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MONDAY’S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:
NFL: Rams at Seahawks, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN; WEEI)
NHL: Devils at Lightning, 7 p.m. (Versus)

AROUND THE WEB:

Drew Brees throws a pass under pressure from Karl Klug during the Saints' victory over the Titans Sunday in Nashville. (AP)

♦ The Titans dropped a 22-17 decision to the visiting Saints on Sunday, but a couple of Tennessee players said there was some funny business originating from the New Orleans sideline.

Offensive linemen Jake Scott and Michael Roos said they heard a whistle coming from the Saints sideline late in the game, and a producer for “Titans All Access” has proof after capturing it with a microphone that was on Roos.

“Somebody was blowing a whistle on the sideline,” Scott said. “There is audio of it, so we’ll let it go from there. The second-to-last drive, I think.”

Said Roos: “Everybody on our side heard something, we’re not sure where it came from exactly. But it sounded like from over there, and until we know more I can’t really say anything else. It’s not something that should be done but until we can have somebody look at it, we’ll have to wait and see.”

The Saints did not comment after the game.

♦ The Cincinnati and Xavier basketball teams brawled on Saturday, and Cincy coach Mick Cronin was especially forthcoming in the postgame press conference about how embarrassed he was. And yet, on Sunday the punishments were announced, and the longest suspension was for just six games. That was for Yancy Gates, who hit Xavier’s Kenny Frease with a sucker punch to the face that left Frease bleeding, punched another player and had to be restrained from continuing his assaults. At Yahoo! Sports, Pat Forde criticizes both teams for the “copout” as they failed to follow through on their tough talk.

♦ Nets guard Deron Williams weighed in on the aborted Chris Paul trade to the Lakers and didn’t hold back when talking about the NBA commissioner. “David Stern‘s a bully,” he said. “You really can’t go up against him, man.” And when asked if he was OK with that quote bring used, Williams said: “[Stern] knows he’s a bully. Ain’t no secret. … Everybody knows that. I think every owner of every big business is a bully. That’s how they become successful.”

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA: On Dec. 12, 1975, the Red Sox traded Roger Moret to the Braves for which pitcher, known in part for the fact that he caught Hank Aaron‘s 715th home run ball in the Atlanta bullpen in 1974?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “I threw a pretty bad interception, so he wasn’t happy about it. And there was probably a long line of coaches and players that were pretty [upset] at me after that, but Billy got to me first. He let me have it; I deserved it.” — Tom Brady, on his animated discussion with Patriots offensive coordinator Bill O’Brien after a fourth-quarter interception

STAT OF THE DAY: 4 – 100-yard catch seasons for Wes Welker, making him the third player in NFL history to accomplish that feat

‘NET RESULTS: Andy Ketsoyan from AGBU High School in Pasadena, Calif., hits a three-quarters court shot to win a game.

University of Memphis basketball PA announcer Chuck Roberts had a flashback when introducing the team before Sunday’s game, announcing John Calipari as coach even though he left three years ago for Kentucky.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Tom House

SOOTHING SOUNDS: Dionne Warwick turns 71 Monday.

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