Today's Top Sports Stories

• Illini win 81-72 over Gophers in double OT

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• Lakers rout Jazz, easily avoid 0-3 season start

• Cole comes up big, Heat beat Celtics 115-107

• Payton not divulging plan for Brees in finale

• Patriots, 49ers lead Pro Bowl rosters

• Purdue beats Western Michigan 37-32 in Pizza Bowl

• Pitino: Plans to quit when contract ends in 2017

Sports Commentary

• Mayfield's Mutterings: Illini finally exterminate pesky Gophers
  By Jeff Mayfield