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All Hawaii times

All Hawaii times

Glantz-Culver line

NFL playoffs

Saturday

Favorite Open Today O/U Underdog

at Houston 5 4½ (43½) Cincinnati

at Green Bay 8 7½ (46) Minnesota

Sunday

at Baltimore 7 6½ (47) Indianapolis

Seattle 1½ 3 (46) 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)

Divisional Playoffs

Saturday, Jan. 12

Baltimore, Indianapolis or Cincinnati at Denver, 11:30 a.m. (CBS)

Washington, Seattle or Green Bay at San Francisco, 3 p.m. (FOX)

Sunday, Jan. 13

Washington, Seattle or Minnesota at Atlanta, 8 a.m. (FOX)

Baltimore, Indianapolis or Houston at New England, 11:30 a.m. (CBS)

Conference Championships

Sunday, Jan. 20

AFC, TBA (CBS)

NFC, TBA (FOX)

Pro Bowl

Sunday, Jan. 27

At Honolulu

AFC vs. NFC, 2 p.m. (NBC)

Super Bowl

Sunday, Feb. 3

At New Orleans

AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 1 p.m. (CBS)

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

CLEVELAND INDIANS—Agreed to terms with OF Nick Swisher on a four-year contract. Designated OF Thomas Neal for assignment.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Agreed to terms with RHP Blaine Boyer on a minor league contract.

TEXAS RANGERS—Agreed to terms with RHP Jason Frasor on a one-year contract. Designated C Eli Whiteside for assignment.

BASKETBALL

NBA Development League

ERIE BAYHAWKS—Traded F Mychel Thompson and G Donald Sloan to Sioux Falls, who sent G Andrew Goudelock to Rio Grande Valley and a 2013 second-round draft pick to Erie. Rio Grande Valley sent F Mike Singletary to Erie.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

CLEVELAND BROWNS—Signed DL Kendrick Adams, TE Dan Gronkowski and DB Kent Richardson to reserve/future contracts.

NEW YORK JETS—Signed LS Travis Tripucka to a reserve/future contract.

OAKLAND RAIDERS—Signed RB Jon Hoese, NT Johnny Jones and WR Isaiah Williams to reserve/future contracts.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Reinstated CB Brandon Browner from the suspended list.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS—Signed S Sean Baker, LS Andrew DePaola, TE Drake Dunsmore, LB Joe Holland, TE Zach Miller, DE Ernest Owusu, T Mike Remmers, CB James Rogers, DB Nick Saenz and QB Adam Weber.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Signed S Devin Holland to a reserve/future contract.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

ST. LOUIS BLUES—Reassigned F Jay Barriball from Peoria (AHL) to Bloomington (CHL).

COLLEGE

AUBURN—Named Dameyune Craig co-offensive coordinator and wide receivers coach.

CHARLESTON SOUTHERN—Announced the resignation of football coach Jay Mills.

COLORADO—Named Kent Baer defensive coordinator and linebackers coach, Brian Lindgren offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, Klayton Adams tight ends coach, Gary Bernardi offensive line coach, Charles Clark secondary coach and Jim Jeffcoat defensive line coach.

LYNCHBURG—Named Nasim Moadab men’s and women’s interim tennis coach

MICHIGAN STATE—Announced RB Le’Veon Bell will enter the NFL draft.

SHENANDOAH—Named Scott Yoder football coach.

VIRGINIA—Named Tom O’Brien associate head coach for offense and tight ends coach, Jon Tenuta associate head coach for defense and defensive coordinator, Jeff Banks special teams and running backs coach and Marques Hagans wide receivers coach.

College football

FBS bowl glance

Wednesday

Sugar Bowl

Louisville 33, Florida 23

Thursday

Fiesta Bowl

Oregon 35, Kansas State 17

Today

Cotton Bowl

At Arlington, Texas

Texas A&M (10-2) vs. Oklahoma (10-2), 3 p.m. (FOX)

Tennis

ATP: ExxonMobil Open

At Doha, Qatar

Singles

Quarterfinals

Daniel Brands, Germany, def. Gael Monfils, France, 6-1, 7-5.

Richard Gasquet (2), France, def. Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, 6-1, 6-3.

David Ferrer (1), Spain, def. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, 6-3, 6-0.

Nikolay Davydenko, Russia, def. Simone Bolelli, Italy, 6-1, 6-1

Brisbane International

At Brisbane, Australia

Singles

Men

Second Round

Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, def. Milos Raonic (2), Canada, 6-3, 6-4.

Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, def. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, 7-5, 7-5.

Jurgen Melzer (7), Austria, def. David Goffin, Belgium, 6-4, 7-6 (4).

Andy Murray (1), Britain, def. John Millman, Australia, 6-1, 5-7, 6-3.

ATP: Aircel Chennai Open

At Chennai, India

Singles

Second Round

Marin Cilic (3), Croatia, def. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3.

Benoit Paire (5), France, def. Dudi Sela, Israel, 6-1, 6-0.

Tomas Berdych (1), Czech Republic, def. Somdev Devvarman, India, 6-3, 6-1.

Roberto Bautista-Agut, Spain, def. Matthias Bachinger, Germany, 7-6 (4), 6-3.

ITF Hyundai Hopman Cup

At Perth, Australia

Round Robin

Group A

Australia 2, Italy 1

Bernard Tomic, Australia, def. Andreas Seppi, Italy, 6-3, 7-5.

Ashleigh Barty, Australia, def. Francesca Schiavone, Italy, 6-0, 6-3.

Schiavone and Seppi, Italy, def. Barty and Tomic, Australia, 2-6, 6-4, 10-3.

Group B

Spain 2, United States 1

Fernando Verdasco, Spain, def. John Isner, United States, walkover.

Venus Williams, United States, def. Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, 6-3, 6-4.

Medina Garrigues and Verdasco, Spain, def. Williams and Isner, United States, walkover.

WTA: Shenzhen

Longgang Gemdale

At Shenzhen, China

Singles

Quarterfinals

Peng Shuai (6), China, def. Annika Beck, Germany, 2-6, 7-5, 6-2.

Li Na (1), China, def. Bojana Jovanovski (8), Serbia, 6-3, 6-3.

Klara Zakopalova (5), Czech Republic, def. Marion Bartoli (2), France 6-3, 6-2.

Monica Niculescu, Romania, def. Zhou Yi-Miao, China, 6-4, 6-2.

WTA: ASB Classic

At Auckland, New Zealand

Singles

Quarterfinals

Mona Barthel (8), Germany, def. Johanna Larsson, Sweden, 6-2, 6-1.

Yanina Wickmayer (3), Belgium, def. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, 6-3, 6-4.

Agnieszka Radwanska (1), Poland, def. Elena Vesnina, Russia, 6-3, 6-3.

Jamie Hampton, United States, def. Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, 6-1, 6-7 (5), 6-2.

College basketball

MEN

STATE

Hawaii 90, Cal St.-Fullerton 88

WEST

Arizona 92, Colorado 83, OT

BYU 92, Loyola Marymount 51

Cal Poly 79, Long Beach St. 73

Denver 64, Texas St. 53

Gonzaga 78, Pepperdine 62

Idaho 64, San Jose St. 55

Montana 81, E. Washington 66

Montana St. 62, Portland St. 59

N. Arizona 57, Sacramento St. 50

New Mexico St. 82, UTSA 62

North Dakota 66, Idaho St. 53

San Diego 61, Portland 50

Southern Cal 71, Stanford 69

UC Riverside 65, CS Northridge 64

UC Santa Barbara 74, UC Irvine 71

UCLA 79, California 65

UNLV 74, Chicago St. 52

Utah St. 75, Seattle 66

Weber St. 79, N. Colorado 54

SOUTHWEST

Arkansas St. 66, Middle Tennessee 60, OT

Houston 96, Texas-Pan American 71

North Texas 76, Troy 59

Stephen F. Austin 79, Lamar 43

Texas A&M 67, Houston Baptist 59

UALR 75, W. Kentucky 67

MIDWEST

Detroit 74, Milwaukee 59

Michigan 94, Northwestern 66

N. Dakota St. 92, South Dakota 66

Oakland 91, Nebraska-Omaha 79

S. Dakota St. 77, UMKC 61

SE Missouri 86, Austin Peay 84

Wright St. 64, Green Bay 53

SOUTH

Belmont 73, Jacksonville St. 62

E. Kentucky 65, E. Illinois 54

FAU 75, Louisiana-Lafayette 70

Mississippi St. 97, New Orleans 46

Morehead St. 68, SIU-Edwardsville 64

Murray St. 73, UT-Martin 62

Nicholls St. 83, Cent. Arkansas 79

Northeastern 84, George Mason 74

Northwestern St. 78, McNeese St. 63

Oral Roberts 86, SE Louisiana 72

South Alabama 77, Louisiana-Monroe 72

Southern Miss. 135, Dillard 41

Tennessee St. 72, Tennessee Tech 66

EAST

American U. 63, Md.-Eastern Shore 49

Bryant 84, Robert Morris 77

Fairfield 66, Canisius 45

F. Dickinson 72, Mount St. Mary’s 65

Niagara 94, Marist 72

Sacred Heart 77, LIU Brooklyn 73

St. Francis (NY) 63, Quinnipiac 61

St. Francis (Pa.) 67, CCSU 60

Wagner 60, Monmouth (NJ) 56

WOMEN

STATE

Cal St.-Fullerton 83, Hawaii 74

WEST

CS Northridge 65, UC Riverside 49

E. Washington 58, Montana 56

Fresno St. 77, CS Bakersfield 68

Gonzaga 77, San Diego 57

Idaho 82, San Jose St. 65

Long Beach St. 62, Cal Poly 52

Loyola Marymount 65, Pepperdine 47

Montana St. 81, Portland St. 74

N. Arizona 71, S. Utah 61

N. Colorado 69, Weber St. 48

Saint Mary’s (Cal) 68, San Francisco 48

Santa Clara 59, Portland 58

Seattle 71, Utah St. 68, OT

UC Santa Barbara 51, UC Irvine 46

Wyoming 87, S. Dakota Tech 38

SOUTHWEST

Denver 73, Texas St. 70, OT

Lamar 65, Stephen F. Austin 50

New Mexico St. 69, UTSA 52

Texas A&M 91, Alabama 52

Tulsa 97, Langston 35

W. Kentucky 78, UALR 69

MIDWEST

Akron 86, Chicago St. 45

Butler 56, Cleveland St. 54

Creighton 81, S. Illinois 60

Evansville 68, Drake 62

Iowa 77, Ohio St. 71, OT

Michigan 65, Indiana 48

Michigan St. 66, Minnesota 51

Nebraska-Omaha 59, Oakland 41

North Dakota 64, Idaho St. 59

S. Dakota St. 82, UMKC 47

South Dakota 73, N. Dakota St. 52

Wichita St. 76, Missouri St. 64

SOUTH

Auburn 50, Arkansas 47

Campbell 64, Coastal Carolina 54

Cent. Arkansas 72, Nicholls St. 56

Charlotte 70, Coppin St. 53

Duke 67, NC State 57

Florida St. 85, Georgia Tech 78

Georgia 77, Missouri 46

High Point 71, Charleston Southern 54

Kentucky 76, Florida 69

LSU 84, Mississippi 79

Longwood 87, Gardner-Webb 75

Miami 78, Clemson 56

NC A&T 56, UNC Wilmington 47

North Carolina 60, Maryland 57

Northwestern St. 64, McNeese St. 62

Oral Roberts 81, SE Louisiana 62

Presbyterian 51, Liberty 49

Radford 66, UNC Asheville 54

South Alabama 55, Louisiana-Monroe 45

Tennessee 73, South Carolina 53

Vanderbilt 92, Mississippi St. 41

Virginia 52, Virginia Tech 48

EAST

Colgate 72, NJIT 36

Hofstra 82, Norfolk St. 47

Holy Cross 64, Dartmouth 52

Northeastern 94, Rhode Island 53

Penn St. 73, Northwestern 69