NO HEADLINE

BASKETBALL

NBA

All Times PST

EASTERN CONFERENCE

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Tuesday’s Games

Milwaukee 117, Philadelphia 108, OT

San Antonio 102, Denver 91

New Orleans 93, Sacramento 67

Dallas at Phoenix

Wednesday’s Games

Indiana at Orlando, 7 p.m.

Washington at Toronto, 7 p.m.

New Orleans at Cleveland, 7 p.m.

New York at Boston, 7:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m.

Miami at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Detroit, 8 p.m.

Portland at Minnesota, 8 p.m.

Charlotte at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Houston, 8:30 p.m.

Dallas at Utah, 9 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Seattle, 10 p.m.

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

Atlanta at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

Bucks 117, 76ers 108 (OT)

Milwaukee (117)—Simmons 8-14 5-5 22, Bogut 6-9 1-1 13, Magloire 2-4 0-0 4, Redd 8-20 12-17 30, Ford 4-10 8-9 16, M.Williams 2-12 1-1 6, Gadzuric 4-5 0-0 8, Kukoc 4-7 0-0 9, Bell 4-4 0-0 9. Totals 42-85 27-33 117.

Philadelphia (108)—Korver 2-7 0-1 6, Webber 14-28 4-4 32, S.Hunter 4-7 3-4 11, Iguodala 2-4 2-2 6, Iverson 11-28 11-15 35, Thomas 0-1 0-0 0, Nailon 4-8 0-0 8, Salmons 4-12 2-3 10, Ollie 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 41-95 22-29 108.

3-Point Goals—Milwaukee 6-13 (Redd 2-5, Bell 1-1, Simmons 1-1, M.Williams 1-2, Kukoc 1-3, Ford 0-1), Philadelphia 4-12 (Iverson 2-4, Korver 2-5, Salmons 0-1, Iguodala 0-1, Webber 0-1). Fouled Out—Magloire, Iguodala. Rebounds—Milwaukee 62 (Simmons 12), Philadelphia 48 (Webber 14). Assists—Milwaukee 26 (Ford 14), Philadelphia 25 (Iverson 9). Total Fouls—Milwaukee 25, Philadelphia 29. Technicals—Milwaukee Defensive Three Second, Philadelphia Defensive Three Second. A—17,705 (20,444).

Hornets 93, Kings 67

Sacramento (67)—Abdur-Rahim 7-13 0-0 14, Stojakovic 5-14 6-6 18, Miller 2-5 0-1 4, Bibby 3-11 1-1 8, Wells 2-11 2-2 6, Thomas 2-6 0-0 4, Hart 0-4 1-2 1, Martin 1-5 1-2 3, Skinner 2-4 0-2 4, F.Garcia 1-6 3-3 5, Williamson 0-0 0-0 0, Price 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 25-80 14-19 67.

New Orleans (93)—West 4-9 0-0 8, Nachbar 2-4 0-0 5, Brown 9-12 2-2 20, Paul 3-7 6-6 13, Smith 7-14 4-5 19, Claxton 7-10 2-2 17, Andersen 0-4 0-0 0, Butler 1-6 0-0 2, Mason 0-4 1-2 1, Vroman 1-2 2-3 4, Bass 1-1 0-0 2, Macijauskas 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 35-73 19-22 93.

3-Point Goals—Sacramento 3-13 (Stojakovic 2-7, Bibby 1-2, Miller 0-1, Martin 0-1, F.Garcia 0-2), New Orleans 4-11 (Claxton 1-1, Nachbar 1-2, Smith 1-3, Paul 1-3, Butler 0-2). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Sacramento 47 (Abdur-Rahim 8), New Orleans 54 (West 11). Assists—Sacramento 13 (Bibby 4), New Orleans 21 (Claxton, Paul 4). Total Fouls—Sacramento 25, New Orleans 21. Flagrant fouls—Miller, Smith. A—19,163 (17,200).

Spurs 102, Nuggets 91

Denver (91)—Anthony 10-17 3-5 23, Martin 9-19 1-2 19, Camby 2-6 0-0 4, Miller 4-6 0-0 8, Lenard 4-10 0-0 8, Nene 0-1 0-0 0, Boykins 6-13 1-3 13, Najera 5-9 4-5 14, Buckner 0-1 0-0 0, Johnson 1-2 0-0 2, Elson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 41-84 9-15 91.

San Antonio (102)—Bowen 2-5 0-0 4, Duncan 8-17 3-4 19, Nesterovic 1-2 0-0 2, Parker 13-20 0-1 26, Ginobili 2-9 6-8 10, Finley 7-10 1-2 16, Horry 1-6 4-4 7, Barry 1-3 0-0 3, Oberto 3-4 0-0 6, Van Exel 2-5 0-0 5, Mohammed 1-1 2-2 4. Totals 41-82 16-21 102.

3-Point Goals—Denver 0-7 (Anthony 0-1, Boykins 0-1, Buckner 0-1, Johnson 0-1, Lenard 0-3), San Antonio 4-13 (Finley 1-1, Barry 1-3, Van Exel 1-3, Horry 1-5, Ginobili 0-1). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Denver 44 (Camby 11), San Antonio 51 (Duncan 10). Assists—Denver 21 (Miller 6), San Antonio 21 (Duncan 6). Total Fouls—Denver 18, San Antonio 19. Technicals—Denver Defensive Three Second, San Antonio Defensive Three Second. A—18,797 (18,500).

College men North Idaho 93, NBC Thunder 69

NBC Thunder—DePew 2-9 0-2 4, Olson 0-1 2-2 2, Ferch 9-20 6-8 30, Stetson 2-9 0-0 4, Brooks 4-7 0-1 8, Dordal 0-3 2-4 2, Henneberry 0-3 0-0 0, Bierlink 1-8 2-3 4, Kaiser 1-9 7-7 9, Kasbar 3-6 0-2 6. Totals 22-75 19-29 69.

North Idaho College—Bradshaw 4-8 0-0 10, Craddock 4-6 0-0 8, Hopson 3-8 0-0 7, Donald 6-14 1-2 15, Nagle 7-14 1-3 17, Wesley 0-3 0-0 0, Stockwell 0-8 3-3 3, Sutton 3-4 0-0 9, Hardy 0-0 0-0 0, Clair 8-12 0-0 16, Parks 0-2 0-0 0, Arigbon 4-7 0-1 8. Totals 39-86 5-10 93.

Halftime- North Idaho 49, NBC Thunder 27. 3-point goals- NBC Thunder 6-27 (Ferch 6-13, Depew 0-2, Brooks 0-2, Dordal 0-2, Henneberry 0-2, Stetson 0-3, Bierlink 0-3). North Idaho 10-28 (Sutton 3-3, Nagle 2-5, Bradshaw 2-6, Donald 2-6, Hopson 1-2, Stockwell 0-6,). Fouled out- Olson (NIC). Rebounds- NBC Thunder 37 (Kaiser 7), North Idaho 66 (Nagle 13). Assists- NBC Thunder 16 (Bierlink 4), North Idaho 28 (Hopson 8). Total Fouls- NBC Thunder 14, North Idaho 23. Technicals-none.

College women

Big Sky Conference preseason polls

Coaches (First-place votes in parentheses)

Media (First-place votes in parentheses)

FOOTBALL

NFL

All Times PST

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

Sunday, Nov. 6

Atlanta at Miami, 10 a.m.

San Diego at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m.

Oakland at Kansas City, 10 a.m.

Houston at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.

Cincinnati at Baltimore, 10 a.m.

Detroit at Minnesota, 10 a.m.

Tennessee at Cleveland, 10 a.m.

Carolina at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.

Seattle at Arizona, 1:05 p.m.

Chicago vs. New Orleans at Baton Rouge, La., 1:05 p.m.

N.Y. Giants at San Francisco, 1:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Green Bay, 1:15 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 5:30 p.m.

Open: Buffalo, Denver, Dallas, St. Louis

Monday, Nov. 7

Indianapolis at New England, 6 p.m.

AFC Individual Leaders

Through Week 8

Quarterbacks

Rushers

Receivers

Punters

Punt Returners

Kickoff Returners

Scoring

Touchdowns

Kicking

NFC Individual Leaders

Through Week 8

Quarterbacks

Rushers

Receivers

Punters

Punt Returners

Kickoff Returners

Scoring

Touchdowns

Kicking

NFL Team Statistics

AVERAGE PER GAME

AFC

OFFENSE

DEFENSE

NFC

OFFENSE

DEFENSE

CFL

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division

Note: Two points for a regulation or overtime win and one point for a tie.

Friday’s Game

Montreal at Hamilton

Saturday’s Games

Toronto at Ottawa

Saskatchewan at British Columbia

Sunday’s Game

Edmonton at Calgary

End of regular season

College

SOUTH

UAB 37, Memphis 20

High school Washington Prep Poll 4A

3A

Others receiving 6 or more points: Timberline, 8.

2A

1A

Others receiving 6 or more points: Wahluke 11, 12, LaConner.

B-11

B8

Others receiving 6 or more points: St. John-Endicott, 12

HOCKEY

NHL

All Times PST

EASTERN CONFERENCE

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootout loss.

Tuesday’s Games

Detroit 4, Chicago 1

N.Y. Islanders 4, Boston 3, OT

Montreal 5, Florida 4, OT

Atlanta 6, Tampa Bay 4

Pittsburgh 4, New Jersey 3, OT

Edmonton 5, Columbus 1

Calgary 3, Minnesota 0

Anaheim 4, Nashville 1

Wednesday’s Games

Ottawa at Buffalo, 4 p.m.

Chicago at St. Louis, 5 p.m.

Los Angeles at Dallas, 5:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Nashville at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.

Red Wings 4, Blackhawks 1

First Period—1, Detroit, Maltby 3 (Yzerman, Draper), 15:59.

Second Period—2, Detroit, Lebda 2 (Lidstrom, Datsyuk), 7:34 (pp). 3, Detroit, Shanahan 8 (Lang, Williams), 15:10. 4, Chicago, Aucoin 1 (Arnason, Spacek), 18:23 (pp).

Third Period—5, Detroit, Williams 4 (Lidstrom, Lilja), 11:40 (pp).

Missed Penalty Shot—Lang, Detroit, 4:00, 2nd.

Shots on goal—Chicago 9-9-14—32. Detroit 8-7-5—20.

Power-play opportunities—Chicago 1 of 6; Detroit 2 of 6.

Goalies—Chicago, Khabibulin 3-8-0 (20 shots-16 saves). Detroit, Legace (8-8), Osgood 2-0-0 (16:37 First, 24-23).

A—20,066 (20,058). T—2:29.

Islanders 4, Bruins 3 (OT)

First Period—1, N.Y. Islanders, Kvasha 1 (Satan, Niinimaa), :52. 2, N.Y. Islanders, Niinimaa 1 (Yashin, Satan), 11:56. 3, Boston, Scatchard 3 (McEachern, Axelsson), 15:21.

Second Period—4, Boston, Boynton 2 (Thornton), 10:06.

Third Period—5, N.Y. Islanders, Campoli 3 (York, Martinek), 4:39. 6, Boston, Thornton 4 (Murray, Samsonov), 18:59.

Overtime—7, N.Y. Islanders, Bates 2 (Blake, Zhitnik), 4:31.

Shots on goal—Boston 6-17-9-0—32. N.Y. Islanders 8-5-8-2—23.

Power-play Opportunities—Boston 0 of 6; N.Y. Islanders 0 of 3.

Goalies—Boston, Toivonen 2-2-1 (23 shots-19 saves). N.Y. Islanders, Snow 2-2-0 (32-29).

A—10,639 (16,234). T—2:19.

Canadiens 5, Panthers 4 (OT)

First Period—1, Montreal, Rivet 1 (Ribeiro, Markov), 2:28 (pp). 2, Montreal, Zednik 2 (Koivu, Kovalev), 4:45. 3, Florida, Gelinas 4 (Hill, Bouwmeester), 15:26.

Second Period—4, Montreal, Bouillon 1 (Ryder, Ribeiro), 2:05 (pp). 5, Florida, Horton 7 (Mezei, Roberts), 16:38.

Third Period—6, Florida, Weiss 2 (Van Ryn, Jokinen), 8:41 (pp). 7, Florida, Weiss 3 (Horton, Jokinen), 15:25 (pp). 8, Montreal, Begin 5 (Koivu, Bouillon), 19:51 (pp).

Overtime—9, Montreal, Ryder 6 (Koivu, Markov), 3:19 (pp).

Shots on goal—Florida 4-16-7-3—30. Montreal 13-10-14-1—38.

Power-play opportunities—Florida 2 of 9; Montreal 4 of 10.

Goalies—Florida, Luongo 6-5-1 (38 shots-33 saves). Montreal, Theodore 8-3-1 (30-26).

A—21,273 (21,273). T—2:29.

Thrashers 6, Lightning 4

First Period—1, Tampa Bay, Richards 4 (Fedotenko, Modin), 4:43. 2, Atlanta, Modry 2 (Kovalchuk, Bondra), 11:09 (pp). 3, Tampa Bay, Richards 5 (Andreychuk, Kubina), 17:23 (sh). 4, Atlanta, Bondra 5 (Kozlov, Kovalchuk), 18:03 (pp).

Second Period—5, Tampa Bay, Lecavalier 8 (St. Louis, Prospal), 4:37. 6, Atlanta, Kozlov 3 (Kovalchuk, Havelid), 8:59 (pp).

Third Period—7, Atlanta, Hossa 5 (Bondra, Havelid), 3:03. 8, Atlanta, Modry 3 (Kozlov, Hossa), 12:59 (pp). 9, Tampa Bay, Prospal 8 (Sydor, St. Louis), 15:08. 10, Atlanta, Kovalchuk 3 (Petrovicky, Sutton), 19:43 (en).

Shots on goal—Atlanta 12-10-7—29. Tampa Bay 14-10-9—33.

Power-play Opportunities—Atlanta 4 of 4; Tampa Bay 0 of 2.

Goalies—Atlanta, Shields 1-2-0 (33 shots-29 saves). Tampa Bay, Grahame 5-4-1 (28-23).

A—19,820 (19,758). T—2:17.

Penguins 4, Devils 3 (OT)

First Period—None.

Second Period—1, New Jersey, Langenbrunner 2 (J.Pandolfo, Brown), 6:26. 2, Pittsburgh, Recchi 3 (Crosby, Whitney), 15:16 (pp). 3, Pittsburgh, Pirjeta 2, 16:33.

Third Period—4, Pittsburgh, Talbot 2 (Murley), 3:06 (sh). 5, New Jersey, Gionta 6 (Kozlov, Brown), 12:07 (pp). 6, New Jersey, Rasmussen 2 (Mogilny, Matvichuk), 17:48.

Overtime—7, Pittsburgh, Gonchar 5 (Poapst, Recchi), 1:01.

Shots on goal—Pittsburgh 8-16-12-1—37. New Jersey 5-10-13-1—29.

Power-play opportunities—Pittsburgh 1 of 6; New Jersey 1 of 4.

Goalies—Pittsburgh, Caron 2-1-3 (29 shots-26 saves). New Jersey, Clemmensen 2-0-1 (37 shots-33 saves).

A—10,131 (19,040). T—2:16.

Oilers 5, Blue Jackets 1

First Period—1, Edmonton, Harvey 1 (Laraque, Staios), 9:07. 2, Columbus, Klesla 1 (Berard, Vyborny), 16:39 (pp).

Second Period—3, Edmonton, Hemsky 2 (Pronger, Bergeron), 2:55 (pp). 4, Edmonton, Smyth 4 (Staios, Horcoff), 17:41 (pp).

Third Period—5, Edmonton, Torres 8 (Stoll, Cross), 4:17. 6, Edmonton, Hemsky 3 (Pronger), 4:58.

Shots on goal—Columbus 7-8-9—24. Edmonton 14-9-12-35.

Power-play Opportunities—Columbus 1 of 4; Edmonton 2 of 6.

Goalies—Columbus, Denis 2-6-0 (35 shots-30 saves). Edmonton, Markkanen 5-5-1 (24-23).

A—16,839 (16,839). T—2:17.

Flames 3, Wild 0

First Period—1, Calgary, Phaneuf 3 (Hamrlik), 19:20 (pp).

Second Period—None.

Third Period—2, Calgary, Iginla 6 (Phaneuf, Langkow), 4:48. 3, Calgary, Iginla 7 (Langkow), 19:37 (en). Shots on goal—Minnesota 6-6-11—23. Calgary 10-7-7—24.

Power-play opportunities—Minnesota 0 of 4; Calgary 1 of 3.

Goalies—Minnesota, Fernandez 4-2-1 (23 shots-21 saves). Calgary, Kiprusoff 5-6-2 (23-23).

A—19,289 (17,409). T—2:20.

Mighty Ducks 4, Predators 1

First Period—1, Nashville, Perreault 5 (Sullivan), 3:59.

Second Period—2, Anaheim, McDonald 6 (Fedoruk, S.Niedermayer), :17. 3, Anaheim, Hedstrom 3 (McDonald, Selanne), 5:08 (pp). 4, Anaheim, S.Niedermayer 2 (Selanne, Sykora), 18:58 (pp).

Third Period—5, Anaheim, Kunitz 1, 17:02.

Shots on goal—Nashville 12-8-13—33. Anaheim 15-12-8—35.

Power-play opportunities—Nashville 0 of 7; Anaheim 2 of 10.

Goalies—Nashville, Vokoun 7-2-1 (35 shots-31 saves). Anaheim, Giguere 6-2-1 (33 shots-32 saves).

A—11,690 (17,174). T—2:20.

WHL

EASTERN CONFERENCE

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Note: Two points awarded for a win, one for an overtime or shootout loss.

Tuesday Games

No games scheduled.

Wednesday Games

Everett at Spokane, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Kamloops, 7 p.m.

Moose Jaw at Prince Albert, 7:30 p.m.

Kootenay at Prince George, 7:30 p.m.

Medicine Hat at Regina, 7 p.m.

Saskatoon at Swift Current, 7 p.m.

GOLF

PGA Tour Money Leaders

Through Oct. 30

College men CordeValle Collegiate

At CordeValle Country Club; San Martin, Calif.

Par 72; 7,119 yards

TEAM SCORES—1, UCLA 849. 2, Northwestern 855. 3, California 859. 4, Arkansas 859. 5, Texas 864. 6, Arizona873. 8, Virginia 877; Augusta St. 877. 10, Pepperdine 878. 11, Southern California 882; Washington 882. 13, Stanford, 884. 14, UCF 893. 15, UC Davis 905. Notre Dame did not finish.

TOP INDIVIDUALS—Michael Wilson, (Cal) 69-70-67—206. 2, Erik Flores (UCLA) 75-69-68—212. 3, Henry Liaw (Ari) 73-68-72—213. 4, Dillon Dougherty (Nor) 73-68-72—213; Daniel Im (UCLA) 71-67-75—213; James Lee (UCLA) 71-73-69—213. Also: 34, Zach Bixler (UW) 74-73-73—220. 39, James Lepp (UW) 71-79-71—221. 42, Alex Prugh 72-76-74—222. 47, Erik Olson 75-72-77—224. 69, Sterling Clark 75-75-80—229.

SOCCER

MLS playoffs

All Times PST

Conference Semifinals

(Two-leg Aggregate Score Series)

Conference Championship

Eastern Conference

New England vs. Chicago

Sunday, Nov. 6

Chicago at New England, noon

Western Conference

Los Angeles vs. Colorado

Saturday, Nov. 5

Los Angeles at Colorado, 6 p.m.

High school girls 4A Regional

University 3, Kamiakin 2 (SO)

First half — 1, U-Hi, Martuard, 5:00. 2, Kam, Sparks (Pele), 17:00. 3, U-Hi, Schnibbe, 28:00.

Second half — 4, Kam, unknown, 62:00.

Shootout — University 4, Sloyer, Martuard, H. Lightfoot, Schnibbe. Kamiakin 3, Teal, Brannan, Bryant.

Shots on goal — University 15, Kamiakin 12. Saves — University, Seymour 2, Meyer 7. Kamiakin, Morris 12.

Richland 1, Gonzaga Prep 0 (SO)

Shootout -- Richland 4, Roberts, Jones, Carneau, Dernbach. Gonzaga Prep 3, C. Davis, T. Cronin, Lindsay.

Shots on goal — Richland 9, Gonzaga Prep 5. Saves — Richland, Landon 4. Gonzaga Prep, Kuhar- Pitters 5.

3A East Regional Cheney 3, West Valley 1

First half — 1, Che, Strampe, 4:00.

Second half — 2, Che, Swenson (Madison), 48:00. 3, Che, Strampe (Rule), 54:00. 4, WV, Hood, 70:00.

Shots on goal — West Valley 8, Cheney 25. Saves — West Valley, Carey 10. Cheney, Knox 6.

Hanford 6, Selah 1

Box score unavailable.

District 7 2A Deer Park 1, Colville 0 (SO)

Shootout- Colville 3, Shaw, Gauche, Gieger. Deer Park 4, Roberts, Attridge, Watson, Menzia.

Shots on goal —Colville 6, Deer Park 19. Saves — Colville, Gieger 15. Deer Park, Willford 4.

Lakeside (WA) 1, Medical Lake 0

First half — 1, Lak, Beedle (Paul), 32:00.

Second half — none.

Shots on goal — Medical Lake 10, Lakeside 6.Saves — Medical Lake, Maddox 3. Lakeside, Allen 7.

Fish counts

The upstream movement of Chinook, steelhead and shad at Columbia and Snake River Dams on 10/31/2005 and year-to-date totals:

MOVES

BASEBALL

American League

BALTIMORE ORIOLES—Signed RHP Sendy Rleal, RHP Marino Salas, LHP Scott Rice, LHP Carlos Jan, LHP Jason Pearson, 1B Leo Daigle, OF Noah Hall and SS Ed Rogers to minor league contracts.

OAKLAND ATHLETICS—Agreed to terms with RHP Jay Witasick on a two-year contract. Declined the 2006 contract option on DH Scott Hatteberg. Agreed to terms with Brad Fischer, bullpen coach, Bob Geren, bench coach, Rene Lachemann, first-base coach, Ron Washington, third-base coach, and Curt Young, pitching coach. Named Gerald Perry hitting coach.

SEATTLE MARINERS—Declined the 2006 contract options on RHP Shigetoshi Hasegawa and SS Pokey Reese.

TAMPA BAY DEVIL RAYS—Exercised their 2006 contract option on LHP Casey Fossum.

National League

ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Agreed to terms with Lee Tinsley, first base coach, on a one-year contract. Named Jerry Dipoto director of professional scouting.

ATLANTA BRAVES—Exercised their 2006 contract option on RHP John Thomson.

FLORIDA MARLINS—Declined their 2006 contract option on RHP Antonio Alfonseca.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Named Jim Colborn pitching coach and Jim Lett bench coach.

Northern League

JOLIET JACKHAMMERS—Named Jim Boynewicz pitching coach.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

LOS ANGELES LAKERS—Waived F-C Corie Blount. Exercised a fourth-year contract option on F Brian Cook for the 2006-07 season.

Women’s National Basketball Association

CONNECTICUT SUN—Signed G Lindsay Whalen to a contract extension through the 2007 season.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

ARIZONA CARDINALS—Re-signed WR Reggie Newhouse. Released CB Dyshod Carter.

CINCINNATI BENGALS—Waived G Steven Vieira.

CLEVELAND BROWNS—Released TE Billy Miller.

DALLAS COWBOYS—Released RB Anthony Thomas. Placed LB Al Singleton and DL Jay Ratliff on the reserve-injured list. Signed S Tony Dixon and S Lynn Scott.

DENVER BRONCOS—Placed CB Lenny Walls on the reserve-injured list.

DETROIT LIONS—Signed LB Nate Wayne to a one-year contract. Signed WR Glenn Martinez to the practice squad. Released WR Adam Herzing from the practice squad.

GREEN BAY PACKERS—Released WR Craig Bragg and LB Zac Woodfin. Signed LB Atari Bigby, FB Greg Hanoian and WR Reggie Harrell to the practice squad.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS—Placed QB Daunte Culpepper on injured reserve. Released WR Jason Anderson from the practice squad. Signed WR Kelvin Kight to the practice squad.

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS—Signed FB Heath Evans. Released RB Amos Zereoue.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS—Signed QB Jesse Palmer. Waived FS Jeremy Thornburg. Waived LB Roger Cooper from the practice squad.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS—Signed LB Nick McNeil and OL Ikechuku Ndukwe to the practice squad. Released LB Zak Keasey and DL Lynn McGruder.

Arena Football League

CHICAGO RUSH—Signed QB Michael Bishop.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS—Activated LW Rick Nash and D Rostislav Klesla from injured reserve.

DALLAS STARS—Recalled RW Junior Lessard from Iowa of the AHL.

LOS ANGELES KINGS—Recalled D Richard Petiot from Manchester of the AHL. Placed C Derek Armstrong on injured reserve.

ECHL

ECHL—Suspended Alaska D Zack Fitzgerald 10 games and fined him an undisclosed amount for his actions in an Oct. 29 game against Bakersfield. Suspended San Diego D Doug MacIver five games and fined him an undisclosed amount for his actions in an Oct. 29 game at Phoenix. Suspended Gwinnett RW Guillaume Desbiens one game for receiving a game misconduct charging penalty in an Oct. 28 game against Augusta.

FLORIDA EVERBLADES—Acquired F Anders Strome from Long Beach for financial considerations.

SOCCER

Major Indoor Soccer League

CHICAGO STORM—Claimed F Jorge Valle off waivers.

COLLEGE

CLEMSON—Named Sarah Brinker director of operations for rowing.

EAST CAROLINA—Named Joe Blaney women’s assistant track and field coach.

GUILFORD—Named Tod Gross assistant baseball coach.

HOFSTRA—Announced the retirement of JoAnne Russell, women’s soccer coach, at the end of the 2005 season. Announced Simon Riddough, women’s associate soccer coach, will be promoted to women’s soccer coach.

MASSACHUSETTS-DARTMOUTH—Named Jon Hird academic coordinator of student-athletes, Cathy Motta aquatics director and Jamie-Lynn Arudel assistant trainer.

NIAGARA—Named Erika Sokolowski assistant swimming coach.

SOUTH FLORIDA—Dismissed freshman G David Sills from the men’s basketball team for detrimental behavior.

STANFORD—Named Bill Walsh interim athletic director.

TEXAS A&M—Signed Gary Blair, women’s basketball coach, to a contract extension through 2011.

TRANSYLVANIA—Announced the resignation of Mark Turner, women’s basketball coach.

XAVIER—Promoted Tom Eiser to associate athletic director for media relations and Greg Park to associate athletic director for business.

TODAY’S ODDS

America’s Line

CIRCULAR REPORT: The 49ers - Giants circle is for San Francisco QB’s Ken Dorsey and Alex Smith (questionable).

NO LINE REPORT: The Eagles - Redskins game due to Philadelphia QB Donovan McNabb (probable), WR Terrell Owens (questionable), DE Jevon Kearse (questionable); CB Lito Sheppard (questionable).

INJURY REPORT: Minnesota QB Daunte Culpepper is out for the season; New York Jets QB Vinny Testaverde has been upgraded from questionable to probable.

NFL

College football

Note: The (C) after the opening line denotes that California opened as a favorite.

NBA

Home team in capital letters.