National Football League
American Conference
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 6 2 0 .750 225 115
N.Y. Jets 4 4 0 .500 177 134
Miami 3 5 0 .375 193 204
Buffalo 3 5 0 .375 123 169
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Indianapolis 8 0 0 1.000 217 108
Houston 5 4 0 .556 215 188
Jacksonville 4 4 0 .500 157 198
Tennessee 2 6 0 .250 148 238
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Cincinnati 6 2 0 .750 180 135
Pittsburgh 6 2 0 .750 195 139
Baltimore 4 4 0 .500 206 154
Cleveland 1 7 0 .125 78 209
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Denver 6 2 0 .750 150 124
San Diego 5 3 0 .625 206 179
Oakland 2 6 0 .250 78 201
Kansas City 1 7 0 .125 126 205
National Conference
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Dallas 6 2 0 .750 217 152
Philadelphia 5 3 0 .625 219 153
N.Y. Giants 5 4 0 .556 232 204
Washington 2 6 0 .250 113 154
South
W L T Pct PF PA
New Orleans 8 0 0 1.000 303 174
Atlanta 5 3 0 .625 202 166
Carolina 3 5 0 .375 148 196
Tampa Bay 1 7 0 .125 134 231
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Minnesota 7 1 0 .875 244 174
Green Bay 4 4 0 .500 215 172
Chicago 4 5 0 .444 186 201
Detroit 1 7 0 .125 133 237
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Arizona 5 3 0 .625 198 164
San Francisco 4 5 0 .444 184 180
Seattle 3 5 0 .375 167 167
St. Louis 1 7 0 .125 77 221
Thursday’s Games
San Francisco 10, Chicago 6
Sunday’s Games
Buffalo at Tennessee, 1 p.m.
Denver at Washington, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Miami, 1 p.m.
Jacksonville at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.
Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.
New Orleans at St. Louis, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Carolina, 1 p.m.
Detroit at Minnesota, 1 p.m.
Kansas City at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.
Dallas at Green Bay, 4:15 p.m.
Philadelphia at San Diego, 4:15 p.m.
Seattle at Arizona, 4:15 p.m.
New England at Indianapolis, 8:20 p.m.
Open: N.Y. Giants, Houston
Monday’s Game
Baltimore at Cleveland, 8:30 p.m.
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Thursday’s scores
EAST
Rutgers 31, South Florida 0
SOUTH
Grambling St. 47, Texas Southern 33
MIDWEST
Bowling Green 35, Miami (Ohio) 14
N. Illinois 26, Ball St. 20
Home team in caps
PRO FOOTBALL
Favorite Odds Underdog
Sunday
NY JETS 7 Jacksonville
Denver 3 1/2 WASH
PITTSBURGH 7 Cincinnati
TENNESSEE 6 1/2 Buffalo
MINNESOTA 16 1/2 Detroit
New Orleans 13 1/2 ST. LOUIS
Atlanta 1 1/2 CAROLINA
MIAMI 10 Tampa Bay
OAKLAND 2 Kansas City
ARIZONA 8 Seattle
SAN DIEGO 1 1/2 Philadelphia
Dallas 3 GREEN BAY
INDIANAPOLIS 3 New England
Monday
Baltimore 10 1/2 CLEVELAND
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Favorite Odds Underdog
Temple 4 AKRON
CINCINNATI 9 W Virginia
Saturday
Boston College 4 VIRGINIA
ILLINOIS 4 Northwestern
LOUISVILLE 7 Syracuse
OHIO ST 16 Iowa
WISCONSIN 8 1/2 Michigan
PENN ST 25 1/2 Indiana
Michigan St 3 PURDUE
WAKE FOREST 5 Florida St
Clemson 8 1/2 NC STATE
Georgia Tech 13 DUKE
Kentucky 3 VANDY
Texas 24 BAYLOR
Va Tech 18 MARYLAND
W Michigan 12 E MICHIGAN
OLE MISS 5 Tennessee
Byu 27 NEW MEXICO
Nebraska 3 1/2 KANSAS
Ala-Birm 1 MEMPHIS
IOWA ST 5 1/2 Colorado
Ucla 17 1/2 WASH ST
BOISE ST 31 1/2 Idaho
SMU 8 1/2 Tex-El Paso
PITTSBURGH 7 Notre Dame
SOUTHERN CAL 10 1/2 Stanford
CALIFORNIA 1 Arizona
OREGON 17 Arizona St
KANSAS ST 1 Missouri
OKLAHOMA 20 1/2 Texas A&M
UTAH ST 13 San Jose St
NEVADA 7 1/2 Fresno St
RICE 3 Tulane
AIR FORCE 17 Unlv
OREGON ST 12 Washington
Florida 16 S CAROLINA
Alabama 12 MISS ST
Southern Miss 3 MARSHALL
Miami-Flor 3 N CAROLINA
OKLAHOMA ST 4 Texas Tech
TCU 20 Utah
GEORGIA 4 Auburn
Houston 5 C FLORIDA
LSU 24 1/2 Louis Tech
SAN DIEGO ST 7 1/2 Wyoming
HAWAII 20 New Mexico St
Arkansas St 4 FLA ATLANTIC
UL-MONROE 21 1/2 W Kentucky
ARKANSAS 14 Troy
FLA INTERN 2 North Texas
MIDD TENN ST 12 UL-Lafayette
Sunday
TULSA 5 East Carolina
PRO BASKETBALL
Favorite Odds Underdog
Utah 1 PHILA
ORLANDO 16 New Jersey
NEW YORK 1 1/2 Golden St
Portland 1 1/2 NEW ORL
Dallas 11 MINN
BOSTON 8 1/2 Atlanta
Houston 4 SACRAMENTO
DENVER 3 LA Lakers
Toronto 3 1/2 LA CLIPPERS
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Favorite Odds Underdog
PURDUE 22 CS Northridge
CONNECTICUT 25 William & Mary
XAVIER 21 Youngstown St
Miami-Ohio 3 TOWSON
Cleveland St 1 1/2 ST. BONNIES
BOSTON COLL 20 1/2 Dartmouth
BALL ST 2 Valparaiso
MISSISSIPPI 13 Ark Little Rock
GEORGIA 15 New Orleans
CENT FLA 2 Massachusetts
PENN ST 12 Pennsylvania
LSU 22 1/2 UL-Monroe
NORTHWEST 14 Northern Illinois
KANSAS ST 18 1/2 Loyola Chicago
KANSAS 27 Hofstra
ST. JOSEPH’S 7 1/2 Drexel
SMU 1 South Florida
UTAH 14 1/2 Idaho
Georgetown 13 TULANE
BYU 12 1/2 Bradley
Northern Iowa 5 DENVER
SAN FRAN 9 1/2 Cal Poly SLO
ST. MARY’S 3 New Mexico St
Stanford 3 1/2 SAN DIEGO
Pacific 3 PEPPERDINE
Rice Basketball Challenge
Tudor Fieldhouse-Houston, TX.
Opening Round
South Alabama no line Houst. Baptist
RICE 14 1/2 Sacra St
Hispanic College Fund Classic
Memorial Athletic Convention Center
Kent, OH.
Opening Round
Ala-Birmingham 2 Wisc Green Bay
KENT ST no line Samford
Athletes in Action Basketball Classic
Bank of America Arena-Seattle, WA.
Opening Round
Portland St no line Belmont
WASHINGTON 15 1/2 Wright St
Montana Tournament
Dahlberg Arena-Missoula, MT.
Opening Round
Boise St 12 Loyola Mary
MONTANA no line North Dakota
BTI Tip Off Tournament
McArthur Court-Eugene, OR.
Opening Round
Colorado St 3 1/2 UC Davis
OREGON no line Winst. Salem St
KENTUCKY 26 1/2 Morehead St
DUKE 33 NC Greensboro
PITTS 20 1/2 Wofford
SETON HALL 17 1/2 St. Peter’s
APPLCHIAN ST 7 NC Wilmington
TENN 23 Austin Peay
MINNESOTA 18 1/2 Tenn Tech
Siena 10 TENN ST
IOWA ST 12 Idaho St
MISS ST 15 Rider
Utah St 2 1/2 WEBER ST
AUBURN 8 1/2 Niagara
INDIANA no line Howard
HOCKEY
Favorite Odds Underdog
COLUMBUS Even-1/2 Anaheim
WASHINGTON 1/2-1 Minnesota
CAROLINA Even-1/2 NY Islanders
BUFFALO Even-1/2 Calgary
Los Angeles Pick’em ATLANTA
CHICAGO 1/2-1 Toronto
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PGA Tour
$4.7 million Disney Classic
At Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Par 72 (36-36)
Justin Rose 32-33-65
Rickie Fowler 35-31-66
Greg Owen 32-34-66
Casey Wittenberg 35-31-66
Will MacKenzie 33-34-67
Matt Bettencourt 33-34-67
Cliff Kresge 34-33-67
Zach Johnson 33-34-67
Rick Price 33-34-67
Kris Blanks 32-35-67
Bill Haas 33-35-68
Nick O’Hern 33-35-68
George McNeill 33-35-68
Chez Reavie 32-36-68
Matt Weibring 33-35-68
Mathias Gronberg 35-33-68
Justin Leonard 35-33-68
Daniel Chopra 33-35-68
Chris DiMarco 34-34-68
Brian Gay 34-34-68
LPGA Tour
$1.1 million Lorena Ochoa Invitational
At Guadalajara, Mexico
Par 72 (36-36)
Song-Hee Kim 31-34-65 -7
Mariajo Uribe 33-34-67 -5
Paula Creamer 33-34-67 -5
Jiyai Shin 33-34-67 -5
Eun-Hee Ji 35-33-68 -4
Catriona Matthew 35-33-68 -4
Brittany Lang 34-35-69 -3
Cristie Kerr 36-33-69 -3
Brittany Lincicome 33-36-69 -3
Katherine Hull 36-34-70 -2
M.J. Hur 36-34-70 -2
Michelle Wie 34-36-70 -2
In-Kyung Kim 36-35-71 -1
Hee-Won Han 35-36-71 -1
Seon Hwa Lee 35-36-71 -1
Kristy McPherson 36-35-71 -1
Juli Inkster 38-33-71 -1
Ai Miyazato 36-35-71 -1
Lorena Ochoa 36-35-71 -1
Yani Tseng 35-37-72 E
Sophia Sheridan 35-37-72 E
Morgan Pressel 36-36-72 E
Suzann Pettersen 37-35-72 E
National Hockey League
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
New Jersey 17 13 4 0 26 46 35
Pittsburgh 19 12 7 0 24 55 51
Philadelphia 15 10 4 1 21 57 38
N.Y. Rangers 19 10 8 1 21 59 53
N.Y. Islanders 18 6 6 6 18 48 55
Northeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Buffalo 15 10 4 1 21 43 34
Boston 18 8 7 3 19 41 42
Ottawa 16 8 6 2 18 47 50
Montreal 19 9 10 0 18 49 57
Toronto 16 3 8 5 11 41 60
Southeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 18 11 3 4 26 70 56
Tampa Bay 16 7 4 5 19 43 50
Atlanta 15 8 6 1 17 53 48
Florida 16 6 9 1 13 41 55
Carolina 17 2 12 3 7 34 64
Western Conference
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Chicago 17 10 5 2 22 50 41
Detroit 17 9 5 3 21 55 50
Columbus 17 9 6 2 20 52 63
Nashville 17 8 8 1 17 37 48
St. Louis 17 6 7 4 16 40 44
Northwest Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Colorado 19 12 4 3 27 58 46
Calgary 16 11 4 1 23 53 43
Vancouver 20 10 10 0 20 54 55
Edmonton 19 8 9 2 18 56 60
Minnesota 18 7 10 1 15 44 55
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
San Jose 20 13 4 3 29 67 48
Los Angeles 19 11 6 2 24 63 56
Dallas 18 8 4 6 22 57 54
Phoenix 18 10 8 0 20 47 43
Anaheim 16 6 8 2 14 46 52
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Thursday’s Games
Florida 1, Boston 0, SO
Philadelphia 5, Ottawa 1
Atlanta 5, N.Y. Rangers 3
Tampa Bay 4, Minnesota 3, SO
New Jersey 4, Pittsburgh 1
Detroit 3, Vancouver 1
Nashville 3, St. Louis 1
Montreal 4, Phoenix 2
Dallas 3, San Jose 2, SO
Friday’s Games
Minnesota at Washington, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Carolina, 7 p.m.
Anaheim at Columbus, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Calgary at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
N.Y. Rangers at Ottawa, 2 p.m.
Calgary at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Buffalo at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Florida, 7 p.m.
Anaheim at Detroit, 7 p.m.
Washington at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Los Angeles at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.
Boston at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.
San Jose at St. Louis, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Phoenix, 8 p.m.
Montreal at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Vancouver at Colorado, 10 p.m.
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MINOR HOCKEY
American Hockey League
Thursday’s Games
Portland 6, Rochester 3
Milwaukee 4, Abbotsford 1
Friday’s Games
Milwaukee at Grand Rapids, 7 p.m.
Worcester at Lowell, 7 p.m.
Norfolk at Hershey, 7 p.m.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at Albany, 7 p.m.
Manchester at Hartford, 7 p.m.
Binghamton at Adirondack, 7:30 p.m.
Bridgeport at Springfield, 7:30 p.m.
Houston at Lake Erie, 7:30 p.m.
Providence at Syracuse, 7:30 p.m.
Abbotsford at Peoria, 8 p.m.
Chicago at San Antonio, 8 p.m.
Texas at Rockford, 8:05 p.m.
Toronto at Manitoba, 8:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Houston at Lake Erie, 1 p.m.
Providence at Lowell, 7 p.m.
Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at Hershey, 7 p.m.
Rochester at Grand Rapids, 7 p.m.
Norfolk at Albany, 7 p.m.
Bridgeport at Adirondack, 7 p.m.
Syracuse at Hamilton, 7 p.m.
Hartford at Worcester, 7:05 p.m.
Manchester at Binghamton, 7:05 p.m.
Chicago at Texas, 8 p.m.
Milwaukee at Peoria, 8 p.m.
Abbotsford at Rockford, 8:05 p.m.
Toronto at Manitoba, 8:30 p.m.
National Basketball Association
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 8 1 .889 -
Philadelphia 4 4 .500 31/2
Toronto 4 4 .500 31/2
New York 1 8 .111 7
New Jersey 0 8 .000 71/2
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Atlanta 6 2 .750 -
Miami 6 2 .750 -
Orlando 6 3 .667 1/2
Charlotte 3 5 .375 3
Washington 2 6 .250 4
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Cleveland 6 3 .667 -
Milwaukee 4 2 .667 1/2
Chicago 4 4 .500 11/2
Detroit 4 4 .500 11/2
Indiana 3 3 .500 11/2
Western Conference
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
Dallas 5 3 .625 -
Houston 5 3 .625 -
San Antonio 4 3 .571 1/2
New Orleans 3 6 .333 21/2
Memphis 1 8 .111 41/2
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Denver 6 3 .667 -
Portland 6 3 .667 -
Oklahoma City 4 4 .500 11/2
Utah 3 5 .375 21/2
Minnesota 1 8 .111 5
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
L.A. Lakers 7 1 .875 -
Phoenix 8 2 .800 -
Sacramento 4 4 .500 3
L.A. Clippers 3 6 .333 41/2
Golden State 2 5 .286 41/2
Thursday’s Games
Cleveland 111, Miami 104
L.A. Lakers 121, Phoenix 102
Friday’s Games
New Jersey at Orlando, 7 p.m.
Utah at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Golden State at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Boston, 8 p.m.
Dallas at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Portland at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
Houston at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Denver, 10:30 p.m.
Toronto at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Boston at Indiana, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Washington, 7 p.m.
New Orleans at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Portland at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Utah at Cleveland, 7:30 p.m.
New Jersey at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Minnesota at Memphis, 8 p.m.
Golden State at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.
Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Dallas at Detroit, 6 p.m.
L.A. Clippers at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.
Toronto at Phoenix, 8 p.m.
Houston at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.
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COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Thursday’s scores
MIDWEST
Ohio St. 72, James Madison 44
Winona St. 87, St. Thomas, Minn. 76
SOUTH
Georgetown, Ky. 91, Ohio Dominican 57
N.C. State 69, Georgia St. 53
FIELD HOCKEY
State Quarterfinals
Saturday
At Cicero-North Syracuse
Class A
RFA-Section III (12-3-3) vs. Greene-IV, 2
Class B
Camden-III (14-3-1) vs. Maine-Endwell -IV, noon
Class C-D
Cazenovia-III (17-0-1) vs. Marathon-IV, 4
FOOTBALL
State Regionals
Class AA
Saturday
At Vestal
Baldwinsville-Section III (10-0) vs. Union-Endicott-IV (7-3), 5
Class A
Saturday
At Union-Endicott High School
Whitesboro-III (9-1) vs. Corning East-IV (8-2), noon
Class B
Saturday
At Union-Endicott High School
Westhill-III (10-0) vs. Johnson City-IV (9-1), 6
Class C
Saturday
At Union-Endicott High School
General Brown-III (10-0) vs. Chenango Forks-IV (10-0), 3
Class D
Friday
At Union-Endicott High School
Westmoreland-III (10-0) vs. Groton-IV (9-1), 6
KING PIN LANES
Cuz Hill Memorial League
Todd Jackson and Greg Puccio, 290 and 721. Jim Giordano, 713; Ron Poole, 711; Norm Young, 707; George Vedder, 695; Wayne Williams, 692; Ed Holmes, 682; Todd Jackson, 678; Paul Ackerson, 659; Bob Taylor, 653; Rudy Hammon, 641; Jim Korpela, 640; Mike Mattie, 638; Maggie Scott, 633; Bob Rieck, Brad Ruble, John Gerace and Dave Hammond, 631s; Ed Rakowski, 630; Dave Goralczyk, 624; Buster Mauer, 616; Paul Panek, 612; Joe Campbell, 610; Ed Krutz, 608; Ed Kotary, 604; Foster Schiefer, 603; Dave Seaton, 601.
Faith Ryan League
Gail Cortese and Val Cash, 223 and 555.
Finks League
Dolores Rakowski, 167 and 474.
BASEBALL
American League
KANSAS CITY ROYALS-Agreed to terms with INF Wilson Betemit on a minor league contract. Named Mitch Webster midwest regional scouting supervisor.
TEXAS RANGERS-Announced the retirement of vice president of community development Norm Lyons.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS-Named Gary Rajsich professional crosschecker, Brandon Mozley regional crosschecker, Brian Parker professional scout and Dan Cox area scout. Promoted Tom Burns, Dan Cholowsky and Matt Briggs to regional crosscheckers.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES-Agreed to terms with RHP Tim Hudson on a three-year contract.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS-Named Jim Riggleman manager.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NEW ORLEANS HORNETS-Fired coach Byron Scott. Named Jeff Bower coach.
TORONTO RAPTORS-Released G Quincy Douby.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
NHL-Reinstated Anaheim owner Henry Samueli from his indefinite suspension on June 24, 2008. Suspended Vancouver F Darcy Hordichuk for one game for being assessed an instigator penalty in a Nov. 10 game against St. Louis. Fined Vancouver coach Alain Vigneault $10,000 for the because of the instigator penalty incident.
BUFFALO SABRES-Reassigned G Jhonas Enroth to Portland (AHL).
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS-Placed C Dave Bolland on injured reserve.
DETROIT RED WINGS-Recalled G Daniel Larsson from Grand Rapids (AHL). Released G Sebastien Centomo.
NASHVILLE PREDATORS-Reassigned F Dave Scatchard to Milwaukee (AHL).
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS-Recalled D Ben Lovejoy from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS-Placed D Mike Komisarek on injured reserve. Recalled D Carl Gunnarsson from Toronto (AHL). Assigned F Jay Rosehill to Toronto.
ECHL
KALAMAZOO WINGS-Announced G Julien Ellis has been returned from Lake Erie (AHL).
SOCCER
Major Indoor Soccer League
PHILADELPHIA KIXX-Signed F David Castellanos, F Jeremy Ortiz, F Leo Gibson and F Pete Rowley.
COLLEGE
ARIZONA-Promoted women’s assistant soccer coach Lisa Oyen to women’s soccer coach.
