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All Hawaii times

All Hawaii times

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.