Jan. 2 scoreboard
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Glantz-Culver line
NFL
Saturday
Favorite Open Today O/U Underdog
at Houston 5 4½ (43) Cincinnati
at Green Bay 8 8 (46) Minnesota
Sunday
at Baltimore 7 6½ (46) Indianapolis
Seattle 1½ 3 (45½) at Wash.
Pro football
Wild-card playoffs
Saturday
Cincinnati at Houston, 11:30 a.m. (NBC)
Minnesota at Green Bay, 3 p.m. (NBC)
Sunday
Indianapolis at Baltimore, 8 a.m. (CBS)
Seattle at Washington, 11:30 a.m. (FOX)
Transactions
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS—Promoted Russ Brandon to president and chief executive officer.
CINCINNATI BENGALS—Signed WR Justin Hilton to the practice squad.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed DL Tracy Robertson to the practice squad.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Signed K Billy Cundiff.
COLLEGE
SETON HALL—Announced sophomore G Freddie Wilson has left the men’s basketball program to pursue transfer opportunities.
College football
FBS bowl glance
Monday
Music City Bowl
Vanderbilt 38, N.C. State 24
Sun Bowl
Georgia Tech 21, Southern Cal 7
Liberty Bowl
Tulsa 31, Iowa State 17
Chick-fil-A Bowl
Clemson 25, LSU 24
Tuesday
Heart of Dallas Bowl
Oklahoma State 58, Purdue 14
Gator Bowl
Northwestern 34, Mississippi State 20
Capital One Bowl
Georgia 45, Nebraska 31
Outback Bowl
South Carolina 33, Michigan 28
Rose Bowl
Stanford 20, Wisconsin 14
Orange Bowl
Florida State 31, Northern Illinois 10
Today
Sugar Bowl
At New Orleans
Florida (11-1) vs. Louisville (10-2), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Thursday
Fiesta Bowl
At Glendale, Ariz.
Kansas State (11-1) vs. Oregon (11-1), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Friday
Cotton Bowl
At Arlington, Texas
Texas A&M (10-2) vs. Oklahoma (10-2), 3 p.m. (FOX)
College basketball
MEN
MIDWEST
Iowa St. 80, Yale 70
SOUTH
Clemson 92, The Citadel 51
FAU 61, Hofstra 57
Maryland 81, IUPUI 63
Roanoke 96, William Peace 76
Presbyterian 77, Montreat 35
EAST
Stony Brook 50, Manhattan 44
WOMEN
SOUTHWEST
Texas A&M 80, Rice 57
SOUTH
VCU 82, Maine 47
Tennis
ATP: ExxonMobil Open
At Doha, Qatar
Singles
First Round
Mikhail Youzhny (4), Russia, def. Benjamin Becker, Germany, 4-6, 7-6 (3), 6-1.
Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, def. Pablo Andujar (8), Spain, 6-2, 7-6 (2).
Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 6-1, 2-6, 6-4.
Mohamed Safwat, Egypt, def. Jabor Mohammed Ali Mutawa, Qatar, 6-0, 6-0.
Daniel Brands, Germany, def. Jeremy Chardy (5), France, 6-4, 6-4.
Gael Monfils, France, def. Mousa Shanan Zayed, Qatar, 6-0, 6-3.
Richard Gasquet (2), France, def. Jan Hernych, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-4.
Tobias Kamke, Germany, def. Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo, Spain, 6-1, 6-2.
David Ferrer (1), Spain, def. Dustin Brown, Germany, 5-7, 6-3, 6-2.
Lukasz Kubot, Poland, def. Feliciano Lopez (7), Spain, 6-4, 6-2.
Brisbane International
At Brisbane, Australia
Singles
Men
First Round
Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, def. Martin Klizan (8), Slovakia, 6-1, 6-2.
John Millman, Australia, def. Tatsuma Ito, Japan, 6-4, 6-1.
Alejandro Falla, Colombia, def. Jesse Levine, United States, 6-1, 7-6 (8).
Tommy Robredo, Spain, def. Ryan Harrison, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (4).
Jurgen Melzer (7), Austria, def. Denis Kudla, United States, 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.
David Goffin, Belgium, def. Matthew Ebden, Australia, 6-2, 6-2.
Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, def. Brian Baker, United States, 6-3, 7-6 (8).
Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, def. Igor Kunitsyn, Russia, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2.
Women
Second Round
Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, def. Sara Errani (5), Italy, 4-6, 6-1, 7-5.
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Russia, def. Petra Kvitova (6), Czech Republic, 6-4, 7-5.
Ksenia Pervak, Kazakhstan, def. Urszula Radwanska, Poland, 3-6, 6-2, 7-6 (6).
Serena Williams (3), United States, def. Alize Cornet, France, 6-2, 6-2.
ATP: Aircel Chennai Open
At Chennai, India
Singles
First Round
Mathias Bachinger, Germany, def. Yen-hsun Lu (7), Taiwan, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.
Cedrik-Marcel Stebe, Germany, def. Igor Sijsling, Netherlands, 6-4, 6-4.
Prakash Amritraj, India, def. Guillaume Rufin, France, 6-7 (4), 6-2, 6-3.
Benoit Paire (5), France, def. Flavio Cipolla, Italy, 6-3, 6-4.
Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain, def. Blaz Kavcic, Slovenia, 7-6 (6), 6-2.
Somdev Devvarman, India, def. Jan Hajek, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-3.
Dudi Sela, Israel, def. Rajeev Ram, United States, 6-4, 6-1.
Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, def. Ruben Bemelmans, Belgium, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (5).
ITF Hyundai Hopman Cup
At Perth, Australia
Round Robin
Group B
United States 2, France 1
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, France, def. John Isner, United States, 6-3, 6-2.
Venus Williams, United States, def. Mathilde Johansson, France, 3-6, 7-5, 6-4.
Williams and Isner, United States, def. Johansson and Tsonga, France, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 10-8
WTA: Shenzhen
Longgang Gemdale
At Shenzhen, China
Singles
First Round
Zhou Yi-Miao, China, def. Jessica Pegula, United States, 6-4, 6-2.
Li Na (1), China, def. Mandy Minella, Luxembourg, 6-4, 6-0.
Second Tound
Klara Zakopalova (5), Czech Republic, def. Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, 6-4, 6-3.
Bojana Jovanovski (8), Serbia, def. Duan Ying-Ying, China, 6-3, 6-1.
Monica Niculescu, Romania, def. Laura Robson (7), Britain, 6-2, 6-3.
Annika Beck, Germany, def. Hsieh Su-wei (4), Taiwan, 6-3, 6-0.
Peng Shuai (6), China, def. Ayumi Morita, Japan, 6-1, 6-1.
WTA: ASB Classic
At Auckland, New Zealand
Singles
First Round
Heather Watson, Britain, def. Sorana Cirstea (5), Romania, 6-3, retired.
Yaroslava Shvedova (6), Kazakhstan, def. Lara Arruabarrena-Vecino, Spain, 6-3, 6-2.
Romina Oprandi, Switzerland, def. Nudnida Luangnam, Thailand, 6-0, 6-2.
Mona Barthel (8), Germany, def. Grace Min, United States, 6-1, 6-3.
Agnieszka Radwanska (1), Poland, def. Greta Arn, Hungary, 6-2, 6-2.
Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, def. Stephanie Dubois, Canada, 6-2, 6-1.
Julia Goerges (2), Germany, def. Anastasija Sevastova, Latvia, 6-3, 6-4.