NOTES AND QUOTES for a Christmas Day in the Napa Valley:

Today

Napa Optimist Youth Basketball has openings

If the Justin-Siena baseball team needs somebody to get on base or make a defensive play at a crucial moment this spring, Tyler Mitchell might be one of the Braves’ best bets.

CHICAGO — Scott Skiles was fired Monday as coach of the Chicago Bulls, who have one of the worst records in the Eastern Conference.

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers’ starters are taking Christmas off, as the holiday falls conveniently on the NFL players’ weekly day off.

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — Here’s another Patriots milestone to think about.

TEMPE, Ariz. — Keegan Herring’s million-watt smile lit up Arizona State’s football offices when he arrived in 2005, promising to become the next great Sun Devils tailback.