Scoreboard
Football
NFL
AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
y-N. England 9 5 0 .643 322 289
Miami 8 7 0 .533 290 291
Buffalo 5 10 0 .333 245 337
N.Y. Jets 3 11 0 .214 189 298
South
W L T Pct PF PA
x-Indy 13 2 0 .867 422 234
z-Jax 11 4 0 .733 321 256
Tennessee 4 11 0 .267 286 381
Houston 2 13 0 .133 243 411
North
W L T Pct PF PA
y-Cincinnati 11 4 0 .733 418 313
Pittsburgh 10 5 0 .667 354 237
Baltimore 6 9 0 .400 249 279
Cleveland 5 10 0 .333 212 285
West
W L T Pct PF PA
y-Denver 12 3 0 .800 372 251
Kansas City 9 6 0 .600 366 322
San Diego 9 6 0 .600 411 289
Oakland 4 11 0 .267 269 353
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA
xx-N.Y. Giants 10 5 0 .667 392 293
Washington 9 6 0 .600 328 273
Dallas 9 6 0 .600 315 288
Philadelphia 6 9 0 .400 290 357
South
W L T Pct PF PA
Tampa Bay 10 5 0 .667 273 261
Carolina 10 5 0 .667 347 248
Atlanta 8 7 0 .533 340 297
N. Orleans 3 12 0 .200 222 371
North
W L T Pct PF PA
y-Chicago 11 4 0 .733 250 168
Minnesota 8 7 0 .533 272 334
Detroit 5 10 0 .333 233 310
Green Bay 3 12 0 .200 275 327
West
W L T Pct PF PA
x-Seattle 13 2 0 .867 435 248
Arizona 5 10 0 .333 298 370
St. Louis 5 10 0 .333 343 419
S. Francisco 3 12 0 .200 219 411
x-clinched conference
y-clinched division
z-clinched wild card
xx-clinched playoff spot
Saturday's Games
Miami 24, Tennessee 10
Detroit 13, New Orleans 12
Washington 35, N.Y. Giants 20
Buffalo 37, Cincinnati 27
Dallas 24, Carolina 20
Jacksonville 38, Houston 20
San Francisco 24, St. Louis 20
Kansas City 20, San Diego 7
Tampa Bay 27, Atlanta 24, OT
Pittsburgh 41, Cleveland 0
Arizona 27, Philadelphia 21
Seattle 28, Indianapolis 13
Denver 22, Oakland 3
Sunday's Games
Chicago 24, Green Bay 17
Baltimore 30, Minnesota 23
Monday's Game
New England at N.Y. Jets, 8 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 31
Denver at San Diego, 3:30 p.m.
N.Y. Giants at Oakland, 7 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 1
Buffalo at N.Y. Jets, noon
Carolina at Atlanta, noon
Detroit at Pittsburgh, noon
Arizona at Indianapolis, noon
Seattle at Green Bay, noon
Miami at New England, noon
Cincinnati at Kansas City, noon
Baltimore at Cleveland, noon
New Orleans at Tampa Bay, noon
Houston at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.
Tennessee at Jacksonville, 3:05 p.m.
Chicago at Minnesota, 3:15 p.m.
Washington at Philadelphia, 3:15 p.m.
St. Louis at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.
End Regular Season
Playoff Scenarios
FOR WEEK 17
AFC EAST
New England has clinched division title.
AFC NORTH
Cincinnati has clinched division title.
Pittsburgh can clinch wild-card berth with:
1) A win or tie.
2) A Kansas City loss or tie.
3) A San Diego win.
AFC SOUTH
Indianapolis has the clinched division title and homefield advantage throughout the playoffs.
Jacksonville has clinched wild-card berth.
AFC WEST
Denver has clinched division title and first-round bye.
Kansas City can clinch wild-card berth with:
1) A win, a Pittsburgh loss and a San Diego loss or tie.
NFC EAST
New York Giants have clinched playoff berth.
New York Giants can clinch division title with:
1) A win or tie.
2) A Washington loss or tie.
Dallas can clinch wild-card berth with:
1) A win and a Washington loss or tie.
2) A win and a Carolina loss.
3) A win, Tampa Bay loss and N.Y. Giants loss (N.Y. Giants and Dallas clinch strength of victory tiebreaker over Tampa Bay)
4) A tie and Washington loss.
Washington can clinch division title with:
1) A win and N.Y. Giants loss.
Washington can clinch playoff berth with:
1) A win or a Dallas loss.
2) A tie and a Dallas tie.
NFC NORTH
Chicago has clinched division and first-round bye.
NFC SOUTH
Carolina can clinch division with:
1) A win and a Tampa Bay loss or tie.
2) A tie and a Tampa Bay loss.
Carolina can clinch playoff berth with:
1) A win or tie.
2) Dallas loss or tie.
3) Washington loss or tie.
Tampa Bay can clinch division title with:
1) A win or a Carolina loss.
2) A tie and a Carolina tie.
Tampa Bay can clinch playoff berth with:
1) A tie.
2) Dallas loss or tie.
3) Washington loss or tie.
4) N.Y. Giants win or tie.
5) Tampa Bay clinches strength of victory tiebreaker over Dallas or N.Y. Giants.
NFC WEST
Seattle has clinched division title, a first-round bye and homefield advantage throughout the playoffs.
Arizona, Atlanta, Baltimore, Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Green Bay, Houston, Miami, Minnesota, New Orleans, N.Y. Jets, Oakland, Philadelphia, St. Louis, San Diego, San Francisco and Tennessee have been eliminated from playoff contention.
College
Tuesday, Dec. 20
New Orleans Bowl
At Lafayette, La.
Payout: $750,000
Southern Miss 31, Arkansas State 19
Wednesday, Dec. 21
GMAC Bowl
Mobile, Ala.
Payout: $750,000
Toledo 45, UTEP 13
Thursday, Dec. 22
Las Vegas Bowl
Payout: $750,000
California 35, BYU 28
Poinsettia Bowl
At San Diego
Payout: $750,000
Navy 51, Colorado State 30
Friday, Dec. 23
Fort Worth (Texas) Bowl
Payout: $750,000
Kansas 42, Houston 13
Saturday, Dec. 24
Hawaii Bowl
At Honolulu
Payout: $750,000
Nevada 49, UCF 48
Monday, Dec. 26
Motor City Bowl
At Detroit
Payout: $750,000
Memphis 38, Akron 31
Tuesday, Dec. 27
Champs Sports Bowl
At Orlando, Fla.
Payout: $862,500
Clemson 19. Colorado 10
Insight Bowl
At Phoenix
Payout: $750,000
Arizona State (6-5) vs. Rutgers (7-4), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Wednesday, Dec. 28
MPC Computers Bowl
At Boise, Idaho
Payout: $750,000
Boise State (9-3) vs. Boston College (8-3), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Alamo Bowl
At San Antonio
Payout: $1.65 million
Michigan (7-4) vs. Nebraska (7-4), 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Thursday, Dec. 29
Emerald Bowl
At San Francisco
Payout: $750,000
Utah (6-5) vs. Georgia Tech (7-4), 3:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Holiday Bowl
At San Diego
Payout: $2 million
Oregon (10-1) vs. Oklahoma (7-4), 7 p.m. (ESPN)
Friday, Dec. 30
Music City Bowl
At Nashville, Tenn.
Payout: $780,000
Virginia (6-5) vs. Minnesota (7-4), 11 a.m. (ESPN)
Sun Bowl
At El Paso, Texas
Payout: $1,575,000
Northwestern (7-4) vs. UCLA (9-2), 1 p.m. (CBS)
Independence Bowl
At Shreveport, La.
Payout: $1.2 million
Missouri (6-5) vs. South Carolina (7-4), 2:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Peach Bowl
At Atlanta
Payout: $2.35 million
Miami (9-2) vs. LSU (10-2), 6:30 p.m. (ESPN)
Saturday, Dec. 31
Meineke Bowl
At Charlotte, N.C.
Payout: $750,000
South Florida (6-5) vs. North Carolina State (6-5), 10 a.m. (ESPN2)
Liberty Bowl
At Memphis, Tenn.
Payout: $1.5 million
Fresno State (8-4) vs. Tulsa (8-4), noon (ESPN)
Houston Bowl
Payout: $1.2 million
TCU (10-1) vs. Iowa State (7-4), 1:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
Monday, Jan. 2
Cotton Bowl
At Dallas
Payout: $2.5 million
Alabama (9-2) vs. Texas Tech (9-2), 10 a.m. (FOX)
Outback Bowl
At Tampa, Fla.
Payout: $2.85 million
Iowa (7-4) vs. Florida (8-3), 10 a.m. (ESPN)
Gator Bowl
At Jacksonville, Fla.
Payout: $1.6 million
Virginia Tech (10-2) vs. Louisville (9-2), 11:30 a.m. (NBC)
Capital One Bowl
At Orlando, Fla.
Payout: $5.312 million
Wisconsin (9-3) vs. Auburn (9-2), noon (ABC)
Fiesta Bowl
At Tempe, Ariz.
Payout: $14-17 million
Ohio State (9-2) vs. Notre Dame (9-2), 4 p.m. (ABC)
Sugar Bowl
At Atlanta
Payout: $14-17 million
Georgia (10-2) vs. West Virginia (10-1), 7:30 p.m. (ABC)
Tuesday, Jan. 3
Orange Bowl
At Miami
Payout: $14-17 million
Penn State (10-1) vs. Florida State (8-4), 7 p.m. (ABC)
Wednesday, Jan. 4
Rose Bowl
At Pasadena, Calif.
Payout: $14,998,000
Texas (12-0) vs. Southern Cal (12-0), 7 p.m. (ABC)
Saturday, Jan. 14
Las Vegas All-American Classic
8:30 p.m. (CSTV)
Saturday, Jan. 21
East-West Shrine Classic
At San Antonio
3 p.m. (ESPN2)
Hula Bowl
At Honolulu
6 p.m. (ESPN2)
Saturday, Jan. 28
Senior Bowl
At Mobile, Ala.
3 p.m. (ESPN)
Hockey
NHL
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Philadelphia 22 8 5 49 131 110
N.Y. Rangers 21 12 4 46 113 95
N.Y. Islanders 17 16 2 36 116 127
New Jersey 15 16 5 35 100 113
Pittsburgh 8 19 8 24 94 140
Northeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Ottawa 25 6 3 53 148 75
Buffalo 25 11 1 51 123 113
Toronto 20 14 3 43 121 119
Montreal 17 11 6 40 97 109
Boston 13 17 6 32 105 118
Southeast Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Carolina 23 9 3 49 130 112
Tampa Bay 19 15 3 41 116 119
Atlanta 16 16 5 37 128 132
Florida 13 20 5 31 98 122
Washington 12 19 3 27 99 133
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Central Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Detroit 25 9 3 53 140 98
Nashville 23 7 3 49 109 92
Chicago 13 18 4 30 98 126
Columbus 10 25 1 21 76 132
St. Louis 8 21 4 20 90 133
Northwest Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Calgary 21 11 4 46 92 89
Edmonton 21 12 4 46 123 115
Vancouver 20 11 5 45 122 113
Colorado 19 15 3 41 139 125
Minnesota 16 16 4 36 101 89
Pacific Division
W L OT Pts GF GA
Dallas 23 11 1 47 119 96
Los Angeles 23 14 1 47 131 110
Phoenix 18 17 2 38 104 103
Anaheim 16 14 6 38 103 101
San Jose 15 15 5 35 105 112
Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss or shootout loss.
Monday's Games
Buffalo 6, N.Y. Islanders 3
Atlanta 4, Montreal 0
Columbus 4, Chicago 3, OT
Philadelphia 3, Florida 2, SO
Ottawa 6, N.Y. Rangers 2
Toronto 2, New Jersey 1
Tampa Bay 5, Carolina 4, OT
Dallas 6, St. Louis 1
Colorado 7, Phoenix 4
Minnesota 4, Edmonton 1
Calgary 2, Vancouver 1
Los Angeles 4, San Jose 3
Tuesday's Games
Boston 4, Washington 3, OT
Toronto 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT
Detroit 4, Dallas 1
Nashville at Calgary, 8 p.m.
High school boys
Through December 27th
Central Lakes Conference
CLC All
Brainerd 4-0-0 4-2-0
Fergus Falls 3-0-1 3-1-1
Little Falls 3-1-1 5-1-1
Alexandria 4-3-0 4-5-0
St. Cloud Tech 3-3-0 4-5-0
Sauk Rapids 3-2-0 4-3-0
Sartell 2-3-0 2-4-0
St. Cloud Apollo 1-4-0 1-7-0
River Lakes 1-6-0 1-8-0
Willmar 0-3-0 1-5-0
High school girls
Through December 27th
Central Lakes Conference
CLC All
Alexandria 8-0-1 11-1-1
St. Cloud Tech 7-1-0 9-3-0
Sauk Rapids-Sartell 5-2-1 7-2-2
Fergus Falls 4-4-0 4-7-0
River Lakes 3-3-2 6-7-2
Brainerd 3-3-1 4-6-1
St. Cloud Apollo 2-4-1 5-7-1
Willmar 1-6-0 1-9-0
Little Falls 0-9-0 0-14-0
Basketball
NBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
Atlantic Division
W L Pct GB
New Jersey 16 12 .571 -
Philadelphia 14 13 .519 1 1/2
Boston 11 15 .423 4
New York 7 19 .269 8
Toronto 6 22 .214 10
Southeast Division
W L Pct GB
Miami 17 12 .586 -
Washington 12 14 .462 3 1/2
Orlando 10 15 .400 5
Charlotte 9 19 .321 7 1/2
Atlanta 7 19 .269 8 1/2
Central Division
W L Pct GB
Detroit 23 3 .885 -
Cleveland 17 10 .630 6 1/2
Indiana 15 11 .577 8
Milwaukee 15 11 .577 8
Chicago 12 15 .444 11 1/2
WESTERN CONFERENCE
Southwest Division
W L Pct GB
San Antonio 22 7 .759 -
Dallas 21 7 .750 1/2
Memphis 16 10 .615 4 1/2
New Orleans 11 15 .423 9 1/2
Houston 10 16 .385 10 1/2
Northwest Division
W L Pct GB
Minnesota 13 12 .520 -
Denver 14 14 .500 1/2
Seattle 12 14 .462 1 1/2
Utah 13 16 .448 2
Portland 9 18 .333 5
Pacific Division
W L Pct GB
L.A. Clippers 16 10 .615 -
Phoenix 16 10 .615 -
L.A. Lakers 15 13 .536 2
Golden State 14 14 .500 3
Sacramento 10 17 .370 6 1/2
Monday's Games
Orlando 108, Milwaukee 93
Cleveland 102, Chicago 91
Washington 94, L.A. Lakers 91
New Jersey 109, New York 101
Phoenix 103, Minnesota 89
Dallas 102, Indiana 80
Utah 105, Memphis 102, OT
Seattle 118, Boston 111
Portland 105, Sacramento 92
Denver 118, Golden State 112
Tuesday's Games
Charlotte 93, Atlanta 90
Miami 109, Milwaukee 98
Detroit 113, Toronto 106
New Jersey 96, Cleveland 91
Utah 82, Houston 74
San Antonio 99, Indiana 86
Philadelphia at Denver, 8 p.m.
Sacramento at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.
High school boys
Through December 27th
Central Lakes Conference
CLC All
St. Cloud Tech 3-0 6-0
Rocori 3-0 5-1
Alexandria 3-1 3-1
Little Falls 3-1 3-2
St. Cloud Apollo 2-2 4-2
Willmar 2-2 3-2
Brainerd 1-3 1-3
Fergus Falls 1-3 1-3
Sartell 1-3 1-4
Sauk Rapids 0-4 0-5
High school girls
Through December 27th
Central Lakes Conference
CLC All
St. Cloud Tech 6-0 8-0
Fergus Falls 6-0 8-0
Willmar 4-2 5-2
Little Falls 4-2 4-2
St. Cloud Apollo 4-2 5-4
Rocori 2-3 2-5
Sauk Rapids 2-4 3-4
Sartell 1-4 2-6
Brainerd 0-6 0-6
Alexandria 0-6 0-7
Wrestling
Area wrestling
Team Overall
Pierz 5-0
Wadena-Deer Creek 5-1
Aitkin 3-2
Bertha-Hewitt-Verndale 2-1
Pequot Lakes-Pine River-Backus 2-3
Staples-Motley 0-1
Crosby-Ironton 0-2