NFL playoffs

NFL Playoffs At A Glance

Wild-card Playoffs

All Times EST

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, Jan. 12

Baltimore 38, Denver 35, 2OT

San Francisco 45, Green Bay 31

Sunday, Jan. 13

Atlanta 30, Seattle 28

New England 41, Houston 28

Conference Championships

Sunday, Jan. 20

San Francisco at Atlanta, 3 p.m. (FOX)

Baltimore at New England, 6:30 p.m. (CBS)

Pro Bowl

Sunday, Jan. 27

At Honolulu

AFC vs. NFC, 7 p.m. (NBC)

Super Bowl

Sunday, Feb. 3

At New Orleans

AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 6 p.m. (CBS)

 

H.S. scores

Ohio High School Athletic Association

Thursday’s Girls’ Scores of Interest

Athens 52, Wellston 49, OT

Beaver Eastern 62, Symmes Valley 43

Belpre 60, Corning Miller 55

Chillicothe Unioto 41, Chillicothe Zane Trace 29

Coal Grove 61, Bidwell River Valley 53

Fayetteville-Perry 47, Seaman N. Adams 37

Frankfort Adena 55, Southeastern 27

Ironton 44, Boyd Co., Ky. 35

Ironton St. Joseph 59, Hannan, W.Va. 21

McArthur Vinton County 51, Pomeroy Meigs 23

Minford 60, McDermott Northwest 57, OT

Mowrystown Whiteoak 73, W. Union 68

Nelsonville-York 47, Albany Alexander 41

Oak Hill 76, Waverly 37

Peebles 46, Manchester 40

Piketon 40, Bainbridge Paint Valley 38

Portsmouth Clay 52, Portsmouth Sciotoville 30

Portsmouth Notre Dame 73, Green 38

Portsmouth W. 66, Lucasville Valley 55

Proctorville Fairland 55, Chesapeake 27

Racine Southern 55, Stewart Federal Hocking 47

Reedsville Eastern 73, Crown City S. Gallia 44

Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington 56, Lynchburg-Clay 53

Sardinia Eastern Brown 54, Leesburg Fairfield 39

South Point 50, Rock Hill 44

Washington C.H. 50, Cols. Hamilton Twp. 36

Wheelersburg 54, S. Webster 47

Williamsport Westfall 51, Chillicothe Huntington 45

 

 

NBA standings

National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

New York 25 13 .658 —

Brooklyn 23 16 .590 2 1/2

Boston 20 18 .526 5

Philadelphia 16 23 .410 9 1/2

Toronto 14 25 .359 11 1/2

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

Miami 26 12 .684 —

Atlanta 22 16 .579 4

Orlando 14 24 .368 12

Charlotte 9 29 .237 17

Washington 7 29 .194 18

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Indiana 24 16 .600 —

Chicago 22 15 .595 1/2

Milwaukee 20 18 .526 3

Detroit 14 25 .359 9 1/2

Cleveland 10 31 .244 14 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

San Antonio 30 11 .732 —

Memphis 24 13 .649 4

Houston 21 19 .525 8 1/2

Dallas 17 23 .425 12 1/2

New Orleans 13 26 .333 16

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

Oklahoma City 31 8 .795 —

Denver 24 17 .585 8

Utah 21 19 .525 10 1/2

Portland 20 19 .513 11

Minnesota 16 20 .444 13 1/2

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

L.A. Clippers 31 9 .775 —

Golden State 23 14 .622 6 1/2

L.A. Lakers 17 22 .436 13 1/2

Sacramento 15 24 .385 15 1/2

Phoenix 13 28 .317 18 1/2

Thursday’s Games

New York 102, Detroit 87

L.A. Clippers 90, Minnesota 77

Milwaukee 98, Phoenix 94

Miami 99, L.A. Lakers 90

Friday’s Games

Chicago at Boston, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Houston at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Charlotte at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Golden State at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Washington at Denver, 9 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Dallas, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

San Antonio at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Memphis at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Houston at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Golden State at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Cleveland at Utah, 9 p.m.

Milwaukee at Portland, 10 p.m.

Washington at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

 

College scores

Thursday’s College Basketball Scores

EAST

Bryant 79, Mount St. Mary’s 78, OT

CCSU 73, Wagner 66

Canisius 64, Manhattan 60

LIU Brooklyn 79, Fairleigh Dickinson 75, OT

Loyola (Md.) 72, Marist 58

Monmouth (NJ) 71, St. Francis (NY) 67

Niagara 87, Siena 64

Penn 54, NJIT 53

Quinnipiac 75, St. Francis (Pa.) 66, OT

Rider 66, St. Peter’s 54

Robert Morris 66, Sacred Heart 62

Rutgers 70, South Florida 67

UMass 79, Duquesne 66

SOUTH

Belmont 83, E. Kentucky 76

Chattanooga 91, Appalachian St. 88, OT

Davidson 70, The Citadel 38

Duke 73, Georgia Tech 57

Elon 73, Furman 59

FAU 80, Troy 59

FIU 70, North Texas 64

Georgia Southern 51, Coll. of Charleston 47

Lipscomb 87, Florida Gulf Coast 78, OT

Louisiana Tech 72, Idaho 66

Mercer 78, ETSU 59

Middle Tennessee 82, UALR 50

Murray St. 70, E. Illinois 49

Nicholls St. 93, Northwestern St. 78

SC-Upstate 66, Kennesaw St. 54

SIU-Edwardsville 66, Austin Peay 53

Samford 64, W. Carolina 60

South Alabama 71, Louisiana-Monroe 56

Stetson 71, N. Kentucky 59

Tennessee St. 66, Jacksonville St. 60

VCU 92, Saint Joseph’s 86, OT

W. Kentucky 72, Louisiana-Lafayette 49

MIDWEST

Green Bay 67, Youngstown St. 58

IPFW 62, South Dakota 60

Michigan 83, Minnesota 75

Milwaukee 69, Cleveland St. 57

Morehead St. 75, SE Missouri 59

N. Dakota St. 78, IUPUI 40

North Dakota 65, E. Washington 47

Northwestern 68, Illinois 54

Oakland 81, UMKC 68

S. Dakota St. 59, W. Illinois 53

Valparaiso 89, Detroit 88

SOUTHWEST

Florida 68, Texas A&M 47

Oral Roberts 64, Texas A&M-CC 52

Sam Houston St. 63, Cent. Arkansas 52

Seattle 61, Texas-Arlington 44

Stephen F. Austin 52, SE Louisiana 40

FAR WEST

Denver 73, San Jose St. 37

Gonzaga 71, Portland 49

Hawaii 60, Pacific 52

Idaho St. 60, Sacramento St. 59

Long Beach St. 91, UC Riverside 82, OT

Montana 73, S. Utah 67

N. Colorado 67, Portland St. 50

New Mexico St. 64, Utah St. 51

Oregon 76, Southern Cal 74

Santa Clara 85, San Francisco 54

UC Davis 74, CS Northridge 71

UC Irvine 92, Cal St.-Fullerton 65

UCLA 74, Oregon St. 64

Weber St. 83, N. Arizona 70

 

NBA leaders

NBA LEADERS

THROUGH JAN. 17

Scoring

G FG FT PTS AVG

Bryant, LAL 39 404 262 1157 29.7

Anthony, NYK 31 309 200 904 29.2

Durant, OKC 39 371 308 1120 28.7

James, MIA 38 387 177 1001 26.3

Harden, HOU 39 309 330 1024 26.3

Westbrook, OKC 39 305 210 875 22.4

Aldridge, POR 37 309 144 762 20.6

Curry, GOL 36 258 108 737 20.5

Wade, MIA 34 257 156 684 20.1

Lee, GOL 37 304 121 729 19.7

Parker, SAN 39 300 138 758 19.4

Pierce, BOS 38 248 167 738 19.4

Holiday, PHL 35 264 94 664 19.0

Ellis, MIL 38 271 145 719 18.9

Jennings, MIL 38 252 115 694 18.3

Mayo, DAL 40 257 129 730 18.3

Lillard, POR 39 249 118 705 18.1

Griffin, LAC 40 288 133 712 17.8

Deng, CHI 37 247 130 658 17.8

DeRozan, TOR 39 256 163 692 17.7

 

FG Percentage

FG FGA PCT

Chandler, NYK 173 257 .673

Jordan, LAC 155 259 .598

Howard, LAL 228 389 .586

Ibaka, OKC 219 388 .564

McGee, DEN 171 306 .559

Lopez, NOR 192 347 .553

James, MIA 387 703 .550

Bosh, MIA 249 457 .545

Davis, TOR 146 268 .545

Faried, DEN 204 375 .544

 

Rebounds

G OFF DEF TOT AVG

Howard, LAL 36 133 323 456 12.7

Randolph, MEM 36 156 260 416 11.6

Vucevic, ORL 38 127 297 424 11.2

Asik, HOU 40 125 321 446 11.2

Chandler, NYK 38 171 247 418 11.0

Hickson, POR 38 149 268 417 11.0

Lee, GOL 37 105 298 403 10.9

Noah, CHI 36 139 247 386 10.7

Cousins, SAC 34 118 236 354 10.4

Faried, DEN 41 160 250 410 10.0

 

Assists

G AST AVG

Rondo, BOS 33 368 11.2

Paul, LAC 37 358 9.7

Vasquez, NOR 39 350 9.0

Holiday, PHL 35 309 8.8

Westbrook, OKC 39 325 8.3

Williams, Bro 38 292 7.7

Calderon, TOR 39 299 7.7

Nelson, ORL 29 210 7.2

Parker, SAN 39 279 7.2

James, MIA 38 265 7.0

 

Transactions

Thursday’s Sports Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

BOSTON RED SOX — Agreed to terms with Jarrod Saltalamacchia on a one-year contract.

HOUSTON ASTROS—Agreed to terms with OF Rick Ankiel and C Jason Jaramillo on minor league contracts.

NEW YORK YANKEES—Agreed to terms with RHP Joba Chamberlain on a one-year contract.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Agreed to terms with C John Jaso and OF Seth Smith on one-year contracts.

TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with LHP Matt Harrison on a five-year contract and RHP Neftali Feliz ona one-year contract.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Assigned LHP Tommy Hottovy outright to Buffalo (IL).

National League

ATLANTA BRAVES — Named Randy Ready manager of Gwinnett (IL); Dennis Lewallyn pitching coach of Mississippi (SL); John Moses hitting coach and Joe Toenjes trainer of Lynchburg (Carolina); Bobby Moore hitting coach and Kyle Damschroder trainer of Rome (SAL); Joe Luat trainer of Danville (Appalachian); and William Martinez pitching coach, Carlos Mendez hitting coach and Julie Hernandez trainer of the Gulf Coast Braves.

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms with OF Carlos Gomez on a one-year contract.

NEW YORK METS—Agreed to terms with RHP Bobby Parnell on a one-year contract.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with RHP Jeff Karstens on a one-year contract and OF/1B Brad Hawpe and C Lucas May on minor league contracts. Designated RHP Zach Stewart for assignment.

SAN DIEGO PADRES — Agreed to terms with OF Wil Venable on a one-year contract.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Agreed to terms with RHP Rafael Soriano on a two-year contract.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

DALLAS MAVERICKS — Signed G Mike James to a second 10-day contract.

MIAMI HEAT — Recalled C Dexter Pittman from Sioux Falls (NBADL).

PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Signed G Shelvin Mack to a 10-day contract.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

ARIZONA CARDINALS—Named Bruce Arians offensive coordinator.

BUFFALO BILLS — Named Ike Hilliard wide receivers coach, John Anselmo special teams assistant and Hal Luther assistant strength and conditioning coacy. Announced offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett will also serve as quarterbacks coach.

CHICAGO BEARS — Announced defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli will not return next season.

CLEVELAND BROWNS — Named Norv Turner offensive coordinator, Brad Roll strength and conditioning coach, Mike Sullivan offensive line coach and Scott Turner wide receivers coach.

DENVER BRONCOS — Promoted quarterbacks coach Adam Gase to offensive coordinator.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Named Tom McMahon special teams coordinator.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Named Gus Bradley coach.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Placed TE Rob Gronkowski on injured reserve.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS—Named Ken Whisenhunt offensive coordinator.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Named Dan Quinn defensive coordinator.

TENNESSEE TITANS — Signed QB Nathan Enderle to a reserve/future contract. Named Shawn Jefferson wide receivers coach, George Henshaw tight ends coach and Sylvester Croom running backs coach. Promoted quarterbacks coach Dowell Loggains to offensive coordinator. Reassigned wide receivers coach Dave Ragone to quarterbacks coach, assistant offensive line coach Nate Kaczor to special teams coach and special teams assistant Chet Parlavecchio to linebackers coach.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

ANAHEIM DUCKS — Assigned F Troy Bodie, F Jay Rosehill and D Ryan Parent to Norfolk (AHL).

BOSTON BRUINS—Assigned D Matt Bartkowski and F Ryan Spooner to Providence (AHL), Placed F Jamie Tardif on waivers for purpose of assignment. Sent D Aaron Johnson to Providence on a conditioning loan.

CAROLINA HURRICANES — Assigned F Andreas Nodl and F Brett Sutter to Charlotte (AHL).

CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Assigned F Jimmy Hayes, F Brandon Pirri and D Ryan Stanton to Rockford (AHL).

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Assigned D Tim Erixon to Springfield (AHL).

DALLAS STARS — Named Mike Modano executive adviser.

EDMONTON OILERS — Reassigned G Tyler Bunz from Stockton (ECHL) to Oklahoma City (AHL).

FLORIDA PANTHERS — Reassigned F Quinton Howden, G Jacob Markstrom, F Jon Rheault, D Colby Robak and F Drew Shore to San Antonio (AHL).

LOS ANGELES KINGS — Reassigned G Jean-Francois Berube from Manchester (AHL) to Ontario (ECHL).

MINNESOTA WILD — Activated RW Pierre-Marc Bouchard from injured reserve. Reassigned D Steven Kampfer to Houston (AHL). Waived C Jake Dowell, RW Nick Palmieri and LW Stephane Veilleux.

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Reassigned F Ian Schultz from Hamilton (AHL) to Utah (ECHL).

NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Reassigned LW Harry Young from Kalamazoo (ECHL) to Albany (AHL).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Claimed C Keith Aucoin off waivers from Toronto. Returned C Ryan Strome to Niagara (OHL) and D Griffin Reinhart to Edmonton (WHL).

NEW YORK ISLANDERS — Loaned D Jon Landry to Bridgeport (AHL).

NEW YORK RANGERS — Recalled F Brandon Segal from Connecticut (AHL). Bought out the contract of D wade Redden.

OTTAWA SENATORS — Assigned D Cody Ceci to Owen Sound (OHL). Reassigned F Mike Hoffman to Binghamton (AHL).

PHOENIX COYOTES — Assigned F Chris Brown, F Andy Miele, F Brendan Shinnimin, F Jordan Szwarz, D Brandon Gormley and D Chris Summers to Portland (AHL).

TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Reassigned F Tyler Johnson and D Mark Barbiero and D Radko Gudas to Syracuse (AHL).

American Hockey League

ALBANY DEVILS — Recalled RW Bryan Haczyk and C Kelly Zajac from Trenton (ECHL).

HAMILTON BULLDOGS — Released F Riley Armstrong and D Mark Isherwood from professional tryout contracts.

NORFOLK ADMIRALS — Signed D Kent Huskins to a professional tryout contract.

OLYMPICS

IOC — Stripped Lance Armstrong of his bronze medal in the road cycling time trial at the 2000 Olympics.

COLLEGE

FLORIDA — Promoted linebackers coach/special teams coordinator D.J. Durkin to defensive coordinator.

RIPON — Named Greg Janssen men’s tennis coach.

RUTGERS — Named Jimmy Gill assistant director of athletic communications.