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NFL
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National Football League
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
N.Y. Jets 1 1 0 .500 58 55
New Eng. 1 1 0 .500 52 33
Miami 1 1 0 .500 45 43
Buffalo 1 1 0 .500 63 65
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 2 0 0 1.000 57 17
Indianapolis 1 1 0 .500 44 61
Tennessee 0 2 0 .000 23 72
Jacksonville 0 2 0 .000 30 53
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 1 1 0 .500 67 37
Cincinnati 1 1 0 .500 47 71
Pittsburgh 1 1 0 .500 46 41
Cleveland 0 2 0 .000 43 51
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Diego 2 0 0 1.000 60 24
Denver 1 1 0 .500 52 46
Kansas City 0 2 0 .000 41 75
Oakland 0 2 0 .000 27 57
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Philadelphia 2 0 0 1.000 41 39
Dallas 1 1 0 .500 31 44
Washington 1 1 0 .500 68 63
N.Y. Giants 1 1 0 .500 58 58
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Atlanta 2 0 0 1.000 67 45
Tampa Bay 1 1 0 .500 50 51
Carolina 1 1 0 .500 45 43
New Orleans 0 2 0 .000 59 75
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Green Bay 1 1 0 .500 45 40
Detroit 1 1 0 .500 46 50
Minnesota 1 1 0 .500 46 46
Chicago 1 1 0 .500 51 44
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Arizona 2 0 0 1.000 40 34
San Fran. 2 0 0 1.000 57 41
St. Louis 1 1 0 .500 54 55
Seattle 1 1 0 .500 43 27
Thursday’s Game
Green Bay 23, Chicago 10
Sunday’s Games
N.Y. Giants 41, Tampa Bay 34
Carolina 35, New Orleans 27
Arizona 20, New England 18
Indianapolis 23, Minnesota 20
Philadelphia 24, Baltimore 23
Buffalo 35, Kansas City 17
Cincinnati 34, Cleveland 27
Houston 27, Jacksonville 7
Miami 35, Oakland 13
Seattle 27, Dallas 7
St. Louis 31, Washington 28
San Diego 38, Tennessee 10
Pittsburgh 27, N.Y. Jets 10
San Francisco 27, Detroit 19
Monday’s Game
Atlanta 27, Denver 21
Thursday, Sep. 20
N.Y. Giants at Carolina, 2:20 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 23
Tampa Bay at Dallas, 7a.m.
St. Louis at Chicago, 7 a.m.
San Francisco at Minnesota, 7 a.m.
Detroit at Tennessee, 7 a.m.
Kansas City at New Orleans, 7 a.m.
Cincinnati at Washington, 7 a.m.
N.Y. Jets at Miami, 7 a.m.
Buffalo at Cleveland, 7 a.m.
Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 7 a.m.
Philadelphia at Arizona, 10:05 a.m.
Atlanta at San Diego, 10:05 a.m.
Pittsburgh at Oakland, 10:25 a.m.
Houston at Denver, 10:25 a.m.
New England at Baltimore, 2:20 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 24
Green Bay at Seattle, 2:30 p.m.
Tuesday’s Sports
Transactions
BASEBALL
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL — Suspended Toronto SS Yunel Escobar three games for displaying an unacceptable message during Saturday’s game against Boston.
American League
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Signed a player development contract with Buffalo (IL) through the 2014 season.
National League
SAN DIEGO PADRES — Extended their player development contrcat with Fort Wayne (MWL) through the 2014 season.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed G Austin Pasztor to the practice squad.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Released WR Tori Gurley. Signed T Troy Kropog to the practice squad.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Released CB Jerome Murphy.
NEW YORK GIANTS — Released C Scott Wedige from the practice squad. Signed T Matt McCants from the practice squad.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Placed C Jason Kelce on injured reserve. Signed C Steve Vallos.
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Released CB Greg Gatson.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Released RB Kregg Lumpkin. Signed CB Danny Gorrer. Released WR Ricardo Lockette and LB Allen Bradford from the practice squad. Signed G Rishaw Johnson and LB Korey Toomer to the practice squad.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Released G Derek Hardman. Released LB J.K. Schaffer from the practice squad.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed LB Markus White. Signed DE Doug Worthington from the practice squad. Signed DL Dominique Hamilton to the practice squad. Placed DE Adam Carriker and LB Brian Orakpo on injured reserve.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
MONTREAL CANADIENS — Signed C Stefan Chaput, C Olivier Fortier and C Daultan Leveille to one-year, two-way contracts.
ECHL
IDAHO STEELHEADS — Agreed to terms with F Andrew Carroll. Deutsche Eishockey Liga-Germany
KREFELD PINGUINE — Agreed to terms with Buffalo D Christian Ehrhoff.
COLLEGE
ALBANY (NY) — Signed women’s basketball coach Katie Abrahamson-Henderson to a two-year contract extension.
JAMES MADISON — Named Lucious Jordan director of men’s basketball operations and Sam Dowell men’s graduate assistant basketball coach.
NORTH DAKOTA — Suspended men’s hockey D Andrew MacWilliam, F Corban Knight, F Danny Kristo and F Carter Rowney one game.
SKIDMORE — Named Erik Petersen assistant swimming and diving coach.
MLS
Major League Soccer
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Sporting KC 15 7 6 51 35 25
Chicago 15 8 5 50 40 33
New York 14 7 7 49 49 40
Houston 12 7 10 46 41 34
D.C. 13 10 5 44 45 39
Columbus 12 10 6 42 34 35
Montreal 12 15 3 39 44 49
New Eng. 7 15 7 28 36 40
Philadelphia 7 13 6 27 26 31
Toronto FC 5 17 7 22 32 51
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
x-San Jose 17 6 5 56 58 33
Seattle 13 6 9 48 44 29
Los Angeles 14 11 4 46 50 40
R-Salt Lake 14 11 4 46 38 33
Vancouver 10 12 7 37 29 38
FC Dallas 9 12 9 36 35 38
Colorado 9 18 2 29 36 43
Chivas USA 7 13 7 28 21 43
Portland 7 14 7 28 28 47
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
x- clinched playoff berth
Saturday’s Games
Toronto FC 1, Philadelphia 1, tie
Portland 1, Seattle FC 1, tie
New York 3, Columbus 1
D.C. United 2, New England 1
Chicago 3, Montreal 1
FC Dallas 1, Vancouver 0
San Jose 2, Chivas USA 0
Today’s Games
Sporting Kansas City at New York, 1 p.m.
Chivas USA at Columbus, 1:30 p.m.
Portland at San Jose, 4:30 p.m.
Thursday’s Game
D.C. United at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Saturday’s Games
Sporting Kansas City at Montreal, 7:30 a.m.
New York at New England, 7:30 a.m.
Portland at Real Salt Lake, 8 a.m.
Columbus at Chicago, 8:30 a.m.
Toronto FC at Los Angeles, 4:30 p.m.
San Jose at Seattle FC, 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 23
Houston at Philadelphia, 11 a.m.
Chivas USA at D.C. United, 1 p.m.
Colorado at Vancouver, 1:30 p.m.
WNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
x-Connecticut 23 9 .719 —
x-Indiana 20 11 .645 2½
x-Atlanta 18 14 .563 5
New York 14 18 .438 9
Chicago 13 19 .406 10
Washington 5 27 .156 18
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
z-Minnesota 26 5 .839 —
x-Los Angeles 22 10 .688 4½
x-San Antonio 20 12 .625 6½
x-Seattle 14 18 .438 12½
Tulsa 8 23 .258 18
Phoenix 7 24 .226 19
x-clinched playoff spot
z-clinched conference
Tuesday’s Games
San Antonio 77, New York 66
Seattle 75, Chicago 60
Phoenix at Los Angeles, late
Today’s Games
Indiana at Connecticut, 1 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Atlanta at Chicago, 2 p.m.
New York at Tulsa, 2 p.m.
Minnesota at Los Angeles, 4:30 p.m.
TENNIS
ATP World Tour Moselle Open Results
Tuesday
At Les Arenes de Metz
Metz, France
Purse: $590,700 (WT250)
Surface: Hard-Indoor
Singles
First Round
Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, def. Kenny de Schepper, France, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3).
Nikolay Davydenko (8), Russia, def. Mischa Zverev, Germany, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3.
Clement Reix, France, def. Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.
Vincent Millot, France, def. Igor Sijsling, Netherlands, 6-4, 6-4.
Benoit Paire, France. def. Xavier Malisse, Belgium, 6-1, 6-4.
Gael Monfils (7), France, def. Olivier Rochus, Belgium, 6-3, 6-2.
Doubles
First Round
Dustin Brown and Christopher Kas, Germany, def. Daniele Bracciali and Andreas Seppi, Italy, 6-3, 6-4.
Eric Butorac, United States, and John Peers, Australia, def. Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Albano Olivetti, France, 6-4, 7-6 (5).
Daniel Brands, Germany, and Jesse Levine, United States, def. Lukas Dlouhy, Czech Republic, and Jordan Kerr, Australia, 6-3, 7-5.
Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin (2), France, def. Benoit Paire and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, 6-3, 7-5.
Xavier Malisse, Belgium, and Alexander Waske, Germany, def. Jamie Murray, Britain, and Andre Sa, Brazil, 7-6 (7), 6-3.