Major League Baseball: Unconfirmed reports that disgruntled star Sammy Sosa was being traded from the Chicago Cubs to the Baltimore Orioles, in exchange for three or more Baltimore players and other considerations. (ESPN) (Sportsline) Alpine skiing – Bode Miller wins the men's super-G title in the Alpine World Ski Championships in Italy. (BBC) College football bowl game: In the final game of the 2004–2005 college football season, Kansas State's Darren Sproles, Akron's Charlie Frye, and Ohio State's Mike Nugent led the North to a 23–13 win over the South in the Senior Bowl, played in Mobile, Alabama. (AP/Yahoo!) Tennis: Marat Safin defeated Lleyton Hewitt to win the 2005 Australian Open Men's Championship 1–6 6–3 6–4 6–4. (AP/ESPN) 28 January 2005 (Friday) Cross-country skiing: In a simple ceremony during the Norwegian national cross-country skiing championships at Lillehammer, skiers Thomas Alsgaard and Frode Estil finally get their Olympic gold medals won in the Pursuit race of the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Olympics; the medals were awarded the two Norwegian skiers after Johann Mühlegg of Spain was found guilty of having used doping to win the race (see Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics). For the same reason, teammate Kristen Skjeldal gets his long-delayed bronze medal from the 30 km race (finishing fourth at race day, but ascending to third place after Mühlegg was disqualified). (NRK.no Sport|Ski) (in Norwegian) Football: The match fixing scandal in Germany centering on former referee Robert Hoyzer deepened. Four arrests linked to the probe were made in Berlin today. Also, German media reported that Hoyzer told prosecutors that he was paid over €50,000 (USD 65,000) to fix matches, had seen other referees take payoffs, and heard that players were involved in the scheme as well. (AP/Yahoo!) Ice hockey: Angela Ruggiero was the first woman to play in a professional, regular season game in the United States, and along with her brother Bill, was the first brother/sister combination to play in a professional hockey game in the US. Tennis: Serena Williams overcomes a back injury in the opening game to defeat Lindsay Davenport 2–6, 6–3, 6–0 and win the 2005 Australian Open women's singles. (AP/ESPN) 27 January 2005 (Thursday) Football: German Football Association (DFB) referee Robert Hoyzer publicly admits that he fixed matches. Hoyzer's actions are believed to have been motivated by links to Croat gambling syndicates. (AP/Yahoo!) 26 January 2005 (Wednesday) Winter league baseball: The Indios