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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.