TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
7 a.m. Gator Bowl: Mississippi St. vs. Northwestern ESPN2
8 a.m. Capital One Bowl: Georgia vs. Nebraska ABC
8 a.m. Outback Bowl: South Carolina vs. Michigan ESPN
12:07 p.m. Rose Bowl: Wisconsin vs. Stanford ESPN
3:37 p.m. Orange Bowl: Northern Illinois vs. Florida State ESPN
NBA BASKETBALL
3 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Denver FOXSP2
4 p.m. Philadelphia at L.A. Lakers twcs
HORSE RACING
11 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
WEDNESDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
3:30 p.m. Sugar Bowl: Louisville vs. Florida ESPN
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
2 p.m. Duke at Davidson ESPN2
2 p.m. Florida State at Auburn FOXSP2
NBA BASKETBALL
5:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Golden State FOXSP2
SOCCER
9:30 a.m. Premier League: Sunderland at Liverpool ESPN2
College Football
Bowl Glance
Monday’s results
Music City Bowl
At Nashville, Tenn.
Roundup>Vanderbilt 38, N.C. State 24
Sun Bowl
At El Paso, Texas
Roundup>Georgia Tech 21, Southern Cal 7
Liberty Bowl
At Memphis, Tenn.
Roundup>Tulsa 31, Iowa State 17
Chick-fil-A Bowl
At Atlanta
Roundup>Clemson 25, LSU 24
Today’s games
Heart of Dallas Bowl
Roundup>Purdue (6-6) vs. Oklahoma State (7-5), 7 a.m. (ESPNU)
Gator Bowl
At Jacksonville, Fla.
Roundup>Mississippi State (8-4) vs. Northwestern (9-3), 7 a.m. (ESPN2)
Capital One Bowl
At Orlando, Fla.
Roundup>Georgia (11-2) vs. Nebraska (10-3), 8 a.m. (ABC)
Outback Bowl
At Tampa, Fla.
Roundup>South Carolina (10-2) vs. Michigan (8-4), 8 a.m. (ESPN)
Rose Bowl
At Pasadena, Calif.
Roundup>Stanford (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (8-5), noon (ESPN)
Orange Bowl
At Miami
Roundup>Northern Illinois (12-1) vs. Florida State (11-2), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Wednesday’s game
Sugar Bowl
At New Orleans
Roundup>Florida (11-1) vs. Louisville (10-2), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Thursday’s game
Fiesta Bowl
At Glendale, Ariz.
Roundup>Kansas State (11-1) vs. Oregon (11-1), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Friday’s game
Cotton Bowl
At Arlington, Texas
Roundup>Texas A&M (10-2) vs. Oklahoma (10-2), 3 p.m. (FOX)
Saturday’s game
BBVA Compass Bowl
At Birmingham, Ala.
Roundup>Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. Mississippi (6-6), 8 a.m. (ESPN)
Sunday’s game
GoDaddy.com Bowl
At Mobile, Ala.
Roundup>Kent State (11-2) vs. Arkansas State (9-3), 4 p.m. (ESPN)
Monday, Jan. 7
BCS National Championship
At Miami
Roundup>Notre Dame (12-0) vs. Alabama (12-1), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Pro Football
NFL Playoff Glance
Wild-card
Saturday’s games
Roundup>Cincinnati at Houston, 11:30 a.m. (NBC)
Roundup>Minnesota at Green Bay, 3 p.m. (NBC)
Sunday’s games
Roundup>Indianapolis at Baltimore, 8 a.m. (CBS)
Roundup>Seattle at Washington, 11:30 a.m. (FOX)
Divisional Playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 12
Roundup>Baltimore, Indianapolis or Cincinnati at Denver, 11:30 a.m. (CBS)
Roundup>Washington, Seattle or Green Bay at San Francisco, 3 p.m. (FOX)
Sunday, Jan. 13
Roundup>Washington, Seattle or Minnesota at Atlanta, 8 a.m. (FOX)
Roundup>Baltimore, Indianapolis or Houston at New England, 11:30 a.m. (CBS)
Conference Championships
Sunday, Jan. 20
Roundup>AFC, TBA (CBS)
Roundup>NFC, TBA (FOX)
Pro Bowl
At Honolulu
Sunday, Jan. 27
Roundup>AFC vs. NFC, 2 p.m. (NBC)
Super Bowl
At New Orleans
Sunday, Feb. 3
Roundup>AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 1 p.m. (CBS)
Men’s College Basketball
Major Scores
Monday’s results
EAST
Albany (NY) 57, Brown 50
Boston College 79, Dartmouth 58
Cincinnati 70, Pittsburgh 61
Coll. of Charleston 85, Marist 75
Delaware 73, Rider 66
Fordham 82, Monmouth (NJ) 71
Iona 93, St. Bonaventure 74
Saint Joseph’s 63, Drexel 49
Syracuse 96, CCSU 62
Temple 75, Bowling Green 57
SOUTH
Elon 84, Manchester 49
Fairleigh Dickinson 79, Longwood 71
Florida Gulf Coast 68, Kennesaw St. 59
Jacksonville 53, N. Kentucky 51
Jacksonville St. 64, UT-Martin 54
Liberty 63, W. Carolina 62
Louisiana Tech 81, New Mexico St. 72
Mercer 70, Stetson 64
Middle Tennessee 75, North Texas 57
NC State 89, UNC Greensboro 68
North Florida 84, Lipscomb 70
Northwestern St. 102, LeTourneau 52
Southern Miss. 89, William Carey 59
MIDWEST
Chicago St. 58, Toledo 53
Indiana 69, Iowa 65
Kansas St. 70, South Dakota 50
Minnesota 76, Michigan St. 63
Nebraska-Omaha 77, UMKC 65
Saint Louis 60, New Mexico 46
SOUTHWEST
Army 95, Houston Baptist 86
Cent. Arkansas 107, Central Baptist 82
Denver 50, Texas-Arlington 35
Gonzaga 69, Oklahoma St. 68
Oklahoma 72, Texas A&M-CC 42
San Jose St. 80, UTSA 67
Texas Tech 70, Florida A&M 56
Utah St. 81, Texas St. 57
FAR WEST
Oregon 56, Nevada 43
Oregon St. 84, Texas-Pan American 59
Saint Mary’s (Cal) 70, Harvard 69
ap top 25
Record Pts Pv
1. Duke (63) 12-0 1,623 1
2. Michigan (2) 13-0 1,547 2
3. Arizona 12-0 1,474 3
4. Louisville 12-1 1,434 4
5. Indiana 12-1 1,378 5
6. Kansas 11-1 1,313 6
7. Syracuse 11-1 1,197 9
8. Ohio St. 10-2 1,079 10
9. Minnesota 12-1 978 11
10. Gonzaga 12-1 946 13
11. Illinois 13-1 929 12
12. Missouri 10-2 912 7
13. Florida 9-2 810 14
14. Cincinnati 12-1 761 8
15. Georgetown 10-1 718 15
16. Creighton 12-1 629 16
17. Butler 10-2 591 18
18. Michigan St. 11-2 447 19
19. San Diego St. 11-2 437 17
20. New Mexico 13-1 389 —
21. Notre Dame 12-1 361 21
22. Oklahoma St. 10-1 333 22
23. NC State 10-2 270 23
24. Pittsburgh 12-1 219 24
25. Kansas St. 10-2 149 25
Others receiving votes: UNLV 52, North Carolina 38, Wyoming 28, Temple 21, VCU 15, Kentucky 13, Wichita St. 11, UConn 9, UCLA 6, Maryland 5, Oregon 3.
Women’s College Basketball
Major Scores
Monday’s results
EAST
Princeton 74, Drexel 59
SOUTH
Belmont 71, SE Missouri 58
Coll. of Charleston 76, Charleston So. 45
E. Kentucky 69, Murray St. 49
Florida Gulf Coast 62, Kennesaw St. 35
Jacksonville 65, N. Kentucky 60
James Madison 93, Georgia Southern 44
LSU 87, New Orleans 61
Louisville 88, Tennessee St. 25
Memphis 73, Tennessee Tech 64
NC A&T 75, Elon 65
North Florida 77, Lipscomb 64
South Florida 74, Detroit 60
Southern Miss. 76, William Carey 46
Stetson 74, Mercer 41
UT-Martin 93, Jacksonville St. 63
Wake Forest 77, Nevada 54
MIDWEST
Indiana 81, Ill.-Chicago 59
Northwestern 82, Chicago St. 38
Notre Dame 128, St. Francis (Pa.) 55
Saint Louis 62, Winthrop 53
FAR WEST
Cal St.-Fullerton 61, Columbia 49
Denver 90, Texas-Arlington 52
Pacific 102, CS Bakersfield 60
Santa Clara 70, UNLV 64
UCLA 73, Saint Joseph’s 65
UConn 95, Oregon 51
UTSA 57, San Jose St. 54
New Mexico St. 71, Louisiana Tech 67
Utah St. 82, Texas St. 69
ap top 25
Record Pts Pv
1. UConn (37) 11-0 997 2
2. Baylor (3) 10-1 948 3
3. Duke 11-0 904 4
4. Stanford 11-1 899 1
5. Notre Dame 10-1 841 5
6. Kentucky 11-1 799 7
7. California 10-1 724 8
8. Maryland 9-2 703 9
9. Penn St. 10-2 664 10
10. Georgia 12-1 600 6
11. Louisville 11-2 563 12
12. Tennessee 9-3 557 13
13. Oklahoma St. 10-0 504 14
14. Purdue 11-2 444 11
15. North Carolina 13-1 403 16
16. UCLA 8-2 350 17
17. Oklahoma 10-2 312 18
18. South Carolina 12-1 309 19
19. Florida St. 11-1 259 21
20. Colorado 11-0 224 23
21. Kansas 9-2 183 22
22. Dayton 12-1 177 15
23. Arkansas 11-1 165 25
24. Texas A&M 9-4 135 24
25. Nebraska 10-3 81 —
Others receiving votes: Miami 52, Iowa St. 50, Ohio St. 36, Vanderbilt 23, West Virginia 22, Syracuse 15, Michigan 13, Michigan St. 12, Iowa 10, Duquesne 9, UTEP 8, Texas 4, Villanova 1.
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with OF Endy Chavez on a minor league contract.
Frontier League
GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Signed INF Jonathan Johnson, RHP Brett Kennedy and INF Jarod Yakubik to contract extensions. Signed INF Neiko Johnson.
RIVER CITY RASCALS — Signed RHP Brett Harman.
TRAVERSE CITY BEACH BUMS — Placed RHP Kurt Wunderlich on the retired list.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
DALLAS MAVERICKS — Recalled G Jared Cunningham from Texas (NBADL).
MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES — Signed G-F Lazar Hayward.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
ARIZONA CARDINALS — Fired coach Ken Whisenhunt and general manager Rod Graves.
BUFFALO BILLS — Fired coach Chan Gailey. Signed RB Zach Brown, DE Corbin Bryant, DT Jarron Gilbert, OT Adam Grant and LB Brian Smith to reserve/future contracts.
CHICAGO BEARS — Fired coach Lovie Smith.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Fired general manager Tom Heckert and coach Pat Shurmur.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Fired general manager Gene Smith.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Fired coach Romeo Crennel. Announced the retirement of OL Ryan Lilja.
NEW YORK JETS — Fired general manager Mike Tannenbaum. Signed LB JoJo Dickson, DT Tevita Finau, S Jaiquawn Jarrett, OT Dennis Landolt, WR Royce Pollard, WR Titus Ryan, QB Matt Simms and LB Jacquies Smith to reserve/future contracts.
OAKLAND RAIDERS — Fired offensive coordinator Greg Knapp, special teams coordinator Steve Hoffman, offensive line coach Frank Pollack and linebackers coach Johnny Holland.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Fired coach Andy Reid.
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Fired coach Norv Turner and general manager A.J. Smith.
TENNESSEE TITANS — Fired chief operating officer Mike Reinfeldt.
Canadian Football League
TORONTO ARGONAUTS — Signed G Joe Eppele to a contract extension through the 2014 season.
HOCKEY
ECHL
ECHL — Suspended Bakersfield D Tyson Gimblett an additional game, Toledo D Olivier Dame-Malka three games and fined him, and Cincinnati F Anthony Luciani, undisclosed amounts for their actions in recent games.
BAKERSFIELD CONDORS — Traded D Olivier Dame-Malka to Toledo for F Max Campbell and D Dale Warkentin.
COLLEGE
MOUNTAIN WEST CONFERENCE — Announced Boise State has backed out on a commitment to join the Big East and will remain a member of the Mountain West.
NEVADA — Announced RB Stefphon Jefferson will enter the NFL draft.
RUTGERS — Announced CB Logan Ryan will enter the NFL draft.
