NFL playoffs

NFL Playoff Schedule

All Times EST

Wild-card Playoffs

Saturday, Jan. 4

Indianapolis 45, Kansas City 44

New Orleans 26, Philadelphia 24

Sunday, Jan. 5

San Diego 27, Cincinnati 10

San Francisco 23, Green Bay 20

Divisional Playoffs

Saturday, Jan. 11

Seattle 23, New Orleans 15

New England 43, Indianapolis 22

Sunday, Jan. 12

San Francisco 23, Carolina 10

Denver 24, San Diego 17

Conference Championships

Sunday, Jan. 19

New England vs. Denver, 3 p.m. (CBS)

San Francisco at Seattle, 6:30 p.m. (FOX)

Pro Bowl

Sunday, Jan. 26

At Honolulu

TBD, 7:30 p.m. (NBC)

Super Bowl

Sunday, Feb. 2

At East Rutherford, N.J.

AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 6:30 p.m. (FOX)

 

Super Bowl odds

Odds to Win Super Bowl XLVIII

By Keith Glantz and Russell Culver

CURRENT OPENING

TEAM ODDS ODDS

Denver 6-5 6-1

Seattle 3-2 7-1

San Francisco 5-2 5-1

New England 5-1 6-1

 

NBA standings

National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Toronto 19 17 .528 —

New York 15 22 .405 4 1/2

Brooklyn 15 22 .405 4 1/2

Boston 13 26 .333 7 1/2

Philadelphia 12 25 .324 7 1/2

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

Miami 27 10 .730 —

Atlanta 20 18 .526 7 1/2

Washington 17 19 .472 9 1/2

Charlotte 15 23 .395 12 1/2

Orlando 10 28 .263 17 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Indiana 29 7 .806 —

Chicago 17 19 .472 12

Detroit 16 22 .421 14

Cleveland 13 24 .351 16 1/2

Milwaukee 7 30 .189 22 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

San Antonio 30 8 .789 —

Houston 25 14 .641 5 1/2

Dallas 23 16 .590 7 1/2

Memphis 17 19 .472 12

New Orleans 15 22 .405 14 1/2

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

Portland 28 9 .757 —

Oklahoma City 28 9 .757 —

Denver 19 18 .514 9

Minnesota 18 19 .486 10

Utah 13 26 .333 16

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

L.A. Clippers 26 13 .667 —

Golden State 25 14 .641 1

Phoenix 21 16 .568 4

L.A. Lakers 14 23 .378 11

Sacramento 13 22 .371 11

Monday’s Games

Toronto 116, Milwaukee 94

Houston 104, Boston 92

New York 98, Phoenix 96, OT

Washington 102, Chicago 88

San Antonio 101, New Orleans 95

Dallas 107, Orlando 88

Utah 118, Denver 103

Tuesday’s Games

Sacramento at Indiana, 7 p.m.

New York at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Cleveland at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Chicago at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Charlotte at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Miami at Washington, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Memphis at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Houston at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Utah at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Cleveland at Portland, 10 p.m.

Denver at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

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

 

NHL standings

National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Boston 45 29 14 2 60 129 98

Tampa Bay 46 27 15 4 58 134 112

Montreal 46 26 15 5 57 117 107

Detroit 46 20 16 10 50 118 127

Toronto 47 22 20 5 49 128 143

Ottawa 46 20 18 8 48 131 146

Florida 45 17 21 7 41 105 139

Buffalo 44 13 26 5 31 77 121

Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Pittsburgh 47 33 12 2 68 152 112

Washington 45 22 16 7 51 136 135

N.Y. Rangers 47 24 20 3 51 118 124

Philadelphia 46 23 19 4 50 121 129

Columbus 46 22 20 4 48 129 131

New Jersey 47 19 18 10 48 108 117

Carolina 46 19 18 9 47 111 130

N.Y. Islanders 47 18 22 7 43 130 152

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Chicago 48 30 8 10 70 175 132

St. Louis 44 31 8 5 67 161 99

Colorado 45 28 12 5 61 132 115

Minnesota 48 25 18 5 55 118 119

Dallas 45 20 18 7 47 127 139

Nashville 47 19 21 7 45 109 141

Winnipeg 48 20 23 5 45 133 146

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Anaheim 48 35 8 5 75 161 119

San Jose 46 28 12 6 62 148 116

Los Angeles 47 28 14 5 61 120 96

Vancouver 47 24 14 9 57 123 115

Phoenix 45 21 15 9 51 134 141

Calgary 46 16 24 6 38 103 144

Edmonton 48 15 28 5 35 126 169

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

Monday’s Games

Calgary 2, Carolina 0

Columbus 3, Tampa Bay 2

Winnipeg 5, Phoenix 1

Los Angeles 1, Vancouver 0

Tuesday’s Games

Toronto at Boston, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Washington, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Buffalo, 7:30 p.m.

New Jersey at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Colorado at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

Calgary at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Ottawa at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Buffalo at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Washington at Pittsburgh, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Anaheim, 10:30 p.m.

 

Blue Jackets’ box

Tampa Bay 0 2 0 — 2

Columbus 0 1 2 — 3

First Period—None. Penalties—Dubinsky, Clm (tripping), 4:28; Gudas, TB (cross-checking), 10:16; Gudas, TB (interference), 16:18; Sustr, TB (cross-checking), 18:40.

Second Period—1, Columbus, Johansen 17 (Murray), 3:46. 2, Tampa Bay, Killorn 12 (Carle, Gudas), 5:07 (pp). 3, Tampa Bay, Hedman 9 (T.Johnson, St. Louis), 6:04. Penalties—Dubinsky, Clm (cross-checking), 4:17; Hedman, TB (hooking), 10:41.

Third Period—4, Columbus, Horton 2 (J.Johnson, Anisimov), 3:09 (pp). 5, Columbus, Letestu 5 (J.Johnson, Wisniewski), 17:22 (pp). Penalties—Cote, TB (hooking), 2:11; Horton, Clm (slashing), 5:42; Tyutin, Clm (holding), 12:18; T.Johnson, TB (hooking), 16:32.

Shots on Goal—Tampa Bay 9-12-7—28. Columbus 10-7-11—28.

Power-play opportunities—Tampa Bay 1 of 4; Columbus 2 of 6.

Goalies—Tampa Bay, Lindback 5-10-1 (28 shots-25 saves). Columbus, Bobrovsky 13-11-2 (28-26).

A—14,070 (18,144). T—2:25.

Referees—Dave Jackson, Gord Dwyer. Linesmen—Mike Cvik, Kiel Murchison.

 

Boys’ H.S. poll

The Top Ten teams in the Associated Press Ohio high school basketball poll with first-place votes in parentheses and won-loss record, total points and position last week at right:

DIVISION I

1, Lakewood St. Edward (11) 8-1 200

2, Trotwood-Madison (5) 8-0 178

3, Cle. St. Ignatius (1) 9-1 165

4, Cin. Moeller (3) 9-1 157

5, Zanesville (2) 9-0 147

6, Uniontown Lake (1) 10-0 114

7, Berea-Midpark 9-0 58

8, Cin. La Salle 10-1 35

9, Cols. Northland 9-2 34

10, Massillon Jackson 8-2 26

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, Perrysburg 21. 12, Dublin Coffman 19. 13, Mansfield Sr. 13. 13, Tol. Cent. Cath. 13. 15, Tol. Bowsher 12. 15, Tol. St. John’s 12.

DIVISION II

1, Cle. Cent. Cath. (16) 10-1 215

2, Day. Dunbar (1) 11-2 184

3, Norwalk (5) 12-0 156

4, Day. Thurgood Marshall 9-2 138

5, Cols. Watterson (1) 8-1 133

6, Millbury Lake 11-0 92

7, Akr. SVSM 5-6 72

8, Circleville Logan Elm 12-1 40

9, Defiance 8-2 31

10, Mansfield Ontario 13-0 26

(tie) Franklin 8-2 26

Others receiving 12 or more points: 12, Cols. Brookhaven 25. 13, Alliance 20. 14, Granville 18. 14, New Concord John Glenn 18. 16, Elida 17. 17, Athens 14. 18, Mentor Lake Cath. 13.

DIVISION III

1, St. Bernard Roger Bacon (16) 10-1 214

2, Cle. VASJ (4) 5-4 154

3, Lima Cent. Cath. (1) 10-1 146

4, Versailles 9-1 124

5, Chillicothe Zane Trace 11-1 115

6, Belmont Union Local (1) 8-0 96

7, Marion Pleasant 11-1 80

8, Cols. Ready 10-2 53

9, Beachwood 8-2 50

10, Warrensville Hts. 6-4 26

(tie)Ottawa-Glandorf (1) 6-3 26

Others receiving 12 or more points: 12, Cols. Hartley 23. 13, Gates Mills Gilmour 19. 13, Centerburg 19. 13, Lucasville Valley 19. 16, Cin. Clark Montessori 18. 17, Oak Hill 16. 18, Creston Norwayne 15.

DIVISION IV

1, Convoy Crestview (4) 10-0 209

2, Maria Stein Marion Local (15) 9-0 201

3, Tipp City Bethel 9-1 110

(tie) Canal Winchester Harvest Prep 12-1 110

5, New Madison Tri-Village 9-0 109

6, Peebles (1) 10-0 92

7, Troy Christian 10-1 85

8, Berlin Hiland (2) 11-2 77

9, Sandusky St. Mary 9-1 56

10, Tol. Ottawa Hills (1) 8-1 49

Others receiving 12 or more points: 11, New Washington Buckeye Cent. 45. 12, Pitsburg Franklin Monroe 31. 13, Haviland Wayne Trace 23. 14, Plymouth 14. 15, Fairfield Christian 12.

 

Early draft entries

2014 NFL Draft Early Entries

Davante Adams, WR, Fresno State

George Atkinson III, RB, Notre Dame

Dion Bailey, S, Southern Cal

Russell Bodine, OL, North Carolina

Blake Bortles, QB, UCF

Chris Boyd, WR, Vanderbilt

Carl Bradford, DE-LB, Arizona State

Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville

Ka’Deem Carey, RB, Arizona

Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, S, Alabama

Jadeveon Clowney, DE, South Carolina

Brandon Coleman, WR, Rutgers

Brandin Cooks, WR, Oregon State

Scott Crichton, DE, Oregon State

Dominique Easley, DT, Florida

Kony Ealy, DE, Missouri

Eric Ebron, TE, North Carolina

Bruce Ellington, WR, South Carolina

Mike Evans, WR, Texas A&M

Khairi Fortt, LB, California

Jeremy Hill, RB, LSU

Adrian Hubbard, LB, Alabama

Kameron Jackson, CB, California

Timmy Jernigan, DT, Florida State

Storm Johnson, RB, UCF

Henry Josey, RB, Missouri

Cyrus Kouandjio, OT, Alabama

Cody Latimer, WR, Indiana

Marqise Lee, WR, Southern Cal

Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M

Marcus Martin, C, Southern Cal

Tre Mason, RB, Auburn

Terrance Mitchell, CB, Oregon

Viliami Moala, DT, California

Donte Moncrief, WR, Mississippi

Jake Murphy, TE, Utah

Troy Niklas, TE, Notre Dame

Louis Nix III, NG, Notre Dame

Jeoffrey Pagan, DE, Alabama

Ronald Powell, LB, Florida

Loucheiz Purifoy, CB, Florida

Darrin Reaves, RB, UAB

Antonio Richardson, OT, Tennessee

Paul Richardson, WR, Colorado

Marcus Roberson, CB, Florida

Greg Robinson, OT, Auburn

Richard Rodgers, TE, California

Bishop Sankey, RB, Washington

Lache Seastrunk, RB, Baylor

Austin Seferian-Jenkins, TE, Washington

Ryan Shazier, LB, Ohio State

Brett Smith, QB, Wyoming

Willie Snead, WR, Ball State

De’Anthony Thomas, RB, Oregon

Stephon Tuitt, DE, Notre Dame

George Uko, DL, Southern Cal

Pierre Warren, DB, Jacksonville State

Sammy Watkins, WR, Clemson

David Yankey, G, Stanford

 

AP men’s poll

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 12, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

Record Pts Prv

1. Arizona (61) 17-0 1,621 1

2. Syracuse (4) 16-0 1,560 2

3. Wisconsin 16-0 1,482 4

4. Michigan St. 15-1 1,442 5

5. Wichita St. 17-0 1,300 6

6. Villanova 15-1 1,289 8

7. Florida 13-2 1,205 10

8. Iowa St. 14-1 1,048 9

9. Oklahoma St. 14-2 1,046 11

10. San Diego St. 14-1 1,020 13

11. Ohio St. 15-2 979 3

12. Baylor 13-2 952 7

13. Kentucky 12-3 912 14

14. Iowa 14-3 831 20

15. Kansas 11-4 686 18

16. UMass 14-1 579 19

17. Memphis 12-3 536 24

18. Louisville 14-3 525 12

19. Cincinnati 15-2 405 —

20. Creighton 14-2 329 —

21. Colorado 14-3 328 15

22. Pittsburgh 15-1 299 —

23. Duke 12-4 193 16

24. Saint Louis 15-2 148 —

25. Oklahoma 13-3 103 —

25. UCLA 13-3 103 —

Others receiving votes: Missouri 42, Oregon 39, UConn 35, Kansas St. 25, Gonzaga 17, Michigan 11, California 10, Virginia 6, Louisiana Tech 5, Harvard 3, Illinois 3, New Mexico 3, Xavier 3, George Washington 2.

 

Women’s AP poll

The top 25 teams in The Associated Press’ women’s college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 12, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week’s ranking:

Record Pts Prv

1. UConn (36) 17-0 900 1

2. Notre Dame 15-0 841 2

3. Duke 16-1 828 3

4. Stanford 15-1 811 4

5. Louisville 16-1 736 5

6. Maryland 14-1 723 6

7. Baylor 14-1 696 7

8. South Carolina 16-1 647 10

9. North Carolina 14-3 571 13

10. Kentucky 14-3 540 9

11. Oklahoma St. 14-1 539 15

12. Tennessee 13-3 522 8

13. Iowa St. 14-1 453 11

14. LSU 13-3 404 12

15. California 12-3 330 19

16. Penn St. 11-4 302 14

17. Florida St. 14-2 301 18

18. Nebraska 12-3 246 16

19. Arizona St. 14-2 230 23

20. NC State 15-2 183 20

21. Colorado 11-4 179 17

22. Purdue 11-4 172 21

23. Rutgers 13-2 101 —

24. Vanderbilt 14-3 96 —

25. Texas A&M 13-4 95 —

Others receiving votes: West Virginia 83, Indiana 61, Gonzaga 39, Michigan St. 17, Middle Tennessee 15, Syracuse 10, Florida 9, Oklahoma 9, Iowa 8, Michigan 1, Saint Joseph’s 1, San Diego 1.

 

College scores

Monday’s College Basketball Scores

EAST

Coll. of Charleston 58, Northeastern 49

Loyola (Md.) 77, Lafayette 63

NJIT 99, CCNY 60

Texas 80, West Virginia 69

SOUTH

Alabama A&M 68, MVSU 59

Alabama St. 77, Ark.-Pine Bluff 64

Alcorn St. 64, Grambling St. 56

Coppin St. 75, SC State 69

Duke 69, Virginia 65

Florida A&M 76, NC A&T 66

Louisiana-Lafayette 81, Texas St. 58

NC Central 64, Bethune-Cookman 49

Norfolk St. 58, Delaware St. 56

Savannah St. 56, Howard 54

Southern U. 60, Jackson St. 36

UT-Martin 100, Tennessee St. 81

MIDWEST

Kansas 77, Iowa St. 70

Youngstown St. 67, Cleveland St. 66

FAR WEST

N. Arizona 70, S. Utah 36