Recent Events January 2012

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Events in January 2012

Jan. 1st: Football > Final day of the NFL regular season

Jan. 2nd: Football > Fiesta Bowl in Glendale, AZ

                    Result: Oklahoma St. 41, Stanford 38 (OT)

Jan. 2nd: Football > Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA

                    Result: Oregon 45, Wisconsin 38

Jan. 3rd: Football > Sugar Bowl in New Orleans, LA

                    Result: Michigan 23, Virginia Tech 20 (OT)

Jan. 4th: Football > Orange Bowl in Miami Gardens, FL

                    Result: West Virginia 70, Clemson 33

Jan. 7th: Football > NCAA FCS (1-AA) National Championship Game in Frisco, TX

                    Result: North Dakota St. 17, Sam Houston St. 6

Jan. 9th: Football > BCS National Championship Game in New Orleans, LA

                    Result: Alabama 21, LSU 0

Jan. 14th: Mixed Martial Arts > UFC 142 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

                    Main Event: Jose Aldo defeated Chad Mendes by 1st round KO to retain the UFC Featherweight Championship

Jan. 14th : Boxing > Robert Stieglitz vs. Henry Weber for the WBO Super Middleweight Championship in Offenburg, Germany

                    Result: Steiglitz defeated Weber by Unanimous Decision to retain the WBO Title

Jan. 22nd: Football > AFC Championship Game

                    Result: New England Patriots 23, Baltimore Ravens 20

Jan. 22nd: Football > NFC Championship Game

                    Result: New York Giants 20, San Francisco 49ers 17

Jan. 16th-29th: Tennis > Australian Open

                    Champions:

                            Men's: Novak Djokovic

                            Women's: Victoria Azarenka

                            Men's Doubles: Leander Paes & Radek Stepanek

                            Women's Doubles: Svetlana Kuznetsova & Vera Zvonareva

                            Mixed Doubles: Horia Tecau & Bethanie Mattek-Sands

                            Boy's: Luke Saville (Australia)

                            Girl's: Taylor Townsend (USA)

                            Boy's Doubles: Liam Broady & Joshua Ward-Hibbert (Both of Great Britain)

                            Girl's Doubles: Gabrielle Daniels & Taylor Townsend (Both of the USA)

Jan. 26th-29th: Multi-Sport Event > Winter X Games in Aspen, CO

                    Gold Medalists:

                            Men's:

                                    Mono Skier X: Samson Danniels (CAN)

                                    Skiing Big Air: Bobby Brown (USA)

                                    Skiing Slopestyle: Tom Wallisch (USA)

                                    Skiing SuperPipe: David Wise (USA)

                                    Skier X: Chris Del Bosco (CAN)

                                    Snowboarding Big Air: Mark McMorris (CAN)

                                    Snowboarding Slopestyle: Mark McMorris (CAN)

                                    Snowboarding Street: Forest Bailey (USA)

                                     Snowboard SuperPipe: Shaun White (USA)

                                    Snowboard X: Nate Holland (USA)

                                    Snowmobile Best Trick: Heath Frisby (USA)

                                    Snowmobile Freestyle: Colten Moore (USA)

                            Women's:

                                    Skiing Slopestyle: Kaya Turski (CAN)

                                    Skiing SuperPipe: Rosalina Groenewoud (CAN)

                                    Skier X: Marte Gjefsen (NOR)

                                    Snowboarding Slopestyle: Jamie Anderson (USA)

                                    Snowboarding SuperPipe: Kelly Clark (USA)

                                    Snowboard X: Dominique Maltais (CAN)

Jan. 28th-29th: Speed Skating > World Sprint Championships in Calgary, Canada

                    Medalists:

                            Men's:

                                    Gold: Stefan Groothuis (NED)

                                    Silver: Lee Kyou-Hyuk (KOR)

                                    Bronze: Mo Tae-Bum (KOR)

                            Women's:

                                    Gold: Yu Jing (CHN)

                                    Silver: Christine Nesbitt (CAN)

                                    Bronze: Zhang Hong (CHN)

Jan. 29th: Hockey > NHL All-Star Game

                    Result: Team Chara 12, Team Alfredsson 9

Jan. 29th: Football > NFL Pro Bowl in Honolulu, HI

                    Result: AFC 59, NFC 41

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