OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Willie Gay has been charged with misdemeanor criminal damage to property after authorities say he broke some items during an argument. Gay was arrested Wednesday night in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park, Kansas. He pleaded not guilty during a court appearance Thursday. The Kansas City Star reports that an Overland Park police report says Gay broke a vacuum and other items with a total value of $225. The report says no alcohol, drugs or weapons were involved and no one was injured. The Chiefs said they were aware of the incident but had no further comment.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Doug Pederson lasted five seasons in Philadelphia and Matt Nagy just four in Chicago before they ultimately were fired. That hasn’t diminished the interest teams have in Andy Reid’s offensive coordinators. Passed over several times for head coaching jobs over the past few seasons, Eric Bieniemy is once again a hot commodity as the Chiefs prepare for their divisional round matchup with the Bills on Sunday night.
UNDATED (AP) — San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan is hopeful that star edge rusher Nick Bosa will be cleared to play in Saturday’s NFC playoff game against the Packers in Green Bay. Bosa left last week’s wild-card win at Dallas in the first half with a concussion but has made good progress in his recovery. Bosa returned to practice on a limited basis on Wednesday and was a full participant on Thursday.
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — NCAA member schools have ratified a new, pared-down constitution. It clears the way for a decentralized approach to governing college sports that will hand more power to schools and conferences.The NCAA’s three divisions will now be empowered to govern themselves. College sports leaders hope that will reduce legal exposure for the NCAA after a resounding rebuke from the Supreme Court last year. For Division II and III, there will be little change. But there could be a massive overhaul in Division I, which has hundreds of big schools and millions of dollars tied closely to football and basketball.
UNDATED (AP) — The Nebraska men’s basketball game at No. 19 Ohio State on Saturday has been postponed because of a COVID-19 outbreak in the Cornhuskers’ program. Nebraska said in a statement it would not have the Big Ten minimum of seven scholarship players available. Nebraska and Ohio State will coordinate with the Big Ten to reschedule the game. The Buckeyes had three nonconference games in December canceled because of COVID-19 outbreak in their program. Until now the Huskers had not had any games affected by the virus this season.
NEW YORK (AP) — Locked out baseball players plan to make a counteroffer to management on Monday, 11 days after clubs gave the union a proposal when the snail-paced negotiations resumed following a 42-day break. There is dwindling time to reach an agreement in time for spring training to start as scheduled on Feb. 16. The sides differ on luxury tax thresholds and rates, arbitration eligibility, revenue-sharing level, postseason size, amateur draft changes and other ways to address the union’s allegation of improper service time manipulation by clubs.
THURSDAY SCORES
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
(1)Gonzaga at Pacific 9 p.m. (Postponed)
Final (1)Gonzaga 78 San Francisco 62
Final (3)Arizona 85 Stanford 57
Final Indiana 68 (4)Purdue 65
Final (9)UCLA 63 Utah 58
Final (16)Southern Cal 61 Colorado 58
Final (21)Providence 83 Georgetown 75
Final (25)UConn 75 Butler 56
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final New Orleans 102 New York 91
Final Phoenix 109 Dallas 101
Final OT Indiana 121 Golden State 117
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final Columbus 2 Philadelphia 1
Final Boston 4 Washington 3
Final Dallas 5 Buffalo 4
Final Pittsburgh 6 Ottawa 4
Final Nashville 5 Winnipeg 2
Final Florida 6 Edmonton 0
Final Colorado 4 Los Angeles 1
Final Seattle 3 San Jose 2
Final OT Vegas 4 Montreal 3