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FRIDAY’S BROADCAST HIGHLIGHTS:
NBA: Pistons at Celtics, 7:30 p.m. (CSNNE; WEEI)
NBA: Bulls at Clippers, 10:30 p.m. (NBA TV)

SATURDAY:
NHL: Bruins at Stars, 8 p.m. (NESN)
College basketball: Louisville at Kentucky, noon (CBS)
College basketball: Yale at Florida, 2 p.m. (ESPNU)
College basketball: Providence at Georgetown, 2 p.m. (ESPN2)
College basketball: Ohio State at Indiana, 6 p.m. (ESPN2)

SUNDAY:
NFL: Bills at Patriots, 1 p.m. (CBS)
NBA: Celtics at Wizards, 6 p.m. (CSNNE; WEEI)
NFL: Cowboys at Giants, 8:20 p.m. (NBC; WEEI)

AROUND THE WEB:

Giants running back Brandon Jacobs finds Cowboys fans obnoxious. (AP)

♦ Giants running back Brandon Jacobs has directed his anger at Cowboys fans instead of players heading into Sunday’s NFC East championship-deciding game.

“It’s their fans,” he said. “Some of their fans are loud, obnoxious and just bad. Just everywhere you go, you’ve got them Dallas fans running their mouth about Dallas. They keep going. It’s not really the team and the star and all that. They’re just like any other team in the National Football League if you ask me. But their fans are the ones that have me really just feeling the way I feel.”

Jacobs even ranks Cowboys fans as worse than the notoriously bad Philadelphia fans.

Yeah, they are [worse],” Jacobs said. “I’m not talking about being actually at the game and doing the type of stuff they do in Philly. I’m just talking about in everyday life. Cowboys fans get on my nerves.”

♦ Earlier this week, in the lead-up to Sunday’s Jets-Dolphins game in Miami, Dolphins receiver Brandon Marshall insinuated that Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis gets favorable treatment from the officials.

“Both sides do things all the time,” Revis responded Thursday. “One thing that Brandon Marshall does on routes is he pushes off. But I’m not going to use that as an [excuse]. It’s just something I know in his game he does. He’s a big receiver, so he pushes off sometimes. That’s just part of the game. And some DBs, we hold. It goes [both ways].”

Added Revis: “I have had a number of pass-interference penalties called on me this year,” he said. “The game is fast on both sides of the ball, and you’ve got to do what you’ve got to do.”

♦ ESPN baseball writer Keith Law interviewed for a front office job with the Astros last week, according to Fox Sports’ Ken Rosenthal. Law, a Harvard alumnus who got his start writing for Baseball Prospectus, has some front office experience, as he was a special assistant to Blue Jays general manager J.P. Ricciardi for 4 1/2 seasons before joining ESPN in 2006.

ON THIS DAY TRIVIA: On Dec. 30, 1973, which Bruin became the first rookie in team history to score four goals in a game?

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “There’s definitely the thought that this possibly could be because you never know how things shake out. For me, it just depends on the situation. I’ve said that before. I would love to keep playing, but if the situation is not right, then I won’t. And this possibly could be my last game.” – Jets running back LaDainian Tomlinson

STAT OF THE DAY: 24 – Rebounds for Magic center Dwight Howard in Thursday’s victory over the Nets

‘NET RESULTS: Baylor quarterback Robert Griffin III scores a memorable touchdown run in Thursday night’s Alamo Bowl, breaking free from three Washington defenders to avoid a sack and scramble for a 24-yard score.

Kevin Durant drills a 3-pointer at the buzzer to lift the undefeated Thunder over the winless Mavericks.

TRIVIA ANSWER: Chris Oddleifson, in an 8-1 victory over the California Golden Seals in Oakland

SOOTHING SOUNDS: Mike Nesmith (69) and Davy Jones (66) of the Monkees both celebrate a birthday Friday.

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