ODDS
Glantz-Culver Line

Today's Games
Major League Baseball Playoffs
American League

FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG LINE

at Tampa Bay -160 Chicago +150
at Los Angeles -130 Boston +120

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NCAA Football
Today's Games
FAVORITE OPN TDAY O/U UNDERDOG

Cincinnati 3 3 (48) at Marshall
BYU 28 29 (59) at Utah St.
Saturday's Games

Boston College 61/2 81/2 (421/2) at N.C. State
at West Virginia 13 131/2 (451/2) Rutgers
Penn St. 101/2 13 (571/2) at Purdue
at Michigan St. 8 71/2 (46) Iowa
at Minnesota 8 7 (58) Indiana
Maryland 131/2 131/2 (46) at Virginia
at North Carolina 7 7 (451/2) Connecticut
at Mississippi 3 21/2 (431/2) South Carolina
Texas Tech 6 71/2 (66) at Kansas St.
Kansas 131/2 12 (52) at Iowa St.
at Georgia Tech 14 121/2 (45) Duke
Auburn 6 4 (37) at Vanderbilt
at Colorado St. Pk 2 (54) UNLV
at W. Michigan 4 51/2 (521/2) Ohio
at Notre Dame 71/2 7 (49) Stanford
Tulane-x 20 20 (411/2) Army
at Miami (Ohio) 8 7 (41) Temple
at Michigan 2 3 (511/2) Illinois
Missouri 9 101/2 (69) at Nebraska
Texas 131/2 13 (56) at Colorado
at Miami 3 2 (431/2) Florida St.
at California 8 91/2 (55) Arizona St.
Florida 22 241/2 (561/2) at Arkansas
at Alabama 17 16 (46) Kentucky
at UCF 141/2 131/2 (56) SMU
at Bowling Green 20 201/2 (541/2) E. Michigan
at Air Force 6 51/2 (521/2) Navy
Nevada 231/2 241/2 (68) at Idaho
at TCU 26 24 (481/2) San Diego St.
at UCLA 161/2 171/2 (56) Washington St.
at Arizona 18 211/2 (581/2) Washington
at Tennessee 17 151/2 (441/2) N. Illinois
Ball St. 51/2 71/2 (641/2) at Toledo
Akron 31/2 31/2 (501/2) at Kent St.
at South. Miss. 7 71/2 (62) UTEP
Oklahoma 27 261/2 (62) at Baylor
at Oklahoma St. 231/2 25 (61) Texas A&M
Ohio St. 2 11/2 (441/2) at Wisconsin
at Tulsa 15 151/2 (80) Rice
at Southern Cal 16 16 (56) Oregon
at New Mexico 101/2 111/2 (411/2) Wyoming
at Fresno St. 20 22 (541/2) Hawaii
at Virginia Tech 28 28 (43) W. Kentucky
La.-Lafayette +3 21/2 (55) at Louis.-Monroe
Fla. International 7 61/2 (571/2) at North Texas

x-at Tad Gormley Stadium, New Orleans

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NFL
Sunday's Games
FAVORITE OPN TDAY O/U UNDERDOG

Indianapolis 31/2 3 (47) at Houston
Tennessee 11/2 3 (331/2) at Baltimore
San Diego 61/2 61/2 (45) at Miami
at Carolina 11 91/2 (381/2) Kansas City
at Philadelphia 6 6 (421/2) Washington
Chicago 21/2 31/2 (441/2) at Detroit
at Green Bay OFF OFF (OFF) Atlanta
at N.Y. Giants 9 7 (431/2) Seattle
at Denver 41/2 3 (48) Tampa Bay
New England 3 3 (41) at San Francisco
at Arizona 11/2 1 (441/2) Buffalo
at Dallas 17 17 (44) Cincinnati
at Jacksonville 3 4 (36) Pittsburgh
Monday

at New Orleans 3 3 (461/2) Minnesota
TRANSACTIONS

BASEBALL
National League• NEW YORK METS—Signed general manager Omar Minaya to a four-year contract.
Midwest League• FORT WAYNE—Announced the team has changed its nickname from Wizards to TinCaps.
American Association• ST. PAUL SAINTS—Released LHP Luis Villarreal.
HOCKEY
National Hockey League• BOSTON BRUINS—Assigned D Matt Lashoff, D Jeff Penner and G Tuukka Rask to Providence (AHL). Waived C Martin St. Pierre.
• CALGARY FLAMES—Reassigned F Kyle Greentree, F Brett Sutter and D Matt Pelech to Quad City (AHL).
• CAROLINA HURRICANES—Assigned G Justin Peters and G Daniel Manzato to Albany (AHL).
• CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS—Announced D Doug Janik has been claimed off waivers by Dallas.
• DALLAS STARS—Assigned RW Raymond Sawada to Manitoba (AHL).
• PHILADELPHIA FLYERS—Assigned D Sean Curry, D Nate Guenin, F Claude Giroux, F Jon Kalinski, F Boyd Kane and F Jared Ross to Philadelphia (AHL).
• SAN JOSE SHARKS—Assigned C Tom Cavanagh, D Jason Demers, G Thomas Greiss, LW Jamie McGinn, D Michael Wilson and C Steven Zalewski to Worcester (AHL).
• TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING—Reassigned RW Michel Ouellet to Norfolk (AHL).
• VANCOUVER CANUCKS—Assigned LW Alexandre Bolduc, D Shaun Heshka and G Cory Schneider to Manitoba (AHL).
• WASHINGTON CAPITALS—Assigned D Sami Lepisto, D Grant McNeill, D Tyler Sloan and G Simeon Varlamov to Hershey (AHL).
SOCCER
MLS

Standings

EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pct GF GA

x-Columbus 15 6 5 50 45 31
New England 12 8 6 42 36 35
Chicago 12 9 5 41 34 25
New York 9 9 8 35 35 38
D.C. United 10 13 3 33 41 46
Kansas City 8 10 8 32 29 35
Toronto FC 7 12 7 28 26 36
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L T Pct GF GA

Houston 10 5 10 40 35 29
CD Chivas USA 10 10 6 36 34 37
Colorado 10 12 4 34 38 37
Real Salt Lake 9 10 7 34 33 34
FC Dallas 8 9 9 33 39 33
Los Angeles 7 11 8 29 50 54
San Jose 7 10 8 29 26 31

NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie.

x-clinched playoff spot

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Thursday's Result
San Jose at FC Dallas, late
Saturday's Games
Los Angeles at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto FC at New York, 7:30 p.m.
CD Chivas USA at D.C. United, 7:30 p.m.
Real Salt Lake at New England, 7:30 p.m.
Houston at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
Sunday's Game
Chicago at Kansas City, 3 p.m.
BASKETBALL
WNBA

Playoff Glance

FINALS
(Best-of-five)
SAN ANTONIO VS. DETROIT(Detroit leads series, 1-0)
Wednesday's Result: Detroit 77, San Antonio 69
Today's Game: at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday: at Detroit, 4:45 p.m.
*Monday: at Detroit, 7:45 p.m.
*Oct. 9: at San Antonio, 7:45 p.m.
* -denotes if necessary
GOLF
PGA TOUR

Turning Stone Resort Championship

Thursday's Results
(At Atunyote Golf Club at Turning Stone Resort
Verona, N.Y.
Purse: $6 million)
Yardage: 7,482; Par: 72
First Round
Jeff Overton 33-34—67
Steve Allan 34-34—68
Michael Allen 35-33—68
Tag Ridings 34-35—69
Carlos Franco 32-37—69
Jason Day 35-34—69
Briny Baird 35-35—70
Bo Van Pelt 34-36—70
Kent Jones 35-35—70
Mark Hensby 34-36—70
Troy Matteson 35-35—70
Paul Claxton 35-35—70
Scott Sterling 37-33—70
Mathew Goggin 36-35—71
Kevin Stadler 35-36—71
Joe Durant 32-39—71
Robert Allenby 33-38—71
Charles Howell III 36-35—71
Heath Slocum 36-35—71
Nick O'Hern 35-36—71
Brandt Jobe 33-38—71
Frank Lickliter II 38-33—71
Pat Perez 36-35—71
Brad Elder 35-36—71
Brian Davis 34-37—71
Kyle Thompson 36-35—71
Tommy Gainey 34-37—71
Lee Janzen 35-37—72
Olin Browne 35-37—72
Greg Kraft 36-36—72
Robert Garrigus 36-36—72
Kevin Na 36-36—72
Dustin Johnson 34-38—72
Patrick Sheehan 37-35—72
Steve Lowery 37-35—72
Ryuji Imada 34-38—72
Harrison Frazar 35-37—72
Bob Estes 35-37—72
Tom Pernice, Jr. 34-38—72
Kenneth Ferrie 34-38—72
Todd Demsey 34-38—72
Chad Collins 35-37—72
Steve Elkington 36-37—73
Rod Pampling 37-36—73
Parker McLachlin 37-36—73
Nathan Green 34-39—73
Tim Petrovic 36-37—73
Robert Gamez 38-35—73
Charles Warren 38-35—73
Carl Pettersson 34-39—73
Sean O'Hair 36-37—73
Johnson Wagner 34-39—73
George McNeill 35-38—73
John Senden 36-37—73
Tim Wilkinson 36-37—73
Chip Sullivan 39-34—73
Brett Rumford 36-37—73
Justin Bolli 37-36—73
PGA EUROPEAN TOUR

Alfred Dunhill
Links Championship

Thursday's Results
(At St. Andrews and Carnoustie, Scotland
s-Old Course at St. Andrews (7,279 yards, par 72)
c-Carnoustie (7,250 yards, par 72)
k-Kingsbarns (7,150 yards, par 72))
Purse: $4.8 million
First Round
Ross Fisher, England 31-33—64k
Soren Hansen, Denmark 30-34—64k
Martin Kaymer, Germany 33-32—65k
Marcus Fraser, Australia 33-33—66s
Jarmo Sandelin, Sweden 31-35—66k
Marc Warren, Scotland 33-33—66s
Gregory Bourdy, France 32-34—66s
Gary Orr, Scotland 32-34—66k
David Howell, England 35-31—66k
Anthony Wall, England 30-36—66k
Thomas Aiken, South Africa 33-33—66k
Markus Brier, Austria 33-33—66k
Thomas Levet, France 36-31—67c
Phillip Archer, England 33-34—67s
Jose Felipe Lima, Portugal 33-34—67k
Padraig Harrington, Ireland 31-36—67k
Robert Karlsson, Sweden 34-33—67k
Scott Drummond, Scotland 36-31—67s
Retief Goosen, South Africa 33-34—67k
Lee Westwood, England 34-34—68k
Mikko Ilonen, Finland 33-35—68c
Johan Edfors, Sweden 34-34—68s
Pablo Larrazabal, Spain 34-34—68s
Felipe Aguilar, Chile 33-35—68k
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano, Spain 33-35—68k
Graeme McDowell, Northern Ireland 35-33—68k
Jose-Manuel Lara, Spain 31-37—68k
Francesco Molinari, Italy 34-34—68k
Michael Campbell, New Zealand 34-34—68k
Peter Fowler, Australia 33-35—68s
Terry Pilkadaris, Australia 34-34—68s
David Dixon, England 35-33—68c
Won Joon Lee, Australia 34-34—68c
Alvaro Quiros, Spain 35-33—68c
Raphael Jacquelin, France 32-36—68s
Jamie Moul, England 35-33—68c
Marcel Siem, Germany 35-33—68s
Lee Slattery, England 32-36—68s
Miles Tunnicliff, England 33-35—68k
Rory McIlroy, Northern Ireland 32-36—68s
Titch Moore, South Africa 34-34—68s
Charl Schwartzel, South Africa 35-33—68k
Ariel Canete, Argentina 33-35—68s
FOOTBALL
NFL

Standings

AMERICAN CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA

Buffalo 4 0 0 1.000 109 63
New England 2 1 0 .667 49 58
N.Y. Jets 2 2 0 .500 115 116
Miami 1 2 0 .333 62 64
South
W L T Pct PF PA

Tennessee 4 0 0 1.000 102 46
Jacksonville 2 2 0 .500 79 85
Indianapolis 1 2 0 .333 52 67
Houston 0 3 0 .000 56 99
North
W L T Pct PF PA

Pittsburgh 3 1 0 .750 77 58
Baltimore 2 1 0 .667 65 43

Cleveland 1 3 0 .250 46 78

Cincinnati 0 4 0 .000 52 87
West
W L T Pct PF PA

Denver 3 1 0 .750 133 117
San Diego 2 2 0 .500 138 112
Oakland 1 3 0 .250 78 101
Kansas City 1 3 0 .250 65 97
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
East
W L T Pct PF PA

N.Y. Giants 3 0 0 1.000 83 43
Washington 3 1 0 .750 86 81
Dallas 3 1 0 .750 120 89
Philadelphia 2 2 0 .500 110 74
South
W L T Pct PF PA

Carolina 3 1 0 .750 80 70
Tampa Bay 3 1 0 .750 101 78
New Orleans 2 2 0 .500 111 100
Atlanta 2 2 0 .500 90 83
North
W L T Pct PF PA

Green Bay 2 2 0 .500 109 101
Chicago 2 2 0 .500 94 80
Minnesota 1 3 0 .250 71 82
Detroit 0 3 0 .000 59 113
West
W L T Pct PF PA

Arizona 2 2 0 .500 106 103
San Francisco 2 2 0 .500 94 97
Seattle 1 2 0 .333 77 80
St. Louis 0 4 0 .000 43 147

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Sunday's Games
Chicago at Detroit, 1 p.m.
San Diego at Miami, 1 p.m.
Atlanta at Green Bay, 1 p.m.
Seattle at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.
Tennessee at Baltimore, 1 p.m.
Indianapolis at Houston, 1 p.m.
Kansas City at Carolina, 1 p.m.
Washington at Philadelphia, 1 p.m.
Tampa Bay at Denver, 4:05 p.m.
Cincinnati at Dallas, 4:15 p.m.
Buffalo at Arizona, 4:15 p.m.
New England at San Francisco, 4:15 p.m.
Pittsburgh at Jacksonville, 8:15 p.m.
Open: N.Y. Jets, Oakland, St. Louis, ClevelandMonday's Game
Minnesota at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m.
COLLEGE

Scoreboard

Thursday's Results
SOUTHPittsburgh (4-1) 26, South Florida (5-1) 21
Memphis (2-3) at UAB (1-4), late
MIDWESTN. Iowa (3-2) 34, Nicholls St. (0-2) 14
FAR WESTOregon St. (2-2) at Utah (5-0), late
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Schedule

Today's GameSOUTHCincinnati (3-1) at Marshall (3-2), 8 p.m.
FAR WESTBYU (4-0) at Utah St. (1-3), 8 p.m.
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Saturday's Games
EASTDartmouth (0-2) at Penn (0-2), Noon
Northeastern (1-3) at Towson (2-3), Noon
Rutgers (1-3) at West Virginia (2-2), Noon
Cornell (2-0) at Lehigh (1-2), 12:30 p.m.
Holy Cross (1-2) at Yale (1-1), 12:30 p.m.
Wagner (2-2) at Cent. Connecticut St. (3-1), 1 p.m.
Georgetown, D.C. (1-3) at Colgate (3-2), 1 p.m.
Albany, N.Y. (1-3) at Duquesne (2-1), 1 p.m.
Stonehill (1-3) at Iona (2-2), 1 p.m.
Harvard (1-1) at Lafayette (3-0), 1 p.m.
Bucknell (2-1) at Marist (1-4), 1 p.m.
St. Francis, Pa. (0-4) at Monmouth, N.J. (2-3), 1 p.m.
Brown (2-0) at Rhode Island (1-4), 1 p.m.
Robert Morris (1-3) at Sacred Heart (4-0), 1 p.m.
Princeton (1-1) at Columbia (0-2), 1:30 p.m.
Delaware (2-2) at Massachusetts (2-2), 3:30 p.m.
SOUTHDuke (3-1) at Georgia Tech (3-1), Noon
Boston College (3-1) at N.C. State (2-3), Noon
Hampton (3-1) at Delaware St. (1-2), 1 p.m.
Davidson (2-1) at Morehead St. (1-2), 1 p.m.
Samford (2-2) at W. Carolina (2-3), 1 p.m.
Villanova (3-1) at William & Mary (2-1), 1 p.m.
Gardner-Webb (2-2) at Charleston Southern (1-3), 1:30 p.m.
Savannah St. (2-2) at Clark Atlanta (4-1), 1:30 p.m.
Furman (4-1) at Elon (4-1), 1:30 p.m.
Hofstra (2-2) at James Madison (4-1), 1:30 p.m.
Richmond (3-2) at VMI (2-2), 1:30 p.m.
W. Kentucky (2-3) at Virginia Tech (4-1), 1:30 p.m.
South Carolina (3-2) at Mississippi (3-2), 2 p.m.
North Greenville (1-4) at Presbyterian (1-4), 2 p.m.
The Citadel (3-1) at Appalachian St. (2-2), 3 p.m.
Tennessee St. (4-1) at Tenn.-Martin (4-1), 3 p.m.
Army (0-4) at Tulane (2-2), 3 p.m.
Kentucky (4-0) at Alabama (5-0), 3:30 p.m.
Florida St. (3-1) at Miami (2-2), 3:30 p.m.
SMU (1-4) at UCF (1-3), 3:30 p.m.
Bethune-Cookman (3-1) at Morgan St. (2-2), 4 p.m.
N. Carolina A&T (2-3) vs. N.C. Central (0-4) at Charlotte, N.C., 5 p.m.
Georgia Southern (2-3) at Chattanooga (1-4), 6 p.m.
S. Carolina St. (3-2) at Florida A&M (3-1), 6 p.m.
Auburn (4-1) at Vanderbilt (4-0), 6 p.m.
Howard (0-3) at Winston-Salem (0-4), 6 p.m.
Murray St. (1-4) at Austin Peay (0-5), 7 p.m.
Liberty (4-0) at Coastal Carolina (3-2), 7 p.m.
Southern U. (2-2) at Jackson St. (1-3), 7 p.m.
SE Missouri (2-3) at Jacksonville St. (3-1), 7 p.m.
Louisiana-Lafayette (1-3) at Louisiana-Monroe (1-3), 7 p.m.
Connecticut (5-0) at North Carolina (3-1), 7 p.m.
UTEP (1-3) at Southern Miss. (2-2), 7 p.m.
N. Illinois (2-2) at Tennessee (1-3), 7 p.m.
Maryland (4-1) at Virginia (1-3), 7 p.m.
E. Kentucky (2-3) at Tennessee Tech (3-2), 8 p.m.
MIDWESTAkron (2-3) at Kent St. (1-4), Noon
Iowa (3-2) at Michigan St. (4-1), Noon
Indiana (2-2) at Minnesota (4-1), Noon
Penn St. (5-0) at Purdue (2-2), Noon
Illinois St. (1-2) at Indiana St. (0-4), 12:05 p.m.
Kansas (3-1) at Iowa St. (2-2), 12:30 p.m.
Drake (2-2) at Butler (2-1), 1 p.m.
Campbell (1-4) at Dayton (3-1), 1 p.m.
S. Illinois (2-1) at N. Dakota St. (2-2), 2 p.m.
Ohio (1-4) at W. Michigan (4-1), 2 p.m.
Stanford (3-2) at Notre Dame (3-1), 2:30 p.m.
W. Illinois (2-2) at Missouri St. (1-2), 3 p.m.
McNeese St. (2-1) at S. Dakota St. (3-2), 3 p.m.
Texas Tech (4-0) at Kansas St. (3-1), 3:30 p.m.
Temple (1-4) at Miami (Ohio) (1-3), 3:30 p.m.
Illinois (2-2) at Michigan (2-2), 3:30 p.m.
E. Michigan (1-4) at Bowling Green (2-2), 4 p.m.
Tuskegee (4-0) vs. Alabama A&M (2-3) at Indianapolis, 4 p.m.
Ball St. (5-0) at Toledo (1-3), 7 p.m.
Ohio St. (4-1) at Wisconsin (3-1), 8 p.m.
Missouri (4-0) at Nebraska (3-1), 9 p.m.
SOUTHWESTFlorida (3-1) at Arkansas (2-2), 12:30 p.m.
Oklahoma (4-0) at Baylor (2-2), 12:30 p.m.
San Diego St. (1-3) at TCU (4-1), 6 p.m.
Prairie View (4-0) vs. Grambling St. (3-2) at Dallas, 7 p.m.
Fla. International (1-3) at North Texas (0-4), 7 p.m.
Texas A&M (2-2) at Oklahoma St. (4-0), 7 p.m.
SE Louisiana (3-2) at Stephen F.Austin (1-3), 7 p.m.
Texas Southern (1-2) at Texas St. (2-2), 7 p.m.
Rice (3-2) at Tulsa (4-0), 8 p.m.
FAR WESTAlcorn St. (1-4) at New Mexico St. (1-2), 1:30 p.m.
UNLV (3-2) at Colorado St. (2-2), 2 p.m.
Youngstown St. (2-3) at S. Utah (2-3), 3 p.m.
Montana (4-0) at Weber St. (3-2), 3:05 p.m.
Arizona St. (2-2) at California (3-1), 3:30 p.m.
Montana St. (2-2) at Idaho St. (0-4), 3:37 p.m.
Navy (3-2) at Air Force (3-1), 4 p.m.
E. Washington (2-2) at Portland St. (1-3), 4:05 p.m.
Nevada (2-2) at Idaho (1-4), 5 p.m.
Valparaiso (1-2) at San Diego (4-0), 5 p.m.
Sacramento St. (3-2) at N. Arizona (3-1), 6:05 p.m.
Texas (4-0) at Colorado (3-1), 7 p.m.
Washington (0-4) at Arizona (3-1), 7:30 p.m.
Oregon (4-1) at Southern Cal (2-1), 8 p.m.
N. Colorado (0-3) at UC Davis (1-4), 9 p.m.
South Dakota (2-3) at Cal Poly (2-1), 9:05 p.m.
Wyoming (2-3) at New Mexico (2-3), 9:30 p.m.
Hawaii (1-3) at Fresno St. (3-1), 10 p.m.
Washington St. (1-4) at UCLA (1-3), 10:15 p.m.