Glantz-Culver Line
NFL playoffs
Today
Favorite Open Today O/u Underdog
New Orleans 3 3 (47) at San Fran
at New England 13 131/2 (501/2 ) Denver
Sunday
at Baltimore 7 71/2 (36) 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
Today
New Orleans at San Francisco, 11:30 a.m.
Denver at New England, 3 p.m.
Sunday
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, 2 p.m.
Super Bowl
Sunday, Feb. 5
At Indianapolis
NFC vs. AFC, 1:20 p.m.
Pro hockey
National Hockey League
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
N.Y. Rangers 41 27 10 4 58 118 86
Philadelphia 42 26 12 4 56 142 124
New Jersey 43 24 17 2 50 119 124
Pittsburgh 43 22 17 4 48 128 113
N.Y. Islanders 41 15 20 6 36 98 129
Northeast Division
Boston 40 28 11 1 57 148 77
Ottawa 45 24 15 6 54 143 144
Toronto 43 22 16 5 49 137 134
Buffalo 43 19 19 5 43 110 125
Montreal 43 16 20 7 39 110 119
Southeast Division
Florida 43 21 14 8 50 110 120
Washington 42 23 17 2 48 123 123
Winnipeg 43 20 18 5 45 112 126
Tampa Bay 43 17 22 4 38 118 150
Carolina 45 15 23 7 37 118 150
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
Chicago 44 26 13 5 57 144 127
St. Louis 43 25 12 6 56 112 92
Detroit 43 27 15 1 55 138 101
Nashville 43 24 15 4 52 118 117
Columbus 43 12 26 5 29 105 145
Northwest Division
Vancouver 45 28 14 3 59 147 110
Minnesota 44 22 16 6 50 103 110
Colorado 45 23 20 2 48 117 127
Calgary 45 21 19 5 47 110 127
Edmonton 43 16 23 4 36 112 126
Pacific Division
San Jose 40 24 11 5 53 118 94
Los Angeles 44 21 15 8 50 97 100
Dallas 42 24 17 1 49 119 123
Phoenix 45 20 18 7 47 114 118
Anaheim 43 14 22 7 35 109 136
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Friday’s results
Washington 4, Tampa Bay 3
Columbus 4, Phoenix 3
Buffalo 3, Toronto 2
Pittsburgh 4, Florida 1
Anaheim 5, Edmonton 0
Today’s games
Chicago at Detroit, 7:30 a.m.
Colorado at Dallas, 10 a.m.
New Jersey at Winnipeg, 10 a.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Toronto, 2 p.m.
Ottawa at Montreal, 2 p.m.
Buffalo at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m.
Boston at Carolina, 2 p.m.
San Jose at Columbus, 2 p.m.
Minnesota at St. Louis, 3 p.m.
Philadelphia at Nashville, 3 p.m.
Los Angeles at Calgary, 5 p.m.
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX—Agreed to terms with OF Ryan Sweeney on a one-year contract.
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Named Adam Everett special assistant to baseball operations. Agreed to terms with INF Chin-lung Hu, INF Argenis Reyes and RHP Willy Lebron on minor league contracts.
LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Named Mike Micucci manager, Trevor Wilson pitching coach and Al Sandoval strength and conditioning coach of Arkansas (TL); Bill Haselman manager, Brandon Emanuel pitching coach and Paul Sorrento hitting coach of Inland Empire (Cal); Jaime Burke manager, Chris Gissell pitching coach and Omar Uribe trainer of Cedar Rapids (MWL); Chris Wells trainer of Orem (Pioneer); Brenton Del Chiaro manager, Matt Wise pitching coach and Nathan Haynes hitting coach of the Arizona League Angels; and Charlie Romero manager, Santos Alcala pitching coach and Edgal Rodriguez hitting coach of the Dominican Summer League Angels.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with INF Jack Wilson and OF Martin Prado on one-year contracts.
CHICAGO CUBS—Agreed to terms with RHP Kerry Wood on a one-year contract.
CINCINNATI REDS — Named Mark Riggins minor league pitching coordinator. Agreed to terms with LHP Ron Mahay and LHP Clay Zavada on minor league contracts.
COLORADO ROCKIES — Extended their player development contract with Colorado Springs (PCL) through the end of the 2014 season. Agreed to terms with INF Brendan Harris, C Jose Gonzalez, RHP Zach Simons and RHP Carlos Torres on minor league contracts.
NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with INF Ronny Cedeno on a one-year contract.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Agreed to terms with RHP Kyle Kendrick on a one-year contract.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with RHP Chris Resop on a one-year contract.
American Association
GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Signed RHP Will Krout.
WICHITA WINGNUTS — Signed RHP Junior Guerra and RHP Jared Simon.
Can-Am League
NEWARK BEARS — Sold the contract of INF/OF Peter Fatse to the Baltimore Orioles.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Waived G Ish Smith.
SACRAMENTO KINGS — Named Alex English assistant coach.
CYCLING
USADA — Announced cyclist Nick Brandt-Sorensen has accepted a two-year suspension for an anti-doping rule violation.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS — Re-signed WR Jaymar Johnson and WR Isaiah Williams to reserve/future contracts.
BUFFALO BILLS — Named David Lee quarterbacks coach.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Retained defensive coordinator Mel Tucker, defensive line coach Joe Cullen and linebackers coach Mark Duffner. Named Bob Bratkowski offensive coordinator.
NEW YORK JETS — Names Sanjay Lal wide receivers coach.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
BOSTON BRUINS — Assigned D Ryan Button from Providence (AHL) to Reading (ECHL).
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Activated F Marcus Kruger from injured reserve. Assigned F Ben Smith to Rockford (AHL).
FLORIDA PANTHERS—Acquired LW Ondrej Roman from the Dallas Stars for F Angelo Esposito and assigned Roman to San Antonio (AHL).
PHOENIX COYOTES — Assigned D David Rundblad to Portland (AHL).
WINNIPEG JETS — Re-assigned F Patrice Cormier to St. John’s (AHL).
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
FC DALLAS — Loaned D George John to West Ham (England-League Championship).
COLLEGE
NCAA — Granted Minnesota DB Troy Stoudermire a medical hardship waiver. Signed president Mark Emmert to a two-year contract extension.
INDIANAPOLIS — NCAA President Mark Emmert has been given a two-year contract extension. The executive committee unanimously approved the extension Friday that will keep Emmert in office through October 2017.
KANSAS — Named Dave Campo defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach.
OKLAHOMA—Announced the resignation of defensive backs coach Willie Martinez.
PENN STATE — Named Ted Roof defensive coordinator and John Butler secondary coach.
TENNESSEE — Named Sal Sunseri defensive coordinator.
TEXAS A&M—Named Kliff Kingsbury offensive coordinator and Mark Snyder defensive coordinator.
WASHINGTON STATE—Named Mike Breske defensive coordinator, Jeff Choate linebackers coach, Jim Mastro running backs coach, Joe Salave’a defensive line coach and Paul Volero outside linebackers coach.
College basketball
MEN
Friday
WEST
Utah Valley 84, Seattle 74
MIDWEST
Cleveland St. 76, Butler 69
Creighton 87, Illinois St. 78
Drake 69, Evansville 60
N. Iowa 61, Missouri St. 60
S. Illinois 73, Indiana St. 67
Valparaiso 76, Youngstown St. 62
Wichita St. 78, Bradley 41
SOUTH
Mercer 81, Kennesaw St. 51
South Florida 56, Seton Hall 55
EAST
Canisius 67, Marist 57
Cornell 67, Princeton 59
Loyola (Md.) 66, Fairfield 63
Niagara 85, St. Peter’s 73
Penn 66, Columbia 64.
Today’s top 25 games
No. 1 Syracuse vs. Providence, 1 p.m.
No. 2 Kentucky at Tennessee, 7 a.m.
No. 3 N. Carolina at Florida State, 9 a.m.
No. 4 Baylor vs. Oklahoma State, 10 a.m.
No. 6 Michigan St. at N’western, 10 a.m.
No. 9 Missouri vs. Texas, 8 a.m.
No. 10 Kansas vs. Iowa State, 11 a.m.
No. 12 UNLV at No. 22 S.D. State, 11 a.m.
No. 13 Michigan at Iowa, 8 a.m.
No. 14 Louisville vs. DePaul, 11 a.m.
No. 15 Murray St. vs. Tenn. Tech, 8 a.m.
No. 17 UConn at Notre Dame, 6 a.m.
No. 18 Kansas St. at Oklahoma, 8:30 a.m.
No. 19 Florida at South Carolina, 2 p.m.
No. 20 Mississippi St. vs. Bama, 11 a.m.
No. 21 Gonzaga at Loyola Mary., 3 p.m.
No. 25 Marquette vs. Pittsburgh, 9 a.m.
WOMEN
Friday
TOP 25
No. 7 Duke 73, Florida State 66
Tennis
AAMI Classic (exhibition)
At Melbourne, Australia
Semifinals
Mardy Fish, United States, def. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1.
Relegation group
Kei Nishikori, Japan, def. Andy Roddick, United States, 6-3, 6-3.
Apia International
At Sydney, Australia
Men’s semifinals
Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, def. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 7-6 (12), 6-3.
Julien Benneteau, France, def. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, 6-4, 6-4.
Women championship
Victoria Azarenka (3), Belarus, def. Li Na (4), China, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3.
ATP: Heineken Open
At Auckland, New Zealand
Singles quarterfinals
David Ferrer (1), Spain, def. Alejandro Falla, Colombia, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3.
Fernando Verdasco (3), Spain, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 7-5, 6-4.
Semifinals
Olivier Rochus, Belgium, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber (8), Germany, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-4.
David Ferrer (1), Spain, def. Fernando Verdasco (3), Spain, 6-3, 6-4.
WTA: Moorilla Hobart
At Hobart, Australia
Singles semifinals
Mona Barthel, Germany, def. Angelique Kerber (4), Germany, 6-0, 7-6 (6).
Yanina Wickmayer (1), Belgium, def. Shahar Peer (6), Israel, 7-6 (1), 6-3.
Golf
Joburg Open
At Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club, Johannesburg
Partial second round
Only 52 players finished round before rain
Robert Rock 65-67—132
Jbe Kruger 67-66—133
Branden Grace 67-66—133
Michiel Bothma 68-66—134
Lyle Rowe 66-69—135
Glantz-Culver Line
NFL playoffs
Today
Favorite Open Today O/u Underdog
New Orleans 3 3 (47) at San Fran
at New England 13 131/2 (501/2 ) Denver
Sunday
at Baltimore 7 71/2 (36) 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
Today
New Orleans at San Francisco, 11:30 a.m.
Denver at New England, 3 p.m.
Sunday
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, 2 p.m.
Super Bowl
Sunday, Feb. 5
At Indianapolis
NFC vs. AFC, 1:20 p.m.
Pro hockey
National Hockey League
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
N.Y. Rangers 41 27 10 4 58 118 86
Philadelphia 42 26 12 4 56 142 124
New Jersey 43 24 17 2 50 119 124
Pittsburgh 43 22 17 4 48 128 113
N.Y. Islanders 41 15 20 6 36 98 129
Northeast Division
Boston 40 28 11 1 57 148 77
Ottawa 45 24 15 6 54 143 144
Toronto 43 22 16 5 49 137 134
Buffalo 43 19 19 5 43 110 125
Montreal 43 16 20 7 39 110 119
Southeast Division
Florida 43 21 14 8 50 110 120
Washington 42 23 17 2 48 123 123
Winnipeg 43 20 18 5 45 112 126
Tampa Bay 43 17 22 4 38 118 150
Carolina 45 15 23 7 37 118 150
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
Chicago 44 26 13 5 57 144 127
St. Louis 43 25 12 6 56 112 92
Detroit 43 27 15 1 55 138 101
Nashville 43 24 15 4 52 118 117
Columbus 43 12 26 5 29 105 145
Northwest Division
Vancouver 45 28 14 3 59 147 110
Minnesota 44 22 16 6 50 103 110
Colorado 45 23 20 2 48 117 127
Calgary 45 21 19 5 47 110 127
Edmonton 43 16 23 4 36 112 126
Pacific Division
San Jose 40 24 11 5 53 118 94
Los Angeles 44 21 15 8 50 97 100
Dallas 42 24 17 1 49 119 123
Phoenix 45 20 18 7 47 114 118
Anaheim 43 14 22 7 35 109 136
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Friday’s results
Washington 4, Tampa Bay 3
Columbus 4, Phoenix 3
Buffalo 3, Toronto 2
Pittsburgh 4, Florida 1
Anaheim 5, Edmonton 0
Today’s games
Chicago at Detroit, 7:30 a.m.
Colorado at Dallas, 10 a.m.
New Jersey at Winnipeg, 10 a.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Toronto, 2 p.m.
Ottawa at Montreal, 2 p.m.
Buffalo at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m.
Boston at Carolina, 2 p.m.
San Jose at Columbus, 2 p.m.
Minnesota at St. Louis, 3 p.m.
Philadelphia at Nashville, 3 p.m.
Los Angeles at Calgary, 5 p.m.
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX—Agreed to terms with OF Ryan Sweeney on a one-year contract.
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Named Adam Everett special assistant to baseball operations. Agreed to terms with INF Chin-lung Hu, INF Argenis Reyes and RHP Willy Lebron on minor league contracts.
LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Named Mike Micucci manager, Trevor Wilson pitching coach and Al Sandoval strength and conditioning coach of Arkansas (TL); Bill Haselman manager, Brandon Emanuel pitching coach and Paul Sorrento hitting coach of Inland Empire (Cal); Jaime Burke manager, Chris Gissell pitching coach and Omar Uribe trainer of Cedar Rapids (MWL); Chris Wells trainer of Orem (Pioneer); Brenton Del Chiaro manager, Matt Wise pitching coach and Nathan Haynes hitting coach of the Arizona League Angels; and Charlie Romero manager, Santos Alcala pitching coach and Edgal Rodriguez hitting coach of the Dominican Summer League Angels.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES — Agreed to terms with INF Jack Wilson and OF Martin Prado on one-year contracts.
CHICAGO CUBS—Agreed to terms with RHP Kerry Wood on a one-year contract.
CINCINNATI REDS — Named Mark Riggins minor league pitching coordinator. Agreed to terms with LHP Ron Mahay and LHP Clay Zavada on minor league contracts.
COLORADO ROCKIES — Extended their player development contract with Colorado Springs (PCL) through the end of the 2014 season. Agreed to terms with INF Brendan Harris, C Jose Gonzalez, RHP Zach Simons and RHP Carlos Torres on minor league contracts.
NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with INF Ronny Cedeno on a one-year contract.
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Agreed to terms with RHP Kyle Kendrick on a one-year contract.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with RHP Chris Resop on a one-year contract.
American Association
GARY SOUTHSHORE RAILCATS — Signed RHP Will Krout.
WICHITA WINGNUTS — Signed RHP Junior Guerra and RHP Jared Simon.
Can-Am League
NEWARK BEARS — Sold the contract of INF/OF Peter Fatse to the Baltimore Orioles.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS — Waived G Ish Smith.
SACRAMENTO KINGS — Named Alex English assistant coach.
CYCLING
USADA — Announced cyclist Nick Brandt-Sorensen has accepted a two-year suspension for an anti-doping rule violation.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS — Re-signed WR Jaymar Johnson and WR Isaiah Williams to reserve/future contracts.
BUFFALO BILLS — Named David Lee quarterbacks coach.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Retained defensive coordinator Mel Tucker, defensive line coach Joe Cullen and linebackers coach Mark Duffner. Named Bob Bratkowski offensive coordinator.
NEW YORK JETS — Names Sanjay Lal wide receivers coach.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
BOSTON BRUINS — Assigned D Ryan Button from Providence (AHL) to Reading (ECHL).
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Activated F Marcus Kruger from injured reserve. Assigned F Ben Smith to Rockford (AHL).
FLORIDA PANTHERS—Acquired LW Ondrej Roman from the Dallas Stars for F Angelo Esposito and assigned Roman to San Antonio (AHL).
PHOENIX COYOTES — Assigned D David Rundblad to Portland (AHL).
WINNIPEG JETS — Re-assigned F Patrice Cormier to St. John’s (AHL).
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
FC DALLAS — Loaned D George John to West Ham (England-League Championship).
COLLEGE
NCAA — Granted Minnesota DB Troy Stoudermire a medical hardship waiver. Signed president Mark Emmert to a two-year contract extension.
INDIANAPOLIS — NCAA President Mark Emmert has been given a two-year contract extension. The executive committee unanimously approved the extension Friday that will keep Emmert in office through October 2017.
KANSAS — Named Dave Campo defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach.
OKLAHOMA—Announced the resignation of defensive backs coach Willie Martinez.
PENN STATE — Named Ted Roof defensive coordinator and John Butler secondary coach.
TENNESSEE — Named Sal Sunseri defensive coordinator.
TEXAS A&M—Named Kliff Kingsbury offensive coordinator and Mark Snyder defensive coordinator.
WASHINGTON STATE—Named Mike Breske defensive coordinator, Jeff Choate linebackers coach, Jim Mastro running backs coach, Joe Salave’a defensive line coach and Paul Volero outside linebackers coach.
College basketball
MEN
Friday
WEST
Utah Valley 84, Seattle 74
MIDWEST
Cleveland St. 76, Butler 69
Creighton 87, Illinois St. 78
Drake 69, Evansville 60
N. Iowa 61, Missouri St. 60
S. Illinois 73, Indiana St. 67
Valparaiso 76, Youngstown St. 62
Wichita St. 78, Bradley 41
SOUTH
Mercer 81, Kennesaw St. 51
South Florida 56, Seton Hall 55
EAST
Canisius 67, Marist 57
Cornell 67, Princeton 59
Loyola (Md.) 66, Fairfield 63
Niagara 85, St. Peter’s 73
Penn 66, Columbia 64.
Today’s top 25 games
No. 1 Syracuse vs. Providence, 1 p.m.
No. 2 Kentucky at Tennessee, 7 a.m.
No. 3 N. Carolina at Florida State, 9 a.m.
No. 4 Baylor vs. Oklahoma State, 10 a.m.
No. 6 Michigan St. at N’western, 10 a.m.
No. 9 Missouri vs. Texas, 8 a.m.
No. 10 Kansas vs. Iowa State, 11 a.m.
No. 12 UNLV at No. 22 S.D. State, 11 a.m.
No. 13 Michigan at Iowa, 8 a.m.
No. 14 Louisville vs. DePaul, 11 a.m.
No. 15 Murray St. vs. Tenn. Tech, 8 a.m.
No. 17 UConn at Notre Dame, 6 a.m.
No. 18 Kansas St. at Oklahoma, 8:30 a.m.
No. 19 Florida at South Carolina, 2 p.m.
No. 20 Mississippi St. vs. Bama, 11 a.m.
No. 21 Gonzaga at Loyola Mary., 3 p.m.
No. 25 Marquette vs. Pittsburgh, 9 a.m.
WOMEN
Friday
TOP 25
No. 7 Duke 73, Florida State 66
Tennis
AAMI Classic (exhibition)
At Melbourne, Australia
Semifinals
Mardy Fish, United States, def. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, 6-2, 4-6, 6-1.
Relegation group
Kei Nishikori, Japan, def. Andy Roddick, United States, 6-3, 6-3.
Apia International
At Sydney, Australia
Men’s semifinals
Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, def. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 7-6 (12), 6-3.
Julien Benneteau, France, def. Marcos Baghdatis, Cyprus, 6-4, 6-4.
Women championship
Victoria Azarenka (3), Belarus, def. Li Na (4), China, 6-2, 1-6, 6-3.
ATP: Heineken Open
At Auckland, New Zealand
Singles quarterfinals
David Ferrer (1), Spain, def. Alejandro Falla, Colombia, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3.
Fernando Verdasco (3), Spain, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 7-5, 6-4.
Semifinals
Olivier Rochus, Belgium, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber (8), Germany, 6-7 (4), 6-1, 6-4.
David Ferrer (1), Spain, def. Fernando Verdasco (3), Spain, 6-3, 6-4.
WTA: Moorilla Hobart
At Hobart, Australia
Singles semifinals
Mona Barthel, Germany, def. Angelique Kerber (4), Germany, 6-0, 7-6 (6).
Yanina Wickmayer (1), Belgium, def. Shahar Peer (6), Israel, 7-6 (1), 6-3.
Golf
Joburg Open
At Royal Johannesburg and Kensington Golf Club, Johannesburg
Partial second round
Only 52 players finished round before rain
Robert Rock 65-67—132
Jbe Kruger 67-66—133
Branden Grace 67-66—133
Michiel Bothma 68-66—134
Lyle Rowe 66-69—135