Glantz-Culver Line
NFL playoffs
Saturday
Favorite Open Today O/u Underdog
New Orleans 3 31/2 (471/2) at San Fran
at New England 13 131/2 (501/2 ) Denver
Sunday
at Baltimore 7 71/2 (36) Houston
at Green Bay 9 81/2 (52) N.Y. Giants
NCAA football
Today
BCS title game, New Orleans
Alabama +1 11/2 (40) LSU
Pro football
NFL playoffs
Wild-card Playoffs
Saturday
Houston 31, Cincinnati 10
New Orleans 45, Detroit 28
Sunday
New York Giants 24, Atlanta 2
Denver 29, Pittsburgh 23, OT
Divisional Playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 14
New Orleans at San Francisco, 11:30 a.m.
Denver at New England, 3 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 15
Houston at Baltimore, 8 a.m.
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 40 24 12 4 52 137 121
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 43 22 15 6 50 135 143
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
Detroit 41 26 14 1 53 134 94
St. Louis 41 24 12 5 53 107 89
Chicago 42 24 13 5 53 134 123
Nashville 41 22 15 4 48 111 114
Columbus 41 11 25 5 27 99 137
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 1
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 40 12 22 6 30 99 133
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Sunday’s results
Ottawa 6, Philadelphia 4
Detroit 3, Chicago 2, OT
Anaheim 7, Columbus 4
Today’s games
Vancouver at Florida, 2:30 p.m.
Washington at Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m.
Transactions
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Recalled LW Tomas Kubalik from Springfield (AHL).
DETROIT RED WINGS—Activated F Tomas Holmstrom from injured reserve. Assigned F Gustav Nyquist to Grand Rapids (AHL).
NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Reassigned G Jeremy Smith to Milwaukee (AHL). Recalled G Anders Lindback from Milwaukee.
PHOENIX COYOTES—Assigned F Patrick O’Sullivan to Portland (AHL).
ECHL
ELMIRA JACKALS—Assigned G Brian Stewart to Binghamton (AHL).
COLLEGE
ARIZONA STATE—Announced sophomore baskteball G Keala King left the program.
CENTRAL FLORIDA—Announced senior G Jeff Jordan is leaving the basketball team.
College basketball
MEN
EAST
Boston U. 68, Binghamton 49
Drexel 64, VCU 58
Indiana 88, Penn St. 82
Iona 100, Marist 76
La Salle 82, UMass 75
Manhattan 53, Fairfield 51
Princeton 79, College of NJ 68
Rider 72, St. Peter’s 58
Siena 72, Niagara 60
Stony Brook 81, Albany (NY) 68
Vermont 72, Hartford 59
Villanova 87, DePaul 71
Yale 101, St. Joseph’s (LI) 86
SOUTH
Columbia 65, Elon 60
NC State 79, Maryland 74
MIDWEST
Detroit 76, Butler 65
Michigan 59, Wisconsin 41
Purdue 79, Minnesota 66
Wright St. 73, Valparaiso 55
WEST
Arizona 57, Southern Cal 46
California 77, Oregon 60
WOMEN
EAST
Albany (NY) 57, Stony Brook 32
Boston U. 60, Binghamton 48
Drexel 66, Towson 38
Old Dominion 73, Northeastern 70
St. John’s 72, Louisville 64
Yale 80, Baruch 47
SOUTH
Delaware 66, George Mason 54
Duke 83, NC State 59
Florida St. 75, Virginia Tech 40
Georgia 70, Auburn 45
Hofstra 100, William & Mary 97
Houston 56, Southern Miss. 49
James Madison 62, Georgia St. 50
Kentucky 88, Mississippi St. 40
LSU 84, Alabama 40
Marshall 63, Tulsa 45
Maryland 78, North Carolina 72, OT
South Carolina 49, Florida 44
Tulane 64, UCF 52
UAB 44, East Carolina 39
VCU 65, UNC Wilmington 53
Vanderbilt 68, Mississippi 52
Virginia 54, Clemson 47
Wake Forest 72, Boston College 58
MIDWEST
E. Michigan 64, N. Illinois 52
Evansville 71, Bradley 59
Nebraska 77, Iowa 72
Northwestern 69, Indiana 61
Toledo 58, Cent. Michigan 53
W. Michigan 76, Ball St. 64
Wichita St. 65, Creighton 58
Wisconsin 70, Illinois 67
SOUTHWEST
Rice 56, SMU 54
Tennessee 69, Arkansas 38
Texas A&M 75, Oklahoma 58
UTEP 66, Memphis 60
WEST
Seattle 61, Colorado St. 43
College football
Bowl glance
Sunday
GoDaddy.com Bowl, Mobile, Ala.
Northern Illinois 38, Arkansas State 20
Today
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)
Saturday, Feb. 5
Texas vs. Nation
At San Antonio
Texas vs. Nation, 9 a.m. (CBSSN)
Golf
Tournament of Champions
At Plantation Course at Kapalua
Kapalua, Maui
Purse: $5.6 million
Yardage: 7,411; Par 73
Third round
Steve Stricker 68-63-69—200
Jonathan Byrd 67-71-67—205
Martin Laird 68-70-67—205
Webb Simpson 68-68-69—205
Bryce Molder 71-70-67—208
Kevin Na 73-64-71—208
Harrison Frazar 74-69-66—209
Ben Crane 72-71-68—211
Rory Sabbatini 73-70-68—211
Chris Kirk 75-66-70—211
D.A. Points 71-69-71—211
Johnson Wagner72-72-68—212
Nick Watney 73-71-68—212
K.J. Choi 70-73-69—212
Scott Piercy 72-71-69—212
Mark Wilson 72-71-69—212
Sean O’Hair 73-70-70—213
Bubba Watson 74-69-72—215
Bill Haas 73-73-70—216
Keegan Bradley 69-72-75—216
Gary Woodland 73-71-73—217
Scott Stallings 74-69-74—217
Aaron Baddeley 75-68-74—217
Michael Bradley 68-75-75—218
Brendan Steele 76-76-72—224
Jhonattan Vegas 75-73-76—224
David Toms 76-74-75—225
Africa Open
At East London, South Africa
Yardage: 6,770 ; Par: 73—292
Final round
T Louis Oosthuizen 69-62-67-67—265
Tjaart van der Walt 69-64-65-69—267
Retief Goosen 65-68-66-69—268
Jaco van Zyl 71-65-67-66—269
Alastair Forsyth 69-66-68-67—270
Richard Sterne 69-69-64-70—272
Danny Willett 67-68-65-73—273
Lyle Rowe 73-68-65-68—274
Craig Lee 68-67-68-71—274
Matthew Baldwin 72-64-70-69—275
Magnus Carlsson 69-66-70-70—275
Emiliano Grillo 73-66-71-65—275
Peter Karmis 68-70-69-68—275
Tennis
Brisbane International
At Brisbane, Australia
Singles
Men final
Andy Murray (1), Britain, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov (3), Ukraine, 6-1, 6-3.
ATP: Aircel Chennai Open
At Chennai, India
Singles final
Milos Raonic (4), Canada, def. Janko Tipsarevic (1), Serbia, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4).
WTA: ASB Classic
At Auckland, New Zealand
Singles championship
Zheng Jie, China, def. Flavia Pennetta (4), Italy, 2-6, 6-3, 2-0, retired.
WTA: Hobart International
At Hobart, Australia
Singles first round
Sorana Cirstea, Romania, def. Ksenia Pervak (7), Kazakhstan, 6-2, 7-6 (6).
Simona Halep, Romania, def. Klara Zakopalova, Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.
Anna Chakvetadze, Russia, def. Monica Niculescu (3), Romania, 6-0, 6-4.
Irina-Camelia Begu (8), Romania, def. Elena Baltacha, Britain, 6-2, 7-5.
Anastasia Rodionova, Australia, def. Greta Arn, Hungary, 6-4, 7-5.
WTA: Apia International
At Sydney, Australia
Singles first round
Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, def. Ana Ivanovic, Serbia, 7-6 (5), 6-2.
Jelena Dokic, Australia, def. Isabella Holland, Australia, 6-1, 6-0.
Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, leads Peng Shuai, China, 6-2, 4-6, 4-3, susp., rain.
Glantz-Culver Line
NFL playoffs
Saturday
Favorite Open Today O/u Underdog
New Orleans 3 31/2 (471/2) at San Fran
at New England 13 131/2 (501/2 ) Denver
Sunday
at Baltimore 7 71/2 (36) Houston
at Green Bay 9 81/2 (52) N.Y. Giants
NCAA football
Today
BCS title game, New Orleans
Alabama +1 11/2 (40) LSU
Pro football
NFL playoffs
Wild-card Playoffs
Saturday
Houston 31, Cincinnati 10
New Orleans 45, Detroit 28
Sunday
New York Giants 24, Atlanta 2
Denver 29, Pittsburgh 23, OT
Divisional Playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 14
New Orleans at San Francisco, 11:30 a.m.
Denver at New England, 3 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 15
Houston at Baltimore, 8 a.m.
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 40 24 12 4 52 137 121
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 43 22 15 6 50 135 143
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
Detroit 41 26 14 1 53 134 94
St. Louis 41 24 12 5 53 107 89
Chicago 42 24 13 5 53 134 123
Nashville 41 22 15 4 48 111 114
Columbus 41 11 25 5 27 99 137
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 1
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 40 12 22 6 30 99 133
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Sunday’s results
Ottawa 6, Philadelphia 4
Detroit 3, Chicago 2, OT
Anaheim 7, Columbus 4
Today’s games
Vancouver at Florida, 2:30 p.m.
Washington at Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m.
Transactions
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Recalled LW Tomas Kubalik from Springfield (AHL).
DETROIT RED WINGS—Activated F Tomas Holmstrom from injured reserve. Assigned F Gustav Nyquist to Grand Rapids (AHL).
NASHVILLE PREDATORS—Reassigned G Jeremy Smith to Milwaukee (AHL). Recalled G Anders Lindback from Milwaukee.
PHOENIX COYOTES—Assigned F Patrick O’Sullivan to Portland (AHL).
ECHL
ELMIRA JACKALS—Assigned G Brian Stewart to Binghamton (AHL).
COLLEGE
ARIZONA STATE—Announced sophomore baskteball G Keala King left the program.
CENTRAL FLORIDA—Announced senior G Jeff Jordan is leaving the basketball team.
College basketball
MEN
EAST
Boston U. 68, Binghamton 49
Drexel 64, VCU 58
Indiana 88, Penn St. 82
Iona 100, Marist 76
La Salle 82, UMass 75
Manhattan 53, Fairfield 51
Princeton 79, College of NJ 68
Rider 72, St. Peter’s 58
Siena 72, Niagara 60
Stony Brook 81, Albany (NY) 68
Vermont 72, Hartford 59
Villanova 87, DePaul 71
Yale 101, St. Joseph’s (LI) 86
SOUTH
Columbia 65, Elon 60
NC State 79, Maryland 74
MIDWEST
Detroit 76, Butler 65
Michigan 59, Wisconsin 41
Purdue 79, Minnesota 66
Wright St. 73, Valparaiso 55
WEST
Arizona 57, Southern Cal 46
California 77, Oregon 60
WOMEN
EAST
Albany (NY) 57, Stony Brook 32
Boston U. 60, Binghamton 48
Drexel 66, Towson 38
Old Dominion 73, Northeastern 70
St. John’s 72, Louisville 64
Yale 80, Baruch 47
SOUTH
Delaware 66, George Mason 54
Duke 83, NC State 59
Florida St. 75, Virginia Tech 40
Georgia 70, Auburn 45
Hofstra 100, William & Mary 97
Houston 56, Southern Miss. 49
James Madison 62, Georgia St. 50
Kentucky 88, Mississippi St. 40
LSU 84, Alabama 40
Marshall 63, Tulsa 45
Maryland 78, North Carolina 72, OT
South Carolina 49, Florida 44
Tulane 64, UCF 52
UAB 44, East Carolina 39
VCU 65, UNC Wilmington 53
Vanderbilt 68, Mississippi 52
Virginia 54, Clemson 47
Wake Forest 72, Boston College 58
MIDWEST
E. Michigan 64, N. Illinois 52
Evansville 71, Bradley 59
Nebraska 77, Iowa 72
Northwestern 69, Indiana 61
Toledo 58, Cent. Michigan 53
W. Michigan 76, Ball St. 64
Wichita St. 65, Creighton 58
Wisconsin 70, Illinois 67
SOUTHWEST
Rice 56, SMU 54
Tennessee 69, Arkansas 38
Texas A&M 75, Oklahoma 58
UTEP 66, Memphis 60
WEST
Seattle 61, Colorado St. 43
College football
Bowl glance
Sunday
GoDaddy.com Bowl, Mobile, Ala.
Northern Illinois 38, Arkansas State 20
Today
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)
Saturday, Feb. 5
Texas vs. Nation
At San Antonio
Texas vs. Nation, 9 a.m. (CBSSN)
Golf
Tournament of Champions
At Plantation Course at Kapalua
Kapalua, Maui
Purse: $5.6 million
Yardage: 7,411; Par 73
Third round
Steve Stricker 68-63-69—200
Jonathan Byrd 67-71-67—205
Martin Laird 68-70-67—205
Webb Simpson 68-68-69—205
Bryce Molder 71-70-67—208
Kevin Na 73-64-71—208
Harrison Frazar 74-69-66—209
Ben Crane 72-71-68—211
Rory Sabbatini 73-70-68—211
Chris Kirk 75-66-70—211
D.A. Points 71-69-71—211
Johnson Wagner72-72-68—212
Nick Watney 73-71-68—212
K.J. Choi 70-73-69—212
Scott Piercy 72-71-69—212
Mark Wilson 72-71-69—212
Sean O’Hair 73-70-70—213
Bubba Watson 74-69-72—215
Bill Haas 73-73-70—216
Keegan Bradley 69-72-75—216
Gary Woodland 73-71-73—217
Scott Stallings 74-69-74—217
Aaron Baddeley 75-68-74—217
Michael Bradley 68-75-75—218
Brendan Steele 76-76-72—224
Jhonattan Vegas 75-73-76—224
David Toms 76-74-75—225
Africa Open
At East London, South Africa
Yardage: 6,770 ; Par: 73—292
Final round
T Louis Oosthuizen 69-62-67-67—265
Tjaart van der Walt 69-64-65-69—267
Retief Goosen 65-68-66-69—268
Jaco van Zyl 71-65-67-66—269
Alastair Forsyth 69-66-68-67—270
Richard Sterne 69-69-64-70—272
Danny Willett 67-68-65-73—273
Lyle Rowe 73-68-65-68—274
Craig Lee 68-67-68-71—274
Matthew Baldwin 72-64-70-69—275
Magnus Carlsson 69-66-70-70—275
Emiliano Grillo 73-66-71-65—275
Peter Karmis 68-70-69-68—275
Tennis
Brisbane International
At Brisbane, Australia
Singles
Men final
Andy Murray (1), Britain, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov (3), Ukraine, 6-1, 6-3.
ATP: Aircel Chennai Open
At Chennai, India
Singles final
Milos Raonic (4), Canada, def. Janko Tipsarevic (1), Serbia, 6-7 (4), 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4).
WTA: ASB Classic
At Auckland, New Zealand
Singles championship
Zheng Jie, China, def. Flavia Pennetta (4), Italy, 2-6, 6-3, 2-0, retired.
WTA: Hobart International
At Hobart, Australia
Singles first round
Sorana Cirstea, Romania, def. Ksenia Pervak (7), Kazakhstan, 6-2, 7-6 (6).
Simona Halep, Romania, def. Klara Zakopalova, Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-2, 7-5.
Anna Chakvetadze, Russia, def. Monica Niculescu (3), Romania, 6-0, 6-4.
Irina-Camelia Begu (8), Romania, def. Elena Baltacha, Britain, 6-2, 7-5.
Anastasia Rodionova, Australia, def. Greta Arn, Hungary, 6-4, 7-5.
WTA: Apia International
At Sydney, Australia
Singles first round
Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, def. Ana Ivanovic, Serbia, 7-6 (5), 6-2.
Jelena Dokic, Australia, def. Isabella Holland, Australia, 6-1, 6-0.
Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, leads Peng Shuai, China, 6-2, 4-6, 4-3, susp., rain.