Scoreboard (Dec. 7)
TODAY’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
SATURDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
BOWLING
6 p.m. Hawaii TV Bowling IND
BOXING
5 p.m. Heavyweights: Bryant Jennings vs. Bowie Tupou NBCSN
Junior lightweights: Teon Kennedy vs. Jerry Belmontes
5 p.m. Light welterweights: Ramos vs. Williams FOXSP
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
7 a.m. FCS playoffs (quarterfinals) ESPN
10 a.m. Army vs. Navy CBS
3 p.m. Heisman Trophy Presentation ESPN
GOLF
12:30 a.m. European PGA Tour: Nelson Mandela Championship (third round) TGC
10:30 a.m. Ladies European Tour: Dubai Ladies Masters (final round) * TGC
11 a.m. Franklin Templeton Shootout (second round) NBC
2 p.m. Hawaii TV Golf IND
3 p.m. PGA Tour Australasia: Australian Open (final round) TGC
8 p.m. Asian Tour: Thailand Championship (final round) TGC
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
7 a.m. Arkansas at Michigan CBS
7 a.m. Portland at Kentucky ESPN2
8 a.m. TCU at Tulsa FOXSP
9 a.m. Colorado at Kansas ESPN2
10:15 a.m. Temple vs. Duke ESPN
11 a.m. Virginia Tech at West Virginia ESPN2
11 a.m. Cleveland State at N.C. State FOXSP
12:15 p.m. UCLA vs. Texas ESPN
1 p.m. Wisconsin at Marquette ESPN2
1 p.m. N. Iowa at George Mason NBCSN
3 p.m. Arizona at Clemson ESPN2
3 p.m. Villanova at Penn NBCSN
4 p.m. Tulane at San Diego FOXSP2
5 p.m. Illinois at Gonzaga ESPN2
MIXED MARTIAL ARTS
3 p.m. UFC welterweights: Mike Swick vs. Matt Brown; FOX
Welterweights: B.J. Penn vs. Rory MacDonald
Light heavyweights: Mauricio Rua vs. Alexander Gustafsson
Lightweight title bout: Benson Henderson vs. Nate Diaz
NBA BASKETBALL
10:30 a.m. Phoenix at L.A. Clippers FOXSP2
3 p.m. New York at Chicago WGN
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
1:30 p.m. San Diego State at San Diego FOXSP2
* — Tape-delayed broadcast
SATURday’s BIIF Games
Boys soccer
Hilo at Parker, 10 a.m.
Honokaa vs. HAAS at Pahoa, 3 p.m.
Hawaii Prep at Ka‘u, 3 p.m.
Kealakehe at Keaau, 3 p.m.
Waiakea at Konawaena, 7 p.m.
Girls soccer
Hawaii Prep at Ka‘u, 1 p.m.
Kealakehe vs. Keaau at Shipman Park, 1 p.m.
Waiakea at Konawaena, 5 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 10 3 0 .769 375 257
San Diego 4 8 0 .333 258 257
Oakland 3 10 0 .231 248 402
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
Thursday’s result
Denver 26, Oakland 13
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
Today’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. Oregon 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
Thursday’s results
EAST
American U. 73, UMBC 70, 2OT
Maine 97, Fisher 42
Providence 72, Rhode Island 57
Syracuse 84, Long Beach St. 53
SOUTH
Boston U. 69, Coastal Carolina 63
FAU 88, Stetson 78
Tennessee Tech 74, Green Bay 68
William & Mary 78, Howard 69
MIDWEST
Cincinnati 87, UALR 53
Creighton 64, Nebraska 42
Oakland 88, Rochester (Mich.) 77
S. Dakota St. 83, Dakota St. 52
Vanderbilt 66, Xavier 64, OT
Youngstown St. 93, Geneva 50
FAR WEST
CS Bakersfield 72, Cal St.-Fullerton 70
Fresno St. 84, San Diego Christian 49
Idaho 81, E. Washington 79, OT
Montana St. 78, Montana Tech 54
San Diego St. 84, UC Santa Barbara 70
Women’s College Basketball
Major Scores
Thursday’s results
east
Lehigh 47, Fairfield 42
Rutgers 58, LIU Brooklyn 32
UConn 67, Penn St. 52
SOUTH
Duke 85, Georgia Tech 52
Maryland 79, Virginia 55
Middle Tennessee 63, Xavier 48
Tennessee Tech 65, Samford 56
UT-Martin 78, Saint Louis 62
Vanderbilt 67, Hartford 45
W. Kentucky 62, Morehead St. 38
MIDWEST
Ball St. 73, Detroit 64, OT
Drake 62, N. Dakota St. 50
Iowa 50, Iowa St. 42
Kent St. 71, Temple 62
Missouri 91, Missouri St. 77
Ohio 69, E. Kentucky 58
Purdue 69, IPFW 54
South Dakota 90, Dakota St. 35
SOUTHWEST
Arkansas 64, Kansas 56
Oklahoma 71, North Texas 68
Oklahoma St. 85, Stephen F. Austin 41
Texas St. 93, Huston-Tillotson 42
FAR WEST
S. Utah 71, Utah Valley 66
Saint Mary’s (Cal) 75, UC Davis 56
Wyoming 58, Montana 56
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
BOSTON RED SOX—Acquired RHP Kyle Kaminska from Pittsburgh to complete an earlier trade and assigned him to Pawtucket (IL). Agreed to terms with RHP Koji Uehara.
DETROIT TIGERS—Acquired 2B Jeff Kobernus from Boston Red Sox for INF-OF Justin Henry.
MINNESOTA TWINS—Acquired RHP Vance Worley and RHP Trevor May from Philadelphia for OF Ben Revere. Agreed to terms with RHP Jared Burton on a two-year contract.
SEATTLE MARINERS—Named Darrin Garner manager for the Mariners (Arizona), James Horner manager for High Desert (Cal) and Chris Prieto manager for Pulaski (Appalachian).
TAMPA BAY RAYS—Agreed to terms with 1B James Loney on a one-year contract.
TEXAS RANGERS—Sent RHP Wilfredo Boscan to San Diego to complete an earlier trade. Agreed to terms with 1B-DH Brandon Allen, RHP Jake Brigham, RHP Evan Meek and RHP Randy Wells on minor league contracts.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Agreed to terms with C Wil Nieves and INF-OF Eric Hinske on one-year contracts.
ATLANTA BRAVES—Agreed to terms with OF Reed Johnson on a one-year contract.
NEW YORK METS—Traded LHP Kyle Lobstein to Detroit for cash.
Frontier League
RIVER CITY RASCALS—Traded RHP Alex Sunderland to the Fargo-Moorhead (AA) for INF Max Casper and to complete an earlier trade. Signed RHP Casey Barnes to a contract extension.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS—Sent LHP Shawn Gilblair to River City Rascals to complete an earlier trade.
WASHINGTON WILD THINGS—Signed RHP Tanner Hamilton, INF Coty Pate, and OF Mario Yepez.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
TORONTO RAPTORS—Assigned F Quincy Acy to Bakersfield (NBADL).
Women’s National Basketball Association
MINNESOTA LYNX—Signed coach Cheryl Reeve to a multiyear contract extension.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS—Signed OT Chris Scott from Tennessee’s practice squad. Placed OT Chris Hairston on injured reserve.
CINCINNATI BENGALS—Signed K Josh Brown. Waived C Jeff Faine.
KANSAS CITY CHIEFS—Placed DL Allen Bailey on injured reserve. Signed LB Leon Williams.
NEW YORK GIANTS—Placed OT Sean Locklear on injured reserve. Signed OL Selvish Capers from the practice squad. Signed OL Paul Fenaroli to the practice squad.
NEW YORK JETS—Signed S Antonio Allen from the practice squad. Signed CB Donnie Fletcher to the practice squad.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Signed CB Chandler Fenner to the practice squad.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
COLORADO RAPIDS—Signed MF Pablo Mastroeni to a one-year contract.
NEW YORK RED BULLS—Acquired F Josue Martinez and allocation money from Philadelphia for F Sebastien Le Toux.
PORTLAND TIMBERS—Signed G Jake Gleeson, D Ryan Kawulok and MF/D Rodney Wallace. Exercised their 2012 contract options on G Joe Bendik, D Futty Danso, D Chris Taylor, MF Eric Alexander, MF Kalif Alhassan, MF Sal Zizzo, F Bright Dike and F Brent Richards. Declined the 2012 contract option for D Steven Smith.
COLLEGE
AUBURN—Named Ellis Johnson defensive coordinator.
CARTHAGE—Named Mike Yeager football coach.
FAIRFIELD—Signed men’s basketball coach Sydney Johnson to a contract extension through the 2018-19 season.
MEMPHIS—Named Promoted assistant softball coach Andy Lott to associate head softball coach.
GOLF
australian open
Thursday’s first-round scores
John Senden, Australia 34-32—66
Kim Felton, Australia 33-35—68
Justin Rose, England 36-32—68
Gareth Paddison, New Zealand 36-32—68
Richard Green, Australia 34-34—68
Brendan Jones, Australia 34-34—68
Stephen Allan, Australia 35-34—69
Nick Flanagan, Australia 34-35—69
Marcus Fraser, Australia 37-32—69
Peter O’Malley, Australia 35-35—70
Stuart Appleby, Australia 35-35—70
Nick Cullen, Australia 34-36—70
Mahal Pearce, New Zealand 35-35—70
Marc Leishman, Australia 36-34—70
Josh Geary, New Zealand 36-34—70
Paul Spargo, Australia 38-32—70
Timothy Wood, Australia 35-35—70
Mathew Goggin, Australia 36-35—71
Nick O’Hern, Australia 35-36—71
Peter Lonard, Australia 35-36—71
Jason Scrivener, Australia 37-34—71
Andrew Kelly, Australia 36-35—71
Kieran Pratt, Australia 37-34—71
Greg Chalmers, Australia 37-34—71
Kurt Barnes, Australia 36-35—71
Daniel Popovic, Australia 35-36—71
Matthew Jones, Australia 34-37—71
Terry Pilkadaris, Australia 35-37—72
Aron Price, Australia 37-35—72
Adam Scott, Australia 34-38—72
Kyle Stanley, United States 35-37—72
Leigh McKechnie, Australia 35-37—72
Daniel Nisbet, Australia 37-35—72
a-Cameron Smith, Australia 34-38—72
Cameron Percy, Australia 38-34—72
Damon Welsford, Australia 34-38—72
Matthew Ballard, Australia 37-35—72
Andre Stolz, Australia 35-37—72
Daniel Fox, Australia 37-35—72
Jamie Arnold, Australia 34-38—72
James McLean, Australia 36-36—72
Michael Hendry, New Zealand 35-37—72
Brett Rumford, Australia 35-38—73
Matt Jager, Australia 34-39—73
Liang Wenchong, China 34-39—73
Tanutchan Puaktes, Thailand 37-36—73
Nathan Green, Australia 39-34—73
Bronson La’Cassie, Australia 34-39—73
Steve Conran, Australia 36-37—73
Rory Hie, Indonesia 37-36—73
Matthew Stieger, Australia 35-38—73
Robert Allenby, Australia 35-38—73
David Smail, New Zealand 38-35—73
Steven Jones, Australia 38-35—73
a-Nathan Holman, Australia 38-35—73
Supravee Phatam, Thailand 37-36—73
Zhang Xinjun, China 37-36—73
Michael Choi, Australia 36-37—73
Hu Mu, China 38-36—74
Geoff Ogilvy, Australia 34-40—74
Matthew Millar, Australia 37-37—74
Michael Wright, Australia 36-38—74
Tze-huang Choo, Singapore 36-38—74
David Bransdon, Australia 37-37—74
Brad Shilton, New Zealand 37-37—74
Zhou Guowu, China 36-38—74
Won Joon Lee, Australia 39-35—74
Jake Higginbottom, Australia 37-37—74
Rod Pampling, Australia 39-35—74
Ouyang Zheng, China 37-37—74
Jason Norris, Australia 34-40—74
Rankin Brett, Australia 37-37—74
Tristan Lambert, Australia 39-35—74
Paul Sheehan, Australia 37-37—74
Hamish Robertson, New Zealand 36-38—74
Garrett Sapp, United States 35-40—75
Alistair Presnell, Australia 36-39—75
Choi Joon-woo, South Korea 38-37—75
Neven Basic, Australia 38-37—75
Craig Parry, Australia 38-37—75
Matthew Griffin, Australia 37-38—75
Stephen Leaney, Australia 39-36—75
Peter Senior, Australia 34-41—75
Aaron Townsend, Australia 37-38—75
Adam Bland, Australia 35-40—75
Michael Long, New Zealand 35-41—76
Scott Laycock, Australia 37-39—76
Craig Hancock, Australia 38-38—76
a-Andy Zhang, China 39-37—76
Rohan Blizard, Australia 38-38—76
Stephen Dartnall, Australia 40-36—76
a-Tyler Hodge, New Zealand 40-36—76
David McKenzie, Australia 38-38—76
Matthew Guyatt, Australia 34-42—76
Matthew Giles, Australia 38-38—76
Scott Gardiner, Australia 38-38—76
Han Ren, China 38-38—76
Ryan Haller, Australia 36-40—76
Adam Crawford, Australia 40-37—77
Kim Do-hoon, South Korea 40-37—77
Pravee Visalkt, Thailand 37-40—77
Clint Rice, Australia 42-35—77
Marcus Cain, Australia 37-40—77
Andrew Evans, Australia 38-39—77
Choi Seong-jin, South Korea 38-39—77
Andrew Martin, Australia 38-39—77
Matthew Smith, Australia 38-39—77
Douglas Holloway, New Zealand 37-40—77
James Nitties, Australia 41-36—77
Steven Bowditch, Australia 37-40—77
a-Vaughan McCall, New Zealand 35-42—77
Heath Reed, Australia 35-42—77
Peter Welden, Australia 39-38—77
Peter Nolan, Australia 36-41—77
a-Oliver Goss, Australia 41-37—78
Kalem Richardson, Australia 35-43—78
Liu Yuxiang, China 41-37—78
Tom Watson, United States 41-37—78
Craig Hasthorpe, Australia 37-41—78
Anthony Summers, Australia 39-39—78
Peter Cooke, Australia 40-38—78
He Zeyu, China 38-40—78
Marcel Schneider, Germany 41-37—78
Ashley Hall, Australia 37-42—79
Brent McCullough, Australia 39-40—79
Mitchell Brown, Australia 38-41—79
Anthony Brown, Australia 39-40—79
Brad Kennedy, Australia 39-40—79
Gavin Flint, Australia 39-40—79
Max McCardle, Australia 38-41—79
Cao Yi, China 37-42—79
Brendan Smith, Australia 38-41—79
