college football
Northern Illinois jumps Fresno State in BCS
Northern Illinois moved ahead of Fresno State in the BCS standings and up to No. 14 as the Huskies and Bulldogs jockey to be the last BCS buster.
NIU jumped two spots Sunday, and Fresno State slipped one to 16th.
The top three teams in the BCS standings were unchanged: Alabama, Florida State and Ohio State – the remaining undefeated teams in BCS automatic qualifying conferences.
The other major college unbeatens, Northern Illinois and Fresno State, are fighting for one automatic bid. They have to finish in the top 12 of the last BCS standings, which comes out Dec. 8, or finish in the top 16 while ranking ahead of an AQ-conference champion.
auto racing
Vettel wins No. 13, pulls even with Schumacher’s record
SAO PAULO – Sebastian Vettel won Formula One’s season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix on Sunday, matching Michael Schumacher’s record of 13 victories in a year and equaling the nine consecutive wins of Alberto Ascari.
Vettel’s Red Bull teammate Mark Webber was second in his final F1 race. Fernando Alonso of Ferrari was third.
Vettel, who had already wrapped up a fourth straight F1 title, was overtaken by Nico Rosberg of Mercedes at the start but regained the lead on the second lap and cruised to his second victory in Brazil, and 39th of his career. He crossed the line 10.4 seconds in front of Webber.
CFL
Sheets powers Saskatchewan to Grey Cup championship
REGINA, Saskatchewan – Kory Sheets ran for a record 197 yards and two touchdowns, leading the Saskatchewan Roughriders over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 45-23 on Sunday night in the 101st Grey Cup game.
Sheets, who briefly played for the Miami Dolphins and Carolina Panthers, broke the Canadian Football League championship game rushing mark of 169 yards set in 1956 by Edmonton’s Johnny Bright.
Sheets especially was impressive in the first half. The former Purdue star ran for 128 yards and a touchdown in leading Saskatchewan to a 31-6 advantage.
Darian Durant threw three touchdown passes as Saskatchewan won its fourth Grey Cup and first since 2007.
NBA
Chicago’s Rose to undergo surgery on meniscus Monday
LOS ANGELES – Derrick Rose will have surgery on his right knee Monday, and the Chicago Bulls don’t yet know how long they’ll be without their star guard this time.
Rose headed home to Chicago while the Bulls went back to work Sunday, facing the Los Angeles Clippers in their first game since Rose tore cartilage in his knee in Portland on Friday night.
Chicago coach Tom Thibodeau says the Bulls won’t know how long Rose will be out until surgeons decide how to fix Rose’s knee.
The Bulls’ core has plenty of experience playing without the 2011 NBA MVP. Rose missed all of last season recovering from a torn ligament in his left knee.
soccer
Real Salt Lake, Sporting K.C. to meet for MLS Cup
PORTLAND, Ore. – Robbie Findley’s first-half goal put a comeback out of reach for the Timbers, and Real Salt Lake advanced to the MLS Cup with a 1-0 victory over Portland on Sunday night for a 5-2 aggregate advantage in the Western Conference final.
Salt Lake took a 4-2 lead two weeks ago at Rio Tinto Stadium in the opener of the two-leg series. RSL, which won the league championship in 2009, will play Sporting Kansas City for this season’s title on Dec. 7.
Sunday’s victory extended RSL’s unbeaten streak against Portland to 10 consecutive matches.
Associated Press
