Glantz-Culver Line
NFL playoffs
Sunday
Favorite Open Today O/u Underdog
at New England 61/2 7 (501/2) Baltimore
at San Francisco 1 21/2 (42) 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
San Francisco 36, New Orleans 32
New England 45, Denver 10
Sunday, Jan. 15
Baltimore 20, Houston 13
N.Y. Giants 37, Green Bay 20
Conference Championships
Sunday
Baltimore at New England, 10 a.m.
N.Y. Giants at San Francisco, 1:30 p.m.
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 45 29 12 4 62 126 94
Philadelphia 45 27 14 4 58 150 133
Pittsburgh 47 26 17 4 56 145 122
New Jersey 46 26 18 2 54 127 130
N.Y. Islanders 45 18 21 6 42 110 135
Northeast Division
Boston 44 30 13 1 61 160 89
Ottawa 49 27 16 6 60 153 151
Toronto 46 23 18 5 51 143 141
Buffalo 47 19 23 5 43 115 144
Montreal 47 17 21 9 43 120 131
Southeast Division
Washington 6 25 19 2 52 128 130
Florida 46 21 15 10 52 116 130
Winnipeg 47 22 20 5 49 120 134
Tampa Bay 46 19 23 4 42 128 160
Carolina 49 17 24 8 42 127 156
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
Chicago 48 29 13 6 64 159 136
Detroit 47 31 15 1 63 152 107
St. Louis 46 28 12 6 62 117 94
Nashville 47 27 16 4 58 128 123
Columbus 46 13 28 5 31 110 152
Northwest Division
Vancouver 47 28 15 4 60 151 117
Colorado 48 25 21 2 52 124 137
Minnesota 47 22 18 7 51 107 122
Calgary 48 22 20 6 50 114 134
Edmonton 46 17 25 4 38 116 132
Pacific Division
San Jose 44 26 13 5 57 126 104
Los Angeles 48 23 15 10 56 106 107
Dallas 46 24 20 2 50 123 131
Phoenix 48 21 19 8 50 124 128
Anaheim 45 16 22 7 39 119 140
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Friday’s results
Pittsburgh 5, Montreal 4, SO
Carolina 3, Washington 0
Tampa Bay 2, Dallas 1
Chicago 3, Florida 1
Today’s games
N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 8 a.m.
Philadelphia at New Jersey, 8 a.m.
San Jose at Vancouver, 11 a.m.
Ottawa at Anaheim, 11 a.m.
Montreal at Toronto, 2 p.m.
Carolina at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m.
Columbus at Detroit, 2 p.m.
Florida at Winnipeg, 2 p.m.
Buffalo at St. Louis, 3 p.m.
Chicago at Nashville, 3 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Phoenix, 3 p.m.
Dallas at Minnesota, 4 p.m.
Calgary at Edmonton, 5 p.m.
Colorado at Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m.
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX—Named Gerald Perry hitting coach at Pawtucket (IL); Carlos Febles manager, Darren Fenster hitting coach and Mauricio Elizondo athletic trainer at Greenville (SAL); Brandon Henry athletic trainer at Portland (EL); Bruce Crabbe manager and Nelson Paulino hitting coach at Lowell (New York-Penn); Billy McMillon manager, Rich Gedman hitting coach and David Herrera athletic trainer at Salem (Carolina); and Noah Hall coach at the GCL Red Sox.
CLEVELAND INDIANS—Agreed to terms with OF Ryan Spilborghs and INF Gregorio Petit on minor league contracts.
NEW YORK YANKEES—Agreed to terms with OF Brett Gardner on a one-year contract.
TEXAS RANGERS—Agreed to terms with 1B/OF Brad Hawpe on a minor league contract.
National League
CINCINNATI REDS—Agreed to terms with RHP Ryan Madson on a one-year contract.
COLORADO ROCKIES—Acquired RHP Zach Putman from Cleveland for RHP Kevin Slowey and cash.
HOUSTON ASTROS—Agreed to terms with C Chris Snyder on a one-year contract.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Agreed to terms with RHP Sergio Romo on a one-year contract.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Agreed to terms with OF-1B Michael Morse on a two-year contract.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
DETROIT PISTONS—Signed G Walker Russell Jr.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
GREEN BAY PACKERS—Signed QB Nick Hill.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Named John Bonamego special teams coordinator, Sylvester Croom running backs coach Bobby Johnson tight ends coach and Jerry Sullivan receivers coach.
MIAMI DOLPHINS—Named Joe Philbin coach.
NEW YORK JETS—Signed G Trevor Canfield.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS—Announced the retirement of offensive coordinator Bruce Arians. Signed QB Troy Smith, CB Walter McFadden, WR Tyler Beiler, WR David Gilreath, WR Derrick Williams and WR Jimmy Young.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ANAHEIM DUCKS—Signed D Francois Beauchemin to a three-year contract extension. Recalled C Mark Bell from Syracuse (AHL).
BOSTON BRUINS—Assigned F Jordan Caron and D Steven Kampfer to Providence (AHL).
CAROLINA HURRICANES—Traded F Alexei Ponikarovsky to the New Jersey Devils for D Joe Sova and a fourth-round pick.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Assigned LW Dane Byers and D David Savard to Springfield (AHL).
FLORIDA PANTHERS—Reassigned RW Michal Repik to San Antonio (AHL).
OTTAWA SENATORS—Recalled F Stephane Da Costa from Binghamton (AHL).
PHOENIX COYOTES—Recalled D Maxim Goncharov from Portland (AHL).
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Recalled D Evan Oberg from Norfolk (AHL).
WINNIPEG JETS—Fined F Nik Antropov $2,500 for boarding Buffalo D T.J. Brennan in a Jan. 19 game.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
D.C. UNITED—Acquired MF Danny Cruz from Houston for a partial allocation.
FC DALLAS—Signed D Carlos Rodriguez.
MONTREAL IMPACT—Signed D Shavar Thomas.
TORONTO FC—Announced Announced D Andy Iro and F Peri Marosevic declined contract offers and are free agents.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC—Named Carl Robinson and Jake DeClute assistant coaches. Acquired an international roster spot and a 2014 second-round SuperDraft pick from Colorado for allocation money.
COLLEGE
FRESNO STATE—Named Joe Wade running backs coach, Cameron Norcross offensive line coach and Ron Antoine wide receivers coach.
NEW MEXICO—Named Bob DeBesse offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, Ron West defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach, DeAndre Smith running backs coach, Jason Lenzmeier offensive line coach, Derek Warehime tight ends coach, Taylor Stubblefield wide receivers coach, Jeff Mills defensive backs coach, Coleman Hutzler outside linebackers and special teams coach, Archie McDaniel defensive line coach, Ben Hilgart strength and conditioning coordinator and Brian DeSpain director of football operations.
NORTH CAROLINA—Named Randy Jordan running backs coach.
NORTH DAKOTA—Announced the retirement of women’s basketball coach Gene Roebuck at the end of the season.
TULSA—Named Dan Bitson running backs coach.
College basketball
MEN
Friday
MIDWEST
Cleveland St. 78, Green Bay 68
Youngstown St. 68, Milwaukee 66
SOUTH
Florida Gulf Coast 92, Stetson 85
EAST
Iona 91, Rider 71
Manhattan 61, Marist 44
Today’s top 25 games
No. 1 Syracuse at Notre Dame, 1 p.m.
No. 2 Kentucky vs. Alabama, 7 a.m.
No. 3 Baylor vs. No. 5 Missouri, 9 a.m.
No. 4 Duke vs. Florida State, 11 a.m.
No. 6 Ohio State at Nebraska, 3 p.m.
No. 7 Kansas at Texas, 11 a.m.
No. 9 Michigan State vs. Purdue, 7 a.m.
No. 10 Georgetown vs. Rutgers, 7 a.m.
No. 12 Murray State at SIU-Edwardsville, 3 p.m.
No. 13 UConn at Tennessee, 11 a.m.
No. 14 UNLV vs. New Mexico, 4 p.m.
No. 16 San Diego State vs. Air Force, 5 p.m.
No. 17 Florida vs. LSU, 1 p.m.
No. 18 Miss. St. at Vanderbilt, 2 p.m.
No. 19 Creighton vs. Indiana St., 10 a.m.
No. 20 Michigan at Arkansas, 9 a.m.
No. 21 Marquette at Providence, 2 p.m.
No. 23 Louisville at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.
No. 24 St. Mary’s (Cal) at S.Clara, 6 p.m.
No. 25 Kansas State at Okla. St., 8:30 a.m.
Golf
Humana Challenge
At La Quinta, Calif.
p-PGA West (Palmer Course); 6,950; Par 72
q-La Quinta Club; 7,060; Par 72
n-PGA West (Nicklaus Course); 6,924; Par 72
Second round
Ben Crane 65n-63p—128
David Toms 63q-65n—128
Mark Wilson 66n-62p—128
Camilo Villegas 63n-68p—131
Harris English 69q-62n—131
Chris Kirk 68q-63n—131
Bobby Gates 68p-63q—131
Cameron Tringale 68n-64p—132
Chris DiMarco 68q-64n—132
Ken Duke 67n-65p—132
Tommy Biershenk 68q-64n—132
Brandt Snedeker 64n-68p—132
John Mallinger 67q-65n—132
Tennis
Australian Open
At Melbourne
Men’s third round
Today
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (6), France, def. Frederico Gil, Portugal, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2.
Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Nicolas Mahut, France, 6-0, 6-1, 6-1.
David Ferrer (5), Spain, def. Juan Ignacio Chela (27), Argentina, 7-5, 6-2, 6-1.
Richard Gasquet (17), France, def. Janko Tipsarevic (9), Serbia, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1.
Friday
Juan Martin del Potro (11), Argentina, def. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, 6-2, 6-3, 6-0.
Bernard Tomic, Australia, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov (13), Ukraine, 4-6, 7-6 (0), 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-3.
Women’s third round
Today
Petra Kvitova (2), Czech Republic, def. Maria Kirilenko (27), Russia, 6-0, 1-0, retired.
Sara Errani, Italy, def. Sorana Cirstea, Romania, 6-7 (6), 6-0, 6-2.
Maria Sharapova (4), Russia, def. Angelique Kerber (30), Germany, 6-1, 6-2.
Ana Ivanovic (21), Serbia, def. Vania King, United States, 6-3, 6-4.
Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, def. Vera Zvonareva (7), Russia, 7-6 (7), 6-1.
Zheng Jie, China, def. Marion Bartoli (9), France, 6-3, 6-3.
Sabine Lisicki (14), Germany, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova (18), Russia, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Friday
Kim Clijsters (11), Belgium, def. Daniela Hantuchova (20), Slovakia, 6-3, 6-2.
Li Na (5), China, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues (26), Spain, 3-0, 30-0, retired.
Glantz-Culver Line
NFL playoffs
Sunday
Favorite Open Today O/u Underdog
at New England 61/2 7 (501/2) Baltimore
at San Francisco 1 21/2 (42) 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
San Francisco 36, New Orleans 32
New England 45, Denver 10
Sunday, Jan. 15
Baltimore 20, Houston 13
N.Y. Giants 37, Green Bay 20
Conference Championships
Sunday
Baltimore at New England, 10 a.m.
N.Y. Giants at San Francisco, 1:30 p.m.
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 45 29 12 4 62 126 94
Philadelphia 45 27 14 4 58 150 133
Pittsburgh 47 26 17 4 56 145 122
New Jersey 46 26 18 2 54 127 130
N.Y. Islanders 45 18 21 6 42 110 135
Northeast Division
Boston 44 30 13 1 61 160 89
Ottawa 49 27 16 6 60 153 151
Toronto 46 23 18 5 51 143 141
Buffalo 47 19 23 5 43 115 144
Montreal 47 17 21 9 43 120 131
Southeast Division
Washington 6 25 19 2 52 128 130
Florida 46 21 15 10 52 116 130
Winnipeg 47 22 20 5 49 120 134
Tampa Bay 46 19 23 4 42 128 160
Carolina 49 17 24 8 42 127 156
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
Chicago 48 29 13 6 64 159 136
Detroit 47 31 15 1 63 152 107
St. Louis 46 28 12 6 62 117 94
Nashville 47 27 16 4 58 128 123
Columbus 46 13 28 5 31 110 152
Northwest Division
Vancouver 47 28 15 4 60 151 117
Colorado 48 25 21 2 52 124 137
Minnesota 47 22 18 7 51 107 122
Calgary 48 22 20 6 50 114 134
Edmonton 46 17 25 4 38 116 132
Pacific Division
San Jose 44 26 13 5 57 126 104
Los Angeles 48 23 15 10 56 106 107
Dallas 46 24 20 2 50 123 131
Phoenix 48 21 19 8 50 124 128
Anaheim 45 16 22 7 39 119 140
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Friday’s results
Pittsburgh 5, Montreal 4, SO
Carolina 3, Washington 0
Tampa Bay 2, Dallas 1
Chicago 3, Florida 1
Today’s games
N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 8 a.m.
Philadelphia at New Jersey, 8 a.m.
San Jose at Vancouver, 11 a.m.
Ottawa at Anaheim, 11 a.m.
Montreal at Toronto, 2 p.m.
Carolina at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m.
Columbus at Detroit, 2 p.m.
Florida at Winnipeg, 2 p.m.
Buffalo at St. Louis, 3 p.m.
Chicago at Nashville, 3 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Phoenix, 3 p.m.
Dallas at Minnesota, 4 p.m.
Calgary at Edmonton, 5 p.m.
Colorado at Los Angeles, 5:30 p.m.
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX—Named Gerald Perry hitting coach at Pawtucket (IL); Carlos Febles manager, Darren Fenster hitting coach and Mauricio Elizondo athletic trainer at Greenville (SAL); Brandon Henry athletic trainer at Portland (EL); Bruce Crabbe manager and Nelson Paulino hitting coach at Lowell (New York-Penn); Billy McMillon manager, Rich Gedman hitting coach and David Herrera athletic trainer at Salem (Carolina); and Noah Hall coach at the GCL Red Sox.
CLEVELAND INDIANS—Agreed to terms with OF Ryan Spilborghs and INF Gregorio Petit on minor league contracts.
NEW YORK YANKEES—Agreed to terms with OF Brett Gardner on a one-year contract.
TEXAS RANGERS—Agreed to terms with 1B/OF Brad Hawpe on a minor league contract.
National League
CINCINNATI REDS—Agreed to terms with RHP Ryan Madson on a one-year contract.
COLORADO ROCKIES—Acquired RHP Zach Putman from Cleveland for RHP Kevin Slowey and cash.
HOUSTON ASTROS—Agreed to terms with C Chris Snyder on a one-year contract.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Agreed to terms with RHP Sergio Romo on a one-year contract.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Agreed to terms with OF-1B Michael Morse on a two-year contract.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
DETROIT PISTONS—Signed G Walker Russell Jr.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
GREEN BAY PACKERS—Signed QB Nick Hill.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Named John Bonamego special teams coordinator, Sylvester Croom running backs coach Bobby Johnson tight ends coach and Jerry Sullivan receivers coach.
MIAMI DOLPHINS—Named Joe Philbin coach.
NEW YORK JETS—Signed G Trevor Canfield.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS—Announced the retirement of offensive coordinator Bruce Arians. Signed QB Troy Smith, CB Walter McFadden, WR Tyler Beiler, WR David Gilreath, WR Derrick Williams and WR Jimmy Young.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ANAHEIM DUCKS—Signed D Francois Beauchemin to a three-year contract extension. Recalled C Mark Bell from Syracuse (AHL).
BOSTON BRUINS—Assigned F Jordan Caron and D Steven Kampfer to Providence (AHL).
CAROLINA HURRICANES—Traded F Alexei Ponikarovsky to the New Jersey Devils for D Joe Sova and a fourth-round pick.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Assigned LW Dane Byers and D David Savard to Springfield (AHL).
FLORIDA PANTHERS—Reassigned RW Michal Repik to San Antonio (AHL).
OTTAWA SENATORS—Recalled F Stephane Da Costa from Binghamton (AHL).
PHOENIX COYOTES—Recalled D Maxim Goncharov from Portland (AHL).
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Recalled D Evan Oberg from Norfolk (AHL).
WINNIPEG JETS—Fined F Nik Antropov $2,500 for boarding Buffalo D T.J. Brennan in a Jan. 19 game.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
D.C. UNITED—Acquired MF Danny Cruz from Houston for a partial allocation.
FC DALLAS—Signed D Carlos Rodriguez.
MONTREAL IMPACT—Signed D Shavar Thomas.
TORONTO FC—Announced Announced D Andy Iro and F Peri Marosevic declined contract offers and are free agents.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS FC—Named Carl Robinson and Jake DeClute assistant coaches. Acquired an international roster spot and a 2014 second-round SuperDraft pick from Colorado for allocation money.
COLLEGE
FRESNO STATE—Named Joe Wade running backs coach, Cameron Norcross offensive line coach and Ron Antoine wide receivers coach.
NEW MEXICO—Named Bob DeBesse offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, Ron West defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach, DeAndre Smith running backs coach, Jason Lenzmeier offensive line coach, Derek Warehime tight ends coach, Taylor Stubblefield wide receivers coach, Jeff Mills defensive backs coach, Coleman Hutzler outside linebackers and special teams coach, Archie McDaniel defensive line coach, Ben Hilgart strength and conditioning coordinator and Brian DeSpain director of football operations.
NORTH CAROLINA—Named Randy Jordan running backs coach.
NORTH DAKOTA—Announced the retirement of women’s basketball coach Gene Roebuck at the end of the season.
TULSA—Named Dan Bitson running backs coach.
College basketball
MEN
Friday
MIDWEST
Cleveland St. 78, Green Bay 68
Youngstown St. 68, Milwaukee 66
SOUTH
Florida Gulf Coast 92, Stetson 85
EAST
Iona 91, Rider 71
Manhattan 61, Marist 44
Today’s top 25 games
No. 1 Syracuse at Notre Dame, 1 p.m.
No. 2 Kentucky vs. Alabama, 7 a.m.
No. 3 Baylor vs. No. 5 Missouri, 9 a.m.
No. 4 Duke vs. Florida State, 11 a.m.
No. 6 Ohio State at Nebraska, 3 p.m.
No. 7 Kansas at Texas, 11 a.m.
No. 9 Michigan State vs. Purdue, 7 a.m.
No. 10 Georgetown vs. Rutgers, 7 a.m.
No. 12 Murray State at SIU-Edwardsville, 3 p.m.
No. 13 UConn at Tennessee, 11 a.m.
No. 14 UNLV vs. New Mexico, 4 p.m.
No. 16 San Diego State vs. Air Force, 5 p.m.
No. 17 Florida vs. LSU, 1 p.m.
No. 18 Miss. St. at Vanderbilt, 2 p.m.
No. 19 Creighton vs. Indiana St., 10 a.m.
No. 20 Michigan at Arkansas, 9 a.m.
No. 21 Marquette at Providence, 2 p.m.
No. 23 Louisville at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.
No. 24 St. Mary’s (Cal) at S.Clara, 6 p.m.
No. 25 Kansas State at Okla. St., 8:30 a.m.
Golf
Humana Challenge
At La Quinta, Calif.
p-PGA West (Palmer Course); 6,950; Par 72
q-La Quinta Club; 7,060; Par 72
n-PGA West (Nicklaus Course); 6,924; Par 72
Second round
Ben Crane 65n-63p—128
David Toms 63q-65n—128
Mark Wilson 66n-62p—128
Camilo Villegas 63n-68p—131
Harris English 69q-62n—131
Chris Kirk 68q-63n—131
Bobby Gates 68p-63q—131
Cameron Tringale 68n-64p—132
Chris DiMarco 68q-64n—132
Ken Duke 67n-65p—132
Tommy Biershenk 68q-64n—132
Brandt Snedeker 64n-68p—132
John Mallinger 67q-65n—132
Tennis
Australian Open
At Melbourne
Men’s third round
Today
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (6), France, def. Frederico Gil, Portugal, 6-2, 6-2, 6-2.
Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Nicolas Mahut, France, 6-0, 6-1, 6-1.
David Ferrer (5), Spain, def. Juan Ignacio Chela (27), Argentina, 7-5, 6-2, 6-1.
Richard Gasquet (17), France, def. Janko Tipsarevic (9), Serbia, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1.
Friday
Juan Martin del Potro (11), Argentina, def. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, 6-2, 6-3, 6-0.
Bernard Tomic, Australia, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov (13), Ukraine, 4-6, 7-6 (0), 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-3.
Women’s third round
Today
Petra Kvitova (2), Czech Republic, def. Maria Kirilenko (27), Russia, 6-0, 1-0, retired.
Sara Errani, Italy, def. Sorana Cirstea, Romania, 6-7 (6), 6-0, 6-2.
Maria Sharapova (4), Russia, def. Angelique Kerber (30), Germany, 6-1, 6-2.
Ana Ivanovic (21), Serbia, def. Vania King, United States, 6-3, 6-4.
Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, def. Vera Zvonareva (7), Russia, 7-6 (7), 6-1.
Zheng Jie, China, def. Marion Bartoli (9), France, 6-3, 6-3.
Sabine Lisicki (14), Germany, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova (18), Russia, 2-6, 6-4, 6-2.
Friday
Kim Clijsters (11), Belgium, def. Daniela Hantuchova (20), Slovakia, 6-3, 6-2.
Li Na (5), China, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues (26), Spain, 3-0, 30-0, retired.