Jan. 8 scoreboard
Glantz-Culver Line
ADVERTISING
NFL playoffs
Today
Favorite Open Today O/u Underdog
at N.Y. Giants 31/2 3 (471/2) Atlanta
Pittsburgh 8 81/2 (331/2) at Denver
NCAA football
Today
GoDaddy.com Bowl, Mobile, Ala.
Arkansas St. 1 11/2 (65) N. Illinois
Monday
BCS title game, New Orleans
Alabama +1 2 (40) LSU
Pro football
NFL playoffs
Wild-card Playoffs
Saturday
Houston 31, Cincinnati 10
New Orleans 45, Detroit 28
Today
Atlanta at New York Giants, 8 a.m.
Pittsburgh at Denver, 11:30 a.m.
Divisional Playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 14
New Orleans at San Francisco, 11:30 a.m.
Cincinnati, Pittsburgh or Denver at New England, 3 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 15
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 39 24 11 4 52 133 115
New Jersey 41 23 16 2 48 114 117
Pittsburgh 40 21 15 4 46 123 106
N.Y. Islanders 39 14 19 6 34 91 125
Northeast Division
Boston 38 26 11 1 53 141 73
Ottawa 42 21 15 6 48 129 139
Toronto 41 21 15 5 47 133 131
Buffalo 41 18 18 5 41 107 121
Montreal 41 16 18 7 39 109 114
Southeast Division
Florida 41 20 13 8 48 107 115
Winnipeg 41 20 16 5 45 109 119
Washington 39 21 16 2 44 116 115
Tampa Bay 40 17 20 3 37 109 136
Carolina 43 14 22 7 35 112 146
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
St. Louis 41 24 12 5 53 107 89
Chicago 41 24 13 4 52 132 120
Detroit 40 25 14 1 51 131 92
Nashville 41 22 15 4 48 111 114
Columbus 40 11 24 5 27 95 130
Northwest Division
Vancouver 42 26 13 3 55 138 102
Minnesota 42 21 15 6 48 96 101
Colorado 43 23 19 1 47 114 120
Calgary 43 19 19 5 43 103 124
Edmonton 41 16 22 3 35 111 119
Pacific Division
San Jose 38 23 11 4 50 112 89
Dallas 40 23 16 1 47 112 114
Los Angeles 42 20 15 7 47 88 93
Phoenix 42 20 17 5 45 108 109
Anaheim 39 11 22 6 28 92 129
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Saturday’s results
Vancouver 4, Boston 3
Philadelphia 3, Ottawa 2, OT
Dallas 4, Edmonton 1
Columbus 1, Los Angeles 0
Winnipeg 2, Buffalo 1, OT
Toronto 4, Detroit 3
Montreal 3, Tampa Bay 1
New Jersey 3, Pittsburgh 1
St. Louis 4, Colorado 0
Nashville 5, Carolina 2
Phoenix 5, N.Y. Islanders 1
Calgary 3, Minnesota 1
San Jose 5, Washington 2
Today’s games
Philadelphia at Ottawa, noon
Detroit at Chicago, 2:30 p.m.
Columbus at Anaheim, 3 p.m.
Transactions
FOOTBALL
National Football League
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Signed WR Jarred Fayson.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CAROLINA HURRICANES—Reassigned F Drayson Bowman to Charlotte (AHL).
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Activated D Steve Montador from injured reserve. Assigned D Dylan Olsen to Rockford (AHL).
FLORIDA PANTHERS—Reassigned RW Bill Thomas to San Antonio (AHL).
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
MONTREAL IMPACT—Named Denis Hamlett assistant coach and Nicolas Gagnon assistant coach for the U21 team and technical assistant of the Impact soccer schools.
COLLEGE
NORTH CAROLINA—Announced the NCAA granted FB Devon Ramsay a hardship waiver, giving him an extra year of eligibility in 2012
College basketball
MEN
STATE
Hawaii 82, San Jose St. 69
EAST
American U. 82, Colgate 54
Bryant 59, St. Francis (Pa.) 56
Bucknell 75, Army 59
Buffalo 66, Kent St. 65
CCSU 68, Robert Morris 53
Charlotte 57, Saint Joseph’s 52
Cornell 78, Albright 60
Dayton 87, Temple 77
Duquesne 66, St. Bonaventure 52
Harvard 63, Dartmouth 47
Holy Cross 84, Lehigh 78
LIU 79, Quinnipiac 75
Lafayette 65, Navy 63
Loyola (Md.) 77, Canisius 62
Maine 89, UMBC 70
Mount St. Mary’s 66, Fairl. Dickinson 45
Richmond 70, Rhode Island 53
Rutgers 67, UConn 60
Seton Hall 66, Providence 57
St. Francis (NY) 99, Sacred Heart 84
Syracuse 73, Marquette 66
Wagner 89, Monmouth (NJ) 79
West Virginia 74, Georgetown 62
Xavier 67, Fordham 59
SOUTH
Alabama 74, Georgia 59
Alabama A&M 65, Ark.-Pine Bluff 62
Alcorn St. 63, Jackson St. 60
Bethune-Cookman 59, NC A&T 56
Campbell 77, Presbyterian 65
Chattanooga 65, Appalachian St. 63
Clemson 79, Florida St. 59
C. Carolina 80, Charleston South. 77, OT
Coll. of Charleston 66, Furman 43
Davidson 96, Georgia Southern 74
Delaware 75, William & Mary 64
Denver 67, South Alabama 50
Duke 81, Georgia Tech 74
E. Kentucky 63, SE Missouri 59
ETSU 76, Mercer 61
Florida A&M 62, NC Central 60
Gardner-Webb 65, High Point 61, OT
George Mason 61, Georgia St. 58
Hampton 57, Howard 55
Jacksonville St. 72, Tennessee St. 65
Kentucky 79, South Carolina 64
LSU 81, Mississippi 55
Longwood 85, NJIT 70
Louisiana-Monroe 54, FIU 50
MVSU 67, Alabama St. 60
Memphis 62, UAB 59
M. Tennessee 65, Louisiana-Lafayette 53
Morgan St. 73, SC State 68
Murray St. 87, Austin Peay 75
New Mexico St. 83, Louisiana Tech 73
Norfolk St. 78, Md.-Eastern Shore 72
North Carolina 83, Boston College 60
N. Florida 88, Florida Gulf Coast 81, OT
Northeastern 68, James Madison 56
Northwestern St. 83, Texas St. 68
Notre Dame 67, Louisville 65, 2OT
Old Dominion 75, Towson 38
SC-Upstate 68, Kennesaw St. 53
SIU-Edwardsville 69, UT-Martin 65
Savannah St. 72, Coppin St. 60
Southern Miss. 71, Tulane 66, OT
Southern U. 72, Grambling St. 59
Stetson 73, Jacksonville 61
Tennessee 67, Florida 56
Tennessee Tech 66, Morehead St. 55
The Citadel 73, Samford 62
Troy 67, W. Kentucky 65
UCF 81, East Carolina 63
UNC Asheville 98, Liberty 75
UNC Wilmington 86, Hofstra 80
Vanderbilt 65, Auburn 35
Virginia 52, Miami 51
W. Carolina 67, Wofford 57
Wake Forest 58, Virginia Tech 55
Winthrop 91, VMI 84
MIDWEST
Akron 65, Miami (Ohio) 60
Ball St. 78, W. Michigan 69
Bowling Green 67, Ohio 57
Cent. Michigan 85, Toledo 69
Cleveland St. 69, Loyola of Chicago 48
Creighton 92, Bradley 83
E. Michigan 47, N. Illinois 40
Illinois 59, Nebraska 54
Illinois St. 75, Evansville 73
Kansas St. 75, Missouri 59
Milwaukee 64, Green Bay 63
Missouri St. 69, Indiana St. 63
N. Iowa 83, Drake 68
Oakland 93, IUPUI 81
Ohio St. 76, Iowa 47
Saint Louis 78, George Washington 56
South Dakota 76, UMKC 57
St. John’s 57, Cincinnati 55
W. Illinois 75, IPFW 65
Wichita St. 83, S. Illinois 73
Youngstown St. 71, Ill.-Chicago 50
SOUTHWEST
Arkansas 98, Mississippi St. 88
Arkansas St. 75, North Texas 72
Baylor 73, Texas Tech 60
E. Illinois 74, Houston Baptist 62
Iowa St. 74, Texas A&M 50
Kansas 72, Oklahoma 61
Lamar 103, Cent. Arkansas 67
Marshall 63, Rice 61
McNeese St. 71, Texas A&M-CC 69
Oral Roberts 97, S. Dakota St. 75
SMU 57, Tulsa 55
Stephen F. Austin 63, SE Louisiana 36
Texas 58, Oklahoma St. 49
Texas Southern 84, Prairie View 49
Texas-Arlington 85, Nicholls St. 55
UALR 40, FAU 38
UTEP 70, Houston 50
WEST
BYU 81, San Francisco 56
CS Bakersfield 72, Texas-Pan Am. 57
Cal Poly 73, Cal St.-Fullerton 67
Colorado 71, Washington St. 60
Colorado St. 87, Nebraska-Omaha 63
E. Washington 76, N. Arizona 59
Gonzaga 82, Santa Clara 60
Idaho 63, Fresno St. 59
Long Beach St. 81, CS Northridge 68
Loyola Marymount 79, San Diego 68
Montana 68, Idaho St. 44
N. Colorado 61, Sacramento St. 53
N. Dakota St. 72, S. Utah 69, OT
Nevada 78, Utah St. 71
New Mexico 85, North Dakota 57
Portland 53, Pepperdine 43
Stanford 103, Oregon St. 101, 4OT
UC Irvine 70, UC Davis 55
UC Riverside 64, Pacific 57
UCLA 75, Arizona St. 58
Utah Valley 77, Seattle 72
Washington 57, Utah 53
Weber St. 88, Portland St. 81
WOMEN
TOP 25
No. 1 Baylor 57, Iowa State 45
No. 3 Notre Dame 74, No. 2 UConn 67
No. 4 Stanford 67, Oregon State 60
Michigan 73, No. 8 Ohio State 62
No. 10 Rutgers 58, Cincinnati 47
No. 13 Texas Tech 69, Missouri 63
No. 15 Georgetown 66, South Florida 56
No. 17 Green Bay 88, Milwaukee 53
Providence 60, No. 20 DePaul 52
Michigan State 75, No. 22 Penn St. 65
Oklahoma State 70, No. 23 Texas 51
Tennis
ATP: Qatar ExxonMobil Open
At Doha, Qatar
Singles final
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (3), France, def. Gael Monfils (4), France, 7-5, 6-3.
Brisbane International
At Brisbane, Australia
Singles
Men semifinals
Andy Murray (1), Britain, def. Bernard Tomic (8), Australia, 6-3, 6-2.
Alexandr Dolgopolov (3), Ukraine, def. Gilles Simon (2), France, 6-3, 6-4.
Women final
Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, def. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, 6-2, 6-1.
ITF Hopman Cup
At Perth, Australia
Championship
Czech Republic 2, France 0
Petra Kvitova, Czech Republic, def. Marion Bartoli, France, 7-5, 6-1.
Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, def. Richard Gasquet, France, 7-6 (0), 6-4.
ATP: Aircel Chennai Open
At Chennai, India
Singles semifinals
Milos Raonic (4), Canada, def. Nicolas Almagro (2), Spain, 6-4, 6-4.
Janko Tipsarevic (1), Serbia, def. Go Soeda, Japan, 6-1, 6-4.
WTA: ASB Classic
At Auckland, New Zealand
Singles final
Flavia Pennetta (4), Italy, vs. Zheng Jie, China, ppd.
College football
Bowl glance
Friday
Cotton Bowl, Arlington, Texas
No. 7 Arkansas 29, No. 11 Kansas St. 16
Saturday
BBVA Compass Bowl,
Birmingham, Ala.
SMU 28, Pittsburgh 6
Today
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
Saturday, Frisco, Texas
North Dakota St. 17, Sam Houston St. 6
Golf
Africa Open
At East London, South Africa
Yardage: 6,770 ; Par: 73 (37-36)
Third round
Tjaart van der Walt 69-64-65—198
Louis Oosthuizen 69-62-67—198
Retief Goosen 65-68-66—199
Danny Willett 67-68-65—200
Richard Sterne 69-69-64—202
Jaco van Zyl 71-65-67—203
Craig Lee 68-67-68—203
Alastair Forsyth 69-66-68—203
Tyrone Ferreira 68-68-69—205
Richard Bland 67-69-69—205
Magnus Carlsson 69-66-70—205
Thomas Aiken 64-69-72—205
