02/05/22 Sports Wrap Up
Olympics: 3-time Gold Medalist and 7-time Olympian, Shawn White to retire after the Olympics. He says his back, neck, and knees have had all they can handle.
NBA: The trade deadline is approaching fast. There should be some interesting move starting to happen around the league. The deadline is Feb 10.
Last Night: The Cavaliers won 102-101 in a close game that came down to the last seconds. Charlotte took a late lead, but Kevin Love hits his free throws to give Cleveland the lead with just over three seconds left on the game clock. Terry Rozier was the high scorer for the Hornets with 24 points. Kelly Oubre Jr. was a game time decision and scored 21 points and had 9 rebounds. LaMelo Ball had 15 points. The Hornets are now 28-25. The Miami Heat are in town tonight for a 7pm tip-off.
Bulls defeat the Pacers 122-115
Celtics beat the Pistons 102-93
Hawks lost to the Raptors 125-114
Spurs rock the Rockets 131-106
Pelicans over the Nuggets 113-105
The Nets lost 125-102 to the Jazz
The 76ers fall to the Mavericks 107-98
Thunder over the Trail Blazers 96-93
Today: Grizzlies at the Magic 5pm
Heat and Hornets 7pm
Wizards host the Suns 7pm
Knicks versus the Lakers 830pm ABC
Thunder at Kings 10pm
Bucks and the Trail Blazers 10pm
MLB: The Major League Players association has rejected the request by the owners for Congress to intervein to help put an end to the work stoppage. Pitchers and catchers are due to report to spring training in two weeks.
NHL: The All-Star skills competition was last night. St, Louis Blues forward Jordan Kyrou won the fastest skater with 13.55 seconds. The Fountain Faceoff is the recent version of the accuracy contest. Players had to hit five targets in the least amount of time. Zach Werenski had the fastest time of 25.634 seconds, compared to the second-place time of 47.454 by Roman Josi. Victor Hedman won the hardest shot with 103.2 mph. Adam Pelech finished second with a 102.2 mph shot.
The NHL All-Star game is today in Paradise, Nevada at the T-Mobile Arena. The home of the Las Vegas Golden Knights, the game is at 3pm on ABC.
Panthers host the NHL All-Star game in 2023
The Hurricanes are back after the All-Star break on the ice Feb 7, in Toronto.
NCAA Men’s Basketball Yesterday:
Western Carolina lost to Virginia Military 76-69
Today: The Coach K “Curtain Call Tour” makes its last stop in North Carolina tonight as Coach Mike Krzyzewski travels down Tobacco Road to face the Tar Heels at 6pm on ESPN for first place in the ACC.
Wake Forest at Florida State noon
UNC Greensboro versus Furman noon
Samford and Citadel 1pm
North Carolina A & T travels to Gardner-Webb 2pm
Davidson versus George Washington 2pm
Eastern Carolina at Tulane 2pm
Notre Dame and North Carolina State 3pm
North Carolina-Wilmington versus William & Mary 4pm
Campbell travels to USC Upstate 4pm
Marshall at Charlotte 4pm
Charleston faces Elon 4pm
Baylor and Kansas 4pm ESPN
Coppin State versus North Carolina Central 4pm
Coastal Carolina goes to Texas State at 6pm
UNC Ashville is in High Point 7pm
NFL: The Pro-Bowl is Sunday at noon in Las Vegas in Allegiant Stadium.
Super Bowl LVI (56) is Feb 13 at 6:30pm, in Los Angeles at SoFi Stadium.
Local Sports Girls Varsity Basketball:
Heide Trask hosts East Columbus at 3:30pm
Yesterday:
West Columbus lost 69-16 to Whiteville. The Lady wolfpack are now 7-0 in the conference.
East Columbus at Pender, no score was reported yet at the time of the article and no one was available for more information
Heide Trask beats South Columbus 42-38
Boys Varity Basketball Yesterday:
The Wolfpack defeats West Columbus 76-58. Whiteville is now 15-3, 7-0 in the conference.
Pender defeats East Columbus 67-46
Heide Trask beats South Columbus 70-40
Varsity Baseball and Softball is almost here.
All Whiteville Wolfpack Varsity Baseball home games will be live on Kool 103.9 Radio and streamed at www.kool1039radio.com The station will also have away game updates. So, bookmark the site and lock your radio station in!
Tennis is also getting ready to start up.
– Vinny Pagano is the Sports Editor for Columbus County News and Sports Director for WTXY Kool 103.9FM & AM1540. Join Vinny every Saturday mornings at 10:30am on WTXY AM1540 & KOOL 103.9FM for “In The Sports Zone”, a weekly sports talk podcast, covering the world of professional, college, semi-pro and the local sports world. In The Sports Zone is also available on Spotify, Anchor FM, and other Podcast sites. Local Sports stories, as well as questions and comments can be submitted to Vinny at sports@kool1039radio.com
