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National Football League
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New Eng. 3 1 0 .750 93 103
N.Y. Jets 3 1 0 .750 105 80
Buffalo 2 2 0 .500 84 101
Miami 2 3 0 .400 104 89
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 3 1 0 .750 98 67
Indianapolis 2 2 0 .500 77 89
Tennessee 1 3 0 .250 90 89
Jacksonville 1 3 0 .250 60 111
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Cincinnati 3 1 0 .750 106 63
Cleveland 3 1 0 .750 75 68
Baltimore 2 2 0 .500 119 97
Pittsburgh 0 4 0 .000 56 93
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Denver 2 2 0 .500 71 104
Kansas City 2 2 0 .500 82 60
Oakland 1 3 0 .250 71 101
San Diego 1 3 0 .250 68 112
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Washington 4 0 0 1.000 106 53
Philadelphia 2 2 0 .500 87 91
Dallas 2 3 0 .400 78 93
N.Y. Giants 1 3 0 .250 71 85
South
W L T Pct PF PA
New Orleans 3 1 0 .750 97 80
Carolina 3 1 0 .750 92 68
Tampa Bay 1 3 0 .250 66 115
Atlanta 0 4 0 .000 65 108
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Detroit 3 1 0 .750 107 63
Chicago 2 2 0 .500 100 96
Green Bay 1 3 0 .250 37 71
Minnesota 1 3 0 .250 67 104
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Seattle 4 0 0 1.000 110 36
Arizona 3 1 0 .750 68 55
San Fran. 3 1 0 .750 96 43
St. Louis 1 3 0 .250 76 94
Thursday’s Games
Cincinnati 27, Indianapolis 10
Detroit 35, Buffalo 13
N.Y. Jets 27, Philadelphia 20
Miami 24, New Orleans 21
Washington 30, Tampa Bay 12
Jacksonville 20, Atlanta 16
New England 28, N.Y. Giants 20
Carolina 25, Pittsburgh 10
Minnesota 24, Tennessee 23
Cleveland 18, Chicago 16
Kansas City 30, Green Bay 8
Houston 24, Dallas 6
St. Louis 24, Baltimore 21
Arizona 32, Denver 24
Seattle 22, Oakland 6
San Francisco 41, San Diego 6
Major League Baseball
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 80 56 .588 —
Tampa Bay 75 57 .568 3
Baltimore 71 62 .534 7½
New York 71 63 .530 8
Toronto 61 74 .452 18½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit 79 56 .585 —
Cleveland 71 63 .530 7½
Kansas City 69 65 .515 9½
Minnesota 58 75 .436 20
Chicago 56 77 .421 22
West Division
W L Pct GB
Texas 78 56 .582 —
Oakland 75 58 .564 2½
Los Angeles 61 72 .459 16½
Seattle 61 73 .455 17
Houston 44 90 .328 34
Friday’s Games
N.Y. Yankees 8, Baltimore 5
Toronto 3, Kansas City 2
Detroit 7, Cleveland 2, 7 innings
Boston 4, Chicago White Sox 3
Minnesota 3, Texas 2
L.A. Angels 5, Milwaukee 0
Seattle 7, Houston 1
Tampa Bay at Oakland, late
Today’s Games
Baltimore (Feldman 4-3) at N.Y. Yankees (Nova 7-4), 7:05 a.m.
Kansas City (Guthrie 13-10) at Toronto (Dickey 10-12), 7:07 a.m.
Cleveland (Kazmir 7-6) at Detroit (Ani.Sanchez 11-7), 1:08 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Joh.Danks 4-10) at Boston (Peavy 10-5), 1:10 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Williams 5-10) at Milwaukee (Estrada 6-4), 1:10 p.m.
Seattle (J.Saunders 10-13) at Houston (Keuchel 5-7), 1:10 p.m.
Minnesota (Pelfrey 5-10) at Texas (Garza 3-2), 2:05 p.m.
Tampa Bay (Cobb 8-2) at Oakland (Gray 1-2), 3:05 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Atlanta 82 52 .612 —
Washington 68 66 .507 14
Philadelphia 62 73 .459 20½
New York 61 72 .459 20½
Miami 49 84 .368 32½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Pittsburgh 78 56 .582 —
St. Louis 78 56 .582 —
Cincinnati 75 60 .556 3½
Milwaukee 59 75 .440 19
Chicago 56 78 .418 22
West Division
W L Pct GB
Los Angeles 78 55 .586 —
Arizona 68 64 .515 9½
Colorado 64 72 .471 15½
San Diego 60 73 .451 18
San Francisco 59 74 .444 19
Friday’s Games
Philadelphia 6, Chicago Cubs 5
N.Y. Mets 3, Washington 2
Pittsburgh 5, St. Louis 0
Atlanta 2, Miami 1
L.A. Angels 5, Milwaukee 0
Colorado 9, Cincinnati 6
San Francisco at Arizona, late
San Diego at L.A. Dodgers, late
Today’s Games
Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 11-6) at Chicago Cubs (Rusin 2-3), 10:05 a.m.
N.Y. Mets (Z.Wheeler 6-3) at Washington (Haren 8-11), 1:05 p.m.
St. Louis (Lynn 13-8) at Pittsburgh (A.J.Burnett 6-9), 1:05 p.m.
L.A. Angels (Williams 5-10) at Milwaukee (Estrada 6-4), 1:10 p.m.
Miami (Ja.Turner 3-5) at Atlanta (Minor 13-5), 1:10 p.m.
Cincinnati (G.Reynolds 0-2) at Colorado (Nicasio 8-6), 2:10 p.m.
San Francisco (Vogelsong 3-4) at Arizona (Cahill 5-10), 2:10 p.m.
San Diego (Cashner 8-8) at L.A. Dodgers (Capuano 4-7), 3:10 p.m.
College football
Thursday night in Honolulu
At Aloha Stadium
No. 24 SOUTHERN CAL 30
HAWAII 13
Southern Cal 3 17 0 10 — 30
Hawaii 0 5 0 8 — 13
First Quarter
USC—FG Heidari 20, 7:05.
Second Quarter
Haw—Laurel Safety, 14:06.
Haw—FG Hadden 42, 11:43.
USC—Agholor 19 pass from Kessler (Heidari kick), 4:18.
USC—Shaw 35 interception return (Heidari kick), 2:49.
USC—FG Heidari 52, :00.
Fourth Quarter
USC—FG Heidari 22, 13:10.
USC—Davis 3 run (Heidari kick), :42.
Haw—Kirkwood 60 pass from Graham (Woolsey run), :30.
A—39,058.
USC Haw
First downs 23 15
Rushes-yards 45-192 31-23
Passing 172 208
Comp-Att-Int 15-29-1 16-41-4
Return Yards 43 11
Punts-Avg. 6-43.3 9-38.2
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0
Penalties-Yards 9-75 4-48
Time of Possession 33:28 26:32
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—Southern Cal, Madden 18-109, Davis 14-74, Allen 4-18, Isaac 1-4, Kessler 3-1, Lee 1-(minus 4), Wittek 4-(minus 10). Hawaii, Poueu-Luna 1-19, Wily 9-14, Langkilde 8-12, Lakalaka 4-11, Saint Juste 2-3, Graham 7-(minus 36).
PASSING—Southern Cal, Kessler 10-19-1-95, Wittek 5-10-0-77. Hawaii, Graham 16-41-4-208.
RECEIVING—Southern Cal, Lee 8-104, Grimble 3-18, Agholor 2-35, Madden 1-10, Pinner 1-5. Hawaii, King 3-30, Kirkwood 2-84, Langkilde 2-18, Gant 2-17, Haynes 2-15, Moleni 1-11, Harding 1-10, Wily 1-9, Kemp 1-8, Lakalaka 1-6.
Top 25 Football Schedule
(Subject to change)
Today
No. 1 Alabama vs. Virginia Tech at Atlanta, 11:30 a.m.
No. 2 Ohio St. vs. Buffalo, 6 a.m.
No. 3 Oregon vs. Nicholls St., 10 a.m.
No. 5 Georgia at No. 8 Clemson, 2 p.m.
No. 7 Texas A&M vs. Rice, 7 a.m.
No. 10 Florida vs. Toledo, 6:21 a.m.
No. 12 LSU vs. No. 20 TCU at Arlington, Texas, 3 p.m.
No. 13 Oklahoma St. vs. Mississippi St. at Houston, 9:30 a.m.
No. 14 Notre Dame vs. Temple, 9:30 a.m.
No. 15 Texas vs. New Mexico St., 2 p.m.
No. 16 Oklahoma vs. Louisiana-Monroe, 1 p.m.
No. 17 Michigan vs. Cent. Michigan, 9:30 a.m.
No. 18 Nebraska vs. Wyoming, 2 p.m.
No. 19 Boise St. at Washington, 4 p.m.
No. 21 UCLA vs. Nevada, 4 p.m.
No. 22 Northwestern at California, 4:30 p.m.
No. 23 Wisconsin vs. UMass, 6 a.m.
No. 25 Oregon St. vs. E. Washington, 12 p.m.
Sunday
No. 9 Louisville vs. Ohio, 9:30 a.m.
Monday
No. 11 Florida St. at Pittsburgh, 2 p.m.
Pro basketball
Women’s National
Basketball Association
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
x-Chicago 20 8 .714 —
Atlanta 14 12 .538 5
Washington 14 15 .483 6½
Indiana 13 15 .464 7
New York 11 18 .379 9½
Connecticut 7 21 .250 13
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct GB
x-Minnesota 21 7 .750 —
x-Los Angeles 20 8 .714 1
Phoenix 14 13 .519 6½
Seattle 15 14 .517 6½
San Antonio 11 18 .379 10½
Tulsa 9 20 .310 12½
x-clinched playoff spot
Thursday’s Games
Seattle 78, Connecticut 65
Friday’s Games
Indiana 73, New York 67
San Antonio 74, Tulsa 65
Today’s Games
Atlanta at Chicago, 2 p.m.
Seattle at Minnesota, 2 p.m.
Los Angeles at San Antonio, 2 p.m.
Connecticut at Phoenix, 4 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
New York at Tulsa, 10:30 a.m.
Friday’s Sports
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Acquired OF Jason Kubel and cash from Arizona for a player to be named later or cash. Signed C Kelly Shoppach to a minor league contract and assigned him Columbus (IL). Recalled LHP Scott Barnes from Columbus and placed him on the 60-day DL.
MINNESOTA TWINS — Placed RHP Samuel Deduno and OF Wilkin Ramirez on the 15-day DL. Recalled LHP Pedro Hernandez from New Britain (EL) and OF Darin Mastroianni from Rochester (IL).
National League
PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Agreed to terms with RHP Miguel Alfredo Gonzalez on a three-year contract. Transferred LHP John Lannan to the 60-day DL.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Acquired RHP John Axford from Milwaukee for a player to be named.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS — Placed G Jonathan Cooper on injured reserve. Released S Jonathon Amaya, C Adam Bice, WR Dan Buckner, DT David Carter, TE Alex Gottlieb, WR Charles Hawkins, G Senio Kelemete, LB Zack Nash, LB Colin Parker, TE Richard Quinn, G Chilo Rachal, S Curtis Taylor and WR Mike Thomas.
ATLANTA FALCONS — Waived LB Brian Banks. Placed QB Sean Renfree and TE Andrew Szczerba on injured reserve.
BALTIMORE RAVENS — Released QB Caleb Haney and QB Dayne Crist, RB Delone Carter, RB Anthony Allen, OT Jordan Devey, OT Rogers Gaines, TE Alex Silvestro, CB Marc Anthony, LB Nigel Carr, LB randon Copeland and C Reggie Stephens. Placed LB D.J. Bryant on injured reserve.
CHICAGO BEARS — Terminated the contracts of QB Jordan Palmer, QB Trent Edwards and G Edwin Williams. Released OL J’Marcus Webb, RB Armando Allen, TE Fendi Onobun, G Derek Dennis, LB Jerry Franklin, WR Brittan Golden, LS Brandon Hartson, CB Demontre Hurst, WR Josh Lenz, S Tom Nelson, DT Christian Tupou, FB Harvey Unga, DE Aston Whiteside and DE Josh Williams.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Released TE Jake Ballard, DE Marcus Benard, TE Daniel Fells, WR Johnathan Haggerty, LB Mike Rivera, OL Luke Patterson, FB Ben Bartholomew, DL Gilbert Pena, OL Matt Stankiewitch and DL Scott Vallone.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Placed DE Joe Kruger on the injured reserve list. Waived/injured CB Trevard Lindley. Released LB Everette Brown, DT Antonio Dixon, QB Dennis Dixon, DE David King, QB G.J. Kinne, OL Matt Kopa, WR Ifeanyi Momah, WR Will Murphy, OL Dallas Reynolds, LB Adrian Robinson and OL Matt Tennant.
TENNESSEE TITANS — Waived S Al Afalava, T Daniel Baldridge, TE Brandon Barden (injured), DT Zach Clayton, LB Gary Guyton, DT DaJohn Harris, DE Nigel Nicholas, RB Jalen Parmele, G Kasey Studdard and WR Dontel Watkins.
COLLEGE
CONNECTICUT COLLEGE — Named Kelsey Lengyel-Jacovich coordinator of athletic operations.
SAINT FRANCIS (PA.) — Named Sarah Pastorek director of women’s basketball operations.
Golf
Deutsche Bank Championship
Top Par Scores
Friday
At TPC Boston
Norton, Mass.
Purse: $8 million
Yardage: 7,216; Par 71 (36-35)
First Round
Phil Mickelson 35-28—63 -8
Brian Davis 32-31—63 -8
Kevin Stadler 31-33—64 -7
Hunter Mahan 33-32—65 -6
Sergio Garcia 31-34—65 -6
Roberto Castro 34-31—65 -6
John Huh 33-33—66 -5
Chris Kirk 31-35—66 -5
Lee Westwood 33-33—66 -5
Harris English 32-34—66 -5
Jason Dufner 35-31—66 -5
Nicholas Thompson 31-35—66 -5
Stewart Cink 35-31—66 -5
Bob Estes 31-35—66 -5
Jerry Kelly 34-32—66 -5
Ryan Moore 34-32—66 -5
Jonas Blixt 34-32—66 -5
Kevin Streelman 33-33—66 -5
Steve Stricker 35-31—66 -5
Matt Kuchar 34-32—66 -5
Ian Poulter 34-32—66 -5
Ernie Els 32-34—66 -5
Other notables
Charl Schwartzel 34-33—67 -4
Tiger Woods 35-33—68 -3
Dustin Johnson 34-34—68 -3
LPGA Tour-Safeway Classic
Top Par Scores
Friday
At Columbia Edgewater Country Club
Portland, Ore.
Purse: $—1.3 million
Yardage: 6,475; Par 72
Second Round
a-denotes amateur
Pornanong Phatlum 64-66—130 -14
Suzann Pettersen 68-63—131 -13
Sandra Gal 66-66—132 -12
Caroline Masson 69-64—133 -11
Sandra Changkija 68-66—134 -10
Cristie Kerr 66-68—134 -10
Lizette Salas 66-68—134 -10
Se Ri Pak 67-68—135 -9
Yani Tseng 67-68—135 -9
Lexi Thompson 65-70—135 -9
Other notables
Hee-Won Han 71-65—136 -8
Karrie Webb 69-67—136 -8
Natalie Gulbis 68-68—136 -8
Juli Inkster 67-69—136 -8
Michelle Wie 67-73—140-4
Tennis
U.S. Open Results
Friday
At The USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center
New York
Purse: $34.3 million (Grand Slam)
Surface: Hard-Outdoor
Singles
Men
Second Round
Mikhail Youzhny (21), Russia, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, 7-5, 6-1, 6-3.
Tommy Haas (12), Germany, def. Yen-hsun Lu, Taiwan, 6-3, 6-4, 7-6 (3).
Julien Benneteau (31), France, def. Jeremy Chardy, France, 6-4, 6-3, 6-4.
Marcel Granollers, Spain, def. Rajeev Ram, United States, 3-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5.
Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Benjamin Becker, Germany, 7-6 (2), 6-2, 6-2.
Tomas Berdych (5), Czech Republic, def. Denis Kudla, United States, 7-6 (3), 6-3, 6-3.
Joao Sousa, Portugal, def. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, 1-6, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Tim Smyczek, United States, def. Alex Bogomolov Jr., Russia, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 2-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, def. Tobias Kamke, Germany, 6-4, 6-2, 6-2.
Andreas Seppi (20), Italy, def. Somdev Devvarman, India, 7-6 (8), 6-4, 7-5.
Florian Mayer, Germany, def. Donald Young, United States, 7-5, 6-3, 6-4.
Andy Murray (3), Britain, def. Leonardo Mayer, Argentina, 7-5, 6-1, 3-6, 6-1.
Women
Third Round
Li Na (5), China, def. Laura Robson (30), Britain, 6-2, 7-5.
Agnieszka Radwanska (3), Poland, def. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (32), Russia, 6-4, 7-6 (1).
Ekaterina Makarova (24), Russia, def. Sabine Lisicki (16), Germany, 6-4, 7-5.
Sloane Stephens (15), United States, def. Jamie Hampton (23), United States, 6-1, 6-3.
Jelena Jankovic (9), Serbia, def. Kurumi Nara, Japan, 6-4, 7-6 (5).
Angelique Kerber (8), Germany, def. Kaia Kanepi (25), Estonia, 6-0, 6-4.
