Skins in. Basketball: In a 95–90 Los Angeles Lakers win over the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden, the Lakers' Kobe Bryant becomes the 31st player in NBA history to reach 20,000 career points, and surpasses Wilt Chamberlain as the youngest to reach that milestone. <div id="22_December_2007"> </div id> 22 December 2007 (Saturday) Cricket English cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2007–08 3rd Test: 499/8 dec. (148.5 ov.) drew with 81 (30.5 ov.) & 215/6 (95 ov.) American football: NCAA Division I FBS bowl games: PapaJohns.com Bowl in Birmingham: Cincinnati 31, Southern Miss 21 The Bearcats complete their first 10-win season since 1951. New Mexico Bowl in Albuquerque: New Mexico 23, Nevada 0 The Lobos pick up their first postseason win since 1961, while holding the Wolf Pack scoreless for the first time since 1980. Las Vegas Bowl in Las Vegas: BYU 17, UCLA 16 The Cougars block a field goal on the last play of the game to preserve the win. National Football League Week 16: Dallas Cowboys 20, Carolina Panthers 13 The Cowboys eliminate the Panthers from playoff contention; Terrell Owens leaves the game with an ankle injury. <div id="21_December_2007"> </div id> 21 December 2007 (Friday) American football: NCAA Division I FBS bowl games: New Orleans Bowl: Florida Atlantic 44, Memphis 27 National Football League: Bill Parcells comes back to the NFL, signing a 4-year contract with the Miami Dolphins to become the team's executive vice president of football operations. (AP via ESPN) <div id="20_December_2007"> </div id> 20 December 2007 (Thursday) American football: NCAA Division I FBS bowl games: Poinsettia Bowl in San Diego: Utah 35, Navy 32 National Football League Week 16: Pittsburgh Steelers 41, St. Louis Rams 24 The Steelers clinch a playoff berth, but lose running back Willie Parker to a broken leg in the 1st quarter. Ice hockey National Hockey League Marian Gaborik scores 5 goals against the New York Rangers, the most goals scored by a single player in a game since 1996. <div id="19_December_2007"> </div id> 19 December 2007 (Wednesday) <div id="18_December_2007"> </div id> 18 December 2007 (Tuesday) Rugby union The Australian Rugby Union announces that the Australian Rugby Championship, the country's first attempt to establish a national home-and-away league in the sport, will be scrapped after only one season. The league lost a reported A$4.7 million (US$4.0 million, €2.8 million, £2.0 million) in its only season. (Rugby Heaven) <div id="17_December_2007">