Football

NFL

National Football League

All Times Pacific

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AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

New England 6 1 0 .857 205 154

N.Y. Jets 52 0 .714 159 110

Miami 4 3 0 .571 133 149

Buffalo 0 7 0 .000 131 211

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Indianapolis 5 2 0 .714 193 142

Tennessee 5 3 0 .625 224 150

Houston 4 3 0 .571 170 197

Jacksonville 4 4 0 .500 165 226

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Baltimore 5 2 0 .714 149 129

Pittsburgh 5 2 0 .714 147 102

Cleveland 2 5 0 .286 118 142

Cincinnati 2 5 0 .286 146 163

West

W L T Pct PF PA

Kansas City 5 2 0 .714 163 122

Oakland 4 4 0 .500 212 168

San Diego 3 5 0 .375 210 174

Denver 2 6 0 .250 154 223

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

N.Y. Giants 5 2 0 .714 175 153

Philadelphia 4 3 0 .571 172 157

Washington 4 4 0 .500 155 170

Dallas 1 6 0 .143 154 187

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Atlanta 5 2 0 .714 169 133

Tampa Bay 5 2 0 .714 136 163

New Orleans 5 3 0 .625 167 148

Carolina 1 6 0 .143 85 150

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Green Bay 5 3 0 .625 176 136

Chicago 4 3 0 .571 126 114

Minnesota 2 5 0 .286 129 144

Detroit 2 5 0 .286 183 165

West

W L T Pct PF PA

Seattle 4 3 0 .571 123 140

St. Louis 4 4 0 .500 140 141

Arizona 3 4 0 .429 133 198

San Francisco 2 6 0 .250 137 178

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Today’s Games

Chicago vs. Buffalo at Toronto, 10 a.m.

N.Y. Jets at Detroit, 10 a.m.

Miami at Baltimore, 10 a.m.

San Diego at Houston, 10 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Atlanta, 10 a.m.

New Orleans at Carolina, 10 a.m.

New England at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

Arizona at Minnesota, 10 a.m.

N.Y. Giants at Seattle, 1:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Oakland, 1:15 p.m.

Indianapolis at Philadelphia, 1:15 p.m.

Dallas at Green Bay, 5:20 p.m.

Monday’s Game

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 5:30 p.m.

Open: Denver, Washington, St. Louis, Jacksonville, San Francisco, Tennessee

Betting Line

NFL

(Home teams in Caps)

Favorite Opening Current Underdog

Today

t-Bears 3 3 BILLS

Chargers 2.5 3 TEXANS

Saints 7 6.5 PANTHERS

VIKINGS 7.5 8 Cards

FALCONS 8.5 8.5 Bucs

Jets 3.5 4 LIONS

RAVENS 5.5 5 Dolphins

Patriots 5 4 BROWNS

Giants 6.5 7 SEAHAWKS

RAIDERS 2.5 1 Chiefs

EAGLES 3 3 Colts

PACKERS 8.5 7.5 Cowboys

Monday

Steelers 4 4.5 BENGALS

t- Toronto, Canada.

Tennis

WTA Tour

Women’s Tennis Association

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Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions

Saturday

Nusa Dua, Indonesia

Singles

Semifinals

Alisa Kleybanova, Russia, def. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, 6-3, 6-1.

Ana Ivanovic, Serbia, def. Kimiko Date Krumm, Japan, 7-5, 6-7 (5), 6-2.

ATP Tour

Association of Tennis professionals

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Davidoff Swiss Indoors

Saturday

Basel, Switzerland

Singles

Semifinals

Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, def. Viktor Troicki, Serbia, 7-6 (4), 6-4.

Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, def. Andy Roddick (4), United States, 6-2, 6-4.

Valencia Open 500

Saturday

Valencia, Spain

Singles

Semifinals

David Ferrer (4), Spain, def. Robin Soderling (2), Sweden, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3.

Marcel Granollers, Spain, def. Gilles Simon, France, 6-4, 6-4.

Golf

PGA Tour

HSBC Champions

Saturday

At Sheshan International Golf Club

Shanghai

Purse: $7 million

Yardage: 7,266; Par: 72

Third Round

Francesco Molinari 65-70-67—202

Lee Westwood 66-70-67—203

Luke Donald 68-70-68—206

Ross Fisher 69-70-69—208

Ernie Els 72-65-71—208

Richie Ramsay 69-68-71—208

Jaco Van Zyl 71-66-72—209

Padraig Harrington 70-70-70—210

Seung-yul Noh 67-72-71—210

Paul Casey 73-71-67—211

Charl Schwartzel 74-70-67—211

Fredrik Andersson Hed 69-71-71—211

Tim Clark 72-70-70—212

Peter Hanson 73-69-70—212

Pablo Martin 68-73-71—212

Robert Allenby 72-68-72—212

Retief Goosen 70-74-69—213

Rory McIlroy 71-71-71—213

Henrik Stenson 67-74-72—213

Richard Green 72-68-73—213

Tiger Woods 68-72-73—213

Ian Poulter 70-70-73—213

Hunter Mahan 70-73-71—214

Ryo Ishikawa 72-71-71—214

K.J. Choi 72-71-71—214

Nick Watney 72-68-74—214

Carl Pettersson 71-73-71—215

Bill Haas 72-71-72—215

Darren Fichardt 73-72-70—215

Adam Scott 69-73-73—215

Anthony Kim 73-72-70—215

Ryan Palmer 69-72-74—215

Martin Kaymer 72-69-74—215

Y.E. Yang 69-74-73—216

Ben Crane 71-71-74—216

Kyung-tae Kim 72-69-75—216

Phil Mickelson 69-71-76—216

Arjun Atwal 73-71-73—217

Robert Karlsson 71-73-73—217

Miguel Jimenez 72-70-75—217

Rickie Fowler 71-74-72—217

Brendan Jones 76-72-69—217

Richard Johnson 70-70-77—217

Yuta Ikeda 67-75-76—218

Graeme McDowell 74-71-73—218

Rhys Davies 76-70-72—218

Edoardo Molinari 72-71-76—219

Stuart Appleby 72-73-74—219

David Horsey 71-74-74—219

Jason Bohn 72-75-72—219

Michio Matsumura 71-74-75—220

Gregory Bourdy 73-74-73—220

Hiroyuki Fujita 75-75-70—220

Katsumasa Miyamoto 69-75-77—221

Heath Slocum 71-72-78—221

Danny Willett 77-69-75—221

Andrew Dodt 73-68-80—221

Marcus Fraser 72-76-73—221

Tetsuji Hiratsuka 71-71-80—222

Matteo Manassero 71-70-81—222

Alvaro Quiros 74-78-70—222

Camilo Villegas 75-70-78—223

Alistair Presnell 74-75-74—223

Anders Hansen 71-74-79—224

Thaworn Wiratchant 75-76-73—224

Simon Khan 76-73-76—225

Michael Sim 72-79-74—225

Mardan Mamat 75-76-75—226

Kiradech Aphibarnrat 78-75-73—226

Pariya Junhasavasdikul 74-80-72—226

Shunsuke Sonoda 72-77-78—227

Wu Kang-chun 75-77-75—227

Liang Wen-Chong 79-73-76—228

Louis Oosthuizen 69-80-80—229

Bill Lunde 78-72-79—229

Hao Yuan 79-75-79—233

Chao Li 79-79-75—233

LPGA Tour

Mizuno Classic

Saturday

At Kintetsu Kashikojima Golf Club

Shima, Japan

Purse: $1.2 million

Yardage: 6,506; Par: 72

Second Round

Jiyai Shin 65-66—131

Stacy Lewis 69-64—133

Yani Tseng 69-65—134

Miki Saiki 67-67—134

Morgan Pressel 66-69—135

Meena Lee 67-69—136

Momoko Ueda 70-67—137

Young Kim 68-69—137

Mika Miyazato 68-69—137

Jimin Kang 68-69—137

Chie Arimura 67-70—137

Na Yeon Choi 67-70—137

Yukari Baba 65-72—137

Stacy Prammanasudh 69-69—138

Sun-Ju Ahn 68-70—138

Asako Fujimoto 71-68—139

Na On Min 71-68—139

Amy Hung 71-68—139

M.J. Hur 70-69—139

Katherine Hull 68-71—139

Karine Icher 67-72—139

Brittany Lincicome 73-67—140

Eun-A Lim 72-68—140

Song-Hee Kim 71-69—140

Maria Hjorth 71-69—140

Maiko Wakabayashi 70-70—140

Christina Kim 70-70—140

Junko Omote 74-67—141

Kyeong Bae 72-69—141

Inbee Park 72-69—141

Vicky Hurst 71-70—141

Ritsuko Ryu 70-71—141

Hee-Won Han 70-71—141

Akiko Fukushima 69-72—141

Candie Kung 69-72—141

Sakura Yokomine 69-72—141

Meaghan Francella 74-68—142

Mi-Jeong Jeon 73-69—142

Kaori Aoyama 73-69—142

Kristy McPherson 72-70—142

Teresa Lu 71-71—142

Bo Bae Song 71-71—142

Yui Kawahara 70-72—142

Hiromi Mogi 74-69—143

Haeji Kang 74-69—143

Catriona Matthew 73-70—143

Sun Young Yoo 72-71—143

Akane Iijima 71-72—143

Karrie Webb 71-72—143

Seon Hwa Lee 70-73—143

Wendy Ward 74-70—144

Anna Nordqvist 74-70—144

Hee Young Park 73-71—144

Angela Stanford 73-71—144

Yun-Jye Wei 72-72—144

Sophie Gustafson 72-72—144

Hyun-Ju Shin 71-73—144

Na Ri Kim 74-71—145

Eun-Hee Ji 73-72—145

Hiromi Takesue 72-73—145

Azahara Munoz 72-73—145

Ji-Woo Lee 76-70—146

Alena Sharp 74-72—146

Ayako Uehara 73-73—146

Mayu Hattori 73-73—146

Na-Ri Lee 70-76—146

Mie Nakata 75-72—147

Ah-Reum Hwang 74-73—147

Rui Kitada 73-74—147

Ji-Hee Lee 73-74—147

Shinobu Moromizato 72-75—147

Amanda Blumenherst 72-75—147

Nobuko Kizawa 74-74—148

Saiki Fujita 73-75—148

Gwladys Nocera 76-74—150

Rikako Morita 75-75—150

Ai Miyazato 72-79—151

Yoshimi Kohda 77-75—152

Champions Tour

Charles Schwab Cup Championship

Saturday

At Harding Park Golf Course

San Francisco

Purse: $2.5 million

Yardage: 7,135; Par 71

Third Round

Michael Allen 69-69-61—199

John Cook 64-69-67—200

David Frost 68-68-65—201

Bernhard Langer 67-69-67—203

Russ Cochran 67-68-68—203

Tom Lehman 66-68-69—203

Tom Pernice, Jr. 65-71-68—204

Mark O’Meara 70-65-69—204

Fred Funk 65-70-70—205

Tom Kite 67-67-72—206

Nick Price 70-70-67—207

Corey Pavin 68-68-71—207

Fred Couples 69-69-70—208

Jeff Sluman 67-70-71—208

David Peoples 70-71-68—209

Olin Browne 67-70-73—210

Jay Haas 71-71-69—211

Chien Soon Lu 71-71-70—212

Peter Senior 67-72-73—212

Larry Mize 70-74-69—213

Dan Forsman 72-71-70—213

Loren Roberts 70-72-71—213

Tommy Armour III 71-70-72—213

Mark Wiebe 71-69-73—213

Joe Ozaki 71-72-71—214

Brad Bryant 73-70-72—215

Mike Reid 74-71-71—216

Joey Sindelar 73-72-72—217

Tom Watson 72-72-73—217

Mark Calcavecchia 70-78-74—222

Hockey

NHL

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

All Times Pacific

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EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Philadelphia 14 9 4 1 19 43 31

N.Y. Rangers 13 7 5 1 15 38 36

Pittsburgh 15 7 7 1 15 43 39

N.Y. Islanders 14 4 8 2 10 35 50

New Jersey 15 4 10 1 9 25 48

Northeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Montreal 14 8 5 1 17 34 33

Boston 11 7 3 1 15 33 20

Ottawa 14 7 6 1 15 36 40

Toronto 13 5 5 3 13 31 34

Buffalo 15 4 9 2 10 37 48

Southeast Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Washington 13 9 4 0 18 44 32

Tampa Bay 13 7 4 2 16 39 39

Atlanta 14 6 5 3 15 44 51

Carolina 14 7 7 0 14 41 44

Florida 12 5 7 0 10 36 32

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

St. Louis 11 8 1 2 18 30 18

Detroit 12 8 3 1 17 39 32

Chicago 16 8 7 1 17 49 49

Columbus 13 8 5 0 16 32 32

Nashville 12 5 4 3 13 27 33

Northwest Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Vancouver 13 8 3 2 18 40 32

Minnesota 13 7 4 2 16 32 30

Colorado 13 7 5 1 15 45 42

Calgary 13 6 7 0 12 35 38

Edmonton 11 3 6 2 8 32 40

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Los Angeles 13 10 3 0 20 39 26

Dallas 13 8 5 0 16 43 37

San Jose 12 6 5 1 13 34 30

Anaheim 14 6 7 1 13 35 46

Phoenix 13 4 5 4 12 33 42

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Saturday’s Games

St. Louis 2, Boston 1, SO

Buffalo 3, Toronto 2, SO

Chicago 5, Atlanta 4, SO

Pittsburgh 4, Phoenix 3, SO

Ottawa 3, Montreal 2

Philadelphia 2, N.Y. Islanders 1

Carolina 3, Florida 2

Minnesota 3, Columbus 2

Colorado 5, Dallas 0

Los Angeles 4, Nashville 1

Vancouver 6, Detroit 4

San Jose 5, Tampa Bay 2

Today’s Games

Philadelphia at Washington, 2 p.m.

St. Louis at N.Y. Rangers, 4 p.m.

Edmonton at Chicago, 4 p.m.

Nashville at Anaheim, 5 p.m.

Monday’s Games

Phoenix at Detroit, 4:30 p.m.

SOCCER

MLS

Major League Soccer

All Times Pacific

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EASTERN CONFERENCE

Semifinals

San Jose 1, New York 1, San Jose advanced on aggregate 3-2

Saturday, Oct. 30: New York 1, San Jose 0

Thursday, Nov. 4: San Jose 3, New York 1

Colorado 1, Columbus 1, Colorado advanced penalty kicks 5-4

Thursday, Oct. 28: Colorado 1, Columbus 0

Saturday, Nov. 6: Columbus 2, Colorado 1

Eastern Conference Championship

TBA: San Jose vs. Colorado

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Semifinals

FC Dallas 2, Real Salt Lake 1

Saturday, Oct. 30: FC Dallas 2, Real Salt Lake 1

Saturday, Nov. 6: FC Dallas 1, Real Salt Lake 1

Los Angeles 1, Seattle 0

Sunday, Oct. 31: Los Angeles 1, Seattle 0

Sunday, Nov. 7: Seattle at Los Angeles, 6 p.m.

Western Conference Championship

TBA: FC Dallas vs. Los Angeles-Seattle winner

MLS CUP

Sunday, Nov. 21: Conference Champions at Toronto, 8:30 p.m.

Auto racing

NASCAR

Sprint Cup

AAA Texas 500 Lineup

After Friday qualifying; race today

At Texas Motor Speedway

Fort Worth, Texas

Lap length: 1.5 miles

(Car number in parentheses)

1. (19) Elliott Sadler, Ford, 195.397.

2. (16) Greg Biffle, Ford, 193.653.

3. (99) Carl Edwards, Ford, 193.646.

4. (42) Juan Pablo Montoya, Chevrolet, 193.479.

5. (6) David Ragan, Ford, 193.424.

6. (2) Kurt Busch, Dodge, 193.375.

7. (33) Clint Bowyer, Chevrolet, 193.32.

8. (78) Regan Smith, Chevrolet, 193.216.

9. (5) Mark Martin, Chevrolet, 193.175.

10. (43) A J Allmendinger, Ford, 193.092.

11. (14) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 193.078.

12. (98) Paul Menard, Ford, 192.775.

13. (9) Aric Almirola, Ford, 192.603.

14. (39) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 192.369.

15. (24) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 191.993.

16. (31) Jeff Burton, Chevrolet, 191.986.

17. (48) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 191.939.

18. (00) David Reutimann, Toyota, 191.891.

19. (17) Matt Kenseth, Ford, 191.884.

20. (20) Joey Logano, Toyota, 191.768.

21. (56) Martin Truex Jr., Toyota, 191.748.

22. (88) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 191.741.

23. (82) Scott Speed, Toyota, 191.673.

24. (83) Kasey Kahne, Toyota, 191.598.

25. (1) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 191.564.

26. (29) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 191.557.

27. (77) Sam Hornish Jr., Dodge, 191.53.

28. (21) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 191.09.

29. (18) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 191.056.

30. (11) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 190.968.

31. (10) Bobby Labonte, Chevrolet, 190.846.

32. (47) Marcos Ambrose, Toyota, 190.833.

33. (38) David Gilliland, Ford, 190.201.

34. (87) Joe Nemechek, Toyota, 190.121.

35. (13) Casey Mears, Toyota, 189.72.

36. (12) Brad Keselowski, Dodge, 189.633.

37. (26) Patrick Carpentier, Ford, 189.255.

38. (66) Mike Bliss, Toyota, 189.201.

39. (7) Robby Gordon, Toyota, 188.851.

40. (71) Andy Lally, Chevrolet, Owner Points.

41. (34) Travis Kvapil, Ford, Owner Points.

42. (37) Dave Blaney, Ford, Owner Points.

43. (09) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, 188.996.

Failed to Qualify

44. (36) J.J. Yeley, Chevrolet, 188.673.

45. (81) Scott Riggs, Chevrolet, 188.653.

46. (46) Michael McDowell, Chevrolet, 187.852.

47. (64) Jeff Green, Toyota, 187.169.

48. (23) Josh Wise, Toyota, 185.944.

49. (92) Brian Keselowski, Dodge, 182.076.

Formula One

Brazilian Grand Prix

After Saturday qualifying; race today

At Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace (Interlagos)

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Lap length: 2.677 miles

Third Session

1. Nico Hulkenberg, Germany, Williams, 1 minute, 14.470 seconds.

2. Sebastian Vettel, Germany, Red Bull, 1:15.519.

3. Mark Webber, Australia, Red Bull, 1:15.637.

4. Lewis Hamilton, England, McLaren, 1:15.747.

5. Fernando Alonso, Spain, Ferrari, 1:15.989.

6. Rubens Barrichello, Brazil, Williams, 1:16.203.

7. Robert Kubica, Poland, Renault, 1:16.552.

8. Michael Schumacher, Germany, Mercedes, 1:16.925.

9. Felipe Massa, Brazil, Ferrari, 1:17.101.

10. Vitaly Petrov, Russia, Renault, 1:17.656.

Eliminated after second session

11. Jenson Button, England, McLaren, 1:19.288.

12. Kamui Kobayashi, Japan, BMW Sauber, 1:19.385.

13. Nico Rosberg, Germany, Mercedes, 1:19.486.

14. Jaime Alguersuari, Spain, Toro Rosso, 1:19.581.

15. Nick Heidfeld, Germany, BMW Sauber, 1:19.899.

16. Vitantonio Liuzzi, Italy, Force India, 1:20.357.

Eliminated after first session

17. Timo Glock, Germany, Virgin, 1:22.130.

18. Jarno Trulli, Italy, Lotus Racing, 1:22.250.

19. Sebastien Buemi, Switzerland, Toro Rosso, 1:19.847.

20. Heikki Kovalainen, Finland, Lotus Racing, 1:22.378.

21. Lucas di Grassi, Brazil, Virgin, 1:22.810.

22. Adrian Sutil, Germany, Force India, 1:20.830.

23. Christian Klien, Austria, HRT, 1:23.083.

24. Bruno Senna, Brazil, HRT, 1:23.796.

Deals

Transactions

BASEBALL

National League

WASHINGTON NATIONALS—Waived LHP Scott Olsen and LHP Jesse English.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NBA—Fined Charlotte G-F Stephen Jackson $50,000 for verbal abuse of game officials following a Nov. 5 game at Detroit.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

GREEN BAY PACKERS—Activated S Atari Bigby from the physically unable to perform list.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS—Placed WR Anthony Gonzalez on injured reserve.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—Released WR Ruvell Martin and C Chris White. Signed OT Breno Giacomini and QB Zac Robinson from the practice squad.

United Football League

HARTFORD COLONIALS—Signed S Quintin Demps and K Sam Swank. Released S Ryan Glasper, S Marshall McDuffie and K Taylor Mehlhaff.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

NEW JERSEY DEVILS—Assigned F Patrick Davis, F Brad Mills, G Jeff Frazee and D Alexander Urbom to Albany (AHL).

OTTAWA SENATORS—Recalled F Zack Smith from Binghamton (AHL).

ST. LOUIS BLUES—Recalled F Nick Drazenovic from Peoria (AHL). Activated D Nikita Nikitin from injured reserve.

WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Assigned C Marcus Johansson to Hershey (AHL).

American Hockey League

CHICAGO WOLVES—Recalled D Dave Phillips from Toledo (ECHL).

ECHL

UTAH GRIZZLIES—Signed F forward Riley Armstrong.

COLLEGE

MARSHALL—Dismissed F Antonio Haymon from the men’s basketball team following an arrest.