Glantz-Culver line
Glantz-Culver line
NFL playoffs
Saturday
Favorite Open Today O/U Underdog
at Denver 9½ 9 (46) Baltimore
at San Francisco 3 3 (44½) Green Bay
Sunday
at Atlanta 3 2½ (46) Seattle
at New England 9 9½ (47½) Houston
Pro football
Wild-card Playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 5
Houston 19, Cincinnati 13
Green Bay 24, Minnesota 10
Sunday, Jan. 6
Baltimore 24, Indianapolis 9
Seattle 24, Washington 14
Divisional Playoffs
Saturday
Baltimore at Denver, 11:30 a.m. (CBS)
Green Bay at San Francisco, 3 p.m. (FOX)
Sunday
Seattle at Atlanta, 8 a.m. (FOX)
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 LHP Scott Kazmir, RHP Jerry Gil and LHP Edward Paredes on minor league contracts.
National League
LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Agreed to terms with LHP J.P. Howell on a one-year contract.
NEW YORK METS — Named Mark Fine senior director, marketing.
WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreed to terms with 1B Adam LaRoche on a two-year contract.
Can-Am League
NEW JERSEY JACKALS — Sold the contract of INF Nick Giarraputo to the Chicago White Sox.
NEWARK BEARS — Named Garry Templeton manager.
Frontier League
SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS — Signed SS Gerard Hall and INF Frank Pfister to contract extensions.
United League
SAN ANGELO COLTS — Exercised the 2013 contract option on OF Ronnie Gaines.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NBA—Fined Dallas owner Mark Cuban $50,000 for publicly criticizing the officiating.
DALLAS MAVERICKS—Signed G Mike James to a 10-day contract.
MILWAUKEE BUCKS—Announced Scott Skiles is out as coach by mutual agreement. Promoted assistant coach Jim Boylan to interim head coach.
PHILADELPHIA 76ERS—Signed G Maalik Wayns to a 10-day contract.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS — Named Steve Keim general manager. Signed WR Stephen Williams and WR Gerell Robinson to reserve/future contracts.
BALTIMORE RAVENS — ReleasedLB Sergio Kindle from the practice squad. Reinstated CB Asa Jackson.
CAROLINA PANTHERS — Signed WR Jared Green and T Ray Dominguez to reserve/future contracts.
CHICAGO BEARS — Signed LB Patrick Trahan to a reserve/future contract.
CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed WR Justin Hilton, LS Bryce Davis, QB Zac Robinson, T Dan Knapp, OL DeQuin Evans and LB J.K. Schaffer to reserve/future contracts.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed WR Carlton Mitchell to a reserve/future contract.
DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed WR Anthony Armstrong,l TE Colin Cochart and LS Charley Hughlett to reserve/future contracts.
DETROIT LIONS — Signed WR Terrence Toliver, TE Nathan Overbay and G Justin Boren to reserve/future contracts.
GREEN BAY PACKERS—Signed C Garth Gerhart to the practice squad. Released OL Shea Allard from the practice squad.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS—Named David Caldwell general manager.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Signed LB Cameron Sheffield to a reserve/future contract.
MIAMI DOLPHINS — Signed CB Dion Turner to a reserve/future contract.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Signed WR Andre Holmes to the practice squad.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Signed T Aderious Simmons to a reserve/future contract.
NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed G Bryant Browning, G Chris DeGeare and DB David Caldwell to reserve/future contracts.
NEW YORK JETS — Fired offensive coordinator Tony Sparano.
OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed DB Brandon Underwood to a reserve/future contract.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed TE Deangelo Peterson, FB Eric Kettani, NT Chigbo Anunoby, DT Dominique Hamilton and DB Korey Lindsey to reserve/future contracts.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
BOSTON BRUINS — Reassigned F Jared Knight from South Carolina (ECHL) to Providence (AHL).
ST. LOUIS BLUES — Reassigned F Cody Beach and D Brett Ponich from Evansville (ECHL) to Peoria (AHL) and F Jay Barriball from Bloomington (CHL) to Peoria.
American Hockey League
AHL — Suspended Charlotte F Brett Sutter one game.
HAMILTON BULLDOGS — Signed F Joey Tenute to a professional tryout contract.
TORONTO MARLIES — Recalled F Andrew Crescenzi and F Jamie Devane from San Francisco (ECHL) and G Mark Owuya from Las Vegas (ECHL). Signed D Ryan Grimshaw to a professional tryout contract.
ECHL
SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Loaned F Hunter Bishop to Lake Erie (AHL).
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
FC DALLAS — Named Brent Erwin assistant coach.
L.A. GALAXY — Agreed to terms with M Colin Clark, M Mike Magee and G Brian Perk.
NEW YORK RED BULLS — Signed M Lloyd Sam.
PORTLAND TIMBERS — Signed M Steven Evans.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS — Announced M Mario Martinez has been called in by the Honduras National team.
TORONTO FC — Named Ryan Nelsen coach.
COLLEGE
CALIFORNIA — Announced CB Steve Williams will enter the NFL draft.
FLORIDA SOUTHERN—Named Ryan Sniegoski men’s soccer coach.
IONA—Announced junior F Shawn Jackson has left the men’s basketball team.
RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE — Named Nick Palazzo men’s and women’s assistant track and field coach.
TEXAS A&M—Announced OT Luke Joeckel will enter the NFL draft.
TEXAS TECH — Named Todd Shulenberger women’s associate head soccer coach.
UCF — Named Lorenzo Costantini defensive line coach and Mike Buscemi special teams coordinator and tight ends coach.
College football
FBS bowl glance
Monday
BCS National Championship
Alabama 42, Notre Dame 14
Saturday, Jan. 19
RAYCO
At Montgomery, Ala.
Stars vs. Stripes, 10 a.m. (CBSSN)
East-West Shrine Classic
At St. Petersburg, Fla.
East vs. West, 11 a.m. (NFLN)
Saturday, Jan. 26
Senior Bowl
At Mobile, Ala.
North vs. South, 11 a.m. (NFLN)
Tennis
WTA Moorilla
Hobart International
At Hobart, Australia
Singles
First Round
Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, def.. Anabel Medina Garrigues, Spain, 6-0, 7-6 (7).
Klara Zakopalova (3), Czech Republic, def. Timea Babos, Hungary, 6-4, 6-3.
Second Round
Lauren Davis, United States, def. Sorana Cirstea (2), Romania, 6-1, 6-3.
Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Yaroslava Shvedova (4), Kazakhstan, 4-6, 6-2, 6-1.
Mona Barthel (9), Germany, def. Chanelle Scheepers, South Africa, 7-6 (3), 7-5.
Sloane Stephens (8), United States, def. Simona Halep, Romania, 6-4, 6-0.
ATP: Heineken Open
At Auckland, New Zealand
Singles
First Round
Igor Sijsling, Netherlands, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5.
Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, def. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, 6-3, 6-3.
Santiago Giraldo, Colombia, def. Go Soeda, Japan, 6-1, 6-0.
Greg Jones, Australia, def. Jurgen Melzer (6), Austria, 7-6 (7), 6-2.
Alejandro Falla, Colombia, def. Grega Zemlja, Slovenia, 6-4, 3-1, retired.
Jesse Levine, Canada, def. Dan King-Turner, New Zealand, 6-2, 6-2.
Gael Monfils, France, def. Benjamin Becker, Germany, 6-7 (2), 6-3, 6-4.
Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, def. Benoit Paire, France, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2.
Apia International
At Sydney, Australia
Singles
Men
First Round
John Millman, Australia, def. Tommy Robredo, Spain, 6-3, 6-4.
Radek Stepanek (6), Czech Republic, def. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 6-2, 6-3.
Feliciano Lopez, Spain, def. Jeremy Chardy (7), France, 6-7 (2), 7-5, 6-3.
Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, def. Bjorn Phau, Germany, 6-0, 6-1.
Fabio Fognini, Italy, def. Grigor Dimitrov, Bulgaria, 6-3, 6-1.
Kevin Anderson, South Africa, def. Aljaz Bedene, Slovenia, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.
Ryan Harrison, United States, def. Roberto Bautista-Agut, Spain, 2-1, retired.
Bernard Tomic, Australia, def. Marinko Matosevic, Australia, 6-3, 6-4.
Women
Second Round
Sara Errani (3), Italy, def. Maria Kirilenko, Russia, 6-1, 6-1.
Li Na (4), China, def. Ayumi Morita, Japan, 6-1, 6-0.
Agnieszka Radwanska (1), Poland, def. Kimiko Date-Krumm, Japan, 6-4, 6-3.
Roberta Vinci, Italy, def. Jelena Jankovic, Serbia, 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4).
Dominika Cibulkova, Slovakia, def. Ekaterina Makarova, Russia, 7-6 (3), 1-6, 7-6 (1).
Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, def. Caroline Wozniacki (7), Denmark, 7-6 (4), 1-6, 6-2.
Angelique Kerber (2), Germany, def. Galina Voskoboeva, Kazakhstan, 6-2, 7-5.
Madison Keys, United States, def. Zheng Jie, China, 6-0, 6-4.
College basketball
MEN
WEST
San Jose St. 71, New Orleans 64
SOUTHWEST
Ark.-Pine Bluff 77, Alabama A&M 61
Baylor 82, Texas Tech 48
Texas-Pan Am 70, Houston Baptist 60
MIDWEST
Creighton 91, Drake 61
Missouri 84, Alabama 68
Missouri St. 62, Illinois St. 55
Ohio St. 74, Purdue 64
SOUTH
Alabama St. 69, MVSU 65
Alcorn St. 80, Grambling St. 46
Appalachian St. 50, Wofford 49
Duke 68, Clemson 40
Southern U. 80, Jackson St. 67
EAST
Boston U. 63, Vermont 53
Brown 75, Niagara 74, OT
Dartmouth 75, Army 58
Holy Cross 78, Columbia 69
Lafayette 85, Penn 83
Lehigh 81, Muhlenberg 46
Northeastern 63, Drexel 58, OT
Pittsburgh 73, Georgetown 45
UConn 99, DePaul 78
WOMEN
CS Bakersfield 85, Texas-Pan American 62
Colorado 67, Utah 57
Stanford 62, California 53
SOUTHWEST
Alabama A&M 73, Ark.-Pine Bluff 62
MIDWEST
Green Bay 62, Detroit 31
W. Illinois 87, Chicago St. 52
SOUTH
SC State 62, Winthrop 52
EAST
Holy Cross 83, Brown 66
Penn 79, Morgan St. 73
M College Football
All-Star Classic