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NFL
Pro Bowl
Sunday at Honolulu
Favorite Open Today O/u Underdog
NFC 31/2 31/2 (721/2) AFC
Feb. 5
Super Bowl
Feb. 5 at Indianapolis
New England 31/2 3 (551/2) Giants
Pro football
NFL playoffs
Conference Championships
Sunday
New England 23, Baltimore 20
N.Y. Giants 20, San Francisco 17, OT
Pro Bowl
Sunday, Jan. 29
At Honolulu
NFC vs. AFC, 2 p.m.
Super Bowl
Sunday, Feb. 5
At Indianapolis
New England vs. N.Y. Giants, 1:20 p.m.
Pro hockey
National Hockey League
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
N.Y. Rangers 47 31 12 4 66 132 96
Philadelphia 48 29 14 5 63 162 142
Pittsburgh 49 28 17 4 60 152 127
New Jersey 48 26 19 3 55 129 136
N.Y. Islanders 48 19 22 7 45 115 143
Northeast Division
Boston 47 31 14 2 64 171 102
Ottawa 52 27 19 6 60 157 160
Toronto 49 25 19 5 55 151 147
Montreal 48 18 21 9 45 123 132
Buffalo 49 20 24 5 45 119 149
Southeast Division
Washington 48 26 19 3 55 136 137
Florida 48 22 15 11 55 122 136
Winnipeg 50 22 22 6 50 124 143
Tampa Bay 48 21 23 4 46 136 165
Carolina 51 18 24 9 45 130 159
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Detroit 49 33 15 1 67 158 110
St. Louis 49 29 13 7 65 124 102
Nashville 50 30 16 4 64 140 127
Chicago 50 29 15 6 64 162 144
Columbus 49 13 30 6 32 115 163
Northwest Division
Vancouver 49 30 15 4 64 158 122
Minnesota 49 24 18 7 55 115 126
Colorado 51 26 23 2 54 131 144
Calgary 50 23 21 6 52 120 137
Edmonton 49 18 26 5 41 122 142
Pacific Division
San Jose 47 27 14 6 60 131 110
Los Angeles 50 24 16 10 58 111 111
Dallas 48 25 21 2 52 126 136
Phoenix 50 22 20 8 52 130 134
Anaheim 48 18 23 7 43 124 144
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Tuesday’s results
Buffalo 2, New Jersey 1, SO
Philadelphia 3, Florida 2, SO
Pittsburgh 3, St. Louis 2, SO
Vancouver 3, Edmonton 2, SO
Toronto 4, N.Y. Islanders 3, OT
N.Y. Rangers 3, Winnipeg 0
Washington 5, Boston 3
Tampa Bay 4, Columbus 2
Nashville 3, Chicago 1
Dallas 1, Anaheim 0
Minnesota 3, Colorado 2
San Jose 1, Calgary 0
Phoenix 3, Ottawa 2
Edmonton at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Today’s results
Detroit at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
College basketball
MEN
EAST
Boston U. 83, UMBC 48
Buffalo 65, E. Michigan 47
SOUTH
Florida Gulf Coast 101, Longwood 58
Hampton 78, SC State 66
Kentucky 57, Georgia 44
Miami 64, Georgia Tech 49
Morehead St. 75, Norfolk St. 69
Vanderbilt 65, Tennessee 47
MIDWEST
Akron 70, Ball St. 58
Marquette 67, South Florida 47
Michigan 66, Purdue 64
S. Illinois 77, Bradley 60
W. Illinois 81, Nebraska-Omaha 70
SOUTHWEST
Baylor 77, Oklahoma 65
Texas 62, Iowa St. 55
Texas-Arlington 79, Houston Baptist 74
WEST
San Diego St. 52, Wyoming 42
UC Irvine 78, Seattle 67
WOMEN
Top 25
No. 11 Rutgers 65, No. 23 DePaul 64
Oklahoma St. 57, No. 14 Texas A&M 53
No. 20 Georgetown 64, W. Virginia 54
Tennis
Australian Open
Today
Men
Quarterfinals
Andy Murray (4), Britain, def. Kei Nishikori (24), Japan, 6-3, 6-3, 6-1.
Women
Quarterfinals
Petra Kvitova (2), Czech Republic, def. Sara Errani, Italy, 6-4, 6-4.
Maria Sharapova (4), Russia, def. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, 6-2, 6-3.
Doubles
Men
Quarterfinals
Max Mirnyi, Belarus, and Daniel Nestor (2), Canada, def. Santiago Gonzalez, Mexico, and Christopher Kas (12), Ge srmany, 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-2.
Leander Paes, India, and Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, def. Eric Butorac, United States, and Bruno Soares (10), Brazil, 6-4, 7-6 (4).
Legends Doubles
Round Robin
Men
Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde, Australia, def. Darren Cahill and Richard Fromberg, Australia, 6-4, 6-2.
Wayne Arthurs, Australia, and Thomas Muster, Austria, def. Mansour Bahrami, Iran, and Cedric Pioline, France, 4-6, 6-3, 12-10 tiebreak.
Junior Singles
Boys
Third Round
Luke Saville (1), Australia, def. Karim Hossam (16), Egypt, 6-2, 6-2.
Kaichi Uchida (4), Japan, def. Laurent Lokoli, France, 6-3, 6-3.
Filip Peliwo, Canada, def. Marek Routa, Czech Republic, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Joshua Ward-Hibbert, Britain, def. Nikola Milojevic (9), Serbia, 6-3, 6-2.
Adam Pavlasek (10), Czech Republic, def. Frederico Ferreira Silva (5), Portugal, 6-3, 6-2.
Mackenzie McDonald, United States, def. Andrew Harris (6), Australia, 6-2, 6-3.
Robin Stanek, Czech Republic, def. Herkko Pollanen (15), Finland, 6-1, 6-2.
Kyle Edmund (7), Britain, def. Kimmer Coppejans (11), Belgium, 7-6 (7), 6-1.
Tuesday
Singles
Men’s quarterfinals
Roger Federer (3), Switzerland, def. Juan Martin del Potro (11), Argentina, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2.
Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, def. Tomas Berdych (7), Czech Republic, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6), 6-4, 6-3.
Transactions
BASEBALL
COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE—Suspended free-agent minor league RHP Michael Hart 50 games for a second violation for a drug of abuse and free-agent minor league RHP Steven Shell 50 games after testing positive for metabolites of Stanozolol.
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Agreed to terms with INF Wilson Betemit on a two-year contract.
NEW YORK YANKEES—Announced the retirement of C Jorge Posada. Agreed to terms with with C Russell Martin on a one-year contract.
OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Agreed to terms with RHP Bartolo Colon on a one-year contract.
TAMPA BAY RAYS—Agreed to terms with 1B Carlos Pena on a one-year contract.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Agreed to terms with RHP Brandon Morrow on a three-year contract.
National League
CINCINNATI REDS—Agreed to terms with INF Willie Harris on a minor league contract.
HOUSTON ASTROS—Designated INF Angel Sanchez for assignment.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
SACRAMENTO KINGS—Recalled F Tyler Honeycutt from Reno (NBADL).
WASHINGTON WIZARDS—Fired coach Flip Saunders. Promoted assistant coach Randy Wittman to head coach.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Named Andy Heck offensive line coach, Josh Hingst assistant strength and conditioning coach and Charlie Skalaski assistant to the head coach/offensive assistant.
NEW YORK JETS—Named Dave DeGuglielmo offensive line coach.
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS—Promoted Rich Bisaccia to assistant head coach-special teams. Named Ron Meeks secondary coach.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Signed C Chase Beeler, OT Derek Hall, FS Mark LeGree, DB Cory Nelms, WR Kyle Nelson, TE Konrad Reuland and LB Michael Wilhoite.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CAROLINA HURRICANES—Reassigned F Zac Dalpe to Charlotte (AHL).
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Recalled F Brandon Pirri from Rockford (AHL). Placed F Jonathan Toews on injured reserve.
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Assigned LW Tomas Kubalik to Springfield (AHL).
NEW YORK RANGERS—Recalled G Chad Johnson from Connecticut (AHL) on an emergency basis.
ST. LOUIS BLUES—Assigned D Ian Cole to Peoria (AHL).
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Recalled D Evan Oberg and C Mike Angelidis from Norfolk (AHL).
WINNIPEG JETS—Recalled F Aaron Gagnon from St. John’s (AHL). Placed F Evander Kane on injured reserve.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
CHIVAS USA—Acquired D John Alexander Valencia and M Marvin Iraheta.
COLLEGE
BIG EAST CONFERENCE—Announced Navy will become a football member for the 2015 season.
CINCINNATI—Signed football coach Butch Jones to a three-year contract extension through the 2017 season.
EAST CAROLINA—Suspended baseball coach Billy Godwin two weeks, effective Feb. 1, for an NCAA violation regarding improper housing benefits for volunteer coaches,
OHIO—Named Jesse Williams defensive line coach.
OKLAHOMA—Named Mike Stoops defensive coordinator.
RANDOLPH—Named Chris Mitchell director of riding.
