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COLLEGEMEN'S BASKETBALL Cincinnati at Connecticut:4 p.m., ESPN. Notre Dame at Syracuse: 4 p.m., ESPN2. UAB vs. W. Kentucky: 4:30 p.m., FS1. Michigan State vs. North- western: 6p.m., ESPN. Oregon at Arizona: 6p.m., ESPN2. Richmond vs. George Wash.: 6p.m., ESPNU. Santa Clara at Gonzaga: 6 p.m., CSN. Washington at UCLA: 7p.m., FS1. Pepperdine vs. San Diego: 7:30p.m., CSNBA. Loyola Marymount vs. BYU: 8 p.m., ESPNU. NBA BASKETBALL New York Knicks at Toronto Raptors: 5p.m., TNT. Sacramento Kings at New Orleans Pelicans: 5p.m., CSN. Chicago Bulls at Los Angeles Lakers: 7:30p.m., TNT. LPGA GOLF Bahamas Classic Round 1: 8:30a.m., GOLF. PGA GOLF Farmers Insurance Open Round 1: noon, GOLF. AsianTour Singapore Open Round 2: 5p.m., GOLF. EPGA GOLF Qatar Masters Round 3: 1:30 a.m., GOLF. TENNIS ITF Australian Open Men's Semifinal: 12:30a.m., ESPN. Ontheair When he was formally introduced at Levi's Sta- dium on Jan. 20, Kelly said he was close to nam- ing his defensive coordina- tor. And he had interest in Mike Vrabel, who is staying with the Houston Texans. "One of the things is we have to be better in situ- ational defense," Kelly said. "We have to be able to, on third down, get them off the field. Some- times there's not a corre- lation between you give up a third-and-17, it's be- cause the offense ran plays too fast. It's third-and-17, we've got to get them off the field. So, part of it is taking some ownership in all three phases of the game and you have to be good in all three phases of the game to be successful in this league." Ryan Day will coach the quarterbacks, though it's unclear whether Colin Kaepernick or Blaine Gab- bert will be the man un- der center come the sea- son opener — or even the offseason program for that matter. Kaepernick is recovering from surgery on the thumb of his throwing hand to re- pair a torn ligament, a pro- cedure on his left knee and an operation on his non- throwing left shoulder to fix a torn labrum. His $11.9 million 2016 contract be- comes fully guaranteed for injury April 1 if he's on the roster. Gabbert was promoted to the starting job in No- vember before Kaepernick got hurt. Modkins was running backs coach and run game coordinator for the Lions from 2013-15 following three years as the Bills' of- fensive coordinator and running backs coach. Running backs coach Tom Rathman and out- side linebackers coach Ja- son Tarver both remain from Tomsula's staff. 49ers FROM PAGE 1 "We put ourselves in a decent spot, have some mo- mentum," forward Tommy Wingels said. "Obviously can climb in our division a bit, but go to the break feel- ing good about yourselves. Then you go from there." It was an odd start to the first season under coach Peter DeBoer as the Sharks struggled to generate any consistent play at home but were outstanding on the road. San Jose lost 12 of the first 17 games at the usu- ally imposing Shark Tank but offset that with a per- fect six-game road trip in November and other good stretches away from home. Injuries to center Lo- gan Couture, who missed 30 games with two lower- body ailments, and shorter stints that forced the team to play without one of its top defensemen for eight games hindered the Sharks. "I think the personnel setbacks played a role in that," DeBoer said. "I don't think it was the guys get- ting the hang of the sys- tem. That came pretty quickly. I think not having a full roster but also how key the pieces were that were missing played a role in that." Butwiththeteammostly healthy in January, DeBoer made a key lineup change that has helped spark this recent run. He moved the inconsistent Tomas Hertl to the top line with Thorn- ton and Pavelski, where he has shined with six goals and five assists during the 10-game streak. Thornton has scored in all 10 of those games, re- cording two goals and 12 assists, and has 25 points over the past 19 games to become the 33rd player in NHL history to reach 1,300 career points. "We've got some con- fidence, he definitely has some confidence and he's making some great plays and it's typical Jumbo," Pavelski said. "It's what he does. Since Hertl's come on and found his stride here, it's been definitely a fun line to be on." DeBoer also separated Couture and Patrick Mar- leau, giving the team strong centers on three lines. That depth has helped lead to the success of the past few weeks. "I don't think it's any se- cret that that kind of slot- ted everybody in the right places," DeBoer said. "All of a sudden our depth scor- ing is increasing, which is huge. The reality of this league is it's a one-goal- a-night league. And cer- tain players are one-goal- a-night players on the pos- itive and either defending or creating. We're just on the right side of that now." Sharks FROM PAGE 1 MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS San Jose Sharks goalie Martin Jones, right, deflects a shot as the Colorado Avalanche's Chris Wagner (62) closes in during the second period Tuesday in San Jose. Konta apologized for mak- ing them stay up so late. "I'm pretty sure they have jet lag because of the time difference. They've been staying up all ridicu- lous times of the morning," Konta said. Murray is impressed. "She's done incredible," he said. "Another very com- fortable and solid win to- day. Not easy either. She created that chance by beating the seeds, and she deserves to be where she is." Konta, the first British woman to reach a Grand Slam semifinal since Jo Durie at the 1983 U.S. Open, will play Angelique Kerber, who beat two-time champion Victoria Aza- renka 6-3, 7-5. The No. 2-ranked Mur- ray, who has lost four finals at Melbourne Park, will meet Milos Raonic in the semifinals. The 25-year-old Canadian beat Gael Mon- fils 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in a night match, continuing his strong form that saw him beat Roger Federer in the Brisbane International final and French Open champion Stan Wawrinka in the fourth round here. Defending champion Novak Djokovic and Fe- derer will contest the other semifinal on Friday. Since Day 1, the Austra- lian Open has been over- shadowed by media reports alleging tennis authorities had failed to thoroughly in- vestigate match-fixing. On Wednesday, Day 10, the governing bodies of tennis announced they will commission an inde- pendent review of their anti-corruption unit to re- store "public confidence in our sport." In announcing the re- view, ATP chairman Chris Kermode said the reports had "caused damage to the sport," which com- pelled the major stake- holders in tennis — the In- ternational Tennis Federa- tion, ATP and WTA tours, and the four Grand Slams — to take quick action to address the issue. A BBC and Buzzfeed News report which coin- cided with the start of the Australian Open alleged 16 players — all ranked at some stage in the top 50 — had been flagged for being involved in matches where suspicious betting activity was detected. Murray was asked about developments to the match- fixing claims, as have many players in the last 10 days. "Yeah, that's positive," Murray said of the inde- pendent review. "Surely. I think in these situations I think people become skep- tical when it's sort of kept in-house. So getting some- one independent to look into it is positive for sure." The review will be funded by the Tennis In- tegrity Board, which over- sees the anti-corruption unit set up by the sport in 2008 to combat match-fix- ing. It will be led by Adam Smith, a London-based lawyer. Murray and Raonic, who advanced to his sec- ond Grand Slam semifinal after losing to Federer in the final four at Wimble- don in 2014, are 3-3 in ca- reer meetings. "I think just the perse- verance throughout it, I had a lot of opportunities even in that set I lost," Ra- onic said of his win over Monfils. "I just said to my- self keep making opportu- nities and hopefully they'll go my way." Tennis FROM PAGE 1 VINCENT THIAN — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Andy Murray of Britain makes a forehand return to David Ferrer of Spain during their quarterfinal match at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, on Wednesday. Scoreboard Football NFLPLAYOFFGLANCE Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 9 KansasCity30,Houston0 Pittsburgh 18, Cincinnati 16 Sunday, Jan. 10 Seattle 10, Minnesota 9 Green Bay 35, Washington 18 Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 16 New England 27, Kansas City 20 Arizona 26, Green Bay 20, OT Sunday, Jan. 17 Carolina 31, Seattle 24 Denver 23, Pittsburgh 16 Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 24 AFC Denver 20, New England 18 NFC Carolina 49, Arizona 15 Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 31 At Honolulu Team Rice vs. Team Irvin, 4 p.m. (ESPN) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 7 At Santa Clara Denver vs. Carolina, 3:30 p.m. (CBS) Basketball NBA WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Golden State 41 4 .911 — Clippers 30 16 .652 111/2 Sacramento 20 25 .444 21 Phoenix 14 33 .298 28 Lakers 9 38 .191 33 SOUTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB San Antonio 39 7 .848 — Memphis 26 20 .565 13 Dallas 26 21 .553 131/2 Houston 25 23 .521 15 New Orleans 16 28 .364 22 NORTHWEST DIVISION W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 35 13 .729 — Portland 21 26 .447 131/2 Utah 19 25 .432 14 Denver 17 29 .370 17 Minnesota 14 33 .298 201/2 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION W L Pct GB Toronto 30 15 .667 — Boston 26 21 .553 5 New York 22 25 .468 9 Brooklyn 12 34 .261 181/2 Philadelphia 7 40 .149 24 SOUTHEAST DIVISION W L Pct GB Atlanta 27 20 .574 — Miami 25 21 .543 11/2 Charlotte 22 23 .489 4 Washington 20 23 .465 5 Orlando 20 24 .455 51/2 CENTRAL DIVISION W L Pct GB Cleveland 32 12 .727 — Chicago 25 19 .568 7 Detroit 25 21 .543 8 Indiana 23 22 .511 91/2 Milwaukee 20 27 .426 131/2 Tuesday's games Clippers 91, Indiana 89 Philadelphia 113, Phoenix 103 Toronto 106, Washington 89 Miami 102, Brooklyn 98 Oklahoma City 128, New York 122, OT Milwaukee 107, Orlando 100 Portland 112, Sacramento 97 Dallas 92, Lakers 90 Wednesday's games Cleveland 115, Phoenix 93 Boston 111, Denver 103 Detroit 110, Philadelphia 97 Oklahoma City 126, Minnesota 123 San Antonio 130, Houston 99 Clippers 85, Atlanta 83 Charlotte at Utah, (n.) Dallas at Golden State, (n.) Thursday's games Atlanta at Indiana, 4 p.m. Denver at Washington, 4 p.m. Sacramento at New Orleans, 5 p.m. Milwaukee at Memphis, 5 p.m. New York at Toronto, 5 p.m. Chicago at Lakers, 7:30 p.m. LEADERS SCORING AVERAGE G FG FT Pts Avg Curry, GOL 43 430 231 1301 30.3 Harden, HOU 47 383 408 1302 27.7 Cousins, SAC 36 338 272 992 27.6 Durant, OKC 39 358 233 1038 26.6 James, CLE 42 401 201 1051 25.0 Lillard, POR 39 329 180 958 24.6 Westbrook, OKC46 388 271 1101 23.9 George, IND 44 329 259 1043 23.7 DeRozan, TOR 44 346 302 1020 23.2 Davis, NOR 39 338 200 895 22.9 Butler, CHI 44 322 288 980 22.3 Thomas, BOS 46 323 260 1000 21.7 Anthony, NYK 42 320 197 894 21.3 McCollum, POR 44 357 92 917 20.8 Wiggins, MIN 45 333 244 937 20.8 Lowry, TOR 44 290 212 912 20.7 Walker, CHA 45 319 207 927 20.6 Thompson, GOL 43 315 111 874 20.3 Leonard, SAN 43 310 161 858 20.0 Hayward, UTA 44 286 220 875 19.9 Lopez, Bro 45 353 183 889 19.8 Knight, PHX 42 309 122 827 19.7 Wall, WAS 42 310 145 825 19.6 Jackson, DET 45 321 156 862 19.2 Gallinari, DEN 39 207 269 747 19.2 Bosh, MIA 45 302 181 857 19.0 Paul, LAC 39 259 149 725 18.6 Wade, MIA 42 303 162 775 18.5 Millsap, ATL 45 294 206 830 18.4 Gay, SAC 40 284 110 719 18.0 Middleton, MIL 46 286 151 816 17.7 Nowitzki, DAL 42 269 130 744 17.7 Okafor, PHL 41 303 106 712 17.4 Drummond, DET 45 324 121 770 17.1 Anderson, NOR 42 250 123 712 17.0 Vucevic, ORL 40 312 45 670 16.8 Gasol, MEM 46 289 187 767 16.7 Gasol, CHI 42 277 133 696 16.6 Redick, LAC 40 219 110 656 16.4 Towns, MIN 46 307 111 739 16.1 Monroe, MIL 44 289 128 706 16.0 Bryant, LAL 38 210 120 602 15.8 Aldridge, SAN 41 266 109 641 15.6 Anteto..., MIL 44 258 155 684 15.5 Williams, LAL 44 194 226 684 15.5 Love, CLE 43 226 131 668 15.5 Barton, DEN 45 253 120 699 15.5 Rose, CHI 38 239 80 581 15.3 Horford, ATL 46 300 57 701 15.2 Young, Bro 45 309 62 685 15.2 FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE FG FGA Pct Jordan, LAC 184 256 .719 Whiteside, MIA 211 344 .613 Howard, HOU 197 322 .612 Kanter, OKC 212 379 .559 Faried, DEN 194 363 .534 Towns, MIN 307 576 .533 Gortat, WAS 206 388 .531 Favors, UTA 184 350 .526 Parker, SAN 213 407 .523 Lopez, NYK 175 337 .519 Monroe, MIL 289 559 .517 Drummond, DET 324 627 .517 Noel, PHL 169 329 .514 Curry, GOL 430 839 .513 Young, Bro 309 606 .510 Vucevic, ORL 312 613 .509 Griffin, LAC 281 553 .508 Durant, OKC 358 706 .507 Casspi, SAC 181 358 .506 Leonard, SAN 310 615 .504 Antetokounmpo, MIL 258 512 .504 James, CLE 401 796 .504 Horford, ATL 300 598 .502 Warren, PHX 207 416 .498 Ibaka, OKC 258 521 .495 Millsap, ATL 294 594 .495 Lopez, Bro 353 715 .494 Davis, NOR 338 687 .492 Redick, LAC 219 447 .490 Okafor, PHL 303 619 .489 3-POINT FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE 3FG 3FGA Pct Redick, LAC 108 219 .493 Leonard, SAN 77 160 .481 Dudley, WAS 62 133 .466 Curry, GOL 210 461 .456 Casspi, SAC 76 170 .447 Olynyk, BOS 61 139 .439 Dellavedova, CLE 59 136 .434 G. Hill, IND 69 160 .431 McDermott, CHI 56 131 .427 Teletovic, PHX 93 219 .425 Bayless, MIL 55 130 .423 Middleton, MIL 93 220 .423 K. Thompson, GOL 133 316 .421 Beverley, HOU 63 150 .420 Bazemore, ATL 70 168 .417 Calderon, NYK 53 129 .411 Frye, ORL 45 110 .409 Green, GOL 63 155 .406 Morrow, OKC 49 121 .405 Nowitzki, DAL 76 190 .400 Beal, WAS 46 115 .400 McCollum, POR 111 281 .395 Anderson, NOR 89 226 .394 Ross, TOR 63 161 .391 Thompson, PHL 74 190 .389 Paul, LAC 58 149 .389 Parsons, DAL 49 126 .389 Crabbe, POR 66 172 .384 Lowry, TOR 120 313 .383 Smith, CLE 93 243 .383 ASSISTS PER GAME G Ast Avg Rondo, SAC 43 508 11.8 Wall, WAS 43 420 9.8 Westbrook, OKC 47 456 9.7 Paul, LAC 40 385 9.6 Rubio, MIN 40 344 8.6 Gre en , G OL 4 4 32 0 7. 3 Lillard, POR 40 283 7.1 Harden, HOU 47 328 7.0 Thomas, BOS 46 307 6.7 Smith, PHL 42 277 6.6 Jackson, DET 45 295 6.6 Curry, GOL 43 280 6.5 Lowry, TOR 45 287 6.4 James, CLE 42 264 6.3 Conley, MEM 40 236 5.9 Payton, ORL 40 235 5.9 COLLEGE MEN TOP 25 POLL The top 25 teams in the USA Today men's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 24, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. North Carolina (24) 18-2 791 2 2. Oklahoma (9) 16-2 766 1 3. Kansas 16-3 680 3 4. Iowa 16-3 677 9 5. Texas A&M 17-2 650 8 6. Villanova 17-3 591 4 7. Maryland 17-3 581 5 8. Xavier 17-2 580 6 9. West Virginia 16-3 503 7 10. Providence 17-3 452 17 11. Michigan State 17-4 445 10 12. Virginia 15-4 430 13 13. Miami (Fla.) 15-3 412 14 14. Louisville 16-3 384 16 15. Arizona 16-4 341 11 16. Iowa State 15-4 312 21 17. Indiana 17-3 290 23 18. Baylor 15-4 281 15 19. Kentucky 15-4 242 19 20. Duke 15-5 183 12 21. Purdue 17-4 150 22 22. South Carolina 17-2 137 18 23. Pittsburgh 16-3 118 20 24. Oregon 16-4 90 — 25. Wichita State 14-5 60 — Others receiving votes: Dayton 49; Saint Mary's 31; Clemson 30; Notre Dame 20; Gonzaga 17; Butler 15; Southern California 14; Connecticut 11; California 10; Michigan 10; Washington 7; LSU 6; Valparaiso 6; Virginia Commonwealth 6; Arkansas-Little Rock 5; Alabama at Bir- mingham 4; Utah 4; Monmouth 3; Texas 3; St. Joseph's 2; Oregon State 1. COLLEGE WOMEN TOP 25 POLL The top 25 teams in the USA Today women's college basketball poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Jan. 25, points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote and previous ranking: Record Pts Pvs 1. UConn (31) 18-0 799 1 2. South Carolina (1) 19-0 769 2 3. Notre Dame 19-1 735 3 4. Baylor 19-1 702 4 5. Maryland 17-2 664 5 6. Texas 18-1 649 6 7. Ohio State 15-4 597 7 8. Oregon State 16-3 577 8 9. Arizona State 17-3 537 11 10. Texas A&M 14-5 475 12 11. Florida State 16-4 471 13 12. Kentucky 15-3 450 9 13. Mississippi State 17-4 374 10 14. Louisville 15-5 358 17 15. Michigan State 14-4 319 18 16. Stanford 15-5 284 14 17. Miami 17-3 255 16 18. South Florida 13-5 226 15 19. UCLA 14-5 213 25 20. Oklahoma 13-5 185 19 21. DePaul 16-6 182 21 22. Green Bay 17-2 71 — 23. Tennessee 12-7 69 22 24. Missouri 16-4 62 — 25. Seton Hall 16-4 39 — Others receiving votes: Florida 37, Duquesne 36, West Virginia 34, Syracuse 33, Washington 33, Duke 32, George Washington 29, St. John's 22, Northwestern 19, Western Kentucky 18, BYU 17, Oklahoma State 14, N.C. State 5, Villanova 3, Albany 2, Florida Gulf Coast 1, Princeton 1, UTEP 1, Tulane 1. NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE PACIFIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Los Angeles 48 30 15 3 63 126 109 San Jose 48 26 18 4 56 142 129 Arizona 49 24 20 5 53 131 146 Anaheim 47 22 18 7 51 101 111 Vancouver 50 20 19 11 51 122 139 Calgary 47 21 23 3 45 125 144 Edmonton 50 19 26 5 43 122 149 CENTRAL DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 53 33 16 4 70 147 122 Dallas 50 31 14 5 67 162 133 St. Louis 52 28 16 8 64 129 128 Minnesota 49 23 17 9 55 121 115 Colorado 51 26 22 3 55 139 139 Nashville 49 23 18 8 54 127 130 Winnipeg 49 22 24 3 47 126 140 EASTERN CONFERENCE ATLANTIC DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 49 29 15 5 63 135 108 Tampa Bay 49 27 18 4 58 130 117 Detroit 49 25 16 8 58 122 124 Boston 49 26 18 5 57 147 131 Montreal 50 24 22 4 52 136 134 Ottawa 50 23 21 6 52 139 155 Buffalo 50 20 26 4 44 114 136 Toronto 48 17 22 9 43 114 134 METROPOLITAN DIVISION GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 46 35 8 3 73 155 100 N.Y. Rangers 49 27 17 5 59 142 129 N.Y. Islanders 47 25 16 6 56 130 118 Pittsburgh 48 24 17 7 55 121 120 New Jersey 50 25 20 5 55 114 118 Carolina 51 23 20 8 54 123 135 Philadelphia 46 20 18 8 48 105 124 Columbus 51 19 27 5 43 133 163 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Tuesday's games Anaheim 6, Boston 2 Pittsburgh 2, New Jersey 0 Carolina 5, Chicago 0 Columbus 5, Montreal 2 Buffalo 3, Ottawa 2 Florida 5, Toronto 1 Winnipeg 5, Arizona 2 Nashville 2, Vancouver 1 San Jose 6, Colorado 1 Wednesday's games Tampa Bay 1, Toronto 0 Philadelphia at Washington, (n.) Nashville at Calgary, (n.) Colorado at Los Angeles, (n.) SCORING LEADERS Through Tuesday GP G A Pts Patrick Kane, Chi 53 30 43 73 Jamie Benn, Dal 50 28 30 58 Tyler Seguin, Dal 50 25 28 53 Erik Karlsson, Ott 50 11 41 52 Joe Pavelski, SJ 48 25 24 49 Taylor Hall, Edm 50 18 30 48 Evgeny Kuznetsov, Was46 15 33 48 Blake Wheeler, Wpg 49 13 35 48 Evgeni Malkin, Pit 48 23 24 47 Vladimir Tarasenko, StL50 25 21 46 Johnny Gaudreau, Cgy 47 20 26 46 Artemi Panarin, Chi 53 17 29 46 3 tied with 44 pts. Tennis AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS Wednesday Singles MEN Quarterfinals Andy Murray (2), Britain, def. David Fer- rer (8), Spain, 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-3. Milos Raonic (13), Canada, def. Gael Monfils (23), France, 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4. WOMEN Quarterfinals Angelique Kerber (7), Germany, def. Victoria Azarenka (14), Belarus, 6-3, 7-5. Johanna Konta, Britain, def. Zhang Shuai, China, 6-4, 6-1. Tuesday Singles MEN Quarterfinals Roger Federer (3), Switzerland, def. Tomas Berdych (6), Czech Republic, 7-6 (4), 6-2, 6-4. Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Kei Nishikori (7), Japan, 6-3, 6-2, 6-4. WOMEN Quarterfinals Agnieszka Radwanska (4), Poland, def. Carla Suarez Navarro (10), Spain, 6-1, 6-3. Serena Williams (1), United States, def. Maria Sharapova (5), Russia, 6-4, 6-1. Odds PREGAME.COM LINE NBA Thursday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Washington 61/2 (210) Denver at Indiana 3 (2031/2) Atlanta at Memphis 5 (1951/2) Milwaukee at Toronto OFF (OFF) New York at New Orleans OFF (OFF) Sacramento at Lakers OFF (OFF) Chicago College Basketball Thursday Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog at Syracuse 31/2 Notre Dame at Hofstra 111/2 Elon at Maryland 4 Iowa at UConn 3 Cincinnati at FIU 4 Charlotte Towson St 31/2 at Drexel William & Mary 8 at Delaware Old Dominion 6 at FAU at J Madison 6 UNC-Wilmington at Marshall 21/2 Mid. Tennessee at La Tech 19 UTSA UAB 4 at W Kentucky at CHRLESTN OFF Northeasten Youngstown St 4 at IL-Chicago at Valparaiso 20 Cleveland St Evansville 1 at S. Illinois Texas-Arlington 31/2 at Louisiana-monroe UTEP 11/2 at Southern Miss at Ualr 15 Ga. Southern at La-lafayette 13 Texas State at Arizona St 51/2 Oregon St at Troy 11/2 Appalachian State Georgia St 3 at Arkansas St at GWash 51/2 Richmond Michigan St 6 at N'western at ILLINOIS PK Ohio State at G onza g a 19 S ant a C la ra at Portland 6 San Francisco at Cal Poly 81/2 UC Riverside at UCLA 7 Washington at USC 121/2 Wash. St at L Beach St 3 UC Santa Barbara Pepperdine 8 at San Diego at BYU 151/2 Loyola Marymount at Arizona 71/2 Oregon NFL SUPER BOWL Favorite Today (O/U) Underdog Carolina 5 (45) Denver Transactions BASEBALL American League Los Angeles Angels: Agreed to terms with OF Kole Calhoun on a one-year con- tract. Traded INF Kody Eaves to Detroit for INF Jefry Marte. Texas Rangers: Agreed to terms with RHP Nick Tepesch on a minor league contract. Promoted Rafic Saab to direc- tor of international scouting. National League Los Angeles Dodgers: Assigned RHP Brandon Beachy outright to Oklahoma City (PCL). New York Mets: Agreed to terms with OF Yoenis Cespedes on a three-year contract. Designated OF Darrell Ceciliani for assignment. Pittsburgh Pirates: Named Dave Jauss bench coach. Promoted Kevan Graves to assistant general manager, Will Lawton to assistant director of baseball operations and Sean Kelly to baseball operations assistant. FOOTBALL National Football League Arizona Cardinals: Signed CB Cariel Brooks to a reserve/future contract. New England Patriots: Signed DL Joe Vel- lano to a reserve/future contract. HOCKEY National Hockey League Arizona Coyotes: Assigned F Christian Thomas to Springfield (AHL). Buffalo Sabres: Assigned Fs Cal O'reilly, Tim Schaller and Philip Varone to Roch- ester (AHL). Chicago Blackhawks: Reassigned F Mark McNeill to Rockford (AHL). New Jersey Devils: Assigned Fs Joseph Blandisi and Reid Boucher and D Marc-Andre Grag- nani and Seth Helgeson to Albany (AHL). Recalled F Sergey Kalinin from Albany. SOCCER Major League Soccer La Galaxy: Signed D Ashley Cole. Portland Timbers: Signed coach Caleb Porter to a contract extension. COLLEGE Atlantic Coast Conference: Named Ted Jackson assistant coordinator for football replay. | SPORTS | REDBLUFFDAILYNEWS.COM THURSDAY, JANUARY 28, 2016 2 B