WISCONSIN—Named Andy Buh linebackers coach. Promoted graduate assistant football coach Ben Strickland to full-time assistant football coach. Glantz-Culver Line ADVERTISING NFL Pro Bowl Sunday at Honolulu Favorite Open Today O/u Underdog NFC 31/2 4 (721/2) AFC Feb. 5 Super Bowl
Glantz-Culver Line
NFL
Pro Bowl
Sunday at Honolulu
Favorite Open Today O/u Underdog
NFC 31/2 4 (721/2) AFC
Feb. 5
Super Bowl
Feb. 5 at Indianapolis
New England 31/2 3 (551/2) N.Y. Giants
Pro football
NFL playoffs
Conference Championships
Sunday’s results
New England 23, Baltimore 20
N.Y. Giants 20, San Francisco 17, OT
Pro Bowl
Sunday’s game
At Honolulu
NFC vs. AFC, 2 p.m.
Super Bowl
Sunday, Feb. 5
At Indianapolis
New England vs. N.Y. Giants, 1:20 p.m.
Pro hockey
National Hockey League
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
N.Y. Rangers 47 31 12 4 66 132 96
Philadelphia 48 29 14 5 63 162 142
Pittsburgh 49 28 17 4 60 152 127
New Jersey 48 26 19 3 55 129 136
N.Y. Islanders 48 19 22 7 45 115 143
Northeast Division
Boston 47 31 14 2 64 171 102
Ottawa 52 27 19 6 60 157 160
Toronto 49 25 19 5 55 151 147
Montreal 48 18 21 9 45 123 132
Buffalo 49 20 24 5 45 119 149
Southeast Division
Washington 48 26 19 3 55 136 137
Florida 48 22 15 11 55 122 136
Winnipeg 50 22 22 6 50 124 143
Tampa Bay 48 21 23 4 46 136 165
Carolina 51 18 24 9 45 130 159
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Detroit 50 33 16 1 67 160 117
St. Louis 49 29 13 7 65 124 102
Nashville 50 30 16 4 64 140 127
Chicago 50 29 15 6 64 162 144
Columbus 49 13 30 6 32 115 163
Northwest Division
Vancouver 49 30 15 4 64 158 122
Minnesota 49 24 18 7 55 115 126
Colorado 51 26 23 2 54 131 144
Calgary 50 23 21 6 52 120 137
Edmonton 49 18 26 5 41 122 142
Pacific Division
San Jose 47 27 14 6 60 131 110
Los Angeles 50 24 16 10 58 111 111
Dallas 48 25 21 2 52 126 136
Phoenix 50 22 20 8 52 130 134
Anaheim 48 18 23 7 43 124 144
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Wednesday’s results
Montreal 7, Detroit 2
Today-Friday
No games scheduled
College basketball
MEN
EAST
Albany (NY) 74, Binghamton 68
Army 74, Holy Cross 68
Bucknell 67, American U. 61
DePaul 69, Rutgers 64
Drexel 68, Georgia St. 46
George Mason 55, Hofstra 50
La Salle 78, George Washington 63
Lafayette 82, Colgate 76
Maine 80, New Hampshire 69
Northeastern 62, Delaware 61
Notre Dame 55, Seton Hall 42
Pittsburgh 86, Providence 74
Saint Joseph’s 77, Dayton 63
St. Bonaventure 72, Rhode Island 66, OT
St. John’s 78, West Virginia 62
Stony Brook 60, Hartford 37
VCU 67, Towson 42
SOUTH
BYU 70, Virginia Tech 68
Duke 74, Maryland 61
Florida St. 75, Wake Forest 52
Louisiana-Lafayette 64, North Texas 62
Louisville 84, Villanova 74
McNeese St. 60, Nicholls St. 56
Memphis 73, Rice 51
Mississippi St. 76, LSU 71
Northwestern St. 74, Lamar 62
Old Dominion 53, UNC Wilmington 48
Richmond 102, Fordham 58
SE Louisiana 75, Cent. Arkansas 71, OT
South Carolina 56, Alabama 54
Southern Miss. 72, East Carolina 60
Temple 79, Charlotte 57
Tulane 80, SMU 74
UAB 56, Marshall 49
MIDWEST
Bowling Green 71, Cent. Michigan 58
Creighton 77, Drake 69
Detroit 67, Loyola of Chicago 52
Illinois St. 76, Missouri St. 69, OT
Indiana St. 59, N. Iowa 54
Kent St. 90, N. Illinois 56
Michigan St. 68, Minnesota 52
Ohio 56, W. Michigan 51
Ohio St. 78, Penn St. 54
Saint Louis 73, Xavier 68
Toledo 63, Miami (Ohio) 61
Wichita St. 86, Evansville 74
Wright St. 69, Ill.-Chicago 63
SOUTHWEST
Arkansas 56, Auburn 53
Kansas St. 69, Texas Tech 47
Oklahoma St. 79, Missouri 72
S. F. Austin 67, Sam Houston St. 66, OT
TCU 59, Air Force 56
Texas A&M-CC 74, Texas St. 68
Tulsa 66, UCF 61
WEST
New Mexico 85, Colorado St. 52
UNLV 77, Boise St. 72, OT
WOMEN
Top 25
No. 3 UConn 95, Syracuse 54
Kansas 62, No. 21 Texas Tech 21
No. 23 BYU 69, Seattle 55
No. 25 North Carolina 77, Boston Col. 46
Tennis
Australian Open
Today
Women
Semifinals
Victoria Azarenka (3), Belarus, def. Kim Clijsters (11), Belgium, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.
Wednesday
Men
Quarterfinals
Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. David Ferrer (5), Spain, 6-4, 7-6 (4), 6-1.
Transactions
BASEBALL
COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE—Suspended free-agent minor league LHP Dustin Richardson and free-agent minor league 1B Daryle Ward 50 games for violations of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Agreed to terms with INF Robert Andino on a one-year contract.
BOSTON RED SOX—Agreed to terms with RHP Andrew Bailey on a one-year contract.
KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Agreed to terms with RHP Roman Colon on a minor league contract.
NEW YORK YANKEES—Agreed to terms with OF Andruw Jones on a one-year contract.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Agreed to terms with RHP Brad Ziegler on a one-year contract.
CINCINNATI REDS—Traded LHP Jeremy Horst to Philadelphia for INF Wilson Valdez. Agreed to terms with RHP Nick Masset on a two-year contract and UT Willie Harris on a minor league contract.
COLORADO ROCKIES—Agreed to terms with RHP Rafael Betancourt on a two-year contract.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS—Agreed to terms with RHP Jason Motte on a one-year contract.
SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS—Named Bob Mariano manager of Fresno (PCL); Steve Kline pitching coach of San Jose (Cal); Mike Caldwell pitching coach and Nestor Rojas hitting coach of Augusta (SAL); Hector Borg coach of Salem-Keizer (NWL); Derin McMains manager, Michael Couchee pitching coach and Billy Horton hitting coach of the Arizona League Giants; and Steve Decker coordinator of minor league hitting instruction.
BASKETBALL
USA BASKETBALL—Named Travis Johnson 3×3 program director.
National Basketball Association
NBA—Suspended Phoenix C Robin Lopez one game for improper conduct with a game official during Tuesday’s game against Toronto.
CHARLOTTE BOBCATS—Exercised their fourth-year contract option on G-F Gerald Henderson.
DENVER NUGGETS—Signed F Danilo Gallinari to a four-year contract extension.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL—Signed commissioner Roger Goodell to a contract extension through the 2018 season.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Named Chuck Pagano coach.
Canadian Football League
CALGARY STAMPEDERS—Signed QB Drew Tate to a three-year contract extension.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Assigned F Ben Smith and F Brandon Pirri to Rockford (AHL).
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Assigned LW Dane Byers to Springfield (AHL).
OTTAWA SENATORS—Reassigned D Mark Borowiecki and F Andre Petersson to Binghamton (AHL).
PHOENIX COYOTES—Assigned D Chris Summer, D Maxim Goncharov and F Marc-Antoine Pouliot to Portlnad (AHL).
ST. LOUIS BLUES—Assigned F Chris Porter to Peoria (AHL).
TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Reassigned D Evan Oberg, F Mike Angelidis, F Trevor Smith and F Pierre-Cedric Labrie to Norfolk (AHL).
WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Assigned F Cody Eakin to Hershey (AHL).
WINNIPEG JETS—Reassigned F Patrice Cormier and F Aaron Gagnon to St. John’s (AHL).
COLLEGE
NOTRE DAME—Named Harry Hiestand offensive line coach and running game coordinator.
SAN JOSE STATE—Agreed to terms with football coach Mike MacIntyre on a contract extension through the 2017 season.
WISCONSIN—Named Andy Buh linebackers coach. Promoted graduate assistant football coach Ben Strickland to full-time assistant football coach.
