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Glantz-Culver Line

NFL

Super Bowl

Feb. 5 at Indianapolis

New England 31/2 3 (541/2) N.Y. Giants


Pro football

NFL playoffs

Super Bowl

Sunday at Indianapolis

New England vs. N.Y. Giants, 1:20 p.m.


Pro basketball

National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 16 6 .727 —

Boston 11 10 .524 4 1/2

New York 8 13 .381 7 1/2

New Jersey 8 15 .348 8 1/2

Toronto 7 16 .304 9 1/2

Southeast Division

Atlanta 16 6 .727 —

Miami 16 6 .727 —

Orlando 13 9 .591 3

Washington 4 18 .182 12

Charlotte 3 20 .130 13 1/2

Central Division

Chicago 18 6 .750 —

Indiana 15 6 .714 1 1/2

Milwaukee 10 11 .476 6 1/2

Cleveland 8 12 .400 8

Detroit 4 20 .167 14

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

Dallas 14 9 .609 —

San Antonio 14 9 .609 —

Houston 12 10 .545 1 1/2

Memphis 11 10 .524 2

New Orleans 4 18 .182 9 1/2

Northwest Division

Oklahoma City 17 4 .810 —

Denver 14 7 .667 3

Utah 12 8 .600 4 1/2

Portland 13 9 .591 4 1/2

Minnesota 10 12 .455 7 1/2

Pacific Division

L.A. Clippers 13 6 .684 —

L.A. Lakers 13 9 .591 1 1/2

Phoenix 8 13 .381 6

Golden State 7 12 .368 6

Sacramento 6 15 .286 8

Wednesday’s results

Orlando 109, Washington 103

Philadelphia 98, Chicago 82

Boston 100, Toronto 64

New Jersey 99, Detroit 96

Oklahoma City 95, Dallas 86

Phoenix 120, New Orleans 103

Indiana 109, Minnesota 99

Milwaukee 105, Miami 97

San Antonio 99, Houston 91

Portland 112, Charlotte 68

L.A. Clippers 107, Utah 105

Today’s games

Memphis at Atlanta, 2:30 p.m.

Chicago at New York, 3 p.m.

New Orleans at San Antonio, 3:30 p.m.

Portland at Sacramento, 5 p.m.

Utah at Golden State, 5:30 p.m.

Denver at L.A. Clippers, 5:30 p.m.


Pro hockey


National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

N.Y. Rangers 49 32 12 5 69 136 100

Philadelphia 49 29 14 6 64 163 144

Pittsburgh 51 29 18 4 62 157 132

New Jersey 49 27 19 3 57 133 139

N.Y. Islanders 49 20 22 7 47 120 145

Northeast Division

Boston 48 32 14 2 66 175 105

Ottawa 53 27 20 6 60 160 164

Toronto 51 26 19 6 58 156 152

Buffalo 51 21 24 6 48 122 151

Montreal 50 19 22 9 47 131 137

Southeast Division

Florida 49 23 15 11 57 126 138

Washington 50 26 20 4 56 141 145

Winnipeg 51 23 22 6 52 126 144

Tampa Bay 49 22 23 4 48 140 168

Carolina 52 18 25 9 45 132 164

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Detroit 51 34 16 1 69 163 118

Nashville 51 31 16 4 66 145 131

St. Louis 49 29 13 7 65 124 102

Chicago 51 29 15 7 65 164 147

Columbus 51 13 32 6 32 117 172

Northwest Division

Vancouver 50 31 15 4 66 161 124

Minnesota 50 24 19 7 55 119 131

Colorado 52 26 24 2 54 133 147

Calgary 51 23 22 6 52 121 140

Edmonton 50 19 26 5 43 125 144

Pacific Division

San Jose 48 28 14 6 62 137 110

Los Angeles 51 25 16 10 60 114 113

Dallas 49 26 21 2 54 132 138

Phoenix 51 22 21 8 52 131 138

Anaheim 50 19 24 7 45 130 151

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Wednesday’s results

N.Y. Rangers 1, Buffalo 0, SO

Toronto 1, Pittsburgh 0

Florida 4, Washington 2

Dallas 6, Anaheim 2

Los Angeles 3, Columbus 2

Today’s games

Carolina at Boston, 2 p.m.

Montreal at New Jersey, 2 p.m.

Nashville at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.

Winnipeg at Tampa Bay, 2:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Colorado, 3 p.m.

Chicago at Edmonton, 3:30 p.m.

Detroit at Vancouver, 4 p.m.

Dallas at San Jose, 4:30 p.m.



College basketball

MEN

WEST

New Mexico St. 78, CS Bakersfield 57

San Diego St. 58, Boise St. 56

UNLV 82, Colorado St. 63

SOUTHWEST

Baylor 63, Texas A&M 60

McNeese St. 67, Sam Houston St. 61

Northwestern St. 79, Cent. Arkansas 68

Rice 77, UTEP 75

Stephen F. Austin 71, Texas St. 63

TCU 58, Wyoming 52

Texas-Arlington 67, UTSA 66

MIDWEST

Akron 86, Toledo 72

Bowling Green 72, W. Michigan 48

Creighton 102, Illinois St. 74

Duquesne 83, Dayton 73

Evansville 92, Bradley 62

IUPUI 79, Oakland 75

Indiana St. 61, Drake 54

Iowa 63, Minnesota 59

Kansas 84, Oklahoma 62

Miami (Ohio) 62, E. Michigan 57, OT

Michigan 68, Indiana 56

Ohio 67, N. Illinois 58

Saint Louis 86, St. Bonaventure 62

St. John’s 87, DePaul 81

Wichita St. 74, Missouri St. 67

SOUTH

Auburn 59, Georgia 51

Davidson 71, Furman 53

East Carolina 62, SMU 43

Florida St. 68, Georgia Tech 54

Georgia St. 68, UNC Wilmington 53

Lamar 83, SE Louisiana 59

Marshall 63, Tulane 44

Miami 90, Maryland 86, 2OT

Nicholls St. 65, Texas A&M-CC 61

Saint Joseph’s 70, Richmond 60

Southern Miss. 75, Memphis 72

UAB 80, Houston 69

VCU 87, William & Mary 78

EAST

Albany (NY) 87, UMBC 76

Buffalo 73, Ball St. 57

Colgate 76, NJIT 73

Delaware 65, George Mason 60

Drexel 61, Northeastern 53

Georgetown 58, UConn 44

Hofstra 74, Towson 49

La Salle 85, Charlotte 72

NC State 56, Boston College 51

New Hampshire 52, Hartford 51

Providence 78, Rutgers 67

Rhode Island 81, UMass 78, OT

Stony Brook 82, Binghamton 48

Temple 78, Fordham 60

Vermont 68, Boston U. 67

Xavier 59, George Washington 58

WOMEN

TOP 25

No. 1 Baylor 71, Missouri 41

No. 18 Tex. A&M 67. No. 25 Tex. Tech 55



Transactions


BASEBALL

American League

NEW YORK YANKEES—Sent RHP Kevin Whelan outright to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).

SEATTLE MARINERS—Agreed to terms with INF Carlos Guillen on a minor league contract.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Agreed to terms with RHP Francisco Cordero on a one-year contract. Designated OF Darin Mastroianni for assignment.

National League

PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Agreed to terms with RHP Juan Cruz on a minor league contract.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Agreed to terms with RHP Chad Durbin on a minor-league contract.

Florida State League

CHARLOTTE STONE CRABS—Name Jim Pfander general manager.

American Association

KANSAS CITY T-BONES—Released LHP Reid Santos, INF Jim Fasano, INF Gerardo Caceres and C John Bowden.

LINCOLN SALTDOGS—Signed INF Mike Provencher.

Can-Am League

NEW JERSEY JACKALS—Signed LHP Isaac Pavlik. Released LHP AJ Wideman.

ROCKLAND BOULDERS—Signed OF Norm Hutchins.

Frontier League

LONDON RIPPERS—Signed RHP Eric Berkowitz and RHP Nick Schreiber. Acquired 1B Mitch Delaney from Quebec (Can-Am) for a player to be named.

NORMAL CORNBELTERS—Signed UTL Justin Smith.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS—Recalled F Luke Harangody from Canton (NBADL).

Women’s National Basketball Association

WASHINGTON MYSTICS—Acquired G Noelle Quinn from Los Angeles for F Marissa Coleman.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

NFL—Fined New York Giants DE Osi Umenyiora $20,000 for missing a mandatory Super Bowl media session Wednesday morning.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Announced the retirement of offensive coordinator Bill Muir.

MIAMI DOLPHINS—Named Jim Turner offensive line coach.

OAKLAND RAIDERS—Named Greg Knapp offensive coordinator.

Canadian Football League

EDMONTON ESKIMOS—Signed P/K Eric Wilbur. Released K Damon Duval.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Re-signed QB Joey Elliott.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

NHL—Fined Columbus F Jared Boll $2,500 for an illegal check to the head of San Jose F Joe Thornton in a Jan. 31 game. Fined New Jersey F Eric Boulton $2,500 for slashing New York Rangers F Mike Rupp in a Jan. 31 game.

ANAHEIM DUCKS—Recalled RW Kyle Palmieri from Syracuse (AHL).

BUFFALO SABRES—Recalled F Zack Kassian from Rochester (AHL).

CAROLINA HURRICANES—Recalled F Drayson Bowman from Charlotte (AHL).

FLORIDA PANTHERS—Recalled G Brian Foster from San Antonio (AHL).

MONTREAL CANADIENS—Recalled F Louis Leblanc from Hamilton (AHL).

ECHL

ELMIRA JACKALS—Announced Binghamton (AHL) assigned G Brian Stewart to the team. Re-signed F Kelly Miller. Loaned F Mike Radja to Houston (AHL).

GWINNETT GLADIATORS—Announced Houston (AHL) recalled F Chris Clackson.

IDAHO STEELHEADS—Announced D Jace Coyle was reassigned to Texas (AHL).

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

COLORADO RAPIDS—Signed technical director Paul Bravo to a three-year contract extension.

LOS ANGELES GALAXY—Signed F Edson Buddle.

PHILADELPHIA UNION—Traded MF Kyle Nakazawa and a 2013 second-round draft pick to the LA Galaxy for an international roster spot.

COLLEGE

NCAA—Placed Nebraska on two years’ probation and endorsed the school’s self-imposed fine of $38,000 as part of an impermissible benefits case involving textbooks and school supplies.

GEORGIA TECH—Announced the resignation of assistant football coach Todd Spencer.

MEMPHIS—Named Tim Billings defensive line coach.

PROVIDENCE—Announced fresham basketball F Sidiki Johnson will transfer from Arizona.


Glantz-Culver Line

NFL

Super Bowl

Feb. 5 at Indianapolis

New England 31/2 3 (541/2) N.Y. Giants


Pro football

NFL playoffs

Super Bowl

Sunday at Indianapolis

New England vs. N.Y. Giants, 1:20 p.m.


Pro basketball

National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Philadelphia 16 6 .727 —

Boston 11 10 .524 4 1/2

New York 8 13 .381 7 1/2

New Jersey 8 15 .348 8 1/2

Toronto 7 16 .304 9 1/2

Southeast Division

Atlanta 16 6 .727 —

Miami 16 6 .727 —

Orlando 13 9 .591 3

Washington 4 18 .182 12

Charlotte 3 20 .130 13 1/2

Central Division

Chicago 18 6 .750 —

Indiana 15 6 .714 1 1/2

Milwaukee 10 11 .476 6 1/2

Cleveland 8 12 .400 8

Detroit 4 20 .167 14

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

Dallas 14 9 .609 —

San Antonio 14 9 .609 —

Houston 12 10 .545 1 1/2

Memphis 11 10 .524 2

New Orleans 4 18 .182 9 1/2

Northwest Division

Oklahoma City 17 4 .810 —

Denver 14 7 .667 3

Utah 12 8 .600 4 1/2

Portland 13 9 .591 4 1/2

Minnesota 10 12 .455 7 1/2

Pacific Division

L.A. Clippers 13 6 .684 —

L.A. Lakers 13 9 .591 1 1/2

Phoenix 8 13 .381 6

Golden State 7 12 .368 6

Sacramento 6 15 .286 8

Wednesday’s results

Orlando 109, Washington 103

Philadelphia 98, Chicago 82

Boston 100, Toronto 64

New Jersey 99, Detroit 96

Oklahoma City 95, Dallas 86

Phoenix 120, New Orleans 103

Indiana 109, Minnesota 99

Milwaukee 105, Miami 97

San Antonio 99, Houston 91

Portland 112, Charlotte 68

L.A. Clippers 107, Utah 105

Today’s games

Memphis at Atlanta, 2:30 p.m.

Chicago at New York, 3 p.m.

New Orleans at San Antonio, 3:30 p.m.

Portland at Sacramento, 5 p.m.

Utah at Golden State, 5:30 p.m.

Denver at L.A. Clippers, 5:30 p.m.


Pro hockey


National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

N.Y. Rangers 49 32 12 5 69 136 100

Philadelphia 49 29 14 6 64 163 144

Pittsburgh 51 29 18 4 62 157 132

New Jersey 49 27 19 3 57 133 139

N.Y. Islanders 49 20 22 7 47 120 145

Northeast Division

Boston 48 32 14 2 66 175 105

Ottawa 53 27 20 6 60 160 164

Toronto 51 26 19 6 58 156 152

Buffalo 51 21 24 6 48 122 151

Montreal 50 19 22 9 47 131 137

Southeast Division

Florida 49 23 15 11 57 126 138

Washington 50 26 20 4 56 141 145

Winnipeg 51 23 22 6 52 126 144

Tampa Bay 49 22 23 4 48 140 168

Carolina 52 18 25 9 45 132 164

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Detroit 51 34 16 1 69 163 118

Nashville 51 31 16 4 66 145 131

St. Louis 49 29 13 7 65 124 102

Chicago 51 29 15 7 65 164 147

Columbus 51 13 32 6 32 117 172

Northwest Division

Vancouver 50 31 15 4 66 161 124

Minnesota 50 24 19 7 55 119 131

Colorado 52 26 24 2 54 133 147

Calgary 51 23 22 6 52 121 140

Edmonton 50 19 26 5 43 125 144

Pacific Division

San Jose 48 28 14 6 62 137 110

Los Angeles 51 25 16 10 60 114 113

Dallas 49 26 21 2 54 132 138

Phoenix 51 22 21 8 52 131 138

Anaheim 50 19 24 7 45 130 151

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Wednesday’s results

N.Y. Rangers 1, Buffalo 0, SO

Toronto 1, Pittsburgh 0

Florida 4, Washington 2

Dallas 6, Anaheim 2

Los Angeles 3, Columbus 2

Today’s games

Carolina at Boston, 2 p.m.

Montreal at New Jersey, 2 p.m.

Nashville at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.

Winnipeg at Tampa Bay, 2:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Colorado, 3 p.m.

Chicago at Edmonton, 3:30 p.m.

Detroit at Vancouver, 4 p.m.

Dallas at San Jose, 4:30 p.m.



College basketball

MEN

WEST

New Mexico St. 78, CS Bakersfield 57

San Diego St. 58, Boise St. 56

UNLV 82, Colorado St. 63

SOUTHWEST

Baylor 63, Texas A&M 60

McNeese St. 67, Sam Houston St. 61

Northwestern St. 79, Cent. Arkansas 68

Rice 77, UTEP 75

Stephen F. Austin 71, Texas St. 63

TCU 58, Wyoming 52

Texas-Arlington 67, UTSA 66

MIDWEST

Akron 86, Toledo 72

Bowling Green 72, W. Michigan 48

Creighton 102, Illinois St. 74

Duquesne 83, Dayton 73

Evansville 92, Bradley 62

IUPUI 79, Oakland 75

Indiana St. 61, Drake 54

Iowa 63, Minnesota 59

Kansas 84, Oklahoma 62

Miami (Ohio) 62, E. Michigan 57, OT

Michigan 68, Indiana 56

Ohio 67, N. Illinois 58

Saint Louis 86, St. Bonaventure 62

St. John’s 87, DePaul 81

Wichita St. 74, Missouri St. 67

SOUTH

Auburn 59, Georgia 51

Davidson 71, Furman 53

East Carolina 62, SMU 43

Florida St. 68, Georgia Tech 54

Georgia St. 68, UNC Wilmington 53

Lamar 83, SE Louisiana 59

Marshall 63, Tulane 44

Miami 90, Maryland 86, 2OT

Nicholls St. 65, Texas A&M-CC 61

Saint Joseph’s 70, Richmond 60

Southern Miss. 75, Memphis 72

UAB 80, Houston 69

VCU 87, William & Mary 78

EAST

Albany (NY) 87, UMBC 76

Buffalo 73, Ball St. 57

Colgate 76, NJIT 73

Delaware 65, George Mason 60

Drexel 61, Northeastern 53

Georgetown 58, UConn 44

Hofstra 74, Towson 49

La Salle 85, Charlotte 72

NC State 56, Boston College 51

New Hampshire 52, Hartford 51

Providence 78, Rutgers 67

Rhode Island 81, UMass 78, OT

Stony Brook 82, Binghamton 48

Temple 78, Fordham 60

Vermont 68, Boston U. 67

Xavier 59, George Washington 58

WOMEN

TOP 25

No. 1 Baylor 71, Missouri 41

No. 18 Tex. A&M 67. No. 25 Tex. Tech 55



Transactions


BASEBALL

American League

NEW YORK YANKEES—Sent RHP Kevin Whelan outright to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).

SEATTLE MARINERS—Agreed to terms with INF Carlos Guillen on a minor league contract.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS—Agreed to terms with RHP Francisco Cordero on a one-year contract. Designated OF Darin Mastroianni for assignment.

National League

PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Agreed to terms with RHP Juan Cruz on a minor league contract.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Agreed to terms with RHP Chad Durbin on a minor-league contract.

Florida State League

CHARLOTTE STONE CRABS—Name Jim Pfander general manager.

American Association

KANSAS CITY T-BONES—Released LHP Reid Santos, INF Jim Fasano, INF Gerardo Caceres and C John Bowden.

LINCOLN SALTDOGS—Signed INF Mike Provencher.

Can-Am League

NEW JERSEY JACKALS—Signed LHP Isaac Pavlik. Released LHP AJ Wideman.

ROCKLAND BOULDERS—Signed OF Norm Hutchins.

Frontier League

LONDON RIPPERS—Signed RHP Eric Berkowitz and RHP Nick Schreiber. Acquired 1B Mitch Delaney from Quebec (Can-Am) for a player to be named.

NORMAL CORNBELTERS—Signed UTL Justin Smith.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS—Recalled F Luke Harangody from Canton (NBADL).

Women’s National Basketball Association

WASHINGTON MYSTICS—Acquired G Noelle Quinn from Los Angeles for F Marissa Coleman.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

NFL—Fined New York Giants DE Osi Umenyiora $20,000 for missing a mandatory Super Bowl media session Wednesday morning.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Announced the retirement of offensive coordinator Bill Muir.

MIAMI DOLPHINS—Named Jim Turner offensive line coach.

OAKLAND RAIDERS—Named Greg Knapp offensive coordinator.

Canadian Football League

EDMONTON ESKIMOS—Signed P/K Eric Wilbur. Released K Damon Duval.

WINNIPEG BLUE BOMBERS—Re-signed QB Joey Elliott.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

NHL—Fined Columbus F Jared Boll $2,500 for an illegal check to the head of San Jose F Joe Thornton in a Jan. 31 game. Fined New Jersey F Eric Boulton $2,500 for slashing New York Rangers F Mike Rupp in a Jan. 31 game.

ANAHEIM DUCKS—Recalled RW Kyle Palmieri from Syracuse (AHL).

BUFFALO SABRES—Recalled F Zack Kassian from Rochester (AHL).

CAROLINA HURRICANES—Recalled F Drayson Bowman from Charlotte (AHL).

FLORIDA PANTHERS—Recalled G Brian Foster from San Antonio (AHL).

MONTREAL CANADIENS—Recalled F Louis Leblanc from Hamilton (AHL).

ECHL

ELMIRA JACKALS—Announced Binghamton (AHL) assigned G Brian Stewart to the team. Re-signed F Kelly Miller. Loaned F Mike Radja to Houston (AHL).

GWINNETT GLADIATORS—Announced Houston (AHL) recalled F Chris Clackson.

IDAHO STEELHEADS—Announced D Jace Coyle was reassigned to Texas (AHL).

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

COLORADO RAPIDS—Signed technical director Paul Bravo to a three-year contract extension.

LOS ANGELES GALAXY—Signed F Edson Buddle.

PHILADELPHIA UNION—Traded MF Kyle Nakazawa and a 2013 second-round draft pick to the LA Galaxy for an international roster spot.

COLLEGE

NCAA—Placed Nebraska on two years’ probation and endorsed the school’s self-imposed fine of $38,000 as part of an impermissible benefits case involving textbooks and school supplies.

GEORGIA TECH—Announced the resignation of assistant football coach Todd Spencer.

MEMPHIS—Named Tim Billings defensive line coach.

PROVIDENCE—Announced fresham basketball F Sidiki Johnson will transfer from Arizona.