National Football League
The Associated Press
All Hawaii times
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New Eng. 8 3 0 .727 407 244
Miami 5 6 0 .455 211 226
N.Y. Jets 4 7 0 .364 221 290
Buffalo 4 7 0 .364 243 319
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 10 1 0 .909 327 211
Indianapolis 7 4 0 .636 230 273
Tennessee 4 7 0 .364 238 335
Jacksonville 2 9 0 .182 188 308
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 9 2 0 .818 283 219
Pittsburgh 6 5 0 .545 231 210
Cincinnati 6 5 0 .545 282 247
Cleveland 3 8 0 .273 209 248
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Denver 8 3 0 .727 318 221
San Diego 4 7 0 .364 245 237
Oakland 3 8 0 .273 218 356
Kansas City 1 10 0 .091 161 301
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
N.Y. Giants 7 4 0 .636 305 226
Washington 5 6 0 .455 295 285
Dallas 5 6 0 .455 242 262
Philadelphia 3 8 0 .273 184 282
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Atlanta 10 1 0 .909 294 216
Tampa Bay 6 5 0 .545 310 254
New Orleans 5 6 0 .455 308 304
Carolina 3 8 0 .273 214 265
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Chicago 8 3 0 .727 277 175
Green Bay 7 4 0 .636 273 245
Minnesota 6 5 0 .545 248 249
Detroit 4 7 0 .364 267 280
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Fran. 8 2 1 .773 276 155
Seattle 6 5 0 .545 219 185
St. Louis 4 6 1 .409 205 254
Arizona 4 7 0 .364 180 227
Thursday’s Games
Houston 34, Detroit 31, OT
Washington 38, Dallas 31
New England 49, N.Y. Jets 19
Sunday’s Games
Denver 17, Kansas City 9
Chicago 28, Minnesota 10
Cincinnati 34, Oakland 10
Cleveland 20, Pittsburgh 14
Indianapolis 20, Buffalo 13
Jacksonville 24, Tennessee 19
Atlanta 24, Tampa Bay 23
Miami 24, Seattle 21
Baltimore 16, San Diego 13, OT
St. Louis 31, Arizona 17
San Francisco 31, New Orleans 21
N.Y. Giants 38, Green Bay 10
Monday’s Game
Carolina 30, Philadelphia 22
Thursday, Nov. 29
New Orleans at Atlanta, 5:20 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 2
Seattle at Chicago, 8 a.m.
Minnesota at Green Bay, 8 a.m.
San Francisco at St. Louis, 8 a.m.
Carolina at Kansas City, 8 a.m.
Houston at Tennessee, 8 a.m.
Arizona at N.Y. Jets, 8 a.m.
Indianapolis at Detroit, 8 a.m.
Jacksonville at Buffalo, 8 a.m.
New England at Miami, 8 a.m.
Tampa Bay at Denver, 11:05 a.m.
Cleveland at Oakland, 11:25 a.m.
Cincinnati at San Diego, 11:25 a.m.
Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 11:25 a.m.
Philadelphia at Dallas, 5:20 p.m.
Monday, Dec. 3
N.Y. Giants at Washington, 5:30 p.m.
Canadian Football League
100th Grey Cup championship
Sunday at Toronto
Toronto Argonauts 35, Calgary Stampeders 22
Monday’s Sports
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Agreed to terms with INF/OF Nate Spears on a minor league contract.
DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with RHP Trevor Bell, RHP Cesar Carrillo, RHP Shane Dyer, RHP Shawn Hill, RHP Micah Kellogg, RHP David Kopp, RHP Victor Larez, RHP Carlos Monasterios, RHP Jesse Todd, LHP Jose Alvarez, LHP Ramon Garcia, LHP Efrain Nieves, C Brad Davis, INF Argenis Diaz, INF Lance Durham, INF John Lindsey, INF/OF Marcus Lemon, INF/OF Kevin Russo and INF/OF Matt Tuiasosopo on minor league contracts.
TAMPA BAY RAYS — Agreed to terms with 3B Evan Longoria on a 10-year contract.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Named DeMarlo Hale bench coach, Chad Mottola hitting coach, Dwayne Murphy first base and outfield coach, Luis Rivera third base coach and Pete Walker pitching coach.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS — Named Rob Deer assistant hitting coach.
NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with LHP Tim Byrdak on a minor league contract. American Association
FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS — Sold the contract of INF/OF Ryan Stovall to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
ST. PAUL SAINTS — Sold the contract of RHP Robert Coe to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Frontier League
GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Sold the contract of LHP Logan Mahon to the Baltimore Orioles. Signed INF Nate Wilder.
FLORENCE FREEDOM — Extended the contract of manager Fran Riordan.
RIVER CITY RASCALS — Traded 1B Chris Andreas, RHP Albert Ayala and LHP Cory Caruso to Washington for 1B Michael Bando, RHP Casey Barnes and a player to be named.
WASHINGTON WILD THINGS — Signed RHP Dominick Ruscitti.
WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS — Named Ron Biga manager.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL — Suspended New England DL Jermaine Cunningham and Tampa Bay CB Eric Wright four games for violating the NFL policy on performance enhancing substances.
CHICAGO BEARS — Placed G Lance Louis on injured reserve.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Announced president Mike Holmgren is leaving the team.
DALLAS COWBOYS — Placed LB Bruce Carter on injured reserve. Released WR Andre Holmes. Signed LB Brady Poppinga and WR Anthony Armstrong.
DENVER BRONCOS — Signed RB Jacob Hester. Signed RB Jeremiah Johnson to the practice squad.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ST. LOUIS BLUES — Reassigned F Stefan Della Rovere from Peoria (AHL) to Evansville (ECHL).
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
CHICAGO FIRE — Announced the retirement of D Cory Gibbs.
NEW YORK RED BULLS — Signed M/D Brandon Barklage and M/D Connor Lade.
COLLEGE
SAGE — Named Lee Whittemore men’s assistant volleyball coach.
Pro soccer
MLS CUP
Saturday, Dec. 1
Los Angeles vs. Houston, 11:30 a.m.
Pro basketball
National Basketball Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Brooklyn 9 4 .692 —
New York 9 4 .692 —
Philadelphia 8 6 .571 1½
Boston 8 6 .571 1½
Toronto 3 11 .214 6½
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Miami 10 3 .769 —
Atlanta 8 4 .667 1½
Charlotte 7 6 .538 3
Orlando 5 8 .385 5
Washington 0 12 .000 9½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Milwaukee 7 5 .583 —
Chicago 6 7 .462 1½
Indiana 6 8 .429 2
Detroit 4 11 .267 4½
Cleveland 3 11 .214 5
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
Memphis 10 2 .833 ½
San Antonio 12 3 .800 —
Dallas 7 7 .500 4½
Houston 6 7 .462 5
New Orleans 3 9 .250 7½
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Oklahoma City 11 4 .733 —
Denver 8 6 .571 2½
Utah 7 7 .500 3½
Portland 6 8 .429 4½
Minnesota 5 7 .417 4½
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
L.A. Clippers 8 5 .615 —
Golden State 8 6 .571 ½
L.A. Lakers 7 7 .500 1½
Phoenix 6 8 .429 2½
Sacramento 4 9 .308 4
Sunday’s Games
New York 121, Detroit 100
San Antonio 111, Toronto 106,2OT
Brooklyn 98, Portland 85
Philadelphia 104, Phoenix 101
Boston 116, Orlando 110, OT
Denver 102, New Orleans 84
Monday’s Games
San Antonio 118, Washington 92
Brooklyn 96, New York 89, OT
Detroit 108, Portland 101
Milwaukee 93, Chicago 92
Memphis 84, Cleveland 78
Oklahoma City 114, Charlotte 69
Denver at Utah, late
New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, late
Today’s Games
Phoenix at Cleveland, 2 p.m.
Dallas at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.
Toronto at Houston, 3 p.m.
Minnesota at Sacramento, 5 p.m.
Indiana at L.A. Lakers, 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday’s Games
San Antonio at Orlando, 2 p.m.
Portland at Washington, 2 p.m.
Brooklyn at Boston, 2:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Atlanta, 2:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Detroit, 2:30 p.m.
Dallas at Chicago, 3 p.m.
Toronto at Memphis, 3 p.m.
Utah at New Orleans, 3 p.m.
Houston at Oklahoma City, 3 p.m.
New York at Milwaukee, 3 p.m.
Minnesota at L.A. Clippers, 5:30 p.m.
College basketball
AP men’s Top 25
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 25, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
Record Pts Prv
1. Indiana (47) 6-0 1,606 1
2. Duke (18) 6-0 1,554 5
3. Michigan 5-0 1,421 4
4. Ohio St. 4-0 1,416 3
5. Louisville 5-1 1,347 2
6. Syracuse 4-0 1,323 6
7. Florida 5-0 1,227 7
8. Kentucky 4-1 1,180 8
9. Arizona 3-0 1,076 10
10. Kansas 4-1 937 12
11. Creighton 6-0 926 14
12. Gonzaga 6-0 854 17
13. Michigan St. 5-1 818 15
14. North Carolina 5-1 718 9
15. Oklahoma St. 5-0 668 20
16. Missouri 5-1 665 13
17. Cincinnati 6-0 571 22
18. NC State 4-1 553 16
19. Colorado 5-0 478 23
20. Georgetown 4-1 257 —
21. Minnesota 6-1 197 —
22. Illinois 7-0 185 —
23. San Diego St. 4-1 182 25
24. UNLV 3-1 175 18
25. New Mexico 6-0 141 —
Others receiving votes: Alabama 108, Wichita St. 99, UConn 93, UCLA 85, Pittsburgh 55, Oregon 44, Notre Dame 42, Memphis 23, Butler 20, Wisconsin 16, California 12, Florida St. 10, Saint Joseph’s 9, Ohio 8, Marquette 7, Murray St. 5, Temple 5, Baylor 4, Tennessee 3, Colorado St. 1, VCU 1.
AP women’s Top 25
The top 25 teams in the The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Nov. 25, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:
Record Pts Prv
1. Stanford (21) 6-0 953 1
2. UConn (17) 5-0 944 2
3. Baylor (1) 5-1 901 3
4. Duke 4-0 861 4
5. Notre Dame 4-0 802 5
6. Penn St. 5-0 752 6
7. Louisville 6-0 742 7
8. Georgia 7-0 701 8
9. Kentucky 4-1 656 9
10. California 5-0 615 11
11. Maryland 3-1 602 10
12. Oklahoma 5-1 459 13
13. Texas 5-0 453 15
14. Purdue 5-1 374 14
15. Ohio St. 4-1 366 16
16. Tennessee 4-1 328 20
17. St. John’s 4-1 314 18
18. Oklahoma St. 3-0 294 21
19. UCLA 3-1 274 19
20. Kansas 5-0 265 22
21. Nebraska 5-1 185 23
22. North Carolina 6-0 181 25
23. Dayton 6-0 177 24
24. Iowa St. 4-0 102 —
25. West Virginia 3-2 91 12
Others receiving votes: Texas A&M 72, Florida St. 49, Miami 31, Syracuse 30, Delaware 18, Rutgers 15, South Carolina 15, Vanderbilt 12, Virginia 12, Georgia Tech 7, DePaul 6, Iowa 6, Middle Tennessee 4, Chattanooga 3, Gonzaga 2, Utah 1.
