NFL standings

National Football League

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

New England 7 2 0 .778 281 198

Buffalo 5 3 0 .625 178 165

Miami 5 3 0 .625 211 151

N.Y. Jets 1 8 0 .111 154 252

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Indianapolis 6 3 0 .667 290 211

Houston 4 5 0 .444 206 197

Tennessee 2 6 0 .250 137 202

Jacksonville 1 8 0 .111 141 251

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Cleveland 6 3 0 .667 209 172

Pittsburgh 6 3 0 .667 248 219

Cincinnati 5 3 1 .611 197 211

Baltimore 5 4 0 .556 240 174

W L T Pct PF PA

Denver 6 2 0 .750 245 185

Kansas City 5 3 0 .625 200 138

San Diego 5 4 0 .556 205 186

Oakland 0 8 0 .000 129 211

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Philadelphia 6 2 0 .750 234 177

Dallas 6 3 0 .667 230 195

N.Y. Giants 3 5 0 .375 178 209

Washington 3 6 0 .333 197 229

South

W L T Pct PF PA

New Orleans 4 4 0 .500 227 198

Carolina 3 5 1 .389 177 236

Atlanta 2 6 0 .250 192 221

Tampa Bay 1 7 0 .125 150 245

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Detroit 6 2 0 .750 162 126

Green Bay 5 3 0 .625 222 191

Minnesota 4 5 0 .444 168 199

Chicago 3 5 0 .375 180 222

West

W L T Pct PF PA

Arizona 7 1 0 .875 192 156

Seattle 5 3 0 .625 202 174

San Francisco 4 4 0 .500 168 178

St. Louis 3 5 0 .375 149 220

Thursday, Nov. 6

Cleveland 24, Cincinnati 3

Sunday, Nov. 9

Tennessee at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

Kansas City at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Miami at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Dallas vs. Jacksonville, at London, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

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

Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

Denver at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

St. Louis at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.

Chicago at Green Bay-x, 8:30 p.m.

Open: Houston, Indianapolis, Minnesota, New England, San Diego, Washington)

Monday, Nov. 10

Carolina at Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 13

Buffalo at Miami, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday, Nov. 16

Atlanta at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Minnesota at Chicago, 1 p.m.

Houston at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

Seattle at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

San Francisco at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

Denver at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Washington, 1 p.m.

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

Detroit at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.

New England at Indianapolis-x, 8:30 p.m.

Open: Baltimore, Dallas, Jacksonville, N.Y. Jets

Monday, Nov. 17

Pittsburgh at Tennessee, 8:30 p.m.

 

Silver Slugger

Comeback Player of the Year

American League

2014 — Chris Young, Seattle

2013 — Mariano Rivera, N.Y. Yankees

2012 — Fernando Rodney, Tampa Bay

2011 — Jacoby Ellsbury, Boston

2010 — Francisco Liriano, Minnesota

2009 — Aaron Hill, Toronto

2008 — Cliff Lee, Cleveland

2007 — Carlos Pena, Tampa Bay

2006 — Jim Thome, Chicago

2005 — Jason Giambi, N.Y. Yankees

National League

2014 — Casey McGehee, Miami

2013 — Francisco Liriano, Pittsburgh

2012 — Buster Posey, San Francisco

2011 — Lance Berkman, St. Louis

2010 — Tim Hudson, Atlanta

2009 — Chris Carpenter, St. Louis

2008 — Brad Lidge, Philadelphia

2007 — Dmitri Young, Washington

2006 — Nomar Garciaparra, L.A. Dodgers

2005 — Ken Griffey Jr., Cincinnati

 

NHL standings

National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Tampa Bay 13 9 3 1 19 47 34

Montreal 14 9 4 1 19 33 41

Detroit 14 7 3 4 18 37 33

Boston 15 9 6 0 18 43 35

Ottawa 12 7 3 2 16 34 27

Toronto 13 6 5 2 14 37 35

Florida 11 4 3 4 12 16 24

Buffalo 15 3 10 2 8 19 48

Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Pittsburgh 12 9 2 1 19 49 26

N.Y. Islanders 13 8 5 0 16 41 42

N.Y. Rangers 12 6 4 2 14 34 38

Philadelphia 13 6 5 2 14 41 40

New Jersey 14 6 6 2 14 38 45

Washington 13 5 5 3 13 41 39

Carolina 12 4 6 2 10 28 39

Columbus 13 4 8 1 9 32 44

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

St. Louis 13 9 3 1 19 34 26

Nashville 13 8 3 2 18 33 27

Winnipeg 14 7 5 2 16 28 31

Chicago 14 7 6 1 15 36 26

Minnesota 12 7 5 0 14 36 25

Colorado 15 4 6 5 13 37 46

Dallas 13 4 5 4 12 37 45

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Anaheim 15 10 3 2 22 40 30

Vancouver 14 10 4 0 20 46 38

Calgary 15 8 5 2 18 43 37

Los Angeles 14 7 4 3 17 32 29

San Jose 14 7 5 2 16 43 38

Arizona 13 6 6 1 13 34 46

Edmonton 14 5 8 1 11 35 50

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

Friday’s Games

Arizona 3, Anaheim 2, SO

Edmonton 3, Buffalo 2

Carolina 3, Columbus 2, OT

Detroit 4, New Jersey 2

Washington 3, Chicago 2

Saturday’s Games

Calgary at Florida, 3 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Buffalo, 7 p.m.

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

Minnesota at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Washington, 8 p.m.

Nashville at St. Louis, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Dallas, 8 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Arizona, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Los Angeles, 10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Tampa Bay at Detroit, 6 p.m.

Edmonton at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Ottawa, 6 p.m.

San Jose at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Anaheim, 9 p.m.

Monday’s Games

New Jersey at Boston, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Carolina, 7 p.m.

 

Blue Jackets’ box

Columbus 0 2 0 0 — 2

Carolina 0 1 1 1 — 3

First Period—None. Penalties—Erixon, Clm (interference), 8:00; Bellemore, Car (hooking), 13:23; Terry, Car (hooking), 17:04.

Second Period—1, Carolina, Skinner 2, 2:43. 2, Columbus, Hartnell 2 (Jenner, St.-Denis), 11:15. 3, Columbus, Hartnell 3 (Jenner, Atkinson), 18:44. Penalties—Jenner, Clm (interference), 4:13; Wennberg, Clm (tripping), 7:50; Foligno, Clm (slashing), 11:38; Dwyer, Car (holding stick), 14:48.

Third Period—4, Carolina, Rask 2 (Gerbe, Semin), 11:51. Penalties—Savard, Clm (interference), 2:34; Tyutin, Clm (high-sticking), 8:51; Prout, Clm (roughing), 10:27; E.Staal, Car (roughing), 10:27; Bellemore, Car (interference), 15:51.

Overtime—5, Carolina, Lindholm 4 (E.Staal, Rask), 4:22 (pp). Penalties—Savard, Clm (holding), 3:10.

Shots on Goal—Columbus 11-10-8-2—31. Carolina 4-10-18-3—35.

Power-play opportunities—Columbus 0 of 4; Carolina 1 of 7.

Goalies—Columbus, McElhinney 0-3-1 (35 shots-32 saves). Carolina, Ward 4-3-1 (31-29).

A—11,540 (18,680). T—2:43.

Referees—Steve Kozari, Tom Chmielewski. Linesmen—Matt MacPherson, Bryan Pancich.

 

NBA standings

National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Toronto 5 1 .833 —

Brooklyn 3 2 .600 1 1/2

Boston 2 3 .400 2 1/2

New York 2 4 .333 3

Philadelphia 0 6 .000 5

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

Washington 4 2 .667 —

Miami 3 2 .600 1/2

Charlotte 3 3 .500 1

Orlando 2 4 .333 2

Atlanta 1 3 .250 2

W L Pct GB

Chicago 5 1 .833 —

Cleveland 2 3 .400 2 1/2

Detroit 2 3 .400 2 1/2

Milwaukee 2 4 .333 3

Indiana 1 5 .167 4

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

Houston 6 0 1.000 —

Memphis 6 0 1.000 —

Dallas 4 2 .667 2

New Orleans 2 2 .500 3

San Antonio 2 2 .500 3

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

Portland 3 2 .600 —

Minnesota 2 3 .400 1

Utah 2 4 .333 1 1/2

Denver 1 4 .200 2

Oklahoma City 1 5 .167 2 1/2

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

Golden State 4 0 1.000 —

Sacramento 5 1 .833 —

L.A. Clippers 3 2 .600 1 1/2

Phoenix 3 3 .500 2

L.A. Lakers 0 5 .000 4 1/2

Friday’s Games

Chicago 118, Philadelphia 115

Orlando 112, Minnesota 103, OT

Charlotte 122, Atlanta 119,2OT

Toronto 103, Washington 84

Detroit 98, Milwaukee 95

Boston 101, Indiana 98

Brooklyn 110, New York 99

Memphis 91, Oklahoma City 89

Sacramento 114, Phoenix 112,2OT

Dallas 105, Utah 82

Cleveland 110, Denver 101

Saturday’s Games

Portland at L.A. Clippers, 3:30 p.m.

Washington at Indiana, 7 p.m.

New York at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Boston at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Golden State at Houston, 8 p.m.

Memphis at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

New Orleans at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games

Orlando at Brooklyn, 3:30 p.m.

Utah at Detroit, 6 p.m.

Sacramento at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Toronto, 7 p.m.

Miami at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Golden State at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Denver at Portland, 9 p.m.

Charlotte at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Utah at Indiana, 7 p.m.

New Orleans at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at New York, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit at Chicago, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

 

Cavaliers’ box

CLEVELAND (110)

James 8-18 5-6 22, Love 6-16 7-8 19, Varejao 6-7 3-5 15, Irving 5-11 0-0 12, Marion 4-6 1-2 10, Waiters 6-14 4-6 17, Miller 1-5 0-0 3, Thompson 4-6 4-6 12, Cherry 0-0 0-0 0, J.Harris 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 40-84 24-33 110.

DENVER (101)

Chandler 5-10 2-2 14, Faried 4-8 0-0 8, Mozgov 2-6 1-2 5, Robinson 6-14 0-0 14, Afflalo 0-4 0-0 0, McGee 0-2 0-0 0, Arthur 0-2 0-0 0, Foye 10-19 3-4 28, Gallinari 3-6 2-2 10, Gee 2-5 2-3 6, Nurkic 5-6 0-2 10, Green 3-3 0-0 6. Totals 40-85 10-15 101.

Cleveland 38 20 27 25 — 110

Denver 20 25 26 30 — 101

3-Point Goals—Cleveland 6-23 (Irving 2-4, Marion 1-2, Waiters 1-3, Miller 1-4, James 1-5, Love 0-5), Denver 11-29 (Foye 5-10, Gallinari 2-2, Robinson 2-7, Chandler 2-7, Arthur 0-1, Afflalo 0-1, Mozgov 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Cleveland 54 (Love 8), Denver 49 (Chandler 10). Assists—Cleveland 25 (James 11), Denver 22 (Foye 9). Total Fouls—Cleveland 14, Denver 22. Technicals—Denver defensive three second. Flagrant Fouls—Arthur. A—19,623 (19,155).

 

Ohio U. box

Buffalo 0 0 7 7 — 14

Ohio 10 7 10 10 — 37

First Quarter

Ohio—FG Yazdani 33, 11:11.

Ohio—Ouellette 2 run (Yazdani kick), 6:08.

Second Quarter

Ohio—Ouellette 1 run (Yazdani kick), 9:12.

Third Quarter

Ohio—FG Yazdani 28, 12:25.

Ohio—Vick 9 run (Yazdani kick), 11:57.

Buff—Willoughby 12 pass from Licata (Clarke kick), 3:54.

Fourth Quarter

Ohio—FG Yazdani 19, 12:57.

Ohio—D.Brown 3 run (Yazdani kick), 9:18.

Buff—S.Jackson 75 fumble return (Clarke kick), 1:16.

A—15,405.

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Buff Ohio

First downs 7 19

Rushes-yards 25-28 55-233

Passing 106 156

Comp-Att-Int 12-25-2 8-19-0

Return Yards 16 33

Punts-Avg. 6-42.0 5-38.4

Fumbles-Lost 4-2 2-2

Penalties-Yards 3-21 1-5

Time of Possession 23:21 36:39

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Buffalo, Taylor 17-37, Daniel 2-15, Johnson 1-(minus 1), Team 2-(minus 11), Licata 3-(minus 12). Ohio, Ouellette 29-155, Vick 12-44, Edmond 5-23, Patterson 2-8, D.Brown 4-7, Walker 1-(minus 1), Team 2-(minus 3).

PASSING—Buffalo, Licata 9-20-1-74, Daniel 3-5-1-32. Ohio, Vick 7-18-0-118, Sprague 1-1-0-38.

RECEIVING—Buffalo, Willoughby 3-37, Campbell 3-31, Hughes 2-15, Robinson 1-8, Dunmore 1-6, Martinez 1-5, Taylor 1-4. Ohio, S.Smith 2-35, Ouellette 2-11, Cochran 1-47, Bradley 1-38, Sawyer 1-13, Cope 1-12.

 

Ohio State box

Ohio St. 7 21 7 14 — 49

Michigan St. 14 7 3 13 — 37

First Quarter

MSU—Mumphery 15 pass from Cook (Geiger kick), 9:42.

OSU—Barrett 5 run (Nuernberger kick), 8:41.

MSU—Langford 33 run (Geiger kick), 6:14.

Second Quarter

OSU—Barrett 1 run (Nuernberger kick), 12:27.

MSU—Langford 1 run (Geiger kick), 4:37.

OSU—M.Thomas 79 pass from Barrett (Nuernberger kick), 3:19.

OSU—D.Smith 44 pass from Barrett (Nuernberger kick), :56.

Third Quarter

MSU—FG Geiger 40, 8:38.

OSU—Elliott 1 run (Nuernberger kick), 2:18.

Fourth Quarter

OSU—Wilson 7 pass from Barrett (Nuernberger kick), 12:07.

MSU—Price 16 pass from Cook (Geiger kick), 9:15.

OSU—Elliott 17 run (Nuernberger kick), 7:12.

MSU—Langford 1 run (pass failed), 5:20.

A—76,409.

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OSU MSU

First downs 25 29

Rushes-yards 41-268 34-178

Passing 300 358

Comp-Att-Int 16-26-0 25-45-0

Return Yards 26 2

Punts-Avg. 2-38.0 3-42.3

Fumbles-Lost 3-2 2-0

Penalties-Yards 7-50 11-105

Time of Possession 29:37 30:23

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Ohio St., Elliott 23-154, Barrett 14-86, Marshall 3-19, Spencer 1-9. Michigan St., Langford 18-137, D.Williams 4-20, Cook 6-15, Kings Jr. 1-7, Shelton 1-3, Team 1-(minus 1), Hill 3-(minus 3).

PASSING—Ohio St., Barrett 16-26-0-300. Michigan St., Cook 25-45-0-358.

RECEIVING—Ohio St., D.Smith 6-129, M.Thomas 3-91, Marshall 2-33, Wilson 2-23, Heuerman 2-12, Spencer 1-12. Michigan St., Kings Jr. 5-79, Price 5-72, Lippett 5-64, Burbridge 4-41, Mumphery 3-72, Shelton 2-15, Langford 1-15.

 

College football

Friday’s College Football Scores

EAST

Memphis 16, Temple 13

FAR WEST

Utah State 20, Wyoming 3

Saturday’s College Football Scores

EAST

Army 35, UConn 21

Charleston (WV) 42, Fairmont St. 17

Duke 27, Syracuse 10

Louisville 38, Boston College 19

Maine 33, Richmond 20

New Hampshire 41, Rhode Island 14

SOUTH

Alabama 20, LSU 13, OT

Florida 34, Vanderbilt 10

Florida St. 34, Virginia 20

Georgetown (Ky.) 42, Union (Ky.) 12

Georgia 63, Kentucky 31

Georgia Tech 56, NC State 23

Louisiana Tech 40, UAB 24

Marshall 63, Southern Miss. 17

Mississippi 48, Presbyterian 0

Mississippi St. 45, UT-Martin 16

Old Dominion 38, FIU 35

Texas A&M 41, Auburn 38

Troy 45, Georgia St. 21

W. Kentucky 35, UTEP 27

William & Mary 17, Elon 7

MIDWEST

Drake 34, Dayton 30

Illinois St. 35, Youngstown St. 21

Kansas 34, Iowa St. 14

Michigan 10, Northwestern 9

Minnesota 51, Iowa 14

Mount St. Joseph 48, Rose-Hulman 31

Ohio Dominican 38, Saginaw Valley St. 14

Ohio St. 49, Michigan St. 37

Penn St. 13, Indiana 7

Weber St. 24, North Dakota 12

Wisconsin 34, Purdue 16

SOUTHWEST

Arkansas St. 45, South Alabama 10

Baylor 48, Oklahoma 14

Georgia Southern 28, Texas St. 25

North Texas 31, FAU 10

Rice 17, UTSA 7

TCU 41, Kansas St. 20

Texas 33, West Virginia 16

Tulane 31, Houston 24

Tulsa 38, SMU 28

FAR WEST

Air Force 48, UNLV 21

Arizona 38, Colorado 20

Arizona St. 55, Notre Dame 31

Boise St. 60, New Mexico 49

Colorado St. 49, Hawaii 22

San Diego 49, Morehead St. 28

San Diego St. 35, Idaho 21

UCLA 44, Washington 30

Washington St. 39, Oregon St. 32