The Oklahoman's high school athletes of the week for Jan. 18-24:
Boys basketball
Gage Porter, Jr., Bethel: For the second straight season, Porter was clutch in upsetting Dale.
jan 26 tuning in
TUESDAY
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
2 p.m.;;Hall of Fame Election;;MLBN (Cox 264)
NHL
6 p.m.;;N. Y. Islanders at Washington;;NBCSN (Cox 251)
7:30 p.m.;;Detroit at Dallas;;FSOK (Cox 37)
NBA
7 p.m.;;Washington at Houston;;NBATV
MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
6 p.m.;;Oklahoma at Texas;;ESPN2/107.7FM
6 p.m.;;Mississippi St.
Tampa Bay’s victory in the NFC championship was one for the aged.
Outdueling Aaron Rodgers set up the ageless Tom Brady (OK, he's 43) to become the oldest player ever to play in a Super Bowl.
Bruce Arians, 68, earned a shot at becoming the oldest head coach ever to win a Super Bowl after he outcoached 40-year-old Matt LaFleur in the Bucs' 31-26 victory at Lambeau Field on Sunday.
The Bucs’ victory over the Packers that sent them home to Raymond James Stadium for Super Bowl 55 against defending champion Kansas City came down to two pivotal calls, one by each coach.
The first one came with 13 seconds left in the first half following a Green Bay turnover when Arians summoned his punt team back to the sideline and sent Brady and the offense back out to go for it on fourth-and-4 from the Green Bay 45.
“We didn’t come here to not take chances to win the game,” Arians explained.
Brady hit Leonard Fournette for 6 yards with 8 seconds remaining and Tampa Bay leading 14-10.
On the next play, cornerback Kevin King inexplicably allowed Scotty Miller to race past him in single coverage and Brady hit his receiver for a 39-yard touchdown with 1 second left for a 21-10 halftime lead.
“We were going to try to heave it like a Hail Mary type thing,” Miller said.
It’s been a year since Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others died in a helicopter crash in Southern California.
They were on their way to a basketball tournament on a Sunday morning.
By Joe MussattoThe Thunder’s second unit built a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter and the starters held on for a 125-122 win against the Trail Blazers on Monday night in Portland. Here are five takeaways from the game: Like MikeHamidou Diallo drove the lane and kicked the ball back to Mike Muscala.