today’s TV SCHEDULE
today’s TV SCHEDULE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
2 p.m. Arkansas St. at La.-Lafayette ESPN2
GOLF
10 a.m. PGA of America: Grand Slam of Golf (first day) TNT
SOCCER
8:30 a.m. UEFA Champions League: Celtic at Barcelona FOXSP
1:30 p.m. Women’s national teams: United States vs. Germany NBCSN
WEDNESDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
GOLF
10 a.m. PGA of America: Grand Slam of Golf (final day) TNT
6 p.m. PGA Tour: CIMB Classic (first round) TGC
HORSE RACING
9 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
1:30 p.m. World Series: Detroit at San Francisco (Game 1) FOX
NBA BASKETBALL
4:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers FOXSP2
SOCCER
8:30 a.m. UEFA Champions League: Arsenal vs. Schalke FOXSP
2:30 p.m. MLS: Philadelphia at Kansas City NBCSN
BASKETBALL
NBA Preseason Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Philadelphia 6 1 .857 —
Toronto 4 1 .800 1
Brooklyn 3 2 .600 2
New York 2 3 .400 3
Boston 2 4 .333 3½
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Miami 3 2 .600 —
Atlanta 3 3 .500 ½
Orlando 2 4 .333 1½
Washington 2 4 .333 1½
Charlotte 1 4 .200 2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Chicago 3 2 .600 —
Indiana 3 2 .600 —
Detroit 3 3 .500 ½
Cleveland 2 3 .400 1
Milwaukee 2 4 .333 1½
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
Houston 3 2 .600 —
New Orleans 3 3 .500 ½
Dallas 2 2 .500 ½
Memphis 2 3 .400 1
San Antonio 2 3 .400 1
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Denver 3 2 .600 —
Oklahoma City 3 2 .600 —
Utah 4 3 .571 —
Portland 3 3 .500 ½
Minnesota 2 2 .500 ½
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
Golden State 4 2 .667 —
Sacramento 4 2 .667 —
Phoenix 3 2 .600 ½
L.A. Clippers 3 3 .500 1
L.A. Lakers 0 6 .000 4
Monday’s results
Toronto 104, Milwaukee 95
Philadelphia 98, New York 90
Dallas 87, New Orleans 74
Phoenix 103, Sacramento 88
Portland 120, Utah 114
L.A. Clippers 88, Golden State 71
Today’s games
Miami vs. Charlotte at Raleigh, N.C., 1 p.m.
Indiana at Cleveland, 1 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Chicago, 2 p.m.
Phoenix at Golden State, 4:30 p.m.
Pro Football
Nfl Glance
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 4 3 0 .571 217 163
Miami 3 3 0 .500 120 117
N.Y. Jets 3 4 0 .429 159 170
Buffalo 3 4 0 .429 171 227
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 6 1 0 .857 216 128
Indianapolis 3 3 0 .500 117 158
Tennessee 3 4 0 .429 149 238
Jacksonville 1 5 0 .167 88 164
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 5 2 0 .714 174 161
Pittsburgh 3 3 0 .500 140 132
Cincinnati 3 4 0 .429 166 187
Cleveland 1 6 0 .143 147 180
West
W L T Pct PF PA
Denver 3 3 0 .500 170 138
San Diego 3 3 0 .500 148 137
Oakland 2 4 0 .333 113 171
Kansas City 1 5 0 .167 104 183
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
N.Y. Giants 5 2 0 .714 205 137
Philadelphia 3 3 0 .500 103 125
Dallas 3 3 0 .500 113 133
Washington 3 4 0 .429 201 200
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Atlanta 6 0 0 1.000 171 113
New Orleans 2 4 0 .333 176 182
Tampa Bay 2 4 0 .333 148 136
Carolina 1 5 0 .167 106 144
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Chicago 5 1 0 .833 162 78
Minnesota 5 2 0 .714 167 131
Green Bay 4 3 0 .571 184 155
Detroit 2 4 0 .333 133 150
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Francisco 5 2 0 .714 165 100
Arizona 4 3 0 .571 124 118
Seattle 4 3 0 .571 116 106
St. Louis 3 4 0 .429 130 141
Thursday’s result
San Francisco 13, Seattle 6
Sunday’s results
Minnesota 21, Arizona 14
Green Bay 30, St. Louis 20
Houston 43, Baltimore 13
N.Y. Giants 27, Washington 23
Dallas 19, Carolina 14
New Orleans 35, Tampa Bay 28
Indianapolis 17, Cleveland 13
Tennessee 35, Buffalo 34
Oakland 26, Jacksonville 23, OT
New England 29, N.Y. Jets 26, OT
Pittsburgh 24, Cincinnati 17
Open: Atlanta, Denver, Kansas City, Miami, Philadelphia, San Diego
Monday’s game
Chicago 13, Detroit 7
SOCCER
MLS Glance
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
y-Kansas City 17 7 9 60 40 26
x-D.C. 17 10 6 57 52 42
x-Chicago 17 11 5 56 45 40
x-New York 15 9 9 54 54 46
x-Houston 14 8 11 53 48 39
Columbus 14 12 7 49 42 43
Montreal 12 15 6 42 45 50
Philadelphia 10 16 6 36 36 40
New England 8 17 8 32 38 44
Toronto FC 5 20 8 23 35 60
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
y-San Jose 19 6 8 65 71 42
x-Seattle 15 7 11 56 51 32
x-Real Salt Lake 17 11 5 56 46 35
x-Los Angeles 15 12 6 51 58 47
x-Vancouver 11 13 9 42 35 41
FC Dallas 9 13 11 38 40 45
Colorado 10 19 4 34 42 50
Portland 8 16 9 33 33 55
Chivas USA 7 18 8 29 22 56
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
x — Clinched playoff berth; y — clinched conference
Wednesday’s game
Philadelphia at Kansas City, 2:30 p.m.
Saturday’s games
New York at Philadelphia, 7:30 a.m.
New England at Montreal, 8 a.m.
D.C. United at Chicago, 10 a.m.
San Jose at Portland, 12:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Real Salt Lake, 3 p.m.
Houston at Colorado, 3 p.m.
Sunday’s games
Toronto FC at Columbus, 10 a.m.
Chivas USA at FC Dallas, 1 p.m.
Seattle FC at Los Angeles, 3 p.m.
College Football
ap top 25
Record Pts Pv
1. Alabama (59) 7-0 1,499 1
2. Oregon 7-0 1,424 2
3. Florida (1) 7-0 1,380 3
4. Kansas St. 7-0 1,333 4
5. Notre Dame 7-0 1,241 5
6. LSU 7-1 1,172 6
7. Oregon St. 6-0 1,106 8
8. Oklahoma 5-1 1,065 10
9. Ohio St. 8-0 1,028 7
10. Southern Cal 6-1 944 11
11. Florida St. 7-1 872 12
12. Georgia 6-1 745 13
13. Mississippi St. 7-0 739 15
14. Clemson 6-1 713 14
15. Texas Tech 6-1 653 18
16. Louisville 7-0 620 16
17. South Carolina 6-2 591 9
18. Rutgers 7-0 539 19
19. Stanford 5-2 421 22
20. Michigan 5-2 300 23
21. Boise St. 6-1 258 24
22. Texas A&M 5-2 252 20
23. Ohio 7-0 181 25
24. Louisiana Tech 6-1 106 NR
25. West Virginia 5-2 76 17
Others receiving votes: Toledo 49, Texas 33, Wisconsin 31, TCU 29, Nebraska 24, Penn St. 18, NC State 13, Oklahoma St. 12, Arizona 7, UCLA 7, Tulsa 6, Arizona St. 5, N. Illinois 5, Cincinnati 3.
College Football
Major Schedule
Today’s game
SOUTH
Arkansas St. at Louisiana-Lafayette, 2 p.m.
Thursday’s games
SOUTH
Delaware St. at Morgan St., 1:30 p.m.
Clemson at Wake Forest, 1:30 p.m.
Friday’s games
SOUTH
Cincinnati at Louisville, 2 p.m.
FAR WEST
Nevada at Air Force, 2 p.m.
Saturday’s games
EAST
Ball St. at Army, 6 a.m.
St. Francis (Pa.) at CCSU, 6 a.m.
Monmouth (NJ) at Duquesne, 6 a.m.
Temple at Pittsburgh, 6 a.m.
New Hampshire at Rhode Island, 6 a.m.
Yale at Columbia, 6:30 a.m.
Princeton at Cornell, 6:30 a.m.
Maryland at Boston College, 7 a.m.
Colgate at Bucknell, 7 a.m.
Fordham at Holy Cross, 7 a.m.
Brown at Penn, 7 a.m.
Albany (NY) at Sacred Heart, 7 a.m.
Robert Morris at Wagner, 7 a.m.
Toledo at Buffalo, 9:30 a.m.
Kent St. at Rutgers, 9:30 a.m.
Towson at Villanova, 9:30 a.m.
Harvard at Dartmouth, 11 a.m.
Ohio St. at Penn St., 11:30 a.m.
Georgetown at Lafayette, noon
SOUTH
E. Illinois at E. Kentucky, 11 a.m.
Butler at Davidson, 6 a.m.
Delaware at Old Dominion, 6 a.m.
Tennessee at South Carolina, 6 a.m.
NC State at North Carolina, 6:30 a.m.
Campbell at Morehead St., 7 a.m.
Stony Brook at Presbyterian, 7 a.m.
Edward Waters at Charleston Southern, 7:30 a.m.
VMI at Gardner-Webb, 7:30 a.m.
Norfolk St. at NC A&T, 7:30 a.m.
Howard at SC State, 7:30 a.m.
The Citadel at Wofford, 7:30 a.m.
Savannah St. at Hampton, 8 a.m.
Tennessee Tech at Tennessee St., 8 a.m.
Furman at Elon, 9 a.m.
BYU at Georgia Tech, 9 a.m.
Alabama A&M vs. Alabama St. at Birmingham, Ala., 9:30 a.m.
Liberty at Coastal Carolina, 9:30 a.m.
Navy at East Carolina, 9:30 a.m.
Duke at Florida St., 9:30 a.m.
Florida vs. Georgia at Jacksonville, Fla., 9:30 a.m.
Georgia St. at James Madison, 9:30 a.m.
North Texas at Middle Tennessee, 9:30 a.m.
UAB at Tulane, 9:30 a.m.
Appalachian St. at W. Carolina, 9:30 a.m.
Maine at William & Mary, 9:30 a.m.
NC Central at Bethune-Cookman, 10 a.m.
Murray St. at Jacksonville St., 10 a.m.
SE Missouri at Austin Peay, 11 a.m.
Troy at FAU, 11 a.m.
Prairie View vs. Southern U. 11 a.m.
Georgia Southern at Chattanooga, noon
W. Kentucky at FIU, noon
Texas A&M at Auburn, 1 p.m.
South Alabama at Louisiana-Monroe, 1 p.m.
Nicholls St. at Northwestern St., 1 p.m.
Syracuse at South Florida, 1 p.m.
UMass at Vanderbilt, 1 p.m.
UCF at Marshall, 2 p.m.
Stephen F. Austin at McNeese St., 2 p.m.
Cent. Arkansas at SE Louisiana, 2 p.m.
Mississippi St. at Alabama, 2:30 p.m.
MIDWEST
Indiana at Illinois, 6 a.m.
Texas at Kansas, 6 a.m.
Kentucky at Missouri, 6 a.m.
N. Illinois at W. Michigan, 6 a.m.
Iowa at Northwestern, 7 a.m.
W. Illinois at Missouri St., 8 a.m.
Marist at Valparaiso, 8 a.m.
South Dakota at Indiana St., 8:05 a.m.
Youngstown St. at S. Dakota St., 9 a.m.
E. Michigan at Bowling Green, 9:30 a.m.
Akron at Cent. Michigan, 9:30 a.m.
Texas Tech at Kansas St., 9:30 a.m.
Ohio at Miami (Ohio), 9:30 a.m.
Purdue at Minnesota, 9:30 a.m.
Michigan St. at Wisconsin, 9:30 a.m.
S. Illinois at N. Dakota St., 10 a.m.
Illinois St. at N. Iowa, 11 a.m.
Baylor at Iowa St., 1 p.m.
Michigan at Nebraska, 2 p.m.
SOUTHWEST
Mississippi at Arkansas, 6 a.m.
Southern Miss. at Rice, 7 a.m.
Utah St. at UTSA, 8 a.m.
Memphis at SMU, 9 a.m.
MVSU at Ark.-Pine Bluff, 9:30 a.m.
TCU at Oklahoma St., 9:30 a.m.
Sam Houston St. at Lamar, 10 a.m.
UTEP at Houston, 10:30 a.m.
Grambling St. at Texas Southern, 11 a.m.
Notre Dame at Oklahoma, 2 p.m.
FAR WEST
UCLA at Arizona St., 9 a.m.
E. Washington at S. Utah, 9 a.m.
Colorado at Oregon, 9 a.m.
Southern Cal at Arizona, 9:30 a.m.
Idaho St. at Montana, 9:30 a.m.
Fresno St. at New Mexico, 9:30 a.m.
Boise St. at Wyoming, 9:30 a.m.
N. Arizona at N. Colorado, 9:35 a.m.
Texas St. at San Jose St., 10 a.m.
North Dakota at Montana St., 10:15 a.m.
Portland St. at UC Davis, 11 a.m.
Washington St. at Stanford, 12:15 p.m.
Hawaii at Colorado St., 1 p.m.
Louisiana Tech at New Mexico St., 2 p.m.
UNLV at San Diego St., 2 p.m.
Dayton at San Diego, 3 p.m.
Cal Poly at Sacramento St., 3:05 p.m.
California at Utah, 3:45 p.m.
Oregon St. at Washington, 4:15 p.m.
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
DETROIT TIGERS — Named Scott Bream director of pro scouting.
MINNESOTA TWINS — Named Tom Brunansky hitting coach, Bobby Cuellar bullpen coach and Terry Steinbach bench coach and catching instructor. Announced Scott Ullger will coach first base in addition to outfield instruction and Joe Vavra will coach third base in addition to infield instruction.
SEATTLE MARINERS — Named Dave Hansen hitting coach.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Claimed C Bobby Wilson off waivers from the L.A. Angels.
National League
COLORADO ROCKIES — Named Mark Wiley director of pitching operations.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
INDIANA PACERS — Exercised their option on G-F Paul George through the 2013-14 season. Released C Luke Nevill, G Sundiata Gaines and G Blake Ahearn.
LOS ANGELES LAKERS — Waived F Chris Douglas-Roberts and C Greg Somogyi.
OKLAHOMA CITY THUNDER — Waived G Walker Russell.
CYCLING
UCI — Stripped Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
CAROLINA PANTHERS — Fired general manager Marty Hurney. Placed CB Chris Gamble on injured reserve.
CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed OL Jarrod Shaw from the practice squad. Placed OL Jason Pinkston on injured reserve. Signed OL Bryant Browning to the practice squad.
DETROIT LIONS — Signed CB Justin Miller. Released LB Doug Hogue.
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Placed PK Nate Kaeding on injured reserve. Signed WR Denario Alexander to a one-year contract.
WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Signed TE Chris Cooley. Placed TE Fred Davis on injured reserve.
Canadian Football League
EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Signed WR Terriun Crump to the practice roster.
HOCKEY
ECHL
READING ROYALS — Signed D Brock Shelgren and G Nick Niedert. Released D Garrett Clarke.
LACROSSE
National Lacrosse League
EDMONTON RUSH — Signed A Curtis Knight, D Michael Cudmore, A-M Michael Burke, A Simon Giourmetakis, D Mitch Banister and D Kyle Goodchild to one-year contracts.
COLLEGE
ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE — Suspended North Carolina LB Shakeel Rashad one game for colliding with a Duke player during a substitution during Saturday’s game. Suspended Duke-North Carolina game head linesman head linesman Tyrone Davis and side judge Angie Bartis one game for failure to adhere to correct mechanics of the game and rules related to player safety. Suspended Florida State-Miami game crew chief and referee David Epperley one game for failure to properly administer the 10-second runoff rule at the end of the first half.
SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE — Suspended Sam Houston State LB Darius Taylor and Southeastern Louisiana S Kevin Roberts one game for hits to the head or neck area of defenseless players during Saturday’s games.
NYU — Named Morgan Taylor women’s assistant basketball coach.
OHIO — Signed athletic director Jim Schaus to a five-year contract extension.
ROANOKE — Announced the retirement of men’s soccer coach Scott Allison.
SHENANDOAH — Named Phil Betterly assistant baseball coach.
WYOMING — Suspended football coach Dave Christensen one week and fined $50,000 for his actions following an Oct. 13 loss to Air Force.
Auto Racing
NASCAR Sprint Cup Leaders
Points
Roundup>1, Brad Keselowski, 2,250. 2, Jimmie Johnson, 2,243. 3, Denny Hamlin, 2,230. 4, Clint Bowyer, 2,225. 5, Kasey Kahne, 2,220. 6, Martin Truex Jr., 2,207. 7, Tony Stewart, 2,203. 8, Jeff Gordon, 2,199. 9, Matt Kenseth, 2,195. 10, Kevin Harvick, 2,191.
Roundup>11, Greg Biffle, 2,188. 12, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 2,128. 13, Kyle Busch, 964. 14, Carl Edwards, 911. 15, Ryan Newman, 903. 16, Paul Menard, 889. 17, Marcos Ambrose, 860. 18, Joey Logano, 857. 19, Jeff Burton, 780. 20, Jamie McMurray, 770.
Money
Roundup>1, Jimmie Johnson, $7,205,750. 2, Matt Kenseth, $6,917,323. 3, Denny Hamlin, $6,350,232. 4, Tony Stewart, $6,010,670. 5, Kyle Busch, $5,721,119. 6, Brad Keselowski, $5,507,480. 7, Jeff Gordon, $5,385,930. 8, Greg Biffle, $5,216,183. 9, Kevin Harvick, $5,119,342. 10, Clint Bowyer, $4,886,886.
Roundup>11, Carl Edwards, $4,834,896. 12, Martin Truex Jr., $4,824,766. 13, Ryan Newman, $4,779,004. 14, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $4,763,465. 15, Jeff Burton, $4,674,500. 16, Marcos Ambrose, $4,333,426. 17, Kasey Kahne, $4,300,931. 18, Aric Almirola, $4,267,597. 19, Jamie McMurray, $4,115,121. 20, Juan Pablo Montoya, $4,050,645.