NFL standings

National Football League

All Times EST

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

New England 9 3 0 .750 378 253

Miami 7 5 0 .583 301 232

Buffalo 7 5 0 .583 264 217

N.Y. Jets 2 10 0 .167 190 319

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Indianapolis 8 4 0 .667 382 283

Houston 6 6 0 .500 287 247

Tennessee 2 10 0 .167 213 338

Jacksonville 2 10 0 .167 186 329

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Cincinnati 8 3 1 .708 260 247

Baltimore 7 5 0 .583 328 242

Pittsburgh 7 5 0 .583 320 298

Cleveland 7 5 0 .583 252 245

W L T Pct PF PA

Denver 9 3 0 .750 361 276

San Diego 8 4 0 .667 279 249

Kansas City 7 5 0 .583 277 224

Oakland 1 11 0 .083 176 337

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Philadelphia 9 3 0 .750 375 285

Dallas 9 4 0 .692 343 301

N.Y. Giants 3 9 0 .250 257 319

Washington 3 9 0 .250 244 322

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Atlanta 5 7 0 .417 291 299

New Orleans 5 7 0 .417 323 318

Carolina 3 8 1 .292 228 331

Tampa Bay 2 10 0 .167 220 314

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Green Bay 9 3 0 .750 380 267

Detroit 8 4 0 .667 231 207

Minnesota 5 7 0 .417 233 257

Chicago 5 8 0 .385 281 378

West

W L T Pct PF PA

Arizona 9 3 0 .750 258 224

Seattle 8 4 0 .667 298 221

San Francisco 7 5 0 .583 231 244

St. Louis 5 7 0 .417 261 285

Thursday, Dec. 4

Dallas 41, Chicago 28

Sunday, Dec. 7

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Indianapolis at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Detroit, 1 p.m.

Houston at Jacksonville, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at Miami, 1 p.m.

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

Carolina at New Orleans, 1 p.m.

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

St. Louis at Washington, 1 p.m.

Kansas City at Arizona, 4:05 p.m.

Buffalo at Denver, 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Oakland, 4:25 p.m.

Seattle at Philadelphia, 4:25 p.m.

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

Monday, Dec. 8

Atlanta at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 11

Arizona at St. Louis, 8:25 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 14

Oakland at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

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

Miami at New England, 1 p.m.

Houston at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

Green Bay at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Carolina, 1 p.m.

Cincinnati at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

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

N.Y. Jets at Tennessee, 4:05 p.m.

San Francisco at Seattle, 4:25 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 4:25 p.m.

Dallas at Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m.

Monday, Dec. 15

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

 

NHL standings

National Hockey League

All Times EST

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Tampa Bay 27 18 6 3 39 97 69

Montreal 27 17 8 2 36 70 68

Detroit 26 15 6 5 35 82 67

Toronto 25 13 9 3 29 84 77

Boston 26 14 11 1 29 63 63

Florida 24 10 7 7 27 53 62

Ottawa 25 10 10 5 25 64 68

Buffalo 26 9 15 2 20 45 82

Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

N.Y. Islanders 26 19 7 0 38 82 68

Pittsburgh 25 17 6 2 36 82 58

N.Y. Rangers 24 11 9 4 26 71 70

Washington 25 11 10 4 26 70 70

New Jersey 26 10 12 4 24 63 75

Philadelphia 25 8 13 4 20 66 81

Carolina 25 8 14 3 19 57 71

Columbus 25 8 15 2 18 58 87

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Nashville 25 17 6 2 36 69 51

St. Louis 26 16 8 2 34 70 59

Chicago 25 16 8 1 33 78 49

Winnipeg 26 13 9 4 30 55 58

Minnesota 24 14 9 1 29 67 56

Colorado 26 9 11 6 24 70 83

Dallas 26 9 12 5 23 75 94

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Vancouver 26 18 7 1 37 82 69

Anaheim 27 16 6 5 37 76 72

Calgary 27 17 8 2 36 87 69

Los Angeles 26 14 7 5 33 71 57

San Jose 26 12 10 4 28 70 71

Arizona 27 10 14 3 23 64 85

Edmonton 26 6 15 5 17 58 90

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

Thursday’s Games

Columbus 4, Florida 3, SO

Vancouver 3, Pittsburgh 0

Washington 2, Carolina 1

New Jersey 5, Toronto 3

N.Y. Islanders 2, Ottawa 1

Detroit 5, Dallas 2

Tampa Bay 5, Buffalo 0

Nashville 4, St. Louis 3

Calgary 4, Colorado 3, OT

Los Angeles 4, Arizona 0

San Jose 7, Boston 4

Friday’s Games

Anaheim at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Colorado at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Montreal at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

St. Louis at N.Y. Islanders, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.

Vancouver at Toronto, 7 p.m.

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

Columbus at Tampa Bay, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Florida, 7 p.m.

Washington at New Jersey, 7 p.m.

Chicago at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Montreal at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Boston at Arizona, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Calgary, 10 p.m.

 

Blue Jackets’ box

Columbus 2 1 0 0 — 4

Florida 0 3 0 0 — 3

Columbus won shootout 1-0

First Period—1, Columbus, Foligno 11 (Hartnell, Prout), 1:07. 2, Columbus, Atkinson 8 (Rychel, Prout), 9:51. Penalties—Bjugstad, Fla (high-sticking), 2:57; Chaput, Clm (tripping), 5:27; Prout, Clm, major (fighting), 16:20; Thornton, Fla, major (fighting), 16:20.

Second Period—3, Columbus, Jenner 3 (Rychel, Atkinson), :51. 4, Florida, Fleischmann 2 (Huberdeau, Bjugstad), 2:54. 5, Florida, Bjugstad 9 (Fleischmann, Ekblad), 5:04. 6, Florida, Bjugstad 10 (Huberdeau, Gudbranson), 7:31 (pp). Penalties—Leopold, Clm (hooking), 5:46; Jenner, Clm (hooking), 10:55; Hartnell, Clm (tripping), 13:50; Wisniewski, Clm (hooking), 18:12.

Third Period—None. Penalties—Hartnell, Clm (slashing), 13:28; Pirri, Fla (cross-checking), 13:28.

Overtime—None. Penalties—None.

Shootout—Columbus 1 (Atkinson NG, Calvert NG, Foligno NG, Johansen G), Florida 0 (Huberdeau NG, Jokinen NG, Boyes NG, Bjugstad NG).

Shots on Goal—Columbus 11-3-4-2—20. Florida 13-19-19-4—55.

Power-play opportunities—Columbus 0 of 1; Florida 1 of 5.

Goalies—Columbus, Bobrovsky 7-8-1 (55 shots-52 saves). Florida, Luongo 8-5-6 (20-17).

A—7,788 (17,040). T—2:47.

Referees—Gord Dwyer, Paul Devorski. Linesmen—Brian Murphy, Mark Shewchyk.

 

NBA standings

National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Toronto 15 4 .789 —

Brooklyn 8 9 .471 6

Boston 5 11 .313 8 1/2

New York 4 16 .200 11 1/2

Philadelphia 1 17 .056 13 1/2

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

Washington 12 5 .706 —

Atlanta 11 6 .647 1

Miami 9 9 .500 3 1/2

Orlando 7 14 .333 7

Charlotte 4 15 .211 9

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 12 7 .632 —

Cleveland 10 7 .588 1

Milwaukee 10 10 .500 2 1/2

Indiana 7 12 .368 5

Detroit 3 16 .158 9

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

Memphis 15 3 .833 —

Houston 14 4 .778 1

Dallas 15 5 .750 1

San Antonio 13 5 .722 2

New Orleans 8 9 .471 6 1/2

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

Portland 15 4 .789 —

Denver 9 9 .500 5 1/2

Oklahoma City 5 13 .278 9 1/2

Utah 5 14 .263 10

Minnesota 4 13 .235 10

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

Golden State 16 2 .889 —

L.A. Clippers 13 5 .722 3

Phoenix 11 8 .579 5 1/2

Sacramento 9 9 .500 7

L.A. Lakers 5 14 .263 11 1/2

Thursday’s Games

Cleveland 90, New York 87

Portland 88, Indiana 82

Golden State 112, New Orleans 85

Friday’s Games

Oklahoma City at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Denver at Washington, 7 p.m.

New York at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Houston at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Miami at Milwaukee, 8:30 p.m.

Orlando at Utah, 9 p.m.

Indiana at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

Saturday’s Games

Philadelphia at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Golden State at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at Houston, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

Orlando at Sacramento, 10 p.m.

New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

 

Cavaliers’ box

CLEVELAND (90)

James 7-17 4-7 19, Love 4-11 3-4 11, Varejao 3-6 2-2 8, Irving 12-18 10-11 37, Marion 2-8 0-0 5, Thompson 0-2 2-2 2, Waiters 3-6 0-0 6, Miller 0-1 0-0 0, Harris 1-1 0-0 2, Price 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 32-70 21-26 90.

NEW YORK (87)

Acy 6-8 3-4 15, Anthony 4-19 0-0 9, Stoudemire 8-13 2-2 18, Calderon 1-5 0-0 3, Shumpert 0-4 0-0 0, Dalembert 3-6 0-0 6, J. Smith 4-8 0-0 9, Hardaway Jr. 8-14 0-0 20, Prigioni 0-2 0-0 0, Ja.Smith 1-3 0-0 2, Larkin 2-6 0-0 5. Totals 37-88 5-6 87.

Cleveland 25 25 18 22 — 90

New York 24 29 20 14 — 87

3-Point Goals—Cleveland 5-18 (Irving 3-6, Marion 1-3, James 1-6, Miller 0-1, Love 0-2), New York 8-26 (Hardaway Jr. 4-8, J. Smith 1-2, Larkin 1-3, Calderon 1-4, Anthony 1-5, Prigioni 0-2, Shumpert 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Cleveland 40 (Love 11), New York 55 (Anthony 10). Assists—Cleveland 19 (James 12), New York 26 (Shumpert, Anthony, Prigioni 4). Total Fouls—Cleveland 16, New York 25. A—19,812 (19,763).

 

College basketball

Thursday’s Major College Basketball Scores

EAST

George Washington 83, UMBC 60

LSU 74, West Virginia 73

Monmouth (NJ) 57, Marist 50

Sciences (Pa.) 54, Drexel 52

SOUTH

Appalachian St. 67, Jacksonville 56

Baylor 66, Vanderbilt 63

Charleston Southern 105, Columbia International 55

Georgia St. 72, Green Bay 48

SC-Upstate 65, NC A&T 54

TCU 66, Mississippi 54

UAB 58, Morehead St. 48

VMI 88, Samford 66

MIDWEST

Akron 73, W. Illinois 49

DePaul 84, Chicago St. 60

Iowa St. 95, Arkansas 77

Missouri St. 73, UALR 68

SOUTHWEST

Abilene Christian 72, Sacramento St. 61

Houston 72, Texas-Pan American 58

Incarnate Word 85, St. Edward’s 68

FAR WEST

Pepperdine 66, CS Northridge 56

San Diego St. 57, San Diego 48

UC Santa Barbara 87, Seattle 46

 

H.S. scores

Ohio High School Athletic Association

Thursday’s Girls’ Basketball Scores of Interest

Beaver Eastern 42, Portsmouth Clay 39, OT

Chesapeake 49, South Point 34

Chillicothe Unioto 51, Chillicothe Huntington 37

Chillicothe Zane Trace 52, Bainbridge Paint Valley 37

Coal Grove Dawson-Bryant 45, Portsmouth 38

Glouster Trimble 51, Wahama, W.Va. 12

Ironton 51, Proctorville Fairland 46

Ironton St. Joseph 54, Ironton Rock Hill 46

Latham Western 50, Portsmouth Sciotoville 23

Lynchburg-Clay 78, Mowrystown Whiteoak 59

Manchester 49, Ripley-Union-Lewis-Huntington 46

McArthur Vinton County 49, Jackson 47, OT

McDermott Scioto Northwest 48, Oak Hill 36

Peebles 45, W. Union 43

Piketon 68, Frankfort Adena 24

Portsmouth Notre Dame 60, New Boston Glenwood 44

Reedsville Eastern 59, Belpre 39

S. Webster 58, Minford 39

Sardinia Eastern Brown 31, Fayetteville-Perry 29

Seaman North Adams 75, Leesburg Fairfield 49

Waterford 68, Racine Southern 24

Waverly 55, Portsmouth West 45

Williamsport Westfall 60, Southeastern 53

Willow Wood Symmes Valley 69, Franklin Furnace Green 40

Zanesville 38, Lancaster 32

Kentucky Girls’ High School Scores

Ashland Blazer 54, Lewis Co. 51

Boyd Co. 50, Russell 46

Greenup Co. 55, Morgan Co. 47

West Carter 40, Raceland 35