Syracuse unanimous No. 1 in AP poll
NEW YORK (AP) — Syracuse’s reward for winning one of the best college basketball games of the season was a spot on top of The Associated Press Top 25 poll.
Combined with No. 1 Arizona’s first loss of the season last weekend, the Orange’s 91-89 overtime win over Duke on Saturday moved them up one spot to the top.
Syracuse (21-0) received all 65 first-place votes from the national media panel Monday, making the Orange the first unanimous No. 1 since Duke was for six weeks in 2010-11.
“We’re happy to be No. 1,” coach Jim Boeheim said Monday, hours before the Orange met Notre Dame. “Obviously, it’s taken a lot of hard work. It’s an honor. We’ll try to keep playing well.”
Syracuse, off to the best start in school history, is on top of the poll for the first time since a six-week run in 2011-12.
This is the 15th week all-time Syracuse has been No. 1.
Super Bowl sets TV viewing record again
NEW YORK (AP) — For the fourth time in five years, the Super Bowl has set a record for the most-watched television event in U.S. history, drawing 111.5 million viewers even though the Seattle Seahawks’ 43-8 victory over the Denver Broncos wasn’t really competitive.
The ratings record is further evidence of how live events are becoming dependable and valuable properties for broadcast television at a time the audience is fragmenting and ratings for regular entertainment shows continue to fall.
The game also set standards for the most-streamed sports event online and, with 24.9 million tweets, the biggest U.S. live TV event on Twitter.
The Seattle victory eclipsed the 111.3 million viewers who watched the 2012 Super Bowl between the New York Giants and New England Patriots, according to the Nielsen company. Until last year’s game dipped slightly to 108.7 million, the Super Bowl had set ratings records for the previous three years in a row.
Tortorella returns to Vancouver bench
DETROIT (AP) — Vancouver Canucks coach John Tortorella has returned from his 15-day suspension.
Tortorella was behind Vancouver’s bench for Monday night’s game against the Detroit Red Wings.
He was punished without pay for his conduct after a brawl in a game against the Calgary Flames. Tortorella went to Calgary’s locker room following the first period, which began with several fights.
NHL senior executive vice president of hockey operations Colin Campbell said Tortorella’s actions were “dangerous and an embarrassment to the league.”
During the suspension that lasted six games, Tortorella wasn’t allowed to interact with the Canucks before, during or after games.
Tortorella was suspended for Game 6 of the 2009 playoffs when he was coaching the New York Rangers for throwing a water bottle into the stands in Washington.
U.S. draws Turkey for Basketball W.C.
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The United States will play Turkey in the group stage of this summer’s World Cup of Basketball in a rematch of the 2010 final.
The rest of the opposition in Group C looks a lot easier, with the Americans also drawn on Monday to play the Dominican Republic, Finland, New Zealand and Ukraine.
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