Jan. 7 scoreboard
Glantz-Culver line
ADVERTISING
NFL playoffs
Today
Favorite Open Today O/u Underdog
at Houston 3 3 1/2 (381/2) Cincinnati
at New Orleans 10 101/2 (59) Detroit
Sunday
at N.Y. Giants 31/2 3 (471/2) Atlanta
Pittsburgh 8 81/2 (331/2) at Denver
NCAA football
Today
BBVA Compass Bowl, Birm., Ala.
Favorite Open Today O/u Underdog
Pittsburgh 51/2 31/2 (47) SMU
Sunday
GoDaddy.com Bowl, Mobile, Ala.
Arkansas St. 1 11/2 (65) N. Illinois
Monday
BCS title game, New Orleans
Alabama +1 11/2 (40) LSU
Pro football
NFL playoffs
Wild-card Playoffs
Today
Cincinnati at Houston, 11:30 a.m.
Detroit at New Orleans, 3 p.m.
Sunday
Atlanta at New York Giants, 8 a.m.
Pittsburgh at Denver, 11:30 a.m.
Divisional Playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 14
Atlanta, N.Y. Giants or New Orleans at San Francisco, 11:30 a.m.
Cincinnati, Pittsburgh or Denver at New England, 3 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 15
Pittsburgh, Denver or Houston at Baltimore, 8 a.m.
Detroit, Atlanta or N.Y. Giants at Green Bay, 11:30 a.m.
Conference Championships
Sunday, Jan. 22
TBD
Pro Bowl
Sunday, Jan. 29
At Honolulu
NFC vs. AFC
Super Bowl
Sunday, Feb. 5
At Indianapolis
Pro hockey
National Hockey League
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
N.Y. Rangers 39 26 9 4 56 116 82
Philadelphia 38 23 11 4 50 130 113
Pittsburgh 39 21 14 4 46 122 103
New Jersey 40 22 16 2 46 111 116
N.Y. Islanders 38 14 18 6 34 90 120
Northeast Division
Boston 37 26 10 1 53 138 69
Ottawa 41 21 15 5 47 127 136
Toronto 40 20 15 5 45 129 128
Buffalo 40 18 18 4 40 106 119
Montreal 40 15 18 7 37 106 113
Southeast Division
Florida 41 20 13 8 48 107 115
Washington 38 21 15 2 44 114 110
Winnipeg 40 19 16 5 43 107 118
Tampa Bay 39 17 19 3 37 108 133
Carolina 42 14 21 7 35 110 141
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
Chicago 41 24 13 4 52 132 120
Detroit 39 25 13 1 51 128 88
St. Louis 40 23 12 5 51 103 89
Nashville 40 21 15 4 46 106 112
Columbus 39 10 24 5 25 94 130
Northwest Division
Vancouver 41 25 13 3 53 134 99
Minnesota 41 21 14 6 48 95 98
Colorado 42 23 18 1 47 114 116
Calgary 42 18 19 5 41 100 123
Edmonton 40 16 21 3 35 110 115
Pacific Division
San Jose 37 22 11 4 48 107 87
Los Angeles 41 20 14 7 47 88 92
Dallas 39 22 16 1 45 108 113
Phoenix 41 19 17 5 43 103 108
Anaheim 39 11 22 6 28 92 129
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Friday’s results
New Jersey 5, Florida 2
N.Y. Rangers 3, Pittsburgh 1
Carolina 4, Buffalo 2
Colorado 4, Chicago 0
Anaheim 4, N.Y. Islanders 2
Today’s games
Vancouver at Boston, 8 a.m.
Ottawa at Philadelphia, 8 a.m.
Edmonton at Dallas, 9 a.m.
Columbus at Los Angeles, 11 a.m.
Winnipeg at Buffalo, 2 p.m.
Detroit at Toronto, 2 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Montreal, 2 p.m.
New Jersey at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m.
Colorado at St. Louis, 3 p.m.
Carolina at Nashville, 3 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Phoenix, 3 p.m.
Minnesota at Calgary, 5 p.m.
Washington at San Jose, 5:30 p.m.
College basketball
MEN
Friday
EAST
Iona 73, Niagara 61
Rider 99, Marist 86
Siena 73, Fairfield 60
SOUTH
Lipscomb 85, Belmont 74
MIDWEST
Butler 63, Wright St. 62
Valparaiso 73, Detroit 71
WEST
Air Force 68, Chicago St. 54
Today’s top 25 games
No. 1 ‘Cuse vs. No. 20 Marquette, 11 a.m.
No. 2 Kentucky vs. S.Carolina, 11 a.m.
No. 3 N.Carolina vs. Bost Coll, 9:30 a.m.
No. 4 Baylor at Texas Tech, 8:45 a.m.
No. 5 Duke at Georgia Tech, 7 a.m.
No. 6 Ohio St. at Iowa, 10 a.m.
No. 7 Mizzou at No. 23 Kan. St., 8:30 a.m.
No. 8 UConn at Rutgers, 3 p.m.
No. 9 Georgetown at W.Virginia, 7 a.m.
No. 11 Louisville vs. N. Dame at 11 a.m.
No. 13 Florida at Tennessee, 6 a.m.
No. 14 Kansas at Oklahoma, 9 a.m.
No. 15 Mississippi St. at Arkansas, 4 p.m.
No. 19 Murray St. at Austin Peay, 3 p.m.
No. 21 Virginia vs. Miami, 1 p.m.
No. 22 Harvard vs. Dartmouth, 9 a.m.
No. 25 Gonzaga vs. Santa Clara, 3 p.m.
WOMEN
Friday
TOP 25
No. 5 Maryland 77, Georgia Tech 74
No. 7 Duke 76, Wake Forest 58
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS—Promoted Jeff Desjardins to lead assistant athletic trainer. Named Michael Salazar assistant athletic trainer.
LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Agreed to terms with OF Doug Deeds and INF Jorge Cantu on minor league contracts.
National League
CINCINNATI REDS—Agreed to terms with RHP Sean Gallagher, LHP Jeremy Horst, RHP Chad Reineke, LHP Clayton Tanner, RHP Kanekoa Texeira, C Brian Esposito, C Corky Miller and OF Daryl Jones on minor league contracts. Promoted Mack Jenkins to assistant pitching coach.
COLORADO ROCKIES—Agreed to terms with C Wilkin Castillo, OF Leonard Davis, RHP Mike Ekstrom and OF Brandon Roberts on minor league contracts.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Named Derek Lilliquist pitching coach, Dyer Miller bullpen coach, Brent Strom minor league pitching coordinator, Jamie Pogue bullpen catcher, Dan Kantrovitz director of scouting, Cesar Geronimo Jr. international scouting cross checker and Angel Ovalles Dominican Republic scouting supervisor. Promoted Matt Slater to director of player personnel, Tony Ferreira to baseball operations assistant/player development and Jared Odom to baseball operations assistant/scouting.
SAN DIEGO PADRES—Acquired RHP Andrew Cashner and OF Kyung-Min Na from the Chicago Cubs for INF Anthony Rizzo and RHP Zach Cates.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL—Fined San Diego LB Antwan Barnes $25,000 for unnecessary physical contact with an official and Green Bay LB Erik Walden $15,000 for roughing the passer in Week 17 games.
BUFFALO BILLS—Signed WR David Clowney, LB Robert Eddins, LB Scott McKillop, DB Prince Miller, DE Jay Ross, G Jake Vermiglio and G Keith Williams.
CHICAGO BEARS—Named Mike Tice offensive coordinator. Signed TE Draylen Ross, G Reggie Stephens and CB Donovan Warren.
GREEN BAY PACKERS—Announced the resignation of vice president Jason Wied.
OAKLAND RAIDERS—Announced they have agreed to terms with Reggie McKenzie to become their general manager.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Recalled F Pierre-Cedric Labrie from Norfolk (AHL). Reassigned D Evan Oberg to Norfolk.
Canadian Football League
EDMONTON ESKIMOS—Signed OL Kyle Koch and DT Etienne Legare.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Recalled C Ryan Russell from Springfield (AHL).
FLORIDA PANTHERS—Reassigned LW Tim Kennedy to San Antonio (AHL).
NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Assigned G Anders Lindback and D Jonathon Blum to Milwaukee (AHL). Recalled G Jeremy Smith from Milwaukee.
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Acquired D Brendan Mikkelson from Calgary for F Blair Jones. Announced F Brett Connolly returned from Team Canada.
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS—Assigned F Matt Frattin and D Korbinian Holzer to Toronto (AHL).
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
COLORADO RAPIDS—Signed D Hunter Freeman.
COLUMBUS CREW—Signed F Olman Vargas to a multiyear contract.
NEW YORK RED BULLS—Loaned F Thierry Henry to Arsenal FC (English Premier) until the middle of February.
TORONTO FC—Named Thomas Rongen director of the soccer academy.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS—Signed C Martin Bonjour.
COLLEGE
ARIZONA STATE—Announced junior QB Brock Osweiler will enter the NFL draft.
CARLETON—Named Bob Pagel interim head football coach.
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI—Named defensive line coach Lorenzo Costantini, secondary coach Maurice Drayton, wide receiver coach Broderick Fobbs and offensive line coach Tucker Peavey.
VIRGINIA—Named Adrien Harraway associate athletics director for academic affairs
VIRGINIA TECH—Announced junior RB David Wilson will enter the NFL draft.
WESTERN KENTUCKY—Fired men’s basketball coach Ken McDonald. Named Ray Harper men’s interim basketball coach.
Tennis
ATP: Qatar ExxonMobil Open
At Doha, Qatar
Singles semifinals
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (3), France, def. Roger Federer (2), Switzerland, walkover.
Gael Monfils (4), France, def. Rafael Nadal (1), Spain, 6-3, 6-4.
Brisbane International
At Brisbane, Australia
Singles
Men quarterfinals
Andy Murray (1), Britain, def. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, 6-2, 6-2.
Bernard Tomic (8), Australia, def. Dennis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 6-3, 7-6 (4).
Women semifinals
Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, def. Kim Clijsters (5), Belgium, 6-7 (4), 3-1 retired.
Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, def. Francesca Schiavone (3), Italy, 6-3, 6-0.
ITF Hopman Cup
At Perth, Australia
Group A
Czech Republic 2, Denmark 0
Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, def. Caroline Wozniacki, Denmark, 7-6 (4), 3-6, 6-4.
Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, def. Frederik Nielsen, Denmark, 6-1, 6-3.
Advanced to the finals vs. France.
Bulgaria 2, United States 1
Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United States, def. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, 6-4, 6-4.
Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, def. Mardy Fish, United States, 6-2, 6-1.
Tsvetana Pironkova and Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, def. Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Mardy Fish, United States 8-5 (pro set).
ATP: Aircel Chennai Open
At Chennai, India
Singles quarterfinals
Milos Raonic (4), Canada, def. Dudi Sela, Israel, 7-6 (4), 6-3.
Go Soeda, Japan, def. Stanislas Wawrinka (3), Switzerland, 6-4, 6-4.
Nicolas Almagro (2), Spain, def. Yuichi Sugita, Japan, 4-6, 7-6 (8), 6-4.
Janko Tipsarevic (1), Serbia, def. David Goffin, Belgium, 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.
WTA: ASB Classic
At Auckland, New Zealand
Singles semifinals
Flavia Pennetta (4), Italy, def. Angelique Kerber, Germany, 6-1, 6-2.
Zheng Jie, China, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova (3), Russia, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.
College football
Bowl glance
Friday
Cotton Bowl, Arlington, Texas
No. 7 Arkansas 29, No. 11 Kansas St. 16
Today
BBVA Compass Bowl, Birmingham, Ala.
Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. SMU (7-5), 7 a.m. (ESPN)
Sunday
GoDaddy.com Bowl, Mobile, Ala.
Arkansas State (10-2) vs. Northern Illinois (10-3), 4 p.m. (ESPN)
Monday
BCS National Championship
At New Orleans
LSU (13-0) vs. Alabama (11-1), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Saturday, Jan. 21
East-West Shrine Classic,
St. Petersburg, Fla.
East vs. West, 11 a.m., (NFLN)
Saturday, Jan. 28
Senior Bowl, Mobile, Ala.
North vs. South, 4 p.m. (NFLN)
Football Championship
Subdivision title game
Today, Frisco, Texas
Sam Houston State (14-0) vs. North Dakota State (13-1), 8 a.m.
Golf
Tournament of Champions
At Kapalua, Maui
Yardage: 7,411; Par 73 (36-37)
First round
Jonathan Byrd 31-36—67
Michael Bradley 34-34—68
Martin Laird 35-33—68
Steve Stricker 35-33—68
Webb Simpson 32-36—68
Keegan Bradley 34-35—69
K.J. Choi 35-35—70
Bryce Molder 36-35—71
D.A. Points 34-37—71
Ben Crane 37-35—72
Johnson Wagner 34-38—72
Scott Piercy 37-35—72
Mark Wilson 35-37—72
Kevin Na 36-37—73
Sean O’Hair 37-36—73
Rory Sabbatini 38-35—73
Gary Woodland 35-38—73
Nick Watney 34-39—73
Bill Haas 36-37—73
Harrison Frazar 36-38—74
Scott Stallings 38-36—74
Bubba Watson 39-35—74
Jhonattan Vegas 36-39—75
Chris Kirk 36-39—75
Aaron Baddeley 39-36—75
Brendan Steele 38-38—76
David Toms 38-38—76
Africa Open
At East London, South Africa
Yardage: 6,770 ; Par: 73 (37-36)
Second round
Louis Oosthuizen 69-62—131
Thomas Aiken 64-69—133
Retief Goosen 65-68—133
Jaco Ahlers 65-68—133
Tjaart van der Walt 69-64—133
Danny Willett 67-68—135
Magnus Carlsson 69-66—135
Alastair Forsyth 69-66—135
Tommy Fleetwood 69-66—135
Craig Lee 68-67—135
