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WEDNESDAY'S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:NBA: Indiana at Boston, 7 p.m. (NBCSB)NBA: Milwaukee at Houston, 8 p.m. (ESPN)NBA: Detroit at LA Lakers, 10:30 p.m. (ESPN)NHL: Nashville at Chicago, 8 p.m. (NBCSN)
AROUND THE WEB:
-- It looks like Jimmy Garoppolo and Richard Sherman are enjoying the offseason.
The two 49ers, along with tight end George Kittle, attended a Nelly performance in Las Vegas over the weekend and joined the rapper on stage for a rendition of Montell Jordan's "This is How We Do It."
In other news, Jimmy & Uncle Sherm putting on a performance in Vegas -- pic.twitter.com/ByYeMScUcA
— ™️ (@ninersfanjr) January 7, 2019More footage of Jimmy Garoppolo, George Kittle and Richard Sherman living it up with Nelly pic.twitter.com/UVikJ18JFM
— Taylor Wirth (@taylorwirth123) January 7, 2019Garoppolo tore his ACL in October and this footage shows he's pretty mobile now, so this is good news for 49ers fans.
-- The Clemson-Alabama national championship game earned the lowest ratings for a college football title game since 2012.
Clemson beat Alabama 44-16 and the game did a 14.6 overnight rating on ESPN networks, making this the lowest-rated college football national championship since the Alabama-LSU game seven years ago.
Clemson's blowout win over Alabama delivers ESPN/ESPN2/ESPNU/ESPNews a 14.6 overnight rating. Lowest for a college football national championship since Bama-LSU in 2012 (13.8 just on ESPN). Thriller last year with Bama-Georgia got a 16.7
— Austin Karp (@AustinKarp) January 8, 2019This was also the worst loss of Nick Saban's tenure as coach of Alabama.
QUOTE OF THE DAY: "I will be here moving forward."-- Josh McDaniels, on staying in New England after interviewing with other teams
