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BASKETBALL

NBA

All times PST

Tuesday’s Games

Chicago at Miami, 5 p.m.

Phoenix at L.A. Lakers, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games

Chicago at Orlando, 4 p.m.

Atlanta at Philadelphia, 4 p.m.

Indiana at Charlotte, 4 p.m.

New Orleans at Boston, 4:30 p.m.

Toronto at New Jersey, 4:30 p.m.

New York at Memphis, 5 p.m.

Sacramento at Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Milwaukee at Detroit, 5 p.m.

Washington at Cleveland, 5 p.m.

Houston at Utah, 6 p.m.

Portland at Seattle, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Phoenix, 7:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Golden State, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games

San Antonio at Dallas, 5 p.m.

Denver at L.A. Clippers, 7:30 p.m.

FOOTBALL

NFL

All Times PST

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

EastWLTPctPFPA
New England610.85716787
N.Y. Jets440.500160193
Buffalo250.286100153
Miami160.143102145
SouthWLTPctPFPA
Indianapolis7001.000205153
Jacksonville430.571138107
Tennessee250.286113179
Houston250.286121182
NorthWLTPctPFPA
Baltimore520.71414591
Cincinnati430.571155142
Cleveland250.286108139
Pittsburgh250.286157145
WestWLTPctPFPA
Denver520.71411078
San Diego520.714216109
Kansas City430.571152152
Oakland250.28692148

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

EastWLTPctPFPA
N.Y. Giants520.714180134
Dallas430.571204142
Philadelphia440.500206160
Washington250.286140171
SouthWLTPctPFPA
New Orleans520.714167145
Atlanta520.714153134
Carolina440.500137163
Tampa Bay250.28688142
NorthWLTPctPFPA
Chicago7001.00022169
Minnesota430.571127126
Green Bay340.429152176
Detroit160.143132189
WestWLTPctPFPA
Seattle430.571149177
St. Louis430.571163166
San Francisco250.286134235
Arizona170.125134196

Monday’s Result

New England 31, Minnesota 7

Sunday’s Games

Miami at Chicago, 10 a.m.

Atlanta at Detroit, 10 a.m.

Dallas at Washington, 10 a.m.

Houston at N.Y. Giants, 10 a.m.

Green Bay at Buffalo, 10 a.m.

Kansas City at St. Louis, 10 a.m.

Cincinnati at Baltimore, 10 a.m.

Tennessee at Jacksonville, 10 a.m.

New Orleans at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.

Minnesota at San Francisco, 1:05 p.m.

Denver at Pittsburgh, 1:15 p.m.

Cleveland at San Diego, 1:15 p.m.

Indianapolis at New England, 5:15 p.m.

Open: N.Y. Jets, Arizona, Philadelphia, Carolina

Monday, Nov. 6

Oakland at Seattle, 5:30 p.m.

Patriots 31, Vikings 7

New England71014031
Minnesota00707

NE—Caldwell 6 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick),

NE—FG Gostkowski 23.

NE—Watson 9 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick)

Min—Moore 71 punt return (Longwell kick)

NE—Brown 7 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick) .

NE—C.Jackson 10 pass from Brady (Gostkowski kick)

A—62,819.

NEMin
First downs2517
Total Net Yards430284
Rushes-yards15-8515-45
Passing345239
Punt Returns3-442-81
Kickoff Returns2-915-82
Interceptions Ret.4-741-0
Comp-Att-Int29-43-126-42-4
Sacked-Yards Lost3-374-22
Punts4-46.85-49.8
Fumbles-Lost3-11-0
Penalties-Yards9-856-39
Time of Possession29:4530:15

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING—New England, Evans 1-35, Maroney 8-34, Faulk 1-11, Dillon 3-5, Brady 1-1, Cassel 1-(minus 1). Minnesota, C.Taylor 10-22, Moore 2-9, Br.Johnson 1-9, Pinner 2-5.

PASSING—New England, Brady 29-43-1-372, Cassel 0-0-0. Minnesota, Br.Johnson 20-33-3-185, Bollinger 6-9-1-76.

RECEIVING—New England, Watson 7-95, Caldwell 7-84, Gabriel 5-83, Maroney 2-33, Brown 2-12, Faulk 2-12, Dillon 1-27, Da.Thomas 1-12, C.Jackson 1-10, Gaffney 1-4. Minnesota, Williamson 5-44, Moore 4-91, Wiggins 4-26, T.Taylor 3-30, C.Taylor 3-27, Be.Johnson 2-18, McMullen 2-15, Richardson 2-9, Owens 1-1.

MISSED FIELD GOALS—None.

College Sports Network Division I-AA Poll

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The top 25 teams in the Sports Network Division I-AA football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 29 and previous ranking:

RecordPtsPvs
1. Applchn St. (96) 8-12,5681
2. Montana (1) 7-12,4382
3. UMass (3) 7-12,3214
4. James Madison 7-12,2575
5. N. Dakota St. (3) 7-12,1516
6. Cal Poly 6-21,9949
7. Youngstown St. 7-21,98510
8. Illinois State 6-21,7833
9. N. Hampshire 6-21,72111
10. Tenn-Martin 7-11,61812
11. Furman 6-31,3198
12. Southern Illinois 6-21,26519
13. Hampton 8-11,26317
14. Northern Iowa 5-31,1917
15. Richmond 5-391113
16. San Diego 8-090220
17. Coastal Carolina 6-267322
18. Harvard 6-160723
19. Montana State 6-358724
20. Eastern Illinois 5-449714
21. Towson 6-2495
22. Maine 5-346515
23. Princeton 6-141518
24. S. Dakota St. 5-3411
25. Portland State 5-433321

Others receiving votes: Western Kentucky 256, Charleston Southern 240, UC Davis 240, Delaware State 121, Alabama A&M 113, Yale 109, McNeese State 41, Wofford 41, Central Arkansas 40, Tennessee State 30, Gardner-Webb 18, Monmouth 11, Delaware 10, Holy Cross 8, South Carolina State 7.

How Dave Trimmer of The Spokesman Review voted: 1. Appalachian State 2. Montana 3. North Dakota State 4. James Madison 5. Cal Poly 6. UMass 7. Illinois State 8. Youngstown State 9. Tennessee-Martin 10. New Hampshire 11. Northern Iowa 12. Southern Illinois 13. Hampton 14. San Diego 15. Furman 16. Montana State 17. Princeton 18. Harvard 19. Coastal-Carolina 20. South Dakota State 21. Richmond 22. Towson 23. Alabama A&M 24. Charleston Southern 25. Portland State

HOCKEY

NHL

All Times PST

EASTERN CONFERENCE

AtlanticWLOTPtsGFGA
New Jersey641132832
Pittsburgh630123324
N.Y. Rangers560104044
N.Y. Islanders442102632
Philadelphia37172343
NortheastWLOTPtsGFGA
Buffalo1001215328
Toronto643154449
Montreal523133433
Ottawa550103323
Boston35171933
SoutheastWLOTPtsGFGA
Atlanta823194735
Carolina552124045
Florida562123645
Washington434123538
Tampa Bay560103331

WESTERN CONFERENCE

CentralWLOTPtsGFGA
Nashville631133531
Detroit641132927
St. Louis34392736
Chicago47083240
Columbus35171926
NorthwestWLOTPtsGFGA
Minnesota920183321
Vancouver741153226
Edmonton740143328
Colorado542123734
Calgary36172529
PacificWLOTPtsGFGA
Anaheim903214127
Dallas920183521
San Jose840164028
Los Angeles482102938
Phoenix39062853

Monday’s Results

Philadelphia 3, Chicago 0

Toronto 4, Atlanta 2

Anaheim 6, St. Louis 5, SO

Washington 4, Calgary 2

Los Angeles 4, Rangers 1

Today’s Games

Ottawa at Montreal, 4:30 p.m.

San Jose at Florida, 4:30 p.m.

Chicago at N.Y. Islanders, 4:30 p.m.

Nashville at Vancouver, 7 p.m.

Flyers 3, Blackhawks 0

Chicago0000
Philadelphia1023

First Period—1, Philadelphia, Forsberg 4 (Ruzicka), 7:25. Second Period—None. Third Period—2, Philadelphia, Forsberg 5 (Gagne, Pitkanen), 11:57. 3, Philadelphia, Gagne 6, 19:32 (en).

Maple Leafs 4, Thrashers 2

Atlanta1012
Toronto3014

First Period—1, Atlanta, Kovalchuk 9 (Havelid), 8:12 (pp). 2, Toronto, Tucker 8 (Sundin, Kaberle), 9:18 (pp). 3, Toronto, Kaberle 4 (Sundin, McCabe), 10:03 (pp). 4, Toronto, Tucker 9 (Wellwood, Sundin), 10:44 (pp). Second Period—None. Third Period—5, Toronto, O’Neill 4 (Stajan), 16:05. 6, Atlanta, Larsen 1, 17:37 (sh).

Ducks 6, Blues 5 (SO)

Anaheim12206
St. Louis12205

Anaheim won shootout 2-0

First Period—1, St. Louis, Backman 1 (Cajanek, Tkachuk), :31. 2, Anaheim, Moen 3 (O’Donnell, R.Niedermayer), 11:03. Second Period—3, Anaheim, Beauchemin 1 (Selanne, McDonald), 5:27. 4, Anaheim, Marchant 2 (Shannon, Penner), 13:43. 5, St. Louis, Stempniak 6 (McClement, Tkachuk), 14:43. 6, St. Louis, Wideman 1 (Weight), 16:16 (pp). Third Period—7, Anaheim, S.Niedermayer 4 (Pronger, Getzlaf), 2:51 (pp). 8, Anaheim, Penner 4 (Perry), 3:34 (pp). 9, St. Louis, Tkachuk 1 (Weight, Stempniak), 14:50 (pp). 10, St. Louis, Dvorak 4 (Cajanek, Rucinsky), 18:56. Overtime—None. Shootout—Anaheim 2 (Getzlaf G, Selanne G), St. Louis 0 (Stempniak NG, Tkachuk NG).

Capitals 4, Flames 2

Washington0224
Calgary0112

First Period—None. Second Period—1, Calgary, Huselius 2 (Iginla, Hamrlik), 6:50. 2, Washington, Zubrus 6 (Ovechkin, Zednik), 8:03 (pp). 3, Washington, Zednik 1 (Brashear, Gordon), 15:54. Third Period—4, Washington, Zednik 2 (Ovechkin, Morrisonn), 10:27. 5, Calgary, Iginla 6 (Lundmark), 12:10. 6, Washington, Zubrus 7 (Clark, Morrisonn), 19:41 (en).

Kings 4, Rangers 1

New York0101
Los Angeles2204

First period—1, Los Angeles, Sopel 3 (Kopitar, Frolov) 5:06. 2, Los Angeles, Sopel 4 (Conroy, Brown) 10:52 (ppg). Second period—3, Los Angeles, Frolov 4 (Conroy, Avery) 1:31. 4, New York, Shanahan 10 (Ward), Tyutin (4) 17:35. 5, Los Angeles, Avery 2 (Armstrong, Kostopoulos) 19:12. Third period—None.

WHL

EASTERN CONFERENCE

EastWLOTSOPtsGFGA
Brandon9602206657
Swift Current9800183946
Regina7800145147
Prince Albert6710134353
Saskatoon5801113746
Moose Jaw490083445
CentralWLOTSOPtsGFGA
Medicine Hat13400266745
Red Deer10321235342
Calgary10601215545
Kootenay9501195649
Lethbridge61211126683

WESTERN CONFERENCE

B.C.WLOTSOPtsGFGA
Vancouver15010316622
Kamloops9411205245
Prince George5702123145
Chilliwack51210114269
Kelowna41002102955
U.S.WLOTSOPtsGFGA
Everett10101214216
Tri-City10500204939
Seattle4405132837
Spokane5730134252
Portland6700124454

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

Monday’s Result

Calgary 4, Medicine Hat 2

Today’s Games

No Games Scheduled.

Wednesday’s Games

Tri-City at Chilliwack

Kootenay at Moose Jaw

Regina at Prince Albert

Brandon at Prince George

Vancouver at Red Deer

Everett at Saskatoon

Portland at Spokane, 7 p.m.

AUTO RACING

NASCAR Nextel Cup Leaders

Through Oct. 29

Points

1, Matt Kenseth, 6008. 2, Jimmie Johnson, 5982. 3, Denny Hamlin, 5943. 4, Dale Earnhardt Jr., 5924. 5, Jeff Burton, 5924. 6, Kevin Harvick, 5887. 7, Jeff Gordon, 5862. 8, Mark Martin, 5807. 9, Kasey Kahne, 5798. 10, Kyle Busch, 5759.

11, Tony Stewart, 4298. 12, Carl Edwards, 4013. 13, Greg Biffle, 3771. 14, Casey Mears, 3616. 15, Brian Vickers, 3589. 16, Kurt Busch, 3577. 17, Ryan Newman, 3475. 18, Clint Bowyer, 3475. 19, Bobby Labonte, 3330. 20, Scott Riggs, 3301.

Money

1, Jimmie Johnson, $8,212,710. 2, Tony Stewart,$6,523,020. 3, Matt Kenseth, $6,199,200. 4, Kasey Kahne, $5,763,850. 5, Kevin Harvick, $5,544,040. 6, Jeff Gordon, $5,531,440. 7, Dale Earnhardt Jr., $5,050,710. 8, Casey Mears, $5,042,810. 9, Ryan Newman, $5,006,420. 10, Jeff Burton, $4,685,550.

11, Jamie McMurray, $4,652,580. 12, Kurt Busch, $4,644,710. 13, Kyle Busch, $4,458,620. 14, Elliott Sadler, $4,337,370. 15, Bobby Labonte, $4,313,010. 16, Carl Edwards, $4,238,980. 17, Dale Jarrett, $4,162,420. 18, Greg Biffle, $4,083,490. 19, Denny Hamlin, $3,944,720. 20, J.J. Yeley, $3,994,620.

GOLF

College men Callaway Match Play Championship

At Fort Worth, Texas

Consolation Bracket

University of Washington results

UNLV def. Washington 3-2. Matt Kinsinger (UNLV) def. Alex Prugh (UW) 6 and 5. Blake Trimble (UNLV) Zach Bixler 3 and 1. Ryan Keeney (UNLV) def. Nick Taylor (UW) 3 and 2. Erik Olson (UW) def. C.J. Gatto (UNLV) 6 and 5. Chris Killmer (UW) def. Jarred Texter (UNLV) 2 and 1

VOLLEYBALL

High school Whitman County Tournament

Garfield-Palouse def. St. John-Endicott 25-20, 20-25, 25-21, 25-19 (loser out). Kills-Curtis (SJE) 5, Shoemaker (GP) 12. Assists-Simon (SJE) 8, Landle (GP)18. Aces-Stobbie (SJE) 2, Saunders (GP) 2. Digs-Stobbie (SJE) 4, Saunders (GP) 20. Blocks-McCanna (SJE) 6, Shoemaker (GP) 8.

Rosalia def. Colton 13-25, 25-19, 25-22, 25-20 (loser out). Kills-Hodges (Ros)16. Assists-Blakeley (Ros) 17. Aces-Gibbar(Ros) 3. Digs-Paulson (Ros) 8. Blocks-Gibbar (Ros) 4. Colton statistics unavailable.

Rosalia def. Garfield-Palouse 11-25, 25-22, 25-23, 25-14 (winner no. 4, loser no. 5 to districts). Kills-Gibbar (Ros) 10, Shoemaker (GP) 7. Assists-Kuhn (Ros) 13, Landle (GP) 12. Aces-Maley (Ros) 2, Shoemaker (GP) 1. Digs-Blakeley (Ros) 12, Shoemaker (GP) 12. Blocks-Hodges (Ros) 10, Shoemaker (GP) 4.

Sprague-Harrington def. LaCrosse-Washtucna 25-14, 25-16, 25-18 (loser no. 3 to districts). Kills-Rustameyer (S) 9, A.Koller (LW) 11. Assists-Deking (S) 27, K.Koller (LW) 8. Aces-Mielke (S) 2, Martin (LW) 2. Digs-Roberts (S) 8, Baumann (LW) 6. Blocks-Rustameyer (S) 7, A.Koller (LW) 5.

Sprague-Harrington def. Tekoa-Oakesdale 25-20, 25-23, 22-25, 12-25, 15-9 (winner no. 1, loser no. 2 to districts). Kills-Larmer (SH) 19, Puckett (TO) 17. Assists-Deking (SH) 45, Robinson (TO) 44. Aces-Miller (SH) 3, Robinson (TO) 2. Digs-Mielke (9), Barney (TO) 9. Blocks-Larmer (SH) 9, Graffis (TO) 4.

District 7 1B play-in

Almira/Coulee-Hartline def. Columbia 25-22, 25-27, 25-22, 17-25, 15-7 (winner to districts, loser out). Kills-Samantha Montgmery (C) 12, Andrea Edwards (ACH) 18. Assists-Lauri Erickson (C) 12, Megan Osborne (ACH) 22. Aces-Katie Lougheed (C) 3, Britany Domangue, Edwards (ACH) 4. Digs-Montgomery (C) 6, Edwards (ACH) 17, Blocks-Montgomery (C) 3, Edwards (ACH) 5.

MOVES

BASEBALL

American League

BOSTON RED SOX—Exercised the 2007 contract option on RHP Tim Wakefield.

CHICAGO WHITE SOX—Exercised 2007 contract options on LHP Mark Buehrle, OF Jermaine Dye and 2B Tadahito Iguchi. Declined the 2007 contract option on RHP Dustin Hermanson.

National League

SAN DIEGO PADRES—Exercised the 2007 contract options on OF Mike Cameron and INF-OF Russell Branyan. Declined the 2007 contract options on C Mike Piazza and 1B-OF Ryan Klesko.

BASKETBALL

National Basketball Association

CHARLOTTE BOBCATS—Released G Kevin Burleson.

CHICAGO BULLS—Waived C Luke Schenscher.

HOUSTON ROCKETS—Promoted Tad Brown from senior vice president to chief executive officer.

INDIANA PACERS—Released G-F James White and C John Edwards.

LOS ANGELES LAKERS—Waived G Devin Green.

MEMPHIS GRIZZLIES—Exercised the third-year contract option on F Hakim Warrick.

NEW JERSEY NETS—Waived F Darvin Ham.

NEW ORLEANS HORNETS—Signed F David West to a multiyear contract extension.

NEW YORK KNICKS—Waived G-F Jalen Rose.

SEATTLE SUPERSONICS—Signed G Luke Ridnour to a multiyear contract extension.

WASHINGTON WIZARDS—Waived F Mike Hall.

NBA Development League

LOS ANGELES D-FENDERS—Named Chucky Brown assistant coach.

American Basketball Association

ABA—Announced the South Georgia 36’ers will not play this season.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

DETROIT LIONS—Waived WR Az-Zahir Hakim.

NEW YORK GIANTS—Signed LB Chris Claiborne.

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

PHOENIX COYOTES—Assigned D Keith Yandle to San Antonio of the AHL.

PITTSBURGH PENGUINS—Recalled D Eric Cairns from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL.

FISH COUNTS

The upstream movement of Chinook, steelhead and shad at Columbia and Snake River Dams on Sunday, 10/29 and year-to-date totals:

SiteChinookStlheadShad
Bonneville1701460
Year totals487,593330,6353,965,254
The Dalles982480
Year totals311,932235,9334,611,592
John DayNCNCN/A
Year totals259,118215,116N/A
McNaryNCNCNC
Year totals196,705181,2371,182,214
Priest RapidsNCNCNC
Year totals83,36410,331281
WellsNCNCNC
Year totals32,8896,313N/A
Ice HarborNCNCNC
Year totals44,077122,437213,229
L.MonumentalNCNCN/C
Year totals44,551129,929N/A
Little GooseNCNCN/A
Year totals38,172119,210N/A
Lower GraniteNCNCNC
Year totals37,479123,2127,923

Today’s odds

America’s Line

CIRCULAR REPORT: On the college football board, the Alabama-Mississippi St is for Alabama QB John Wilson (questionable); Florida St.-Virginia for Florida State QB Drew Weatherford (questionable); Arizona-Washington St circle is for Arizona QB Willie Tuitama (questionable); New Mexico St-San Jose St for New Mexico State QB Chase Holbrook (questionable).

NO LINE REPORT: The no line games are for teams that played last night.

INJURY REPORT: On the college football board, Iowa QB Drew Tate is probable; Tennessee QB Erik Ainge is probable. On the NBA board, Los Angeles guard Kobe Bryant is probable.

NBA

FavoritePtsUnderdog
HEAT6.5Bulls
Suns3.5LAKERS

NFL

FavoriteOpCurO/UUnderdog
Sunday
RAMS32.548Chiefs
RAVENS3340.5Bengals
GIANTS131342.5Texans
JAGUARS9937Titans
Cowboys3343REDSKINS
BILLS3339.5Packers
Saints1138.5BUCS
Falcons5.5547LIONS
BEARS13.513.538.5Dolphins
VikingsNLNLNL49ERS
CHARGERS12.512.541Browns
STEELERS22.537Broncos
PATRIOTSNLNLNLColts
Monday
SEAHAWKS7.5838.5Raiders

Bye week: Cards, Panthers, Jets, Eagles.

College Football

FavoriteOpCurUnderdog
Tuesday
SMU44.5Ala-Birm
Wednesday
BOISE ST26.526Fresno St
Thursday
LOUISVILLE21.5W Virginia
Friday
Air Force77ARMY
Saturday
MICHIGAN 33.5 33.5 Ball St
IOWA 17 20 Northwestern
Boston Coll 4 4 WAKE FOREST
MICHIGAN ST 1.5 2 Purdue
Pittsburgh 5.5 5.5 S FLORIDA
Kansas 1 1 IOWA ST
MINNESOTA 4.5 5.5 Indiana
Ga Tech 6 6 NC STATE
CLEMSON 16 16 Maryland
Florida 14.5 14.5 VANDERBILT
Ohio St 27 26.5 ILLINOIS
C Michigan 17.5 18.5 TEMPLE
Navy 11 11 DUKE
Ohio U 6.5 6.5 E MICHIGAN
Kent St 14.5 14 BUFFALO
Georgia 6.5 6.5 KENTUCKY
AKRON 8.5 8.5 Bowling Green
ALABAMA 14 14* Miss St
Oklahoma 3 2.5 TEXAS A&M
TEXAS TECH 16.5 17.5 Baylor
NOTRE DAME 28.5 28 N Carolina
Tcu 21 20.5 UNLV
Hawaii 27.5 28 UTAH ST
WYOMING 15.5 15.5 San Diego St
W MICHIGAN 11.5 11 Miami-Ohio
Usc 29 29 STANFORD
OREGON 13 13.5 Washington
Lsu 1 2 TENNESSEE
Arkansas 2 2.5 S CAROLINA
FLORIDA ST 11 12* Virginia
COLORADO 4 4 Kansas St
Tulsa 4.5 4 HOUSTON
E Carolina 6.5 6 C FLORIDA
Nev-Reno 11 10 IDAHO
WASH ST 14.5 16* Arizona
Byu 14 15 COLORADO ST
NEBRASKA 6 6 Missouri
TEXAS 16.5 17 Oklahoma St
WISCONSIN 7 7 Penn St
Va Tech 2 2 MIAMI-FLA
MARSHALL 5.5 4.5 Tulane
CALIFORNIA 17 17 Ucla
San Jose St 7 7* NEW MEX ST
TEX-EL PASO 8.5 8.5 Rice
OREGON ST 3 3 .5 Arizona St
AUBURN3131Arkansas St
MID TENN ST1413Fla Atlantic
UL-Lafayette1.51TROY
NORTH TEXAS2.52La Tech
Sunday
So Miss7.57.5MEMPHIS

Home team in capital letters.