.

Bell's TD came soon af-ter scrambling Packers quarterback Matt Flynn

fumbled while being tack-led by Troy Polamalu. The Steelers recovered at the Packers 17 and scored fi ve plays later.

COLTS 23, CHIEFS 7

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Andrew Luck threw for 241 yards and a touchdown, Donald Brown ran 51 yards for another score in a po-tential preview of an AFC wild-card game.

The Colts (10-5), who have already wrapped up the AFC South, took ad-vantage of four turnovers by the Chiefs (11-4) to win for the fi fth time in their last six tries against Kansas City.

If Indianapolis ends up as the No. 4 seed in the playoffs — the Chiefs are assured the fi fth seed — the teams will meet again in the warmer environs of Lu-cas Oil Stadium.

After missing his fi rst fi eld-goal attempt, Adam Vinatieri hit his next three despite frigid tempera-tures and swirling winds at Arrowhead Stadium. He came into the game need-ing one point to pass fellow kicker Jason Elam (1,983) for the seventh-most points

in NFL history.

BILLS 19,DOLPHINS 0

ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — The Dolphins had a three-game winning streak snapped and are in jeop-ardy of missing the playoffs for a fi fth consecutive sea-son. With the loss, Miami (8-7) needs help from other teams. Miami hosts the New York Jets next weekend.

The Dolphins' loss clinched the AFC East for New England.

Kyle Williams had two of Buffalo's season-best seven sacks to key a stifl ing defen-sive performance.

Fred Jackson had 111 yards rushing and scored on a 9-yard run, while the Bills limited the Dolphins to a season-low 103 yards and six fi rst downs. The Bills (6-9) closed their home sched-ule with seven sacks for 56 this season, breaking their previous high of 50 during a 14-game season in 1964.

COWBOYS 24, REDSKINS 23

LANDOVER, Md. — Tony Romo recovered from a bad interception and ral-lied the Cowboys from a nine-point, fourth-quarter defi cit. He found DeMar-co Murray for a 10-yard touchdown pass on fourth down with 1:08 remaining.

The victory ended a two-game Dallas skid — as well as a fi ve-game December losing streak — and sets up a winner-take-all regular season fi nale for the NFC East title next week, when the Cowboys (8-7) host the Philadelphia Eagles.

CHARGERS 26, RAIDERS 13

SAN DIEGO — The Char-gers beat hapless Oakland by overcoming three turn-overs while benefi ting from two turnovers and 12 pen-alties for 73 yards by the Raiders.

Philip Rivers threw a go-ahead, 4-yard touchdown pass to rookie Keenan Al-len and Ryan Mathews ran for 99 yards and one touch-down, setting a career high with 1,111 yards. Nick No-vak kicked four fi eld goals for San Diego.

The Chargers also got help from Buffalo, which beat Miami 19-0, and New England, which beat Balti-more.

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Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning waves to fans following the game against the Houston Texans on Sunday in Houston. Manning threw his 51st touchdown pass of the season to set a new NFL record.

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Sunrise today ................................. 7:05 a.m.Sunset tonight ................................ 4:42 p.m.Moonrise today ............................. 10:44 p.m.Moonset today .............................. 10:38 a.m.

24 hours ending 2 p.m. yest. .................. 3.04”Month to date .......................................... 7.94”Normal month to date ............................. 3.34”Year to date .......................................... 60.14”Last year to date ................................... 28.61”Normal year to date ............................... 47.83”

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Kentucky: Clouds breaking and cooler today. Colder tonight; a couple of fl urries in the north and east.

Illinois: Frigid today with some sun; a fl urry in the north. Frigid tonight; a couple of fl urries in the north.

Indiana: Clouds and sun today. Snow showers, accumulating 1-2 inches near Lake Michigan; a fl urry in the east.

Missouri: Sunny to partly cloudy and colder today. Frigid tonight. Not as cold tomorrow.

Arkansas: Mostly sunny today; cooler. Clear tonight. A full day of sunshine tomorrow.

Tennessee: Cooler today. A little morning rain in the east; partly sunny elsewhere.

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Lake Barkley 354 355.55 +0.25Kentucky Lake 354 355.71 +0.49

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paducahsun.com Business The Paducah Sun • Monday, December 23, 2013 • 5B

NEW YORK — Poten-tial victims of credit card fraud tied to Target’s secu-rity breach said they had trouble contacting the dis-counter through its website and call centers.

Angry Target customers expressed their displea-sure in comments on the company’s Facebook page. Some even threatened to stop shopping at the store.

Target’s CEO Gregg Stein-hafel apologized through a statement issued on Friday. The retailer also said it’s working hard to resolve the problem and is adding more workers to fi eld calls and help solve website issues. And the discounter began offering 10 percent off for customers who shop in its stores on Saturday and Sun-day and free credit-monitor-ing services to those who’ve been affected by the issue.

The Minneapolis-based discounter said that while it’s only heard of “very few” reports of fraud, it’s reach-ing out to customers who made purchases by swiping their cards when the scam occurred. The company also said it’s continuing its in-vestigation into the matter.

“We take this crime seri-ously,” Steinhafel said in the statement.

Target’s statements come after the nation’s second-largest retailer acknowl-edged Thursday that data connected to about 40 mil-lion credit and debit card accounts was stolen as part of a breach that began over the Thanksgiving weekend.

The theft is the second-largest credit card breach in U.S. history, exceeded only by a scam that began in 2005 involving retailer TJX Cos. That incident af-fected at least 45.7 million card users.

Target disclosed the theft a day after reports that the company was investigat-ing a breach. The retailer’s data-security troubles and its ensuing public relations nightmare threaten to drive off holiday shoppers during the company’s busi-est time of year.

Christopher Browning, of Chesterfi eld, Va., said he was the victim of credit card fraud earlier this week and believes it was tied to a purchase he made at Target with his Visa card on Black Friday. When he called Visa on Thursday, the card issuer could not confi rm his sus-picions. He said he hasn’t been able to get through to Target’s call center.

On Monday, Browning re-ceived a call from his bank’s anti-fraud unit saying there

were two attempts to use his credit card in California — one at a casino in Tracy for $8,000 and the other at a casino in Pacheco, for $3,000. Both occurred on Sunday and both were de-nied. He canceled his credit card and plans to use cash.

“I won’t shop at Target

again until the people be-hind this theft are caught or the reasons for the breach are identifi ed and fi xed,” he said.

On Friday, Target reit-erated that the stolen data included customer names, credit and debit card num-bers, card expiration dates

and the embedded code on the magnetic strip found on the backs of cards, Tar-get said.

There was no indication the three- or four-digit se-curity numbers visible on the back of the card were affected, Target said. It also said Friday there was no

indication that the stolen data included a customer’s birth date or social security number. The data breach did not affect online pur-chases, the company said.

Target hasn’t disclosed exactly how the breach oc-curred but said it has fi xed the problem.

Fury and frustration over Target data breachBY ANNE D’INNOCENZIO

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Monday, December 23, 2013ARIES (March 21-April 19):

Spending time with someone much older or younger than you will be insightful. What you learn will help you make a decision that you’ve been laboring over for some time. Do the ground-work and prepare to execute your plan.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Travel or getting together with someone you haven’t seen in a long time will brighten your day. Love is on the rise, and per-sonal talks and sharing informa-tion will bring good results. Help someone in need and you’ll feel good and prosper.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Last-minute running about, get-

ting things out of the way, and making plans for the close of one year and the beginning of another will keep you busy. An emotional memory is likely to leave you thinking about some-one from your past.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): Look for something unique or participate in an event that deals with different traditions or cultures than what you are used to. Learning and sharing will open doors to new adventures. Love is in the stars.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): You need a change of scenery. Add-ed responsibilities will bog you down and cause anxiety and an-ger. Consider all sides to any sit-uation you face before you lose

patience. Excess and impulsive actions will lead to criticism.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Socializing, getting together with old friends and picking up items you will need over the fes-tive season will all lead to an exhausting but rewarding day. Prioritize what needs to be done and head out into the crowds.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Helping someone in need will make you feel good. A little can go a long way if you show kind-ness and are willing to share. Don’t let criticism or complaints weigh on your mind. Do what you feel is right.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Tie up loose ends at work and at home. Knowing you have ev-

erything under control will help you enjoy the activities going on in your community. A unique approach to year-end festivities will encourage friendships.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): Tread carefully when shop-ping. Don’t believe someone making an offer too good to be true. Deception is appar-ent. Keeping your wits about you when dealing with friends, children or anyone you have an emotional attachment to will be necessary. Proceed with caution.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): Look over your investments and make any adjustments re-quired before the year comes to a close. Special gifts are heading your way. Fixing up your

residence or entertaining friends and family will boost your repu-tation and your confidence. Ro-mance is highlighted.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Travel plans may limit what you can accomplish today. Stick close to home if possible. A change in your financial situation is ap-parent. Don’t make an impulsive move or be too charitable when you cannot afford to be. Offer your assistance, not your cash.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Finish up odd jobs. Say little but do a lot. Focus on your budget and getting the most for the least. Socialize with friends and peers and set up meetings for after the holidays. Make love and romance a priority.

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and kisses28 Parade debris32 Slump in one’s

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piece73 Walks with

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horseback4 Very productive,

as a writer5 Currency of

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shares9 U.S. 66, for one

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11 *Certain palmtree extract

12 Tehran’s country13 “A Farewell

to __”18 Prizefight23 Corporate VIP25 Hand over27 Norwegian

metropolis28 Army trainee29 Like ewes and

rams30 *Pasta-based

first course31 Ballpark level33 Musical triad34 Civic or Accord

37 Texter’s “untilnext time”

40 Hopping mad42 Possesses43 Like Christmas

wrap and treeornaments

46 Approachedbedtime

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50 Safe to consume52 Civic or Accord54 SeaWorld orca

56 Wooden pins57 Europe’s

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hint to the startsof the answers tostarred clues

63 Liberal __66 Do lunch, say67 Official behind a

catcher

By Patti Varol(c)2013 Tribune Content Agency, LLC 12/23/13

12/23/13

ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE:

Edited by Rich Norris and Joyce Nichols Lewis

[email protected]

Marvin

Blondie

Garfield

B.C.

Dilbert

Zits

Beetle Bailey

Wizard of Id

Dustin

Baby Blues

Barney Google and Snuffy Smith

Dear Annie: For the past several years, my husband has taken out a new credit card each January and maxed it out over the next 12 months. This has result-ed in major debt, which I fear will devastate our fam-ily and possibly affect our children and grandchildren.

My husband is a good and caring person who of-ten picks up the restaurant tabs for our friends and family and buys them gifts they could buy for them-selves. As a result, he is extremely popular. If I try to limit these unnecessary expenses, everyone thinks I’m a spoilsport.

We are approaching the time where he will apply for another new credit card. Should I prohibit this until we reach some agreement on budget cuts? Should I let him go ahead and get the new card and then try to negotiate budget cuts? Or do I keep on trucking as usual and hope for the best? — Concerned Spouse

Dear Spouse: If you are going into debt, please don’t shove this under the carpet until you are living on the street. Your husband seems to be a compul-sive buyer, and it can be similar to other ad-dictions that require effort to overcome. Is he willing to recognize and address the prob-lem? (Therapy can help.) Would he be will-ing to let you handle the family fi nances while he is put on a cash al-lowance? You also can contact Debtors Anonymous (debtor-sanonymous.org) and the International OCD Foundation (ocfounda-tion.org) for informa-tion and referrals.

Dear Annie: “Too Late To Try Again” said she was cut off by a relative with no ex-

planation. This happened in my family. Tell her it might help if she can laugh about the situation.

I am from an Italian fam-ily and married into anoth-er Italian family. My new mother-in-law was angry with her cousin “Angela.” They had been close for a long time, but then they didn’t speak for years.

When Angela died, my mother-in-law cried buck-ets but refused to go to the funeral. She said, “We didn’t talk when she was alive, and I’m not going to talk to her now that she’s dead.” So I asked my moth-er-in-law what the argu-ment was about, because it was obviously so terrible that good friends stopped speaking. She replied, with tears in her eyes, “I don’t remember!” But true to her word, she did not go to the funeral. — New York

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Will Ferrell and Christina Applegate star as Ron Burgundy and Veronica Corning-stone in “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.” “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” held off “Anchorman 2” on a busy weekend at the box office.

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NEW YORK — On a busy pre-Christmas weekend at the box offi ce, “The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug” held off a very different se-quel, “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.”

Peter Jackson’s “Hobbit” sequel took in $31.5 mil-lion in its second weekend of release for Warner Bros., according to studio esti-mates Sunday. Though the fi lm isn’t matching the pace of the fi rst “Hobbit” movie, “An Unexpected Journey,” ‘‘The Desolation of Smaug” is doing well abroad. It’s now made more than $400 million worldwide, includ-ing $96 million interna-tionally over the weekend.

The “Hobbit” topped Will Ferrell’s “Anchorman” sequel, which nevertheless opened strongly in second

place. The Paramount Pic-tures comedy made $26.8 million over the three-day weekend and $40 million since opening Tuesday night.

The much-marketed “Anchorman 2” actually outperformed “The Hob-bit” on Friday, but failed to best it over Saturday and Sunday. But the $50 million comedy, which Paramount initially turned down, also suggested it will be more popular abroad than most comedies. It made $13.4 million in six international markets.

The pre-Christmas week-end is a sought-after re-lease date, one that usually offers fi lms especially good legs at the box offi ce as moviegoers fl ood theaters over the coming weeks. The weekend box offi ce was up nearly 30 percent over the

same weekend last year.Estimated ticket sales

for Friday through Sunday at U.S. and Canadian the-aters, according to Rent-rak. Final domestic figures will be released Monday:

1. “The Hobbit: The Des-olation of Smaug,” $31.5 million.

2. “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues,” $26.8 million.

3. “Frozen,” $19.2 million.4. “American Hustle,”

$19.1 million.5. “Saving Mr. Banks,”

$9.3 million.6. “Hunger Games:

Catching Fire,” $8.8 million.7. “Tyler Perry’s A

Madea Christmas,” $8.5 million.

8. “Walking With Dino-saurs,” $7.3 million.

9. “Dhoom 3,” $3.3 million.10. “Thor: The Dark

World,” $1.3 million.

Bilbo bags top spot at busy weekend box office

BY JAKE COYLEAssociated Press

MIAMI — Dwyane Wade enlisted some help with his proposal to Ga-brielle Union.

The three boys that the Miami Heat guard is rais-ing, his two sons and a nephew, all were part of the engagement surprise, Wade said Sunday when he spoke out about the big news for the fi rst time.

■ His youngest son Zion held a sign with her name.

■ His nephew Dahveon Morris’ sign said “Will you.”

■ And his oldest son Zaire’s sign read “marry us?”

Bewildered, Union

turned to Wade and saw him on bended knee, then realized what was happening. An 8½-carat cushion cut diamond sealed the deal.

“I planned it,” Wade said. “No concrete for my knee. I planned it very well.”

Wade said no date for the wedding has been set, but expects it to occur in September 2014. He also said he’s been working on fi nding the right ring since October, around the time that the Heat returned from training camp in the Bahamas.

He met with his jeweler several times in the last

three months just to make sure everything was right.

The proposal came Sat-urday afternoon inside the house that the couple has been building for months. It wasn’t exactly a surprise for either — Union has been considered part of the fam-ily for some time, but the timing of the actual propos-al caught the 41-year-old star of fi lms such as “Bring It On” and “Think Like A Man,” along with the BET series “Being Mary Jane,” decidedly off-guard.

On Sunday, Union wrote on Twitter that she was still “fl oatin” over the big news.

Wade enlisted kids’ help in proposalBY TIM REYNOLDS

Associated Press

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1 BR furn. apt., off-street parking, $550mo. + dep. 443-7103.

0620 HOMES FOR RENT

3 BR, 2 B, util. room,2-car garage, $1,000mo. + dep. 554-2167.

2 BR on 1 ac. lot,1105 Powers Rd.Avail. 1/2, $525/mo.+ $525 deposit. Nosmoking, no pets,270-898-8037, leavemessage.

3 BR 1.5 B. $800. NoPets. 270-933-1774.

3 BR, 2 B, $685/mo.+ dep. 270-898-7988.

NICE 4 BR, 3800 sq.ft., no pets, rent + de-posit. 898-2008 or210-3895.

0630 DUPLEXES FOR RENT

Lone Oak2BR, 2B,

all appliances,w/ garage.

270-554-0114

LONE Oak, 2 BR, 2B, screened porch,$695. 554-8374.

0670 BUSINESS PLACES/OFFICES

PARK AVENUE800+ sq. ft. $520/mo.

270-217-1360

0675 MOBILE HOMES FOR RENT

2 BR, $500. No Pets.270-442-1727

2 BR, 2 B, Freemont.554-9612.

C O U N T R Y S I D EManor has an open-ing for a very spa-cious 3 BR, 2 B unitwith full 2 car garage.270-744-0358.

REAL ESTATE FOR REAL ESTATE FOR SALESALE

0710 HOMES FOR SALE

3 BR, 2 B on CentralAve., $74,500270-217-1221

SEEING is believing!Don't buy propertybased on pictures orrepresentations. Forf r e e i n f o r m a t i o nabout avoiding time-share and real es-tate scams, write theFederal Trade Com-mission at Washing-ton, DC 20580 or callthe National FraudInformation Center,1-800-876-7060.

0741 MOBILE HOMES FOR SALE

BANK REPOMOBILE HOMES

FOR SALE2, 3, & 4 BR models.Call Today's Homes,

270-527-5645.

TRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION

0804 BOATS FOR SALE

'05 Suntracker, 32 ft.Pontoon/Houseboat.Sleeps 4-6, stove,shower unit, DR ta-ble. Inboard 4 cylin-der Mercruiser. In-cludes trailer. $26KOBO. 618-560-0311.

FINANCIALFINANCIAL

0910 BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

GOVERNMENTWILDLIFE JOBS!

Great Pay and Bene-fits. No ExperienceNecessary. The tick-et to a dream jobmight real ly be ascam. To protectyourself, call the Fed-eral Trade Commis-sion toll-free, 1-877-FTC-HELP, or visitwww.ftc.gov. A pub-lic service messagefrom The PaducahSun and the FTC.

SOME ads in thisclassification are notnecessarily for "helpwanted" but for em-ployment informationbooklets.

LEGALSLEGALS

0955 LEGALS

F O R E C L O S U R E :D E L I N Q U E N TTAXES: anyone withan interest in the es-ta te o f Emi l y O.Campbell, contactMarianne Hal icks,535 Broadway, Padu-cah, KY, 270-442-1119, before 2/11/14.