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Posted on: Friday, January 1, 2010

For the Record


Advertiser Staff

TRIVIA ANSWER

San Francisco 49ers' Frank Gore, New York Jets' Thomas Jones and St. Louis Rams' Steven Jackson.

Source: nfl.com

SPORTS TOMORROW

BASKETBALL

College men, Western Athletic Conference, Idaho vs. Hawai'i, 7:05 p.m. at Stan Sheriff Center.

College men, Chapman (Calif.) vs. Brigham Young-Hawai'i, 7:30 p.m. at Cannon Activities Center.

FOOTBALL

National Football League

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East W L T Pct PF PA

x-New England 10 5 0 .667 400 251

N.Y. Jets 8 7 0 .533 311 236

Miami 7 8 0 .467 336 360

Buffalo 5 10 0 .333 228 319

South W L T Pct PF PA

x-Indianapolis 14 1 0 .933 409 277

Houston 8 7 0 .533 354 306

Jacksonville 7 8 0 .467 273 357

Tennessee 7 8 0 .467 337 389

North W L T Pct PF PA

x-Cincinnati 10 5 0 .667 305 254

Baltimore 8 7 0 .533 370 248

Pittsburgh 8 7 0 .533 338 300

Cleveland 4 11 0 .267 222 358

West W L T Pct PF PA

x-San Diego 12 3 0 .800 431 300

Denver 8 7 0 .533 302 280

Oakland 5 10 0 .333 184 358

Kansas City 3 12 0 .200 250 400

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

East W L T Pct PF PA

y-Philadelphia 11 4 0 .733 429 313

y-Dallas 10 5 0 .667 337 250

N.Y. Giants 8 7 0 .533 395 383

Washington 4 11 0 .267 246 313

South W L T Pct PF PA

x-New Orleans 13 2 0 .867 500 318

Atlanta 8 7 0 .533 343 315

Carolina 7 8 0 .467 292 298

Tampa Bay 3 12 0 .200 234 380

North W L T Pct PF PA

x-Minnesota 11 4 0 .733 426 305

y-Green Bay 10 5 0 .667 428 290

Chicago 6 9 0 .400 290 352

Detroit 2 13 0 .133 239 457

West W L T Pct PF PA

x-Arizona 10 5 0 .667 368 292

San Francisco 7 8 0 .467 302 275

Seattle 5 10 0 .333 267 373

St. Louis 1 14 0 .067 169 408

x-clinched division

y-clinched playoff spot

Sunday's Games

Chicago at Detroit, 8 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Miami, 8 a.m.

New England at Houston, 8 a.m.

Indianapolis at Buffalo, 8 a.m.

San Francisco at St. Louis, 8 a.m.

Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 8 a.m.

New Orleans at Carolina, 8 a.m.

Jacksonville at Cleveland, 8 a.m.

N.Y. Giants at Minnesota, 8 a.m.

Tennessee at Seattle, 11:15 a.m.

Philadelphia at Dallas, 11:15 a.m.

Washington at San Diego, 11:15 a.m.

Kansas City at Denver, 11:15 a.m.

Baltimore at Oakland, 11:15 a.m.

Green Bay at Arizona, 11:15 a.m.

Cincinnati at N.Y. Jets, 3:20 p.m.

Playoff Scenarios

AFC

CLINCHED: Indianapolis-AFC South and homefield advantage; San Diego-AFC West and first-round bye; Cincinnati-AFC North; New England-AFC East

Baltimore

Clinches a playoff spot with a win

N.Y. Jets

Clinches a playoff spot with a win

Denver

Clinches a playoff spot with:

1) Win and N.Y. Jets loss or tie and Baltimore loss or tie OR

2) Win and N.Y. Jets loss or tie and Pittsburgh loss or tie OR

3) Win and N.Y. Jets loss or tie and Houston win OR

4) Win and Baltimore loss or tie and Pittsburgh loss or tie OR

5) Win and Baltimore loss or tie and Houston win OR

6) Pittsburgh loss and Baltimore loss and Houston loss and Jacksonville loss OR

7) Pittsburgh loss and Baltimore loss and Houston loss and N.Y. Jets loss OR

8) Pittsburgh loss and Baltimore loss and Jacksonville loss and N.Y. Jets loss OR

9) Pittsburgh loss and Houston loss and Jacksonville loss and N.Y. Jets loss OR

10) Miami loss or tie and N.Y. Jets loss and Baltimore loss and Houston loss and Jacksonville loss or tie

Pittsburgh

Clinches a playoff spot with:

1) Win and Houston loss or tie and N.Y. Jets loss or tie OR

2) Win and Houston loss or tie and Baltimore loss or tie OR

3) Win and N.Y. Jets loss or tie and Baltimore loss or tie and Denver loss or tie

Houston

Clinches a playoff spot with:

1) Win and N.Y. Jets loss or tie and Baltimore loss or tie OR

2) Win and N.Y. Jets loss or tie and Denver loss or tie OR

3) Win and Baltimore loss or tie and Denver loss or tie

Jacksonville

Clinches a playoff spot with:

1) Win and Pittsburgh loss and Baltimore loss and Denver loss and Houston loss OR

2) Win and Pittsburgh loss and Baltimore loss and Denver loss and N.Y. Jets loss OR

3) Win and Pittsburgh loss and Baltimore loss and Houston loss and N.Y. Jets loss OR

4) Win and Pittsburgh loss and Denver loss and Houston loss and N.Y. Jets loss OR

5) Win and N.Y. Jets loss and Denver loss and Houston loss and Baltimore loss

Miami

Clinches a playoff spot with:

1) Win and N.Y. Jets loss and Baltimore loss and Houston loss and Jacksonville loss or tie

Baltimore, N.Y. Jets, Denver, Pittsburgh and Houston can also make the playoffs if they tie this week in combination with various other results.

Jacksonville and Miami cannot make the playoffs with a tie.

NFC

CLINCHED: New Orleans-NFC South and first-round bye; Minnesota-NFC North; Arizona-NFC West; Philadelphia, Green Bay and Dallas-playoff spot

New Orleans

Clinched homefield advantage throughout NFC playoffs

Minnesota

Clinches homefield advantage with:

1) Minnesota win and Philadelphia loss or tie OR 2) Minnesota tie and Philadelphia loss

Arizona

Clinches a first-round bye with win and Minnesota loss and Philadelphia loss

Philadelphia

Clinches NFC East with win or tie

Clinches first-round bye with 1) win OR 2) Tie and Minnesota loss or tie

Dallas

Clinches NFC East with win

Clinches a first-round bye with win and Minnesota loss and Arizona loss or tie

College

Bowl Glance

Yesterday's Results

Armed Forces Bowl

At Fort Worth, Texas

Air Force 47, Houston 20

Sun Bowl

At El Paso, Texas

Oklahoma 31, Stanford 27

Texas Bowl

At Houston

Navy 35, Missouri 13

Insight Bowl

At Tempe, Ariz.

Iowa State 14, Minnesota 13

Chick-fil-A Bowl

At Atlanta

Virginia Tech 37, Tennessee 14

Today

Outback Bowl

At Tampa, Fla.

Northwestern (8-4) vs. Auburn (7-5), 7 a.m. (ESPN)

Capital One Bowl

At Orlando, Fla.

Penn State (10-2) vs. LSU (9-3), 8 a.m. (ABC)

Gator Bowl

At Jacksonville, Fla.

Florida State (6-6) vs. West Virginia (9-3), 8 a.m. (CBS)

Rose Bowl

At Pasadena, Calif.

Ohio State (10-2) vs. Oregon (10-2), Noon (ABC)

Sugar Bowl

At New Orleans

Florida (12-1) vs. Cincinnati (12-0), 3:30 p.m. (FOX)

Tomorrow

International Bowl

At Toronto

South Florida (7-5) vs. Northern Illinois (7-5), 7 a.m. (ESPN2)

Cotton Bowl

At Arlington, Texas

Oklahoma State (9-3) vs. Mississippi (8-4), 9 a.m. (FOX)

PapaJohns.com Bowl

At Birmingham, Ala.

Connecticut (7-5) vs. South Carolina (7-5), 9 a.m. (ESPN)

Liberty Bowl

At Memphis, Tenn.

East Carolina (9-4) vs. Arkansas (7-5), 12:30 p.m. (ESPN)

Alamo Bowl

At San Antonio

Michigan State (6-6) vs. Texas Tech (8-4), 4 p.m. (ESPN)

Monday, Jan. 4

Fiesta Bowl

At Glendale, Ariz.

Boise State (13-0) vs. TCU (12-0), 3 p.m. (FOX)

Tuesday, Jan. 5

Orange Bowl

At Miami

Iowa (10-2) vs. Georgia Tech (11-2), 3 p.m. (FOX)

Wednesday, Jan. 6

GMAC Bowl

Mobile, Ala.

Central Michigan (11-2) vs. Troy (9-3), 2 p.m. (ESPN)

Thursday, Jan. 7

BCS National Championship

At Pasadena, Calif.

Alabama (13-0) vs. Texas (13-0), 3 p.m. (ABC)

Saturday, Jan. 23

East-West Shrine Classic

At Orlando, Fla.

East vs. West, 10 a.m.

Saturday, Jan. 30

Senior Bowl

At Mobile, Ala.

North vs. South, 11 a.m. (NFL)

Saturday, Feb. 6

Texas vs. The Nation All-Star Challenge

At El Paso, Texas

Texas vs. Nation, 10 a.m. (CBSC)

GOLF

Barbers Point Junior Invitational Tournament

Boys

12-13

143–Philip Delisi (69-74). 145–PJ Samiere (70-75). 146–Jino Sohn (73-73). 147–Jared Flores (75-72). 153–Justin Kurihara (79-74).

14-15

139–Donny Hopoi (69-70). 147–Seung Jae Maeng (77-70). 148–Kalena Preus (73-75), 149–Justin Chu (76-73); Rudy Cabalar, Jr. (77-72).

16-18

141–Reo Saito (73-68). 144–Ryan Kuroiwa (73-71). 151–Brian Lee (77-74). 152–Corey Kozuma (78-74). 154–JT Trevathan (78-76); Brett Komoto (75-79).

Girls

12-13

152–Kaci Masuda (76-76). 153–Hana Furuichi (78-75). 158–Kristin Le (80-78). 159–Masina Keohelaulii (82-77). 166–Ayumi Sakamoto (86-80); Rose Huang (87-79).

14-15

150–Eimi Koga (72-78). 152–Seung Yeon Yoo (78-74). 156–Kaci Komoto (81-75). 158–Margaret Min (80-78). 160–Jin Mi Kim (83-77).

16-18

154–Hee Sue Condry (77-77). 156–Alice Kim (82-74). 158–Ye Seul Jung (73-85). 159–Anna Jang (81-78). 167–Michelle Chen (84-83).

HOCKEY

National Hockey League

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic GP W L OT Pts GF GA

New Jersey 39 28 10 1 57 113 86

Pittsburgh 41 26 14 1 53 130 107

N.Y. Rangers 40 19 17 4 42 107 113

Philadelphia 39 19 18 2 40 112 109

N.Y. Islanders 42 16 18 8 40 101 129

Northeast GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Buffalo 39 24 11 4 52 107 90

Boston 39 20 12 7 47 103 94

Ottawa 41 21 16 4 46 115 121

Montreal 43 21 19 3 45 114 119

Toronto 41 14 18 9 37 114 142

Southeast GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Washington 40 24 10 6 54 144 114

Atlanta 39 18 17 4 40 124 125

Tampa Bay 40 15 15 10 40 100 120

Florida 41 16 18 7 39 117 133

Carolina 40 10 23 7 27 100 145

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Chicago 40 27 10 3 57 126 85

Nashville 41 24 14 3 51 118 118

Detroit 40 20 14 6 46 104 103

St. Louis 40 17 17 6 40 105 115

Columbus 42 15 18 9 39 110 140

Northwest GP W L OT Pts GF GA

Colorado 42 23 13 6 52 125 122

Calgary 40 23 12 5 51 111 97

Vancouver 41 24 16 1 49 129 102

Minnesota 41 20 18 3 43 108 119

Edmonton 41 16 21 4 36 114 134

Pacific GP W L OT Pts GF GA

San Jose 41 26 8 7 59 138 105

Phoenix 42 25 13 4 54 110 95

Los Angeles 41 23 15 3 49 122 119

Dallas 40 18 11 11 47 121 124

Anaheim 40 16 17 7 39 112 129

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Today's Games, Hawai'i Times

Philadelphia at Boston, 8 a.m.

Atlanta at Buffalo, 2:30 p.m.

Tomorrow's Games

Carolina at N.Y. Rangers, 8 a.m.

Vancouver at Dallas, 9 a.m.

Pittsburgh at Tampa Bay, 10 a.m.

Washington at Los Angeles, 11 a.m.

Atlanta at N.Y. Islanders, 2 p.m.

Colorado at Columbus, 2 p.m.

Toronto at Calgary, 2 p.m.

Detroit at Phoenix, 3 p.m.

New Jersey at Minnesota, 3 p.m.

Chicago at St. Louis, 3 p.m.

Anaheim at Nashville, 3 p.m.

Edmonton at San Jose, 5 p.m.

Montreal 1 2 2—5

Florida 2 1 1—4

First Period—1, Florida, Ballard 3 (Vokoun), 9:19 (pp). 2, Montreal, Gill 2 (O'Byrne, Gomez), 11:33. 3, Florida, Horton 14 (Weiss, Allen), 15:08. Second Period—4, Montreal, Cammalleri 20 (Markov, Metropolit), 3:18 (pp). 5, Montreal, Plekanec 10 (Markov, Pacioretty), 5:20. 6, Florida, Frolik 12 (Horton), 12:08. Third Period—7, Montreal, Bergeron 10 (Markov, Gionta), 1:52 (pp). 8, Montreal, Pouliot 4 (Gomez, Gionta), 4:29. 9, Florida, Reinprecht 12 (Dvorak, Stillman), 6:03. Goalies—Montreal, Halak. Florida, Vokoun. A—19,851 (19,250). T—2:22.

N.Y. Islanders 0 1 1 0—2

Ottawa 0 2 0 0—3

Ottawa won shootout 3-2

First Period—None. Second Period—1, N.Y. Islanders, Schremp 2 (Streit, Jo.Bailey), 7:55 (pp). 2, Ottawa, Kelly 5 (Neil, Ruutu), 14:26. 3, Ottawa, Regin 5 (Campoli), 19:08. Third Period—4, N.Y. Islanders, Sim 5 (Park), :56. Overtime—None. Shootout—N.Y. Islanders 2 (Nielsen G, Schremp G, Tavares NG), Ottawa 3 (Kovalev G, Fisher G, Shannon G). Goalies—N.Y. Islanders, Roloson. Ottawa, Leclaire. A—16,743 (19,153). T—2:41.

San Jose 0 1 1 0—3

Phoenix 0 2 0 0—2

San Jose won shootout 1-0

First Period—None. Second Period—1, San Jose, Huskins 2 (McLaren, McGinn), 2:53. 2, Phoenix, Upshall 14 (Lombardi, Eriksson), 3:32. 3, Phoenix, Pyatt 7 (Mueller, Aucoin), 7:42. Third Period—4, San Jose, Boyle 8 (Clowe, Pavelski), 5:29 (pp). Overtime—None. Shootout—San Jose 1 (Pavelski NG, Heatley NG, Setoguchi NG, Marleau NG, Boyle NG, Clowe G), Phoenix 0 (Korpikoski NG, Vrbata NG, Mueller NG, Yandle NG, Lang NG, Doan NG). Goalies—San Jose, Greiss. Phoenix, Bryzgalov. A—12,472 (17,125). T—2:37.

Colorado 0 1 1—2

Detroit 0 2 2—4

First Period—None. Second Period—1, Detroit, Datsyuk 9 (Bertuzzi, Janik), 12:56. 2, Detroit, Helm 4 (Draper, Lidstrom), 17:56 (sh). 3, Colorado, Yip 2 (Tucker, Duchene), 19:12 (pp). Third Period—4, Colorado, Yip 3 (Tucker, Duchene), 11:59 (pp). 5, Detroit, Leino 4 (Meech, Filppula), 16:08. 6, Detroit, Helm 5 (Lidstrom), 19:37 (en-sh). Goalies—Colorado, Anderson. Detroit, Howard. A—20,066 (20,066). T—2:24.

Nashville 0 0 1 1—2

Columbus 1 0 0 0—1

First Period—1, Columbus, Torres 11 (Voracek, Vermette), 6:02. Second Period—None. Third Period—2, Nashville, Thuresson 1 (Ward), 12:39. Overtime—3, Nashville, Legwand 9 (Ward), :28. Goalies—Nashville, D.Ellis. Columbus, Garon. A—18,221 (18,144). T—2:17.

Vancouver 0 1 2 1—4

St. Louis 1 2 0 0—3

First Period—1, St. Louis, Steen 7 (Boyes, McDonald), 16:55 (pp). Second Period—2, St. Louis, Tkachuk 9 (Perron, Polak), 4:07. 3, St. Louis, McDonald 12 (Backes, Boyes), 14:30. 4, Vancouver, D.Sedin 10 (Burrows, H.Sedin), 16:09. Third Period—5, Vancouver, Samuelsson 12 (Glass), 5:46. 6, Vancouver, H.Sedin 19 (D.Sedin), 18:04. Overtime—7, Vancouver, Ehrhoff 9 (Wellwood, Kesler), 2:24 (pp). Goalies—Vancouver, Luongo. St. Louis, Mason. A—19,150 (19,150). T—2:41.

Anaheim 1 1 1—3

Dallas 1 3 1—5

First Period—1, Dallas, Eriksson 14 (Ribeiro), 6:16 (sh). 2, Anaheim, Koivu 7 (Ryan, Sexton), 15:29. Second Period—3, Anaheim, Brown 4 (Marchant, Niedermayer), 2:15. 4, Dallas, Eriksson 15 (Lehtinen, Richards), 6:19. 5, Dallas, Robidas 10 (Neal), 6:49. 6, Dallas, Eriksson 16 (Richards, Lehtinen), 11:58. Third Period—7, Dallas, Richards 11 (Modano, Robidas), 13:46 (pp). 8, Anaheim, Koivu 8 (Wisniewski, Sexton), 17:07. Goalies—Anaheim, Hiller. Dallas, Turco. A—18,532 (18,532). T—2:20.

Los Angeles 3 1 1—5

Minnesota 0 1 1—2

First Period—1, Los Angeles, Richardson 5 (Simmonds, Drewiske), 6:35. 2, Los Angeles, Frolov 10 (Handzus, Segal), 15:49. 3, Los Angeles, Smyth 10 (Doughty), 18:54 (pp). Second Period—4, Los Angeles, Handzus 8 (Frolov, O'Donnell), 3:17. 5, Minnesota, Brunette 12 (Miettinen, Koivu), 4:50. Third Period—6, Minnesota, Nolan 10 (Zidlicky, Havlat), 13:57. 7, Los Angeles, Frolov 11 (Johnson), 18:22 (en). Goalies—Los Angeles, Quick. Minnesota, Backstrom. A—18,504 (18,064). T—2:22.

N.Y. Rangers 1 0 1—2

Carolina 1 0 0—1

First Period—1, Carolina, Pitkanen 2 (Whitney, E.Staal), 11:08 (pp). 2, N.Y. Rangers, Christensen 1 (Gaborik, Kotalik), 17:36 (pp). Second Period—None. Third Period—3, N.Y. Rangers, Dubinsky 7 (Gaborik, Christensen), 11:49. Goalies—N.Y. Rangers, Lundqvist. Carolina, C.Ward. A—16,947 (18,680). T—2:22.

New Jersey 0 0 1—1

Chicago 2 1 2—5

First Period—1, Chicago, Brouwer 10 (Toews, Kane), 14:44 (pp). 2, Chicago, Eager 3 (C.Fraser, Kopecky), 16:29. Second Period—3, Chicago, Ladd 7 (Sharp, Hossa), 2:12. Third Period—4, Chicago, Toews 12, 4:41. 5, Chicago, Madden 8 (Byfuglien, Versteeg), 15:11. 6, New Jersey, Langenbrunner 10, 18:27. Goalies—New Jersey, Brodeur. Chicago, Huet. A—21,614 (19,717). T—2:15.

Edmonton 0 0 1—1

Calgary 0 1 1—2

First Period—None. Second Period—1, Calgary, Conroy 2 (Bourque, Bouwmeester), 19:49. Third Period—2, Calgary, Glencross 8 (Giordano, Langkow), 10:07 (pp). 3, Edmonton, Horcoff 9 (Gagner, Nilsson), 18:39. Goalies—Edmonton, Deslauriers. Calgary, McElhinney. A—19,289 (19,289). T—2:16.

CORRECTION

Sarah Aref plays for the La Pietra girls Division II basketball team. Her name was misspelled in Sunday's and Wednesday's editions of The Advertiser.