Scoreboard

FOOTBALL

NFL

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

NorthWLTPctPFPA

Detroit840.667275251

Green Bay660.500295302

Vikings660.500233209

Chicago390.250204270

EastWLTPctPFPA

x-Dallas1110.917333228

N.Y. Giants840.667245237

Washington651.542303295

Philadelphia570.417268245

SouthWLTPctPFPA

Atlanta750.583386331

Tampa Bay750.583277285

New Orleans570.417347335

Carolina480.333283321

WestWLTPctPFPA

Seattle831.708264194

Arizona561.458276251

Los Angeles480.333180262

San Francisco1110.083234370

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

NorthWLTPctPFPA

Baltimore750.583256207

Pittsburgh750.583290236

Cincinnati471.375245259

Cleveland0120.000197352

EastWLTPctPFPA

New England1020.833319207

Miami750.583255278

Buffalo660.500305274

N.Y. Jets380.273196266

SouthWLTPctPFPA

Houston660.500207257

Indianapolis660.500311311

Tennessee660.500308296

Jacksonville2100.167224313

WestWLTPctPFPA

Oakland1020.833345299

Kansas City930.750281242

Denver840.667286229

San Diego570.417334319

Key: x-clinched playoff spot

Game Thursday

Oakland at K.C., 7:25 pm (Ch. 11, NFLN)

Games Sunday

Vikings at Jacksonville, noon (Ch. 9)

Arizona at Miami, noon

Chicago at Detroit, noon

Cincinnati at Cleveland, noon

Denver at Tennessee, noon

Houston at Indianapolis, noon

Pittsburgh at Buffalo, noon

San Diego at Carolina, noon

Washington at Philadelphia, noon

N.Y. Jets at San Fran. 3:05 pm (Ch. 4)

Atlanta at Los Angeles, 3:25 pm

New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 3:25 pm

Seattle at Green Bay, 3:25 pm (Ch. 9)

Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 7:20 pm (Ch. 11)

Game Monday

Balt. at New England, 7:30 pm (ESPN)

BASKETBALL

TIMBERWOLVES STATISTICS

(Through Wednesday)

PlayerGMinPtsRebAst

Wiggins2136.622.24.02.4

Towns2134.922.010.32.4

LaVine2037.220.13.12.7

Dieng2131.210.28.12.3

Muhammad1816.46.92.30.4

Bjelica2116.96.93.31.2

Rubio1630.66.43.96.7

Payne79.46.12.00.4

Dunn2117.64.22.22.8

Jones1414.44.21.73.0

Hill25.43.03.00.0

Aldrich2112.92.83.90.5

Rush910.91.61.00.7

Lucas III52.10.40.00.2

Totals21241.0104.142.222.0

Opponents21241.0105.641.221.2

TORONTO STATISTICS

(Through Wednesday)

PlayerGMinPtsRebAst

DeRozan2135.828.05.24.3

Lowry2137.420.65.07.4

Valanciunas1928.012.19.40.8

Ross2020.110.62.00.7

Carroll1726.110.13.41.0

Joseph2121.08.42.62.4

Patterson2128.87.95.91.6

Powell1714.26.21.91.2

Siakam2119.66.13.90.4

Nogueira1518.65.04.10.7

Poeltl1113.23.13.70.4

VanVleet52.61.40.20.4

Caboclo33.81.01.31.0

Totals21241.0110.942.220.3

Opponents21241.0102.842.522.1

HOCKEY

WILD STATISTICS

(Through Tuesday)

PLAYERGPGATP+/-PIM

Coyle249817618

Staal245121786

Suter2441216138

Niederreiter24781594

Granlund24591462

Koivu24671368

Zucker24310131310

Brodin242810112

Pominville24551022

Parise17459-112

Dumba24268618

Spurgeon20178116

Haula1743728

Stewart24336-133

Eriksson Ek923522

Dalpe912309

Folin19022816

Graovac1620202

Scandella13022-56

Bertschy501104

Prosser11011-14

Pulkkinen8101-12

Gabriel2000-15

Mitchell10000-10

Olofsson100010

Reilly900002

Schroeder200000

Totals24661141800215

Opponents2449851340207

GOALIESWLOTSOSv%GAA

Dubnyk10634.9461.63

Kuemper2210.8973.36

Totals12844.9342.02

Opponents121022.9092.71

COLLEGE • WOMEN

UPPER MIDWEST

Results Wednesday

Wis.-Eau Claire 3, Hamline 2, OT

Wis.-River Falls 3, Gustavus 0

VOLLEYBALL

COLLEGE • WOMEN

NCAA DIVISION I TOURNAMENT

MINNESOTA REGIONAL

Games Friday • Sweet 16

At Minneapolis

Gophers vs. Missouri, 7:15 pm

UCLA vs. North Carolina, 9:45 pm

NEBRASKA REGIONAL

Games Friday • Sweet 16

At Lincoln, Nebraska

Nebraska vs. Penn State, 11 am

Arizona vs. Washington, 1:30 pm

TEXAS REGIONAL

Games Friday • Sweet 16

At Austin, Texas

BYU vs. Texas, 3 pm

Creighton vs. Michigan, 5:30 pm

WISCONSIN REGIONAL

Games Friday • Sweet 16

At Madison, Wisconsin

Ohio State vs. Wisconsin, 1 pm

Florida vs. Stanford, 3:30 pm

NCAA DIVISION II CHAMPIONSHIPS

At Sioux Falls, S.D.

Quarterfinals • Thursday

• Angelo St. vs. Alaska-Anchorage, noon

• Palm Beach Atl. vs. S.C.-Aiken, 2:30 pm

• Lewis vs. Wheeling Jesuit, 5 pm

• American International vs. Concordia (St. Paul), 7:30 pm

TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL

American League

Boston: Promoted Todd Claus to global scouting supervisor, Rolando Pino to coordinator of Latin American scouting, Adrian Lorenzo to assistant director of international scouting, Jonathan Cruz to assistant supervisor for Dominican Republic scouting and Harrison Slutsky assistant director for pro scouting. Named Brett Ward coordinator of Pacific Rim operations, James Kang international scouting assistant, Alex Gimenez baseball operations assistant, Marcus Cuellar player personnel assistant, Edgar Perez player personnel crosschecker, Brandon Agamennone North Texas area scout, Mike Ganley senior baseball systems development lead, Eric Edvalson senior baseball systems developer, Ethan Faggett assistant director of baseball systems and Adrien Tapia mental skills coordinator.

Chicago: Traded OF Adam Eaton to Washington for RHPs Lucas Giolito, Reynaldo Lopez and Dane Dunning.

Kansas City: Traded RHP Wade Davis to the Chicago Cubs for OF Jorge Soler.

New York: Agreed to terms with OF/DH Matt Holliday on a one-year contract.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

Chicago: Recalled G R.J. Hunter and Fs Doug McDermott and Paul Zipser from Windy City (NBADL).

FOOTBALL

National Football League

Buffalo: Signed CB Charles Gaines to the practice squad.

Carolina: Assigned D Klas Dahlbeck to Charlotte (AHL) for conditioning.

Cleveland: Placed DB Derrick Kindred on the reserve/non-football injury list. Signed DB Trae Elston. Signed DB Justin Currie to the practice squad.

Indianapolis: Signed LB Luke Rhodes from the practice squad and S Stefan McClure to the practice squad.

New York Jets: Signed RB Khiry Robinson. Signed RB Brandon Wilds from the practice squad and DL Claude Pelon to the practice squad.

Washington: Reassigned C Kory Lichtensteiger from injured reserve to injured reserve-designated for return. Signed CB Dashaun Phillips to the practice squad.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

NHL: D John Scott announced his retirement.

Anaheim: Recalled RW Stefan Noesen from San Diego (AHL).

Arizona: Assigned D Dysin Mayo and Justin Hache from Tucson (AHL) to Rapid City (ECHL).

Boston: Assigned C Noel Acciari to Providence (AHL).

Detroit: Assigned C Tomas Nosek and G Jared Coreau to Grand Rapids (AHL). Activated G Jimmy Howard from injured reserve.

New York Rangers: Recalled F Nicklas Jensen from Hartford (AHL). Reassigned F Adam Chapie from Greenville (ECHL) to Hartford.

San Jose: Assigned G Jamie Murray from San Jose (AHL) to Allen (ECHL).

TODAY'S LINE

NFL

FAVORITELINE (O/U)UNDERDOG

THURSDAY

KANSAS CITY3 (46)Oakland

Sunday

Vikings3½ (39½)JACKSONVILLE

TENNESSEE1 (43½)Denver

CAROLINA1 (48)San Diego

INDIANAPOLIS6 (47)Houston

Cincinnati5½ (43)CLEVELAND

Pittsburgh1 (46½)BUFFALO

MIAMI1 (43½)Arizona

DETROIT7½ (43½)Chicago

TAMPA BAY2½ (51½)New Orleans

PHILADELPHIApick (47)Washington

SAN FRANCISCO3 (43½)NY Jets

Seattle3 (46)GREEN BAY

Atlanta6 (45)LOS ANGELES

Dallas3 (47½)NY GIANTS

Monday

NEW ENGLAND7 (45)Baltimore

NBA

FAVORITELINE (O/U)UNDERDOG

Thursday

TORONTO7½ (214)Timberwolves

WASHINGTON6 (218)Denver

MEMPHIS1½ (205½)Portland

NEW ORLEANS9 (204½)Philadelphia

UTAHOFF (OFF)Golden State

San Antonio3 (199)CHICAGO

nhl

FAVORITELINEUNDERDOG

Thursday

St. Louis-122/+112NY ISLANDERS

BOSTONOFF/OFFColorado

PHILADELPHIA-130/+120Edmonton

MONTREALOFF/OFFNew Jersey

Pittsburgh-125/+115FLORIDA

TAMPA BAY-217/+197Vancouver

NY Rangers-110/+100WINNIPEG

Nashville-113/+103DALLAS

Calgary-120/+110ARIZONA

LOS ANGELESOFF/OFFCarolina

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

FAVORITELINEUNDERDOG

Thursday

UMASSOFFPacific

ST. JOHN'SOFFFordham

MIDDLE TENN.3Vanderbilt

Iowa St7IOWA

ST. MARY'S14½Texas-Arlington

College Football

FAVORITEline (O/U)UNDERDOG

Saturday

Navy6 (47½)Army

Saturday • Dec. 17

New Mexico Bowl • Albuquerque, N.M.

New Mexico7 (62½)UTSA

Las Vegas Bowl • Las Vegas

Houston3 (57)San Diego St.

Cure Bowl • Orlando, Fla.

UCF6 (49)Arkansas St

Camellia Bowl • Montgomery, Ala.

Toledo1 (56)Appalachian St

New Orleans Bowl • New Oleans

Southern Miss3½ (58)La.-Lafayette

Monday, Dec. 19

Miami Beach Bowl • Miami

Tulsa11½ (68)C. Michigan

Tuesday, Dec. 20

Boca Raton Bowl • Boca Raton, Fla.

W Kentucky5 (77)Memphis

Wednesday, Dec. 21

Poinsettia Bowl • San Diego

BYU8½ (57)Wyoming

Thursday, Dec. 22

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl • Boise, ID

Colorado St.13½ (64)Idaho

Friday, Dec. 23

Bahamas Bowl • Nassau, Bahamas

Old Dominion3½ (64)E. Michigan

Dollar General Bowl • Mobile, Ala.

Troy3½ (49)Ohio

Saturday, Dec. 24

Hawaii Bowl • Honolulu

Hawaiioff (off)Middle Tenn.

Monday, Dec. 26

St. Petersburg Bowl • St. Petersburg, Fla.

Mississippi St12 (58)Miami (Ohio)

Quick Lane Bowl • Detroit

Maryland2½ (44½)Boston College

Independence Bowl • Shreveport, La.

NC State4 (44)Vanderbilt

Tuesday, Dec. 27

Holiday Bowl • San Diego

Washington St.7 (60)Gophers

Heart of Dallas Bowl • Dallas

Army9 (off)North Texas

Military Bowl • Annapolis, Md.

Temple13 (41)Wake Forest

Cactus Bowl • Phoenix

Boise St.7½ (66½)Baylor

Wednesday, Dec. 28

Pinstripe Bowl • New York

Pittsburgh4½ (66½)Northwestern

Russell Athletic Bowl • Orlando, Fla.

Miami3½ (56)West Virginia

Texas Bowl • Houston

Texas A&M2 (56½)Kansas St

Foster Farms Bowl • Santa Clara, Calif.

Utah8 (54)Indiana

Thursday, Dec. 29

Birmingham Bowl • Birmingham, Ala.

South Florida10½ (63)South Carolina

Belk Bowl • Charlotte, N.C.

Virginia Tech7 (62)Arkansas

Alamo Bowl • San Antonio

Colorado3 (62½)Oklahoma St

Friday, Dec. 30

Liberty Bowl • Memphis, Tenn.

Georgiapick (49)TCU

Sun Bowl • El Paso, TX

Stanford3½ (54)North Carolina

Arizona Bowl • Tucson, Ariz.

Air Force12 (57½)S. Alabama

Music City Bowl • Nashville, Tenn.

Tennessee3 (61)Nebraska

Orange Bowl • Miami Gardens, Fla.

Michigan6½ (56½)Florida St

Saturday, Dec. 31

Citrus Bowl • Orlando, Fla.

LSU3 (60)Louisville

Taxslayer Bowl • Jacksonville, Fla.

Georgia Tech3 (60)Kentucky

CFP SEMIFINALS

Peach Bowl • Atlanta

Alabama15½ (55)Washington

Fiesta Bowl • Glendale, Ariz.

Ohio State3½ (61½)Clemson

Monday, Jan. 2

Outback Bowl • Tampa, Fla.

Florida2½ (40½)Iowa

Cotton Bowl • Arlington, TX

Wisconsin7 (54)W. Michigan

Rose Bowl • Pasadena, Calif.

SOUTHERN CAL7 (62)Penn St

Sugar Bowl • New Orleans

Oklahoma4 (62½)Auburn

Note: Home teams are in CAPS.