NFL standings

National Football League

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

y-New England 11 3 0 .786 437 297

N.Y. Jets 8 6 0 .571 346 315

Miami 5 9 0 .357 286 269

Buffalo 5 9 0 .357 311 371

South

W L T Pct PF PA

y-Houston 10 5 0 .667 359 255

Tennessee 7 7 0 .500 279 278

Jacksonville 4 10 0 .286 207 293

Indianapolis 2 13 0 .133 230 411

North

W L T Pct PF PA

x-Baltimore 10 4 0 .714 334 236

x-Pittsburgh 10 4 0 .714 285 218

Cincinnati 8 6 0 .571 305 283

Cleveland 4 10 0 .286 195 274

West

W L T Pct PF PA

Denver 8 6 0 .571 292 343

Oakland 7 7 0 .500 317 382

San Diego 7 7 0 .500 358 313

Kansas City 6 8 0 .429 192 319

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Dallas 8 6 0 .571 348 296

N.Y. Giants 7 7 0 .500 334 372

Philadelphia 6 8 0 .429 342 311

Washington 5 9 0 .357 252 300

South

W L T Pct PF PA

x-New Orleans 11 3 0 .786 457 306

Atlanta 9 5 0 .643 341 281

Carolina 5 9 0 .357 341 368

Tampa Bay 4 10 0 .286 247 401

North

W L T Pct PF PA

y-Green Bay 13 1 0 .929 480 297

Detroit 9 5 0 .643 395 332

Chicago 7 7 0 .500 315 293

Minnesota 2 12 0 .143 294 406

West

W L T Pct PF PA

y-San Francisco 11 3 0 .786 327 185

Seattle 7 7 0 .500 284 273

Arizona 7 7 0 .500 273 305

St. Louis 2 12 0 .143 166 346

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division

Thursday, Dec. 22

Indianapolis 19, Houston 16

Saturday, Dec. 24

Oakland at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

St. Louis at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

Denver at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Washington, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

Miami at New England, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at N.Y. Jets, 1 p.m.

Arizona at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

San Diego at Detroit, 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Seattle, 4:15 p.m.

Philadelphia at Dallas, 4:15 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 25

Chicago at Green Bay, 8:20 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 26

Atlanta at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 1

Chicago at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Carolina at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

Detroit at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at Houston, 1 p.m.

Buffalo at New England, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Miami, 1 p.m.

Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

Washington at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.

San Diego at Oakland, 4:15 p.m.

Kansas City at Denver, 4:15 p.m.

Seattle at Arizona, 4:15 p.m.

 

MLB payrolls

NEW YORK (AP) — Final 2011 payrolls for the 30 major league teams, according to information received by clubs from the commissioner’s office. Figures are for 40-man rosters and include salaries and pro-rated shares of signing bonuses, earned incentive bonuses, non-cash compensation, buyouts of unexercised options and cash transactions. In some cases, parts of salaries that are deferred are discounted to reflect present-day values.

N.Y. Yankees $216,044,956

Boston 174,116,280

Philadelphia 165,313,989

L.A. Angels 143,099,729

N.Y. Mets 142,244,744

Chicago Cubs 140,608,942

Chicago White Sox 125,814,762

San Francisco 125,111,390

Minnesota 115,419,106

Detroit 113,230,923

St. Louis 113,156,467

L.A. Dodgers 109,865,640

Texas 103,967,140

Seattle 98,067,684

Colorado 96,145,529

Milwaukee 93,234,011

Atlanta 88,128,545

Baltimore 86,856,480

Cincinnati 81,621,587

Houston 81,139,621

Toronto 75,851,382

Washington 72,022,999

Oakland 70,476,206

Arizona 65,603,602

Florida 61,940,280

Cleveland 53,533,393

Pittsburgh 51,784,810

San Diego 45,620,873

Tampa Bay 44,969,740

Kansas City 44,566,470

Total 2,999,557,280

 

College basketball

Thursday’s College Basketball Scores

EAST

Bucknell 75, Boston U. 61

Drexel 68, Binghamton 44

Fordham 81, Texas St. 70

Georgetown 70, Memphis 59

Harvard 63, FAU 51

Hofstra 82, Colgate 59

Holy Cross 88, San Francisco 83

James Madison 62, George Washington 57

La Salle 85, CCSU 59

Loyola of Chicago 59, Canisius 45

Quinnipiac 85, Niagara 81

Rider 74, Monmouth (NJ) 62

Rutgers 77, NJIT 53

Siena 63, Princeton 59

Syracuse 80, Tulane 61

Texas-Arlington 73, St. Peter’s 68

UConn 79, Fairfield 71

UMass 73, Davidson 65

Villanova 73, American U. 52

SOUTH

Appalachian St. 77, Campbell 74

Bowling Green 61, FIU 53

Coll. of Charleston 77, Coastal Carolina 70

East Carolina 69, Gardner-Webb 55

Florida 82, Florida St. 64

Florida Gulf Coast 83, Toledo 80

Georgia St. 72, Georgia Southern 52

Howard 88, Delaware 83, OT

Kentucky 87, Loyola (Md.) 63

Mercer 65, Georgia Tech 59

Miami 76, Charlotte 61

Mississippi St. 82, Northwestern St. 67

NC State 88, Northeastern 59

Old Dominion 81, VMI 73

Presbyterian 58, Navy 42

Savannah St. 45, Mount St. Mary’s 41

Southern Miss. 53, South Florida 51

UAB 70, Jacksonville 65

UTSA 76, Troy 70

VCU 80, UNC Greensboro 68

Virginia Tech 71, E. Michigan 50

MIDWEST

Cleveland St. 63, Sam Houston St. 45

Creighton 87, Northwestern 79

Detroit 80, Alabama St. 56

Green Bay 63, Idaho 61

Indiana 89, UMBC 47

Iowa 81, Boise St. 72

Marquette 64, Milwaukee 50

Michigan 77, Bradley 66

Michigan St. 90, Lehigh 81

Minnesota 63, N. Dakota St. 59

Missouri 78, Illinois 74

Ohio St. 69, Miami (Ohio) 40

Robert Morris 59, Youngstown St. 56

Saint Louis 70, Arkansas St. 46

W. Illinois 68, North Dakota 46

Wright St. 60, Cent. Michigan 42

SOUTHWEST

Arkansas 77, Louisiana Tech 63

LSU 67, North Texas 58

NC Central 69, Prairie View 58

Oral Roberts 72, Texas Tech 56

Rice 65, Texas A&M 58

SMU 77, Dallas Christian 41

TCU 85, Grambling St. 53

FAR WEST

Arizona 100, Bryant 60

BYU 89, UC Santa Barbara 75

Baylor 72, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 59

Bethune-Cookman 61, Texas A&M-CC 52

Butler 71, Stanford 66

CS Bakersfield 83, Pacific 53

Cal St.-Fullerton 92, Portland St. 86

Colorado 56, Texas Southern 51

Colorado St. 92, N. Colorado 78

Denver 70, The Citadel 58

Gonzaga 70, Air Force 60

Kansas 63, Southern Cal 47

Montana 65, Utah Valley 52

Nevada 78, Portland 60

New Mexico 87, UMKC 62

Oregon 55, Stephen F. Austin 45

S. Utah 62, UC Davis 51

SE Missouri 77, Sacramento St. 76

San Diego St. 81, Elon 55

South Alabama 68, San Diego 62

Tennessee Tech 81, Kennesaw St. 68

UC Irvine 76, Hope International 54

UC Riverside 66, San Jose St. 64

Utah St. 81, Kent St. 62

Washington 74, CS Northridge 51

Washington St. 67, Pepperdine 56

Weber St. 80, Utah 51

West Virginia 70, Missouri St. 68, OT

Wyoming 80, Idaho St. 56

 

NHL standings

National Hockey League

All Times EST

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Philadelphia 33 21 8 4 46 116 95

N.Y. Rangers 32 20 8 4 44 95 70

Pittsburgh 34 19 11 4 42 110 90

New Jersey 33 18 14 1 37 91 96

N.Y. Islanders 32 11 15 6 28 74 103

Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Boston 32 22 9 1 45 111 63

Toronto 34 17 13 4 38 105 110

Ottawa 35 17 14 4 38 110 120

Buffalo 34 16 15 3 35 92 101

Montreal 36 13 16 7 33 88 101

Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Florida 35 18 10 7 43 94 90

Winnipeg 34 16 13 5 37 95 100

Washington 32 17 14 1 35 95 97

Tampa Bay 33 14 17 2 30 89 114

Carolina 35 10 19 6 26 89 120

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Chicago 35 22 9 4 48 118 102

Detroit 34 21 12 1 43 111 78

St. Louis 33 19 10 4 42 84 72

Nashville 34 18 12 4 40 92 93

Columbus 34 9 21 4 22 85 117

Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Minnesota 36 20 11 5 45 86 82

Vancouver 34 21 11 2 44 114 82

Calgary 35 16 15 4 36 87 97

Colorado 35 17 17 1 35 94 104

Edmonton 34 15 16 3 33 93 91

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

San Jose 31 18 10 3 39 93 76

Dallas 33 19 13 1 39 86 93

Phoenix 34 18 13 3 39 90 89

Los Angeles 34 16 14 4 36 75 83

Anaheim 34 9 19 6 24 80 113

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Thursday’s Games

Los Angeles 3, Anaheim 2, SO

Toronto 3, Buffalo 2

N.Y. Rangers 4, N.Y. Islanders 2

Ottawa 4, Florida 3, OT

Nashville 6, Columbus 5

Winnipeg 4, Montreal 0

Calgary 3, Detroit 2

Edmonton 4, Minnesota 1

Friday’s Games

Florida at Boston, 7 p.m.

Washington at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Toronto at N.Y. Islanders, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Ottawa at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m.

Nashville at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Colorado, 9 p.m.

St. Louis at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Calgary at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Los Angeles at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

 

College bowls

College Football FBS Bowls

Subject to Change

All Times EST

Saturday, Dec. 17

New Mexico Bowl

At Albuquerque

Wyoming (8-4) vs. Temple (8-4), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

At Boise, Idaho

Utah State (7-5) vs. Ohio (9-4), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)

New Orleans Bowl

Louisiana-Lafayette 32, San Diego State 30

———

Tuesday, Dec. 20

Beef ‘O’Brady’s Bowl

At St. Petersburg, Fla.

Marshall 20, FIU 10

———

Wednesday, Dec. 21

Poinsettia Bowl

At San Diego

TCU 31, Louisiana Tech 24

———

Thursday, Dec. 22

MAACO Bowl

At Las Vegas

Boise State 56, Arizona State 24

———

Saturday, Dec. 24

Hawaii Bowl

At Honolulu

Nevada (7-5) vs. Southern Mississippi (11-2), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

———

Monday, Dec. 26

Independence Bowl

At Shreveport, La.

North Carolina (7-5) vs. Missouri (7-5), 4 p.m. (ESPN)

———

Tuesday, Dec. 27

Little Caesars Pizza Bowl

At Detroit

Western Michigan (7-5) vs. Purdue (6-6), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN2)

Belk Bowl

At Charlotte, N.C.

North Carolina State (7-5) vs. Louisville (7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

———

Wednesday, Dec. 28

Military Bowl

At Washington

Air Force (7-5) vs. Toledo (8-4), 4:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Holiday Bowl

At San Diego

Texas (7-5) vs. California (7-5), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

———

Thursday, Dec. 29

Champs Sports Bowl

At Orlando, Fla.

Florida State (8-4) vs. Notre Dame (8-4), 5:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Alamo Bowl

At San Antonio

Baylor (9-3) vs. Washington (7-5), 9 p.m. (ESPN)

———

Friday, Dec. 30

Armed Forces Bowl

At Dallas

Tulsa (8-4) vs. BYU (9-3), Noon (ESPN)

Pinstripe Bowl

At Bronx, N.Y.

Rutgers (8-4) vs. Iowa State (6-6), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Music City Bowl

At Nashville, Tenn.

Mississippi State (6-6) vs. Wake Forest (6-6), 6:40 p.m. (ESPN)

Insight Bowl

At Tempe, Ariz.

Oklahoma (9-3) vs. Iowa (7-5), 10 p.m. (ESPN)

———

Saturday, Dec. 31

Meinke Car Care Bowl

At Houston

Texas A&M (6-6) vs. Northwestern (6-6), Noon (ESPN)

Sun Bowl

At El Paso, Texas

Georgia Tech (8-4) vs. Utah (7-5), 2 p.m. (CBS)

Liberty Bowl

At Memphis, Tenn.

Vanderbilt (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Fight Hunger Bowl

At San Francisco

UCLA (6-7) vs. Illinois (6-6), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Chick-fil-A Bowl

At Atlanta

Virginia (8-4) vs. Auburn (7-5), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

———

Monday, Jan. 2

TicketCity Bowl

At Dallas

Penn State (9-3) vs. Houston (12-1), Noon (ESPNU)

Capital One Bowl

At Orlando, Fla.

Nebraska (9-3) vs. South Carolina (10-2), 1 p.m. (ESPN)

Outback Bowl

At Tampa, Fla.

Georgia (10-3) vs. Michigan State (10-3), 1 p.m. (ABC)

Gator Bowl

At Jacksonville, Fla.

Florida (6-6) vs. Ohio State (6-6), 1 p.m. (ESPN2)

Rose Bowl

At Pasadena, Calif.

Oregon (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (11-2), 5 p.m. (ESPN)

Fiesta Bowl

At Glendale, Ariz.

Stanford (11-1) vs. Oklahoma State (11-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

———

Tuesday, Jan. 3

Sugar Bowl

At New Orleans

Michigan (10-2) vs. Virginia Tech (11-2), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

———

Wednesday, Jan. 4

Orange Bowl

At Miami

West Virginia (9-3) vs. Clemson (10-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

———

Friday, Jan. 6

Cotton Bowl

At Arlington, Texas

Kansas State (10-2) vs. Arkansas (10-2), 8 p.m. (FOX)

———

Saturday, Jan. 7

BBVA Compass Bowl

At Birmingham, Ala.

Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. SMU (7-5), Noon (ESPN)

———

Sunday, Jan. 8

GoDaddy.com Bowl

At Mobile, Ala.

Arkansas State (10-2) vs. Northern Illinois (10-3), 9 p.m. (ESPN)

———

Monday, Jan. 9

BCS National Championship

At New Orleans

LSU (13-0) vs. Alabama (11-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)