Glantz-Culver Line Glantz-Culver Line ADVERTISING NFL Sunday Favorite Open Today O/U Underdog at Chicago 10 9½(43) Indianapolis Philadelphia 8½ 8½(43½) at Cleveland at N.Y. Jets 4½ 2½(39½) Buffalo at New Orl. 9½ 7(50) Washington New England 6½ 5½(47) at Tennessee
Glantz-Culver Line
NFL
Sunday
Favorite Open Today O/U Underdog
at Chicago 10 9½(43) Indianapolis
Philadelphia 8½ 8½(43½) at Cleveland
at N.Y. Jets 4½ 2½(39½) Buffalo
at New Orl. 9½ 7(50) Washington
New England 6½ 5½(47) at Tennessee
at Minnesota 4½ 4(39½) Jacksonville
at Houston 7 12(43) Miami
at Detroit 9 7(45½) St. Louis
Atlanta 1 3(43½) at Kansas City
at Green Bay 6½ 5(46½) San Fran.
Carolina 3 2½(47) at Tampa Bay
Seattle +1½ 2½(40½) at Arizona
at Denver 2 1½ (44½) Pittsburgh
Monday
at Baltimore 6½ 6(41) Cincinnati
at Oakland Pk 1(47) San Diego
Major League Baseball
American League
East Division
W L Pct GB
New York 77 59 .566 —
Baltimore 76 60 .559 1
Tampa Bay 75 62 .547 2½
Boston 63 75 .457 15
Toronto 61 75 .449 16
Central Division
Chicago 74 62 .544 —
Detroit 73 63 .537 1
Kansas City 61 75 .449 13
Cleveland 58 79 .423 16½
Minnesota 56 81 .409 18½
West Division
Texas 81 55 .596 —
Oakland 76 60 .559 5
Los Angeles 74 63 .540 7½
Seattle 67 71 .486 15
Wednesday
Chicago White Sox 6, Minnesota 2
L.A. Angels 7, Oakland 1
Detroit 7, Cleveland 1
Toronto 6, Baltimore 4
N.Y. Yankees 6, Tampa Bay 4
Texas 7, Kansas City 6
Seattle 2, Boston 1
Today
N.Y. Yankees (Phelps 3-4) at Baltimore (Hammel 8-6), 1:05 p.m.
Texas (Feldman 6-11) at Kansas City (Hochevar 7-13), 2:10 p.m.
National League
East Division
W L Pct GB
Washington 84 52 .618 —
Atlanta 77 60 .562 7½
Philadelphia 66 71 .482 18½
New York 65 72 .474 19½
Miami 60 77 .438 24½
Central Division
Cincinnati 83 55 .601 —
St. Louis 74 63 .540 8½
Pittsburgh 72 64 .529 10
Milwaukee 67 69 .493 15
Chicago 51 85 .375 31
Houston 42 95 .307 40½
West Division
San Francisco 77 60 .562 —
Los Angeles 73 65 .529 4½
Arizona 68 70 .493 9½
San Diego 64 74 .464 13½
Colorado 56 79 .415 20
Wednesday
Philadelphia 6, Cincinnati 2
N.Y. Mets 6, St. Louis 2
Washington 9, Chicago Cubs 1
Pittsburgh 6, Houston 3
Atlanta 1, Colorado 0
Milwaukee 8, Miami 5
San Diego 4, L.A. Dodgers 3
Arizona 6, San Francisco 2
Today
Colorado (Chacin 2-4) at Atlanta (T.Hudson 13-5), 6:10 a.m.
Milwaukee (Estrada 2-5) at Miami (Jo.Johnson 7-11), 6:40 a.m.
Chicago Cubs (Germano 2-5) at Washington (Zimmermann 9-8), 1:05 p.m.
Pro football
National Football League
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Buffalo 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Miami 0 0 0 .000 0 0
New Engl. 0 0 0 .000 0 0
N.Y. Jets 0 0 0 .000 0 0
South
Houston 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Indianapls 0 0 0 .000 0 0
J’ville 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Tennessee 0 0 0 .000 0 0
North
Baltimore 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Cincinnati 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Cleveland 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Pittsburgh 0 0 0 .000 0 0
West
Denver 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Kansas City 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Oakland 0 0 0 .000 0 0
San Diego 0 0 0 .000 0 0
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Dallas 1 0 0 1.000 24 17
Phil. 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Wash. 0 0 0 .000 0 0
N.Y. Giants 0 1 0 .000 17 24
South
Atlanta 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Carolina 0 0 0 .000 0 0
New Orl. 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Tampa Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0
North
Chicago 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Detroit 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Green Bay 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Minnesota 0 0 0 .000 0 0
West
Arizona 0 0 0 .000 0 0
San Fran. 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Seattle 0 0 0 .000 0 0
St. Louis 0 0 0 .000 0 0
Wednesday’s result
Dallas 24, N.Y. Giants 17
Sunday’s games
Indianapolis at Chicago, 7 a.m.
Jacksonville at Minnesota, 7 a.m.
Miami at Houston, 7 a.m.
New England at Tennessee, 7 a.m.
Washington at New Orleans, 7 a.m.
Atlanta at Kansas City, 7 a.m.
Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, 7 a.m.
St. Louis at Detroit, 7 a.m.
Philadelphia at Cleveland, 7 a.m.
Seattle at Arizona, 10:25 a.m.
San Francisco at Green Bay, 10:25 a.m.
Carolina at Tampa Bay, 10:25 a.m.
Pittsburgh at Denver, 2:20 p.m.
Monday’s games
Cincinnati at Baltimore, 1 p.m.
San Diego at Oakland, 4:15 p.m.
College football
Today
SOUTH
N.G’nville (0-1) at Tenn. Tech (1-0), 2 p.m.
MIDWEST
Pitt (0-1) at Cincinnati (0-0), 2 p.m.
Frida
WEST
Utah (1-0) at Utah St. (1-0), 2 p.m.
Saturday
TOP 25
No. 1 Alabama vs. W.Kentucky, 9:30 a.m.
No. 2 Southern Cal vs. Syracuse at East Rutherford, N.J., 9:30 a.m.
No. 3 LSU vs. Washington, 1 p.m.
No. 4 Oregon vs. Fresno St., 12:30 p.m.
No. 5 Oklahoma vs. Florida A&M, 1 p.m.
No. 6 Florida St. vs. Savannah St., noon
No. 7 Georgia at Missouri, 1:45 p.m.
No. 8 Ark. vs. La.-Mon. at LR, Ark., 1 p.m.
No. 9 S.Carolina vs. E.Carolina, 6:21 a.m.
No. 11 Michigan St. at C.Mich., 9:30 a.m.
No. 12 Clemson vs. Ball State, 6:30 a.m.
No. 13 Wisconsin at Oregon St., 10 a.m.
No. 14 Ohio State vs. UCF, 6 a.m.
No. 15 Va. Tech vs. Austin Peay, 7:30 a.m.
No. 16 Nebraska at UCLA, 1:30 p.m.
No. 17 Texas vs. New Mexico, 2 p.m.
No. 18 Okla. St. at Arizona, 4:30 p.m.
No. 19 Michigan vs. Air Force, 9:30 a.m.
No. 20 TCU vs. Grambling, 1 p.m.
No. 21 Kansas State vs. Miami, 6 a.m.
No. 22 Notre Dame vs. Purdue, 9:30 a.m.
No. 23 L’ville vs. Missouri St., 9:30 a.m.
No. 24 Florida at Texas A&M, 9:30 a.m.
No. 25 Stanford vs. Duke, 4:30 p.m.
Transactions
BASEBALL
MLB—Suspended Toronto Blue Jays RHP Jose Brito and New York Mets OF Hengelbert Rojas for 50 games each for positive tests under the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.
National League
COLORADO ROCKIES—Recalled INF/OF Matt McBride from Colorado Springs (PCL).
LOS ANGELES DODGERS—Transferred RHP Chad Billingsley to the 60-day DL. Selected the contract of LHP Steven Rodriguez from Chattanooga (SL).
SAN DIEGO PADRES—Agreed to terms with OF Chris Denorfia on a two-year contract through 2014.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
NBA—Named Mike Bantom executive vice president, referee operations.
SAN ANTONIO SPURS—Named Scott Layden assistant general manager.
FOOTBALL
National Football League
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed TE Michael Hoomanawanui. Placed TE Visanthe Shiancoe on injured reserve/designated for return list. Signed WR Kerry Taylor and OL Jeremiah Warren to the practice squad. Released FB Eric Ketttani and WR Sam Kirkland from the practice squad.
NEW YORK JETS—Re-signed DT Marcus Dixon. Signed P Robert Malone. Released LB Ricky Sapp from the practice squad. Signed CB LeQuan Lewis to the practice squad.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
OTTAWA SENATORS—Signed C Zack Smith to a four-year contract extension through the 2016-17 season.
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
LOS ANGELES GALAXY—Signed MF Christian Wilhelmsson.
COLLEGE
MISSISSIPPI STATE—Dismissed junior F Shaun Smith and junior F Kristers Zeidaks from the men’s basketball team for repeated violations of team rules.
NEW MEXICO—Reinstated sophomore CB Devonta Tabannah to the football team.
PROVIDENCE—Announced the NCAA partially approved the eligibility waiver for basketball G Ricky Ledo, allowing him to practice with the team but he can’t compete in games.
TEXAS TECH—Reprimanded men’s basketball coach Billy Gillispie after learning he was exceeding NCAA practice-time limits.
Pro basketball
Women’s National
Basketball Association
W L Pct GB
x-Connecticut 20 7 .741 —
x-Indiana 17 9 .654 2½
Atlanta 15 13 .536 5½
New York 11 16 .407 9
Chicago 10 16 .385 9½
Washington 5 22 .185 15
WESTERN CONFERENCE
x-Minnesota 22 4 .846 —
x-Los Angeles 19 9 .679 4
x-San Antonio 17 9 .654 5
Seattle 11 14 .440 10½
Phoenix 6 20 .231 16
Tulsa 6 20 .231 16
x-clinched playoff spot
Wednesday’s results
Atlanta 71, Indiana 64
New York 87, Phoenix 59
Today’s game
Tulsa at Seattle, 4 p.m.
Pro soccer
Major League Soccer
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pts GF GA
Sport. K.C. 15 7 5 50 34 24
New York 13 7 7 46 46 39
Chicago 13 8 5 44 35 31
Houston 11 7 9 42 39 33
Columbus 12 9 6 42 33 32
D.C. 12 10 5 41 43 38
Montreal 12 14 3 39 43 46
New Eng. 7 14 7 28 35 38
Phil. 7 13 5 26 25 30
Toronto FC 5 16 6 21 30 48
WESTERN CONFERENCE
San Jose 16 6 5 53 56 33
Real S.L. 14 10 4 46 38 32
Seattle 12 6 8 44 41 27
L.A. 13 11 4 43 48 40
Vanc. 10 11 7 37 29 37
FC Dallas 8 12 9 33 34 38
Colorado 9 17 2 29 36 41
Chivas USA 7 11 7 28 20 39
Portland 7 14 6 27 27 46
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.
Wednesday’s results
New England 2, Columbus 0
Colorado 3, Portland 0
Today’s game
Real Salt Lake at Houston, 2:30 p.m.
Tennis
At New York
Singles
Men
Fourth Round
Janko Tipsarevic (8), Serbia, def. Philipp Kohlschreiber (19), Germany, 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-2.
Novak Djokovic (2), Serbia, def. Stanislas Wawrinka (18), Switzerland, 6-4, 6-1, 3-1, retired.
Juan Martin del Potro (7), Argentina, def. Andy Roddick (20), United States, 6-7 (1), 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-4.
Quarterfinals
Andy Murray (3), Britain, def. Marin Cilic (12), Croatia, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-0.
Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, def. Roger Federer (1), Switzerland, 7-6 (1), 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
Women’s quarterfinals
Sara Errani (10), Italy, def. Roberta Vinci (20), Italy, 6-2, 6-4.
Maria Sharapova (3), Russia, def. Marion Bartoli (11), France, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4.
Serena Williams (4), United States, def. Ana Ivanovic (12), Serbia, 6-1, 6-3.
