SPORTS digest
Eastwood Mall to host ‘JFK Day’
NILES
The Eastwood Mall is hosting a celebration of the Division VII state title-winning Warren JFK football team on Tuesday at the Mall. The celebration is at 1:30 p.m. in the food court.
Among the guests will be Bishop George V. Murry of the Diocese of Youngstown and elected officials from Warren and Trumbull County. The Cafaro Foundation will present a $10,000 donation to the John F. Kennedy High School Scholarship Fund.
Jacksonville fires coach Gus Bradley
HOUSTON
The Jacksonville Jaguars fired Gus Bradley on Sunday, ending one of the least successful coaching tenures in NFL history.
Owner Shad Khan announced the decision following a 21-20 loss at Houston, in which the Jaguars (2-12) blew a nine-point lead in the fourth quarter. Khan considered the move in late October, following a debacle at Tennessee on national television, but opted to keep Bradley for seven more weeks. During that time, Jacksonville lost to backup quarterbacks Tom Savage (Houston), Paxton Lynch (Denver) and Nick Foles (Kansas City).
Bradley went 14-48 in four seasons in Jacksonville, the worst winning percentage (.225) of any NFL coach with at least 60 games.
ACC fines Louisville, Virginia Tech
GREENSBORO, N.C.
The Atlantic Coast Conference has fined Louisville and Virginia Tech $25,000 each after reviewing the findings of a Wake Forest investigation that concluded a former Demon Deacons assistant coach-turned-broadcaster leaked game plans to opponents.
Commissioner John Swofford said in a statement Saturday that he is “deeply disturbed something like this would occur.”
The league said its review and follow-up discussions with the schools indicated that game plan information for four of Wake Forest’s games was provided to three schools over a three-year period from 2014-16 — Virginia Tech in 2014, Louisville in 2016 and Army in both 2014 and ’16.
Real Madrid wins Club World Cup
YOKOHAMA, JAPAN
Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat trick on Sunday as European champions Real Madrid beat Japanese side Kashima Antlers 4-2 to win the Club World Cup and extend their unbeaten run to 37 games.
Ronaldo took a pass from Karim Benzema in the 98th minute and calmly fired under Kashima goalkeeper Hitoshi Sogahata to make it 3-2. The Portuguese star then sealed the win seven minutes later with a left-footed shot to the roof of the net.
Benzema scored Madrid’s first goal in the ninth minute of the final, pouncing on a rebound off Luka Modric’s volley that was palmed away by Sogahata.
Gaku Shibasaki equalized in the final minute of the first half and put his team ahead seven minutes after the break. Ronaldo scored with a penalty kick on the hour mark after Shuto Yamamoto took Lucas Vazquez down in the box.
South Korea wins four golds in Olympic test
Host South Korea has won four golds at the ISU Short Track World Cup test event for 2018 Olympic host Pyeonchang.
Local favorite Choi Min-jeong won the women’s 500 meters final on Sunday at the newly constructed Gangneung Ice Arena.
One day earlier, Lee Jung-soo and Shim Suk-hee both won gold at the men’s and women’s 1,500 races.
South Korea is a powerhouse in the sport and managed a fourth success in the 3,000 women’s relay final.
On Saturday, Nurbergen Zhumagaziyev of Kazakhstan and Elise Christie of Great Britain won gold in the respective men and women’s 1000 finals.
Andy Murray named Personality of the Year
BIRMINGHAM, England
Andy Murray has been voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year for a record third time after winning the Wimbledon and Olympic singles titles in 2016 and also finishing the season as the world’s top-ranked player.
Staff/wire report