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SbB LIVE FROM LA (Dec 8, 2012 @ 7:17am ET)

9:00 PM: Sports Illustrated's Peter King says ESPN "would go bat dung" if Jon Gruden leaves the network for another coaching gig: "He basically runs the Monday Night telecast. He runs the meeting. He's the big guru with the teams."

8:45 PM: Football Scoop reports new Auburn defensive coordinator Ellis Johnson will earn $800,000 next season, the same amount he earned as Southern Miss head coach this season.

8:30 PM: Former St. Louis Rams preseason player Noah Keller has been arrested on criminal mischief charges for driving his pickup & spinning his tires on the football field of Kearney High School in Nebraska, causing over $90,000 in damages.

8:15 PM: Dolphins defensive tackle Tony McDaniel said it was "disrespectful" for the Patriots to run the same play over and over during Sunday's game. Teammate Randy Starks agreed, but added: "You've got to stop it. We never stopped it, so I'd keep running the same play, too."

8:00 PM: Penn State announced that on Dec. 20 it will pay the first $12 million of the $60 million fine handed down by the NCAA over the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.

7:45 PM: Former NFL & Ohio State receiver David Boston was sentenced to six months in prison & five years probation on aggravated battery charges. Boston struck a woman in the face at his Florida home in November 2011, leaving a wound that required 10 stitches.

7:30 PM: The Pioneer Press reports former Minnesota Golden Gophers receiver A.J. Barker has transferred to Houston. Barker wrote an online post since deleted accusing Gophers coach Jerry Kill of mistreatment, accusations Kill denied.

7:15 PM: Texas A&M QB Johnny Manziel said that Notre Dame LB Mani Te'o asked him for info on Alabama, but Manziel didn't out of "respect and loyalty" to the SEC. A&M defeated Alabama this season, and the Irish face the Crimson Tide in the BCS title game.

7:00 PM: 620 WDAE reports that South Florida will hire Western Kentucky's Willie Taggart as the Bulls' new football coach.

6:45 PM: Former Oakland A's pitcher Brandon McCarthy has reportedly signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks in a two-year, $15.5 million deal. Former A's teammate Brett Anderson tweets to McCarthy: "Don't spend it all at one place"

6:30 PM: The Lakers' Dwight Howard doesn't want advice on improving his 46.9 percent free throw shooting: "My mind cannot get clouded with everybody telling me how to shoot a free throw."

6:15 PM: Denver Broncos linebacker Jeff Legwold has been fined $25,000 by the NFL for hitting Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Josh Freeman below the knee during last Sunday's game.

6:00 PM: The Phoenix Suns said Friday that only a handful of fans took advantage of their "Satisfaction Guaranteed Night", where the Suns would refund fans' tickets if they didn't beat the Mavericks Thursday night. Dallas defeated Phoenix 97-94.

5:45 PM: Detroit Lions defensive tackle Nick Fairley has been fined $15,750 by the NFL for a horse collar tackle on Indianapolis Colts QB Andrew Luck during last Sunday's game. Hits on Luck have now totaled $113,250 in players' fines so far this season.

5:30 PM: A South Carolina man & Dallas Cowboys fan was sentenced to three years probation for using a stun gun on another fan during a fight in the MetLife Stadium stands during the Jets' Sept. 11 season opener.

Source: http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/sbblive?eid=45500

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