Jan. 12 scoreboard
Glantz-Culver Line
ADVERTISING
NFL playoffs
Saturday
Favorite Open Today O/u Underdog
New Orleans 3 3 (471/2) at San Fran
at New England 13 131/2 (501/2 ) Denver
Sunday
at Baltimore 7 71/2 (361/2) Houston
at Green Bay 9 71/2 (53) N.Y. Giants
Pro football
NFL playoffs
Wild-card Playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 7
Houston 31, Cincinnati 10
New Orleans 45, Detroit 28
Sunday, Jan. 8
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.
Pro hockey
National Hockey League
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
N.Y. Rangers 40 27 9 4 58 118 83
Philadelphia 41 25 12 4 54 139 122
New Jersey 43 24 17 2 50 119 124
Pittsburgh 42 21 17 4 46 124 112
N.Y. Islanders 40 15 19 6 36 96 126
Northeast Division
Boston 39 27 11 1 55 146 76
Ottawa 44 23 15 6 52 140 144
Toronto 42 22 15 5 49 135 131
Buffalo 42 18 19 5 41 107 123
Montreal 42 16 19 7 39 109 117
Southeast Division
Florida 42 21 13 8 50 109 116
Washington 41 22 17 2 46 119 120
Winnipeg 42 20 17 5 45 112 124
Tampa Bay 41 17 20 4 38 113 141
Carolina 44 14 23 7 35 113 148
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
St. Louis 42 25 12 5 55 110 89
Chicago 43 25 13 5 55 139 125
Detroit 42 26 15 1 53 135 99
Nashville 42 23 15 4 50 115 115
Columbus 42 11 26 5 27 101 142
Northwest Division
Vancouver 44 27 14 3 57 144 108
Minnesota 43 22 15 6 50 101 105
Colorado 44 23 20 1 47 115 124
Calgary 44 20 19 5 45 109 127
Edmonton 42 16 22 4 36 112 121
Pacific Division
San Jose 39 23 11 5 51 116 94
Los Angeles 43 21 15 7 49 93 95
Dallas 41 23 17 1 47 114 119
Phoenix 43 20 17 6 46 109 111
Anaheim 41 13 22 6 32 104 135
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Wednesday’s results
Washington 1, Pittsburgh 0
New Jersey 2, Edmonton 1, OT
Today’s games
Montreal at Boston, 2 p.m.
Philadelphia at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m.
Ottawa at N.Y. Rangers, 2 p.m.
Carolina at Tampa Bay, 2:30 p.m.
Phoenix at Detroit, 2:30 p.m.
Vancouver at St. Louis, 3 p.m.
Colorado at Nashville, 3 p.m.
San Jose at Winnipeg, 3:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Chicago, 3:30 p.m.
Anaheim at Calgary, 4:30 p.m.
Dallas at Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m.
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS—Extended their player development contract with Carolina (Carolina) for two years through the 2014 season.
LOS ANGELES ANGELS—Agreed to terms with 1B Kendrys Morales on a one-year contract.
NEW YORK YANKEES—Agreed to terms with OF Preston Mattingly on a minor league contract.
TEXAS RANGERS—Named Randy Ready hitting coordinator and Vinny Lopez, Justin Mashore, and Humberto Miranda as coaches; Brant Brown coach for Round Rock (PCL); Jason Hart coach for Frisco (Texas); Kenny Holmberg coach for Myrtle Beach (Carolina); Josue Perez and Humberto Miranda coaches for Hickory (SAL); Ryan O’Malley pitching coach, Oscar Bernard and Vinny Lopez coaches, and Sean Fields trainer for Spokane (NWL); Corey Ragsdale manager, Justin Mashore coach, Zach Jones trainer and Wade LaMont strength coach for the Arizona League Rangers; Ryley Westman manager of the Dominican League team. Promoted Jake Krug to director of minor league operations and Jayce Tingler to field coordinator.
National League
HOUSTON ASTROS—Claimed OF Fernando Martinez off waivers from New York (NL). Designated RHP Henry Villar for assignment. Named Joe Pettini bench coach, Matt Sinatro major league catching and advance scouting coordinator, Dan Radison special assistant to the general manager/player development and Mike Elias special assistant to the general manager/scouting.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Agreed to terms with C Paul Phillips on a minor-league contract. Claimed INF Jeff Bianchi off waivers from Chicago (NL).
NEW YORK METS—Agreed to terms with OF Scott Hairston on a one-year contract. Named Conor Brooks and Shaun McNamara professional scouts.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Agreed to terms with RHP Ryan Vogelsong on a two-year contract.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
SAN ANTONIO SPURS—Waived F Ike Diogu. Signed F Malcolm Thomas.
Women’s National Basketball Association
ATLANTA DREAM—Named Joe Ciampi assistant coach.
International Basketball League
IBL—Named Ike Durham director of officials, Kip Leonetti media coordinator, Catherine Marzi advisor on marketing and communications.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS—Named William Inge assistant defensive line coach.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Named Ryan Grigson general manager.
NEW YORK JETS—Named Tony Sparano offensive coordinator.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Signed RB Vai Taua.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
NEW YORK RANGERS—Assigned F Erik Christensen to Connecticut (AHL).
ST. LOUIS BLUES—Assigned F Evgeny Grachev to Peoria (AHL). Recalled D Cade Fairchild from Peoria.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
CHICAGO FIRE—Signed F Federico Puppo.
CHIVAS USA—Signed MF-F Miller Bolanos.
COLUMBUS CREW—Signed F Ben Speas to a multiyear contract.
HOUSTON DYNAMO—Announced the retirement of D Eddie Robinson, who will accept a front office position with the team.
SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES—Re-signed F Alan Gordon.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC—Signed MF Christian Sivebaek.
TORONTO FC—Agreed to terms with F Joao Plata on a multiyear contract.
COLLEGE
AKRON—Named Alan Arrington offensive line coach, Jeff Bowden special teams coordinator/outside receivers coach, Trent Boykin running backs coach, A.J. Milwee quarterbacks coach, John Pont recruiting coordinator/inside receivers coach, Todd Stroud defensive line coach, Mike Woodford safeties coach, Ben Murphy director of operations and John Grieco strength and conditioning coach.
ARIZONA—Named Jeff Casteel defensive coordinator.
AUBURN—Named Brian VanGorder for defensive coordinator.
BAYLOR—Announced junior QB Robert Griffin III will enter the NFL draft.
BOISE STATE—Named Robert Prince offensive coordinator.
COLLEGE OF IDAHO—Anounced the resignation of women’s soccer coach Niki Taylor.
EAST CAROLINA—Named Austin Homan director of baseball operations.
FLORIDA—Named Brent Pease offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.
GEORGIA—Announced junior TE Orson Charles will enter the NFL draft.
HAWAII—Named Thom Kaumeyer defensive coordinator.
KANSAS—Named Clint Bowen special teams coordinator and defensive assistant, and Jeff Blasko assistant special teams coordinator and tight ends coach.
N.C. STATE—Promoted linebackers coach Jon Tenuta to associate head coach for defense.
SMU—Named Jason Phillips an assistant football coach.
TEXAS TECH—Named Art Kaufman defensive coordinator.
YOUNGSTOWN STATE—Named Mark Hardaway volleyball coach.
College basketball
MEN
EAST
Albany (NY) 86, New Hampshire 63
Boston U. 77, Maine 68
Bucknell 70, Colgate 57
George Washington 69, Rhode Island 61
Holy Cross 73, Navy 69
Lafayette 75, Army 63
Lehigh 71, American U. 60
Longwood 79, Brown 77
Northeastern 64, Hofstra 62
Old Dominion 68, Delaware 66, OT
Rutgers 62, Pittsburgh 39
Saint Joseph’s 80, Fordham 62
St. Bonaventure 81, Dayton 73
Stony Brook 89, UMBC 49
Syracuse 79, Villanova 66
UMass 85, Charlotte 75
William & Mary 66, Towson 49
SOUTH
Alabama 69, LSU 53
Georgia Tech 82, NC State 71
Kentucky 68, Auburn 53
Marshall 61, UAB 59
Maryland 70, Wake Forest 64
McNeese St. 57, Lamar 54
Memphis 60, Southern Miss. 58
Mississippi 71, Arkansas 63
Northwestern St. 80, Nicholls St. 79
Tennessee St. 77, Morehead St. 72
UCF 74, Houston 63
MIDWEST
Akron 56, Bowling Green 55
Cent. Michigan 60, E. Michigan 56
Kent St. 71, Miami (Ohio) 67
Marquette 83, St. John’s 64
Michigan 66, Northwestern 64, OT
Missouri 76, Iowa St. 69
Nebraska 70, Penn St. 58
Ohio 60, Buffalo 52
Temple 72, Saint Louis 67
W. Michigan 77, N. Illinois 68
Xavier 78, Duquesne 50
SOUTHWEST
Kansas 81, Texas Tech 46
Rice 68, SMU 52
Stephen F. Austin 67, Cent. Arkansas 56
TCU 88, Texas-Pan American 58
Texas 61, Texas A&M 51
Texas A&M-CC 50, UTSA 49
Texas-Arlington 66, Sam Houston St. 40
Tulsa 59, UTEP 48
WEST
Colorado St. 79, Denver 75
WOMEN
TOP 25
No. 1 Baylor 71, Oklahoma State 44
Oklahoma 71, No. 10 Texas Tech 68
No. 16 Louisville 63, S.Florida 57
Texas 76, No. 12 Texas A&M 71
Tennis
AAMI Classic
At Melbourne, Australia
Exhibition
First round
Jurgen Melzer, Austria, def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, 6-4, 6-3.
Mardy Fish, United States, def. Milos Raonic, Canada, 6-1, 6-2.
Bernard Tomic, Australia, def. Tomas Berdych, Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Gael Monfils, France, def. Andy Roddick, United States, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (3).
Apia International
At Sydney, Australia
Men’s second round
Bobby Reynolds, United States, def. John Isner (2), United States, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Juan Martin del Potro (1), Argentina, def. Lukasz Kubot, Poland, 6-4, 6-2.
Richard Gasquet (3), France, def. Fabio Fognini, Italy, 6-2, 6-1.
Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, def. Ryan Sweeting, United States, 6-2, 6-1.
Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, def. Radek Stepanek (8), Czech Republic, 7-6 (5), 5-7, 6-1.
Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, def. Matthew Ebden, Australia, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (3).
Julien Benneteau, France, def. Feliciano Lopez (4), Spain, 6-3, 6-4.
Alex Bogomolov Jr., Russia, def. Viktor Troicki (5), Serbia, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
Women quarterfinals
Li Na (4), China, def. Lucie Safarova, Czech Republic, 6-2, 7-6 (3).
Victoria Azarenka (3), Belarus, def. Marion Bartoli (8), France, 7-5, 6-4.
Agnieszka Radwanska (7), Poland, def. Caroline Wozniacki (1), Denmark, 3-6, 7-5, 6-2.
Petra Kvitova (2), Czech Republic, def. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, 6-0, 6-4.
ATP: Heineken Open
At Auckland, New Zealand
Singles second round
Philipp Kohlschreiber (8), Germany, def. Ryan Harrison, United States, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Alejandro Falla, Colombia, def. Potito Starace, Italy, 7-6 (3), 6-3.
Nicolas Almagro (2), Spain, def. Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, 6-4, 6-2.
David Ferrer (1), Spain, def. Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, 6-4, 6-2.
Benoit Paire, France, def. Juan Ignacio Chela (4), Argentina, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2.
Olivier Rochus, Belgium, def. Thomaz Bellucci (6), Brazil, 7-6 (6), 5-7, 7-6 (5).
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, def. Adrian Mannarino, France, 6-2, 6-3.
Fernando Verdasco (3), Spain, def. Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, 7-5, 7-6 (3).
WTA: Moorilla Hobart
At Hobart, Australia
Singles second round
Shahar Peer (6), Israel, def. Sacha Jones, New Zealand, 7-6 (7), 6-4.
Mona Barthel, Germany, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues (2), Spain, 6-1, 6-4.
Jarmila Gajdosova (5), Australia, def. Anastasia Rodionova, Australia, 6-3, 1-6, 6-4.
