TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
HORSE RACING
9 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
12:30 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at San Diego FOXSP2
1 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia ESPN2
2 p.m. Oakland at Texas ESPN
4 p.m. Seattle at L.A. Angels FOXSP
THURSDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
3 p.m. Stanford at Washington ESPN
GOLF
9 a.m. Web.com Tour: Chiquita Classic (first round) TGC
HORSE RACING
9 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
9 a.m. Chicago Cubs at Colorado WGN
9:30 a.m. Seattle at L.A. Angels FOXSP
NFL FOOTBALL
2 p.m. Cleveland at Baltimore NFL
WNBA BASKETBALL
2 p.m. Conference semifinals (Game 1) ESPN2
4 p.m. Conference semifinals (Game 1) ESPN2
today’s BIIF games
Air riflery
Roundup>Konawaena at Kealakehe, 2 p.m.
Pro football
NFL Glance
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
N.Y. Jets 2 1 0 .667 81 75
Buffalo 2 1 0 .667 87 79
New England 1 2 0 .333 82 64
Miami 1 2 0 .333 65 66
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 3 0 0 1.000 88 42
Jacksonville 1 2 0 .333 52 70
Tennessee 1 2 0 .333 67 113
Indianapolis 1 2 0 .333 61 83
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 2 1 0 .667 98 67
Cincinnati 2 1 0 .667 85 102
Pittsburgh 1 2 0 .333 77 75
Cleveland 0 3 0 .000 57 75
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Diego 2 1 0 .667 63 51
Denver 1 2 0 .333 77 77
Kansas City 1 2 0 .333 68 99
Oakland 1 2 0 .333 61 88
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Dallas 2 1 0 .667 47 54
Philadelphia 2 1 0 .667 47 66
N.Y. Giants 2 1 0 .667 94 65
Washington 1 2 0 .333 99 101
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Atlanta 3 0 0 1.000 94 48
Tampa Bay 1 2 0 .333 60 67
Carolina 1 2 0 .333 52 79
New Orleans 0 3 0 .000 83 102
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Minnesota 2 1 0 .667 70 59
Chicago 2 1 0 .667 74 50
Green Bay 1 2 0 .333 57 54
Detroit 1 2 0 .333 87 94
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Arizona 3 0 0 1.000 67 40
San Francisco 2 1 0 .667 70 65
Seattle 2 1 0 .667 57 39
St. Louis 1 2 0 .333 60 78
Thursday’s game
Cleveland at Baltimore, 2:20 p.m.
Sunday’s games
Tennessee at Houston, 7 a.m.
San Diego at Kansas City, 7 a.m.
Seattle at St. Louis, 7 a.m.
New England at Buffalo, 7 a.m.
Minnesota at Detroit, 7 a.m.
Carolina at Atlanta, 7 a.m.
San Francisco at N.Y. Jets, 7 a.m.
Miami at Arizona, 10:05 a.m.
Oakland at Denver, 10:05 a.m.
Cincinnati at Jacksonville, 10:05 a.m.
New Orleans at Green Bay, 10:25 a.m.
Washington at Tampa Bay, 10:25 a.m.
N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 2:20 p.m.
Open: Indianapolis, Pittsburgh
Monday’s game
Chicago at Dallas, 2:30 p.m.
College Football
Top 25 Schedule
Thursday’s game
Roundup>No. 8 Stanford at Washington, 3 p.m.
Saturday’s games
Roundup>No. 1 Alabama vs. Mississippi, 3:15 p.m.
Roundup>No. 2 Oregon vs. Washington State at Seattle, 4:30 p.m.
Roundup>No. 3 LSU vs. Towson, 1 p.m.
Roundup>No. 4 Florida State at South Florida, noon
Roundup>No. 5 Georgia vs. Tennessee, 9:30 a.m.
Roundup>No. 6 South Carolina at Kentucky, 1 p.m.
Roundup>No. 9 West Virginia vs. No. 25 Baylor, 6 a.m.
Roundup>No. 12 Texas at Oklahoma State, 1:50 p.m.
Roundup>No. 14 Ohio State at No. 20 Michigan State, 9:30 a.m.
Roundup>No. 15 TCU at SMU, 1 p.m.
Roundup>No. 17 Clemson at Boston College, 9:30 a.m.
Roundup>No. 18 Oregon State vs. Washington State, 4 p.m.
Roundup>No. 19 Louisville at Southern Miss., 2 p.m.
Roundup>No. 22 Nebraska vs. Wisconsin, 2 p.m.
Roundup>No. 24 Boise State at New Mexico, noon
Major College glance
Thursday’s games
SOUTHWEST
Sam Houston St. at Texas Southern, 2 p.m.
FAR WEST
Stanford at Washington, 3 p.m.
Friday’s games
east
Holy Cross at Harvard, 1 p.m.
FAR WEST
Hawaii at BYU, 2 p.m.
Saturday’s games
EAST
Stony Brook at Army, 6 a.m.
Penn at Dartmouth, 6 a.m.
Delaware at New Hampshire, 6 a.m.
CCSU at Sacred Heart, 6 a.m.
Buffalo at UConn, 6 a.m.
Baylor at West Virginia, 6 a.m.
Colgate at Yale, 6 a.m.
Princeton at Columbia, 6:30 a.m.
Fordham at Lehigh, 6:30 a.m.
Monmouth (NJ) at Albany (NY), 7 a.m.
Bryant at Wagner, 7 a.m.
St. Francis (Pa.) at Duquesne, 7:10 a.m.
Brown at Georgetown, 8 a.m.
Villanova at Maine, 9:30 a.m.
San Jose St. at Navy, 9:30 a.m.
Virginia Tech vs. Cincinnati at Landover, Md., 9:30 a.m.
Ohio at UMass, 9:30 a.m.
Clemson at Boston College, 9:30 a.m.
Cornell at Bucknell, noon
Lafayette at Robert Morris, noon
SOUTH
NC State at Miami, 6 a.m.
Missouri at UCF, 6 a.m.
Middle Tennessee at Georgia Tech, 6 a.m.
E. Kentucky at UT-Martin, 6 a.m.
Duke at Wake Forest, 6:30 a.m.
Savannah St. at Howard, 7 a.m.
Marist at Jacksonville, 7 a.m.
Wofford at Elon, 7:30 a.m.
W. Carolina at Furman, 7:30 a.m.
Norfolk St. at SC State, 8 a.m.
Alabama St. at Alcorn St., 9 a.m.
Tulsa at UAB, 9 a.m.
Coastal Carolina at Appalachian St.,
9:30 a.m.
Tennessee at Georgia, 9:30 a.m.
Idaho at North Carolina, 9:30 a.m.
Old Dominion at Richmond, 9:30 a.m.
Troy at South Alabama, 9:30 a.m.
Florida A&M vs. Southern U. at Atlanta, 9:30 a.m.
Louisiana-Monroe at Tulane, 9:30 a.m.
Louisiana Tech at Virginia, 9:30 a.m.
SE Missouri at Jacksonville St., 10 a.m.
North Texas at FAU, 11 a.m.
Prairie View at Jackson St., 11 a.m.
Drake at Campbell, noon
Presbyterian at Davidson, noon
Samford at Georgia Southern, noon
Bethune-Cookman at Hampton, noon
Florida St. at South Florida, noon
Ark.-Pine Bluff at Tennessee St., noon
Chattanooga at The Citadel, noon
Grambling St. at Alabama A&M, 1 p.m.
UTEP at East Carolina, 1 p.m.
South Carolina at Kentucky, 1 p.m.
Towson at LSU, 1 p.m.
FIU at Louisiana-Lafayette, 1 p.m.
Tennessee Tech at Murray St., 1 p.m.
Georgia St. at William & Mary, 1 p.m.
Northwestern St. at McNeese St., 2 p.m.
Louisville at Southern Miss., 2 p.m.
Mississippi at Alabama, 3:15 p.m.
MIDWEST
Penn St. at Illinois, 6 a.m.
Minnesota at Iowa, 6 a.m.
Ball St. at Kent St., 6 a.m.
Indiana at Northwestern, 6 a.m.
Dayton at Butler, 7 a.m.
Miami (Ohio) at Akron, 8 a.m.
Austin Peay at E. Illinois, 8:30 a.m.
Illinois St. at South Dakota, 9 a.m.
Rhode Island at Bowling Green, 9:30 a.m.
Ohio St. at Michigan St., 9:30 a.m.
Cent. Michigan at N. Illinois, 9:30 a.m.
Marshall at Purdue, 9:30 a.m.
N. Dakota St. at N. Iowa, 1 p.m.
Missouri St. at S. Dakota St., 1 p.m.
Indiana St. at S. Illinois, 1 p.m.
Toledo at W. Michigan, 1 p.m.
Cal Poly at North Dakota, 1:05 p.m.
Texas Tech at Iowa St., 2 p.m.
Wisconsin at Nebraska, 2 p.m.
SOUTHWEST
Arkansas at Texas A&M, 6:21 a.m.
Nevada at Texas St., 8 a.m.
Houston at Rice, 9:30 a.m.
SE Louisiana at Lamar, 10 a.m.
W. Kentucky at Arkansas St., 1 p.m.
TCU at SMU, 1 p.m.
Cent. Arkansas at Stephen F. Austin, 1 p.m.
Texas at Oklahoma St., 1:50 p.m.
FAR WEST
Colorado St. at Air Force, 8 a.m.
Montana St. at S. Utah, 9:30 a.m.
Sacramento St. at Idaho St., 9:35 a.m.
Arizona St. at California, 10 a.m.
Portland St. at N. Arizona, 11:05 a.m.
UCLA at Colorado, noon
Boise St. at New Mexico, noon
Montana at E. Washington, 1:15 p.m.
UTSA at New Mexico St., 2 p.m.
UNLV at Utah St., 2 p.m.
Weber St. at UC Davis, 3 p.m.
Oregon St. at Arizona, 4 p.m.
San Diego St. at Fresno St., 4 p.m.
Oregon at Washington St., 4:30 p.m.
SOCCER
MLS Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Kansas City 16 7 7 55 37 25
Chicago 16 8 5 53 42 34
D.C. 15 10 5 50 47 39
New York 14 8 8 50 50 43
Houston 12 8 10 46 42 37
Columbus 13 11 6 45 36 37
Montreal 12 15 4 40 44 49
Philadelphia 8 14 6 30 29 33
New England 7 15 8 29 37 41
Toronto FC 5 18 7 22 34 55
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
x-San Jose 18 6 6 60 62 36
x-Los Angeles 15 11 4 49 54 42
x-Real Salt Lake 15 11 4 49 40 34
Seattle 13 7 9 48 45 31
Vancouver 10 12 8 38 31 40
FC Dallas 9 12 9 36 35 38
Colorado 9 18 3 30 38 45
Portland 7 15 8 29 31 51
Chivas USA 7 15 7 28 21 45
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
x — Clinched playoff berth
Friday’s game
Chicago at Sporting Kansas City, 2:30 p.m.
Saturday’s games
Toronto FC at New York, 7 p.m.
Philadelphia at Columbus, 1:30 p.m.
New England at Houston, 2:30 p.m.
Seattle FC at Vancouver, 3 p.m.
FC Dallas at San Jose, 4:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at Chivas USA, 4:30 p.m.
D.C. United at Portland, 4:30 p.m.
Sunday’s game
Los Angeles at Colorado, 1 p.m.
BASKETBALL
WNBA Playoff Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
(Best-of-3)
Connecticut vs. New York
Series tied 0-0
Thursday’s game
Roundup>New York at Connecticut, 2 p.m.
Saturday’s game
Roundup>Connecticut at New York, 1 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 1
Roundup>New York at Connecticut, 1 p.m.*
Indiana vs. Atlanta
Series tied 0-0
Friday’s game
Roundup>Atlanta at Indiana, 1 p.m.
Sunday’s game
Roundup>Indiana at Atlanta, 10 a.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 2
Roundup>Atlanta at Indiana, TBD*
WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
(Best-of-3)
Minnesota vs. Seattle
Series tied 0-0
Friday’s game
Roundup>Seattle at Minnesota, 3 p.m.
Sunday’s game
Roundup>Minnesota at Seattle, 3 p.m.
Tuesday, Oct. 2
Roundup>Seattle at Minnesota, TBD*
Los Angeles vs. San Antonio
Series tied 0-0
Thursday’s game
Roundup>San Antonio at Los Angeles, 4 p.m.
Saturday’s game
Roundup>Los Angeles at San Antonio, 9 a.m.
Monday, Oct. 1
Roundup>San Antonio at Los Angeles, 4:30 p.m.*
* — if necessary
GOLF
PGA Tour Statistics
Playoffs Points for the FedExCup
Roundup>1, Brandt Snedeker, 4,100.000. 2, Rory McIlroy, 2,827.000. 3, Tiger Woods, 2,662.500. 4, Nick Watney, 2,215.000. 5, Phil Mickelson, 2,072.500. 6, Justin Rose, 1,770.000. 7, Louis Oosthuizen, 1,635.000. 8, Dustin Johnson, 1,527.000. 9, Luke Donald, 1,275.000. 10, Lee Westwood, 1,205.000.
Scoring Average
Roundup>1, Rory McIlroy, 68.873. 2, Tiger Woods, 68.904. 3, Jim Furyk, 69.408. 4, Jason Dufner, 69.456. 5, Matt Kuchar, 69.477. 6, Adam Scott, 69.533. 7, Justin Rose, 69.549. 8, Dustin Johnson, 69.564. 9, Bubba Watson, 69.639. 10, Luke Donald, 69.687.
Driving Distance
Roundup>1, Bubba Watson, 315.5. 2, Charlie Beljan, 311.5. 3, Robert Garrigus, 310.3. 4, Dustin Johnson, 310.2. 5, Rory McIlroy, 310.1. 6, J.B. Holmes, 309.1. 7, Jason Day, 307.3. 8, Kyle Stanley, 306.9. 9, 3 tied with 304.6.
Driving Accuracy Percentage
Roundup>1, Jerry Kelly, 71.91%. 2, Tim Clark, 71.60%. 3, Ben Curtis, 70.50%. 4, Heath Slocum, 70.43%. 5, Jim Furyk, 70.31%. 6, Graeme McDowell, 70.11%. 7, Gary Christian, 69.45%. 8, David Toms, 69.23%. 9, John Huh, 68.58%. 10, Richard H. Lee, 68.32%.
Greens in Regulation Percentage
Roundup>1, Justin Rose, 70.34%. 2, Bubba Watson, 69.95%. 3, Lee Westwood, 69.75%. 4, Jason Dufner, 69.17%. 5, Hunter Mahan, 68.97%. 6, Louis Oosthuizen, 68.78%. 7, John Senden, 68.59%. 8, Greg Owen, 68.45%. 9, John Merrick, 68.39%. 10, Robert Garrigus, 68.38%.
Total Driving
Roundup>1, Boo Weekley, 60. 2, Hunter Mahan, 69. 3, John Rollins, 74. 4 (tie), Bo Van Pelt and Jason Dufner, 81. 6, Chris Couch, 82. 7, Tiger Woods, 85. 8, Billy Horschel, 86. 9, Brandt Jobe, 90. 10, Louis Oosthuizen, 91.
Strokes Gained – Putting
Roundup>1, Brandt Snedeker, .860. 2, Luke Donald, .797. 3, Brian Gay, .702. 4, Derek Lamely, .673. 5, Aaron Baddeley, .633. 6, Bryce Molder, .631. 7, Phil Mickelson, .591. 8, Ben Curtis, .583. 9, Bo Van Pelt, .577. 10, Zach Johnson, .575.
Birdie Average
Roundup>1, Rory McIlroy, 4.20. 2, Webb Simpson, 4.11. 3, Brandt Snedeker, 4.01. 4, Tiger Woods, 3.97. 5, Jason Dufner, 3.96. 6, Phil Mickelson, 3.95. 7, Bo Van Pelt, 3.94. 8, Keegan Bradley, 3.91. 9, Ben Crane, 3.90. 10, Robert Garrigus, 3.89.
Eagles (Holes per)
Roundup>1, Jonas Blixt, 78.9. 2, Gary Woodland, 88.5. 3, Bubba Watson, 91.4. 4, Ben Crane, 102.0. 5, Kyle Reifers, 102.5. 6, Arjun Atwal, 106.4. 7 (tie), Charles Howell III and Rory McIlroy, 108.0. 9, Bobby Gates, 112.5. 10, Keegan Bradley, 113.1.
Sand Save Percentage
Roundup>1, Jonas Blixt, 66.06%. 2, Jim Furyk, 65.65%. 3, Greg Chalmers, 65.24%. 4, Justin Rose, 62.81%. 5, Brian Gay, 62.40%. 6, Martin Flores, 61.29%. 7, Chris DiMarco, 60.99%. 8, Bud Cauley, 60.87%. 9, Matt Kuchar, 60.14%. 10, Rocco Mediate, 60.00%.
All-Around Ranking
Roundup>1, Keegan Bradley, 231. 2, Rory McIlroy, 234. 3, Jason Dufner, 247. 4, Bo Van Pelt, 255. 5, Lee Westwood, 296. 6, Justin Rose, 310. 7 (tie), Zach Johnson and Louis Oosthuizen, 342. 9, Dustin Johnson, 356. 10, Tiger Woods, 361.
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
OAKLAND ATHLETICS — Signed a two-year player development contract with Beloit (MWL).
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES — Traded RHP Greg Ross to Detroit to complete an earlier trade.
American Association
ST. PAUL SAINTS — Released INF Tanner Townsend, INF Jake Krause, OF Miles Durham and INF Jon Townsend.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
MILWAUKEE BUCKS — Signed G-F Marquis Daniels.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL — Suspended Denver LB Joe Mays one game and fined him $50,000 for an illegal hit to the head of Houston QB Matt Schaub during Sunday’s game.
ARIZONA CARDINALS — Signed FB Korey Hall. Released OT Pat McQuistan.
BUFFALO BILLS — Released P Brian Moorman. Signed P Shawn Powell.
DALLAS COWBOYS — Signed S Eric Frampton. Placed S Barry Church on injured reserve.
DETROIT LIONS — Signed P Nick Harris. Placed P Ben Graham on injured reserve.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed CB Darius Butler. Released G Trai Essex.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS — Placed CB Jacques Reeves on injured reserve.
NEW YORK JETS — Signed RB Jonathan Grimes from Houston’s practice squad. Signed CB Donnie Fletcher to the practice squad.
OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed LB Vic So’oto. Waived LB Carl Ihenacho. Released DT Vaughn Meatoga from the practice squad.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Released P Chas Henry. Signed P Mat McBriar to a two-year contract.
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Signed G Reggie Wells. Released CB Greg Gatson.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed WR Ricardo Lockette to the practice squad.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed CB David Jones. Placed CB Crezdon Butler on the waived/injured list. Signed DL Chigbo Anunoby to the practice squad. Released DL Delvin Johnson from the practice squad.
Canadian Football League
CFL — Fined BC Lions DL Khalif Mitchell an undisclosed amount for multiple “throat slashing” gestures made towards his opponents during a Sept. 22 game against Edmonton.
EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Signed DL Alex Daniels and Brandon Lang.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
VANCOUVER CANUCKS — Named Dan Cloutier goaltending consultant.
SOCCER
Professional Arena Soccer League
PASL — Approved the addition of the Chicago Mustangs for the 2012-13 season.
COLLEGE
BLACK COACHES & ADMINISTRATORS — Named Notre Dame women’s associate head basketball coach Carol Owens president.
EASTERN MICHIGAN — Announced the retirement of associate athletic director for media relations Jim Streeter.
IONA — Named Mike Callahan coordinator of recreation and intramurals and Chris Merce coordinator of academics.
SPRING HILL — Named Whitney Smith Boggus men’s and women’s bowling coach.