ToDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
ToDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
BOXING
5 p.m. Lightweights: Ji-Hoon Kim vs. Ray Beltran ESPN2
GOLF
1:30 a.m. European PGA Tour: Nelson Mandela Championship (first round) TGC
10:30 a.m. Ladies European Tour: Dubai Ladies Masters (second round) * TGC
3 p.m. PGA Tour Australasia: Australian Open (second round) TGC
8:30 p.m. Asian Tour: Thailand Championship (second round) TGC
HORSE RACING
10:30 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
3 p.m. Long Beach St. at Syracuse ESPN2
NBA BASKETBALL
3 p.m. New York at Miami TNT
5:30 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix TNT
NFL FOOTBALL
3 p.m. Denver at Oakland NFL
FRIDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
3 p.m. FCS playoffs (quarterfinals) ESPN2
GOLF
1:30 a.m. European PGA Tour: Nelson Mandela Championship (second round) TGC
5:30 a.m. Ladies European Tour: Dubai Ladies Masters (third round) * TGC
8 a.m. Franklin Templeton Shootout (first round) TGC
3 p.m. PGA Tour Australasia: Australian Open (third round) TGC
8 p.m. Asian Tour: Thailand Championship (third round) TGC
HORSE RACING
10:30 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
7 p.m. The Quarters FOXSP2
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
4:15 p.m. VCU at Old Dominion NBCSN
MEN’S COLLEGE HOCKEY
2 p.m. Michigan St. at Notre Dame NBCSN
NBA BASKETBALL
2 p.m. Boston at Philadelphia ESPN
4:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City ESPN
* — Tape-delayed broadcast
Today’s BIIF Games
Boys soccer
Kamehameha vs. Hilo at Hilo Bayfront, 4 p.m.
Girls soccer
Kamehameha vs. Hilo at Hilo Bayfront, 2 p.m.
Pro Football
Nfl Glance
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
y-New England 9 3 0 .750 430 260
N.Y. Jets 5 7 0 .417 228 296
Buffalo 5 7 0 .417 277 337
Miami 5 7 0 .417 227 249
South
W L T Pct PF PA
x-Houston 11 1 0 .917 351 221
Indianapolis 8 4 0 .667 265 306
Tennessee 4 8 0 .333 248 359
Jacksonville 2 10 0 .167 206 342
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 9 3 0 .750 303 242
Pittsburgh 7 5 0 .583 254 230
Cincinnati 7 5 0 .583 302 260
Cleveland 4 8 0 .333 229 265
West
W L T Pct PF PA
y-Denver 9 3 0 .750 349 244
San Diego 4 8 0 .333 258 257
Oakland 3 9 0 .250 235 376
Kansas City 2 10 0 .167 188 322
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
N.Y. Giants 7 5 0 .583 321 243
Washington 6 6 0 .500 312 301
Dallas 6 6 0 .500 280 295
Philadelphia 3 9 0 .250 217 320
South
W L T Pct PF PA
y-Atlanta 11 1 0 .917 317 229
Tampa Bay 6 6 0 .500 333 285
New Orleans 5 7 0 .417 321 327
Carolina 3 9 0 .250 235 292
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Green Bay 8 4 0 .667 296 259
Chicago 8 4 0 .667 294 198
Minnesota 6 6 0 .500 262 272
Detroit 4 8 0 .333 300 315
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Francisco 8 3 1 .708 289 171
Seattle 7 5 0 .583 242 202
St. Louis 5 6 1 .458 221 267
Arizona 4 8 0 .333 186 234
x-clinched playoff spot; y-clinched division
Today’s game
Denver at Oakland, 3:20 p.m.
Sunday’s games
Chicago at Minnesota, 8 a.m.
Baltimore at Washington, 8 a.m.
Kansas City at Cleveland, 8 a.m.
San Diego at Pittsburgh, 8 a.m.
Tennessee at Indianapolis, 8 a.m.
N.Y. Jets at Jacksonville, 8 a.m.
Atlanta at Carolina, 8 a.m.
Philadelphia at Tampa Bay, 8 a.m.
St. Louis at Buffalo, 8 a.m.
Dallas at Cincinnati, 8 a.m.
Miami at San Francisco, 11:05 a.m.
Arizona at Seattle, 11:25 a.m.
New Orleans at N.Y. Giants, 11:25 a.m.
Detroit at Green Bay, 3:20 p.m.
Monday’s game
Houston at New England, 10:30 a.m.
College Football
College glance
Friday’s games
FCS Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Sam Houston St. at Montana St., 3 p.m.
Saturday’s games
EAST
Army vs. Navy at Philadelphia, 10 a.m.
SOUTH
Jackson St. vs. Ark.-Pine Bluff, SWAC championship at Birmingham, Ala., 8 a.m.
FCS Playoffs
Quarterfinals
Georgia Southern at Old Dominion, 7 a.m.
Wofford at North Dakota St., 10 a.m.
Illinois St. at E. Washington, 1 p.m.
Bowl Glance
Saturday, Dec. 15
New Mexico Bowl
At Albuquerque
Roundup>Nevada (7-5) vs. Arizona (7-5), 8 a.m. (ESPN)
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
At Boise, Idaho
Roundup>Toledo (9-3) vs. Utah State (10-2), 11:30 a.m. (ESPN)
Thursday, Dec. 20
Poinsettia Bowl
At San Diego
Roundup>San Diego State (9-3) vs. BYU (7-5), 3 p.m. (ESPN)
Friday, Dec. 21
Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl
At St. Petersburg, Fla.
Roundup>Ball State (9-3) vs. UCF (9-4), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Saturday, Dec. 22
New Orleans Bowl
Roundup>East Carolina (8-4) vs. Louisiana-Lafayette (7-4), 7 a.m. (ESPN)
Las Vegas Bowl
Roundup>Boise State (10-2) vs. Washington (7-5), 10:30 a.m. (ESPN)
Monday, Dec. 24
Hawaii Bowl
At Honolulu
Roundup>SMU (6-6) vs. Fresno State (9-3), 3 p.m. (ESPN)
Wednesday, Dec. 26
Little Caesars Pizza Bowl
At Detroit
Roundup>Central Michigan (6-6) vs. Western Kentucky (7-5), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Thursday, Dec. 27
Military Bowl
At Washington, D.C.
Roundup>Bowling Green (8-4) vs. San Jose State (10-2), 10 a.m. (ESPN)
Belk Bowl
At Charlotte, N.C.
Roundup>Duke (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Holiday Bowl
At San Diego
Roundup>Baylor (7-5) vs. UCLA (9-4), 4:45 p.m. (ESPN)
Friday, Dec. 28
Independence Bowl
At Shreveport, La.
Roundup>Louisiana-Monroe (8-4) vs. Ohio (8-4), 9 a.m. (ESPN)
Russell Athletic Bowl
At Orlando, Fla.
Roundup>Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Rutgers (9-3), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Meineke Car Care Bowl
At Houston
Roundup>Minnesota (6-6) vs. Texas Tech (7-5), 4 p.m. (ESPN)
Saturday, Dec. 29
Armed Forces Bowl
At Fort Worth, Texas
Roundup>Rice (6-6) vs. Air Force (6-6), 6:45 a.m. (ESPN)
Fight Hunger Bowl
At San Francisco
Roundup>Arizona State (7-5) vs. Navy (7-4), 10:15 a.m. (ESPN2)
Pinstripe Bowl
At New York
Roundup>Syracuse (7-5) vs. West Virginia (7-5), 10:15 a.m. (ESPN)
Alamo Bowl
At San Antonio
Roundup>Texas (8-4) vs. Orgeon State (9-3), 1:45 p.m. (ESPN)
Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl
At Tempe, Ariz.
Roundup>Michigan State (6-6) vs. TCU (7-5), 5:15 p.m. (ESPN)
Men’s College Basketball
Major Scores
Wednesday’s results
EAST
Albany (NY) 77, St. Francis (NY) 73
CCSU 87, New Hampshire 84
Holy Cross 83, Sacred Heart 78
La Salle 82, Penn St. 57
Navy 85, Monmouth (NJ) 66
Niagara 62, Loyola (Md.) 61
Pittsburgh 66, Duquesne 45
Quinnipiac 67, Colgate 56
St. Peter’s 64, Iona 62
Temple 76, Villanova 61
Towson 68, Vermont 64
West Virginia 69, Marshall 59
Yale 64, Bryant 62
SOUTH
Austin Peay 88, Oakland City 63
Charlotte 73, Davidson 69
Dayton 81, Alabama 76
Florida 72, Florida St. 47
James Madison 70, ETSU 45
Maryland 100, Md.-Eastern Shore 68
Memphis 84, Ohio 58
Middle Tennessee 84, UAB 64
N. Dakota St. 69, Morehead St. 57
UNC Wilmington 62, Coker 47
Virginia 46, Tennessee 38
W. Kentucky 58, S. Illinois 57
Wake Forest 71, High Point 60
Wofford 54, Gardner-Webb 42
MIDWEST
Ball St. 76, Holy Cross (Ind.) 57
Buffalo 72, Milwaukee 52
Butler 87, IUPUI 55
DePaul 74, Chicago St. 64
Detroit 79, Toledo 73
Evansville 94, Miami (Ohio) 68
Michigan St. 76, Ark.-Pine Bluff 44
N. Illinois 65, SIU-Edwardsville 54
N. Iowa 76, N. Colorado 59
Saint Louis 67, North Texas 63
Saint Mary’s (Cal) 88, Drake 73
UMKC 73, North Dakota 70
Valparaiso 63, IPFW 52
W. Illinois 57, E. Illinois 45
SOUTHWEST
Cent. Arkansas 87, UT-Martin 86
Oklahoma St. 61, South Florida 49
Oral Roberts 86, Texas St. 77
Texas A&M 62, Stephen F. Austin 54
Tulsa 61, Missouri St. 42
FAR WEST
Arizona St. 71, Hartford 63
CS Northridge 120, Vanguard 69
Colorado 70, Colorado St. 61
Denver 69, Mercer 40
Gonzaga 71, Washington St. 69
Loyola Marymount 92, N. Arizona 86, OT
New Mexico 75, Southern Cal 67
Pepperdine 62, UC Riverside 40
San Jose St. 73, UC Davis 64
Utah 76, Boise St. 55
Weber St. 89, Utah Valley 56
Women’s College Basketball
Major Scores
Wednesday’s results
east
Albany (NY) 75, La Salle 36
American U. 70, Coppin St. 54
Boston U. 73, UMass 50
Bryant 77, Iona 71, OT
CCSU 67, Vermont 41
Delaware 57, Rhode Island 40
Duquesne 69, St. Francis (Pa.) 38
Fairleigh Dickinson 67, NJIT 58
Mount St. Mary’s 62, Md.-Eastern Shore 58
New Hampshire 54, Dartmouth 38
Northeastern 70, Holy Cross 48
Penn 61, St. Francis (NY) 60
Pittsburgh 57, Loyola (Md.) 47
Princeton 84, Hofstra 54
Saint Joseph’s 69, Lafayette 43
Siena 53, Maine 50
St. Bonaventure 64, Buffalo 55
SOUTH
Akron 65, George Mason 49
Charlotte 63, UNC Wilmington 58
Davidson 59, High Point 43
North Carolina 64, Radford 44
Richmond 65, Virginia Tech 51
South Florida 67, Florida Gulf Coast 46
VCU 70, UMBC 41
MIDWEST
Baylor 73, Notre Dame 61
Bowling Green 67, Butler 47
Cent. Michigan 54, Green Bay 50
Cincinnati 57, Youngstown St. 46
Creighton 66, Nebraska 57
IUPUI 75, W. Michigan 67
Michigan 56, Illinois St. 45
Michigan St. 75, Oakland 43
Minnesota 74, Denver 51
S. Illinois 58, SE Missouri 57
SIU-Edwardsville 75, Sacramento St. 57
W. Illinois 65, Loyola of Chicago 61
Wisconsin 71, Marquette 68
SOUTHWEST
Oral Roberts 96, Evangel 34
TCU 73, UTSA 64
Texas Southern 62, Sam Houston St. 57
Texas Tech 75, Illinois 56
UTEP 66, New Mexico St. 44
FAR WEST
CS Northridge 77, San Francisco 33
Colorado 72, Colorado St. 46
Fresno St. 65, Southern Cal 60
Idaho 73, UC Irvine 55
UC Santa Barbara 76, Loyola Marymount 69
Washington 59, San Diego St. 58
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Agreed to terms with OF Lew Ford, OF Conor Jackson, OF Jason Pridie, RHP Daniel McCutchen, RHP Adam Russell, C Allan De San Miguel, C Jose Gil, C Chris Robinson and LHP Jan Novak on minor league contracts.
DETROIT TIGERS—Traded LHP Andy Oliver to Pittsburgh for C Ramon Cabrera.
TEXAS RANGERS—Agreed to terms with OF Chih-Hsien Chiang on a minor league contract.
National League
ATLANTA BRAVES—Exercised the 2014 option on manager Fredi Gonzalez. Named Dave Holliday and Brad Sloan special assistants to the general manager/major league scouts. Promoted Don Chiti to special assistant to the general manager/pitching development and special assignment. Agreed to terms with C Jose Yepez and C Matt Pagnozzi on minor league contracts.
Minor League Baseball
MLB—Named Tyler Funneman field evaluator/instructor.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NBA—Fined Brooklyn F Gerald Wallace $5,000 for flopping.
ATLANTA HAWKS—Recalled G John Jenkins from Bakersfield (NBADL).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL—Suspended Seattle CB Brandon Browner four games for violating the policy on performance enhancing substances.
BUFFALO BILLS—Placed DE Chris Kelsay on injured reserve. Signed CB T.J. Heath and G Keith Williams from the practice squad.
DETROIT RED WINGS—Reassigned D Gleason Fournier from Grand Rapids (AHL) to Toledo (ECHL).
GREEN BAY PACKERS—Placed RB Johnny White on injured reserve. Signed RB Ryan Grant. Signed OL Shea Allard and S Chaz Powell to the practice squad.
HOUSTON TEXANS—Signed CB Stanford Routt. Placed CB Brice McCain on injured reserve with a designation for return.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Signed LB Jamaal Westerman. Signed RB Alvester Alexander to the practice squad. Released TE Martell Webb and CB Isaiah Green from the practice squad.
MIAMI DOLPHINS—Placed T Jake Long on injured reserve. Released DB Anderson Russell. Signed T Patrick Brown and DB Tyrone Culver.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Placed WR Percy Harvin on injured reserve.
NEW YORK JETS—Signed DT Tevita Finau to the practice squad.
OAKLAND RAIDERS—Signed RB Jamize Olawale from the practice squad.
ST. LOUIS RAMS—Released WR Saalim Hakim from the practice squad. Signed CB Quinton Pointer to the practice squad.
SAN DIEGO CHARGERS—Placed LB Antwan Barnes on injured reserve. Re-signed OL Reggie Wells.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Released DB Eddie Whitley from the practice squad. Signed LB Alex Hoffman-Ellis to the practice squad.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Signed CB DeShawn Shead from the practice squad, CB Ron Parker from Carolina’s practice squad and RB Derrick Coleman to the practice squad.
TENNESSEE TITANS—Signed OL Kyle DeVan and T Daniel Baldridge. Signed G Chris Scott to the practice squad. Placed T David Stewart, S Robert Johnson and G Steve Hutchinson on injured reserve. Claimed G Mitch Petrus off waivers from New England.
HOCKEY
American Hockey League
PROVIDENCE BRUINS—Returned F Justin Courtnall to South Carolina (ECHL). Called up F Tyler Randall from South Carolina.
SPRINGFIELD FALCONS—Assigned LW Wade MacLeod to Evansville (ECHL).
OLYMPICS
IOC—Stripped the 2004 Olympic medals from Ukrainian shot putter Yuriy Bilonog, Belarussian hammer thrower Ivan Tskikhan, Russian shot putter Svetlana Krivelyova and Belarussian discus thrower Irina Yatchenko for doping.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
SPORTING KANSAS CITY—Acquired D/M Josh Gardner from Montreal for a 2013 second-round draft pick, and exercised Gardner’s contract option.
COLLEGE
WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE—Announced it is adding Chicago State as a member in July.
CALIFORNIA—Named Sonny Dykes football coach. Announced WR Keenan Allen will enter the NFL draft.
EASTERN MICHIGAN—Announced offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Ken Karcher has left the football program.
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL—Fired football coach Mario Cristobal.
MARIST—Signed women’s basketball coach Brian Giorgis to a contract extension through the 2020-21 season.
PURDUE—Named Darrell Hazell football coach.