Midnight Man

CELTICS over KINGS 106 to 84 PACERS over HEAT 106 to 95 CLIPPERS over KNICKS 99 to 78 ROCKETS over HORNETS 102 to 83 BUCKS over CAVALIERS 96 to 80 SPURS over PELICANS 95 to 93 THUNDER over SUNS 137 to 134 Get Your Very Own NBA Hall Of Fame Superstar Card Collection: just click here

PISTONS over MAGIC 109 to 86 HAWKS over CAVALIERS 109 to 101 NETS over BULLS 96 to 82 GRIZZLIES over SPURS 95 to 87 PELICANS over SUNS 110 to 106 MAVERICKS over WIZARDS 114 to 87 LAKERS over NUGGETS 111 to 103 JAZZ over TIMBERWOLVES 100 to 94 TRAIL BLAZERS over RAPTORS 102 to 97 WARRIORS over 76ERS 126 to 86 Get Your Very Own NBA Hall Of Fame Superstar Card Collection: just click here

BUCKS over HORNETS 104 to 94 BULLS over PACERS 92 to 90 NETS over KINGS 107 to 99 MAGIC over HEAT 102 to 101 WIZARDS over ROCKETS 104 to 103 CLIPPERS over JAZZ 101 to 97 Get Your Very Own NBA Hall Of Fame Superstar Card Collection: just click here

PISTONS over CAVALIERS 103 to 80 SPURS over ROCKETS 110 to 106 MAVERICKS over THUNDER 112 to 107 TRAIL BLAZERS over KNICKS 101 to 79 RAPTORS over NUGGETS 116 to 102 SUNS over LAKERS 116 to 107 Get Your Very Own NBA Hall Of Fame Superstar Card Collection: just click here

RAPTORS over CLIPPERS 110 to 98 MAGIC over HORNETS 102 to 94 WIZARDS over CELTICS 101 to 88 GRIZZLIES over HEAT 103 to 95 BULLS over PELICANS 107 to 100 PACERS over NETS 110 to 85 HAWKS over BUCKS 90 to 85 JAZZ over 76ERS 88 to 71 KINGS over KNICKS 135 to 129 WARRIORS over TIMBERWOLVES 110 to 97 Get Your Very Own NBA Hall Of Fame Superstar Card Collection: just click here

NETS over CELTICS 109 to 107 CAVALIERS over MAGIC 98 to 89 BUCKS over HAWKS 107 to 77 PISTONS over PACERS 119 to 109 ROCKETS over GRIZZLIES 117 to 111 PELICANS over SPURS 97 to 90 THUNDER over HORNETS 98 to 75 MAVERICKS over LAKERS 102 to 98 NUGGETS over TIMBERWOLVES 106 to 102 TRAIL BLAZERS over 76ERS 114 to 93 SUNS over KINGS 115 to 106 Get Your Very Own NBA Hall Of Fame Superstar Card Collection: just click here

WIZARDS over KNICKS 102 to 91 THUNDER over SPURS 114 to 106 HEAT over CAVALIERS 101 to 91 BULLS over LAKERS 113 to 93 CLIPPERS over WARRIORS 100 to 86 Get Your Very Own NBA Hall Of Fame Superstar Card Collection: just click here

Gone Girl’s Kim Dickens has been cast as the female lead in the Walking Dead spin-off. Dickens will play a guidance counselor who is dating a divorced teacher at the school where she works, played by The Missing's Cliff Curtis. Though she might look like the girl next door, Dickens' character has a darkness to her and a troubled past that will come back to haunt her. Frank Dillane and Alycia Debnam Carey also star in the pilot as Dickens' two children from a previous marriage. In addition to Gone Girl, Dickens has starred on Treme and Deadwood, and recurred on Friday Night Lights and Sons of Anarchy, she is also set to recur on Season 3 of House of Cards, which premieres in February. Production on the Los Angeles-based spin-off pilot will begin in early 2015. Watch The Walking Dead Now: just click here

DEVILS over LIGHTNING 3 to 2 SENATORS over DUCKS 6 to 2 ISLANDERS over RED WINGS 2 to 1 JETS over BRUINS 2 to 1 STARS over FLAMES 2 to 1

Dish Network subscribers were unable to watch Fox News Channel and the Fox Business Network on Sunday when the channels were taken down as part of contract negotiations. The Fox blackout is just the latest skirmish as cable and satellite TV providers fight with networks over subscription fees. Dish Network just settled disputes that led to the temporary blackout of some local CBS stations and a separate blackout related to Turner Broadcasting channels — including Cartoon Network, CNN, Boomerang and Turner Classic Movies. Dish has more than 14 million satellite TV customers. Fox is urging viewers with emails and tweets to switch to another TV provider. Both sides in the latest spat are blaming each other. Englewood, Colorado-based Dish Network Corp. said in a statement that 21st Century Fox, Inc., was blocking access to the two chancels as part of contract negotiations. New York-based Fox said Dish shut down the server at 11:50 p.m. Saturday, 10 minutes before the contract ended. Dish blamed Fox for introducing other channels into negotiations despite those not being included in the contract up for renewal. "It's like we're about to close on a house and the Realtor is trying to make us buy a new car as well," Warren Schlichting, Dish's senior vice president of programming, said in a statement "Fox blacked out two of its news channels, using them as leverage to triple rates on sports and entertainment channels that are not in this contract." Fox said Dish was to blame for prematurely shutting down the network "in an attempt to intimidate and sway our negotiations." Tim Carry, executive vice president of distribution for Fox News, said in a phone interview that Fox was offering Dish a deal similar to what it has with various cable providers. Dish wanted something different, he said. "How can I continue a relationship with someone who feels that they can be treated differently?," Carry said. He blamed Dish for not evolving its business model: "There's at the end of the rope of the pricing and marketing model they put in in 1993 and have not changed."

BENGALS over BRONCOS 37 to 28

Paul Walther, who played six seasons in the NBA in the 1950s after a stellar college career at Tennessee, has died. He was 87. Son Brian Walther said Tuesday his father died Sunday in an Atlanta hospice. Walther played from 1949-50 to 1954-55 for the Minneapolis Lakers, Indianapolis Olympians, Philadelphia Warriors and Fort Wayne Pistons. He scored more than 2,800 points for his career. He started for the West in the 1952 All-Star game. A native of Covington, Kentucky, Walther led Tennessee to an 18-5 record in 1945 before serving in the Navy during World War II. He returned to Tennessee from 1947-49 and was team captain in his final season. After his NBA career, he worked for Merrill Lynch in Chicago for 32 years. Get Your Very Own Complete NBA Pennant Set: just click here

L.A. Dodgers have ended the N.Y. Yankees’ 15-year streak as Major League Baseball's biggest spenders and owe more than $26.6 million in luxury tax. The Dodgers finished with a record payroll of $257,283,410, according to final calculations made by Major League Baseball on Friday and obtained by The Associated Press. That is more than $20 million above the previous high, set by the Yankees last year. For the first time since the current luxury tax began in 2003, the Yankees won't be paying the most. The luxury tax was put in place as a slowdown on spending by high-revenue teams, and teams pay based on the amount they are over the $189 million threshold. The Dodgers owe $26,621,125 based on a $277.7 million payroll for purposes of the tax, which calculates payroll based on the average annual value of contracts for players on the 40-man roster and includes benefits. That raises the team's two-year total to $38 million. Los Angeles, which flopped out of this year's playoffs in the division round and is seeking its first World Series title since 1988, pays the tax at a 30 percent rate because it has gone over the threshold for the second straight year. The Dodgers' rate would increase to 40 percent if they go over in 2015, which is likely. The Yankees cut their payroll and owe $18.3 million in tax, down from $28.1 million for 2013. New York originally hoped to get under the threshold but wound up more than $36 million over. The Yankees have gone over every year, totaling nearly $271 million. New York pays at a 50 percent rate, the highest called for in baseball's collective bargaining agreement. Checks to the commissioner's office are due by Jan. 21. Tax money is used to fund player benefits and MLB's Industry Growth Fund. Four teams wound up less than $10 million under the threshold: Detroit ($187 million), Philadelphia and Boston ($186 million each), and the L.A. Angels and World Series champion San Francisco ($180 million apiece). Three of baseball's five-biggest spenders missed the playoffs this year, with the Yankees joined by Philadelphia and Boston. Among the 10 playoff teams, three were in the bottom half by payroll: AL champion Kansas City was 19th, Oakland 23rd and Pittsburgh 27th. The Mets' regular payroll of $92.9 million was the teams lowest since $93.1 million in 2001 and $82.2 million in 2000. MLB calculated the average salary at $3,692,123, up 11 percent from 2013 for the steepest increase since 2001. The players' association has not yet released its final 2014 average. Get Your Very Own Dodger Fan Man Cave Sign: just click here

Sergio Romo tested free agency, had some offers and decided he wanted to stay put in San Francisco, pitching for the only major league organization he has known. The animated reliever finalized a $15 million, two-year contract with the Giants on Monday, who kept a key component that has been part of three championship runs. "When it comes to professional baseball, this has been my home," Romo said. "I'm very thankful for every opportunity that I've gotten. This was a place I was able to make a name for myself. This is the only organization I know." The right-hander could earn an additional $500,000 annually in performance bonuses based on games finished as part of the agreement The 31-year-old Romo has spent all seven of his big league seasons with San Francisco, winning titles in 2010, '12 and this year. He went 6-4 with a 3.72 ERA with 23 saves in 64 outings this past season as San Francisco earned the wild card and went on to beat Kansas City in a seven-game World Series. "All in all, I really wanted to stay home. I wanted to stay here," Romo said. "I don't really see myself wearing another uniform." "He's meant so much to our success," manager Bruce Bochy said. "So much is talked about with our bullpen. Whether setting up or closing, I thought it was important for our team, for our bullpen. Sergio knows all of us, we know him, there's a sense of comfort there. We know what we're getting, a very good pitcher who's comfortable pitching late in the ballgame. I can't say enough about how he carried himself this year. I know we made a switch there. He was all about winning." "Sergio's resume speaks for itself, what he's done for us in high-leverage situations has been a key to our bullpen at the end of the game," general manager Brian Sabean said. "As we reviewed our needs going into the offseason, we very much wanted to keep our bullpen together. Bringing Sergio back, I think we've accomplished that." Get Your Very Own Giants Baseball: just click here

Darryl Strawberry did the work, but now you can collect his money from the New York Mets. The Internal Revenue Service is auctioning off the remaining annuity from the deferred compensation Strawberry agreed to when he signed a six-year contract with the Mets almost 30 years ago. The total value of the contract, which covered his 1985 through 1990 seasons, was $7.1 million, but nearly 40 percent of his $1.8 million team option in 1990 ($700,000) was deferred and put into an annuity with a 5.1 percent annual interest rate. On Jan. 20, the IRS will auction off the right to collect what will amount to roughly $1.28 million paid by Sterling Mets LP, parent company of the Mets, in 223 monthly installments, assuming a realistic sale close date of May 1. As this sale is required through the court system, the winning bid, which cannot be less than $550,000, has to be approved by a judge before the buyer starts collecting. How a fan could even buy what was originally due to the Mets slugger is a complicated story. Strawberry was forced to give a portion of the deferred money account to his wife, Charisse, as part of their divorce settlement in 2006, but the payments were never made. In 2010, his ex-wife filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection and, as part of the proceedings, asked for what was owed. But in September of this year, a judge in the Northern District of Florida ruled that the annuity was the property of the IRS, not Charisse, because Darryl still had not settled his tax debt owed for 1989, 1990, 2003 and 2004. From 1987 to 1990, Strawberry failed to pay $542,572 in taxes, according to court documents. As of November 2013, Strawberry owed at least $80,000 from his tax liability from missed payments in 2003 and 2004. "Seizure and sale is the last thing we at the IRS want to do," said Michael Devine, spokesman for the IRS' division of Property Appraisal and Liquidation Specialists. "This happens when a person doesn't dispute that they owe the money but can't or won't liquidate the property." It was common practice for the Mets to defer money in contracts. The Mets famously bought out the final year of Devine said, in this case, it has reached the point of a judge requiring the IRS to sell what was originally owed to Strawberry in his contract. Get Your Very Own Darryl Strawberry Autographed Baseball: just click here

REDSKINS over EAGLES 27 to 24 CHARGERS over 49ERS 38 to 35 DOLPHINS over VIKINGS 37 to 35 TEXANS over RANGERS 25 to 13 LIONS over BEARS 20 to 14 PANTHERS over BROWNS 17 to 13 FALCONS over SAINTS 30 to 14 PACKERS over BUCCANEERS 20 to 3 STEELERS over CHIEFS 20 to 12 PATRIOTS overt JETS 17 to 16 GIANTS over RAMS 37 to 27 RAIDERS over BILLS 26 to 24 COWBOYS over COLTS 42 to 7 SEAHAWKS over CARDINALS 35 to 6

JAGUARS over TITANS 21 to 13

CAVALIERS over TIMBERWOLVES 125 to 104 PACERS over PELICANS 96 to 84 MAGIC over CELTICS 100 to 95 BULLS over WIZZARDS 99 to 91 HAWKS over CLIPPERS 107 to 104 NETS over NUGGETS 102 to 96 76ERS over HEAT 91 to 87 HORNETS over BUCKS 108 to 101 TRAIL BLAZERS over THUNDER 115 to 111 SUNS over MAVERICKS 124 to 115 LAKERS over WARRIORS 115 to 105

HORNETS over NUGGETS 110 to 82 BULLS over RAPTORS 129 to 120 ROCKETS over TRAIL BLAZERS 110 to 95 JAZZ over GRIZZLIES 97 to 91 HAWKS over MAVERICKS 105 to 102 SPURS over CLIPPERS 125 to 118 WARRIORS over KINGS 128 to 108

BRUINS over PREDATORS 5 to 3 MAPLE LEAFS over STARS 4 to 0 CANADIENS over ISLANDERS 3 to 1 HURRICANES over DEVILS 2 to 1 RANGERS over CAPITALS 4 to 2 FLYERS over WILD 5 to 2 RED WINGS over SABRES 6 to 3 LIGHTNING over PENGUINS 4 to 3 AVALANCHE over BLUES 5 to 0 COYOTES over OILERS 5 to 1 JETS over BLACKHAWKS 5 to 1

CAPITALS over SENATORS 2 to 1 PREDATORS over BLUE JACKETS 5 to 1 PANTHERS over PENGUINS 4 to 3 CANUCKS over COYOTES 7 to 1 DUCKS over SHARKS 3 to 2 FLAMES over KINGS 4 to 3

RAPTORS over KNICKS 118 to 108 CAVALIERS over GRIZZLIES 105 to 91 KINGS over LAKERS 108 to 101 NETS over PISTONS 110 to 105 HEAT over CELTICS 100 to 84 76ERS over MAGIC 96 to 88 SUNS over WIZZARDS 104 to 92 PACERS over TIMBERWOLVES 100 to 96 PELICANS over THUNDER 101 to 99

SUNS over KNICKS 99 to 90 TRAIL BLAZERS over PELICANS 114 to 88 HORNETS over JAZZ 104 to 86 HAWKS over ROCKETS 104 to 97 MAVERICKS over SPURS 99 to 93 NUGGETS over PACERS 76 to 73 CLIPPERS over BUCKS 106 to 102

JAZZ over MAGIC 101 to 94 HORNETS over 76ERS 109 to 91 CELTICS over TIMBERWOLVES 114 to 98 CAVALIERS over NETS 95 to 91 RAPTORS over PISTONS 110 to 100 WIZARDS over HEAT 105 to 103 BULLS over GRIZZLIES 103 to 97 TRAIL BLAZERS over SPURS 129 to 119 NUGGETS over CLIPPERS 109 to 106 THUNDER over LAKERS 104 to 103

AVALANCHE over RED WINGS 2 to 1 STARS over OILERS 6 to 5 BRUINS over SABRES 4 to 3 BLACKHAWKS over MAPLE LEAFS 4 to 0 RANGERS over HURRICANES 1 to 0 FLYERS over JETS 4 to 3