NFL standings

National Football League

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

y-New England 12 4 0 .750 444 338

N.Y. Jets 8 8 0 .500 290 387

Miami 8 8 0 .500 317 335

Buffalo 6 10 0 .375 339 388

South

W L T Pct PF PA

y-Indianapolis 11 5 0 .688 391 336

Tennessee 7 9 0 .438 362 381

Jacksonville 4 12 0 .250 247 449

Houston 2 14 0 .125 276 428

North

W L T Pct PF PA

y-Cincinnati 11 5 0 .688 430 305

Pittsburgh 8 8 0 .500 379 370

Baltimore 8 8 0 .500 320 352

Cleveland 4 12 0 .250 308 406

W L T Pct PF PA

y-Denver 13 3 0 .813 606 399

x-Kansas City 11 5 0 .688 430 305

x-San Diego 9 7 0 .563 396 348

Oakland 4 12 0 .250 322 453

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East

W L T Pct PF PA

y-Philadelphia 10 6 0 .625 442 382

Dallas 8 8 0 .500 439 432

N.Y. Giants 7 9 0 .438 294 383

Washington 3 13 0 .188 334 478

South

W L T Pct PF PA

y-Carolina 12 4 0 .750 366 241

x-New Orleans 11 5 0 .688 414 304

Atlanta 4 12 0 .250 353 443

Tampa Bay 4 12 0 .250 288 389

North

W L T Pct PF PA

y-Green Bay 8 7 1 .531 417 428

Chicago 8 8 0 .500 445 478

Detroit 7 9 0 .438 395 376

Minnesota 5 10 1 .344 391 480

West

W L T Pct PF PA

y-Seattle 13 3 0 .813 417 231

x-San Francisco 12 4 0 .750 406 272

Arizona 10 6 0 .625 379 324

St. Louis 7 9 0 .438 348 364

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division

Sunday, Dec. 29

Tennessee 16, Houston 10

Minnesota 14, Detroit 13

Carolina 21, Atlanta 20

Pittsburgh 20, Cleveland 7

N.Y. Giants 20, Washington 6

Cincinnati 34, Baltimore 17

Indianapolis 30, Jacksonville 10

N.Y. Jets 20, Miami 7

Denver 34, Oakland 14

San Diego 27, Kansas City 24, OT

Seattle 27, St. Louis 9

San Francisco 23, Arizona 20

Green Bay 33, Chicago 28

New Orleans 42, Tampa Bay 17

New England 34, Buffalo 20

Philadelphia 24, Dallas 22

End of regular season

 

NFL playoffs

NFL Playoff Schedule

All Times EST

Wild-card Playoffs

Saturday, Jan. 4

Kansas City at Indianapolis, 4:35 p.m. (NBC)

New Orleans at Philadelphia, 8:10 p.m. (NBC)

Sunday, Jan. 5

San Diego at Cincinnati, 1:05 p.m. (CBS)

San Francisco at Green Bay, 4:40 p.m. (FOX) Divisional Playoffs

Saturday, Jan. 11

Green Bay, San Francisco or New Orleans at Seattle, 4:35 p.m. (FOX)

Cincinnati, Indianpolis or Kansas City at New England, 8:15 p.m. (CBS)

Sunday, Jan. 12

Philadelphia, Green Bay or San Francisco at Carolina, 1:05 p.m. (FOX)

Indianapolis, Kansas City or San Diego at Denver, 4:40 p.m.

Conference Championships

Sunday, Jan. 19

AFC, 3 p.m. (CBS)

NFL, 6:30 p.m. (FOX) Pro Bowl

Sunday, Jan. 26

At Honolulu

TBD, 7:30 p.m. (NBC) Super Bowl

Sunday, Feb. 2

At East Rutherford, N.J.

AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 6:30 p.m. (FOX)

 

NBA standings

National Basketball Association

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB

Toronto 13 15 .464 —

Boston 13 17 .433 1

Brooklyn 10 20 .333 4

Philadelphia 9 21 .300 5

New York 9 21 .300 5

Southeast Division

W L Pct GB

Miami 23 7 .767 —

Atlanta 17 14 .548 6 1/2

Washington 13 14 .481 8 1/2

Charlotte 14 17 .452 9 1/2

Orlando 10 20 .333 13

Central Division

W L Pct GB

Indiana 24 5 .828 —

Detroit 14 18 .438 11 1/2

Chicago 11 17 .393 12 1/2

Cleveland 10 20 .333 14 1/2

Milwaukee 6 24 .200 18 1/2

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division

W L Pct GB

San Antonio 24 7 .774 —

Houston 21 12 .636 4

Dallas 17 13 .567 6 1/2

New Orleans 13 15 .464 9 1/2

Memphis 13 16 .448 10

Northwest Division

W L Pct GB

Oklahoma City 25 5 .833 —

Portland 24 6 .800 1

Minnesota 15 15 .500 10

Denver 14 15 .483 10 1/2

Utah 9 24 .273 17 1/2

Pacific Division

W L Pct GB

L.A. Clippers 21 11 .656 —

Phoenix 18 11 .621 1 1/2

Golden State 19 13 .594 2

L.A. Lakers 13 18 .419 7 1/2

Sacramento 9 20 .310 10 1/2

Saturday’s Games

Boston 103, Cleveland 100

Indiana 105, Brooklyn 91

Washington 106, Detroit 82

Toronto 115, New York 100

Atlanta 118, Charlotte 116, OT

Dallas 105, Chicago 83

Houston 107, New Orleans 98

Memphis 120, Denver 99

Minnesota 117, Milwaukee 95

Phoenix 115, Philadelphia 101

Miami 108, Portland 107

L.A. Clippers 98, Utah 90

Sunday’s Games

Orlando 109, Atlanta 102

Golden State 108, Cleveland 104, OT

Oklahoma City 117, Houston 86

San Antonio 112, Sacramento 104

Philadelphia 111, L.A. Lakers 104

Monday’s Games

Washington at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Dallas at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Chicago at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Portland at New Orleans, 8 p.m.

Miami at Denver, 9 p.m.

Charlotte at Utah, 9 p.m.

Phoenix at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games

Atlanta at Boston, 1 p.m.

Cleveland at Indiana, 3 p.m.

Golden State at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Sacramento at Houston, 7 p.m.

Brooklyn at San Antonio, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Portland at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Milwaukee at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 p.m.

 

Cavaliers’ box

GOLDEN STATE (108)

Iguodala 3-7 2-3 8, Lee 8-13 3-3 19, Bogut 6-7 0-0 12, Curry 10-23 4-5 29, K.Thompson 5-16 3-4 16, Barnes 4-12 1-3 10, Green 2-10 0-0 5, Speights 4-6 1-1 9, Bazemore 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 42-95 14-19 108.

CLEVELAND (104)

Clark 2-3 1-1 6, T.Thompson 8-14 1-1 17, Varejao 3-8 2-2 8, Irving 9-19 6-6 27, Miles 6-12 2-3 17, Zeller 2-5 2-2 6, Waiters 3-15 1-2 8, Jack 5-11 0-0 12, Bennett 0-4 3-4 3, Dellavedova 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 38-92 18-21 104.

Golden State 26 29 27 17 9 — 108

Cleveland 35 29 20 15 5 — 104

3-Point Goals—Golden State 10-33 (Curry 5-10, K.Thompson 3-12, Barnes 1-4, Green 1-4, Iguodala 0-3), Cleveland 10-16 (Irving 3-3, Miles 3-6, Jack 2-3, Waiters 1-2, Clark 1-2). Fouled Out—Lee. Rebounds—Golden State 60 (Green 12), Cleveland 55 (Varejao, T.Thompson 12). Assists—Golden State 30 (Curry 11), Cleveland 21 (Irving 9). Total Fouls—Golden State 28, Cleveland 18. A—19,384 (20,562).

 

NHL standings

National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Boston 39 26 11 2 54 114 81

Tampa Bay 39 23 12 4 50 110 93

Montreal 40 23 14 3 49 99 89

Detroit 40 18 13 9 45 103 111

Toronto 41 20 16 5 45 115 118

Ottawa 41 16 18 7 39 115 134

Florida 40 15 20 5 35 95 128

Buffalo 39 11 24 4 26 71 110

Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Pittsburgh 41 29 11 1 59 130 94

Washington 39 20 14 5 45 121 116

Philadelphia 38 18 16 4 40 97 107

N.Y. Rangers 40 19 19 2 40 94 108

New Jersey 40 16 16 8 40 95 102

Columbus 39 17 18 4 38 106 112

Carolina 39 14 16 9 37 91 114

N.Y. Islanders 40 12 21 7 31 102 135

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Chicago 41 27 7 7 61 157 115

St. Louis 38 26 7 5 57 137 92

Colorado 38 23 11 4 50 109 97

Dallas 38 19 12 7 45 112 111

Minnesota 41 20 16 5 45 96 107

Winnipeg 41 18 18 5 41 111 121

Nashville 39 17 18 4 38 89 115

Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Anaheim 41 28 8 5 61 131 103

San Jose 39 25 8 6 56 128 98

Los Angeles 39 25 10 4 54 108 79

Vancouver 40 23 11 6 52 108 93

Phoenix 38 19 10 9 47 116 117

Calgary 39 14 19 6 34 95 122

Edmonton 41 13 24 4 30 106 139

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

Saturday’s Games

Montreal 2, Tampa Bay 1, SO

St. Louis 6, Chicago 5, SO

Philadelphia 4, Edmonton 3, SO

Ottawa 4, Boston 3

Detroit 4, Florida 3

New Jersey 2, N.Y. Islanders 1

Nashville 3, Los Angeles 2

Anaheim 3, Phoenix 2, OT

Sunday’s Games

Buffalo 2, Washington 1, SO

Florida 4, Montreal 1

Pittsburgh 5, Columbus 3

St. Louis 3, Dallas 2, OT

Toronto 5, Carolina 2

N.Y. Rangers 4, Tampa Bay 3

Vancouver 2, Calgary 0

N.Y. Islanders 5, Minnesota 4

Winnipeg 2, Colorado 1, OT

San Jose 3, Anaheim 1

Monday’s Games

Washington at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Chicago, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Nashville, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games

Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Florida, 5 p.m.

St. Louis at Minnesota, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Boston, 7 p.m.

Montreal at Carolina, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Anaheim, 8 p.m.

Los Angeles at Dallas, 8 p.m.

Columbus at Colorado, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Edmonton at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

 

Blue Jackets’ box

Pittsburgh 1 1 3 — 5

Columbus 1 1 1 — 3

First Period—1, Columbus, Dubinsky 7 (Tyutin, Johnson), 3:59. 2, Pittsburgh, Neal 12 (Niskanen, Kunitz), 4:55 (pp). Penalties—Tropp, Clm (tripping), 4:27; Letestu, Clm (hooking), 6:59; Jenner, Clm (tripping), 19:30.

Second Period—3, Pittsburgh, Neal 13 (Crosby), 8:34. 4, Columbus, Tropp 2 (Jenner, Nikitin), 13:42. Penalties—Vitale, Pit (tripping), 17:48.

Third Period—5, Pittsburgh, Crosby 22 (Kunitz, Neal), 10:51. 6, Pittsburgh, Kunitz 21 (Crosby, Neal), 12:58 (pp). 7, Pittsburgh, Neal 14 (Vitale, Engelland), 17:33 (pp). 8, Columbus, Nikitin 2 (MacKenzie, Comeau), 18:31. Penalties—Neal, Pit (hooking), 2:48; Comeau, Clm (tripping), 6:39; MacKenzie, Clm (high-sticking), 12:25; Foligno, Clm (tripping), 15:47; Neal, Pit (tripping), 19:27.

Shots on Goal—Pittsburgh 10-8-12—30. Columbus 9-12-7—28.

Power-play opportunities—Pittsburgh 3 of 6; Columbus 0 of 3.

Goalies—Pittsburgh, Zatkoff 7-2-0 (28 shots-25 saves). Columbus, McElhinney 6-6-1 (30-25).

A—18,871 (18,144). T—2:28.

Referees—Dean Morton, Dan O’Rourke. Linesmen—Lonnie Cameron, Kiel Murchison.

 

Bengals’ stats

Baltimore 6 0 11 0 — 17

Cincinnati 7 10 0 17 — 34

First Quarter

Bal—FG Tucker 38, 13:48.

Bal—FG Tucker 22, 2:26.

Cin—Green 53 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick), :17.

Second Quarter

Cin—FG Nugent 39, 6:36.

Cin—M.Jones 16 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick), 1:51.

Third Quarter

Bal—FG Tucker 34, 9:30.

Bal—M.Brown 8 pass from Flacco (Rice run), 5:13.

Fourth Quarter

Cin—Dalton 1 run (Nugent kick), 13:29.

Cin—FG Nugent 38, 12:19.

Cin—Kirkpatrick 21 interception return (Nugent kick), 4:07.

A—62,406.

———

Bal Cin

First downs 17 21

Total Net Yards 222 392

Rushes-yards 14-47 30-111

Passing 175 281

Punt Returns 1-3 5-35

Kickoff Returns 6-169 4-105

Interceptions Ret. 4-55 3-30

Comp-Att-Int 30-50-3 21-36-4

Sacked-Yards Lost 2-17 0-0

Punts 6-47.5 3-36.0

Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0

Penalties-Yards 6-56 10-76

Time of Possession 26:03 33:57

———

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Baltimore, Pierce 5-28, Rice 6-15, Scott 2-3, Flacco 1-1. Cincinnati, Green-Ellis 11-66, Dalton 6-23, Bernard 13-22.

PASSING—Baltimore, Flacco 30-50-3-192. Cincinnati, Dalton 21-36-4-281.

RECEIVING—Baltimore, Pitta 8-63, Rice 7-35, M.Brown 5-30, Pierce 4-18, T.Smith 3-27, J.Jones 1-11, Scott 1-8, Doss 1-0. Cincinnati, M.Jones 5-61, Bernard 5-51, Green 4-61, Hawkins 3-74, Sanu 1-12, Charles 1-8, Sanzenbacher 1-7, Al.Smith 1-7.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

 

Browns’ stats

Cleveland 0 0 0 7 — 7

Pittsburgh 7 7 3 3 — 20

First Quarter

Pit—Cotchery 9 pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick), 9:53.

Second Quarter

Pit—Bell 5 run (Suisham kick), 4:22.

Third Quarter

Pit—FG Suisham 30, 3:50.

Fourth Quarter

Pit—FG Suisham 32, 8:26.

Cle—Whittaker 35 pass from Campbell (Cundiff kick), 2:46.

A—56,361.

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Cle Pitt

First downs 15 17

Total Net Yards 293 292

Rushes-yards 20-79 29-120

Passing 214 172

Punt Returns 1-21 3-21

Kickoff Returns 0-0 0-0

Interceptions Ret. 2-12 1-3

Comp-Att-Int 23-41-1 19-31-2

Sacked-Yards Lost 3-26 1-7

Punts 5-38.4 4-41.8

Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0

Penalties-Yards 3-30 2-15

Time of Possession 29:43 30:17

———

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—Cleveland, Baker 18-69, Campbell 1-6, Gray 1-4. Pittsburgh, Bell 20-90, F.Jones 2-11, Dwyer 3-10, Roethlisberger 4-9.

PASSING—Cleveland, Campbell 23-41-1-240. Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger 19-31-2-179.

RECEIVING—Cleveland, Gordon 7-82, Cameron 5-69, Cooper 5-34, Whittaker 2-38, Baker 2-(minus 1), Little 1-9, Ogbonnaya 1-9. Pittsburgh, A.Brown 9-87, Cotchery 3-25, Sanders 2-26, Miller 2-17, Dwyer 1-9, W.Johnson 1-9, Bell 1-6.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

 

Bowl schedule

College Football FBS Bowls

All Times EST

Saturday, Dec. 21

New Mexico Bowl

At Albuquerque

Colorado State 48, Washington State 45

Las Vegas Bowl

Southern Cal 45, Fresno State 20

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

At Boise, Idaho

San Diego State 49, Buffalo 24(ESPN)

New Orleans Bowl

Louisiana-Lafayette 24, Tulane 21

Monday, Dec. 23

Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Bowl

At St. Petersburg, Fla.

East Carolina 37, Ohio 20

Tuesday, Dec. 24

Hawaii Bowl

At Honolulu

Oregon State 38, Boise State 23

Thursday, Dec. 26

Little Caesars Pizza Bowl

At Detroit

Pittsburgh 30, Bowling Green 27

Poinsettia Bowl

At San Diego

Utah State 21, Northern Illinois 14

Friday, Dec. 27

Military Bowl

At Annapolis, Md.

Marshall 31, Maryland 20

Texas Bowl

At Houston

Syracuse 21, Minnesota 17

Fight Hunger Bowl

At San Francisco

Washington 31, BYU 16

Saturday, Dec. 28

Pinstripe Bowl

At New York

Notre Dame 29,. Rutgers 16

Belk Bowl

At Charlotte, N.C.

North Carolina 39, Cincinnati 17

Russell Athletic Bowl

At Orlando, Fla.

Louisville 36, Miami 9

Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl

At Tempe, Ariz.

Kansas State 31, Michigan 14

Monday, Dec. 30

Armed Forces Bowl

At Fort Worth, Texas

Middle Tennessee (8-4) vs. Navy (7-4), 11:45 a.m. (ESPN)

Music City Bowl

At Nashville, Tenn.

Mississippi (7-5) vs. Georgia Tech (7-5), 3:15 p.m. (ESPN)

Alamo Bowl

At San Antonio

Oregon (10-2) vs. Texas (8-4), 6:45 p.m. (ESPN)

Holiday Bowl

At San Diego

Arizona State (10-3) vs. Texas Tech (7-5), 10:15 p.m. (ESPN)

Tuesday, Dec. 31

AdvoCare V100 Bowl

At Shreveport, La.

Arizona (7-5) vs. Boston College (7-5), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Sun Bowl

At El Paso, Texas

Virginia Tech (8-4) vs. UCLA (9-3), 2 p.m. (CBS)

Liberty Bowl

At Memphis, Tenn.

Rice (9-3) vs. Mississippi State (6-6), 4 p.m. (ESPN)

Chick-fil-A Bowl

At Atlanta

Texas A&M (8-4) vs. Duke (10-3), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Wednesday, Jan. 1

Heart of Dallas Bowl

At Dallas

UNLV (7-5) vs. North Texas (8-4), Noon (ESPNU)

Gator Bowl

At Jacksonville, Fla.

Nebraska (8-4) vs. Georgia (8-4), Noon (ESPN2)

Capital One Bowl

At Orlando, Fla.

Wisconsin (9-3) vs. South Carolina (10-2), 1 p.m. (ABC)

Outback Bowl

At Tampa, Fla.

Iowa (8-4) vs. LSU (9-3), 1 p.m. (ESPN)

Rose Bowl

At Pasadena, Calif.

Stanford (11-2) vs. Michigan State (12-1), 5 p.m. (ESPN)

Fiesta Bowl

At Glendale, Ariz.

Baylor (11-1) vs. UCF (11-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Jan. 2

Sugar Bowl

At New Orleans

Alabama (11-1) vs. Oklahoma (10-2), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Friday, Jan. 3

Orange Bowl

At Miami

Ohio State (12-1) vs. Clemson (10-2), 8 p.m. (ESPN)

Cotton Bowl

At Arlington, Texas

Missouri (11-2) vs. Oklahoma State (10-2), 7:30 p.m. (FOX)

Saturday, Jan. 4

BBVA Compass Bowl

At Birmingham, Ala.

Vanderbilt (8-4) vs. Houston (8-4), 1 p.m. (ESPN)

Sunday, Jan. 5

GoDaddy.com Bowl

At Mobile, Ala.

Arkansas State (7-5) vs. Ball State (10-2), 9 p.m. (ESPN)

Monday, Jan. 6

BCS National Championship

At Pasadena, Calif.

Florida State (13-0) vs. Auburn (12-1), 8:30 p.m. (ESPN)