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COLLEGEBASKETBALL Marquette vs. St. John's:4 p.m., FS1. North Carolina vs. Wake For- est: 4p.m., ESPN2. Memphis vs. Tulsa: 4p.m., ESPNU. Creighton vs. Butler: 6p.m., FS1. Washington State vs. Utah: 6 p.m., PAC-12. Texas Tech vs. Oklahoma State: 6p.m., ESPNU. NBA BASKETBALL Oklahoma City Thunder at Washington Wizards: 5p.m., ESPN. Brooklyn Nets at Sacramento Kings: 7p.m., CSN. Houston Rockets at Golden State Warriors: 7:30p.m., ESPN. GOLF EPGA Qatar Masters, Round 2: 10:30p.m., GOLF. NHL HOCKEY Chicago Blackhawks at Pittsburgh Penguins: 5p.m., NBCSN. Los Angeles Kings vs. San Jose Sharks: 7:30p.m., NBCSN. TENNIS Australian Open Second Round: 4p.m., TENNIS. Australian Open Second Round: 6p.m., ESPN2. Australian Open Second Round: midnight, ESPN2. Ontheair "Thatmaybeouropen- ing day deal, to have these two get in the ring. That would be entertaining, I will say, speed against bulk," Bochy said. "I don't know if he'll stay with that comment once he stands next to Madison. He may back off that one." Aoki played last season with Kansas City, which lost the World Series to the Giants in seven games. "I've always liked the city of San Francisco but not only that I've always had admiration for the Giants and the history they've had," Aoki said. "Having played against them the last three years, they played together as a team. They have a team that has a chance to play for a championship each year." One order of business off the field will be doing something nice for bench coach Ron Wotus, who has previously worn Ao- ki's new No. 23 — through three World Series cham- pionship runs the past five years, too. "Twenty-three is a lucky number to me," Aoki said. "I know that one of the coaches wears No. 23. I heard he likes to play golf, maybe I can buy him some golf clubs and maybe even a Rolex." Given the departure of switch-hitting slugger Pablo Sandoval to Boston last fall, San Francisco's brass realized that with- out that power, the Giants might have to find creative ways to score runs with aggressive baserunning and contributions from throughout the lineup to fill the Panda void. Bochy said Aoki is a tough out and has the abil- ity to hit to all fields and is equally as reliable on defense. Outfielder Gregor Blanco, who reached agree- ment on a $7.5 million, two-year contract Sunday, will come off the bench and spell players for days off. "He kind of reminds me of Pablo a little bit, he's not going to hit the home runs like Pablo," Bochy said of Aoki. "We acquired him to play." Aoki, 33, receives a $4 million base salary this year, and the Giants have a $5.5 million option for 2016 with a $700,000 buy- out. The option would be- come mutual if Aoki has 550 plate appearances this year, and he would receive the buyout if he exercises the option and the team de- clines. Aoki can earn an addi- tional $1.5 million in per- formance bonuses each year based on plate ap- pearances: $100,000 each for 400, 425, 475 and 500; and $250,000 apiece for 525, 550, 575 and 600. The team will release him at the end of the contract, making him a free agent again. Aoki hit .285 with a home run, six triples, 22 doubles and 43 RBIs over 132 games in his lone sea- son with the Royals after two in Milwaukee. He also stole 17 bases. "We know our clubhouse is under construction but our roster is getting closer and closer to being set," assistant general manager Bobby Evans said. "We see Nori as a tremendous ath- lete, a tremendous pres- ence." The Giants have yet to make a corresponding move to add Aoki to the 40-man roster, preferring to use the time they have before the contract is filed with Major League Base- ball. GM Brian Sabean was sorry to miss Aoki's introductory news confer- ence; he is in Arizona with a respiratory condition and doctors advised him not to fly for a few days. "Overall we know it's going to be difficult to re- place Sandoval, period," Sabean said. "Every team develops its own identity. It's just going to be a dif- ferent look." Aoki FROM PAGE 1 son after the injuries of star linebackers NaVorro Bowman and Patrick Wil- lis, and the nine-game sus- pension of linebacker Al- don Smith to start the year. Nose tackles Ian Williams and Glenn Dorsey went down, too, and so did cor- nerback Tramaine Brock and top rookie and first- round draft pick defensive back Jimmie Ward. "It usually happens in droves that way some- times," Fangio said about the rash of injuries. "Like I said, I've been in the NFL a long time. There's been other years like this. You can't let it get your dauber down. You just have to keep your focus, keep the blinders on and do the best you can do. ... It's challeng- ing, but you have to deal with the circumstances you're dealt with whenever they're dealt to you." Fangio has 28 years of NFL coaching experience with 15 seasons as a defen- sive coordinator — Caro- lina (1995-98), Indianap- olis (1999-2001), Houston (2002-05) and San Fran- cisco. He also worked for the Saints and Ravens. During his time in San Francisco, the 49ers were second in the NFL in scor- ing defense (17.4 points per game), third in total defense (310.2 yards per game) and fourth in take- aways (122). The 49ers also had the top run defense (92.0 ypg) and allowed the second-lowest yards per carry (3.78) — numbers that Bears fans can appre- ciate after all the years of watching everyone from Butkus to Urlacher stifle opponents. The 49ers also led the NFL in fewest first downs allowed (1,143) over those four seasons. Fangio will now be asked to reshape the Bears into the same kind of stingy, ball-hawking, hard-hit- ting bunch he had in San Francisco. Chicago made sweeping changes last month, firing general manager Phil Em- ery and coach Marc Trest- man after missing the play- offs for the seventh time in eight years during a mostly miserable season that ended with a 5-11 record. While quarterback Jay Cutler and the rest of the offense was lackluster at best, the defense under coordinator Mel Tucker put up some truly awful numbers: The Bears al- lowed 442 points, the sec- ond most in franchise his- tory behind a team-record 478 one year earlier. They also joined the 1923 Roch- ester Jeffersons as the only teams to give up 50 or more in back-to-back games. Bringing in Jared Allen among others during the last offseason did not pay off, either, and a spotty re- cord in the draft left the Bears lacking depth. Fangio FROM PAGE 1 earlier. In the same end zone as Sherman's play, Kearse caught Wilson's 35-yard TD toss 3:19 into overtime to send Seattle to its second straight Su- per Bowl. Wilson noticed Green Bay with all of its defend- ers near the line of scrim- mage and no safety cover- ing the middle of the field. He made a check with Ke- arse, who also noticed the coverage. Kearse's job was simply to beat cornerback Tramon Williams to the in- side, keep position to the post and wait for Wilson's pass to arrive. "I've seen him make so many plays before. When you see a guy that makes so many plays in practice, so many plays through- out big-time games, NFC championship game last year ... Doug Baldwin, too, you just continue to trust those guys," Wilson said. "They show me ev- ery day in practice and so when somebody messes up or I mess up or don't throw the ball right, what- ever happens, I'm just go- ing to keep coming back to them. "That was the first thing I told Kearse after that last interception. I said, 'Hey, we're going to win this game. I'm going to keep coming back to you and we're going to find a way to win the game.' That's what we were able to do." Two of the four inter- ceptions that were in- tended for Kearse were Wilson's fault. He under- threw Kearse on a deep pass into double coverage early in the second quarter and later was short with a throw to the front corner of the end zone. Seattle coach Pete Carroll said he believed Wilson misjudged the wind on both of the un- derthrown passes. But the other two inter- ceptions hit Kearse in the hands. The most costly — it appeared — was the pass that was deflected to Green Bay safety Morgan Burnett with 5:04 left and Green Bay holding a 19-7 lead. Kearse couldn't even get to all the negative reac- tions on Twitter from the first four quarters. There was too much praise for his one catch of the day. "I couldn't even get to the bad stuff," Kearse said. "I don't worry about all that stuff — it just comes down to us as a team." Kearse is riding an impressive postseason streak. He caught what eventually became the winning points in last year's NFC title game against San Francisco, on a 35-yard TD in traffic on fourth down. Kearse FROM PAGE 1 JEFF CHIU — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Jermaine Kearse (15) throws the ball into the stands a er the game-winning touchdown Sunday against the Green Bay Packers during overtime of the NFC championship game in Seattle. Scoreboard Football NFLPLAYOFFS ConferenceChampionships Sunday,Jan.18 Seattle 28, Green Bay 22, OT New England 45, Indianapolis 7 ProBowl Sunday,Jan.25 AtGlendale,Ariz. Team Irvin vs. Team Carter, 5 p.m. (ESPN) SuperBowl Sunday,Feb.1 AtGlendale,Ariz. New England vs. Seattle, 3:30 p.m. (NBC) Basketball NB A WESTERNCONFERENCE PacificDivision W L Pct GB Golden State 33 6 .846 — Clippers 28 14 .667 6½ Phoenix 25 18 .581 10 Sacramento 16 25 .390 18 Lakers 12 30 .286 22½ SouthwestDivision W L Pct GB Memphis 29 12 .707 — Houston 29 13 .690 ½ Dallas 29 13 .690 ½ San Antonio 27 16 .628 3 New Orleans 20 21 .488 9 NorthwestDivision W L P ct G B Portland 31 11 .738 — Oklahoma City 21 20 .512 9½ Denver 18 24 .429 13 Utah 14 27 .341 16½ Minnesota 7 33 .175 23 EASTERNCONFERENCE AtlanticDivision W L Pct GB Toronto 27 14 .659 — Brooklyn 17 24 .415 10 Boston 13 26 .333 13 Philadelphia 8 33 .195 19 New York 6 36 .143 21½ SoutheastDivision W L Pct GB Atlanta 34 8 .810 — Washington 29 13 .690 5 Miami 18 23 .439 15½ Charlotte 17 25 .405 17 Orlando 15 29 .341 20 CentralDivision W L Pct GB Chicago 27 16 .628 — Cleveland 22 20 .524 4½ Milwaukee 21 20 .512 5 Detroit 16 26 .381 10½ Indiana 15 28 .349 12 Monday'sgames Washington 111, Philadelphia 76 Charlotte 105, Minnesota 80 Atlanta 93, Detroit 82 Clippers 102, Boston 93 Golden State 122, Denver 79 Dallas 103, Memphis 95 Houston 110, Indiana 98 New York 99, New Orleans 92 Cleveland 108, Chicago 94 Toronto 92, Milwaukee 89 Portland 98, Sacramento 94 Phoenix 115, Lakers 100 Tuesday'sgames Oklahoma City 94, Miami 86 San Antonio 109, Denver 99 Wednesday'sgames New York at Philadelphia, 4 p.m. Miami at Charlotte, 4 p.m. Utah at Cleveland, 4 p.m. Indiana at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m. Orlando at Detroit, 4:30 p.m. Lakers at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Toronto at Memphis, 5 p.m. Dallas at Minnesota, 5 p.m. Oklahoma City at Washington, 5 p.m. Portland at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Brooklyn at Sacramento, 7 p.m. Houston at Golden State, 7:30 p.m. Thursday'sgames San Antonio at Chicago, 5 p.m. Utah at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Boston at Portland, 7 p.m. Brooklyn at Clippers, 7:30 p.m. COLLEGEMEN'STOP25 Tuesday 1. Kentucky (18-0) beat Vanderbilt 65-57. 2. Virginia (17-0) did not play. 3. Gonzaga (18-1) did not play. 4. Villanova (17-2) did not play. 5. Duke (16-2) did not play. 6. Wisconsin (17-2) beat No. 25 Iowa 82-50. 7. Arizona (16-2) did not play. 8. Notre Dame (17-2) did not play. 9. Iowa State (14-3) beat Kansas State 77-71. 10. Louisville (15-3) did not play. 11. Kansas (15-3) did not play. 12. Utah (14-3) did not play. 13. Maryland (17-2) did not play. 14. Wichita State (16-2) did not play. 15. North Carolina (14-4) did not play. 16. VCU (15-3) did not play. 17. Texas (14-4) did not play. 18. West Virginia (15-3) did not play. 19. Oklahoma (12-6) did not play. 20. Northern Iowa (16-2) did not play. 21. Baylor (13-4) did not play. 22. Dayton (15-3) lost to Davidson 77-60. 23. Indiana (14-4) did not play. 24. Seton Hall (13-4) did not play. 25. Iowa (13-6) lost to No. 6 Wisconsin 82-50. NHL WESTERNCONFERENCE PACIFICDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 46 30 10 6 66 133 121 Vancouver 45 26 16 3 55 124 114 San Jose 47 24 17 6 54 127 130 Calgary 46 25 18 3 53 133 119 Los Angeles 46 20 14 12 52 127 122 Arizona 46 16 25 5 37 105 156 Edmonton 47 12 26 9 33 109 158 CENTRALDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 45 30 10 5 65 137 104 St. Louis 46 29 13 4 62 148 111 Chicago 46 29 15 2 60 145 106 Winnipeg 47 25 14 8 58 131 117 Dallas 46 21 18 7 49 144 151 Colorado 47 19 18 10 48 122 135 Minnesota 46 20 20 6 46 128 137 EASTERNCONFERENCE ATLANTICDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 48 30 14 4 64 156 127 Detroit 47 27 11 9 63 139 119 Montreal 45 29 13 3 61 123 106 Boston 47 25 16 6 56 124 118 Florida 44 20 14 10 50 107 122 Toronto 47 22 22 3 47 139 146 Ottawa 45 18 18 9 45 122 125 Buffalo 47 14 30 3 31 89 167 METROPOLITANDIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Islanders 46 31 14 1 63 151 129 Pittsburgh 45 26 12 7 59 136 114 N.Y. Rangers 44 27 13 4 58 134 106 Washington 46 24 13 9 57 137 120 Philadelphia 48 19 22 7 45 130 146 Columbus 44 20 21 3 43 113 138 New Jersey 47 17 22 8 42 107 134 Carolina 46 16 25 5 37 98 120 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Monday'sgames N.Y. Islanders 7, Philadelphia 4 Carolina 4, Toronto 1 Vancouver 2, Florida 1 St. Louis 3, Colorado 1 Columbus 3, Minnesota 1 Calgary 2, Los Angeles 1, OT New Jersey 5, San Jose 2 Tuesday'sgames Edmonton 5, Washington 4, SO Detroit 5, Minnesota 4, SO N.Y. Rangers 3, Ottawa 2, OT Philadelphia 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT Montreal 2, Nashville 1, OT Tampa Bay 4, Vancouver 1 Chicago 6, Arizona 1 Boston 3, Dallas 1 Wednesday'sgames Toronto at Ottawa, 4 p.m. Chicago at Pittsburgh, 5 p.m. Columbus at Winnipeg, 6 p.m. Boston at Colorado, 7 p.m. Calgary at Anaheim, 7 p.m. Los Angeles at San Jose, 7:30 p.m. Thursday'sgames No games scheduled Tennis AUSTRALIANOPENRESULTS Wednesday At Melbourne Park Melbourne, Australia Purse: $32.9 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles MEN SecondRound Tomas Berdych (7), Czech Republic, def. Jurgen Melzer, Austria, 7-6 (0), 6-2, 6-2. WOMEN SecondRound Ekaterina Makarova (10), Russia, def. Roberta Vinci, Italy, 6-2, 6-4. Peng Shuai (21), China, def. Magdalena Rybarikova, Slovakia, 6-1, 6-1. Carina Witthoeft, Germany, def. Chris- tina McHale, United States, 6-3, 6-0. Yaroslava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, def. Monica Puig Puerto Rico, 6-2, 7-6 (6). Julia Goerges, Germany, def. Klara Kou- kalova, Czech Republic, 6-3, 4-6, 6-2. Irina-Camelia Begu, Romania, def. Kat- erina Siniakova, Czech Republic, 7-5, 6-4. Doubles MEN FirstRound Pablo Carreno Busta and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, def. Frantisek Cermak and Jiri Vesely, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-2. Dominic Inglot, Britain, and Florin Mer- gea (14), Romania, def. Matthew Ebden and Matt Reid, Australia, 6-2, 6-2. Omar Jasika and John-Patrick Smith, Australia, def. Rameez Junaid, Australia, and Adrian Mannarino, France, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3. Raven Klaasen, South Africa, and Leander Paes, India (10), def. Scott Lipsky and Rajeev Ram, United States, 6-4, 7-6 (6). Alex Bolt and Andrew Whittington, Australia, def. Marin Draganja, Croatia, and Henri Kontinen (15), Finland, 7-6 (4), 7-6 (4). Jamie Murray, Britain, and John Peers (16), Australia, def. Maximo Gonzalez and Juan Monaco, Argentina, 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-4. Austin Krajicek and Donald Young, United States, def. Marcel Granollers and Marc Lopez (3), Spain, 7-6 (6), 2-6, 7-5. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, and Marcelo Melo (4), Brazil, def. Andre Begemann, Ger- many, and Robin Haase, Netherlands, 7-6 (2), 6-2. WOMEN FirstRound Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan, and Sania Mirza (2), India, def. Maria Irigoyen, Argentina, and Romina Oprandi, Switzerland, 6-2, 6-0. Gabriela Dabrowski, Canada, and Alicja Rosolska, Poland, def. Cara Black, Zim- babwe, and Zheng Saisai, China, 6-1, 6-4. Tuesday Singles MEN FirstRound Santiago Giraldo (30), Colombia, def. Jan Hernych, Czech Republic, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2. Kei Nishikori (5), Japan, def. Nicolas Almagro, Spain, 6-4, 7-6 (1), 6-2. Alejandro Gonzalez, Colombia, def. Fabio Fognini (16), Italy, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4. Adrian Mannarino, France, def. Blaz Rola, Slovenia, 7-6 (7), 6-3, 6-2. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, def. Peter Gojowczyk, Germany, 6-7 (1), 7-5, 6-4, 1-0, retired. Steve Johnson, United States, def. Kyle Edmund, Britain, 6-4, 6-4, 6-3. St an W aw ri nk a ( 4), S wit ze rl an d, d ef . Marsel Ilhan, Turkey, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2. Feliciano Lopez (12), Spain, def. Denis Kudla, United States, 3-6, 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 10-8. Donald Young, United States, def. Tim Puetz, Germany, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Milos Raonic (8), Canada, def. Illya Marchenko, Ukraine, 7-6 (3), 7-6 (3), 6-3. John Isner (19), United States, def. Jimmy Wang, Taiwan, 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4. Gilles Simon (18), France, def. Robin Haase, Netherlands, 6-1, 6-3, 6-4. Andreas Haider-Maurer, Austria, def. Laurent Lokoli, France, 6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 6-3. Gilles Muller, Luxembourg, def. Pablo Carreno Busta, Spain, 6-4, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (3). Marcel Granollers, Spain, def. Stephane Robert, France, 6-3, 6-4, 6-4. Fernando Verdasco (31), Spain, def. James Ward, Britain, 2-6, 6-0, 7-6 (6), 6-3. Roberto Bautista Agut (13), Spain, def. Dominic Thiem, Austria, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-6 (5). Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Aljaz Bedene, Slovenia, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. Matthias Bachinger, Germany, def. Pablo Cuevas (27), Uruguay, 7-6 (1), 6-3, 6-1. Ivan Dodig, Croatia, def. Joao Souza, Brazil, 6-4, 7-5, 6-4. David Ferrer (9), Spain, def. Thomaz Bel- lucci, Brazil, 6-7 (2), 6-2, 6-0, 6-3. Marius Copil, Romania, def. Pablo Andu- jar, Spain, 6-2, 6-2, 7-5. Jarkko Nieminen, Finland, def. Andrey Golubev, Kazakhstan, 6-1, 6-2, 7-6 (6). Go Soeda, Japan, def. Elias Ymer, Swe- den, 1-6, 6-4, 4-6, 6-3, 6-3. Sergiy Stakhovsky, Ukraine, def. Dusan Lajovic, Serbia, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-7 (3), 6-4. Benjamin Becker, Germany, def. Julien Benneteau (25), France, 7-5, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4. Vasek Pospisil, Canada, def. Sam Querrey, United States, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 2-6, 6-4, 6-4. Jerzy Janowicz, Poland, def. Hiroki Moriya, Japan, 7-6 (5), 2-6, 6-3, 7-5. Paolo Lorenzi, Italy, def. Alexandr Dolgo- polov (21), Ukraine, 6-4, 6-3, 6-2. Andrey Kuznetsov, Russia, def. Albert Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (3). Lleyton Hewitt, Australia, def. Zhang Ze, China, 6-3, 1-6, 6-0, 6-4. Gael Monfils (17), France, def. Lucas Pouille, France, 6-7 (3), 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4. WOMEN FirstRound Denisa Allertova, Czech Republic, def. Romina Oprandi, Switzerland, 6-0, 6-2. Sam Stosur (20), Australia, def. Monica Niculescu, Romania, 6-4, 6-1. Victoria Azarenka, Belarus, def. Sloane Stephens, United States, 6-3, 6-2. Alize Cornet (19), France, def. Zhang Shuai, China, 6-3, 6-2. Garbine Muguruza (24), Spain, def. Ma- rina Erakovic, New Zealand, 7-5, 6-0. Tsvetana Pironkova, Bulgaria, def. Heather Watson, Britain, 6-4, 6-0. Chang Kai-chen, Taiwan, def. Zheng Jie, China, 6-1, 6-2. Daniela Hantuchova, Slovakia, def. Zheng Saisai, China, 6-4, 6-4. Barbora Zahlavova Strycova (25), Czech Republic, def. Timea Babos, Hungary, 6-4, 6-4. Dominika Cibulkova (11), Slovakia, def. Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, 3-6, 6-3, 6-1. Caroline Wozniacki (8), Denmark, def. Taylor Townsend, United States, 7-6 (1), 6-2. CoCo Vandeweghe, United States, def. Francesca Schiavone, Italy, 6-2, 6-2. Irina Falconi, United States, def. Kaia Kanepi, Estonia, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5. Petra Kvitova (4), Czech Republic, def. Richel Hogenkamp, Netherlands, 6-1, 6-4. Casey Dellacqua (29), Australia, def. Yvonne Meusburger, Austria, 6-4, 6-0. Vera Zvonareva, Russia, def. Ons Jabeur, Tunisia, 6-2, 6-3. Nicole Gibbs, United States, def. Olivia Rogowska, Australia, 6-4, 6-1. Elina Svitolina (26), Ukraine, def. Yulia Putintseva, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 7-5. Tereza Smitkova, Czech Republic, def. Mirjana Lucic-Baroni, Croatia, 6-1, 6-1. Mona Barthel, Germany, def. Donna Vekic, Croatia, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2. Timea Bacsinszky, Switzerland, def. Jelena Jankovic (15), Serbia, 6-1, 6-4. Madison Brengle, United States, def. Andrea Petkovic (13), Germany, 5-7, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Camila Giorgi, Italy, def. Flavia Pennetta (12), Italy, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. Venus Williams (18), United States, def. Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor, Spain, 6-2, 6-2. Ag ni es zk a R ad wa ns ka ( 6) , P ol an d, d ef . Kurumi Nara, Japan, 6-3, 6-0. Anna Tatishvili, United States, def. Kim- iko Date-Krumm, Japan, 7-5, 6-4. Lauren Davis, United States, def. Alek- sandra Krunic, Serbia, 6-1, 7-5. Johanna Larsson, Sweden, def. Alla Kudryavtseva, Russia, 6-4, 6-3. Madison Keys, United States, def. Lesia Tsurenko, Ukraine, 6-3, 7-5. Varvara Lepchenko (30), United States, def. Vitalia Diatchenko, Russia, 6-3, 6-3. Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Alison Van Uytvanck, Belgium, 6-0, 6-4. Ajla Tomljanovic, Australia, def. Shelby Rogers, United States, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0. Odds GLANTZ-CULVERLINE For Jan. 21 NFL FEB.1 SuperBowl AtGlendale,Ariz. Favorite Today(O/U) Underdog Seattle Pk (48½) New England NCAABasketball Favorite Line Underdog at S t. J os eph 's 1 U Ma ss North Carolina 7½ at Wake Forest at Texas A&M 9 Missouri at Michigan St. 12 Penn St. at Hofstra 12½ Drexel at Tulsa 5 Memphis William & Mary 6½ at Delaware at St. John's 6 Marquette at Cincinnati 17 Houston at Ball St. 4 Ohio at C. Michigan 2½ Buffalo at Kent St. 1 Toledo at B. Green 6 E. Michigan W. Michigan 3½ at Miami;(Ohio) at Charleston 1½ UNC Wilmington at S. Illinois 4 Bradley at N. Iowa 15 Indiana St. at Loyola (Chi.) 2 Evansville Akron 2 at N. Illinois Wichita St. 12 at Missouri St. at Utah 20 Washington St. at Auburn 6 Mississippi St. at Oklahoma St. 14½ Texas Tech at Illinois 4 Purdue SMU 6 at Tulane at Butler 9½ Creighton at Boise St. 23 San Jose St. at UNLV 4½ New Mexico at St. Peter's 3 Quinnipiac at Penn Pk Monmouth (NJ) at Denver 3½ Oral Roberts at S. Dakota St. 9 IPFW NBA Favorite Line(O/U) Underdog at Cleveland 11 (198) Utah at Charlotte 2 (188½) Miami at Philadelphia Pk (189) New York at Detroit 8½ (199) Orlando at Atlanta 10 (197) Indiana at Memphis 4½ (203) Toronto Dallas 8½ (211) at Minnesota at New Orleans 7 (207) Lakers Oklahoma City 1½ (207½) at Wash. at Phoenix 5 (214) Portland at Sacramento 5 (198½) Brooklyn at Golden State 6½ (218½) Houston NHL Favorite Line Underdog at Ottawa -140/+120 Toronto Chicago -120/+100 at Pittsburgh at Winnipeg -150/+130 Columbus at Anaheim -200/+170 Calgary at Colorado -115/-105 Boston at San Jose -130/+110 Los Angeles Transactions BASEBALL AmericanLeague DetroitTigers: Agreed to terms with LHP Omar Duran, Cs Miguel Gonzalez and Manny Pina, INFs Jeffry Marte and Josh Wilson, OF Xavier Avery and RHPs Alberto Cabrera, Rafael Dolis, Joel Hanrahan and Tim Melville on minor league contracts. HoustonAstros: Agreed to terms with OF Colby Rasmus on a one-year contract. NewYorkYankees: Traded RHP Gonzalez Germen to Texas for cash consider- ations. NationalLeague MilwaukeeBrewers: Designated 1B Hunter Morris for assignment. PittsburghPirates: Designated INF Jake Elmore for assignment. BASKETBALL NationalBasketballAssociation MemphisGrizzlies: Reassigned G Jordan Adams, F-C Jarnell Stokes and G Russ Smith to Iowa (NBADL). NewYorkKnicks: Signed F Lou Amund- son to a second 10-day contract. FOOTBALL NationalFootballLeague NFL: Named Roman Oben director of youth and high school football. BaltimoreRavens: Named Marc Trest- man offensive coordinator. ChicagoBears: Named Vic Fangio defen- sive coordinator. ClevelandBrowns: Signed DB Micah Pellerin to a future contract. GreenBayPackers: Signed S Jean Fanor, CB Tay Glover-Wright, Lbs Adrian Hub- bard and Joe Thomas, C Joe Madsen, RB Rajion Neal, OLB Joe Thomas, OT Jeremy Vujnovich, G Josh Walker and WR Myles White to future contracts. IndianapolisColts: Signed TE Erik Swoope, DT Kelcy Quarles, RB Jeff Demps, S Winston Guy, LB Carlos Fields, Des Gannon Conway and Tyler Hoover and Wrs Josh Lenz, Kadron Boone and Ryan Lankford to future contracts. JacksonvilleJaguars: Named Doug Mar- rone assistant head coach and offensive line coach. KansasCityChiefs: Signed QB Terrelle Pryor, LB Jo Jo Dickson, FB Spencer Ware, Tes Brandon Barden and Adam Schiltz, Dts Hebron Fangupo and Jerel Worthy, Ots Curtis Feigt and Derek Sherrod, Lss Brandon Hartson and Jorgen Hus, Gs Ricky Henry and Jarrod Pughsley, Cbs Aaron Hester and Deji Olatoye and Wrs Armon Binns, Corbin Louks, Da'rick Rogers and Fred Williams to future contracts. OaklandRaiders: Named Bill Musgrave offensive coordinator. WashingtonRedskins: Named Joe Barry defensive coordinator. HOCKEY NationalHockeyLeague CarolinaHurricanes: Assigned D Ryan Murphy to Charlotte (AHL). DallasStars: Reassigned F Curtis McK- enzie to Texas (AHL). EdmontonOilers: Named Bob Green director of player personnel. FloridaPanthers: Reassigned F Vincent Trocheck to San Antonio (AHL). NewJerseyDevils: Assigned F Joe Whit- ney to Albany (AHL). SanJoseSharks: Placed F Tommy Wingels and D Justin Braun on injured reserve. Loaned D Mirco Mueller to Worcester (AHL) on a conditioning as- signment. Recalled D Dylan DeMelo from Worcester (AHL). SOCCER MajorLeagueSoccer ChicagoFire: Traded G Kyle Reynish to New York for a 2016 third-round Super- Draft pick. LaGalaxy: Re-signed D Dan Gargan. SportingKansasCity: Announced the departure of F Claudio Bieler by mutual agreement. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015 2 B