Hartley’s Sports Shorts; Tuesday, January 12th

In a nutshell: As of 12:05 a.m Tuesday by Hartley Miller

NCAA Football: (Championship game)

(#1) Alabama 52  (#3) Ohio State  24
(The Crimson Tide finished with a perfect 13-0 record on the season)

Congratulations to Covid-19 on winning the national title. https://t.co/8sLYsmtOFR

— Tom Hawthorn (@tomhawthorn) January 12, 2021

NFL: (Playoffs)

The NFL Conference semi-finals have LA Rams at Green Bay (Saturday 1:35 PM PT) and Tampa Bay at New Orleans (Sunday 3:40 PM) in the NFC plus Baltimore at Buffalo (Saturday 5:15 PM) and Cleveland at Kansas City (Sunday 12:05 PM) in the AFC. Home teams are favoured in each game: the Packers by 7, Bills by 2, Saints by 3 and Chiefs by 10.

NBA:

Portland Trail Blazers  112  Toronto Raptors  111

–It was the second consecutive one-point loss on the road for the Raptors, who are just 2-8 after 10 games.

McCollum’s shot lifts Blazers to win over Raptors.

MORE: https://t.co/MO5OQEPkHd pic.twitter.com/JqIqbo4ubL

— TSN (@TSN_Sports) January 12, 2021

NHL:

–The NHL regular-season will begin on Wednesday with five games including Vancouver at Edmonton and Montreal at Toronto. The Canucks also play the Oilers on Thursday to complete the doubleheader.

WHL:

Many unanswered questions still remain for @PGCougars
| https://t.co/FVYVjmpd3t #CityofPG #sports pic.twitter.com/Dhuvoh7pOz

— My Prince George Now (@mypgnow) January 11, 2021

Column:

WHL: Lots of unanswered questions; maybe no playoffs . . . Moon will shine bright over Edmonton; veteran radio voice moves from Rebels to Oilers https://t.co/aLI0OvnIq5

— Gregg Drinnan (@gdrinnan) January 12, 2021