NFL standings

National Football League

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

y-New England 12 3 0 .800 459 296

Miami 8 7 0 .533 364 336

Buffalo 8 7 0 .533 326 280

N.Y. Jets 3 12 0 .200 246 377

South

W L T Pct PF PA

y-Indianapolis 10 5 0 .667 431 359

Houston 8 7 0 .533 349 290

Jacksonville 3 12 0 .200 232 389

Tennessee 2 13 0 .133 244 411

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Cincinnati 9 4 1 .679 311 289

x-Pittsburgh 10 5 0 .667 409 351

Baltimore 9 6 0 .600 389 292

Cleveland 7 8 0 .467 289 317

W L T Pct PF PA

y-Denver 11 3 0 .786 407 303

San Diego 9 6 0 .600 341 329

Kansas City 8 7 0 .533 334 274

Oakland 3 12 0 .200 239 405

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

y-Dallas 11 4 0 .733 423 335

Philadelphia 9 6 0 .600 440 374

N.Y. Giants 6 9 0 .400 354 366

Washington 4 11 0 .267 284 394

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Carolina 6 8 1 .433 305 371

Atlanta 6 9 0 .400 378 383

New Orleans 6 9 0 .400 378 404

Tampa Bay 2 13 0 .133 257 387

North

W L T Pct PF PA

x-Detroit 11 4 0 .733 301 252

x-Green Bay 11 4 0 .733 456 328

Minnesota 6 9 0 .400 312 334

Chicago 5 10 0 .333 310 429

West

W L T Pct PF PA

x-Seattle 11 4 0 .733 374 248

x-Arizona 11 4 0 .733 293 279

San Francisco 7 8 0 .467 286 323

St. Louis 6 9 0 .400 318 334

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division

Thursday, Dec. 18

Jacksonville 21, Tennessee 13

Saturday, Dec. 20

Washington 27, Philadelphia 24

San Diego 38, San Francisco 35, OT

Sunday, Dec. 21

Houston 25, Baltimore 13

Detroit 20, Chicago 14

Atlanta 30, New Orleans 14

Miami 37, Minnesota 35

Carolina 17, Cleveland 13

Green Bay 20, Tampa Bay 3

Pittsburgh 20, Kansas City 12

New England 17, N.Y. Jets 16

N.Y. Giants 37, St. Louis 27

Oakland 26, Buffalo 24

Dallas 42, Indianapolis 7

Seattle 35, Arizona 6

Monday, Dec. 22

Denver at Cincinnati, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 28

Indianapolis at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Detroit at Green Bay, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Houston, 1 p.m.

San Diego at Kansas City, 1 p.m.

Chicago at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Carolina at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at Baltimore, 1 p.m.

Dallas at Washington, 1 p.m.

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

Buffalo at New England, 1 p.m.

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

Cincinnati at Pittsburgh, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.

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

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

Oakland at Denver, 4:25 p.m.

 

Browns’ stats

Cleveland 0 3 3 7 = 13

Carolina 3 7 0 7 = 17

First Quarter

Car–FG Gano 23, 2:47.

Second Quarter

Cle–FG Hartley 43, 13:25.

Car–Newton 2 run (Gano kick), 1:55.

Third Quarter

Cle–FG Hartley 31, 3:14.

Fourth Quarter

Cle–Cameron 81 pass from Hoyer (Hartley kick), 9:59.

Car–Stewart 9 pass from Newton (Gano kick), 7:07.

A-73,810.

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Cle Car

First downs 8 27

Total Net Yards 228 404

Rushes-yards 22-84 45-209

Passing 144 195

Punt Returns 2-24 2-17

Kickoff Returns 1-39 3-65

Interceptions Ret. 1-0 1-33

Comp-Att-Int 10-21-1 18-31-1

Sacked-Yards Lost 3-22 1-6

Punts 6-46.5 4-49.8

Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-1

Penalties-Yards 6-49 5-49

Time of Possession 21:57 38:03

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING-Cleveland, Crowell 16-55, Hoyer 2-19, Hawkins 2-7, Manziel 2-3. Carolina, Stewart 24-122, Newton 12-63, Tolbert 7-19, Whittaker 1-5, Brown 1-0.

PASSING-Cleveland, Manziel 3-8-0-32, Hoyer 7-13-1-134. Carolina, Newton 18-31-1-201.

RECEIVING-Cleveland, Gordon 4-45, Cameron 3-88, Hawkins 1-28, Dray 1-4, Gabriel 1-1. Carolina, Benjamin 5-47, Cotchery 5-46, Dickson 2-44, Brown 2-22, Stewart 2-7, Olsen 1-21, Bersin 1-14.

MISSED FIELD GOALS-Carolina, Gano 49 (WR).

 

NHL standings

National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Montreal 34 21 11 2 44 92 83

Tampa Bay 35 20 11 4 44 113 93

Detroit 34 17 8 9 43 94 84

Toronto 34 19 12 3 41 114 102

Boston 34 17 14 3 37 86 88

Florida 31 14 9 8 36 69 79

Ottawa 33 14 13 6 34 89 92

Buffalo 34 13 18 3 29 66 109

Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Pittsburgh 32 22 6 4 48 102 72

N.Y. Islanders 33 23 10 0 46 104 91

N.Y. Rangers 31 17 10 4 38 93 81

Washington 32 16 10 6 38 95 85

Philadelphia 33 13 14 6 32 92 99

Columbus 32 14 15 3 31 79 102

New Jersey 35 12 17 6 30 77 102

Carolina 33 9 20 4 22 68 92

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Chicago 34 23 9 2 48 106 67

St. Louis 33 21 9 3 45 100 81

Nashville 31 21 8 2 44 87 64

Winnipeg 34 17 10 7 41 83 80

Minnesota 31 16 12 3 35 91 84

Dallas 32 14 13 5 33 95 109

Colorado 33 12 13 8 32 85 101

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Anaheim 35 22 8 5 49 101 96

San Jose 34 19 11 4 42 97 87

Vancouver 32 19 11 2 40 92 90

Los Angeles 34 17 11 6 40 94 84

Calgary 35 17 15 3 37 100 95

Arizona 32 11 17 4 26 74 104

Edmonton 34 7 20 7 21 74 116

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

Saturday’s Games

N.Y. Rangers 3, Carolina 2, SO

Columbus 3, Chicago 2, SO

Los Angeles 4, Arizona 2

Colorado 5, Buffalo 1

Philadelphia 7, Toronto 4

Montreal 4, Ottawa 1

Washington 4, New Jersey 0

N.Y. Islanders 3, Tampa Bay 1

Pittsburgh 3, Florida 1

Nashville 6, Minnesota 5, OT

Vancouver 3, Calgary 2, OT

San Jose 3, St. Louis 2, OT

Sunday’s Games

Colorado 2, Detroit 1, SO

Dallas 6, Edmonton 5, SO

Boston 4, Buffalo 3, OT

N.Y. Rangers 1, Carolina 0

Chicago 4, Toronto 0

Philadelphia 4, Winnipeg 3, OT

Monday’s Games

Ottawa at Washington, 7 p.m.

Nashville at Columbus, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Florida, 7:30 p.m.

Arizona at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

San Jose at Anaheim, 10 p.m.

Calgary at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

 

Blue Jackets’ box

Chicago 0 1 1 0 — 2

Columbus 1 0 1 0 — 3

Columbus won shootout 2-1

First Period—1, Columbus, Skille 5 (Johansen, Tyutin), 17:24. Penalties—Johansen, Clm (tripping), :30; Versteeg, Chi (high-sticking), 8:43.

Second Period—2, Chicago, Sharp 5 (Rozsival), 7:27. Penalties—Johnson, Clm (hooking), 4:35; Toews, Chi (slashing, roughing), 17:44; Dubinsky, Clm (slashing, roughing), 17:44; Richards, Chi (high-sticking), 19:55.

Third Period—3, Columbus, Connauton 3 (Savard, Calvert), 1:55. 4, Chicago, Smith 5 (Kruger, Kane), 8:49. Penalties—Wennberg, Clm (hooking), 12:11; Morin, Clm (hooking), 17:22.

Overtime—None. Penalties—None.

Shootout—Chicago 1 (Toews NG, Kane NG, Sharp NG, Richards NG, Shaw G, Hossa NG, Versteeg NG, Saad NG, Bickell NG), Columbus 2 (Atkinson NG, Johansen NG, Foligno NG, Calvert NG, Morin G, Connauton NG, Dubinsky NG, Wennberg NG, Johnson G).

Shots on Goal—Chicago 15-14-9-3—41. Columbus 3-9-5-2—19.

Power-play opportunities—Chicago 0 of 4; Columbus 0 of 2.

Goalies—Chicago, Crawford 12-5-2 (19 shots-17 saves). Columbus, Bobrovsky 13-8-2 (41-39).

A—18,164 (18,144). T—2:51.

Referees—Tim Peel, Chris Rooney. Linesmen—Scott Driscoll, Darren Gibbs.

 

NBA standings

National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

All Times EST

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Toronto 21 6 .778 —

Boston 10 14 .417 9 1/2

Brooklyn 10 15 .400 10

New York 5 23 .179 16 1/2

Philadelphia 2 23 .080 18

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

Washington 19 6 .760 —

Atlanta 18 7 .720 1

Miami 12 15 .444 8

Orlando 10 19 .345 11

Charlotte 7 19 .269 12 1/2

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Chicago 17 9 .654 —

Cleveland 15 10 .600 1 1/2

Milwaukee 14 13 .519 3 1/2

Indiana 8 18 .308 9

Detroit 5 22 .185 12 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

Memphis 21 5 .808 —

Houston 19 6 .760 1 1/2

Dallas 19 8 .704 2 1/2

San Antonio 17 10 .630 4 1/2

New Orleans 13 12 .520 7 1/2

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

Portland 21 6 .778 —

Oklahoma City 13 14 .481 8

Denver 11 15 .423 9 1/2

Utah 8 19 .296 13

Minnesota 5 20 .200 15

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

Golden State 22 3 .880 —

L.A. Clippers 18 8 .692 4 1/2

Phoenix 13 14 .481 10

Sacramento 11 15 .423 11 1/2

L.A. Lakers 8 18 .308 14 1/2

Saturday’s Games

Phoenix at New York, 1 p.m.

Portland at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Utah at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Houston, 8 p.m.

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

Indiana at Denver, 9 p.m.

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

Sunday’s Games

New York at Toronto, 3:30 p.m.

Memphis at Cleveland, 4:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Sacramento, 6 p.m.

Phoenix at Washington, 6 p.m.

Boston at Miami, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Brooklyn, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Indiana at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Denver at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Portland at Houston, 8 p.m.

Utah at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Atlanta at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m.

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

 

Cavaliers’ box

MEMPHIS (91)

Prince 1-4 0-0 2, Leuer 7-14 2-2 16, Gasol 10-17 3-4 23, Conley 5-13 1-1 11, Lee 1-5 2-2 4, Koufos 4-8 0-0 8, Calathes 2-2 0-0 4, Pondexter 1-4 2-4 5, Carter 5-9 2-2 12, Udrih 1-4 0-0 2, Adams 2-3 0-0 4, Stokes 0-3 0-0 0. Totals 39-86 12-15 91.

CLEVELAND (105)

James 9-15 4-6 25, Love 4-9 0-0 8, Varejao 9-12 0-0 18, Irving 8-13 0-1 17, Miller 0-1 0-0 0, Waiters 9-16 1-1 21, Dellavedova 1-2 0-0 2, Thompson 1-2 1-2 3, Marion 5-6 0-0 11, Harris 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 46-76 6-10 105.

Memphis 19 22 29 21 — 91

Cleveland 22 30 25 28 — 105

3-Point Goals—Memphis 1-16 (Pondexter 1-4, Udrih 0-1, Adams 0-1, Gasol 0-1, Leuer 0-2, Carter 0-3, Conley 0-4), Cleveland 7-14 (James 3-5, Waiters 2-5, Irving 1-1, Marion 1-1, Miller 0-1, Dellavedova 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Memphis 44 (Gasol 11), Cleveland 40 (Love 8). Assists—Memphis 25 (Conley, Gasol, Udrih 5), Cleveland 34 (Irving 12). Total Fouls—Memphis 16, Cleveland 19. A—20,562 (20,562).

 

College basketball

Sunday’s College Basketball Scores

EAST

Army 72, Maine 69, OT

Canisius 67, Holy Cross 48

Hartford 82, FIU 69

Quinnipiac 60, Oregon St. 52

Southern Cal 75, Boston College 71

Stony Brook 67, Loyola (Md.) 52

SOUTH

Alabama 60, Appalachian St. 59

Georgia 65, Seton Hall 47

Georgia St. 68, Southern Miss. 55

Hampton 75, N. Arizona 66

Lipscomb 69, Austin Peay 63

Middle Tennessee 65, Tennessee St. 47

Radford 74, Cornell 61

Samford 64, Louisiana-Monroe 50

South Carolina 78, Coker 52

Troy 65, Nicholls St. 64

Virginia 76, Harvard 27

W. Carolina 66, UNC Asheville 62

Winthrop 100, Reinhardt 72

MIDWEST

Cleveland St. 69, San Francisco 65, OT

Evansville 81, Alabama St. 63

Ferris St. 82, Bowling Green 68

Nebraska-Omaha 77, Texas-Pan American 72

Saint Louis 58, Vermont 55

Valparaiso 82, Goshen 55

SOUTHWEST

Coastal Carolina 72, Cent. Arkansas 55

Maryland 73, Oklahoma St. 64

North Texas 62, Creighton 58

FAR WEST

Bryant 48, Denver 46

San Diego 71, San Diego Christian 61

Seattle 66, Sacramento St. 47

South Dakota 67, Montana 62

Washington St. 82, San Jose St. 53

TOURNAMENT

Don Haskins Sun Bowl Invitational

First Round

Kent St. 53, N. Dakota St. 52

UTEP 78, Alcorn St. 45

South Point Holiday Classic

First Round

Green Bay 66, UALR 46

UC Irvine 55, Bradley 47