Sports Digest: Notre Dame's Mike Brey will speak at Sportsmanship Dinner

Prep sports

BREY WILL BE KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT SPORTSMANSHIP DINNER: Notre Dame head coach Mike Brey will be the featured speaker at the 58th Annual Sportsmanship Dinner on Feb. 20 at Villa Cesare in Schererville.

The dinner brings together basketball teams from across Northwest Indiana prior to IHSAA sectional play. Sponsoring patrons, who pay a $50 fee in advance, will receive a ticket and are able to buy additional tickets for same same fee. Funds raised are awarded for scholarships to deserving high school students across the area. For more information on becoming a patron, call Blythe's Sports Shop in Griffith at (219) 924-4403.

College basketball

'COMMUNITY NIGHT' AT SSC: Today is "Community Night" at South Suburban College when residents, local businesses and their employees in SSC's District 510 in Illinois will be admitted free. The women's team will face Daley College at 5 p.m., while the men will host Robert Morris at 7 p.m.

PSU'S LOCKHART NAMED PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Prairie State sophomore guard Chris Lockhart was named the NJCAA Region IV Player of the Week after three games last week.

Lockhart totaled 69 points, 15 rebounds, five assists and five steals over the course of the week, with a week-high 26 points against Oakton on Feb. 4.

PUC HALL OF FAME CLASS TO BE INDUCTED FEB. 18: Purdue University Calumet announced former basketball standouts Lynn Hevezi and Tony Vermejan as the 2011-12 inductees of the Athletic Hall of Fame.

The two will officially be inducted in a ceremony on Feb. 18, during the Peregrines' CCAC doubleheader against Calumet St. Joseph.

The Hall of Fame presentation will take place on the Fitness and Recreation Center gym floor during halftime of the women's contest with the Crimson Wave, which is set for a 1 p.m. tip-off. Purdue Alumni Calumet will be presenting the 2011-12 Bob Hayes Athletic Alumni Award to former PUC basketball player Ben Simmons during halftime of the men's game.

Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students age 12-17. All Purdue Calumet students are admitted free of charge, as are children under the age of 12.

Pro football

FANS BET $94M ON SUPER BOWL AT NEVADA CASINOS: Sports fans bet $93.9 million at Nevada casinos on Sunday's Super Bowl matchup between the New York Giants and New England Patriots, the most wagered in the past decade.

The Gaming Control Board says unaudited tallies show 184 sports books won a little over $5 million on the football action. New England was about a 3 point favorite, but the Giants won 21-17.

It was a different story for Nevada casinos when the same two teams played in the 2008 Super Bowl. The Patriots opened as 14-point favorites four years ago, but Giants backers bet the line down to 12 points and got paid when New York earned a 17-14 win.

Nevada casinos lost the most money ever on the Super Bowl that year -- $2.6 million.

OCHOCINCO PLEADS TO OHIO CHARGE AFTER SUPER BOWL: New England Patriots wide receiver Chad Ochocinco has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge in Cincinnati hours after playing in the Super Bowl.

A Hamilton County court bailiff says the former Cincinnati Bengal pleaded guilty Monday to a charge of failure to display a valid driver's license during a July 21 traffic stop.

Court documents show Ochocinco, who's listed under his former name Chad Johnson, was originally charged with driving with a suspended license and a window tint violation. The documents also state that his out- of-state driver's license was suspended. The bailiff says he has a valid license now.

SUPER BOWL XLVI DRAWS RECORD TV VIEWERS: For the third consecutive year, the Super Bowl set a record as the most-watched television show in U.S. history.

The Nielsen Co. said Monday that an estimated 111.3 million people watched the New York Giants beat the New England Patriots on Sunday night. That narrowly beat the 111 million who watched Green Bay's win over Pittsburgh last year.

NBC was blessed by a competitive game between two teams that played in one of the Super Bowl's most memorable contests four years ago, with one of them representing the largest media market in the country.

Track and field

PORTAGE HOSTS CLINIC: Portage High School will host the National Throws Coaches Assoication Learn by Doing Winter Throws Clinic from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. The clinic is open to coaches and athletes. Cost is $40 in advance, $50 at the door. For details, contact Mark Harsha at mharsha@portage.k12.in.us or Rob Lasorsa at rlasorsa@dc.rr.com or (760) 779-9148.

Around the horn

A brother of New York Knicks star Amare Stoudemire died in a Florida car crash Monday after the SUV he was driving slammed into the back of a trailer.

Authorities are still investigating and awaiting test results to find out if alcohol was a factor. The Florida Highway Patrol said 35-year-old Hazell Stoudemire was not wearing a seatbelt and died at the scene. Amare Stoudemire returned to Florida to be with his family and was to miss Monday night's game against Utah. Knicks spokesman Jonathan Supranowitz said he doesn't know how long Stoudemire will be away.