Scoreboard
Published 12:00 am Wednesday, January 7, 2015
On deck
Today
Boys basketball: Madras at Mountain View, 7 p.m.
Girls basketball: Mountain View at Madras, 7 p.m.
Wrestling: Ridgeview at Summit, 7 p.m.
Thursday
Boys basketball: The Dalles at Summit, 7 p.m.
Girls basketball: Summit at The Dalles, 7 p.m.
Wrestling: Ridgeview at Bend, 7 p.m.; Redmond at Mountain View, 7 p.m.
Friday
Boys basketball: Ridgeview at Bend, 7 p.m.; Redmond at Sisters, 7:15 p.m.; Madras at Philomath, 7 p.m.; Crook County at Sweet Home, 7:15 p.m.; Creswell at La Pine, 7:30 p.m.; Irrigon at Culver, 6 p.m.; Chiloquin at Central Christian, 7:30 p.m.
Girls basketball: Redmond at Sisters, 5:45 p.m.; Bend at Ridgeview, 7 p.m.; Crook County at Sweet Home, 5:45 p.m.; Creswell at La Pine, 6 p.m.; Irrigon at Culver, 4:30 p.m.; Chiloquin at Central Christian, 6 p.m.; Trinity Lutheran at Gilchrist, 4 p.m.
Saturday
Boys basketball: Hermiston at Summit, 3:30 p.m.; Central Christian at Butte Falls, 4 p.m.; Rogue Valley Adventist at Gilchrist, 7:30 p.m.
Girls basketball: Central Christian at Butte Falls, 2:30 p.m.; Rogue Valley Adventist at Gilchrist, 6 p.m.
Wrestling: Bend, Mountain View, Ridgeview, Summit, Sisters, Madras, La Pine at Bend Invitational, 10 a.m.; Crook County at Dallas Tournament, TBD
Swimming: Bend, Mountain View, Redmond, Ridgeview, Summit, Sisters at Jay Rowan Invite in Redmond, 11 a.m.; Madras at The Dalles, 10:15 a.m.
Alpine skiing: OSSA at Mt. Bachelor, Giant Slalom, I-5 or Cliffhanger, TBD
Nordic skiing: OISRA skate and relay races at Crater Lake Northern Entrance Rd, 11:30 a.m.; OHSNO classic at Mt. Hood Meadows Nordic
FOOTBALL
NFL playoffs
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
All Times PST
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Divisional Playoffs
Saturday’s Games
Baltimore at New England, 1:35 p.m.
Carolina at Seattle, 5:15 p.m.
Sunday’s Games
Dallas at Green Bay, 10:05 a.m.
Indianapolis at Denver, 1:40 p.m.
Conference Championships
Sunday, Jan. 18
NFC, 12:05 p.m.
AFC, 3:40 p.m.
College
Saturday’s Game
FCS Championship
At Frisco, Texas
North Dakota St. (14-1) vs. Illinois St. (13-1), 10 a.m.
Monday, Jan. 12
College Football Championship
At Arlington, Texas
Ohio State (13-1) vs. Oregon (13-1), 5:30 p.m.
America’s Line
Favorite Open Current O/U Underdog
Home teams in CAPS
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NFL
Saturday
PATRIOTS 7 7 471/2 Ravens
SEAHAWKS 11 11 401/2 Panthers
Sunday
PACKERS 61/2 6 53 Cowboys
BRONCOS 7 7 54 Colts
College
Monday, Jan. 12
Oregon 7 61/2 75 Ohio St.
HOCKEY
NHL
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
All Times PST
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Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Tampa Bay 42 26 12 4 56 138 110
Montreal 40 26 12 2 54 110 93
Detroit 40 21 10 9 51 113 101
Toronto 40 21 16 3 45 130 122
Boston 40 19 15 6 44 104 108
Florida 37 17 11 9 43 87 97
Ottawa 39 16 15 8 40 103 107
Buffalo 41 14 24 3 31 78 140
Metropolitan Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Pittsburgh 39 24 10 5 53 118 94
N.Y. Islanders 40 26 13 1 53 123 112
Washington 38 20 11 7 47 112 99
N.Y. Rangers 36 21 11 4 46 113 90
Columbus 38 18 17 3 39 100 121
Philadelphia 40 15 18 7 37 108 121
New Jersey 42 15 20 7 37 94 118
Carolina 40 12 24 4 28 79 105
Western Conference
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Nashville 39 26 9 4 56 119 90
Chicago 40 26 12 2 54 124 87
St. Louis 40 24 13 3 51 124 99
Winnipeg 40 20 13 7 47 103 96
Dallas 39 18 15 6 42 121 128
Minnesota 38 18 15 5 41 107 110
Colorado 40 16 16 8 40 103 117
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Anaheim 41 26 9 6 58 115 110
Vancouver 38 23 12 3 49 112 100
San Jose 41 22 14 5 49 113 108
Los Angeles 40 19 12 9 47 112 103
Calgary 40 21 16 3 45 115 105
Arizona 39 15 20 4 34 92 130
Edmonton 41 9 23 9 27 90 139
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Tuesday’s Games
Philadelphia 2, Ottawa 1, SO
New Jersey 4, Buffalo 1
Tampa Bay 4, Montreal 2
Nashville 3, Carolina 2
San Jose 4, Minnesota 3, OT
Colorado 2, Chicago 0
Columbus 4, Dallas 2
St. Louis 6, Arizona 0
Detroit 4, Edmonton 2
Vancouver 3, N.Y. Islanders 2
Today’s Games
Washington at Toronto, 4 p.m.
Boston at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m.
Detroit at Calgary, 6:30 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Anaheim, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
New Jersey at Boston, 4 p.m.
Washington at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.
Buffalo at Carolina, 4 p.m.
San Jose at St. Louis, 5 p.m.
Dallas at Nashville, 5 p.m.
Chicago at Minnesota, 5 p.m.
Ottawa at Colorado, 6 p.m.
Winnipeg at Arizona, 6 p.m.
Florida at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Los Angeles, 7:30 p.m.
Basketball
Men’s college
Pac-12
All Times PST
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Today’s Games
Colorado at Utah, 6 p.m.
California at Southern Cal, 8 p.m.
Thursday’s Games
Arizona St. at Oregon St., 6 p.m.
Stanford at UCLA, 6 p.m.
Arizona at Oregon, 7:30 p.m
Saturday’s Games
Washington St. at Washington, noon
Arizona St. at Oregon, 2 p.m.
California at UCLA, 4:30 p.m.
Stanford at Southern Cal, 7 p.m.
Arizona at Oregon St., 7 p.m.
Tuesday’s Games
TOP 25
No. 1 Kentucky 89, Mississippi 86, OT
No. 8 Villanova 90, No. 24 St. John’s 72
No. 17 Iowa State 63, Oklahoma State 61
No. 22 Ohio State 74, Minnesota 72, OT
No. 23 Arkansas 79, Georgia 75
EAST
Albany (NY) 64, New Hampshire 62
George Washington 75, Saint Louis 72
Georgetown 65, Marquette 59
Iona 81, Quinnipiac 73
Michigan 73, Penn St. 64
Pittsburgh 61, Boston College 60, OT
Princeton 71, Norfolk St. 61
Stony Brook 70, Columbia 61
Villanova 90, St. John’s 72
SOUTH
Jacksonville at Florida A&M
Virginia Tech at Florida St.
Arkansas at Georgia
Mississippi at Kentucky
Trinity Baptist at North Florida
UConn at South Florida
Allen at Savannah St.
Texas A&M at Alabama
Auburn at Vanderbilt
MIDWEST
Akron 72, W. Michigan 52
Cent. Michigan 65, Toledo 62
Cincinnati 69, East Carolina 48
Iowa St. 63, Oklahoma St. 61
Ohio St. 74, Minnesota 72, OT
Providence 66, Butler 62
SC-Upstate 61, UMKC 49
SOUTHWEST
Texas A&M-CC 77, Cent. Arkansas 70
UCF 79, Houston 78, OT
FAR WEST
New Mexico St. 75, NM Highlands 67
Saint Mary’s (Cal) 78, Morgan St. 52
San Diego St. 56, New Mexico 42
Women’s college
Tuesday’s Games
TOP 25
No. 5 Baylor 74, Kansas St. 44
EAST
Fairfield 56, Marist 55
Hartford 59, Binghamton 44
Towson 77, William & Mary 69, OT
SOUTH
Drexel 57, Elon 47
North Florida 63, UMKC 62, OT
Wofford 69, NC Central 55
MIDWEST
Baylor 74, Kansas St. 44
Wisconsin 65, Penn St. 46
SOUTHWEST
Cent. Arkansas 63, Texas A&M-CC 59
FAR WEST
CS Bakersfield 74, UC Santa Barbara 64
S. Utah 66, Utah Valley 61
USA Today Top 25 Coaches Poll
Record Pts Pvs
1. South Carolina (26) 14-0 794 1
2. UConn (5) 12-1 770 2
3. Texas (1) 12-0 736 3
4. Notre Dame 14-1 708 4
5. Baylor 12-1 660 5
6. North Carolina 14-1 601 7
7. Louisville 14-1 596 6
8. Texas A&M 14-2 558 8
9. Tennessee 12-2 536 9
10. Maryland 11-2 529 10
11. Kentucky 13-2 477 11
12. Duke 10-4 420 12
13. Oregon St. 12-1 413 13
14. Stanford 10-4 348 15
15. Mississippi St. 17-0 337 18
16. Oklahoma St. 10-2 307 14
17. Iowa 11-2 281 20
18. Nebraska 10-3 237 16
19. Georgia 13-2 213 19
20. Arizona St. 13-1 175 —
21. Syracuse 10-4 101 22
22. Florida St. 13-2 90 —
23. Rutgers 10-4 87 17
24. Princeton 16-0 79 —
25. West Virginia 10-3 66 21
Others receiving votes: Washington 55, St. John’s 37, S. Florida 34, Northwestern 33, DePaul 28, Minnesota 23, California 22 , George Washington 15, Seton Hall 13, James Madison 12, W. Kentucky 9.
TENNIS
ATP World Tour
Qatar Open
Tuesday at Doha, Qatar
First Round
Tomas Berdych (3), Czech Republic, def. Denis Istomin, Uzbekistan, 6-1, 6-4.
Blaz Kavcic, Slovenia, def. Juan Monaco, Argentina, 7-6 (3), 6-4.
Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, def. Jabor Mohammed Ali Mutawa, Qatar, 6-1, 6-1.
Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, 6-2, 6-1.
Nikoloz Basilashvili, Georgia, def. Mikhail Youzhny, Russia, 7-5, 6-2.
Andreas Seppi, Italy, def. Leonardo Mayer (8), Argentina, 5-7, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4).
Joao Souza, Brazil, def. Malek Jaziri, Tunisia, 3-6, 6-4, 6-3.
Jan-Lennard Struff, Germany, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber (5), Germany, 7-6 (3), 4-6, 6-1.
Michael Berrer, Germany, def. Rafael Nadal (2), Spain, 1-6, 6-3, 6-4.
David Ferrer (4), Spain, def. Thiemo de Bakker, Netherlands, 6-7 (4), 6-4, 6-3.
Chennai Open
Tuesday at Chennai, India
First Round
Elias Ymer, Sweden, def. Igor Sijsling, Netherlands, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3.
Ricardas Berankis, Lithuania, def. Luca Vanni, Italy, 6-1, 2-6, 7-5.
Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, def. Vijay Sundar Prashanth, India, 6-2, 6-1.
Aljaz Bedene, Slovenia, def. Lukas Lacko, Slovakia, 7-6 (0), 6-3.
Tatsuma Ito, Japan, def. Ramkumar Ramanathan, India, 6-3, 6-3.
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (5), Spain, def. Evgeny Donskoy, Russia, 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-3.
Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, def. Alejandro Gonzalez, Colombia, 6-1, 6-3.
Yen-hsun Lu (6), Taiwan, def. Somdev Devvarman, India, 6-3, 6-4.
Peter Gojowczyk, Germany, def. Alejandro Falla, Colombia, 6-0, 6-1.
Brisbane International
Tuesday at Brisbane, Australia
First Round
Lukasz Kubot, Poland, def. Kevin Anderson (5), South Africa, 7-6 (3), 6-4.
Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan, def. Marius Copil, Romania, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4.
Steve Johnson, United States, def. Marinko Matosevic, Australia, 2-6, 7-6 (0), 7-5.
Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, def. Denis Kudla, United States, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4.
John Millman, Australia, def. Rhyne Williams, United States, 6-3, 6-1.
Alexandr Dolgopolov (7), Ukraine, def. Carlos Berlocq, Argentina, 6-2, 6-3.
Martin Klizan, Slovakia, def. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, 6-7 (5), 7-6 (6), 6-1.
Sam Groth, Australia, def. Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, 6-3, 6-2.
WTA
ASB Classic
Tuesday at Auckland, New Zealand
First Round
Urszula Radwanska, Poland, def. Francesca Schiavone, Italy, 6-4, 7-5.
CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, def. Roberta Vinci, Italy, 5-7, 6-2, 6-3.
Julia Goerges, Germany, def. Anna Tatishvili, United States, 6-1, 6-4.
Lucie Hradecka, Czech Republic, def. Svetlana Kuznetsova (5), Russia, 3-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4.
Elena Vesnina, Russia, def. Kristina Mladenovic, France, 7-6 (5), 6-2.
Venus Williams (3), United States, def. Jana Cepelova, Slovakia, 6-1, 6-0.
Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, def. Johanna Larsson, Sweden, 7-6 (1), 1-6, 7-6 (3).
Caroline Wozniacki (1), Denmark, def. Julia Glushko, Israel, 6-3, 6-2.
Marina Erakovic, New Zealand, def. Monica Puig, Puerto Rico, 7-5, 2-6, 6-4.
Shenzhen Open
Tuesday at Shenzhen, China
Second Round
Zheng Shuai, China, def. Polona Hercog, Slovenia, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2.
Zarina Diyas (4), Kazakhstan, def. Timea Babos, Hungary, 6-3, 6-4.
Petra Kvitova (2), Czech Republic, def. Bojana Jovanovski, Serbia, 6-1, 6-2.
Brisbane International
Tuesday at Brisbane, Australia
Second Round
Angelique Kerber (3), Germany, def. Daria Gavrilova, Russia, 6-3, 7-5.
Varvara Lepchenko, United States, def. Madison Keys, United States, 6-4, 6-4.
Elina Svitolina, Ukraine, def. Ajla Tomljanovic, Croatia, 6-3, 6-2.
Maria Sharapova (1), Russia, def. Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, 6-0, 6-1.
Baseball
Hall of Fame
2015 Voting
549 votes cast, 412 needed
Randy Johnson 534 (97.3%), Pedro Martinez 500 (91.1), John Smoltz 455 (82.9), Craig Biggio 454 (82.7), Mike Piazza 384 (69.9), Jeff Bagwell 306 (55.7), Tim Raines 302 (55.0), Curt Schilling 215 (39.2), Roger Clemens 206 (37.5), Barry Bonds 202 (36.8), Lee Smith 166 (30.2), Edgar Martinez 148 (27.0), Alan Trammell 138 (25.1), Mike Mussina 135 (24.6), Jeff Kent 77 (14.0), Fred McGriff 71 (12.9), Larry Walker 65 (11.8), Gary Sheffield 64 (11.7), Mark McGwire 55 (10.0), x-Don Mattingly 50 (9.1), Sammy Sosa 36 (6.6), Nomar Garciaparra 30 (5.5).
By receiving fewer than 27 votes (less than 5 percent), Carlos Delgado 21 (3.8), Troy Percival 4 (0.7), Aaron Boone and Tom Gordon 2 (0.4), Darin Erstad 1 (0.2) and Rich Aurilia, Tony Clark, Jermaine Dye, Cliff Floyd, Brian Giles, Eddie Guardado and Jason Schmidt 0 are no longer eligible for election by the BBWAA.
x-final year on ballot, eligible for consideration by the Expansion Era Committee in 2017.
MLB Calendar
Jan. 13 — Salary arbitration filing.
Jan. 14-15 — Owners’ meetings, Paradise Valley, Ariz.
Jan. 16 — Salary arbitration figures exchanged.
Feb. 19 — Voluntary reporting date for pitchers, catchers and injured players.
Feb. 1-21 — Salary arbitration hearings, St. Petersburg, Fla.
Feb. 24 — Voluntary reporting date for other players.
March 3 — Mandatory reporting date.
March 18 — Last day to place a player on unconditional release waivers and pay 30 days termination pay instead of 45 days.
April 1 — Last day to request unconditional release waivers on a player without having to pay his full 2014 salary.
April 5 — Opening day, St. Louis at Chicago Cubs. Active rosters reduced to 25 players.
June 8 — Amateur draft begins.
July 14 — All-Star game, Cincinnati.
July 17 — Last day to sign for amateur draft picks subject to deadline.
July 26 — Hall of Fame inductions, Cooperstown, N.Y.
July 31 — Last day to trade a player without securing waivers.
Sept. 1 — Active rosters expand to 40 players.
November TBA — Deadline for teams to make qualifying offers to their eligible former players who became free agents, fifth day after World Series.
November TBA — Deadline for free agents to accept qualifying offers, 12th day after World Series.
Dec. 7-10 — Winter meetings, Nashville, Tenn.
DEALS
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
CLEVELAND INDIANS — Named Jason Bere bullpen coach. Released RHP Tyler Cloyd. Agreed to terms with LHP Michael Roth on a minor league contract.
DETROIT TIGERS — Designated RHP Luke Putkonen for assignment. Agreed to terms with LHP Tom Gorzelanny on a one-year contract.
TEXAS RANGERS — Designated RHP Matt West for assignment.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Named Randy Johnson special assistant to the president and CEO.
American Association
KANSAS CITY T-BONES — Signed C Christopher Bianchi.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NBA — Fined Indiana G C.J. Watson $5,000 for violating the league’s anti-flopping rules for the second time this season.
BROOKLYN NETS — Released F Brandon Davies.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS — Signed G Alex Kupper to a future contract.
CINCINNATI BENGALS — Signed LB L.J. Fort, OT Dan France, NT Kwame Geathers, DB Onterio McCalebb, TE Jake Murphy and WRs Tevin Reese and Eric Ward to future contracts.
INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed RB Michael Hill. Signed LB Victor Butler to a future contract. Placed G Hugh Thornton on injured reserve.
MIAMI DOLPHINS — Named Mike Tannenbaum executive vice president of football operations.
NEW ORLEANS SAINTS — Signed PK Derek Dimke and OT Tavon Rooks to future contracts.
OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed P Michael Palardy to a future contract.
PHILADELPHIA EAGLES — Signed LB Brandon Hepburn, RB Matthew Tucker and WR Arrelious Benn to future contracts.
ST. LOUIS RAMS — Signed TE Brad Smelley to a future contract.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
ANAHEIM DUCKS — Recalled G Igor Bobkov from Utah (ECHL) to Norfolk (AHL).
ARIZONA COYOTES — Assigned G Mike Lee from Portland (AHL) to Gwinnett (ECHL).
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Assigned RW Adam Cracknell and C Michael Chaput to Springfield (AHL). Activated RW Cam Atkinson and C Mark Letestu from injured reserve.
FLORIDA PANTHERS — Recalled G Sam Brittain from Cincinnati (ECHL).
MONTREAL CANADIENS — Assigned D Bryan Allen to Hamilton (AHL).
NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Recalled F Patrick Cehlin fromi Cincinnati (ECHL) to Milwaukee (AHL).
NEW YORK RANGERS — Assigned G Jason Missiaen from Hartford (AHL) to Greenville (ECHL).
TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Fired coach Randy Carlyle.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
LA GALAXY — Re-signed F Alen Gordon.
PHILADELPHIA UNION — Loaned G Zac MacMath to Colorado for a 2015 second-round draft pick.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS — Named Garth Lagerwey general manager.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY — Signed M Roger Espinoza.
COLLEGE
ARKANSAS — Signed men’s basketball coach Mike Anderson a two-year contract extension through the 2019-20 season.
CHARLOTTE — Announced men’s basketball coach Alan Major will take an indefinite medical leave of absence. Promoted associate head coach Ryan Odom to interim head coach.
CLEMSON — Announced P Bradley Pinion will enter the NFL draft.
FLORIDA STATE — CB P.J. Williams will enter the NFL draft.
MEMPHIS — Suspended men’s basketball G/F Kuran Iverson two games.
OKLAHOMA — Fired co-offensive coordinators Josh Heupel and Jay Norvell. Promoted defensive line coach Jerry Montgomery to co-defensive coordinator. Announced WR Dorial Green-Beckham and DT Jordan Phillips will enter the NFL draft.
RPI — Announced the resignation of athletic director Jim Knowlton, effective March 1, so he can become athletic director of the Air Force Academy.
STANFORD — Announced OT Andrus Peat will enter the NFL draft.
TEXAS TECH — Named David Gibbs defensive coordinator and Zac Spavital defensive assistant coach.