SCOREBOARD
Area events
Thursday
Boys basketball
Aitkin at Duluth Marshall 7:30 p.m.
Lake Region Christian at Faith Baptist (Iowa) tournament
Eden Valley-Watkins at Pierz 7:30 p.m.
Pine River-Backus at Frazee 7:30 p.m.
Girls basketball
Brainerd at St. Cloud Tech 7:30 p.m.
Mora at Aitkin 7:30 p.m.
Lake Region Christian at Faith Baptist (Iowa) tournament
Alexandria at Little Falls 7:30 p.m.
Hibbing at Pequot Lakes 7:15 p.m.
Pillager at Sebeka 7:30 p.m.
Staples-Motley vs. West Central at Barrett 7:30 p.m.
Boys hockey
Willmar at Brainerd 7 p.m.
Sauk Rapids at Little Falls 7 p.m.
Crookston at Wadena-Deer Creek 7 p.m.
Girls hockey
Brainerd/Little Falls at Willmar 7 p.m.
Wadena-Deer Creek at Litchfield 7 p.m.
Gymnastics
Little Falls at Sauk Rapids-Rice 6 p.m.
Boys swimming and diving
Brainerd at Sauk Rapids 6 p.m.
Nordic skiing
Little Falls, Brainerd in Central Lakes Conference Championship at Northland Arboretum, Brainerd, 2 p.m.
Wrestling
Willmar at Brainerd 7:30 p.m.
Pierz, Howard Lake-Waverly-Winsted in Belgrade-Brooten-Elrosa triangular at Belgrade 5 p.m.
Staples-Motley at Parkers Prairie triangular 5 p.m.
Bertha-Hewitt/Verndale at Alexandria triangular 5 p.m.
Park Rapids at Wadena-Deer Creek 7:30 p.m.
adapted floor hockey
Brainerd at Mounds View 4:30 p.m.
TV and radio
Radio guide
WYRQ-FM (92.1), KBLB-FM (93.3), KFML-FM (94.1), KKIN-FM (94.3), KSKK-FM (94.7), 3WI-FM (95.9), KFGI-FM (101.5), KUAL-FM (103.5), KLKS-FM (104.3)
WCCO-AM (830), KWAD-AM (920), KKIN-AM (930), KLTF-AM (960), KVKK-AM (1070), 3WI-AM (1270), KVBR-AM (1340), KLIZ-AM (1380), KNSP-AM (1430)
Thursday
EXTREME SPORTS
11 a.m., ESPN2: Winter X Games
8 p.m., ESPN: Winter X Games
1 a.m., ESPN2: Winter X Games
GOLF
8:30 a.m., TGC: European PGA Tour, Qatar Masters, first round
2 p.m., TGC: PGA Tour, Farmers Insurance Open, first round
MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
6 p.m., ESPN: Wisconsin at Purdue
6 p.m., ESPN2: Seton Hall at South Florida
8 p.m., ESPN2: Mississippi St. at Arkansas
9:30 p.m., FSN: UCLA at Oregon
10 p.m., ESPN2: Gonzaga at Santa Clara
NBA BASKETBALL
7 p.m., TNT: Boston at Orlando
9:30 p.m., TNT: Dallas at Phoenix
TENNIS
2 p.m., ESPN2: Australian Open, men's semifinal
2:30 a.m., ESPN2: Australian Open, men's semifinal
NHL HOCKEY
8 p.m., FSN, KUAL-FM: Wild at Colorado
WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL
6:30 p.m., BTN: Minnesota at Ohio State
Basketball
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
Boston 29 13 .690 -
Toronto 24 22 .522 7
New York 18 26 .409 12
Philadelphia 15 30 .333 15 1/2
New Jersey 4 40 .091 26
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Atlanta 29 15 .659 -
Orlando 29 16 .644 1/2
Miami 23 22 .511 6 1/2
Charlotte 22 22 .500 7
Washington 14 30 .318 15
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Cleveland 36 11 .766 -
Chicago 22 22 .500 12 1/2
Milwaukee 19 25 .432 15 1/2
Indiana 16 30 .348 19 1/2
Detroit 15 29 .341 19 1/2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
Dallas 30 15 .667 -
San Antonio 26 18 .591 3 1/2
Memphis 25 19 .568 4 1/2
New Orleans 24 20 .545 5 1/2
Houston 24 21 .533 6
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Denver 31 14 .689 -
Utah 26 18 .591 4 1/2
Portland 27 19 .587 4 1/2
Oklahoma City 24 21 .533 7
Minnesota 9 38 .191 23
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
L.A. Lakers 35 11 .761 -
Phoenix 26 21 .553 9 1/2
L.A. Clippers 20 25 .444 14 1/2
Sacramento 16 28 .364 18
Golden State 13 30 .302 20 1/2
Tuesday's Games
L.A. Lakers 115, Washington 103
New York 132, Minnesota 105
Dallas 108, Milwaukee 107
Charlotte 114, Phoenix 109, OT
Sacramento 99, Golden State 96
Wednesday's Games
L.A. Lakers 118, Indiana 96
Cleveland 109, Minnesota 95
Toronto 111, Miami 103
Memphis 99, Detroit 93
New Jersey 103, L.A. Clippers 87
Milwaukee 91, Philadelphia 88
Chicago 96, Oklahoma City 86
Denver 97, Houston 92
San Antonio 105, Atlanta 90
Utah at Portland
New Orleans at Golden State
Thursday's Games
Toronto at New York, 6:30 p.m.
Boston at Orlando, 7 p.m.
Dallas at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m.
College
MIDWEST
Adrian 58, Albion 50
Akron 79, W. Michigan 70
Aurora 80, Wis. Lutheran 75
Bethel, Minn. 80, Macalester 62
Bowling Green 64, E. Michigan 61
Calvin 73, Alma 59
Carleton 65, Concordia, Moor. 42
Concordia, Mich. 80, Madonna 74
Creighton 73, Bradley 68
Davenport 61, Cornerstone 60
Defiance 91, Anderson, Ind. 75
Denison 81, Kenyon 66
Hamline 68, St. Olaf 65
Hope 78, Trine 60
Kalamazoo 63, Olivet 57
Marian, Wis. 72, Edgewood 65, OT
Milwaukee Engineering 67, Benedictine,Ill. 55
Missouri St. 76, Evansville 66
Monmouth, Ill. 82, Grinnell 80
N. Iowa 67, Drake 51
Ohio 99, N. Illinois 84
Ohio St. 65, Iowa 57
Ohio Wesleyan 73, Wabash 67
Ripon 87, Lawrence 75
Siena Heights 86, Mich.-Dearborn 68
St. Mary's, Minn. 78, Gustavus 75
St. Norbert 76, Carroll, Wis. 58
Wheaton, Ill. 50, Millikin 45
Wichita St. 74, Illinois St. 66
Wis.-La Crosse 85, Wis.-Stout 75
Wis.-Oshkosh 74, Wis.-Eau Claire 61
Wis.-Superior 87, Wis.-River Falls 72
Wis.-Whitewater 61, Wis.-Stevens Pt. 58
Youngstown St. 70, N.C. Central 57
Big Ten Conference
Conference AllGames
W L Pct. W L Pct.
Michigan St. 8 0 1.000 18 3 .857
Wisconsin 6 2 .750 16 4 .800
Purdue 4 3 .571 16 3 .842
Ohio St. 4 3 .571 14 6 .700
Illinois 4 3 .571 12 8 .600
Minnesota 4 4 .500 13 7 .650
Indiana 3 4 .429 9 10 .474
Northwestern 3 5 .375 14 6 .700
Michigan 3 5 .375 10 10 .500
Iowa 2 5 .286 8 12 .400
Penn St. 0 7 .000 8 11 .421
Boys' prep rankings
Minnesota Basketball News
Class 4A
1. Eden Prairie (15-0)
2. Hopkins (13-2)
3. Cretin-Derham Hall (13-2)
4. Robbinsdale Cooper (13-1)
5. Anoka (13-2)
6. Apple Valley (12-3)
7. Tartan (11-3)
8. Champlin Park (11-4)
9. Osseo (12-3)
10. Stillwater (13-3)
Class 3A
1. St. Paul Johnson (15-0)
2. Benilde-St. Margaret's (12-2)
3. Winona (15-1)
4. Rocori (13-2)
5. Orono (12-3)
6. Grand Rapids (12-2)
7. De La Salle (7-2)
8. Hutchinson (13-1)
9. Waconia (13-3)
10. St. Paul Central (10-4)
Class 2A
1. New London-Spicer (15-1)
2. Morris (12-0)
3. Plainview-Elgin-Millville (15-2)
4. Crosby-Ironton (14-1)
5. La Crescent (14-1)
6. Waterville-Elysian-Morristown (15-0)
7. Albany (11-1)
8. Byron (13-2)
9. Blue Earth (11-2)
10. Mayer Lutheran (14-1)
Class 1A
1. MACCRAY (13-0)
2. Minnesota Transitions (13-3)
3. Sebeka (13-1)
4. Ada-Borup (14-0)
5. Park Christian (Moorhead) (14-1)
6. Ellsworth (11-2)
7. Maranatha (13-2)
8. Upsala (11-1)
9. Cass Lake-Bena (11-2)
10. Bertha-Hewitt (12-2)
Girls' prep rankings
Class 4A
1. Lakeville North (17-0)
2. Edina (16-0)
3. White Bear Lake (16-2)
4. Maple Grove (15-2)
5. Prior Lake (12-5)
6. Bloomington Kennedy (14-3)
7. Chaska (13-3)
8. Hopkins (10-6)
9. Eastview (12-5)
10. Eden Prairie (12-5)
Class 3A
1. DeLaSalle (17-0)
2. Benilde-St. Margaret's (15-1)
3. Bemidji (14-1)
4. Worthington (11-1)
5. Willmar (13-2)
6. Alexandria (11-3)
7. New Prague (10-7)
8. Hill-Murray (10-5)
9. Red Wing (13-3)
10. Minneapolis North (8-7)
Class 2A
1. Sauk Centre (17-0)
2. Caledonia (19-1)
3. New London-Spicer (14-2)
4. St. Croix Lutheran (15-0)
5. Hawley (14-0)
6. Chatfield (15-1)
7. Rochester Lourdes (14-2)
8. Pipestone (7-2)
9. Minneapolis Roosevelt (10-9)
10. Stewartville (14-3)
Class 1A
1. Cedar Mountain-Comfrey (13-0)
2. Barnum (14-2)
3. Parkers Prairie (12-1)
4. Bigfork (15-1)
5. Northern (14-0)
6. Bertha-Hewitt (13-1)
7. Canby (14-1)
8. New York Mills (13-0)
9. Marantha (14-4)
10. Spring Grove (13-4)
Hockey
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
New Jersey 52 34 16 2 70 139 115
Pittsburgh 54 33 20 1 67 172 152
Philadelphia 51 26 22 3 55 155 144
N.Y. Rangers 54 24 23 7 55 138 150
N.Y. Islanders 53 23 22 8 54 141 164
Northeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Buffalo 52 31 14 7 69 147 126
Ottawa 54 29 21 4 62 150 154
Montreal 55 25 25 5 55 141 149
Boston 51 23 20 8 54 127 131
Toronto 54 17 27 10 44 142 187
Southeast Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Washington 53 35 12 6 76 207 146
Florida 53 23 21 9 55 146 154
Atlanta 52 23 21 8 54 158 167
Tampa Bay 52 22 20 10 54 135 157
Carolina 52 17 28 7 41 137 173
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Chicago 53 36 13 4 76 174 122
Nashville 52 29 20 3 61 145 145
Detroit 53 25 19 9 59 137 143
St. Louis 52 23 21 8 54 137 146
Columbus 55 21 25 9 51 145 182
Northwest Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
Vancouver 52 32 18 2 66 170 127
Colorado 51 30 15 6 66 153 136
Calgary 53 26 20 7 59 135 138
Minnesota 53 26 23 4 56 150 158
Edmonton 51 16 29 6 38 135 176
Pacific Division
GP W L OT Pts GF GA
San Jose 53 35 10 8 78 179 128
Phoenix 53 30 18 5 65 144 139
Los Angeles 52 30 19 3 63 156 146
Dallas 53 23 19 11 57 152 171
Anaheim 54 24 23 7 55 150 171
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.
Tuesday's Games
Los Angeles 5, Toronto 3
Washington 7, N.Y. Islanders 2
Atlanta 2, Anaheim 1
Columbus 3, Nashville 2
Phoenix 5, Detroit 4, OT
Ottawa 3, New Jersey 0
Florida 2, Montreal 1
Chicago 4, Edmonton 2
Wednesday's Games
Buffalo 2, New Jersey 1, SO
Dallas 4, Calgary 3, SO
Carolina 5, N.Y. Rangers 1
Washington 5, Anaheim 1
Tampa Bay 3, Montreal 0
Minnesota 5, Detroit 2
St. Louis at Vancouver
Thursday's Games
Atlanta at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.
N.Y. Islanders at Carolina, 6 p.m.
Los Angeles at Columbus, 6 p.m.
Minnesota at Colorado, 8 p.m.
Calgary at Phoenix, 8 p.m.
St. Louis at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m.
Chicago at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.
Boys' prep rankings
Let's Play Hockey
Class 2A
1. Minnetonka (10)
2. Hill-Murray
3. Wayzata
4. Blaine
5. Eden Prairie
6. Eagan
7. Edina
8. Bloomington Jefferson
9. Benilde-St. Margaret's
10. Centennial
11. Elk River
12. Duluth East
13. Holy Angels
14. Osseo
15. Roseau
Class 1A
1. Breck (6)
2. St. Thomas Academy (4)
3. Hermantown
4. Warroad
5. Mahtomedi
6. Thief River Falls
7. Virginia/Mt. Iron-Buhl
8. Blake
9. Faribault
10. South St. Paul
11. St. Cloud Cathedral
12. Alexandria
13. Spring Lake Park
14. Hibbing/Chisholm
15. Rochester Lourdes
Girls' prep rankings
Class 2A
1. Roseville (6)
2. Minnetonka (4)
3. Edina
4. Irondale
5. Elk River/Zimmerman
6. Hopkins
7. Benilde-St. Margaret's
8. Stillwater
9. Roseau
10. Hill-Murray
11. White Bear Lake
12. Bemidji
13. Lakeville South
14. Eden Prairie
15. Burnsville
Class 1A
1. Warroad (10)
2. Breck
3. Blake
4. Crookston
5. Mound-Westonka
6. South St. Paul
7. Red Wing
8. East Grand Forks
9. Totino-Grace
10. Rogers
11. Visitation/SPA United
12. Eveleth-Gilbert
13. Orono
14. Simley
15. Faribault
Transactions
BASEBALL
American League
BALTIMORE ORIOLES-Designated RHP Dennis Sarfate for assignment.
DETROIT TIGERS-Agreed to terms with RHP Jay Sborz, LHP Phil Coke, INF Audy Ciriaco, INF Scott Sizemore, INF Ryan Strieby, OF Austin Jackson and OF Casper Wells on one-year contracts.
National League
CHICAGO CUBS-Agreed to terms with LHP Sean Marshall on a one-year contract and INF Chad Tracy on a minor league contract.
CINCINNATI REDS-Agreed to terms with INF Miguel Cairo on a minor league contract.
COLORADO ROCKIES-Agreed to terms with RHP Huston Street on a three-year contract and RHP Tim Redding on a minor league contract.
MILWAUKEE BREWERS-Claimed INF Joe Inglett off waivers from Texas. Designated RHP Chris Smith for assignment.
PITTSBURGH PIRATES-Assigned RHP Anthony Claggett and RHP Steven Jackson outright to Indianapolis (IL).
FOOTBALL
National Football League
BUFFALO BILLS-Named Curtis Modkins offensive coordinator/running backs coach, Bob Bicknell tight ends coach, Joe D'Alessandris offensive line coach, Giff Smith defensive assistant and Kevin Patullo offensive quality control.
CLEVELAND BROWNS-Named Mark Schiefelbein as vice president football operations and Kent Johnston head strength and conditioning coach.
Baseball
Remaining free agents
NEW YORK (AP) - The 85 remaining free agents:
AMERICAN LEAGUE
BALTIMORE (3) - Mark Hendrickson, lhp; Chad Moeller; c; Melvin Mora, 3b.
BOSTON (2) - Rocco Baldelli, of; Paul Byrd, rhp.
CHICAGO (1) - Jermaine Dye, of.
CLEVELAND (1) - Tomo Ohka, rhp.
DETROIT (1) - Jarrod Washburn, lhp.
KANSAS CITY (2) - Bruce Chen, lhp; Jamey Wright, rhp.
LOS ANGELES (1) - Robb Quinlan, of.
MINNESOTA (3) - Orlando Cabrera, ss; Joe Crede, 3b; Ron Mahay, lhp.
NEW YORK (3) - Johnny Damon, of; Jose Molina, c; Xavier Nady, of.
OAKLAND (3) - Nomar Garciaparra, dh; Adam Kennedy, 3b; Brett Tomko, rhp.
SEATTLE (5) - Miguel Batista, rhp; Erik Bedard, lhp; Russell Branyan, 1b; Endy Chavez, of; Mike Sweeney, dh.
TAMPA BAY (5) - Chad Bradford, rhp; Jason Isringhausen, rhp; Troy Percival, rhp; Brian Shouse, lhp; Russ Springer, rhp.
TEXAS (2) - Joaquin Benoit, rhp; Hank Blalock, 1b.
TORONTO (2) - Rod Barajas, c; Kevin Millar, 1b.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
ARIZONA (1) - Scott Schoeneweis, lhp.
ATLANTA (2) - Garret Anderson, of; Greg Norton, 1b.
CHICAGO (3) - Chad Fox, rhp; Kevin Gregg, rhp; Reed Johnson, of.
CINCINNATI (1) - Kip Wells, rhp.
COLORADO (8) - Joe Beimel, lhp; Jose Contreras, rhp; Alan Embree, lhp; Josh Fogg, rhp; Jason Giambi, 1b; Matt Herges, rhp; Juan Rincon, rhp; Yorvit Torrealba, c.
FLORIDA (1) - Kiko Calero, rhp.
HOUSTON (4) - Aaron Boone, 1b; Doug Brocail, rhp; Darin Erstad, of; Mike Hampton, lhp.
LOS ANGELES (7) - Orlando Hudson, 2b; Mark Loretta, 3b; Guillermo Mota, rhp; Eric Milton, lhp; Will Ohman, lhp; Jason Schmidt, rhp; Jeff Weaver, rhp.
MILWAUKEE (5) - Frank Catalanotto, of; Braden Looper, rhp; Felipe Lopez, 2b; Corey Patterson, of; David Weathers, rhp.
NEW YORK (4) - Carlos Delgado, 1b; Ramon Martinez, ss; Gary Sheffield, of; Fernando Tatis, 1b.
PHILADELPHIA (4) - Paul Bako, c; Scott Eyre, lhp; Pedro Martinez, rhp; Chan Ho Park, rhp.
ST. LOUIS (2) - John Smoltz, rhp; Todd Wellemeyer, rhp.
SAN DIEGO (1) - Brian Giles, of.
SAN FRANCISCO (3) - Rich Aurilia, 1b; Randy Johnson, lhp; Randy Winn, of.
WASHINGTON (5) - Josh Bard, c; Livan Hernandez, rhp; Austin Kearns, of; Ron Villone, lhp; Dmitri Young, 1b.