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NBABASKETBALL New York Knicks at Cleveland Cavaliers:5p.m.,ESPN. Los Angeles Clippers at Golden State Warriors: 7:30 p.m., CSNBA, ESPN. COLLEGE FOOTBALL Ohio at Bowling Green: 5p.m., ESPN2. GOLF PGA HSBC Champions Round 1: 7p.m., GOLF. NHL HOCKEY St. Louis Blues at Chicago Blackhawks: 5p.m., NBCSN. SOCCER UEFA Champions League: 11:30a.m., FS1 ESPN2. TENNIS ATP BNP Paribas Masters Fourth Round: 1:30a.m., TEN- NIS. Ontheair much success throwing to Michael Crabtree and An- dre Holmes against Anto- nio Cromartie and New York's other cornerbacks. But he has put up gaudy numbers so far this sea- son with 38 catches for 565 yards and three touch- downs. Cooper is on pace for 1,291 yards receiving, which would give Oakland its first 1,000-yard receiver since Randy Moss in 2005. Only two Raiders have ever had more yards receiv- ing in a season — Hall of Famer Tim Brown and Art Powell. Only four rookies have ever had a more pro- lific season: Bill Groman (1,473), Anquan Boldin (1,377), Moss (1,313), and Odell Beckham Jr. (1,305). "I feel like there's room to grow and that I can play so much better than I am right now," Cooper said. That kind of response is typical of Cooper, who prefers to do his talking through his play on the field. Unlike some top re- ceivers who get the "diva" label, Cooper is mostly quiet and rarely shows emotion on the field. He has earned respect around the league that doesn't often come to rook- ies. Jets receiver Bran- don Marshall called him a "stud muffin" last week and New York coach Todd Bowles praised his intel- ligence and said he plays well beyond his years. "Rarely do you see re- ceivers come out of col- lege and they are able to run patterns," Bowles said. "He's got body con- trol. Great hands; can catch it in traffic. He's got the full gamut. He can get off the ball. He's got speed. He can catch the ball. He runs routes. A route run- ner is more dangerous than just a speed guy or a big re- ceiver and he can do both." Cooper entered the league as the fourth over- all pick out of Alabama known as a polished route runner. Cooper said he has been training as a receiver since he was a young kid running patterns in the backyard and that has paid off for him. What has been a little bit of a surprise is how dan- gerous he is after the catch. Cooper has been able to turn short passes into big gains, most notably when he took a screen from Carr and ran 52 yards for a score against San Diego, featur- ing an ankle-breaking cut to elude safety Jimmy Wil- son. "I think a lot of the plays at Alabama you saw him streaking down the side- line," offensive coordinator Bill Musgrave said. "He's caught some balls in the middle of the field for us and made people miss or caught balls on the sideline and stopped, started and juked. It's amazing stuff." The Raiders hope to see plenty more of it. Raiders FROM PAGE 1 headquarters and said: "I am excited for this oppor- tunity (and) want to thank the (at)49ers org for bring- ing me on board. Let's get to work!" He hasn't played this year after spending his first eight seasons with New Orleans, making 38 starts and appearing in 105 games with 818 carries for 3,745 yards and 28 touch- downs. He also had 327 catches for 2,608 yards and 12 touchdowns. The 49ers (2-6) are sit- ting Kaepernick — whose 28th birthday was Tues- day — in favor of backup Blaine Gabbert for Sun- day's game against Atlanta, a person with knowledge of the decision said late Mon- day. Kaepernick, who took over the starting job from Alex Smith in November three years ago, was told Monday of the team's de- cision. The offense has gone two straight games and three in five without a touchdown and last-place San Francisco dropped to 0-3 against the NFC West. The team traded tight end Vernon Davis to Denver on Monday for a pair of late- round draft picks. Former first-round pick Gabbert would be sched- uled to address the media for the first time as starter Wednesday, though the team had yet to announce the change. He will make his first start since Week 5 of the 2013 season with Jacksonville. In 30 career games, the 26-year-old Gabbert is 417 for 784 for 4,395 yards with 23 touch- downs, 24 interceptions and a 66.8 passer rating. San Francisco also signed running back Shaun Draughn on Mon- day to boost the position with Bush, Carlos Hyde and Mike Davis all injured. Former Australian Rugby League star Jarryd Hayne was signed to the practice squad after being waived Saturday. Hyde missed Sunday's game with a stress frac- ture in his left foot while Bush was expected to have surgery because of the in- jury he sustained when he slipped on concrete out of bounds against the Rams. 49ers FROM PAGE 1 he vowed that the Roy- als would be back on the same stage next season af- ter winning another world championship. Fans began arriving hours before the festivi- ties and were packed in so tightly that many could not move. Yet the mood remained mostly jovial, with people waving flags, hats and signs, thrilled for their team's first World Se- ries win since 1985. Hall of Famer George Brett told the crowd this year's team was better than the one he played on in 1985. "These guys are the best team ever, in my opinion, and I'm sure in yours too," he said. Several area school dis- tricts called off classes for the day and Rachel Bryant, of Kansas City, took ad- vantage and brought her 7-year-old son, Jayden, to the parade. "It's been 30 years since the last championship. Who knows if it will be another 30 years? It might be a one-time experience for him. I hope not; I hope we're back here next year," she said. Steve Templeton, of sub- urban Lee's Summit, said the championship brought the city together. "The Royals were a door- mat for so long and look at it now, it's just a sea of blue," he said. "It's fun be- cause they are bringing everybody together, every nationality, every kind of person is here together be- cause we love the team." Downtown was so crowded that some fans who came for the festivities left before they began, real- izing they wouldn't be able to see or hear anything. "It's a shame because we're so proud of the team," said Mary Winston of sub- urban Overland Park, Kan- sas, who brought her five children three hours before the rally and left before it began. "But with five chil- dren we would have had to be here at 5 a.m. to get a seat." The Kansas City Transit Authority said those try- ing to take public trans- portation to the events endured waits of one to three hours. Spokes- woman Cindy Baker said the crowds were "defi- nitely more than we ex- pected," with a conser- vative estimate of about 100,000 people being shut- tled before the rally, with more after it began. Police spokesman Tye Grant said traffic was so heavy that some drivers parked along the interstate and walked. AssociatedPressreporter Heather Hollingsworth contributed to this report. Royals FROM PAGE 1 Impact of winning Pac-12 title: The Cardinal are the Pac-12's best shot at earn- ing a CFP spot. Stanford has been in the top 10 of the AP the past three weeks and winning a conference like the Pac-12 would carry a lot of weight, especially if they finish the regular season with one loss. The only drawback is Stanford's lone loss so far: to North- western in the opener. The 16-6 loss was surprising when it happened and the quality of it has lessened as the Wildcats have lost two of three. Stanford still has conference games against Oregon and Cal, then closes out the regular season with a crucial game against No. 8 Notre Dame. Win out and it would be tough to keep the Cardinal out. Utah RECORD: 7-1, 4-1. RANKING: NO. 13 IN AP POLL Impact of winning Pac- 12 title: The Utes were be- ing touted as a strong CFP contender after blowing out Oregon in Eugene, then beating Cal and Arizona State. A loss to Southern California on Oct. 24 put a big dent in their hopes. Utah does have some qual- ity wins, but losing to an unranked team so late in the season probably won't look good in the eyes of the selection committee. Utah's best shot at getting in the playoff is to win the rest of its games and beat Stanford in the Pac-12 championship game. Win- ning the Pac-12 champion- ship is a must. UCLA RECORD: 6-2, 3-2. RANKING: NO. 22 IN AP POLL Impact of winning Pac-12 title: An awful lot of things would need to happen for the Bruins to get into the playoff. It starts with UCLA running the table the rest of the season, which would include, obviously, a Pac-12 championship. After that, UCLA would need a few of the teams ahead of it in the CFP rankings to falter, allowing a two-loss team from the Pac-12 to earn one of the final four spots. USC RECORD: 5-3, 3-2. RANKING: UNRANKED Im- pact of winning Pac-12 ti- tle: As well as the Trojans have played since coach Steve Sarkisian was fired, they're not getting into the playoff. USC kept it close against Notre Dame in its first game under in- terim coach Clay Helton on Oct. 17 and followed with wins over Utah and Cal. All that did was diminish the Pac-12's CFP chances by sending the Utes down the pecking order. Oregon RECORD: 5-3, 3-2. RANKING: UNRANKED Im- pact of winning Pac-12 ti- tle: Like USC, the Ducks will not be in the playoff no matter what they do the rest of the season. Ore- gon lost a close game to No. 6 Michigan State, which is making its case to be in the CFP, but lost to Utah by 42 at home and was outlasted in double over- time by Washington State. It would be a nice turn- around if the Ducks do win the Pac-12 North. Pac-12 FROM PAGE 1 Scoreboard Football NFL AMERICAN CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Denver 7 0 01.000 168 112 Oakland 4 3 0 .571 178 173 Kansas City 3 5 0 .375 195 182 San Diego 2 6 0 .250 191 227 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA New England 7 0 01.000 249 133 N.Y. Jets 4 3 0 .571 172 139 Buffalo 3 4 0 .429 176 173 Miami 3 4 0 .429 154 173 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 3 5 0 .375 173 203 Houston 3 5 0 .375 174 205 Jacksonville 2 5 0 .286 147 207 Tennessee 1 6 0 .143 125 159 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 7 0 01.000 198 132 Pittsburgh 4 4 0 .500 168 147 Cleveland 2 6 0 .250 167 216 Baltimore 2 6 0 .250 190 214 NATIONAL CONFERENCE WEST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 6 2 0 .750 263 153 St. Louis 4 3 0 .571 135 125 Seattle 4 4 0 .500 167 140 San Francisco2 6 0 .250 109 207 EAST DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA N.Y. Giants 4 4 0 .500 215 208 Washington 3 4 0 .429 148 168 Philadelphia 3 4 0 .429 160 137 Dallas 2 5 0 .286 133 171 SOUTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Carolina 7 0 01.000 191 136 Atlanta 6 2 0 .750 213 173 New Orleans 4 4 0 .500 213 234 Tampa Bay 3 4 0 .429 163 199 NORTH DIVISION W L T Pct PF PA Green Bay 6 1 0 .857 174 130 Minnesota 5 2 0 .714 147 122 Chicago 2 5 0 .286 140 202 Detroit 1 7 0 .125 149 245 Monday's game Carolina 29, Indianapolis 26, OT Thursday, Nov. 5 Cleveland at Cincinnati, 5:25 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 8 Tennessee at New Orleans, 10 a.m. St. Louis at Minnesota, 10 a.m. Green Bay at Carolina, 10 a.m. Washington at New England, 10 a.m. Miami at Buffalo, 10 a.m. Jacksonville at N.Y. Jets, 10 a.m. Oakland at Pittsburgh, 10 a.m. Atlanta at San Francisco, 1:05 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Tampa Bay, 1:05 p.m. Denver at Indianapolis, 1:25 p.m. Philadelphia at Dallas, 5:30 p.m. Open: Arizona, Baltimore, Detroit, Hous- ton, Kansas City, Seattle College football TOP 25 SCHEDULE Tuesday Northern Illinois 32, No. 20 Toledo 27 Thursday No. 2 Baylor at Kansas State, 4:30 p.m. No. 24 Mississippi State at Missouri, 6 p.m. Friday No. 23 Temple at SMU, 5 p.m. Saturday No . 1 O hio S ta te v s. M in ne sot a, 5 p .m . No. 3 Clemson vs. No. 17 Florida State, 12:30 p.m. No. 4 LSU at No. 7 Alabama, 5 p.m. No. 5 TCU at No. 12 Oklahoma State, 12:30 p.m. No. 6 Michigan State at Nebraska, 4 p.m. No. 8 Notre Dame at Pittsburgh, 9 a.m. No. 9 Stanford at Colorado, 10 a.m. No. 10 Iowa at Indiana, 12:30 p.m. No. 11 Florida vs. Vanderbilt, 9 a.m. No. 13 Utah at Washington, 4:30 p.m. No. 14 Oklahoma vs. Iowa State, 4 p.m. No. 15 Memphis vs. Navy, 4 p.m. No. 16 Michigan vs. Rutgers, 12:30 p.m. No. 18 Houston vs. Cincinnati, 12:30 p.m. No. 19 Mississippi vs. Arkansas, 12:30 p.m. No. 21 North Carolina vs. Duke, 9 a.m. No. 22 UCLA at Oregon State, 1:30 p.m. No. 25 Texas A&M vs. Auburn, 4:30 p.m. PLAYOFF RANKINGS Record 1. Clemson 8-0 2. LSU 7-0 3. Ohio St. 8-0 4. Alabama 7-1 5. Notre Dame 7-1 6. Baylor 7-0 7. Michigan St. 8-0 8. TCU 8-0 9. Iowa 8-0 10. Florida 7-1 11. Stanford 7-1 12. Utah 7-1 13. Memphis 8-0 14. Okla. St. 8-0 15. Okla. 7-1 16. Florida St. 7-1 17. Michigan 6-2 18. Mississippi 7-2 19. Texas A&M 6-2 20. Mississippi St. 6-2 21. Northwestern 6-2 22. Temple 7-1 23. UCLA 6-2 24. Toledo 7-0 25. Houston 8-0 The College Football Playoff Selection Committee will issue weekly rankings each Tuesday, with the final rankings being announced Sunday, Dec. 6 (Noon EST). The playoff semifinals will match the No. 1 seed vs. the No. 4 seed, and No. 2 will face No. 3. The semifinals will be hosted at the Orange Bowl and Cotton Bowl on Dec. 31, 2015. The championship game will be on Jan. 11, 2016 at Glendale, Ariz. Basketball NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Clippers 4 0 1.000 — Golden State 4 0 1.000 — Phoenix 2 2 .500 2 Sacramento 1 2 .333 21/2 Lakers 0 3 .000 31/2 SOUTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB San Antonio 3 1 .750 — Dallas 2 2 .500 1 Memphis 2 2 .500 1 Houston 1 3 .250 2 New Orleans 0 4 .000 3 NORTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 3 1 .750 — Minnesota 2 1 .667 1/2 Utah 2 1 .667 1/2 Portland 2 2 .500 1 Denver 1 2 .333 11/2 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 4 0 1.000 — New York 2 2 .500 2 Bo st on 1 2 . 333 2 1 /2 Philadelphia 0 3 .000 31/2 Brooklyn 0 4 .000 4 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Atlanta 4 1 .800 — Washington 2 1 .667 1 Miami 2 2 .500 11/2 Orlando 1 3 .250 21/2 Charlotte 1 3 .250 21/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Detroit 3 1 .750 — Cleveland 3 1 .750 — Chicago 3 2 .600 1/2 Indiana 1 3 .250 2 Milwaukee 1 3 .250 2 Monday's games Cleveland 107, Philadelphia 100 Milwaukee 103, Brooklyn 96 San Antonio 94, New York 84 Portland 106, Minnesota 101 Houston 110, Oklahoma City 105 Golden State 119, Memphis 69 Clippers 102, Phoenix 96 Tuesday's games Charlotte 130, Chicago 105 Atlanta 98, Miami 92 Indiana 94, Detroit 82 Orlando 103, New Orleans 94 Toronto 102, Dallas 91 Memphis at Sacramento, (n.) Denver at Lakers, (n.) Wednesday's games Boston at Indiana, 4 p.m. San Antonio at Washington, 4 p.m. Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 5 p.m. Orlando at Houston, 5 p.m. Toronto at Oklahoma City, 5 p.m. New York at Cleveland, 5 p.m. Brooklyn at Atlanta, 5 p.m. Portland at Utah, 6 p.m. Sacramento at Phoenix, 6 p.m. Cl ip per s a t G ol de n S ta te , 7 :3 0 p .m AP TOP 25 COLLEGE POLL The top 25 teams in The Associ- ated Press' preseason 2015-16 college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, final 2014-15 records, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and last year's final ranking: Record Pts Prv 1. North Carolina (35)26-12 1,566 15 2. Kentucky (10) 38-1 1,520 1 3. Maryland (14) 28-7 1,487 12 4. Kansas (5) 27-9 1,410 10 5. Duke 35-4 1,350 4 6. Virginia (1) 30-4 1,347 6 7. Iowa St. 25-9 1,185 9 8. Oklahoma 24-11 1,088 13 9. Gonzaga 35-3 1,047 7 10. Wichita St. 30-5 1,032 14 11. Villanova 33-3 1,013 2 12. Arizona 34-4 917 5 13. Michigan St. 27-12 838 23 14. California 18-15 757 — 15. Indiana 20-14 755 — 16. Utah 26-9 499 19 17. Wisconsin 36-4 433 3 18. Vanderbilt 21-14 393 — 19. Notre Dame 32-6 360 8 20. UConn 20-15 307 — 21. LSU 22-11 268 — 22. Baylor 24-10 265 16 23. Purdue 21-13 236 — 24. Butler 23-11 223 24 25. Michigan 16-16 126 — Others receiving votes: Oregon 116, SMU 112, West Virginia 84, Texas A&M 72, Cin- cinnati 63, Miami 48, Louisville 46, George- town 23, NC State 19, Florida St. 18, Texas 18, Rhode Island 17, Dayton 12, Xavier 12, Providence 10, Iowa 6, BYU 5, Valparaiso 5, Boise St. 4, Old Dominion 3, Oklahoma St. 2, San Diego St. 2, UCLA 2, Cent. Michigan 1, Iona 1, UC Irvine 1, Yale 1. NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 12 8 4 0 16 29 25 Vancouver 12 6 2 4 16 36 26 San Jose 11 6 5 0 12 31 28 Arizona 11 5 5 1 11 30 32 Edmonton 12 4 8 0 8 32 39 Calgary 12 3 8 1 7 27 50 Anaheim 11 2 7 2 6 14 29 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Dallas 13 10 3 0 20 46 37 St. Louis 12 8 3 1 17 30 26 Minnesota 11 7 2 2 16 35 32 Nashville 11 7 2 2 16 32 25 Winnipeg 12 7 4 1 15 36 33 Chicago 12 7 5 0 14 28 26 Colorado 11 3 7 1 7 27 33 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 14 11 2 1 23 51 26 Ottawa 12 6 4 2 14 37 37 Tampa Bay 14 6 6 2 14 34 36 Boston 11 6 4 1 13 42 36 Detroit 12 6 5 1 13 30 31 Florida 11 5 4 2 12 32 23 Buffalo 12 5 7 0 10 28 35 Toronto 11 2 7 2 6 24 36 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Rangers 12 8 2 2 18 36 23 N.Y. Islanders 13 7 3 3 17 38 31 Washington 11 8 3 0 16 36 28 Pittsburgh 11 7 4 0 14 24 20 New Jersey 12 6 5 1 13 29 31 Philadelphia 11 4 5 2 10 22 33 Carolina 12 5 7 0 10 26 34 Columbus 12 2 10 0 4 25 46 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Monday's games Toronto 4, Dallas 1 Chicago 4, Los Angeles 2 Vancouver 4, Philadelphia 1 Tuesday's games Dallas 5, Boston 3 N.Y. Islanders 2, New Jersey 1 N.Y. Rangers 5, Washington 2 Ottawa 2, Montreal 1, OT Detroit 2, Tampa Bay 1 Los Angeles 3, St. Louis 0 Calgary at Colorado, (n.) Philadelphia at Edmonton, (n.) Columbus at San Jose, (n.) Wednesday's games Winnipeg at Toronto, 4 p.m. St. Louis at Chicago, 5 p.m. Pittsburgh at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Florida at Anaheim, 7:30 p.m. Soccer MLS PLAYOFFS Conference semifinals EASTERN CONFERENCE New York Red Bulls (1) vs. D.C. United (4) Leg 1 — Sunday, Nov. 1: New York Red Bulls 1, D.C. United 0 Leg 2 — Sunday, Nov. 8: D.C. United at New York Red Bulls, noon. Columbus (2) vs. Montreal (3) Leg 1 — Sunday, Nov. 1: Montreal 2, Columbus 1 Leg 2 — Sunday, Nov. 8: Montreal at Columbus, 2 p.m. WESTERN CONFERENCE FC Dallas (1) vs. Seattle (4) Leg 1 — Sunday, Nov. 1: Seattle 2, FC Dallas 1 Leg 2 — Sunday, Nov. 8: Seattle at FC Dallas, 4:30 p.m. Vancouver (2) vs. Portland (3) Leg 1 — Sunday, Nov. 1: Vancouver 0, Portland 0 Leg 2 — Sunday, Nov. 8: Portland at Vancouver, 7 p.m. Tennis ATP WORLD TOUR BNP PARIBAS MASTERS RESULTS At Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy Paris Purse: $3.62 million (Masters 1000) Surface: Hard-Indoor Singles First Round Edouard Roger-Vasselin, France, def. Ivo Karlovic, Croatia, 4-6, 7-6 (1), 7-6 (5). Viktor Troicki, Serbia, def. Jack Sock, United States, 6-2, 6-3. Jeremy Chardy, France, def. Lucas Pouille, France, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2. Roberto Bautista Agut, Spain, def. Pierre-Hugues Herbert, France, 4-6, 6-3, 6-2. Borna Coric, Croatia, def. Fernando Verdasco, Spain, 6-4, 6-4. Lukas Rosol, Czech Republic, def. Guill- ermo Garcia-Lopez, Spain, 6-2, 2-6, 6-3. Second Round David Ferrer (8), Spain, def. Alexandr Dolgopolov, Ukraine, 6-2, 6-2. Stan Wawrinka (4), Switzerland, def. Bernard Tomic, Austria, 6-3, 7-6 (6). Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Thomaz Bellucci, Brazil, 7-5, 6-3. Gilles Simon (14), France, def. Benoit Paire, France, 6-4, 4-6, 6-1. Doubles First Round Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah, Colombia, def. Feliciano Lopez, Spain, and Max Mirnyi, Belarus, 5-7, 7-6 (4), 13-11. Raven Klaasen, South Africa, and Rajeev Ram, United States, def. Eric Butorac and John Isner, United States, 4-6, 7-6 (6), 10-4. Alexander Peya, Austria, and Bruno Soares, Brazil, def. Colin Fleming and Andy Murray, Britain, 6-2, 6-2. Dominic Inglot, Britain, and Robert Lind- stedt, Sweden, def. Rafael Nadal, Spain, and Leander Paes, India, 6-3, 6-4. Second Round Tomas Berdych and Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, def. Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut (5), France, 7-6 (9), 6-4. WTA HUAJIN SECURITIES WTA ELITE TROPHY RESULTS Tuesday At Zhuhai Hengqin International Tennis Center Zhuhai, China Purse: $2.15 million (Tour Champion- ships) Round Robin Singles Group A Venus Williams (1), United States, def. Madison Keys (7), United States, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-1. Standings: Williams 1-0 (sets 2-1), Zheng 0-0 (0-0), Keys 0-1 (1-2) Group B Elina Svitolina (8), Ukraine, def. Andrea Petkovic (10), Germany, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Standings: Svitolina 1-0 (2-0), Suarez Navarro 0-0 (0-0), Petkovic 0-1 (0-2) Group C Jelena Jankovic (9), Serbia, def. Sara Errani (6), Italy, 6-4, 7-5. Standings: Jankovic 1-0 (2-0), Pliskova 0-0 (0-0), Errani 0-1 (0-2) Group D Standings: Vinci 0-0 (0-0), Wozniacki 0-0 (0-0), Kuznetsova 0-0 (0-0) Doubles Group A Standings: Jans-Ignacik-Klepac 0-0 (0-0), Liang-Wang 0-0 (0-0), Kichenok- Kichenok 0-0 (0-0) Group B Anabel Medina Garrigues and Arantxa Parra Santonja (2), Spain, def. Xu Shilin and You Xiaodi (6), China, 1-6, 6-3, 10-3. Standings: Medina Garrigues-Parra Santonja 1-0 (2-1), Dabrowski-Rosolska 0-0 (0-0), Xu-You 0-1 (1-2) Odds PREGAME.COM LINE NBA Wednesday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog San Antonio 31/2 (202) Washington Boston 21/2 (2021/2) Indiana Cleveland 91/2 (2011/2) New York Atlanta 8 (1961/2) Brooklyn Milwaukee 10 (195) Philadelphia Houston 9 (208) Orlando Oklahoma City 9 (211) Toronto Utah 6 (1901/2) Portland Phoenix 81/2 (2051/2) Sacramento Golden State 71/2 (218) LA Clippers NHL Wednesday Favorite Line Underdog Winnipeg -135/+125 Toronto Chicago -130/+120 St. Louis Vancouver -110/+100 Pittsburgh Anaheim -135/+125 Florida College Football Wednesday Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog at Bowl. Green 21 (681/2) Ohio Thursday Baylor 17 (691/2) at Kansas St Buffalo 21/2 (46) at Kent St at App. St 101/2 (62) Ark. St at W Michigan 15 (621/2) Ball State Mississippi St 8 (42) at Missouri Nevada 4 (56) at Fresno St Friday Temple 13 (55) at SMU Rice 61/2 (601/2) at UTEP BYU 121/2 (561/2) at SJSU NFL Thursday Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog at Cincinnati 11 (451/2) Cleveland Sunday at Pittsburgh 41/2 (471/2) Oakland at NY Jets OFF (OFF) Jacksonville at Minnesota 21/2 (391/2) St. Louis at Buffalo 3 (44) Miami at New Orleans 8 (OFF) Tennessee at New England 14 (511/2) Washington Green Bay 21/2 (451/2) at Carolina Atlanta 7 (44) at San Francisco NY Giants 21/2 (48) at Tampa Bay Denver 41/2 (45) at Indianapolis Philadelphia 3 (44) at Dallas Monday at San Diego 4 (491/2) Chicago Transactions BASEBALL Major League Baseball MLB: Suspended Atlanta RHP Steve Borkowski (Danville-Appalachian) 68 games after testing positive for a me- tabolite of Stanozolol, Chicago Cubs OF Adron Chambers (Iowa-Pcl) 50 games fol- lowing a second positive test for a drug of abuse, and San Francisco RHP Alvaro Diaz (Rookie) 25 games following a viola- tion, all under the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. American League Boston Red Sox: Exercised their 2016 contract option on RHP Clay Buchholz. Detroit Tigers: Selected the contract of RHP Luis Cessa from Toledo (IL). De- clined the 2016 contract option on RHP Joe Nathan, making him a free agent. Kansas City Royals: Reinstated RHPs Miguel Almonte, Louis Coleman, Jeremy Guthrie, Greg Holland and Michael Mariot, LHP Scott Alexander, C Francisco Pena, 2B Omar Infante, SS Orlando Calixte, 3B Cheslor Cuthbert, and Ofs Lane Adams, Jorge Bonifacio, Reymond Fuentes, Jonny Gomes and Terrance Gore. Minnesota Twins: Reinstated LHP Logan Darnell and RHP Ryan Pressly from the 60-day DL. Named Dustin Morse senior director, communications and Chris Iles senior director, content. Announced the resignation of senior director corporate communications and broadcast Kevin Smith. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2015 2 B