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B2 WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2012 SCOREBOARD LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER | KENTUCKY.COM UK How do Cats rank among all-time best? NCAA POLL WILL NCAA ANNIVERSARY PICKS 1999: The nation meets Gonzaga Jamison, , , Tyler Hans- Texas Western’s 72-65 victory on Dec. 20. 2001: Hampton Coach Steve Merfeld gets a lift brough; North Carolina State: David Thompson; in 1966 against Kentucky. It chronicles the ups and DETERMINE TOP 2005: Regional finals for the ages Notre Dame: ; Ohio State: ; MOMENTS 2006: George Mason reaches Final Four Oklahoma A&M: ; Princeton: Bill Kentucky also got a mention downs of Bowie’s career. The 2008: Kansas rallies to win title over Memphis 1939: Oregon wins first NCAA Tournament Bradley; St. John’s: ; San Francisco: PLAYERS, TEAM 2010: Butler comes oh so close in the so-called 2005 “Regional arc began with him being one 1963: Loyola (Ill.) vs. Mississippi State . 2011: VCU goes from First Four to the Final Four finals for the ages” that includ- of the most-heralded high 1966: A win for Civil Rights: UK-Texas Western Seattle: ; Syracuse: Carmelo An- 2012: and Duke lose in same day Herald-Leader Staff Report 1973: Walton leads Bruins to title thony; Texas Western: Bobby Joe Hill; UCLA: Gail ed UK’s 94-88 double-overtime school prospects. Of course, Several University of 1974: N.C. State ends UCLA’s run PLAYERS Goodrich, , , Kareem loss to State. he sat out two seasons at UK 1975: Wooden goes out with 10th title Abdul-Jabbar, , ; UNLV: Kentucky basketball play- 1976: Indiana wins the title — perfectly Arizona: , ; Arkansas: Stacey Augmon, Larry Johnson; Utah: ; The NCAA’s list of top because of stress fractures. ers, teams or moments were 1977: Marquette’s McGuire goes out on top ; Butler: Shelvin Mack; Califor- Villanova: ; Virginia: ; players also included Lexing- Injuries cut short his NBA 1979: Magic vs. Bird nia: Darrall Imhoff; : , West Virginia: ; Wyoming: . considered among the best 1981: Ainge’s full-court drive leads BYU , ; Connecticut: Emeka ton native Shelvin Mack of career. in rankings released by the 1981: U.S. Reed, , John Smith Okafor, , Richard Hamilton; Duke: TEAMS Butler, and Louisville’s Darrell In promotional material re- 1982: Jordan hits game-winner for North Carolina , , , 1946-47: Holy Cross (27-3); 1951-52: Kansas Griffith and . leased Tuesday, Bowie recalled NCAA on Tuesday as it pre- 1983: N.C. State’s last-second win over Houston , , ; : (28-3); 1955-56: San Francisco (29-0); 1956-57: pares to celebrate the 75th an- 1985: Andre Turner: Twice a hero ; Georgetown: ; Georgia The list of teams included being examined by doctors for North Carolina (32-0); 1959-60: Ohio State (25- 1985: Villanova upsets Georgetown Tech: Kenny Anderson; Holy Cross: . niversary of March Madness. 3); 1966-67: UCLA (30-0); 1967-68: UCLA (29- Louisville’s 1979-80 champi- the pri- 1987: Indiana’s Smart shocks Syracuse Houston: , , Hakeem Fans will be able to get in 1989: seals Michigan victory Olajuwon; Indiana: , , 1); 1968-69: UCLA (29-1); 1971-72: UCLA (30-0); ons (33-3). or to the 1984 NBA . on the voting starting in early 1990: Loyola Marymount’s shoots lefty , , ; Indiana 1972-73: UCLA (30-0). Like UK, Louisville made “I can still remember them 1990: UConn’s beats Clemson State: ; Jacksonville: ; 1973-74: North Carolina State (30-1); 1975-76: January, with their input trim- 1990: Laettner shot beats UConn Kansas: , , Danny Indiana (32-0); 1978-79: Michigan State (26-6); the moments list for the 2005 taking a little mallet, and ming the list of 75 best play- 1991: Duke upsets UNLV Manning; Kentucky: , , 1979-80: Louisville (33-3); 1981-82: North Caro- regional finals. The Cardinals when they would me on 1991: Richmond makes history , ; Louisville: Darrell Grif- lina (32-2); 1983-84: Georgetown (34-3); 1989- earned a trip to the Final Four my left tibia, and ‘I don’t feel ers to 15. The NCAA’s 25 top 1992: Laettner hits last-second shot over UK fith, Pervis Ellison; Marquette: ; Mary- 90: UNLV (35-5); 1991-92: Duke (34-2); 1992-93: teams and 35 top moments 1995: saves UCLA land: ; Michigan: . North Carolina (34-4); 1995-96: Kentucky (34-2); by rallying from a 19- anything’ I would tell ‘em,” will be cut to one each. Vot- 1996: Mile High Madness: Syracuse beats Georgia Michigan State: Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Ma- 1996-97: Arizona (25-9); 2003-04: Connecticut deficit to beat West Virginia. Bowie said in the release. 1998: The shot for Valpo teen Cleaves; Navy: ; North Caro- (33-6); 2006-07: Florida (35-5); 2008-09: North ing will take place at NCAA. 1998: Rip rips hearts out Washington Huskies lina: , , Antawn Carolina (34-4); 2011-12: Kentucky (38-2). “But deep down inside, it was com/MarchMadness. ESPNU to air Bowie doc hurting. If what I did was ly- The lists were compiled selected members of the U.S. ■ Players: Anthony Davis, 2011-12 (38-2) and 1995-96 ESPNU plans to air a doc- ing and what I did was wrong, and researched by the NCAA’s Basketball Writers Association. Dan Issel, Jack Givens and (34-2) made the list. umentary on former Kentucky at the end of the day, when basketball and statistics staffs, Here are the Wildcat-relat- Tony Delk. ■ Moments: Christian star . you have loved ones that have which consulted with the ed milestones that made the ■ Teams: Kentucky’s na- Laettner’s last-second shot The documentary, titled some needs, I did what any of NCAA’s media partners and NCAA lists: tional championship teams of against Kentucky in 1992; Going Big, will air at 9 p.m. us would have done.”

BASEBALL Golden State at Miami, 7:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY’S LINEUP Transactions Washington at Houston, 8 p.m. Football Denver at Minnesota, 8 p.m. BASEBALL New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. NFL Reds Stubbs to Indians American League Sacramento at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. TV, radio CLEVELAND INDIANS — Traded OF Dallas at Boston, 8 p.m. AMERICAN CONFERENCE Shin-Soo Choo, INF-OF Jason Donald Memphis at Phoenix, 9 p.m. East BASKETBALL and cash to Cincinnati for OF Drew for Choo, who will lead off San Antonio at Utah, 10:30 p.m. W L Pct PF PA Stubbs. Traded LHP Tony Sipp and 8 p.m. NBA: Mavericks at Celtics ESPN y-New England 10 3 .769 472 274 1B Lars Anderson to Arizona for RHP CAVALIERS 100, LAKERS 94 9 p.m. NBA: Grizzlies at Suns FS South N.Y. Jets ...... 6 7 .462 245 306 Trevor Bauer, RHP Matt Albers and RHP The Cincinnati Reds have traded for Korean outfielder Shin-Soo Buffalo ...... 5 8 .385 289 352 10:30 p.m. NBA: Spurs at Jazz ESPN Bryan Shaw. Cincinnati sent SS Didi L.A. LAKERS (94) — World Peace Choo, sending outfielder Drew Stubbs to the Cleveland Indians. Miami ...... 5 8 .385 240 276 Gregorius to Arizona. 5-12 1-4 13, Hill 1-6 0-0 2, Howard 3-9 South GOLF Choo, who has been Cleveland’s primary right fielder for the KANSAS CITY ROYALS—Agreed to 13-22 19, Duhon 1-2 0-0 2, Bryant 16-28 7-10 42, Meeks 2-6 2-2 7, Morris 0-1 0-0 x-Houston ....11 2 .846 365 263 terms with LHP George Sherrill, RHP 9 p.m. PGA Australasia: Australian PGA Championship Golf Indians since 2006, will likely play and bat 0, Jamison 3-10 2-2 9, Ebanks 0-1 0-0 0. Indianapolis . . . 9 4 .692 292 329 Dan Wheeler and OF Willy Taveras on leadoff for Cincinnati. Dealing Choo was almost Totals 31-75 25-40 94. Tennessee ..... 4 9 .308 271 386 2 a.m. Asian Tour: Johor Open (taped) Golf minor league contracts. CLEVELAND (100) — Gee 6-14 3-4 17, Jacksonville . . . 2 11 .154 216 359 a necessity for the Indians. He was entering the —Agreed to Thompson 0-3 1-4 1, Varejao 8-13 4-7 20, North HORSE RACING terms with RHP Claudio Vargas, RHP final year of his contract and is eligible for free Irving 11-21 2-3 28, Miles 10-18 3-4 28, ..... 9 4 .692 331 273 Richard Thompson, LHP Juan Perez, 12:30 p.m. Live racing begins TVG agency in 2013. Zeller 2-6 2-2 6, Gibson 0-3 0-0 0, Pargo Pittsburgh ..... 7 6 .538 278 264 3B Eugenio Velez and 1B/DH Luis Jime- 0-3 0-0 0, Casspi 0-3 0-2 0, Samuels Cincinnati ..... 7 6 .538 321 280 The 30-year-old Choo batted .283 with 16 nez on minor league contracts. 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 37-84 15-26 100. Cleveland ..... 5 8 .385 259 272 FOOTBALL L.A. Lakers ....23 16 23 32— 94 homers and 67 RBIs in 155 games last season. West Around town Cleveland .....29 25 14 32—100 Stubbs has played center exclusively for the y-Denver .....10 3 .769 375 257 NFL—Overturned suspensions of Three-point goals—L.A. Lakers 7-27 HORSE RACING San Diego ..... 5 8 .385 292 281 Reds. He hit .213 with 14 homers and 40 RBI, New Orleans LB Jonathan Vilma, New (Bryant 3-9, World Peace 2-6, Meeks 1-4, Oakland ...... 3 10 .231 248 402 12:25 p.m. Simulcasting begins at Keeneland Orleans DE Will Smith, Cleveland LB Jamison 1-6, Ebanks 0-1, Duhon 0-1), Shin-Soo Choo and struck out 166 times in 493 at-bats. Kansas City .... 2 11 .154 195 352 Scott Fujita and free agent DL Anthony Cleveland 11-27 (Miles 5-10, Irving 4-6, 12:25 p.m. Simulcasting begins at The Red Mile A person familiar with the negotiations Gee 2-5, Casspi 0-1, Varejao 0-1, Gib- NATIONAL CONFERENCE Hargrove for their part in the Saints son 0-2, Pargo 0-2). Fouled out—None. East told The Associated Press that free agent Kevin bounty program. Suspended Baltimore Rebounds—L.A. Lakers 63 (Howard 20), W L T Pct PF PA Youkilis and the Yankees have reached agreement on a one-year CB Asa Jackson four games for violat- Holiday at San Diego UCF ...... 7 7 ...... Ball St. Cleveland 54 (Thompson 10). Assists— N.Y. Giants ....8 5 0 .615 373 270 ing the league’s policy on performance Baylor (7-5) vs. UCLA (9-4), 9:45 Saturday, December 22 deal. The contract, reportedly worth $12 million, is pending a physi- L.A. Lakers 11 (Howard 3), Cleveland 24 Washington .. .7 6 0 .538 343 329 enhancing substances. [ESPN] (Irving 11). Total fouls—L.A. Lakers 22, Dallas ...... 7 6 0 .538 300 314 New Orleans Bowl cal for the former Boston and Chicago White Sox star. —Released FRIDAY, DEC. 28 Cleveland 26. A—19,172 (20,562). Philadelphia ..4 9 0 .308 240 341 La.-Lafayette ....4½ 6 ...... East Carolina Youkilis is expected to play third base while Alex Rodriguez WR Isaiah Williams from the practice Independence at Shreveport, La. South Las Vegas Bowl squad. KNICKS 100, NETS 97 Louisiana-Monroe (8-4) vs. Ohio (8- recovers from hip surgery. A-Rod plans to have the surgery in mid- y- .. . 11 2 0 .846 337 259 Boise St...... 7½ 5 ...... Washington —Placed RB Fred 4), 2 [ESPN] (100) — Brewer 0-4 0-0 Tampa Bay . . .6 7 0 .462 354 308 Monday, December 24 January and could be sidelined until the All-Star break or beyond. Jackson on injured reserve. Signed DT Russell Athletic at Orlando, Fla. 0, Anthony 15-24 10-11 45, Chandler 2-5 New Orleans . .5 8 0 .385 348 379 Hawaii at Honolulu The Dodgers introduced Zack Greinke, whom they signed to Jay Ross from the practice squad. Virginia Tech (6-6) vs. Rutgers (9-3), 1-2 5, Felton 3-12 1-2 8, Kidd 6-9 0-1 Carolina .....4 9 0 .308 265 312 —Released OL Andre 5:30 [ESPN] Fresno St...... 11½ 12 ...... SMU a $147 million, six-year deal that is the richest for a right-hander 18, Smith 7-15 2-2 16, White 0-0 0-0 0, North Gurode. Placed PK Robbie Gould, CB Meineke Car Care at Houston Wednesday, December 26 R.Wallace 3-7 0-0 8, Prigioni 0-1 0-0 0, Green Bay ....9 4 0 .692 323 279 in history. The Dodgers beat out Texas and the rival Sherrick McManis and S Craig Steltz on Minnesota (6-6) vs. Texas Tech (7-5), Little Caesars Pizza at Detroit Novak 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 36-78 14-18 100. Chicago...... 8 5 0 .615 308 219 Angels, for whom Greinke pitched last season. injured reserve. Signed PK Olindo Mare to 9 [ESPN] Western Ky...... 6 5½ .. Cent. Michigan BROOKLYN (97) — G.Wallace 5-8 7-8 Minnesota ....7 6 0 .538 283 286 a one-year contract and LB Jerry Franklin 17, Evans 2-4 1-3 5, Blatche 9-13 5-6 23, SATURDAY, DEC. 29 Detroit ...... 4 9 0 .308 320 342 Thursday, December 27 to a two-year contract. Signed WR Joe Williams 6-16 5-6 18, Johnson 7-14 0-0 Armed Forces at Fort Worth, Texas NBA West Military at Washington Anderson from the practice squad and G 16, Stackhouse 0-1 0-0 0, Humphries Rice (6-6) vs. Air Force (6-6), 11:45 San Francisco .9 3 1 .731 316 184 San Jose St...... 7½ 7 .....Bowling Green Chris Riley to the practice squad. 0-0 2-4 2, Brooks 4-7 1-1 9, Watson 3-5 a.m. [ESPN] Seattle ...... 8 5 0 .615 300 202 Belk at Charlotte, N.C. —Signed T Paul 0-0 7. Totals 36-68 21-28 97. Fight Hunger at San Francisco St. Louis .....6 6 1 .500 236 279 Cincinnati ...... 11 7½ ...... Duke Cousins hits Mayo below the belt Cornick to the practice squad. New York .....16 33 25 26—100 Arizona St. (7-5) vs. Navy (7-4), 3:15 Arizona ...... 4 9 0 .308 186 292 Holiday at San Diego —Released Brooklyn ...... 30 23 26 18— 97 [ESPN2] Sacramento’s Demarcus Cousins scored 25 points in a 119-96 x-clinched playoff spot; y-clinched division UCLA ...... 1 1 ...... Baylor LB Vic So’oto. Signed DT Jordan Miller Three-point goals—New York 14- Pinstripe at New York 28 (Kidd 6-8, Anthony 5-7, R.Wallace Monday’s game loss to Dallas Monday night, and again found himself getting atten- from the practice squad. Syracuse (7-5) vs. West Virginia (7- Friday, December 28 2-2, Felton 1-3, Novak 0-1, Prigioni 0-1, New England 42, Houston 14 tion for the wrong reasons. —Placed 5), 3:15 [ESPN] Independence at Shreveport, La. Brewer 0-2, Smith 0-4), Brooklyn 4-18 Thursday’s game G Mike Brewster on injured reserve. Alamo at San Antonio Louisiana-Monroe . .6 7 ...... Ohio The former Kentucky star drew a double technical with Maver- (Johnson 2-6, Watson 1-1, Williams 1-6, Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 8:20 p.m. Signed RB Keith Toston. Texas (8-4) vs. Orgeon St. (9-3), 6:45 Russell Athletic at Orlando, Fla. Blatche 0-1, G.Wallace 0-2, Brooks 0-2). Sunday, Dec. 16 icks guard O.J. Mayo in the second quarter, when Cousins caught —Placed [ESPN] Virginia Tech ...... 1 2½ ...... Rutgers Rebounds—New York 40 (Chandler 7), Green Bay at Chicago, 1 p.m. Mayo with a blow below the belt, apparently trying to box him out WR Donte’ Stallworth on injured re- Buffalo Wild Wings at Tempe, Ariz. Meineke Car Care at Houston Brooklyn 45 (Evans 18). Assists—New Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 1 p.m. serve. Released TE Visanthe Shiancoe. York 20 (Felton 7), Brooklyn 21 (Williams Michigan St. (6-6) vs. TCU (7-5), Texas Tech ...... 13 12½ .....Minnesota while going for a . Minnesota at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Released OL Tommie Draheim from the 10). Total fouls—New York 21, Brooklyn 10:15 [ESPN] Indianapolis at Houston, 1 p.m. Saturday, December 29 “Absolutely (unintentional),” Cousins said. “It wasn’t intentional. practice squad. 21. A—17,732 (17,732). MONDAY, DEC. 31 N.Y. Giants at Atlanta, 1 p.m. Armed Forces at Fort Worth, Texas There was a lot of trash talk.” —Claimed WR Bray- Music City at Nashville, Tenn. Washington at Cleveland, 1 p.m. Air Force ...... 1 1 ...... Rice lon Edwards off waivers from Seattle. NUGGETS 101, PISTONS 94 Vanderbilt (8-4) vs. N.C. State (7-5), Asked about Cousins, Mayo told reporters, “That guy has mental Jacksonville at Miami, 1 p.m. Fight Hunger at San Francisco OAKLAND RAIDERS—Signed WR noon [ESPN] DENVER (101) — Gallinari 3-13 2-2 9, Denver at Baltimore, 1 p.m. Arizona St...... 13 14½ ...... Navy issues, man. He’s a talented player. He has the chance to be the Akwasi Owusu-Ansah to the practice Sun at El Paso, Texas Faried 0-1 3-8 3, Koufos 4-7 1-2 9, Lawson Carolina at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. Pinstripe at New York franchise player, but I don’t think he wants it.” squad. (6-7) vs. Southern Cal 9-17 7-8 26, Iguodala 3-12 5-7 12, Ran- Detroit at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. West Virginia ....3½ 4 ...... Syracuse —Suspend- (7-5), 2 [CBS-27] Cousins didn’t seem bothered by Mayo after the game. dolph 0-2 0-0 0, McGee 6-9 0-2 12, Brew- Seattle vs. Buffalo at Toronto, 4:05 p.m. Alamo at San Antonio ed RB Rashard Mendenhall for conduct Liberty at Memphis, Tenn. er 6-11 0-0 15, A.Miller 4-4 3-3 11, Mozgov Kansas City at Oakland, 4:25 p.m. Oregon St...... 1 2 ...... Texas “Just trash talk,” Cousins said. “Nothing too big. It’s a part of the detrimental to the team. Signed RB Iowa St. (6-6) vs. Tulsa (10-3), 3:30 2-4 0-2 4. Totals 37-80 21-34 101. Pittsburgh at Dallas, 4:25 p.m. Buffalo Wild Wings at Tempe, Ariz. game. Nothing too big. Baron Batch from the practice squad. DETROIT (94) — Prince 4-9 0-0 8, [ESPN] San Francisco at New England, 8:20 p.m. TCU ...... 1 2½ .... Michigan St. —Placed DT Chick-fil-A at Atlanta In games played Tuesday: Maxiell 6-11 6-10 18, Monroe 1-9 4-6 6, Monday, Dec. 17 Demarcus Dobbs on injured reserve. Knight 8-16 2-2 20, Singler 4-12 1-2 9, LSU (10-2) vs. Clemson (10-2), 7:30 Monday, December 31 N.Y. Jets at Tennessee, 8:30 p.m. Wizards 77, Hornets 70: Former UK star Anthony Davis, just re- —Released WR Stuckey 5-12 5-5 17, Drummond 3-4 1-2 7, [ESPN] Music City at Nashville, Tenn. activated from the , did not start, but played 25 minutes, Braylon Edwards. Villanueva 1-4 0-0 3, Maggette 2-4 2-4 6, PATRIOTS 42, TEXANS 14 TUESDAY, JAN. 1 Vanderbilt ...... 5 6½ ...... NC State scoring 13 points and pulling down eight rebounds for New Orleans. — Bynum 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 34-81 21-31 94. Heart of Dallas Sun at El Paso, Texas Purdue (6-6) vs. Oklahoma St. (7-5), Knicks 100, Nets 97: scored a season-high Released WR David Gilreath. Placed Denver ...... 17 31 24 29—101 Monday’s game Southern Cal .....10 10 .....Georgia Tech DB Myron Lewis on injured reserve. Detroit ...... 25 17 24 28— 94 Houston ...... 0 0 7 7 —14 noon [ESPNU] Liberty at Memphis, Tenn. 45 points and made the tiebreaking 3-pointer with 24 Claimed G Hayworth Hicks off waivers Three-point goals—Denver 6-17 New England .. .14 7 7 14 — 42 Gator at Jacksonville, Fla. Tulsa ...... 3 pk ...... Iowa St. seconds left, as New York rallied from an early 17-point deficit. from Kansas City. (Brewer 3-5, Lawson 1-2, Gallinari 1-4, First quarter: NE—Hernandez 7 Mississippi St. (8-4) vs. Northwest- Chick-fil-A at Atlanta Iguodala 1-6), Detroit 5-13 (Stuckey 2-3, ern (9-3), noon [ESPN2] —Released RB pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick), LSU ...... 3 4 ...... Clemson Cavaliers 100, Lakers 94: poured in 42 points, but Knight 2-5, Villanueva 1-2, Prince 0-1, Capital One at Orlando, Fla. Lennon Creer from the practice squad. 9:27. NE—Lloyd 37 pass from Brady Tuesday, January 1 the struggling Lakers lost again. Kylie Irving led the winners with 28 Signed TE Martell Webb to the practice Singler 0-2). Fouled out—Koufos, Stuck- (Gostkowski kick), 2:49. Second quar- Georgia (11-2) vs. Nebraska (10-3), 1 Heart of Dallas Bowl squad. ey. Rebounds—Denver 50 (Iguodala 8), ter: NE—Hernandez 4 pass from Brady [ABC-36] points, six rebounds and 11 assists. Detroit 63 (Monroe 12). Assists—Denver Oklahoma St...... 18 16½ ...... Purdue COLLEGE (Gostkowski kick), 11:01. Third quarter: Outback at Tampa, Fla. 22 (A.Miller, Lawson 7), Detroit 18 (Knight Gator at Jacksonville, Fla. ARKANSAS—Named Chris Ash de- NE—Stallworth 63 pass from Brady South Carolina (10-2) vs. Michigan 5). Total fouls—Denver 19, Detroit 28. Fla- fensive coordinator. (Gostkowski kick), 9:49. Hou—Foster 1 (8-4), 1 [ESPN] Mississippi St...... 2 2 .....Northwestern grant fouls—Maxiell. A—10,265 (22,076). —Named Tony Franklin run (S.Graham kick), 6:12. Fourth quar- Rose at Pasadena, Calif. Outback at Tampa, Fla. offensive coordinator and Rob Likens COLLEGE MEN ter: NE—Lloyd recovery in end Stanford (11-2) vs. Wisconsin (8-5), South Carolina .....4 5 ...... Michigan No. 3 Michigan blasts Binghamton receivers coach. zone (Gostkowski kick), 14:15. NE—Rid- 5 [ESPN] Capital One at Orlando, Fla. SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI—Named TUESDAY’S SCORES ley 14 run (Gostkowski kick), 7:23. Hou— Orange at Miami Georgia ...... 8 10 ...... Nebraska scored 19 points and freshman Nik Stauskas added Todd Monken football coach. Yates 1 run (S.Graham kick), 2:00. Northern Illinois (12-1) vs. Florida St. Rose at Pasadena, Calif. 12 to lead No. 3 Michigan to a 67-39 win over visiting Binghamton. SEC INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS (11-2), 8:30 [ESPN] Stanford ...... 6 6½ ...... Wisconsin The Wolverines (10-0) are off to their best start since their national Auburn 92 ...... Grambling St. 42 RUSHING—Houston, Foster 15-46, WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2 Orange at Miami Basketball Louisiana St. 80 ...... Chattanooga 67 Tate 8-46, Forsett 3-7, Yates 1-1. New Sugar at New Orleans Florida St...... 15 13½ ...... N. Illinois title season of 1988-89. OVC England, Ridley 18-72, Vereen 8-40, Florida (11-1) vs. Louisville (10-2), Wednesday, January 2 8:30 [ESPN] LSU 80, Chattanooga 67: Andre Stringer made the most of Jacksonville St. 79 . . Martin Methodist 64 Bolden 2-11, Brady 1-6, Woodhead 1-4, Sugar at New Orleans THURSDAY, JAN. 3 his first start of the season and poured in 13 of his season-high 18 NBA TOP 25 Mallett 3-(minus 3). Florida ...... 13½ 14 ...... Louisville No. 3 Michigan 67 ....Binghamton 39 PASSING—Houston, Schaub 19-32- Fiesta at Glendale, Ariz. Thursday, January 3 points in the first half to vault LSU past visiting Chattanooga. EASTERN CONFERENCE No. 10 Illinois 64 ...... Norfolk St. 54 1-232, Yates 2-4-0-15. New England, Kansas St. (11-1) vs. Oregon (11-1), Johnny O’Bryant III also tallied his third straight double-double Atlantic Division North Dakota St. . .No. 13 Minnesota (n) Brady 21-35-0-296, Mallett 0-1-1-0. 8:30 [ESPN] Fiesta at Glendale, Ariz. with 18 points and 10 rebounds for the Tigers, who are 6-0 under W L Pct GB RECEIVING—Houston, Johnson 8-95, FRIDAY, JAN. 4 Oregon ...... 9½ 9 ...... Kansas St. New York ..... 16 5 .762 — WEDNESDAY’S GAMES Foster 4-39, Jean 2-31, Daniels 2-24, Cotton at Arlington, Texas Friday, January 4 first-year coach Johnny Jones. Philadelphia . . 12 9 .571 4 Casey 1-30, Posey 1-19, Forsett 1-14, Tate Texas A&M (10-2) vs. Oklahoma (10- Cotton at Arlington, Texas STATE—Spalding at Anderson, 7:30 2), 8 [Fox-56] Brooklyn ..... 11 9 .550 4½ p.m. 1-(minus 1), Martin 1-(minus 4). New Eng- Texas A&M ...... 3 4½ ...... Oklahoma Boston ...... 11 9 .550 4½ land, Hernandez 8-58, Lloyd 7-89, Welker SATURDAY, JAN. 5 Saturday, January 5 HOCKEY TOP 25—Savannah St. at No. 7 Ohio BBVA Compass at Birmingham, Ala. Toronto ...... 4 18 .182 12½ 3-52, Woodhead 2-34, Stallworth 1-63. Compass at Birmingham, Ala. St., 7 p.m. Pittsburgh (6-6) vs. Mississippi (6- Southeast Division MISSED FIELD GOALS—None. Mississippi ...... 1½ 3½ ...... Pittsburgh Miami ...... 14 5 .737 — NAIA POLL 6), 1 [ESPN] Talks to end NHL lockout to resume Sunday, January 6 Atlanta ...... 12 6 .667 1½ COLLEGE SUNDAY, JAN. 6 NHL labor negotiations will resume Wednesday, with mediators Orlando ...... 8 12 .400 6½ With record, total points, last GoDaddy.com at Mobile, Ala. GoDaddy.com at Mobile, Ala. week’s ranking, and first-place votes BOWL SCHEDULE rejoining the talks at an undisclosed location in an effort to save the Charlotte ...... 7 13 .350 7½ Kent St. (11-2) vs. Arkansas St. (9-3), Arkansas St...... 1 4 ...... Kent St. Washington .... 2 15 .118 11 in parentheses: 9 [ESPN] Monday, January 7 W-L Pts Pvs (All times p.m., unless noted; season. Central Division MONDAY, JAN. 7 BCS National Championship at Miami 1. Okla. Baptist (8) . . 10-1 279 1 with broadcast network in brackets) Chicago...... 11 8 .579 — BCS National Championship at Miami U.S. federal mediators Scot Beckenbaugh and John Sweeney 2. Cumberlands (3) . 12-0 274 2 SATURDAY, DEC. 15 Alabama ...... 7½ 9½ .....Notre Dame Milwaukee .... 10 9 .526 1 Notre Dame (12-0) vs. Alabama (12- are to return to the process. They took part in sessions Nov. 27 and 3. Lee ...... 11-0 263 3 New Mexico Bowl at Albuquerque Indiana ...... 10 11 .476 2 1), 8:30 [ESPN] NFL 4. Pikeville ...... 11-1 250 4 Nevada (7-5) vs. Arizona (7-5), 1 28 before deciding they couldn’t help. Detroit ...... 7 17 .292 6½ 5. Westmont ...... 7-1 242 — [ESPN] THURSDAY Tuesday was the 87th day of the lockout. Wednesday’s session Cleveland ..... 5 17 .227 7½ 6. Columbia ...... 9-0 235 6 Famous Idaho Potato at Boise, Idaho Favorite Open Today Underdog WESTERN CONFERENCE 7. Westminster ...... 9-1 228 7 Golf will be the first meeting since the sides blamed each other after Toledo (9-3) vs. Utah St. (10-2), 4:30 Cincinnati ...... 3 3½ ..at Philadelphia Southwest Division 8. Lindsey Wilson . . . 12-1 219 8 [ESPN] talks broke off last week. More than 40 percent of the regular sea- 9. Rogers St...... 10-2 215 4 SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16 W L Pct GB THURSDAY, DEC. 20 10. William Carey ..... 9-1 183 15 LOCAL Green Bay ...... 3 3 ...... at Chicago son that was scheduled to begin Oct. 11 has been scratched. San Antonio . . 18 4 .818 — Poinsettia at San Diego Memphis ..... 14 4 .778 2 11. Lewis-Clark St. . . . 12-0 181 10 at Atlanta ...... 1 1 ...... N.Y. Giants 12. Texas Weseleyan . . . 8-1 180 11 San Diego St. (9-3) vs. BYU (7-5), 8 HOLE-IN-ONE at New Orleans .....3 3½ ..... Tampa Bay Dallas ...... 11 10 .524 6½ [ESPN] MISCELLANEOUS Houston ...... 9 11 .450 8 13. MidAm. Nazarene . 10-2 174 12 at St. Louis ...... 3 3 ...... Minnesota FRIDAY, DEC. 21 At Tates Creek G.C. New Orleans . . . 5 14 .263 11½ 14. Science & Arts .... 7-1 162 14 at Cleveland ...... off off ...... Washington 15. Cal St.-Sam Marcos 8-4 160 9 Beef ‘O’ Brady’s at St. Petersburg, Fla. George Hawkins aced the 121-yard Northwest Division at Miami ...... 7 7 ...... Jacksonville 16. Xavier (La.) ...... 9-2 140 13 Ball St. (9-3) vs. UCF (9-4), 7:30 7th hole with a 9-iron. Witness: Te d Oklahoma City . 17 4 .810 — Denver ...... 2½ 2½ .... at Baltimore Nadal set to come back 17. Bethel (Tenn.) .... 12-1 132 24 [ESPN] Killian. Utah ...... 12 10 .545 5½ at Houston ...... 8 8½ .....Indianapolis Rafael Nadal is ready to return to tennis, confirming that he’ll 18. Evangel ...... 9-3 130 16 SATURDAY, DEC. 22 Denver ...... 11 11 .500 6½ 19. Concordia (Calif.) . . 6-3 119 — New Orleans at San Diego ...... 3 3 ...... Carolina play in an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi at the end of the Minnesota ..... 9 9 .500 6½ 20. Campbellsville .... 8-3 92 18 East Carolina (8-4) vs. Louisiana- Seattle ...... 3 5 ...... Buffalo-x month following a six-month break to recover from a knee injury. Portland ...... 9 12 .429 8 21. Faulkner ...... 10- 2 90 17 Lafayette (7-4), noon [ESPN] Odds Detroit ...... 6½ 6 ...... at Arizona Pacific Division Lance Armstrong resisted turning over records sought by U.S 22. (tie) Oklahoma City 6-1 89 22 Las Vegas Pittsburgh ...... 1 1 ...... at Dallas L.A. Clippers . . 14 6 .700 — 22. (tie) Montana-St. Northern Boise St. (10-2) vs. Washington (7-5), GLANTZ-CULVER LINE at Oakland ...... 2½ 3 ...... Kansas City Postal Service investigators in 2011 looking into doping charges, Golden State . . 14 7 .667 ½ ...... 11-2 89 23 3:30 [ESPN] at New England . . . .3 5½ . . . San Francisco L.A. Lakers .... 9 13 .409 6 24. Texas College ..... 9-1 83 MONDAY, DEC. 24 MONDAY, DECEMBER 17 then tried to keep the inquiry under seal and out of the public eye, 25. Southern-New Orleans 4-1 79 21 NCAA FOOTBALL Sacramento . . . 7 13 .350 7 Hawaii at Honolulu at Tennessee ...... 1 1 ...... N.Y. Jets Others receiving votes: John Brown according to recently released court documents. The Postal Service Phoenix ...... 7 15 .318 8 SMU (6-6) vs. Fresno St. (9-3), 8 68, Biola 37, SAGU 29, Georgetown 25, BOWLS x-at Toronto was Armstrong’s main sponsor when he won the Tour de France Tuesday’s games [ESPN] Loyola 111, Montana Western 10, Mid- Saturday, December 15 Off key — Washington QB questionable Cleveland 100, L.A. Lakers 94 WEDNESDAY, DEC. 26 from 1999-2004. Armstrong was stripped of those titles this year. Continent 5, Culver-Stockton 5, Wiley 4. New Mexico at Albuquerque, N.M. New York 100, Brooklyn 97 Little Caesars Pizza at Detroit NCAA BASKETBALL Denver 101, Detroit 94 COLLEGE WOMEN Central Michigan (6-6) vs. Western Favorite Open Tues. Underdog Washington at New Orleans (n) Ky. (7-5), 7:30 [ESPN] Arizona ...... 7½ 9½ ...... Nevada Favorite Line Underdog Famous Idaho Potato at Boise, Idaho The last word L.A. Clippers at Chicago (n) TUESDAY’S SCORES THURSDAY, DEC. 27 at Temple ...... 19 ...... Towson Jason Bay, 34, who signed with the Seattle Mariners on Monday, Wednesday’s games Military at Washington Utah St...... 7½ 10 ...... Toledo at Arizona St...... 3 ...... DePaul is one of only two players on the roster who was born in the . Brooklyn at Toronto, 7 p.m. STATE Bowling Green (8-4) vs. San Jose St. Thursday, December 20 at Wisconsin .....17½ ...... Green Bay Cleveland at Indiana, 7 p.m. Centre 76 ...... Spalding 70 (2OT) (10-2), 3 [ESPN] Poinsettia Bowl Colorado ...... 4 ...... at Fresno St. “I don’t feel like I’m that old, but I guess I am around here.” Atlanta at Orlando, 7 p.m. TOP 25 Belk at Charlotte, N.C. BYU ...... 2½ 2½ ..at San Diego St. at Fairfield ...... 10½ ...... Milwaukee L.A. Clippers at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m. No. 10 88 ...... Towson 43 Duke (6-6) vs. Cincinnati (9-3), 6:30 Friday, December 21 Oregon St...... 11 ....at Portland St. HERALD-LEADER WIRE SERVICES Chicago at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. No. 18 Texas 77 ...... La.-Monroe 49 [ESPN] Beef ‘O’ Brady’s at St. Petersburg, Fla. at Ohio St...... 23 .....Savannah St.