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illy Foster was a popular man this summer. Jfm N' Nick's Cougar Classic At Charleston, S.C. Firat Round James Madison va. 8 Carolina 4 p.m. Mercer at Coll.
of Charteeton. 6:30 p.m. Shamrock Office Solutions Classic At Moraga, Calif. Furman or Cat St Fullerton vs. Howard, 7 p.m.
Furman or Cal SL Fullerton at Saint Mary's, 9:30 p.m. The Women's Top Twenty Five The top 25 teams The Associated Press1 women's college basketball poH, with first -place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 23. totai points based on 25 points for a first place vote through one point for a 25th -place vote and previous ranking: Pis Pvs 1 Connecticut (49) 9 0 1.249 .2 2. Stanford (1) 10-1 1.162 5 3.
Tennessee 10 1 1.142 1 4 North Carolina 12 1 1.088 3 5 Maryland 14 1 1,054 4 6 Rutgers 8 2 983 8 7. Georgia 10 0 949 7 8 LSU 9 2 922 8 9. Oklahoma 8 2 869 9 10. Baylor 9 1 767 11 11. California 9 2 701 12 12.
DePaul 10 0 625 15 13. Duke 9-3 616 14 14. Texas 9 2 583 10 15. Auburn 11 1 569 16 16. Notre Dame 10 1 536 17 17.
Ohio SI. 9 2 438 18 16. West Virginia 10 2 419 13 19. Texas 9 2 331 19 20. Vanderbitt 9 3 213 21 21.
Wyoming 11 1 162 24 22. George Washington 9-3 154 23. Old Dominion 7 3 139 25 24 Oklahoma SI. 10 1 103 20 25. Colorado 8-2 91 Others receiving voles: Texas Tech 69, Arkansas 53, Georgia Tech 46.
Arizona SI. 41, Michigan St. 36, Louisville 33, Hartford 24, Pittsburgh 23, Illinois SI. 16, Liberty 6, Florida SI. 7, Syracuse 7, James Madison 6.
Dayton 5. Bowling Green 4. Penn St 2, Virginia 2, N.C. Stale 1, Ulaht.WakeForesll. Women's College Bssketball Schedule All Times CST Wednesday, Dec.
26 No gsmes scheduled Thursday, Dec. 27 EAST Penn et Temple, 6 p.m. SOUTH Samford at Florida 6 p.m. MIDWEST Illinois st Northwestern, 7 p.m. TOURNAMENT Va.
Commonwealth Roundball Claaaic At Richmond, Va. First Round Boston U. vs. Georgls Southern, 4 p.m. Morgan St.
at Va. Commonwealth, 6:30 pjn. Friday, Dec. 28 EAST Sacred Heart at La Salle. Noon Colgate at Boaton College, 1 p.m.
Richmond vs. UMBC, at College Park, 1 p.m. Eastern Michigan at Duquesne, 3 p.m, Pepperdine st Coppin 5 p.m. Falrlelgh Dickinson at Howard, 6 p.m. Siena at Syracuse, 6 p.m.
Loyola, Md. at Towson, 6 p.m. New Hampshire at Providence, 6 p.m. St. Francis, NY at Albany, N.Y., 6 p.m.
SOUTH Alabama St. at N.C. State, 1 p.m. Louisiana Lafayette at Savannah 2 p.m. Chowan at UNC Greensboro, 2 p.m.
Old Dominion at Kentucky, 6 p.m. Mercer et Louiavllle, 6 p.m. LSU at Middle Tennessee, 7 p.m. Ark. Pine Bluff at Memphis, 7 p.m.
MIDWEST Hampton vs. Tenn. Martin, at Ames. Iowa, 5 S.m. svler at Akron, 6 p.m.
Wlaconaln at Purdue, 6 p.m. Mlnneeota at Michigan 6 p.m. Bucknell at Illinois Chlcsgo, 7 p.m. Cardinal Strttch at Wis. Milwaukee, 7 p.m.
UC Davla at Bradley, 7:05 pjn. Penn St. at lowe, 7:05 p.m. Bowling Green at Iowa 7:30 pjn, SOUTHWEST Rice et Prairie View 8 p.m. Duke at Houaton, 7 p.m.
Texaa Arlington at Texea 7 p.m. Oral Roberts at Oklahoma 7 p.m. Indiana St. at Arkansas 7:06 pjn. FAR WEST Washington at California, 2 p.m.
UCLA at Arizona 7:30 p.m. UC Santa Barbara at Montana, 8 p.m. Southern Cal at Arizona, 8 p.m. Southern Utah at Colorado, 6 p.m. Washington St.
st Stanford, 9 p.m. Portland at Pacific, 9 p.m. UNLV at Nevada. 9 p.m. N.
Colorado at San Jose SL, 9 p.m. TOURNAMENTS Bank of Hawaii Invitational At Honolulu First Round William Mary vs. lona, 9 p.m. UC Irvine at Haweil, 11 p.m. Battle at the Border Tournament At Edinburg, Texaa First Round Lafayette at Texaa Pan American, 6 p.m.
Saint Louie vs. Lsmsr, 8 p.m. Georgia St. Invitational At Atlanta Firat Round MVSU at Georgia 1 p.m. Alcorn St.
va. Campbeli, at Atlanta, 3 p.m. Hawk Claaelc At Philadelphia First Round N.J. Tech at St. Joseph's, 1 p.m.
Auburn vs. Dsvldson, 4 p.m. Highlander Christmas Claaslc At Radford, Va. First Round Presbyterian at Radford, 5 p.m. Kent St.
va. UNC Wilmington. 7 pjn. Hilton LAX Holiday Tournament At Los Angelas First Round Arkansas Little Rock va. Kansas p.m.
CS Bakarsfieid at Loyola MarymounL p.m. Maggie Dixon Surf Slam Classic At San Diego First Round Appalachian St. at San Diego, pjn. DePeul vs. Texes, 10 p.m.
Marriott Cavalier Claaaic At Charlottesville, Va. Firat Round Delaware St. at Virginia, 3:30 p.m. Marehall va. Miasouri, 3:30 p.m.
San Diego Surf Slam At San Diego Firat Round Oulnnlplac at San Diego 4 p.m. Seton Hall vs. W. Michigan, p.m. State Farm Claaaic At Gainesville, Fta.
First Round Alabame vs. UNC Aehevllle, 4 p.m. Holy Crosa at Florida, 6 p.m. Va. Commonwealth Roundball Claaaic At Richmond, Va Third Place Boston U.
Georgia Southern ioeer vs. Morgan 81. Va. Commonwealth loser, 4 p.m. Championship Boaton U.
Georgia Southern winner va. Morgan Si. Va, Commonwealth winner, 8:30 p.m. National Basketball Association At A Glance All Times CST EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Pet QB Boston 22 3 .880 Toronto 15 14 .517 9 New Jersey 12 15 .444 11 Phlledelphla 11 18 .407 12 New York 19 .296 15 Southeast Division Pet GB Orlando 18 11 .621 Atlanta 14 12 .538 2Vi Washington 13 13 .500 3V, Chsrlotte 10 15 .400 6 Miami 20 .286 9 Central Division Pet OB Detroit 20 7 .741 Indiana 15 13 .636 514 Cleveland 13 18 .448 Milwaukee 11 15 .423 (Vi Chicago 9 16 M0 10 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Pet GB San Antonio 19 7 .731 Delias 19 .679 1 New Orleans 17 10 .630 2V, Houston 13 15 .464 7 Memphis 8 19 .298 11V, Northwest Division Pel GB Denver 16 11 .593 Portland 15 12 J555 1 Utah 16 14 317 2 Seattle 19 .296 Mlnneeota 4 22 .154 11 Pacific Division Pet GB Phoenix 19 .679 L.A. Lakers 18 10 343 1 Golden State 16 12 371 Sacramento 11 15 .423 7 L.A.
Clippers 9 17 J46 9 Monday's Games No games scheduled Tuesday's Games Cleveland 96, Miami 82 L.A. Lakers 122, Phoenix 115 Seethe et Portland, 7 p.m. Wednesday's Gsmes Miami at Philadelphia, p.m. Indlane et Atlanta, 6 p.m. New York at Orlando, 6 p.m.
Waehington at Chertotle, pjn. Detroit at New Jersey, 6:30 p.m. New Orleans at Memphla, 7 p.m. Chicago at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. Milwaukee et Denver, 8 p.m.
Delias at Utah, 8 p.m. Boston at Sacramento, 9 p.m. Mlnneeota at Golden State, pjn. Thursday's Gsmes Cleveland at Dalles, 7 p.m. Boston at Seattle, 9:30 p.m.
phoenix etlA. Clippers, 9:30 p.m. LEADERS Through Dec. 23 Scoring 0 FO FT PTS AVO Jemea, Clev. 23 240 169 679 293 Bryant, LAL 27 244 189 723 263 Iveraon, Den.
27 238 212 713 26.4 Anthony, Dan. 27 250 162 (85 26.4 Jefferson, NJ. 27 21S 232 (62 26.3 Boozer, Utah 28 291 109 (91 24.7 Wada, Mia. 20 1S8 1(8 486 24.) McGrady, Hou. J.
Johnson, AtJ. Butler, Wash. NowlQkl, Dell. Dsvts. as.
Jamison, Wash. Jo. Howard, OeU Yao, Hou. Certer, N.J. Stoudemira, Pho Paul, N.O.
FG Btedrlns, GS. Howard, Oil. Bynum, LAL Chandler, N.O. O'Neal, Mia. Smith, Minn.
Stoudemira, Garnett, Bos. Boozer, Utah McDyees, DaL Rebounds Howard, Off. Camby, Den. Kaman, LAC Jefferson, Minn. Chandler, N.O.
Boozer, Utah Okafor, Char. Jamison, Wssh. Yso. Hou. Marion, Phoe.
Assists Nssh, Phoe. Kldd, N.J. Psul, N.O. Tlnsley, md. Williams, Utah Cslderon, Tor.
Dsvls, GS. Billups, Det. Jsmes, Clev. Iverson, Dsn. Netlonel Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East Pet PF PA x- New England 15 0 01.000 551 239 Butlalo 7 8 0 .467 243 337 Jets 3 12 0 200 255 345 Miami 1 14 0 .067 242 399 South Pet PF PA Indianapolis 13 2 0 .867 440 246 Jacksonville 11 4 0 .733 383 262 Tennessee 9 6 0 .600 285 2B7 Houston 7 8 0 .467 337 356 North Pet PF PA y-Pittsburgh 10 5 0 .667 372 242 Cleveland 9 6 0 .600 382 375 Cincinnati 6 9 0 .400 342 360 Baltimore 4 11 0 .267 248 363 Pet PF PA y- San Diego 9 5 0 .643 359 264 Denver 6 8 0 .429 295 367 Oakland 4 11 0 .267 266 368 Kansas City 4 11 0 267 216 322 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East Pet PF PA X-Dallas 13 2 0 .667 449 298 z-N Giants 10 5 0 .667 338 313 Washington 8 7 0 .533 307 304 Philadelphia 7 8 0 .467 319 291 South Pet PF PA y-Tampa Bay 9 6 0 .600 311 239 New Orleans 7 8 0 .467 354 355 Carolina 6 9 0 .400 236 324 Atlanta 3 12 0 .200 215 373 North Pet PF PA y-Green Bay 12 3 0 .800 401 278 Minnesota 8 7 0 .533 346 289 Detroit 7 8 0 .467 333 410 Chicago 6 9 0 .400 301 323 West Pet PF PA y- Seattle 10 5 0 .667 352 247 Arizona 7 8 0 .467 356 380 Sari Francisco 5 10 0 .333 212 344 St.
Louis 3 12 0 .200 244 390 clinched conference clinched division 1 clinched wild card Thursday's Games Pittsburgh 41, St. Louis 24 Saturday's Games Dallas 20, Carolina 13 Sunday's Games Detroit 25, Kansas City 20 Chicago 35, Green Bay 7 Indianapolis 38. Houston 15 Y. Giants 38, Buffalo 21 Philadelphia 38. New Orleans 23 Cincinnati 19, Cleveland 14 Jacksonville 49.
Oakland 11 Arizona 30, Atlanta 27, OT San Francisco 21 Tampa Bay 19 Tennessee 10, N.Y. Jets 6 Seattle 27, Baltimore 6 New England 28, Miami 7 Washington 32, Minnesota 21 Monday's Game Denver at San Diego, 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 29 New England at N.Y. Giants.
7:15 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 30 Seattle at Atlanta. Noon Detroit at Green Bay. Noon Cincinnati at Miami, Noon New Orleans at Chicago, Noon Jacksonville at Houston, Noon Buffalo at Philadelphia, Noon Carolina at Tampa Bay, Noon San Francisco at Cleveland, Noon Dallas at Washington, 3:15 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 3:15 p.m. San Diego at Oakland, 3:15 p.m. Minnesota at Denver. 3:15 p.m. St.
Louis at Arizona, 3:15 p.m. Kansas City at N.Y. Jets, 3:15 p.m. Tennessee at Indianapolis, 7:15 p.m. End Regular Season COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWLS Thursday, Dec.
20 Polnaettla Bowl At San Diego Payout: $750,000 Utah 35, Navy 32 Friday, Dec. 21 New Orleans Bowl Payout: $325,000 Florida Atlantic 44, Memphis 27 Saturday, Dec. 22 PapaJohnt.com Bowl At Birmingham, Ala. Payout: $300,000 Cincinnati 31 Southern Miss 21 New Mexico Bowl At Albuquerque Payout: $750,000 New Mexico 23, Nevada 0 Las Vegas Bowl Payout: $1 million BYU 17, UCLA 16 Sunday, Dec. 23 Hawaii Bowl At Honolulu Payout: $750,000 East Carolina 4 1 Boise State 38 Wednesday, Dec.
26 Motor City Bowl At Detroit Payout: $750,000 Central Michigan (8 5) vs. Purdue (7 -5), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) Thursday, Dec. 27 Holiday Bowl At San Diego Payout: $2.25 million Arizona State (1 0 2) v8. Texas (9 3), 7 p.m.
(ESPN) Friday, Dec. 28 Champs Sports Bowl At Orlando, Fla. Payout: $2,125 million Boston College (10 3) vs. Michigan State (7 -5), 4 p.m. (ESPN) Emerald Bowl At San Francisco Payout: ACC: $750,000 Pac -10: $825,000 Maryland (8 6) vs.
Oregon State (8 4) 7 p.m. (ESPN) Texas Bowl At Houaton Payout: CUSA: $500,000 MWC: $750,000 Houston (8 4) vs. TCU (7 5), 7 p.m. (NFLN) Saturday, Dec. 29 MelnekeBowl At Charlotte, N.C.
Payout: $750,000 Conriecticut (9 3) vs. Wake Forest (8 -4), Noon (ESPN) Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn, Payout: $1.75 million Mississippi State (7 5) vs. UCF (10 3), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Alamo Bowl At San Antonio Payout: $2,225 million Penn State (8 4) vs. Texas (7 5) 7 p.m.
(ESPN) Sunday, Dec. 30 Independence Bowl At Shreveport, La. Payout: $1.1 million Colorado (8 6) vs. Alabama (6 6), 7 pm. (ESPN) Cottage men The Top Twenty Five The top 25 teams in The Associated Press' college basketball poK.
with first place votes in parentheses, records through Dec. 23, total points based on 25 points tor a first place vote through one point tor a 25th place vote and previous ranking: I Pts Pvs 1. North Carolina (47) 11 0 1.774 1 2. Memphis (24f 10 0 1,740 2 Kansas (1) 12 0 1.668 3 4. Washington St.
11 0 1.481 7 5. UCLA 11 1 1,452 8 8. Pittsburgh 11 0 1,408 11 7. Michigan St. 11 1 1,396 9 8.
Georgetown 8 1 1,245 5 9 Teas 11 1 1.241 4 10. Duke 10-1 1,158 6 11 Tennessee 11 1 1.086 12 12. Marquette 9 1 1.076 10 13. Indiana 10-1 940 13 14. Texas ASM 11 1 898 14 15.
VanderMI 11 0 675 17 16. Butler 11 1 634 16 17. Arizona 9 2 575 19 18. Villanova 9 1 507 20 19 Miami 11 0 443 22 20 BYU 10 2 383 21 21. Clemson 10 1 331 15 22 Mississippi 11 0 241 23 West Virginia 10 1 240 24 24.
Southern Cal 8-3 181 25 25. Rhode Island 11 1 133 Others receiving votes: Stanford 1 32. Gonza- ga 120. Dayton 84. Saint Mary's, Calif 51 Wisconsin 23, Xavier 14.
Flonda 13. Oregon 12, Virginia 9. Baylor 8. Massachusetts 6. Arizona St 5.
Creighton 4. Houston 4, Drake 3, Sam Houston St. 3, Louisville 2. American U.I. College Basketball Schedule All Times CST Wednesday, Dec.
26 SOUTH Morehead SI. at Louisville, 6 pjn. Thursday, Dec. 27 EAST Rider at Drexet, 6:30 p.m. N.C.
State at Seton Hall, 6:30 p.m. SOUTH Tennessee Tech at Georgia Tech, 6 p.m. Nevada at North Carolina, 6 p.m. Presbyterian at W. Carolina, 6:03 p.m.
MIDWEST Coppln St. at Missouri, 7 p.m. SOUTHWEST Jackson St. at TCU, 7 p.m. FAR WEST Idaho St.
at Utah, 8 p.m. New Mexico at Hawaii, 11:05 p.m. Friday, Dec. 26 EAST Sacred Heart at Boston College. 6 p.m.
Robert Morris at Duquesne, 6 p.m. Blnghamton at Fordham, 6 p.m. Monmouth, N.J. at Lehigh, 6 p.m. Saint Joseph's at Siena, 6 p.m.
Fairfield at St. Peter's, 6 p.m. SOUTH Delaware at Maryland, 5 p.m. Campbell at Liberty, 6 p.m. UC Irvine at South Carolina.
6:30 p.m. Southern Miss, at Mississippi, 7 p.m. Alabama St. at Tulane, 7 p.m. Connecticut at UCF, 7 p.m.
MIDWEST Delaware St. at Xavier, 6 p.m, Loyola, Md. at Illinois, 8 p.m. Butler at S. Illinois, 8 p.m-SOUTHWEST Texas International at North Texas, 2 m.
cMurry at Texas San Antonio, 7 p.m. FAR WEST Nlcholla St. vs. Minnesota at the Thomas A Mack Center, Las Vegaa, 7 p.m. Evergreen St.
at Montana 8:05 p.m. Sacramento St. at N. Colorado, 8:05 p.m. CS Northrldgs at Utah Valley 8:05 p.m.
San Francisco at Weber 8:05 p.m. S. Dakota St. at CS Bakerstletd, 9 p.m. Mount St.
Mary's, Md. at Oregon, 9 p.m. N. Carolina AST at Washington 9 p.m. San Jose St.
at Portland 9:05 p.m. Kennessw St. at UNLV. 9:30 p.m. Sam Houston St.
at San Diego 10 p.m. TOURNAMENTS Aeropostale Holiday Festlvsl At New York First Round Virginia Tech va. Hotstra. 5:30 p.m. Msrlst vs.
St. John's, 7:30 p.m. Cable Car Classic At Santa Clara, Calif. Firat Round Denver at Santa Clara, 8 p.m. Morgan St.
vs. Niagara, 10 p.m. Flint Hills Islsnder Invitational At Corpus Chrlstl, Texss First Round Georgia Southern vs. Rhode laland, 5 p.m. E.
Michigan at Texas Corpus Christl, 7:30 p.m. Goldsn Beer Cttsalc At Berkeley, Calif. First Round Bucknell vs. N. Dakota 4:30 p.m.
Long Beach St. at Calttomla, 7 p.m. Shamrock Office Solutions Classic At Moraga, Calif. First Round Furmsn vs. Csl St.
Fullerton, 7 p.m. Howard at Saint Mary 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 29 EAST American U. at Georgetown, Noon Polytechnic at Columbia, 1 p.m.
Manhattan at Rutgers, 1 p.m. Cornell at Stony Brook, 1 p.m. Oklahoma at West Virginia, 5 p.m. Navy at St. Francis, NY, 6 p.m.
La Salle at Vlllanova. 6 p.m. Boston U. at Massachusetts, 6:30 p.m. SOUTH Tenn.
Martin at Vanderbllt. Noon Towson at Auburn, 1 p.m. San Diego at Kentucky, 1 p.m. Stetson at Long wood. 1 p.m.
Buffalo at UNC Ashevllle, 1 p.m. W. Carolina at N.C. State, 1:30 p.m. Washington at LSU, 2 p.m.
lona at Louisville, 2 p.m. Lipscomb at Marshall, 2 p.m. Samford at Clemson, 3 p.m. McNease St. at Louisiana Tech, 3 p.m.
Wlnthrop vs. Mleml at BankAtlantlc Center, Sunrise, 3:30 p.m. Norfolk St. at Jacksonville 4 p.m. Missouri at Mississippi 4 p.m.
George Washington at Alabama, 5 p.m. Temple vs. Florida at BankAtlantlc Center, Sunrise, 5:30 p.m. Lee at East Carolina, 6 p.m. Penn at Florida Guff Coaat, 6 p.m.
Charleston Southern at Gardner Webb, 8 p.m. William a Mary at Hampton. 6 p.m. Wlnaton Salem at South Florida. 6 p.m.
UNC Greensboro at UNC Wilmington, 6 p.m. Bethune Cookman at Georgia 6:30 p.m. Austin Peay at Middle Tenneasee, 7 p.m. William Carey at New Orleans, 7 p.m. W.
Kentucky at Troy. 7 p.m. Old Dominion at UAB, 7 p.m. Florida Atlantic at Louisiana Lafayette, 7:06 p.m. Jacksonville at South Alabama, 7:06 pjn.
Arizona at Memphis, 9 p.m. MIDWEST UMBC at Ohio 10 a.m. Fla. International at Purdue, 11 a.m. Tiffin at Cent.
Michigan, Noon Ark. Little Rock at N. Illinois, Noon North Florida at IPFW, 1 p.m. Wagner at Kanaaa 1 p.m. Savannah St.
at Marquette, 1 p.m. Slippery Rock at Youngstown SL, 1:05 p.m. N. lows at Bradley, 2:05 p.m. Wis.
Green Bay at Michigan 3 p.m. DePaul at Detroit, 3:05 p.m. III. Chicago at Akron, 6 p.m. E.
Illinois at Bowling Green, 6 p.m. Chicago St. at Indiana, 6 p.m. Cleveland St. at Kent 6 p.m.
Brown at Notre Dame, 6 p.m. Ookiand, Mich, at Toledo, 6 p.m. Miami (Ohio) at Cincinnati, 7 p.m. Pittsburgh at Dayton, 7 Yale at Kanaaa, 7 p.m. St.
Mary's, Minn, at Loyola of Chicago, 7 p.m. Alcorn St. at Nebraska, 7 p.m. IUPUI at Saint Louis, 7 p.m. Illinois St.
at Creighton, 7:05 p.m. Indiana St. at Evanavllle, 7:05 p.m. Drake at Wichita 7:05 p.m. SE Loulslsna at Iowa, 8:06 p.m.
SOUTHWEST Wisconsin at Texas, 11 a.m. Florida at Texaa 1 p.m. Northwestern SL at Texaa Tech, 1 p.m. TCU at Rice, 2 p.m. Texas St.
si SMU, 2 p.m. Loulslsna Monroe at Arkanaaa, 2:06 p.m. UTEP at Texaa Southern, 4 p.m. Hardin Simmons at Texaa Arlington, 4 p.m. Paul Oulnn va.
Stephen F.Austin at Moody Coliseum, Dallas, 4:35 p.m. UMKC at Cent. Arkanaaa, 6 p.m. Prairie View at Baylor, 7 p.m. Ark.
Pine Bluff at Houalon, 7 p.m. Lyon at Lamar, 7 p-m. FAR WEST Wis. Milwaukee at Wyoming, 2:30 p.m. St.
Francis, Pa. at Arizona 3 p.m. Grambllng St. at Colorado, 3 p.m. Tenneesee at Oonzaga, 3 p.m.
Fresno St. at Stanford, 4 p.m. UC Davis at UCLA, 6:30 p.m. Kennesaw SL vs. Minnesota at the Thomas 4 Mack Center, Lae Vegas, 7 p.m.
UC Riverside at Southern Cal, 7 p.m. BYU at Boies (p.m. Western Colo, at Colorado 8 pjn. NW Nazarene at Idaho (:06 p.m. Oral Roberta at Utah SL, 8:06 pjn.
S. Utah at Cal Poly, 9 p.m. Cascade at Portland, m. UC Santa Barbara at E. Weerongton, fcOS Elcholls St.
at UNLV, M0 pm TOURNAMENTS Aeropostale Holiday Feetlval At New York Third Place, 12:30 p.m. Championship, 2:30 p.m. Cable Car Classic At Santa Clara, CalW. Third Place, p.m. Championship, 10 p.m.
Or Pepper Classic At Chattanooga, Term. Firat Round Belmont vs. Wright 6 p.m. Murray St. et Chattanooga, 7 pjn.
Flint Mills islander Invitational At Corpus Chrtetl, Texas Third Place, 6 p.m. Championship, 7:30 pja. Golden Beer Classic At Berkeley, CalH. Third Place, 7 p.m. COLLEGE FOOTBALL 6:30 p.m.
ESPN Motor City Bowl, Purdue vs. Cent. Michigan, at Detroit Monday, Dec. 31 Armed Forces Bowl At Fort Worth, Texas Payout: $750,000 California (6 6) vs. Air Force (9 3), 11:30 a.m.
(ESPN) Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Payout: $1.9 million South Florida (9 3) vs. Oregon (8 4) 1 p.m. (CBS) Humanitarian Bowl At Boise, Idaho Payout: $750,000 Fresno State (8 4) vs. Georgia Tech (7 -5), 2 p.m. (ESPN2) Music City Bowl At Nashville, Tenn.
Payout: $1.6 million Florida State (7 5) vs. Kentucky (7 5) 3 p.m. (ESPN) Insight Bowl At Tempe, Ariz. Payout: $1.25 million Indiana (7 5) vs. Oklahoma State (6 6) 5 p.m.
(NFLN) Chick -fil-A Bowl At Atlanta Payout: $2.9 million Clemson (9 3) vs. Auburn (8 4), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN) Tuesday, Jan. 1 Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. Payout: $3.1 million Wisconsin (9 3) vs.
Tennessee (9 4), 10 a.m. (ESPN) Cotton Bowl At Dallas Payout: $3 million Missouri (11-2) vs. Arkansas (8 4), 10:30 a.m. (FOX) Capital One Bowl At Orlando, Fta. Payout: $4.25 million Michigan (8 4) vs.
Florida (9 3), Noon (ABC) Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. Payout: $2.25 million Virginia (9 3) vs. Texas Tech (8 4), Noon (CBS) Rose Bowl At Pasadena, CalK. Payout: $17 million Southern California (10 2) vs. Illinois (9 -3), 3:30 p.m.
(ABC) Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Payout: $17 million Hawaii (12 0) vs. Georgia (10 2), 87:30 p.m. (FOX) Wednesday, Jan. 2 Fiesta Bowl At Glendale, Ariz. Payout: $17 million West Virginia (10 2) vs.
Oklahoma (11 -2), 7 p.m. (FOX) Thursday, Jan. 3 Orange Bowl At Miami Payout: $17 million Kansas (11 -1) vs. Virginia Tech (11 -2), 7 p.m. (FOX) Saturday, Jan.
5 International Bowl At Toronto Payout: $750,000 Rutgers (7-4) vs. Ball State (7 -5), 11 a.m. (ESPN2) Sunday, Jan. 6 GMAC Bowl Mobile, Ala. Payout: $750,000 Tulsa (9 4) vs.
Bowling Green (8 4), 7 p.m. (ESPN) Monday, Jan. 7 BCS National Championship At New Orleans Payout: $17 million Ohio State (11 -1) vs. LSU (11 2), 7 p.m. (FOX) Saturday, Jan.
12 Hula Bowl At Honolulu Aina (East) vs. Kai (West), 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 19 East West Shrine Classic At Houston East vs. West, 6 p.m.
(ESPN2) Saturday, Jan. 26 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. North vs. South, 3 p.m. (NFLN) I ESS 1 National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division LOT Pts OF New Jersey 20 13 3 43 88 Pittsburgh 18 18 2 38 103 N.Y.
Rangers17 15 4 38 83 N.Y. Islanders17 15 2 38 79 Phlladelphiaie 14 4 36 106 Northeast Division LOT Pts OF Ottawa 23 8 4 50 120 Boston 18 14 4 40 94 Montreal 17 13 8 40 103 Butlalo 19 14 1 39 110 Toronto 15 14 7 37 107 Southeast Division LOT Pts OF Carolina 19 15 3 41 118 Atlanta 18 17 1 37 101 Florida 17 18 3 37 92 Tampa Bay 15 18 3 33 108 Washington 13 19 4 30 92 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division LOT Pts OF Detroit 26 7 3 55 128 St. Louts 18 12 3 39 88 Chicago 18 15 2 38 105 Columbus 15 14 6 38 85 Nashville 16 16 2 34 94 Northwest Division LOT Pts OF Colorado 21 13 2 44 109 Vancouver 20 13 4 44 97 Minnesota 20 13 2 42 90 Calgary 17 13 7 41 106 Edmonton 16 18 3 35 98 Pacific Division LOT Pts OF Dallas 21 12 4 48 109 San Jose 18 12 41 88 Anaheim 18 15 6 41 95 Phoenix 17 16 1 35 86 LosAngeles12 2 28 99 Two points for a win, one point lor OA 85 108 88 93 102 OA 91 94 102 OA 117 120 97 118 110 OA 82 85 99 67 101 OA 101 87 00 106 111 OA 92 83 104 61 125 overtime toss or anooioui loss. Sunday's Qamas Pittsburgh 4, Boston 2 Nashville 3, Columbus 1 Atlanta 3, St. Louis 2, OT Chicago 3, Edmonton 2 Ottawa 3, N.Y.
Rangers 1 Colorado 3, Vancouver 1 Dallas 4, Montreal 1 New Jersey 1 Calgary 0, OT Monday's Oamae No games scheduled Tuesday's Qomea No games scheduled Wednesday's Qemee Ottawa at Buffalo, 6 p.m. Atlanta at Columbus, 8 p.m. Tampa Bay at Washington, 6 p.m. Carolina at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.
Toronto at N.Y. Islanders, 8:30 p.m. Detroit at St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. Nashville at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. San Joss at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m. SCORING LEADERS By D0U6 FERGUSON AP Golf Writer BPti Curtis is a glass half-full kind of guy, which is why he saw his 2007 season as one for the history books. By finishing in last place at the season-opening Mercedes-Benz Championship, he became the first player to receive FedEx Cup points. And with some help from the draw at The Barclays, Curtis was the first to hit a shot in the inaugural PGA Tour Playoffs.
That didn't earn him a bonus, or even an asterisk. Even so, he played his part in a "new era of golf" that featured some familiar themes. Tiger Woods won the most tournaments and the most money by taking the fewest strokes. And for the seventh straight year, someone won a major for the first time. But there's always something different outside the ropes that make golf memorable beyond the birdies and bogeys.
Tohn Daly got off to a tough I start this year, one omen com- I ing at Riviera. Snortly before he teed off in the first round on No. 10, his sand wedge came loose at the hosel. An equipment rep took it to the truck for a quick repair, telling Daly he would get it back to him as he was walking down the fairway. Daly hit driver through the green into a back bunker.
Looking around, there was no sign of the equipment rep. Left only with a 52-degree wedge in his bag, it took him two shots to get out of the bunker, and Daly started with a bogey. The rep showed up on the 11th tee Tiger Woods' last good chance to win the Masters ended on the 15th hole when the 3-iron he tried to cut around the trees hopped off the bank and into the pond fronting the green. He did well to escape with par, but couldn't make birdie the rest of the way and wound up two shots behind Zach Johnson. The next day, a group of guests were on the 15th hole when one of the caddies stood on the bank of the pond with his back turned to the green.
He looked into the murky water, then back toward the fairway, trying to figure out the path of Woods' errant shot. Finally, he spotted a ball in the water. He dipped a wedge into the pond, scooped up the ball and balanced it on the face of the club as he slowly lifted it out of the water. Sure enough, there was that unmistakable swoosh. But the grin faded when the caddie flipped the ball into his hand and noticed a corporate logo.
He tossed it back in the water and went to tend the flag. Rich Beem showed how a little kindness can go a long way. He was having dinner in the bar at Maggiano's in Charlotte, N.C, and customers stopped by to either wish him luck or tell him how much they enjoyed his victory in the '02 PGA Championship at Hazeltine. The bartender came over and began spinning a yarn about a distant relative who knew Beem's mother-in-law. Instead of a hollow stare to end the conversation, Beem whipped out his cell phone and called her.
"Mom? Hey, it's Rich. How are you? I'm in North Carolina this week. Hey, listen, there's a guy here who says he's related to someone who you might have known hang on, Mom, I'll let you talk to him." And with that, Beem handed the phone to a very startled bartender. A rumor began circulating that Steve Williams would retire as the caddie for Tiger Woods, and Foster was the natural replacement. The English caddie usually works for Darren Clarke, and Woods used him at the Presidents Cup in 2005 when Williams stayed home in New Zealand for the birth of his first child.
The British tabloids all but pegged Foster as the new looper for the world's No. 1, but the caddies knew better. Williams still keeps a text message that Foster sent him in July. "Based on the strength of the rumors that I'll be caddying for Tiger in 2008, I've put a deposit on a new house." Five-time British Open champion Peter Thomson practically handed Tiger Woods the claret jug on Monday of the British Open. Woods was going for his third straight title, the longest streak since Thomson won three in a row a half-century earlier.
"He has a chance to win eight in a row," Thomson said at a press conference. This is the same man who was Presidents Cup captain in 1998 at Royal Melbourne, where he introduced the U.S. team at opening ceremonies as "the greatest collection of golfers in the world." Four days later, the International team celebrated a 201i-ll12 victory, the biggest rout ever against an American team. Thomson was having coffee in the dining area a few hours after his press conference at Carnoustie, and he was reminded of his famous speech at Royal Melbourne. He smiled, and one couldn't help but notice the twinkle in his eye "Yes," Thomson said.
"We handed it to them pretty good that week." Maybe he was up to his old tricks. By the end of the week, Woods tied for 12th, and Thomson's streak was safe. Zach and Kim Johnson conversed like most young married couples. She told him of an invitation they had for the evening. He took the husband's typical seat on the fence, unwilling to commit, leaving it up to her whether they should go.
"What do you want to do?" he said. "I've still got to practice What time does it start? I mean, if you really want to go, we can go." She deferred to his week of work, and they were headed toward an impasse until Johnson cracked. "I was kind of hoping to watch some football tonight," he admitted. It was Saturday of the Deutsche Bank Championship, the first full schedule of college football. They wound up going, and Johnson ultimately was thrilled with the decision.
The evening entertainment turned out to be a sky box at Fenway Park, the night Boston rookie Clay Buch-holz threw his no-hitter. Clearly, this was a year when a lot of things went right for Johnson. .4 (NHL Scoring Leadera) Through Dec 23 OP A PTS Lecevaller, TB 38 23 30 53 Zetterberg, Del 35 25 25 so iglnle, Cal 87 24 25 48 Crosby, Pit 1( 32 48 Kovalchuk, Alt 38 29 1( 47 Alfredsaon, Ott 34 20 26 46 Hoatley, Ott 35 22 23 46 Bpezza, Ott 29 12 32 44 Stastny, Cot 36 15 28 43 Datsyuk, Oct 36 14 29 43 i. a i in izj 233.
