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BASEBALL

National League

MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Agreed to terms with LHP Mike Gonzalez on a one-year contract. Designated RHP Arcenio Leon for assignment.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

NBA — Named Jason Cahilly exectuve vice president, strategy and chief financial officer. Suspended Boston G Rajon Rondo one gamefor making contact with a game official and failure to cooperate with a league investigation. Fined Atlanta general manager Danny Ferry $15,000 for inappropriate interaction with the game officials following a game.

CLEVELAND CAVALIERS — Recalled F Jon Leuer from Canton (NBADL).

INDIANA PACERS — Signed coach Frank Vogel to a contract extension and F Dominic McGuire to a 10-day contract. Released F Sam Young.

NEW ORLEANS HORNETS — Signed G Donald Sloan to a 10-day contract.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS — Waived G Shelvin Mack.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

BUFFALO BILLS — Named Doug Marrone coach.

CHICAGO BEARS — Signed QB Matt Blanchard and WR Terrence Toliver to reserve/future contracts.

INDIANAPOLIS COLTS — Signed OL Justin Anderson, QB Chandler Harnish, CB Marshay Green, TE Dominique Jones, LB Shawn Loiseau, RB Davin Meggett and LB Monte Simmons to reserve/future contracts.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed DT Chase Baker, RB Joe Banyard, TE LaMark Brown, DB Bobby Felder, TE Chase Ford, G Tyler Holmes, T Kevin Murphy and WR Chris Summers to reserve/future contracts.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

DETROIT RED WINGS — Reassigned D Max Nicastro from Toledo (ECHL) to Grand Rapids (AHL).

WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Reassigned G Philipp Grubauer and D Brett Flemming from Reading (ECHL) to Hershey (AHL).

COLLEGE

FLORIDA — Announced LB Jelani Jenkins will enter the NFL Draft.

STANFORD — Announced TE Zach Ertz will enter the NFL Draft.

Basketball

nba

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

New York 23 11 .676 —

Brooklyn 19 15 .559 4

Boston 17 17 .500 6

Philadelphia 15 20 .429 8½

Toronto 12 22 .353 11

Southeast Division

Miami 23 9 .719 —

Atlanta 20 12 .625 3

Orlando 12 21 .364 11½

Charlotte 9 24 .273 14½

Washington 5 28 .152 18½

Central Division

Chicago 19 13 .594 —

Indiana 20 14 .588 —

Milwaukee 16 16 .500 3

Detroit 13 23 .361 8

Cleveland 8 28 .222 13

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

San Antonio 27 10 .730 —

Memphis 21 10 .677 3

Houston 20 14 .588 5½

Dallas 13 21 .382 12½

New Orleans 9 25 .265 16½

Northwest Division

Oklahoma City 26 8 .765 —

Denver 20 16 .556 7

Portland 18 15 .545 7½

Minnesota 15 15 .500 9

Utah 17 18 .486 9½

Pacific Division

L.A. Clippers 27 8 .771 —

Golden State 22 11 .667 4

L.A. Lakers 15 18 .455 11

Sacramento 13 21 .382 13½

Phoenix 12 23 .343 15

Sunday's late games

Memphis 92, Phoenix 81

Denver 112, L.A. Lakers 105

Monday's games

Washington 101, Oklahoma City 99

Boston 102, New York 96

Chicago 118, Cleveland 92

New Orleans 95, San Antonio 88

Dallas at Utah (n)

Orlando at Portland (n)

Memphis at Sacramento (n)

Tuesday's games

Brooklyn at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Miami at Indiana, 7 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Houston, 8 p.m.

Atlanta at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.

Wizards 101, Thunder 99

OKLAHOMA CITY (99) — Durant 9-19 9-10 29, Ibaka 12-17 1-2 26, Perkins 0-2 0-0 0, Westbrook 4-17 8-10 17, Sefolosha 5-7 2-2 14, K.Martin 3-12 2-2 8, Collison 0-0 1-2 1, Thabeet 0-0 0-0 0, Jackson 1-5 0-0 2, Liggins 0-1 2-2 2. Totals 34-80 25-30 99.

WASHINGTON (101) — Webster 7-14 4-5 22, Seraphin 8-20 3-4 19, Okafor 5-10 2-2 12, Temple 3-8 2-2 9, Beal 7-17 3-3 22, Ariza 1-6 1-2 3, Price 2-6 0-0 4, Vesely 5-6 0-0 10, Singleton 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 38-87 15-18 101.

Oklahoma City 20 33 20 26— 99

Washington 30 21 25 25—101

Three-point goals—Oklahoma City 6-25 (Sefolosha 2-3, Durant 2-6, Ibaka 1-2, Westbrook 1-6, Jackson 0-2, K.Martin 0-6), Washington 10-18 (Beal 5-7, Webster 4-6, Temple 1-3, Ariza 0-2). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—Oklahoma City 50 (Ibaka, Perkins 11), Washington 53 (Okafor 12). Assists—Oklahoma City 21 (Durant, Westbrook 8), Washington 20 (Price 5). Total fouls—Oklahoma City 14, Washington 20. A—16,917 (20,308).

Celtics 102, Knicks 96

BOSTON (102) — Bass 3-3 0-0 6, Pierce 10-18 0-0 23, Garnett 6-11 7-7 19, Terry 1-7 0-0 2, Bradley 6-11 0-0 13, Green 5-10 5-6 16, Sullinger 3-5 4-4 10, Lee 2-6 0-0 5, Barbosa 3-3 2-3 8. Totals 39-74 18-20 102.

NEW YORK (96) — Anthony 6-26 4-7 20, Camby 2-4 0-0 4, Chandler 4-6 5-6 13, Kidd 3-5 0-0 8, Brewer 1-4 0-0 3, Smith 7-18 6-7 24, Stoudemire 4-6 5-6 13, Prigioni 1-3 0-0 2, Novak 3-4 0-0 9, Copeland 0-0 0-0 0, White 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 31-76 20-26 96.

Boston 22 31 23 26—102

New York 21 35 16 24— 96

Three-point goals—Boston 6-18 (Pierce 3-9, Green 1-1, Lee 1-2, Bradley 1-3, Terry 0-3), New York 14-32 (Smith 4-9, Anthony 4-12, Novak 3-3, Kidd 2-3, Brewer 1-3, Prigioni 0-2). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—Boston 38 (Garnett 10), New York 50 (Chandler 17). Assists—Boston 26 (Pierce 6), New York 19 (Kidd 6). Total fouls—Boston 21, New York 21. Technicals—Garnett, Pierce, Anthony, Prigioni. A—19,033 (19,763).

Hornets 95, Spurs 88

SAN ANTONIO (88) — Leonard 4-6 0-0 10, Duncan 5-14 3-3 13, Splitter 2-4 4-4 8, Parker 7-11 2-4 16, Green 0-5 0-0 0, Ginobili 7-13 5-5 21, Diaw 2-5 1-2 5, Jackson 2-6 1-2 6, Neal 4-9 0-0 9, Bonner 0-0 0-0 0, De Colo 0-0 0-0 0, Mills 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 33-73 16-20 88.

NEW ORLEANS (95) — Aminu 2-5 0-0 4, Davis 8-13 1-2 17, Lopez 4-6 0-0 8, Vasquez 6-10 1-2 14, Gordon 9-22 6-6 24, Anderson 4-13 2-2 13, Smith 4-4 0-0 8, Rivers 0-2 0-0 0, Roberts 2-6 0-0 5, Thomas 1-2 0-0 2, Sloan 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 40-83 10-12 95.

San Antonio 19 22 24 23—88

New Orleans 24 25 21 25—95

Three-point goals—San Antonio 6-21 (Leonard 2-4, Ginobili 2-5, Neal 1-2, Jackson 1-4, Diaw 0-1, Parker 0-1, Green 0-4), New Orleans 5-13 (Anderson 3-6, Roberts 1-1, Vasquez 1-2, Aminu 0-1, Gordon 0-3). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—San Antonio 44 (Duncan 8), New Orleans 45 (Aminu 10). Assists—San Antonio 20 (Ginobili 4), New Orleans 23 (Vasquez 11). Total fouls—San Antonio 15, New Orleans 15. A—11,599 (17,188).

Bulls 118, Cavaliers 92

CLEVELAND (92) — Gee 2-7 3-4 8, Thompson 6-12 2-2 14, Zeller 2-8 2-4 6, Irving 4-11 5-6 15, Miles 5-11 1-1 15, Waiters 6-11 6-6 18, Jones 2-3 0-0 4, Livingston 2-4 0-0 4, Casspi 2-5 0-0 4, Leuer 2-4 0-0 4, Pargo 0-2 0-0 0. Totals 33-78 19-23 92.

CHICAGO (118) — Deng 7-12 3-3 19, Boozer 8-16 8-8 24, Noah 5-13 1-1 11, Hinrich 2-4 0-0 6, Hamilton 3-7 2-4 8, Robinson 5-8 1-1 14, T.Gibson 8-9 2-3 18, Belinelli 5-8 2-2 15, Butler 1-2 1-2 3, Mohammed 0-2 0-0 0, Teague 0-0 0-0 0, Cook 0-1 0-0 0, Radmanovic 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 44-82 20-24 118.

Cleveland 30 20 22 20— 92

Chicago 22 31 35 30—118

Three-point goals—Cleveland 7-14 (Miles 4-7, Irving 2-2, Gee 1-2, Casspi 0-1, Waiters 0-1, Leuer 0-1), Chicago 10-14 (Belinelli 3-4, Robinson 3-4, Deng 2-2, Hinrich 2-3, Cook 0-1). Fouled out—None. Rebounds—Cleveland 36 (Thompson 8), Chicago 55 (Boozer, Noah 11). Assists—Cleveland 19 (Irving 6), Chicago 34 (Robinson, Deng 7). Total fouls—Cleveland 24, Chicago 21. Technicals—Hamilton. A—21,355 (20,917).

College men

Monday's scores

STATE

E. Tennessee St. 49 Northern Ky. 44

TOP 25

No. 5 Indiana 74 Penn St. 51

No. 17 Notre Dame 66No. 21 Cincinnati 60

EAST

Albany (NY) 71 Binghamton 59

Hofstra 52, Georgia St. 50

SOUTH

FIU 74, Bethune-Cookman 72

Florida Gulf Coast 75 North Florida 73

Hampton 69 James Madison 65

SC-Upstate 98 Lipscomb 61

Stetson 81 Jacksonville 72

W. Carolina 78 Warren Wilson 53

MIDWEST

Cleveland St. 60 Ill.-Chicago 50

E. Tennessee St. 49,Northern Ky. 44

E. TENNESSEE ST. (3-12) — Harris 12, Jones 12, Wilson 11, Rembert 5, Walton 5, Gadsden-Gilliard 3, Barreuta 1. Totals 17-37 13-17 49.

NORTHERN KY. (3-9) — Jones 18, Jackson 9, White 6, SNodgrass 5, Watson 3, Staley 3. Totals 15-43 7-12 44.

Halftime—E. Tennessee St. 26-20.

Schedule

(All times p.m.)

TUESDAY'S GAMES

SEC — Alabama at No. 10 Missouri, 7

TOP 25 — Clemson at No. 1 Duke, 7; Drake at No. 13 Creighton, 8:05; No. 15 Ohio St. at Purdue, 9; Pittsburgh at No. 19 Georgetown, 9

EAST — Vermont at Boston U., 7; Niagara at Brown, 7; Army at Dartmouth, 7; Northeastern at Drexel, 7; Columbia at Holy Cross, 7; Muhlenberg at Lehigh, 7; DePaul at UConn, 7; Lafayette at Penn, 7:30

SOUTH — Appalachian St. at Wofford, 7; Alcorn St. at Grambling St., 8:30; Southern U. at Jackson St., 8:30; Alabama St. at MVSU, 8:30

MIDWEST — Illinois St. at Missouri St., 8:05

SOUTHWEST — Baylor at Texas Tech, 7; Texas-Pan American at Houston Baptist, 8:05; Alabama A&M at Ark.-Pine Bluff, 8:30

FAR WEST — New Orleans at San Jose St., 10

College women

Monday's scores

OVC

Belmont 68 Jacksonville St. 62

Eastern Ky. 63 E. Illinois 62

Morehead St. 75 SIU-Edwardsville 72

SE Missouri 70 Murray St. 58

Tennessee Tech 80 Tennessee St. 77

UT-Martin 84 Austin Peay 57

STATE

Northern Ky. 68 E. Tennessee St. 55

EAST

Fairleigh Dickinson 69 Mt St. Mary's 60 (OT)

Lehigh 58 Columbia 33

Monmouth (NJ) 81 Wagner 64

Quinnipiac 73 St. Francis (NY) 52

Robert Morris 71 Bryant 69

Sacred Heart 61 LIU Brooklyn 47

St. Francis (Pa.) 67 CCSU 62

Temple 68 W. Michigan 41

SOUTH

Appalachian St. 66 Furman 52

Campbell 59 Gardner-Webb 49

Davidson 65 Coll. of Charleston 57

Elon 70 Chattanooga 60 (OT)

Florida A&M 76 Bethune-Cookman 60

Florida Gulf Coast 53 North Florida 42

Georgia Southern 52 W. Carolina 50

Howard 67 Coppin St. 54

Lipscomb 57 SC-Upstate 56

Nicholls St. 78 McNeese St. 61

Richmond 67 La Salle 62

Samford 60 UNC-Greensboro 46

Stetson 73 Jacksonville 56

Tulane 81 Loyola NO 41

SOUTHWEST

Lamar 58 SE Louisiana 49

Sam Houston St. 72 Northwestern St. 61

Stephen F. Austin 66 Texas A&M-CC 47

Eastern Ky. 63, E. Illinois 62

EASTERN ILLINOIS (8-7) — Oroszova 1-5 0-0 3; King 5-14 4-4 15; Payne 1-5 0-0 3; Wyss 4-15 3-4 13; Nixon 7-13 4-4 19; Crunk 1-4 1-2 3; Palombizio 0-0 0-0 0; Mitchell 2-8 2-3 6; Olson 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 21-65 14-17 62.

EASTERN KY. (8-6) — Jones 3-6 5-5 11; Barber 9-17 4-6 22; Gray 1-10 2-4 5; Coles 5-11 0-0 10; Bryant 2-6 0-0 5; Walker 1-2 0-0 2; Cooper 0-0 0-0 0; Henshaw 1-2 0-0 2; Maples 0-0 0-0 0; Carpenter 2-9 0-0 6; Allen 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 24-63 11-15 63.

Halftime—Eastern Illinois 33-28. Three-point goals—E. Illinois 6-27 (Wyss 2-8, Oroszova 1-3, Nixon 1-3, Payne 1-4, King 1-5, Crunk 0-2, Mitchell 0-2); EKU 4-14 (Carpenter 2-4, Bryant 1-3, Gray 1-4, Walker 0-1, Coles 0-2). Fouled out—Oroszova. Rebounds—E.Illinois 40 (Nixon 10); EKU 43 (Jones 13). Assists—E. Illinois 11 (Nixon 3); EKU 18 (Gray 10). Total fouls—E. Illinois 15, EKU 18. A—125.

Northern Ky. 68,E. Tennessee St. 55

E. Tennessee St. (3-7) — Clark 16, Mcqueen 10, Randall 9, Mitchell 8, Burley 5, Bowling 5, Bond 2. Totals 26-64 1-9 55.

NORTHERN KY. (5-8) — Thacker 20, Doss 10, Hamlet 9, Holton 8, Gerrety 8, Roush 6, Gayheart 6, Hopper 1. Totals 23-57 14-19 68.

Halftime—Northern Ky. 46-38.

Schedule

(All times p.m. unless noted)

TUESDAY'S GAMES

STATE — Rutgers at No. 15 Louisville, 7

TOP 25 — No. 2 Notre Dame at South Florida, 7; No. 17 Kansas at No. 21 Oklahoma St., 8; Utah at No. 23 Colorado, 8; No. 5 Stanford at No. 7 California, 10

Associated Press poll

The top 25 teams in the The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 6, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:

W-L Pts Prv

1. Baylor (32) 12-1 984 2

2. Notre Dame (2) 12-1 945 5

3. UConn (2) 12-1 907 1

4. Duke (4) 13-0 903 3

5. Stanford 13-1 860 4

6. Kentucky 13-1 791 6

7. California 12-1 747 7

8. Penn St. 12-2 706 9

9. Tennessee 11-3 667 12

10. Maryland 10-3 596 8

11. North Carolina 15-1 581 15

12. Purdue 13-2 537 14

13. Georgia 13-2 506 10

14. UCLA 11-2 451 16

15. Louisville 12-3 411 11

16. Oklahoma 12-2 388 17

17. Kansas 11-2 264 21

18. Florida St. 12-2 255 19

18. South Carolina 13-2 255 18

20. Texas A&M 12-4 241 24

21. Oklahoma St. 10-2 229 13

22. Dayton 12-1 225 22

23. Colorado 11-2 121 20

24. Miami 12-2 115 —

25. Iowa St. 11-1 91 —

Others receiving votes: Nebraska 74, Vanderbilt 59, Michigan 25, Syracuse 22, Arkansas 14, DePaul 7, Michigan St. 7, UTEP 6, Illinois 4, Villanova 3, Texas Tech 2, Wyoming 1.

Football

nfl

playoffs schedule

(All times p.m.; with broadcast network in brackets)

Wild-card

Saturday's games

Houston 19 Cincinnati 13

Green Bay 24 Minnesota 10

Sunday's games

Baltimore 24 Indianapolis 9

Seattle 24 Washington 14

Divisional

Saturday, Jan. 12

Baltimore at Denver, 4:30 (CBS-27)

Green Bay at San Francisco, 8 (Fox-56)

Sunday, Jan. 13

Seattle at Atlanta, 1 (Fox-56)

Houston at New England, 4:30 (CBS-27)

Conference Championships

Sunday, Jan. 20

AFC winners, TBA (CBS-27)

NFC winners, TBA (Fox-56)

Super Bowl

Sunday, Feb. 3, at New Orleans

AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 6 (CBS-27)

college

post-season scores, schedule

(All times p.m.;with broadcast network in brackets)

Sunday's game

GoDaddy.com Bowl at Mobile, Ala.

Arkansas St. 17 Kent St. 13

Monday's game

BCS National Championship at Miami

Notre Dame vs. Alabama (n)

Golf

Professional

PGA: Hyundai Tournament of Champions

At Kapalua, Hawaii

7,452-yard, par 73 Kapalua Resort (Plantation Course)

Dustin Johnson 69-66—135-11

Steve Stricker 71-67—138-8

Bubba Watson 70-69—139-7

Keegan Bradley 71-69—140-6

Brandt Snedeker 70-70—140-6

Tommy Gainey 72-69—141-5

Carl Pettersson 70-72—142-4

Nick Watney 69-73—142-4

Scott Piercy 72-71—143-3

Webb Simpson 72-72—144-2

Rickie Fowler 70-74—144-2

John Huh 73-71—144-2

Johnson Wagner 72-72—144-2

Matt Kuchar 74-71—145-1

Ian Poulter 71-74—145-1

Mark Wilson 69-76—145-1

J.J. Henry 71-74—145-1

Jonas Blixt 72-74—146 E

Scott Stallings 72-74—146 E

Ben Curtis 70-76—146 E

Charlie Beljan 71-75—146 E

Zach Johnson 74-72—146 E

Bill Haas 71-75—146 E

Jason Dufner 72-77—149 +3

Ryan Moore 72-77—149 +3

Hunter Mahan 72-77—149 +3

Marc Leishman 75-75—150 +4

Ted Potter, Jr. 75-75—150 +4

George McNeill 79-73—152 +6

Kyle Stanley 78-80—158 +12

Odds

Glantz-Culver line

NFL playoffs

Saturday

Favorite Open Today Underdog

at Denver 9½ 9 Baltimore

at San Francisco 3 3 Green Bay

Sunday

at Atlanta 3 2½ Seattle

at New England 9 9½ Houston

NCAA basketball

Favorite Today Underdog

at UConn 9½ DePaul

at Drexel 5½ Northeastern

at Duke 20 Clemson

at Missouri 10 Alabama

Baylor 10½ at Texas Tech

at Creighton 20 Drake

Illinois St. 7½ at Missouri St.

at Georgetown 2 Pittsburgh

Ohio St. 7½ at Purdue

Niagara 5 at Brown

at Wofford 12 Appalachian St.