Kennedy Jones Sports Update
Slug: hello
HELLO, EVERYONE I AM KENNEDY JONES WITH YOUR JACKSON STATE NEWS NOW SPORTS UPDATE.
THE TIME IS CURRENTLY 6:01 P.M. AND THE TEMPERATURE IS FIFTY-SEVEN DEGREES.
Slug: JSU loses SWAC
THE JSU TIGERS FELL SHORT OF WINNING THE SWAC CHAMPIONSHIP AFTER LOSING TO THE SOUTHERN JAGUARS.
THE JAGUARS LEAD THE SCORE FOR MOST OF THE GAME UNTIL THE TIGERS TOOK A FORTY-EIGHT TO FORTY-TWO LEAD WITH FOUR MINUTES LEFT IN THE GAME.
IN THE END, THE JAGUARS CAME BACK AND DEFEATED THE TIGERS FIFTY-FOUR TO FIFTY-THREE.
THE JAGUARS ADVANCED TO THE NCAA TOURNAMENT WHERE THEY LOST TO THE COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS CRUSADERS IN THE FIRST ROUND.
Slug: Matt Barnes suspended
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES FORWARD MATT BARNES WAS SUSPENDED ONE GAME WITHOUT PAY ON SATURDAY AFTER TRYING TO FORCE HIS WAY INTO THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS LOCKER ROOM.
BARNES TRIED TO ENTER THE LOCKER ROOM AFTER BEING EJECTED FROM THE GAME AFTER HAVING A VERBAL ALTERCATION WITH MILWAUKEE FORWARD JOHN HENSON, WHO WAS ALSO EJECTED FROM THE GAME.
THE BUCKS WENT ON TO BEAT THE GRIZZLIES NINETY-SIX TO EIGHTY-SIX.
Slug: Player shoots teammate
A UNIVERSITY OF AKRON FOOTBALL PLAYER SHOT HIS TEAMMATE EARLY SATURDAY MORNING AFTER MISTAKING HIM FOR A BURGLAR.
OFFENSIVE LINEMAN SCOTT BOYETT SHOT HIS TEAMMATE ANDREW PRATT IN THE STOMACH AFTER PRATT ENTERED HIS HOME UNANNOUNCED AFTER 3 A.M.
PRATT IS EXPECTED TO MAKE A FULL RECOVERY.
POLICE SAID NO CHARGES WOULD BE FILED BECAUSE BOTH AGREED IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.
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NOW ON TO WEATHER:
THIS EVENING WE ARE CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING PARTLY CLOUDY WEATHER AT FIFTY-SEVEN DEGREES.
TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A LOW AROUND THIRTY-FIVE DEGREES AND NORTHWEST WINDS AROUND FIVE MILES PER HOUR.
TOMORROWS FORECAST WILL BE SUNNY WITH A HIGH OF SIXTY-TWO DEGREES AND A LOW OF AROUND THIRTY-EIGHT DEGREES WITH WINDS TRAVELING WEST AT FIVE MILES PER HOUR.
Slug: traffic
THE LATEST TRAFFIC REPORT SHOWS THAT ALL ROADS AND MAJOR HIGHWAYS ARE CLEAR IN THE JACKSON METRO AREA.
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AND THAT WRAPS UP THE SPORTS UPDATE.
THIS IS KENNEDY JONES WITH JACKSON STATE NEWS NOW.
THE TIME IS 6:04 P.M.
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