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Troy football player found dead on highway

TROY, Ala.

Troy football player Jadarius Garner was found dead on a Mississippi highway.

Mississippi Highway Patrol spokesman Anthony Dunn said that the 20-year-old Garner was found lying on U.S. Highway 61 in Bolivar County early Thursday morning after two cars had run over him. The highway patrol is investigating the cause of Garner’s death. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

State troopers, sheriff’s deputies and rescue officials from Bolivar County arrived at 2:27 a.m. Thursday after responding to what was believed to be a two-vehicle accident about 3 miles south of Oreilly, Miss. The drivers of the two cars were not injured.

Garner was from Clarksdale, Miss.

NFL to stream playoff games live online

NEW YORK

Every NFL playoff game will be streamed live online for the first time.

The league said Thursday that CBS and Fox would be providing live streams of their broadcasts this season. The Super Bowl and NBC’s wild-card games were available online the last two seasons. All the games will also be streamed on smartphones through Verizon’s NFL Mobile app.

The games on CBS and NBC will be available online to any user through the networks’ websites. For the games on Fox, fans must authenticate that they’re a subscriber to a participating cable company through the Fox Sports Go app or website.

US agents seize $723k in fake sports gear

DETROIT

U.S. officials say Homeland Security agents seized about 6,100 pieces of counterfeit hockey merchandise and other sportswear valued at more than $723,000 during a three-month initiative leading up to NHL Winter Classic events.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Thursday that jerseys, hats, T-shirts and other items worth more than $32,500 were seized in the Detroit area.

“Operation Team Player” targets counterfeit sports merchandise from all major sports leagues. Most items seized were fake NHL merchandise.

The National Hockey League’s Winter Classic between the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs was played Wednesday before 100,000 fans at the outdoor Michigan Stadium in Ann Arbor. Homeland Security agent Marlon Miller says makers use “inferior materials” for look-alikes that don’t benefit the teams, players or the associations with trademarked sports gear.

Russia beats US in world junior quarters

MALMO, Sweden

Russia beat the United States 5-3 in the world junior hockey quarterfinals Thursday, rallying to take the lead on Nakita Zadorov’s two power-play goals.

Russia will face Sweden, a 6-0 winner over Slovakia. In the other quarterfinals, Canada beat Switzerland 4-1, and Finland topped the Czech Republic 5-3.

New Jersey Devils farmhand Stefan Matteau, Plymouth Whalers forward Ryan Hartman and Wisconsin’s Nic Kerdiles had first-period goals for the United States, the tournament winner last year in Russia. Providence’s John Gillies stopped 20 shots.

Scott edges Woods for GWAA top player

KAPALUA, Hawaii

Adam Scott narrowly beat out Tiger Woods as player of the year in voting by the Golf Writers Association of America.

The GWAA takes into account more than just the PGA Tour. Scott won four times, including the Masters, and joined Jason Day in winning the World Cup for Australia. Out of 218 votes cast, Scott won the honor by five votes.

Woods won five times on the PGA Tour, but no majors. He also won the money title and Vardon Trophy for lowest scoring average. Woods previously won player of the year by the PGA Tour and the PGA of America. Scott also won The Barclays, the Australian PGA and the Australian Masters.

Inbee Park and Kenny Perry were runaway winners for female and senior players of the year.

Associated Press