On Deck

Saturday

Football: 4A state semifinal, Ridgeview vs. Philomath, Cottage Grove High, 3 p.m.

Prep sports

Football

Class 6A

Second Round

Quarterfinals

Today’s Games

Lakeridge at Jesuit, 7 p.m.

Canby at Sheldon, 7 p.m.

Clackamas at Central Catholic, 7 p.m.

North Medford at Tigard, 7 p.m.

Class 5A

Semifinals

Saturday’s Games

Autzen Stadium, Eugene

Ashland vs. Sherwood, 1 p.m.

Hillsboro Stadium

Silverton vs. West Albany, 5:30 p.m.

Class 4A

Semifinals

Saturday’s Games

Cottage Grove High School

Ridgeview vs. Philomath, 3 p.m.

Autzen Stadium, Eugene

North Bend vs. Cottage Grove, 6 p.m.

Class 3A

Semifinals

Saturday’s Games

Summit High School

Nyssa vs. Dayton, 3 p.m.

Vale vs. Cascade Christian, 7 p.m.

Class 2A

Semifinals

Saturday’s Games

Summit High School

Grant Union vs. Portland Christian, 11 a.m.

Hillsboro Stadium

Heppner vs. Regis, 11 a.m.

Class 1A

Semifinals

Saturday’s Games

Cottage Grove High School

Camas Valley vs. Lowell, 11 a.m.

Hillsboro Stadium

Triangle Lake vs. Imbler, 2:15 p.m.

Football

NFL

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

All Times PST

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AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

New England 7 3 0 .700 254 199

N.Y. Jets 5 5 0 .500 183 268

Miami 5 5 0 .500 213 225

Buffalo 4 7 0 .364 236 273

South

W L T Pct PF PA

Indianapolis 7 3 0 .700 252 220

Tennessee 4 6 0 .400 227 226

Houston 2 8 0 .200 193 276

Jacksonville 1 9 0 .100 129 318

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Cincinnati 7 4 0 .636 275 206

Pittsburgh 4 6 0 .400 216 245

Baltimore 4 6 0 .400 208 212

Cleveland 4 6 0 .400 192 238

West

W L T Pct PF PA

Denver 9 1 0 .900 398 255

Kansas City 9 1 0 .900 232 138

Oakland 4 6 0 .400 194 246

San Diego 4 6 0 .400 228 222

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

Philadelphia 6 5 0 .545 276 260

Dallas 5 5 0 .500 274 258

N.Y. Giants 4 6 0 .400 192 256

Washington 3 7 0 .300 246 311

South

W L T Pct PF PA

New Orleans 9 2 0 .818 305 196

Carolina 7 3 0 .700 238 135

Tampa Bay 2 8 0 .200 187 237

Atlanta 2 9 0 .182 227 309

North

W L T Pct PF PA

Detroit 6 4 0 .600 265 253

Chicago 6 4 0 .600 282 267

Green Bay 5 5 0 .500 258 239

Minnesota 2 8 0 .200 240 320

West

W L T Pct PF PA

Seattle 10 1 0 .909 306 179

San Francisco 6 4 0 .600 247 178

Arizona 6 4 0 .600 214 212

St. Louis 4 6 0 .400 224 234

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Thursday’s Game

New Orleans 17, Atlanta 13

Sunday’s Games

Minnesota at Green Bay, 10 a.m.

Jacksonville at Houston, 10 a.m.

San Diego at Kansas City, 10 a.m.

Chicago at St. Louis, 10 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Detroit, 10 a.m.

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

Carolina at Miami, 10 a.m.

Tennessee at Oakland, 1:05 p.m.

Indianapolis at Arizona, 1:05 p.m.

Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 1:25 p.m.

Denver at New England, 5:30 p.m.

Open: Buffalo, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Seattle

Monday’s Game

San Francisco at Washington, 5:40 p.m.

Thursday’s Summary

Saints 17, Falcons 13

New Orleans 7 7 3 0 — 17

Atlanta 7 6 0 0 — 13

First Quarter

Atl—Jackson 1 run (Bryant kick), 8:48.

NO—Watson 1 pass from Brees (Hartley kick), 1:17.

Second Quarter

Atl—FG Bryant 39, 12:20.

NO—Graham 44 pass from Brees (Hartley kick), 10:12.

Atl—FG Bryant 24, 2:41.

Third Quarter

NO—FG Hartley 41, 4:37.

A—70,422.

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NO Atl

First downs 19 22

Total Net Yards 374 355

Rushes-yards 25-103 22-91

Passing 271 264

Punt Returns 1-0 1-10

Kickoff Returns 1-20 0-0

Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0

Comp-Att-Int 23-33-0 30-39-0

Sacked-Yards Lost 1-7 5-28

Punts 4-49.5 3-45.3

Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1

Penalties-Yards 5-66 3-25

Time of Possession 26:14 33:46

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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—New Orleans: Thomas 10-73, Ingram 9-32, K.Robinson 1-4, Collins 1-0, Brees 4-(minus 6). Atlanta: Jackson 16-63, Smith 1-11, Ryan 2-10, Rodgers 3-7.

PASSING—New Orleans: Brees 23-33-0-278. Atlanta: Ryan 30-39-0-292.

RECEIVING—New Orleans: Graham 5-100, Thomas 5-57, Colston 4-40, Moore 2-22, Stills 2-22, Hill 2-16, Meachem 1-18, Cadet 1-2, Watson 1-1. Atlanta: Douglas 9-79, D.Johnson 6-67, Gonzalez 4-43, Jackson 3-16, Rodgers 2-31, White 2-24, Snelling 2-19, Dr.Davis 1-7, Toilolo 1-6.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—Atlanta: Bryant 52 (WL).

College

Schedule

All Times PST

(Subject to change)

Thursday’s Games

SOUTH

SE Louisiana 52, Nicholls St. 27

Rice 37, UAB 34, OT

UCF 41, Rutgers 17

FAR WEST

UNLV 41, Air Force 21

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Today’s Games

FAR WEST

Navy (6-4) at San Jose St. (5-5), 6:30 p.m.

Pac-12

Standings

North

Conf. Overall

Oregon 6-1 9-1

Stanford 6-2 8-2

Oregon State 4-3 6-4

Washington 3-4 6-4

Washington State 3-4 5-5

California 0-8 1-10

South

Conf. Overall

Arizona State 6-1 8-2

UCLA 5-2 8-2

USC 5-2 8-3

Arizona 3-4 6-4

Colorado 1-6 4-6

Utah 1-6 4-6

Saturday’s Games

Oregon at Arizona, 12:30 p.m.

Utah at Washington State, 12:30 p.m.

California at Stanford, 1 p.m.

Arizona State at UCLA, 4 p.m.

USC at Colorado, 6:30 p.m.

Washington at Oregon State, 7:30 p.m.

Betting line

NFL

(Home teams in CAPS)

Favorite Opening Current Underdog

Sunday

LIONS 9.5 8.5 Buccaneers

TEXANS 10.5 10 Jaguars

PACKERS 5 5 Vikings

CHIEFS 5 5 Chargers

Panthers 4 4.5 DOLPHINS

BROWNS 2 2 Steelers

RAMS PK 1 Bears

RAVENS 3.5 3.5 Jets

RAIDERS PK PK Titans

CARDINALS 2 2.5 Colts

GIANTS 2.5 2.5 Cowboys

Broncos 2.5 2.5 PATRIOTS

Monday

49ers 4.5 6 REDSKINS

College

Today

SAN JOSE ST 1.5 2 Navy

Saturday

PENN ST 1.5 2 Nebraska

Illinois 7 6.5 PURDUE

Pittsburgh 1 1 SYRACUSE

TEMPLE 9 8.5 Connecticut

OHIO ST 32 34.5 Indiana

Michigan St 7.5 7 NORTHWESTERN

E. Carolina 7 6.5 NC STATE

FLORIDA ST 56 57 Idaho

Marshall 32.5 33 FLORIDA INT’L

GEORGIA 23.5 23.5 Kentucky

IOWA ST 6 5.5 Kansas

Duke 5 5.5 WAKE FOREST

MARYLAND PK PK Boston College

Wisconsin 14.5 16.5 MINNESOTA

MIAMI-FLA 19.5 20 Virginia

HOUSTON 3.5 3 Cincinnati

LOUISVILLE 24.5 23 Memphis

TENNESSEE 3 2.5 Vanderbilt

C. MICHIGAN 9 11.5 UMass

Bowling Green 24.5 24.5 E. MICHIGAN

WYOMING 7 6 Hawaii

W. Kentucky 4 4.5 TEXAS ST

IOWA 6 6 Michigan

Arizona St 2.5 2 UCLA

UTAH ST 6.5 10 Colorado St

Usc 21.5 22.5 COLORADO

LSU 3.5 4 Texas A&M

l-Mississippi St 2 2 ARKANSAS

Oregon 18.5 21 ARIZONA

TULANE 17 17 Utep

STANFORD 31.5 32.5 California

N. TEXAS 8.5 8 TX-S. Antonio

NOTRE DAME PK PK Byu

Baylor 9 9.5 OKLAHOMA ST

Mid Tenn St 22.5 23 S. MISS

ARKANSAS ST 24 24 Georgia St

OREGON ST NL NL Washington

S. ALABAMA 3.5 3.5 UL-Monroe

Smu 4.5 4.5 S. FLORIDA

FRESNO ST 31 32 New Mexico

FLA ATLANTIC 20 22 New Mexico St

Tulsa 3.5 3.5 LA TECH

KANSAS ST 3 4.5 Oklahoma

Missouri 3 2.5 MISSISSIPPI

WASHINGTON ST 1 1 Utah

Boise St 7 7 SAN DIEGO ST

l-Little Rock, Ark.

BASKETBALL

Men’s college

Thursday’s Games

East

Robert Morris 88, Texas-Arlington 81

Wagner 68, Vermont 61

West Virginia 101, Georgia Southern 68

South

ETSU 89, Samford 75

FIU 82, Bethune-Cookman 67

Florida 79, Middle Tennessee 59

Louisiana-Monroe 84, Northwestern St. 80, OT

North Florida 109, Webber 64

Old Dominion 69, Presbyterian 51

Stephen F. Austin 80, Marshall 73, OT

Tennessee Tech 92, Indiana-Kokomo 39

UCF 63, Miami 58

W. Kentucky 73, UNC Wilmington 58

Wake Forest 82, The Citadel 54

Midwest

CS Northridge 74, Montana St. 73

Cent. Michigan 90, Austin Peay 75

Kent St. 72, W. Carolina 59

Marquette 58, New Hampshire 53

Minnesota 79, Wofford 57

S. Illinois 96, Missouri S&T 74

SC-Upstate 83, Niagara 74

Saint Louis 72, Oral Roberts 55

W. Illinois 79, Eureka 52

Wisconsin 88, Bowling Green 64

Southwest

Houston 75, Howard 62

Texas Tech 68, S. Dakota St. 54

Texas-Pan American 70, UTSA 55

Far West

Colorado 76, UC Santa Barbara 68

Columbia 70, North Texas 66

Gonzaga 90, Washington St. 74

Lamar 75, Savannah St. 66

Portland 88, Idaho 74

San Diego 82, San Diego Christian 46

Southern Cal 73, West Alabama 57

Stanford 97, Texas Southern 71

Utah 79, Grand Canyon 54

Tournament

2K Sports Classic

First Round

UConn 72, Boston College 70

Charleston Classic

First Round

Clemson 72, Temple 58

Davidson 94, Georgia 82

New Mexico 97, UAB 94, 2OT

UMass 96, Nebraska 90

Puerto Rico Tipoff

First Round

Charlotte 68, Kansas St. 61

Florida St. 85, VCU 67

Michigan 85, Long Beach St. 61

Northeastern 63, Georgetown 56

Women’s College

Thursday’s Games

EAST

Boston College 89, FIU 69

Lehigh 73, Fairfield 67

Stony Brook 68, Fairleigh Dickinson 58

SOUTH

Alabama 70, Wisconsin 62

Chattanooga 63, UAB 56

Duke 88, Vanderbilt 69

Florida St. 76, Florida 68

George Mason 97, St. Francis (Pa.) 62

James Madison 78, Richmond 68

Kentucky 116, Lipscomb 49

Louisville 90, Ohio 33

Mississippi St. 90, Tennessee Tech 45

Morehead St. 77, ETSU 69

NC A&T 62, Davidson 53

North Carolina 106, Coastal Carolina 52

SC State 43, Presbyterian 41

Texas A&M-CC 76, Tennessee St. 74

Wright St. 95, Murray St. 69

MIDWEST

Drake 89, South Dakota 81, OT

E. Illinois 81, Loyola of Chicago 80

IUPUI 84, Valparaiso 51

Illinois 78, S. Illinois 43

Iowa St. 78, Cincinnati 42

Longwood 67, Xavier 64

Marquette 84, Cent. Michigan 72

Missouri 62, SE Missouri 57

N. Illinois 63, Bradley 60

Nebraska 78, Ark.-Pine Bluff 55

S. Dakota St. 88, Pepperdine 55

SOUTHWEST

Baylor 99, Savannah St. 31

Rice 77, Southern U. 64

UTSA 62, Northwestern St. 49

VCU 67, Texas-Pan American 57

FAR WEST

Cal Poly 82, Nevada 57

New Mexico St. 88, E. New Mexico 56

Oregon St. 92, Loyola Marymount 54

S. Utah 74, Utah Valley 63

Saint Mary’s (Cal) 89, UC Santa Barbara 79

UC Irvine 78, Denver 73

Hockey

NHL

NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE

All Times PST

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Eastern Conference

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Boston 22 14 6 2 30 61 41

Tampa Bay 22 14 8 0 28 67 60

Toronto 22 13 8 1 27 64 53

Detroit 23 10 6 7 27 58 65

Montreal 22 11 9 2 24 58 47

Ottawa 22 8 10 4 20 63 71

Florida 23 6 13 4 16 50 76

Buffalo 24 5 18 1 11 43 76

Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Pittsburgh 22 14 8 0 28 63 48

Washington 22 12 9 1 25 69 63

New Jersey 22 9 8 5 23 48 53

N.Y. Rangers 22 11 11 0 22 46 54

Philadelphia 21 9 10 2 20 44 51

Carolina 22 8 10 4 20 43 63

Columbus 22 8 11 3 19 54 65

N.Y. Islanders 22 8 11 3 19 63 73

Western Conference

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Chicago 23 15 4 4 34 85 69

St. Louis 21 15 3 3 33 73 49

Colorado 21 16 5 0 32 68 45

Minnesota 23 14 5 4 32 61 53

Dallas 21 11 8 2 24 60 59

Nashville 22 11 9 2 24 52 65

Winnipeg 24 10 11 3 23 64 72

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

San Jose 22 14 3 5 33 77 51

Anaheim 24 15 6 3 33 75 63

Phoenix 22 14 4 4 32 76 70

Los Angeles 23 15 6 2 32 64 50

Vancouver 23 11 8 4 26 58 61

Calgary 22 7 11 4 18 60 81

Edmonton 24 7 15 2 16 64 84

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

Thursday’s Games

St. Louis 3, Boston 2, SO

Nashville 4, Toronto 2

Philadelphia 4, Buffalo 1

Detroit 4, Carolina 3

Chicago 6, Winnipeg 3

N.Y. Rangers 3, Dallas 2

Colorado 4, Phoenix 3, OT

Edmonton 4, Florida 1

New Jersey 2, Los Angeles 1, OT

San Jose 5, Tampa Bay 1

Today’s Games

N.Y. Islanders at Pittsburgh, 4 p.m.

Montreal at Washington, 4 p.m.

Florida at Calgary, 6 p.m.

Columbus at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Anaheim, 7 p.m.

GOLF

LPGA Tour

CME Group Titleholders

Thursday

At Ritz Carlton Golf Resort (Tiburon Golf Club)

Naples, Fla.

Purse: $2 million

Yardage: 6,540; Par: 72 (36-36)

First Round

Sandra Gal 34-30—64

Rebecca Lee-Bentham 35-30—65

Shanshan Feng 31-35—66

Anna Nordqvist 32-34—66

Lexi Thompson 34-32—66

Sandra Changkija 34-33—67

Brittany Lang 33-35—68

Brittany Lincicome 32-36—68

Inbee Park 35-33—68

Jane Park 35-33—68

Dewi Claire Schreefel 33-35—68

Sun Young Yoo 36-32—68

Karine Icher 36-33—69

Juli Inkster 35-34—69

Cristie Kerr 34-35—69

Cindy LaCrosse 36-33—69

Ilhee Lee 35-34—69

Meena Lee 34-35—69

Mo Martin 35-34—69

Ai Miyazato 36-33—69

Hee Young Park 34-35—69

Ayako Uehara 35-34—69

Natalie Gulbis 36-34—70

Moriya Jutanugarn 34-36—70

Catriona Matthew 35-35—70

Mika Miyazato 35-35—70

Pornanong Phatlum 33-37—70

So Yeon Ryu 35-35—70

Karrie Webb 34-36—70

Chella Choi 36-35—71

Na Yeon Choi 32-39—71

Jennifer Johnson 36-35—71

Lydia Ko 38-33—71

Candie Kung 36-35—71

Stacy Lewis 37-34—71

Gerina Piller 35-36—71

Stacy Prammanasudh 37-34—71

Morgan Pressel 38-33—71

Lizette Salas 36-35—71

Carlota Ciganda 38-34—72

Jodi Ewart Shadoff 39-33—72

I.K. Kim 37-35—72

Pernilla Lindberg 39-33—72

Azahara Munoz 36-36—72

Brooke Pancake 36-36—72

Suzann Pettersen 37-35—72

Beatriz Recari 36-36—72

Michelle Wie 37-35—72

Chie Arimura 37-36—73

Irene Cho 36-37—73

Austin Ernst 37-36—73

Katherine Hull-Kirk 37-36—73

Mi Jung Hur 36-37—73

Jenny Shin 38-35—73

Amy Yang 36-37—73

Paula Creamer 37-37—74

Caroline Hedwall 37-37—74

Hanna Kang 38-36—74

Jessica Korda 38-36—74

Paola Moreno 36-38—74

Hee Kyung Seo 39-35—74

Angela Stanford 36-38—74

Alison Walshe 37-37—74

Hee-Won Han 40-35—75

Eun-Hee Ji 39-36—75

Mindy Kim 38-38—76

Jeong Jang 38-39—77

Caroline Masson 39-38—77

Jacqui Concolino 42-39—81

World Cup of Golf

Thursday

At Royal Melbourne Golf Club (Composite Course)

Melbourne, Australia

Purse: $7 million (Individual)

$1 million (Team)

Yardage: 7,024; Par: 71

First Round

Team

United States 137

Denmark 137

Portugal 140

South Korea 141

Scotland 141

Canada 141

Finland 142

Thailand 143

Japan 143

Australia 143

Philippines 144

Germany 144

England 144

Brazil 144

France 145

Ireland 147

South Africa 147

Sweden 148

Spain 148

Chile 149

Argentina 149

Netherlands 150

Italy 151

China 152

New Zealand 154

India 154

Individual

Thomas Bjorn, Denmark 34-32—66

Kevin Streelman, United States 33-33—66

Stuart Manley, Wales 34-33—67

K.J. Choi, South Korea 33-34—67

Martin Laird, Scotland 33-34—67

Jason Day, Australia 33-35—68

Ricardo Santos, Portugal 35-34—69

Danny Willett, England 34-35—69

Tony Lascuna, Philippines 34-36—70

Mikko Korhonen, Finland 34-36—70

Nicolas Colsaerts, Belgium 36-34—70

David Hearn, Canada 34-36—70

Brad Fritsch, Canada 34-37—71

Jose-Filipe Lima, Portugal 34-37—71

Kiradech Aphibarnrat, Thailand 34-37—71

Ryo Ishikawa, Japan 36-35—71

Thorbjorn Olesen, Denmark 33-38—71

Bernd Wiesberger, Austria 34-37—71

Matt Kuchar, United States 31-40—71

Marcel Siem, Germany 36-35—71

Alexandre Rocha, Brazil 35-37—72

Roope Kakko, Finland 35-37—72

Fabian Gomez, Argentina 34-38—72

Adilson da Silva, Brazil 35-37—72

Espen Kofstad, Norway 37-35—72

Hideto Tanihara, Japan 35-37—72

Gregory Bourdy, France 36-36—72

Anirban Lahiri, India 36-36—72

Prayad Marksaeng, Thailand 34-38—72

Peter Hanson, Sweden 35-37—72

Graeme McDowell, Ireland 35-37—72

Siddikur Rahman, Bangladesh 34-39—73

Victor Dubuisson, France 33-40—73

Vijay Singh, Fiji 35-38—73

Maximilian Kieffer, Germany 36-37—73

Branden Grace, South Africa 34-39—73

Miguel A. Jimenez, Spain 38-35—73

Oscar Fraustro, Mexico 36-38—74

Mark Tullo, Chile 37-37—74

Robert-Jan Derksen, Netherlands 37-37—74

Angelo Que, Phillipines 35-39—74

Brendon de Jonge, Zimbabwe 33-41—74

Bae Sang-moon, South Korea 34-40—74

George Coetzee, South Africa 37-37—74

Stephen Gallacher, Scotland 37-37—74

Felipe Aguilar, Chile 39-36—75

Shane Lowry, Ireland 38-37—75

Chris Wood, England 37-38—75

Rafael Cabrera Bello, Spain 34-41—75

Francesco Molinari, Italy 36-39—75

Adam Scott, Australia 34-41—75

Mike Hendry, New Zealand 35-40—75

Liang Wenchong, China 37-38—75

Tim Sluiter, Netherlands 37-39—76

Matteo Manassero, Italy 38-38—76

Jonas Blixt, Sweden 36-40—76

Wu Ashun, China 37-40—77

Emiliano Grillo, Argentina 40-37—77

Tim Wilkinson, New Zealand 36-43—79

Gaganjeet Bhullar, India 40-42—82

Soccer

MLS

MAJOR LEAGUE SOCCER

All Times PST

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CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP

Eastern Conference

Leg 1 — Saturday, Nov 9: Sporting KC 0, Houston 0

Leg 2 — Saturday, Nov. 23: Houston at Sporting KC, 4:30 p.m.

Western Conference

Leg 1 — Sunday, Nov. 10: Real Salt Lake 4, Portland 2

Leg 2 — Sunday, Nov. 24: Real Salt Lake at Portland, 6 p.m.

Deals

Transactions

BASEBALL

American League

DETROIT TIGERS — Agreed to terms with LHP Phil Coke on a one-year contract.

HOUSTON ASTROS — Selected the contracts of RHP Asher Wojciechowski from Oklahoma City (PCL) and LHP Luis Cruz and OF Domingo Santana from Corpus Christi (TL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Agreed to terms with LHP Jason Vargas on a four-year contract. Designated C George Kottaras for assignment.

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Selected the contract of RF Randal Grichuk from Arkansas (TL).

NEW YORK YANKEES — Assigned 2B Corban Joseph outright to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (IL).

TEXAS RANGERS — Promoted Paige Farragut to senior vice president, ticket sales and service.

TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Selected the contracts of RHP Deck McGuire and OF Kenny Wilson from New Hampshire (EL).

National League

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Named Dave Duncan special assistant to the general manager/pitching consultant.

ATLANTA BRAVES — Selected the contracts of RHP Luis Vasquez from Gwinnett (IL) and SS Elmer Reyes and LHP Carlos Perez from Lynchburg (Carolina).

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Selected the contracts of 1B Hunter Morris from Nashville (PCL) and RHPs Kevin Shackelford and Brooks Hall and 1B Jason Rogers from Huntsville (TL).

NEW YORK METS — Agreed to terms with RHP Miguel Socolovich on a minor league contract.

PHILADELPHIA PHILLIES — Named Bob McClure pitching coach. Agreed to terms with C Carlos Ruiz on a three-year contract.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Agreed to terms with RHPs Jake Brigham, Josh Kinney, Collin Balester, Seth McClung and Jay Jackson on minor league contracts.

ST. LOUIS CARDINALS — Assigned OF Jermaine Curtis and LHP John Gast outright to Memphis (PCL).

SAN FRANCISCO GIANTS — Designated RHP Guillermo Moscoso for assignment. Selected the contracts of OF Gary Brown and RHP Hunter Strickland from Fresno (PCL); 3B Adam Duvall from Richmond (EL); and RHP Kendry Flores from Augusta (SAL).

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Promoted Doug Harris to assistant general manager and vice president of player development, Kris Kline to assistant general manager and vice president of scouting operations, Mark Scialabba to director of player development, Mark Baca to national supervisor, Jeff Zona to special assistant to the general manager and Fred Costello to national crosschecker.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NBA — Fined Houston F/C Dwight Howard $25,000 for throwing the ball into the stands during Wednesday’s game.

SACRAMENTO KINGS — Assigned G Ray McCallum to Reno (NBADL).

FOOTBALL

National Football League

BALTIMORE RAVENS — Signed OT David Mims to the practice squad.

DALLAS COWBOYS — Released CB Micah Pellerin. Signed LB Orie Lemon from Arizona’s practice squad.

HOUSTON TEXANS — Released LB D.J. Smith. Released TE Nathan Overbay from the practice squad. Signed RB Edwin Baker to the practice squad. Claimed CB Justin Rogers off waivers from Buffalo.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS — Signed WR Marcus Jackson to the practice squad.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Signed WR Tobais Palmer and OT Kenny Wiggins to the practice squad.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Placed WR Leonard Hankerson on injured reserve. Signed WR Lance Lewis from the practice squad and WR Josh Bellamy to the practice squad.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

CALGARY FLAMES — Traded F Tim Jackman to Anaheim for a 2014 sixth-round draft pick. Called up C Blair Jones from Abbotsford (AHL).

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Activated F Matt Calvert off injured reserve.

DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned LW Trevor Parkes to Toledo (ECHL). Recalled RW Gustav Nyquist from Grand Rapids (AHL).

PHOENIX COYOTES — Reassigned G Louis Domingue from Portland (AHL) to Gwinnett (ECHL) and G Chris Rawlings from Gwinnett to Arizona (CHL).

COLLEGE

KENTUCKY — Suspended DB Cody Quinn and DE Jason Hatcher from Saturday night’s game at Georgia and suspended junior WR Demarco Robinson indefinitely, all for violating team rules.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA — Announced G J.T. Terrell for the rest of the fall semester because of academic reasons.