AGATE
Scoreboard: 12-18
12/18/2013BOYS
Tonight
City League
Bowsher at Sandusky
Clay at Waite
Northern Lakes League
Springfield at Perrysburg
Northern Buckeye Conf.
Otsego at Eastwood
Elmwood at Fostoria
Lake at Genoa
Woodmore at Rossford
TAAC
Danbury at Bettsville
Northwest Ohio Athletic League
Stryker at Archbold
Liberty Center at Antwerp
Edgerton at Swanton
Other Northwest Ohio
Bowling Green Christian at Monclova Christian
Van Buren at Hopewell-Loudon
Huron at Oak Harbor
Southeast Michigan
Bedford at Ypsilanti Lincoln
Hudson at Blissfield
Whiteford at Summerfield
Erie Mason at Dundee
Thursday
Northern Lakes League
Anthony Wayne at Southview
Northview at Bowling Green
Maumee at Perrysburg
Napoleon at Springfield
Toledo Area Athletic Conf.
Edgerton at Toledo Christian
Northwest Ohio Athletic League
Liberty Center at Bryan
Patrick Henry at Evergreen
Montpelier at Archbold
Wauseon at Swanton
Other Northwest Ohio
Antwerp at Pettisville
Southeast Michigan
Dundee at Blissfield
Ida at Erie Mason
GIRLS
Today
Northern Lakes League
Anthony Wayne at Napoleon
Bowling Green at Southview
Maumee at Northview
Perrysburg at Springfield
Toledo Area Athletic Conf.
Danbury at Cardinal Stritch
Emmanuel Christian at Maumee Valley
Northwood at Gibsonburg
Ottawa Hills at Toledo Christian
Northwest Ohio Athletic League
Edgerton at Bryan
Evergreen at Lenawee Christian (Mich.)
Montpelier at Paulding
Other Northwest Ohio
Fostoria St. Wendelin at Hardin Northern
Ottawa-Glandorf at Liberty-Benton
Sandusky St. Mary at Oak Harbor
Huron at Port Clinton
Southeast Michigan
Ypsilanti Lincoln at Bedford
Blissfield at Hudson
Dundee at Erie Mason
Summerfield at Whiteford
Wednesday
City League
Bowsher at Start
Rogers at Scott
Waite at Woodward
Thursday
Three Rivers Athletic Conf.
Lima Senior at Central Catholic
St. Ursula at Clay
Fremont Ross at Notre Dame
Northern Buckeye Conf.
Woodmore at Eastwood
Genoa at Elmwood
Otsego at Fostoria
Rossford at Lake
Toledo Area Athletic Conf.
Cardinal Stritch at Northwood
Danbury at Port Clinton
Northwest Ohio Athletic League
Stryker at Delta
Other Northwest Ohio
McComb at Arcadia
Fostoria St. Wendelin at Mohawk
Fremont St. Joseph at Tiffin Calvert
Hopewell-Loudon at Lakota
Leipsic at Liberty-Benton
Seneca East at North Baltimore
Arlington at Van Buren
LAST NIGHT
Whitmer 11 16 20 14 – 61
Findlay 10 12 17 12 – 51
WHITMER: S. Semler 0-2-0-6, Meinen 5-4-14, M. Semler 0-2-0-6, J. Kimmel 1-0-2, James 1-0-2, T. Kimmel 1-1-4-9, Sarabia 2-1-0-7, McCarver 5-2-12, Blood 1-1-3. totals: 16-6-11-61.
FINDLAY: Swisher 1-1-5-10, Bendt 3-1-7, Smarkel 0-2-2, Hardesty 0-3-2-11, S. Wintrow 1-0-2, Thomas 0-3-0-9, Vielhaber 2-6-10. Totals: 7-7-16-51.
Clay 14 17 21 18 – 70
Waite 12 16 17 18 – 63
Clay: Schaefer 2-3-7, Orr 2-4, Connor 5-1-13, Enck 5-10, Hal. Hess 5-1-1-14, Grimes 1-2, Novak 4-1-9, Totals 25-4-8-70.
Waite: Henry 6-1-6-21, Richards 2-4, Works 2-2-6, Caldwell 4-1-9, Craig 9-1-19, Perkins 2-4. Totals 25-1-10-63.
Swanton 12 14 20 11 – 57
Rossford 13 18 17 18 – 66
SWANTON: Callicotte 1-1-1-6, Khepley 1-0-2, Eitniear 3-1-7, Carr 2-1-0-7, Przybyski 2-0-4, Wheeler 1-1-0-5, Christiansen 3-3-3-12, Ramlow 1-3-3-14. Totals: 14-7-8-57.
ROSSFORD: Hotz 7-7-21, York 3-1-0-9, Jackson 2-1-1-8, Davis 5-1-11, Keller 3-2-8, Clay 1-3-5, Gozdowski 2-0-4. Totals: 23-2-14-66.
Stryker 8 11 12 18 – 49
Wauseon 12 15 17 14 – 58
STRYKER: Uribes 2-0-4, Grabez 1-0-2, Sullivan 4-2-1-15, Varner 6-3-4-25, Maines 0-1-0-3. Totals: 13-6-5-49.
WAUSEON: Richer 4-1-1-12, Archibeque 1-0-2, Koenig 4-3-4-21, Yackee 4-6-14, Marshall 1-0-2, Lane 1-0-2, Blaylock 0-2-2, Frank 1-1-3. Totals: 16-4-14-58.
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 12 14 .462 –
Toronto 9 13 .409 1
Brooklyn 9 15 .375 2
New York 7 17 .292 4
Philadelphia 7 19 .269 5
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Miami 18 6 .750 –
Atlanta 13 12 .520 5½
Washington 10 13 .435 7½
Charlotte 10 14 .417 8
Orlando 8 17 .320 10½
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Indiana 20 4 .833 –
Detroit 12 14 .462 9
Chicago 9 14 .391 10½
Cleveland 9 14 .391 10½
Milwaukee 5 19 .208 15
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 19 4 .826 –
Houston 16 9 .640 4
Dallas 14 10 .583 5½
New Orleans 11 11 .500 7½
Memphis 10 13 .435 9
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Portland 21 4 .840 –
Oklahoma City 19 4 .826 1
Denver 14 9 .609 6
Minnesota 12 13 .480 9
Utah 6 21 .222 16
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
L.A. Clippers 16 9 .640 –
Phoenix 14 9 .609 1
Golden State 13 12 .520 3
L.A. Lakers 11 13 .458 4½
Sacramento 7 15 .318 7½
MONDAY
Detroit 101, Indiana 96
Brooklyn 130, Philadelphia 94
Boston 101, Minnesota 97
Miami 117, Utah 94
Atlanta 114, L.A. Lakers 100
Washington 102, New York 101
Orlando 83, Chicago 82
San Antonio at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
SUNDAY
Sacramento 106, Houston 91
Minnesota 101, Memphis 93
Portland 111, Detroit 109, OT
Oklahoma City 101, Orlando 98
Phoenix 106, Golden State 102
Denver 102, New Orleans 93
TODAY
Portland at Cleveland, 7 p.m.
Sacramento at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
L.A. Lakers at Memphis, 8 p.m.
Oklahoma City at Denver, 9 p.m.
New Orleans at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Utah at Orlando, 7 p.m.
Indiana at Miami, 7 p.m.
Charlotte at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Boston, 7:30 p.m.
Sacramento at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Washington at Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.
Portland at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
New York at Milwaukee, 8 p.m.
Memphis at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
San Antonio at Phoenix, 9 p.m.
Chicago at Houston, 9:30 p.m.
New Orleans at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 p.m.
Detroit 31 25 23 22 – 101
Indiana 28 21 24 23 – 96
DETROIT: Smith 13-29 3-4 30, Monroe 5-9 3-5 13, Drummond 4-5 1-6 9, Jennings 4-13 8-9 18, Caldwell-Pope 3-11 0-0 8, Harrellson 3-6 0-0 7, Singler 1-3 2-2 4, Stuckey 1-5 0-0 2, Bynum 3-6 1-2 7, Jerebko 1-1 0-0 3. Totals 38-88 18-28 101.
INDIANA: George 4-14 8-8 17, West 6-13 2-4 14, Hibbert 2-12 2-2 6, G.Hill 2-6 2-2 7, Stephenson 9-14 4-5 23, Butler 2-3 0-0 5, Scola 8-11 2-4 18, Watson 2-5 0-2 6, Johnson 0-3 0-0 0, Mahinmi 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 35-81 20-27 96.
3-Point Goals – Detroit 7-20 (Jennings 2-5, Caldwell-Pope 2-7, Jerebko 1-1, Harrellson 1-2, Smith 1-4, Singler 0-1), Indiana 6-17 (Watson 2-4, Stephenson 1-2, Butler 1-2, G.Hill 1-2, George 1-5, Johnson 0-2). Fouled Out–None. Rebounds –Detroit 63 (Monroe 12), Indiana 50 (George 9). Assists –Detroit 14 (Jennings 8), Indiana 18 (Stephenson 6). Total Fouls–Detroit 20, Indiana 20. Technicals –Smith. A – 15,443 (18,165).
Leaders
THROUGH SUNDAY
Scoring
G FG FT PTS AVG
Durant, OKC 23 206 205 656 28.5
Anthony, NYK 23 212 145 599 26.0
James, MIA 23 207 133 576 25.0
Love, MIN 23 188 141 574 25.0
Harden, HOU 21 158 159 518 24.7
Curry, GOL 22 182 94 531 24.1
George, IND 23 190 112 554 24.1
Aldridge, POR 25 242 104 588 23.5
Cousins, SAC 21 172 119 463 22.0
Afflalo, ORL 24 180 105 517 21.5
DeRozan, TOR 22 168 108 471 21.4
Nowitzki, DAL 23 175 100 486 21.1
Westbrook, OKC 20 148 95 420 21.0
Irving, CLE 23 177 90 481 20.9
Ellis, DAL 24 182 117 500 20.8
Martin, MIN 23 147 128 473 20.6
Thompson, GOL 25 185 55 506 20.2
Lillard, POR 25 153 128 502 20.1
Griffin, LAC 25 195 109 502 20.1
Gay, SAC 20 148 81 400 20.0
FG Percentage
FG FGA PCT
Jordan, LAC 99 156 .635
Drummond, DET 150 244 .615
Johnson, TOR 112 184 .609
James, MIA 207 351 .590
Howard, HOU 148 260 .569
Hill, LAL 87 153 .569
Lopez, Bro 113 199 .568
Horford, ATL 187 339 .552
Diaw, SAN 93 172 .541
Gortat, WAS 123 228 .539
Rebounds
G OFF DEF TOT AVG
Love, MIN 23 89 224 313 13.6
Howard, HOU 25 92 238 330 13.2
Jordan, LAC 25 102 218 320 12.8
Drummond, DET 25 126 192 318 12.7
Aldridge, POR 25 60 212 272 10.9
Cousins, SAC 21 57 168 225 10.7
Griffin, LAC 25 55 205 260 10.4
Thompson, CLE 23 82 148 230 10.0
Bogut, GOL 24 60 178 238 9.9
Lee, GOL 25 65 173 238 9.5
Assists
G AST AVG
Paul, LAC 24 275 11.5
Wall, WAS 22 205 9.3
Curry, GOL 22 195 8.9
Rubio, MIN 24 196 8.2
Holiday, NOR 22 178 8.1
Lawson, DEN 21 164 7.8
Jennings, DET 23 178 7.7
Blake, LAL 21 162 7.7
NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
New England 10 4 0 .714 369 311
Miami 8 6 0 .571 310 296
N.Y. Jets 6 8 0 .429 246 367
Buffalo 5 9 0 .357 300 354
South
W L T Pct PF PA
y-Indianapolis 9 5 0 .643 338 319
Tennessee 5 9 0 .357 326 355
Jacksonville 4 10 0 .286 221 399
Houston 2 12 0 .143 253 375
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Cincinnati 9 5 0 .643 354 274
Baltimore 7 6 0 .538 278 261
Pittsburgh 6 8 0 .429 321 332
Cleveland 4 10 0 .286 288 362
West
W L T Pct PF PA
x-Denver 11 3 0 .786 535 372
x-Kansas City 11 3 0 .786 399 255
San Diego 7 7 0 .500 343 311
Oakland 4 10 0 .286 295 393
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
Philadelphia 8 6 0 .571 364 349
Dallas 7 7 0 .500 393 385
N.Y. Giants 5 9 0 .357 251 357
Washington 3 11 0 .214 305 434
South
W L T Pct PF PA
New Orleans 10 4 0 .714 359 270
Carolina 10 4 0 .714 328 208
Tampa Bay 4 10 0 .286 258 324
Atlanta 4 10 0 .286 309 388
North
W L T Pct PF PA
Chicago 8 6 0 .571 406 391
Detroit 7 6 0 .538 346 321
Green Bay 7 6 1 .536 353 362
Minnesota 4 9 1 .321 363 425
West
W L T Pct PF PA
x-Seattle 12 2 0 .857 380 205
San Francisco 10 4 0 .714 349 228
Arizona 9 5 0 .643 342 291
St. Louis 6 8 0 .429 316 324
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
Monday
Baltimore at Detroit, 8:40
SUNDAY, DEC. 22
Tampa Bay at St. Louis, 1
Indianapolis at Kansas City, 1
Denver at Houston, 1
Miami at Buffalo, 1
New Orleans at Carolina, 1
Dallas at Washington, 1
Cleveland at N.Y. Jets, 1
Minnesota at Cincinnati, 1
Tennessee at Jacksonville, 1
Arizona at Seattle, 4:05
N.Y. Giants at Detroit, 4:05
Oakland at San Diego, 4:25
Pittsburgh at Green Bay, 4:25
New England at Baltimore, 4:25
Chicago at Philadelphia, 8:30
MONDAY, DEC. 23
Atlanta at San Francisco, 8:40 p.m.
SUNDAY
Cincinnati 0 7 0 13 – 20
Pittsburgh 21 6 3 0 – 30
Pit–Bell 1 run (Suisham kick), 9:58.
Pit–A.Brown 12 pass from Roethlisberger (Suisham kick), 2:16.
Pit–A.Brown 67 punt return (Suisham kick), 1:12.
Pit–FG Suisham 25, 9:36.
Cin–Bernard 1 run (Nugent kick), 5:14.
Pit–FG Suisham 45, 1:14.
Pit–FG Suisham 26, 6:18.
Cin–Eifert 1 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick), 14:09.
Cin–M.Jones 13 pass from Dalton (pass failed), 5:46.
A–45,873.
TEAM STATS
Cin Pit
First downs 19 19
Total Net Yards 279 290
Rushes-yards 22-57 36-106
Passing 222 184
Punt Returns 0-0 2-78
Kickoff Returns 5-150 1-20
Interceptions Ret. 1-0 0-0
Comp-Att-Int 25-44-0 20-25-1
Sacked-Yards Lost 1-8 1-7
Punts 4-41.5 3-38.3
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0
Penalties-Yards 6-50 4-25
Time of Possession 28:24 31:36
INDIVIDUAL STATS
RUSHING–Cincinnati, Bernard 13-33, Dalton 4-20, Green-Ellis 4-4, Huber 1-0. Pittsburgh, Bell 24-57, Dwyer 6-26, F.Jones 5-22, A.Brown 1-1.
PASSING–Cincinnati, Dalton 25-44-0-230. Pittsburgh, Roethlisberger 20-25-1-191.
RECEIVING–Cincinnati, Green 9-93, M.Jones 5-48, Eifert 3-33, Gresham 3-23, Sanu 3-20, Bernard 2-13. Pittsburgh, A.Brown 5-66, Bell 5-50, Sanders 5-38, Miller 4-35, Cotchery 1-2.
ECHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Wheeling 13 6 0 5 31 70 63
Reading 10 9 1 0 21 51 55
Elmira 9 11 0 2 20 56 65
North Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Cincinnati 14 8 0 1 29 72 61
Evansville 12 7 0 3 27 68 74
Kalamazoo 11 8 0 2 24 61 56
Fort Wayne 10 8 1 3 24 70 73
Toledo 7 11 3 0 17 62 79
South Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Florida 18 6 1 1 38 96 65
S. Carolina 17 4 1 2 37 78 50
Orlando 15 10 0 1 31 70 69
Greenville 9 13 1 1 20 49 62
Gwinnett 7 15 0 2 16 53 74
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Mountain Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Colorado 15 6 3 1 34 80 65
Idaho 13 7 2 2 30 81 72
Alaska 14 7 1 0 29 71 42
Utah 7 11 1 2 17 43 53
Pacific Division
W L OL SL Pts GF GA
Ontario 16 3 1 3 36 70 52
Stockton 13 8 0 3 29 80 75
San Francisco 9 13 2 1 21 52 81
Las Vegas 8 13 2 0 18 56 78
Bakersfield 7 14 0 1 15 52 77
Note: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss.
MONDAY
Ontario at Las Vegas, 2:59 a.m.
TODAY
Kalamazoo at Cincinnati, 7:35
WEDNESDAY
Toledo at Evansville, 8:15
Bakersfield at Idaho, 9:10
Utah at Alaska, 11:15
THURSDAY
No games scheduled
COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Men
AP Top Twenty Five
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 15, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:
Record Pts Prv
1. Arizona (63) 11-0 1,623 1
2. Syracuse (2) 10-0 1,528 2
3. Ohio St. 10-0 1,464 3
4. Wisconsin 12-0 1,381 4
5. Michigan St. 8-1 1,297 5
6. Louisville 9-1 1,264 6
7. Oklahoma St. 9-1 1,165 7
8. Duke 7-2 1,053 8
8. Villanova 10-0 1,053 10
10. UConn 9-0 1,035 9
11. Wichita St. 10-0 923 12
12. Baylor 8-1 898 14
13. Oregon 9-0 834 15
14. North Carolina 7-2 792 18
15. Memphis 7-1 755 16
16. Florida 7-2 699 19
17. Iowa St. 8-0 698 17
18. Kansas 7-3 482 13
19. Kentucky 8-3 414 11
20. Colorado 10-1 405 21
21. Gonzaga 10-1 376 20
22. UMass 9-0 351 22
23. Missouri 10-0 222 24
24. San Diego St. 7-1 176 25
25. Iowa 10-2 72 23
Others receiving votes: UCLA 69, Pittsburgh 66, Saint Mary's (Cal) 11, George Washington 5, Harvard 4, Oklahoma 4, Michigan 3, Toledo 3.
USA Today Top 25 Poll
The top 25 teams in the USA Today men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 15, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking:
Record Pts Pvs
1. Arizona (30) 11-0 798 1
2. Ohio State (1) 10-0 748 2
2. Syracuse (1) 10-0 748 3
4. Louisville 9-1 676 4
5. Michigan State 8-1 653 5
6. Wisconsin 12-0 645 6
7. Oklahoma State 9-1 555 9
8. Duke 7-2 553 7
9. Wichita State 10-0 545 8
10. UConn 9-0 494 12
11. Oregon 9-0 490 11
12. Villanova 10-0 413 14
13. Iowa State 8-0 351 16
14. Memphis 7-1 349 15
15. Gonzaga 10-1 311 16
15. Baylor 8-1 311 18
17. Florida 7-2 296 19
18. North Carolina 7-2 288 21
19. Kansas 7-3 232 13
20. UMass 9-0 229 20
21. Kentucky 8-3 217 10
22. UCLA 9-1 91 23
23. San Diego State 7-1 90 24
24. Colorado 10-1 88 –
25. Missouri 10-0 76 –
Others receiving votes: Iowa 53, Pittsburgh 48, Saint Mary's 24, Creighton 9, Michigan 7, George Washington 5, New Mexico 3, Virginia 3, Oklahoma 1.
EAST
Canisius 83, Holy Cross 73
William Paterson 91, Arcadia 57
SOUTH
Alabama St. 59, W. Illinois 52
Duke 85, Gardner-Webb 66
ETSU 108, Tusculum 87
Georgia Tech 74, Kennesaw St. 57
Lee 58, West Florida 53
Mercer 70, Alcorn St. 44
Rhodes 89, LaGrange 66
UT-Martin 73, Presbyterian 70
Young Harris 81, Armstrong Atlantic 68
MIDWEST
Akron 74, Oral Roberts 64
Ashland 88, Saginaw Valley St. 69
Chicago St. 81, SIU-Edwardsville 64
Cleveland St. 66, W. Carolina 55
Milwaukee Engineering 80, Knox 67
N. Dakota St. 85, Delaware 66
Northwestern 86, MVSU 64
Oakland 90, Illinois St. 75
Women
AP Top Twenty Five
The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 15, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last week's ranking:
Record Pts Prv
1. UConn (36) 10-0 900 1
2. Duke 10-0 864 2
3. Tennessee 9-0 804 3
4. Notre Dame 9-0 778 4
5. Kentucky 11-0 764 5
6. Stanford 8-1 728 6
7. Louisville 10-1 674 7
8. Maryland 10-1 650 8
9. Baylor 8-1 630 9
10. South Carolina 9-0 530 10
11. Colorado 9-0 517 11
12. LSU 8-1 465 13
13. Oklahoma St. 8-0 419 14
14. North Carolina 8-2 388 15
15. Iowa St. 9-0 378 17
16. Georgia 10-0 344 16
17. Penn St. 7-3 323 12
18. Purdue 6-2 267 18
19. Nebraska 8-2 249 19
20. Oklahoma 6-3 232 20
21. California 7-2 200 22
22. Iowa 10-2 126 21
23. Syracuse 8-1 122 25
24. Florida St. 8-1 98 –
25. Gonzaga 8-2 72 23
Others receiving votes: Arizona St. 51, Texas A&M 44, Arizona St. 50, Arkansas 32, Texas 15, San Diego 9, West Virginia 8, UTEP 7, Georgia Tech 4, Indiana 4, Middle Tennessee 2, BYU 1, Saint Joseph's 1.
EAST
Holy Family 87, Wilmington (Del.) 70
Mount St. Mary's 64, American U. 61
Syracuse 82, Temple 76
Vermont 74, Canisius 51
SOUTH
Appalachian St. 83, Radford 60
Armstrong Atlantic 75, Young Harris 70
Bridgewater (Va.) 94, Averett 85
Campbell 56, NC Central 45
Catawba 81, Virginia Intermont 61
Chattanooga 66, Elon 43
Cumberland (Tenn.) 70, Milligan 50
FIU 70, Tennessee Tech 65
Florida St. 61, North Florida 42
Georgia Southern 79, Wofford 70
Indianapolis 69, Lincoln Memorial 46
Middle Tennessee 63, UCF 51
Mississippi 72, South Alabama 56
North Carolina 124, New Orleans 41
Samford 65, UNC-Greensboro 52
W. Carolina 56, Charleston Southern 47
Wake Forest 68, UNC Wilmington 44
Xavier (NO) 70, Puerto Rico 47
MIDWEST
Ashland 84, Saginaw Valley St. 78
Baker 72, Central Methodist 63
DePaul 90, Dartmouth 76
Missouri 82, Belmont 70
Northwestern 84, Oral Roberts 54
S. Illinois 66, E. Illinois 60
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
DETROIT TIGERS – Announced RHP Luis Marte and INF Danny Worth cleared waivers and were sent outright to Toledo (IL).
KANSAS CITY ROYALS – Agreed to terms with INF Omar Infante on a four-year contract.
TORONTO BLUE JAYS – Agreed to terms with INF Jared Goedert on a minor league contract.
National League
ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS – Acquired RHP Addison Reed from the Chicago White Sox for INF Matt Davidson.
ATLANTA BRAVES – Agreed to terms with RHP Gavin Floyd and RHP Brandon Beachy on one-year contracts.
CHICAGO CUBS – Agreed to terms with LHP Wesley Wright on a one-year contract.
COLORADO ROCKIES – Agreed to terms with LHP Boone Logan on a three-year contract. Designated RHP Collin McHugh for assignment.
ST. LOUIS CARDINALS – Agreed to terms with INF Mark Ellis on a one-year contract.
American Association
AMARILLO SOX – Released RHP Freddy Flores.
Can-Am League
TROIS-RIVIERES AIGLES – Released INF Josh Colafemina and RHP Luis Munoz.
Frontier League
NORMAL CORNBELTERS – Exercised the 2014 contract options on RHP Drew Provence, RHP Jose Trinidad, RHP Luis Noel, RHP Matthew Suschak, RHP Tyler Lavigne, INF Ryan Lashley, INF Santiago Chirino, OF Jason Matusik, OF Romulo Ruiz, UTL David Medina, and OF Oscar Garcia. Declined the options on RHP Mitch Mormann, RHP Sean Gregory, INF T.J. Gavlik, INF Luis Parache, OF Rogelio Noris and C David Remedios.
RIVER CITY RASCALS – Signed OF Daniel Aldrich and C Saxon Butler.
BASKETBALL
National Basketball Association
CHICAGO BULLS – Waived G Mike James.
MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES – Signed F James Johnson from Rio Grande Valley (NBADL).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
MINNESOTA VIKINGS – Waived RB Joe Bryant. Signed OT Mike Remmers.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League
NHL – Suspended Edmonton D Corey Potter two games for boarding Anaheim F Nick Bonino during a Dec. 15 game.
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS – Activated F Bryan Bickell from injured reserve. Reassigned F Jeremy Morin to Rockford (AHL).
COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS – Reassigned D Austin Madaisky to Springfield (AHL) from Evansville (ECHL) and D Thomas Larkin to Evansville from Springfield.
DETROIT RED WINGS – Recalled C Riley Sheahan from Grand Rapids (AHL).
NEW JERSEY DEVILS – Recalled LW Mattias Tedenby from Albany (AHL).
PITTSBURGH PENGUINS – Placed D Kris Letang on injured reserve. Recalled D Philip Samuelsson and F Harry Zolnierczyk from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL).
American Hockey League
BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS – Announced G Parker Milner was reassigned to Stockton (ECHL).
GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS – Announced C Louis-Marc Aubry was reassigned to the team from Toledo (ECHL).
ECHL
BAKERSFIELD CONDORS – Announced LW Andrew Carroll was assigned to the team by Hartford (AHL).
SOCCER
Major League Soccer
NEW YORK RED BULLS – Signed D Roy Miller and G Luis Robles.
SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC – Signed G Steve Clark and traded him to Columbus for a 2015 fourth-round SuperDraft pick. Re-signed D Leo Gonzalez.
SPORTING KANSAS CITY – Acquired G Andy Gruenebaum from Columbus Crew for a 2016 second-round SuperDraft pick.
VANCOUVER WHITECAPS – Named Carl Robinson coach.
COLLEGE
FAU – Named Charlie Partridge football coach.
GLANTZ-CULVER LINE
NCAA Football
Saturday
New Mexico Bowl
At Albuquerque, N.M.
FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG
Washington St. 4½ 4½ (65½) Colorado St.
NFL
Sunday
FAVORITE OPEN TODAY O/U UNDERDOG
Miami 2½ 2½ (43) at Buffalo
at Carolina 3 3 (46) New Orleans
Dallas 2½ 2½ (52½) at Washington
at St. Louis 5½ 5½ (42½) Tampa Bay
at Philadelphia 4 3 (56) Chicago
at N.Y. Jets 1 2 (40½) Cleveland
at Kansas City 6½ 6½ (43½) Indianapolis
at Cincinnati 7 7½ (48) Minnesota
Denver 9½ 10 (51½) at Houston
Tennessee 5½ 5½ (44) at Jacksonville
at Seattle 9½ 10 (45) Arizona
at Detroit OFF OFF (OFF) N.Y. Giants
at San Diego 7½ 10 (50½) Oakland
at Green Bay OFF OFF (OFF) Pittsburgh
at Baltimore OFF OFF (OFF) New England
Monday
at San Francisco 10½ 12½ (45) Atlanta
Off Key
Detroit played Dec. 16
Green Bay QB questionable
Baltimore played Dec. 16
NCAA Basketball
FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG
Pittsburgh-x 4 Cincinnati
at Wake Forest 8 St. Bonaventure
at Florida St. 11½ Charlotte
at Providence 10½ Yale
at Oklahoma 15 Texas-Arlington
Washington 7 at Tulane
Toledo 2½ at Arkansas St.
at Marquette 19 Ball St.
Wichita St. 5 at Alabama
at Louisville 23 Missouri St.
Florida-x 2½ Memphis
at Loyola Marymount Pk Cal Poly
at Oregon 13½ UC Irvine
at Georgetown 15½ Elon
at South Carolina 2 Manhattan
at VCU 18½ Wofford
at Murray St. 3 S. Illinois
at Green Bay 16 Tenn. Tech
at Jacksonville St. 3 Cent. Michigan
at Vanderbilt 13½ Austin Peay
at Denver 4 Belmont
at Michigan St. 27 North Florida
at South Florida 9½ Fla. Gulf Coast
at Creighton 28½ Ark.-Pine Bluff
at New Mexico 9½ New Mexico St.
x-at New York
SPORTLIGHT
Dec. 17
1933–The Chicago Bears win the first NFL championship with a 23-21 victory over the New York Giants. The Bears score the winning touchdown on a 36-yard play that starts with a short pass from Bronko Nagurski to Bill Hewitt, who then laterals to Bill Kerr for the score.
1991–The Cleveland Cavaliers turn a 20-point halftime lead over Miami into the most lopsided victory in NBA history, 148-80 over the Heat. The 68-point margin eclipses the mark of 63 set March 19, 1972, when the Los Angeles Lakers beat the Golden State Warriors 162-99.
1993–Julio Cesar Chavez secures his place in boxing history, retaining his WBC super lightweight title with a fifth-round victory over Britain's Andy Holligan. It's the 27th time Chavez fought for a title without a loss since 1984, breaking Joe Louis' mark of 26.
1993–Virgil Hill becomes the most successful light heavyweight in boxing history, winning a record 15th title defense with a unanimous decision over Guy Waters of Australia. Hill, the WBA champion for five of the last six years, had been tied with Bob Foster, who held light heavyweight titles from 1968 to 1974.
1994–Minnesota wide receiver Cris Carter, with 8 catches for 80 yards, breaks the NFL record of 112 receptions in a season in the Vikings' 41-19 loss to the Detroit Lions. Carter, who finished the season with 122 receptions, broke the mark set by Green Bay's Sterling Sharpe in 1993.
2000–Terrell Owens catches an NFL-record 20 passes for 283 yards and a touchdown in San Francisco's 17-0 victory over Chicago. Jeff Garcia completes 36 of 44 passes for 402 yards and two touchdowns for the 49ers.
2005–John Ruiz loses the WBA heavyweight title, dropping a disputed majority decision to 7-foot Nikolay Valuev of Russia in Berlin. Valuev, the first Russian heavyweight champion, also becomes the tallest and heaviest (323 pounds) champion of all-time.
2006–LaDainian Tomlinson breaks Paul Hornung's 46-year-old NFL single-season scoring record on a 15-yard run in the first quarter of San Diego's game against Kansas City. The touchdown run gives him 180 points, breaking Hornung's record of 176 set with the Green Bay Packers in 1960.
2006–Green Bay's Brett Favre passes Dan Marino to become the league's all-time completions leader with a 21-yard pass to wide receiver Carlyle Holiday. Favre, needed 14 completions, finds Holiday over the middle with 1:42 left in the second quarter for the 4,968th completion of his 16-year career.
2006–Gilbert Arenas sets a franchise record with 60 points, 16 of them in overtime, to lead Washington to a 147-141 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers.
2008–Chris Paul breaks Alvin Robertson's NBA record for consecutive regular-season games with a steal, reaching 106 in New Orleans' 90-83 victory over San Antonio.
2012–Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim becomes the third Division I men's coach to reach 900 wins. Boeheim, 68 and in his 37th year at his alma mater, reaches the mark when his third-ranked Orange post a 72-68 victory over Detroit in the Gotham Classic.
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Boston 22 9 2 46 92 70
Montreal 20 12 3 43 88 75
Tampa Bay 19 11 3 41 90 80
Detroit 15 11 9 39 89 94
Toronto 17 15 3 37 98 102
Ottawa 14 15 6 34 99 113
Florida 12 17 5 29 78 109
Buffalo 7 23 3 17 55 96
Metropolitan Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Pittsburgh 24 10 1 49 108 75
Washington 18 12 3 39 105 97
Carolina 14 13 7 35 79 94
N.Y. Rangers 16 17 1 33 76 91
Philadelphia 14 15 4 32 76 91
New Jersey 13 15 6 32 78 85
Columbus 14 16 4 32 87 95
N.Y. Islanders 9 19 6 24 83 118
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Chicago 24 7 5 53 135 101
St. Louis 22 6 4 48 112 76
Colorado 21 9 1 43 88 73
Minnesota 19 11 5 43 81 81
Dallas 15 11 5 35 90 93
Nashville 16 14 3 35 77 92
Winnipeg 15 15 5 35 93 102
Pacific Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Anaheim 23 7 5 51 111 89
Los Angeles 22 8 4 48 94 68
San Jose 20 7 6 46 108 82
Vancouver 20 10 5 45 98 83
Phoenix 18 9 5 41 104 100
Calgary 13 15 5 31 86 106
Edmonton 11 21 3 25 93 120
Note: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
MONDAY
Pittsburgh 3, Toronto 1
Winnipeg 3, Columbus 2
Ottawa 3, St. Louis 2, OT
Dallas at Colorado, 9
SUNDAY
Washington 5, Philadelphia 4, SO
N.Y. Rangers 4, Calgary 3, SO
Tampa Bay 3, Detroit 0
Florida 2, Montreal 1
Chicago 3, Los Angeles 1
Anaheim 3, Edmonton 2
TODAY
Calgary at Boston, 7
Winnipeg at Buffalo, 7
Florida at Toronto, 7
Tampa Bay at N.Y. Islanders, 7
Phoenix at Montreal, 7:30
Anaheim at Detroit, 7:30
Washington at Philadelphia, 7:30
San Jose at St. Louis, 8
Chicago at Nashville, 8
Vancouver at Minnesota, 8
Colorado at Dallas, 8:30
Edmonton at Los Angeles, 10:30
WEDNESDAY
Ottawa at New Jersey, 7:30
Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 8 p.m.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
FCS Playoff
Semifinals
Friday
New Hampshire (10-4) at North Dakota State (13-0), 8 p.m.
Saturday
Towson (12-2) at Eastern Washington (12-2), 2 p.m.
Championship
Saturday, Jan. 4
At FC Dallas Stadium
Frisco, Texas
TBD, 2 p.m.