TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE
GOLF
4 p.m. PGA Tour Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (first round) TGC
9 p.m. Asian Tour: Johor Open (first round) * TGC
HORSE RACING
10:30 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
NBA BASKETBALL
2:30 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Charlotte FOXSP2
3 p.m. Dallas at Boston ESPN
5:30 p.m. San Antonio at Utah ESPN
THURSDAY’S TV SCHEDULE
EXTREME SPORTS
2:30 p.m. Dew Tour: iON Mountain Championships * NBCSN
GOLF
1:30 a.m. European PGA Tour: Alfred Dunhill Championship (first round) TGC
4 p.m. PGA Tour Australasia: Australian PGA Championship (second round) TGC
9 p.m. Asian Tour: Johor Open (second round) * TGC
HORSE RACING
10:30 a.m. Trackside Live! FOXSP2
NBA BASKETBALL
3 p.m. L.A. Lakers at New York TNT
5:30 p.m. San Antonio at Portland TNT
NFL FOOTBALL
3 p.m. Cincinnati at Philadelphia NFL
PREP BASKETBALL
3 p.m. Teams TBA ESPN
4:30 p.m. Teams TBA ESPN
WOMEN’S COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
2 p.m. NCAA semifinals ESPN2
4 p.m. NCAA semifinals ESPN2
* — Tape-delayed broadcast
Today’s BIIF Games
Boys soccer
Roundup>Kealakehe vs. Makua Lani at Old Kona Airport Park, 4 p.m.
Roundup>Konawaena at Honokaa, 7 p.m.
Girls soccer
Roundup>Kealakehe vs. Makua Lani at Old Kona Airport Park, 2 p.m.
Roundup>Konawaena at Honokaa, 5 p.m.
Pro Football
Nfl Glance
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
y-New England 10 3 0 .769 472 274
N.Y. Jets 6 7 0 .462 245 306
Buffalo 5 8 0 .385 289 352
Miami 5 8 0 .385 240 276
South
W L T Pct PF PA
x-Houston 11 2 0 .846 365 263
Indianapolis 9 4 0 .692 292 329
Tennessee 4 9 0 .308 271 386
Jacksonville 2 11 0 .154 216 359
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 9 4 0 .692 331 273
Pittsburgh 7 6 0 .538 278 264
Cincinnati 7 6 0 .538 321 280
Cleveland 5 8 0 .385 259 272
West
W L T Pct PF PA
y-Denver 10 3 0 .769 375 257
San Diego 5 8 0 .385 292 281
Oakland 3 10 0 .231 248 402
Kansas City 2 11 0 .154 195 352
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
N.Y. Giants 8 5 0 .615 373 270
Washington 7 6 0 .538 343 329
Dallas 7 6 0 .538 300 314
Philadelphia 4 9 0 .308 240 341
South
W L T Pct PF PA
y-Atlanta 11 2 0 .846 337 259
Tampa Bay 6 7 0 .462 354 308
New Orleans 5 8 0 .385 348 379
Carolina 4 9 0 .308 265 312
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Green Bay 9 4 0 .692 323 279
Chicago 8 5 0 .615 308 219
Minnesota 7 6 0 .538 283 286
Detroit 4 9 0 .308 320 342
West
W L T Pct PF PA
San Francisco 9 3 1 .731 316 184
Seattle 8 5 0 .615 300 202
St. Louis 6 6 1 .500 236 279
Arizona 4 9 0 .308 186 292
x-clinched playoff spot; y-clinched division
Thursday’s game
Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 3:20 p.m.
Sunday’s games
Green Bay at Chicago, 8 a.m.
Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 8 a.m.
Minnesota at St. Louis, 8 a.m.
Indianapolis at Houston, 8 a.m.
N.Y. Giants at Atlanta, 8 a.m.
Washington at Cleveland, 8 a.m.
Jacksonville at Miami, 8 a.m.
Denver at Baltimore, 8 a.m.
Carolina at San Diego, 11:05 a.m.
Detroit at Arizona, 11:05 a.m.
Seattle vs. Buffalo at Toronto, 11:05 a.m.
Kansas City at Oakland, 11:25 a.m.
Pittsburgh at Dallas, 11:25 a.m.
San Francisco at New England, 3:20 p.m.
Monday’s game
N.Y. Jets at Tennessee, 3:30 p.m.
College Football
Bowl Glance
Saturday’s games
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)
Monday, Dec. 31
Music City Bowl
At Nashville, Tenn.
Roundup>Vanderbilt (8-4) vs. N.C. State (7-5), 7 a.m. (ESPN)
Sun Bowl
At El Paso, Texas
Roundup>Georgia Tech (6-7) vs. Southern Cal (7-5), 9 a.m. (CBS)
Liberty Bowl
At Memphis, Tenn.
Roundup>Iowa State (6-6) vs. Tulsa (10-3), 10:30 a.m. (ESPN)
Chick-fil-A Bowl
At Atlanta
Roundup>LSU (10-2) vs. Clemson (10-2), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Tuesday, Jan. 1
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, Jan. 2
Sugar Bowl
At New Orleans
Roundup>Florida (11-1) vs. Louisville (10-2), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Thursday, Jan. 3
Fiesta Bowl
At Glendale, Ariz.
Roundup>Kansas State (11-1) vs. Oregon (11-1), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Friday, Jan. 4
Cotton Bowl
At Arlington, Texas
Roundup>Texas A&M (10-2) vs. Oklahoma (10-2), 3 p.m. (FOX)
Saturday, Jan. 5
BBVA Compass Bowl
At Birmingham, Ala.
Roundup>Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. Mississippi (6-6), 8 a.m. (ESPN)
Sunday, Jan. 6
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)
Men’s College Basketball
Major Scores
Tuesday’s results
EAST
Duquesne 60, West Virginia 56
Harvard 65, Boston U. 64
NJIT 69, Army 67
Rutgers 68, George Washington 65
Stony Brook 77, St. Francis (NY) 61
Villanova 65, Saint Joseph’s 61
SOUTH
Auburn 92, Grambling St. 42
Jacksonville St. 79, Martin Methodist 64
LSU 80, Chattanooga 67
Louisiana-Lafayette 77, Lamar 60
MIDWEST
IUPUI 65, Indiana-Northwest 59
Illinois 64, Norfolk St. 54
Michigan 67, Binghamton 39
Minnesota 70, N. Dakota St. 57
FAR WEST
Nevada 69, Cal Poly 56
San Diego 88, Southwestern (Ariz.) 65
Saint Mary’s (Cal) 120, Jackson St. 67
Santa Clara 75, San Jose St. 64
Women’s College Basketball
Major Scores
Tuesday’s results
east
Columbia 49, St. Francis (NY) 45
Fairleigh Dickinson 56, Stony Brook 49
Maryland 88, Towson 43
NJIT 62, St. Peter’s 35
SOUTH
Bethune-Cookman 88, Edward Waters 46
Presbyterian 69, Brevard 46
SE Louisiana 69, New Orleans 67
MIDWEST
DePaul 94, Milwaukee 83
Michigan 55, E. Michigan 43
SOUTHWEST
Texas 77, Louisiana-Monroe 49
FAR WEST
Colorado 83, Denver 63
TRANSACTIONS
BASEBALL
American League
KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with LHP George Sherrill, RHP Dan Wheeler and OF Willy Taveras on minor league contracts.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Agreed to terms with RHP Claudio Vargas, RHP Richard Thompson, LHP Juan Perez, 3B Eugenio Velez and 1B/DH Luis Jimenez on minor league contracts.
Texas League
CORPUS CHRISTI HOOKS — Promoted Michael Coffin to media relations manager. Named Chris Blake media relations coordinator, JD Davis director of ballpark entertainment and Charlie Kovar and Cody Cozart account executives.
Frontier League
NORMAL CORNBELTERS — Signed OF Keoni Manago and 1B Mike Schwartz.
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS MINERS — Sent RHP Gabe Shaw to River City to complete an earlier trade.
WASHINGTON WILD THINGS — Signed SS Matt August and OF Matt Fleishman.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NFL — Overturned suspensions of New Orleans LB Jonathan Vilma, New Orleans DE Will Smith, Cleveland LB Scott Fujita and free agent DL Anthony Hargrove for their part in the Saints bounty program. Suspended Baltimore CB Asa Jackson four games for violating the league’s policy on performance enhancing substances.
ARIZONA CARDINALS — Released WR Isaiah Williams from the practice squad.
BUFFALO BILLS — Placed RB Fred Jackson on injured reserve. Signed DT Jay Ross from the practice squad.
CHICAGO BEARS — Released OL Andre Gurode. Placed PK Robbie Gould, CB Sherrick McManis and S Craig Steltz on injured reserve. Signed PK Olindo Mare to a one-year contract and LB Jerry Franklin to a two-year contract. Signed WR Joe Anderson from the practice squad and G Chris Riley to the practice squad.
DENVER BRONCOS — Signed T Paul Cornick to the practice squad.
GREEN BAY PACKERS — Released LB Vic So’oto. Signed DT Jordan Miller from the practice squad.
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Placed G Mike Brewster on injured reserve. Signed RB Keith Toston.
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — Placed WR Donte’ Stallworth on injured reserve. Released TE Visanthe Shiancoe. Released OL Tommie Draheim from the practice squad.
NEW YORK JETS — Claimed WR Braylon Edwards off waivers from Seattle.
OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed WR Akwasi Owusu-Ansah to the practice squad.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS — Suspended RB Rashard Mendenhall for conduct detrimental to the team. Signed RB Baron Batch from the practice squad.
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Placed DT Demarcus Dobbs on injured reserve.
SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Released WR Braylon Edwards.
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS — Released WR David Gilreath. Placed DB Myron Lewis on injured reserve. Claimed G Hayworth Hicks off waivers from Kansas City.
TENNESSEE TITANS — Released RB Lennon Creer from the practice squad. Signed TE Martell Webb to the practice squad.
Canadian Football League
B.C. LIONS — Signed LB Adam Bighill to a contract extension.
CALGARY STAMPEDERS — Signed DL Corey Mace to a contract extension.
HAMILTON TIGER-CATS — Fired coach and director of football operations George Cortez.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION — Traded M Benny Feilhaber to Sporting Kansas City for allocation money, a 2014 first-round draft pick and a 2015 second-round draft pick.
NEW YORK RED BULLS — Signed G Santiago Castano and F Armando Moreno.
North American Soccer League
NEW YORK COSMOS — Signed Carlos Mendes.
COLLEGE
ARKANSAS — Named Chris Ash defensive coordinator.
CALIFORNIA — Named Tony Franklin offensive coordinator and Rob Likens receivers coach.
CAMPBELL — Named Greg Goral volleyball coach.
CULVER-STOCKTON — Announced the resignation of men’s soccer coach Michael Prunty.
FORDHAM — Announced the resignation of volleyball coach Peter Volkert.
ROANOKE — Named Ryan Pflugrad men’s soccer coach.
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI — Named Todd Monken football coach.
XAVIER (NO) — Named the resignation of women’s volleyball coach Christabell Hamilton. Promoted assistant coach Hannah Lawing to women’s volleyball coach.
