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NFL

Sunday

Favorite Open Today O/U Underdog

at Chicago 10 9½(43) Indianapolis

Philadelphia 8½ 8½(43½) at Cleveland

at N.Y. Jets 4½ 2½(39½) Buffalo

at New Orl. 9½ 7(50) Washington

New England 6½ 5½(47) at Tennessee

at Minnesota 4½ 4(39½) Jacksonville

at Houston 7 12(43) Miami

at Detroit 9 7(45½) St. Louis

Atlanta 1 3(43½) at Kansas City

at Green Bay 6½ 5(46½) San Fran.

Carolina 3 2½(47) at Tampa Bay

Seattle +1½ 2½(40½) at Arizona

at Denver 2 1½ (44½) Pittsburgh

Monday

at Baltimore 6½ 6(41) Cincinnati

at Oakland Pk 1(47) San Diego

Major League Baseball

American League

East Division

W L Pct GB

New York 77 59 .566 —

Baltimore 76 60 .559 1

Tampa Bay 75 62 .547 2½

Boston 63 75 .457 15

Toronto 61 75 .449 16

Central Division

Chicago 74 62 .544 —

Detroit 73 63 .537 1

Kansas City 61 75 .449 13

Cleveland 58 79 .423 16½

Minnesota 56 81 .409 18½

West Division

Texas 81 55 .596 —

Oakland 76 60 .559 5

Los Angeles 74 63 .540 7½

Seattle 67 71 .486 15

Wednesday

Chicago White Sox 6, Minnesota 2

L.A. Angels 7, Oakland 1

Detroit 7, Cleveland 1

Toronto 6, Baltimore 4

N.Y. Yankees 6, Tampa Bay 4

Texas 7, Kansas City 6

Seattle 2, Boston 1

Today

N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 3-4) at Baltimore (Hammel 8-6), 1:05 p.m.

Texas (Feldman 6-11) at Kansas City (Hochevar 7-13), 2:10 p.m.

National League

East Division

W L Pct GB

Washington 84 52 .618 —

Atlanta 77 60 .562 7½

Philadelphia 66 71 .482 18½

New York 65 72 .474 19½

Miami 60 77 .438 24½

Central Division

Cincinnati 83 55 .601 —

St. Louis 74 63 .540 8½

Pittsburgh 72 64 .529 10

Milwaukee 67 69 .493 15

Chicago 51 85 .375 31

Houston 42 95 .307 40½

West Division

San Francisco 77 60 .562 —

Los Angeles 73 65 .529 4½

Arizona 68 70 .493 9½

San Diego 64 74 .464 13½

Colorado 56 79 .415 20

Wednesday

Philadelphia 6, Cincinnati 2

N.Y. Mets 6, St. Louis 2

Washington 9, Chicago Cubs 1

Pittsburgh 6, Houston 3

Atlanta 1, Colorado 0

Milwaukee 8, Miami 5

San Diego 4, L.A. Dodgers 3

Arizona 6, San Francisco 2

Today

Colorado (Chacin 2-4) at Atlanta (T.Hudson 13-5), 6:10 a.m.

Milwaukee (Estrada 2-5) at Miami (Jo.Johnson 7-11), 6:40 a.m.

Chicago Cubs (Germano 2-5) at Washington (Zimmermann 9-8), 1:05 p.m.

Pro football

National Football League

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Buffalo 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 0

New Engl. 0 0 0 .000 0 0

N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000 0 0

South

Houston 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Indianapls 0 0 0 .000 0 0

J’ville 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Tennessee 0 0 0 .000 0 0

North

Baltimore 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Cincinnati 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Cleveland 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Pittsburgh 0 0 0 .000 0 0

West

Denver 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Kansas City 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Oakland 0 0 0 .000 0 0

San Diego 0 0 0 .000 0 0

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Dallas 1 0 0 1.000 24 17

Phil. 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Wash. 0 0 0 .000 0 0

N.Y. Giants 0 1 0 .000 17 24

South

Atlanta 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Carolina 0 0 0 .000 0 0

New Orl. 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Tampa Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0

North

Chicago 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Detroit 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Green Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Minnesota 0 0 0 .000 0 0

West

Arizona 0 0 0 .000 0 0

San Fran. 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Seattle 0 0 0 .000 0 0

St. Louis 0 0 0 .000 0 0

Wednesday’s result

Dallas 24, N.Y. Giants 17

Sunday’s games

Indianapolis at Chicago, 7 a.m.

Jacksonville at Minnesota, 7 a.m.

Miami at Houston, 7 a.m.

New England at Tennessee, 7 a.m.

Washington at New Orleans, 7 a.m.

Atlanta at Kansas City, 7 a.m.

Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 7 a.m.

St. Louis at Detroit, 7 a.m.

Philadelphia at Cleveland, 7 a.m.

Seattle at Arizona, 10:25 a.m.

San Francisco at Green Bay, 10:25 a.m.

Carolina at Tampa Bay, 10:25 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Denver, 2:20 p.m.

Monday’s games

Cincinnati at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

San Diego at Oakland, 4:15 p.m.

College football

Today

SOUTH

N.G’nville (0-1) at Tenn. Tech (1-0), 2 p.m.

MIDWEST

Pitt (0-1) at Cincinnati (0-0), 2 p.m.

Frida

WEST

Utah (1-0) at Utah St. (1-0), 2 p.m.

Saturday

TOP 25

No. 1 Alabama vs. W.Kentucky, 9:30 a.m.

No. 2 Southern Cal vs. Syracuse at East Rutherford, N.J., 9:30 a.m.

No. 3 LSU vs. Washington, 1 p.m.

No. 4 Oregon vs. Fresno St., 12:30 p.m.

No. 5 Oklahoma vs. Florida A&M, 1 p.m.

No. 6 Florida St. vs. Savannah St., noon

No. 7 Georgia at Missouri, 1:45 p.m.

No. 8 Ark. vs. La.-Mon. at LR, Ark., 1 p.m.

No. 9 S.Carolina vs. E.Carolina, 6:21 a.m.

No. 11 Michigan St. at C.Mich., 9:30 a.m.

No. 12 Clemson vs. Ball State, 6:30 a.m.

No. 13 Wisconsin at Oregon St., 10 a.m.

No. 14 Ohio State vs. UCF, 6 a.m.

No. 15 Va. Tech vs. Austin Peay, 7:30 a.m.

No. 16 Nebraska at UCLA, 1:30 p.m.

No. 17 Texas vs. New Mexico, 2 p.m.

No. 18 Okla. St. at Arizona, 4:30 p.m.

No. 19 Michigan vs. Air Force, 9:30 a.m.

No. 20 TCU vs. Grambling, 1 p.m.

No. 21 Kansas State vs. Miami, 6 a.m.

No. 22 Notre Dame vs. Purdue, 9:30 a.m.

No. 23 L’ville vs. Missouri St., 9:30 a.m.

No. 24 Florida at Texas A&M, 9:30 a.m.

No. 25 Stanford vs. Duke, 4:30 p.m.

Transactions

BASEBALL

MLB—Suspended Toronto Blue Jays RHP Jose Brito and New York Mets OF Hengelbert Rojas for 50 games each for positive tests under the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

National League

COLORADO ROCKIES—Recalled INF/OF Matt McBride from Colorado Springs (PCL).

LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Transferred RHP Chad Billingsley to the 60-day DL. Selected the contract of LHP Steven Rodriguez from Chattanooga (SL).

SAN DIEGO PADRES—Agreed to terms with OF Chris Denorfia on a two-year contract through 2014.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NBA—Named Mike Bantom executive vice president, referee operations.

SAN ANTONIO SPURS—Named Scott Layden assistant general manager.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed TE Michael Hoomanawanui. Placed TE Visanthe Shiancoe on injured reserve/designated for return list. Signed WR Kerry Taylor and OL Jeremiah Warren to the practice squad. Released FB Eric Ketttani and WR Sam Kirkland from the practice squad.

NEW YORK JETS—Re-signed DT Marcus Dixon. Signed P Robert Malone. Released LB Ricky Sapp from the practice squad. Signed CB LeQuan Lewis to the practice squad.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

OTTAWA SENATORS—Signed C Zack Smith to a four-year contract extension through the 2016-17 season.

SOCCER

Major League Soccer

LOS ANGELES GALAXY—Signed MF Christian Wilhelmsson.

COLLEGE

MISSISSIPPI STATE—Dismissed junior F Shaun Smith and junior F Kristers Zeidaks from the men’s basketball team for repeated violations of team rules.

NEW MEXICO—Reinstated sophomore CB Devonta Tabannah to the football team.

PROVIDENCE—Announced the NCAA partially approved the eligibility waiver for basketball G Ricky Ledo, allowing him to practice with the team but he can’t compete in games.

TEXAS TECH—Reprimanded men’s basketball coach Billy Gillispie after learning he was exceeding NCAA practice-time limits.

Pro basketball

Women’s National

Basketball Association

W L Pct GB

x-Connecticut 20 7 .741 —

x-Indiana 17 9 .654 2½

Atlanta 15 13 .536 5½

New York 11 16 .407 9

Chicago 10 16 .385 9½

Washington 5 22 .185 15

WESTERN CONFERENCE

x-Minnesota 22 4 .846 —

x-Los Angeles 19 9 .679 4

x-San Antonio 17 9 .654 5

Seattle 11 14 .440 10½

Phoenix 6 20 .231 16

Tulsa 6 20 .231 16

x-clinched playoff spot

Wednesday’s results

Atlanta 71, Indiana 64

New York 87, Phoenix 59

Today’s game

Tulsa at Seattle, 4 p.m.

Pro soccer

Major League Soccer

EASTERN CONFERENCE

W L T Pts GF GA

Sport. K.C. 15 7 5 50 34 24

New York 13 7 7 46 46 39

Chicago 13 8 5 44 35 31

Houston 11 7 9 42 39 33

Columbus 12 9 6 42 33 32

D.C. 12 10 5 41 43 38

Montreal 12 14 3 39 43 46

New Eng. 7 14 7 28 35 38

Phil. 7 13 5 26 25 30

Toronto FC 5 16 6 21 30 48

WESTERN CONFERENCE

San Jose 16 6 5 53 56 33

Real S.L. 14 10 4 46 38 32

Seattle 12 6 8 44 41 27

L.A. 13 11 4 43 48 40

Vanc. 10 11 7 37 29 37

FC Dallas 8 12 9 33 34 38

Colorado 9 17 2 29 36 41

Chivas USA 7 11 7 28 20 39

Portland 7 14 6 27 27 46

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

Wednesday’s results

New England 2, Columbus 0

Colorado 3, Portland 0

Today’s game

Real Salt Lake at Houston, 2:30 p.m.

Tennis

At New York

Singles

Men

Fourth Round

Janko Tipsarevic (8), Serbia, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber (19), Germany, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-2.

Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, def. Stanislas Wawrinka (18), Switzerland, 6-4, 6-1, 3-1, retired.

Juan Martin del Potro (7), Argentina, def. Andy Roddick (20), United States, 6-7 (1), 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-4.

Quarterfinals

Andy Murray (3), Britain, def. Marin Cilic (12), Croatia, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-0.

Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, def. Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, 7-6 (1), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

Women’s quarterfinals

Sara Errani (10), Italy, def. Roberta Vinci (20), Italy, 6-2, 6-4.

Maria Sharapova (3), Russia, def. Marion Bartoli (11), France, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.

Serena Williams (4), United States, def. Ana Ivanovic (12), Serbia, 6-1, 6-3.