Odds

NFL

Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog

Today

at VIKINGS 1 1/2 (48 1/2) Green Bay

at Tampa Bay 8 1/2 (47 1/2) Carolina

at Jacksonville 1 1/2 (39 1/2) Tennessee

Indianapolis 7 1/2 (40 1/2) at NY Giants

at Philadelphia 7 (38 1/2) Dallas

Las Vegas 1 1/2 (37 1/2) at New Orl’ns

at Buffalo 9 1/2 (46 1/2) NY Jets

Miami 3 (33 1/2) at Cleveland

at Washington 3 1/2 (46 1/2) Atlanta

Monday

Detroit 3 1/2 (50 1/2) at San Fran.

College Football

Favorite Line Underdog

Monday

Music City Bowl

Nashville, Tenn.

Missouri 2 1/2 (40 1/2) Iowa

Friday

Duke’s Mayo Bowl

Charlotte, NC

GOPHERS 7 1/2 (42 1/2) Virginia Tech

NBA

Favorite Line (O/U) Underdog

Today

at T’WOLVES 7 (215 1/2) San Antonio

at Orlando 5 1/2 (207 1/2) Brooklyn

Atlanta 1 1/2 (235 1/2) at Toronto

at Boston 11 1/2 (232 1/2) Indiana

at Houston 6 1/2 (215 1/2) Miami

College Basketball

Favorite Line Underdog

Today

at Texas 25 1/2 N’western St

at Ohio St 18 1/2 Indiana St

at Penn St 25 1/2 Pennsylvania

at Florida 37 1/2 Stetson

at N’western 12 1/2 N’eastern

at Georgia 23 1/2 S Carolina St

at GOPHERS 20 1/2 Morgan St

Purdue (FW) 8 1/2 at Green Bay

at SMU 16 1/2 Longwood

at Temple 15 1/2 Buffalo

at Alabama 20 1/2 S Dakota St

at Indiana 15 1/2 Winthrop

at Bradley 15 1/2 Valparaiso

at Texas St 5 1/2 UT Arlington

at Illinois St 4 1/2 UIC

at Oregon 20 1/2 Weber St

at Purdue 19 1/2 Toledo

at Michigan 16 1/2 W Kentucky

at N Carolina 26 1/2 Campbell

at LSU 38 1/2 Miss Valley St

NHL

Favorite Line Underdog

Today

at St. Louis -128/+106 Buffalo

Edmonton Off/Off at Anaheim

Washington -146/+122 at Detroit

at Tampa Bay -230/+188 Montreal

at Pittsburgh -128/+106 NY Islanders

at WILD -142/+118 Ottawa

at Vegas -230/+188 Calgary

Dallas -250/+202 at Chicago

at Los Angeles -200/+164 Philadelphia

NFL

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

West Division

W L T Pct PF PA

*-Kans. City 15 1 0 .938 385 288

x-L.A. Charg. 10 6 0 .625 368 281

Denver 9 7 0 .563 387 311

e-Las Vegas 3 12 0 .200 264 390

East Division

W L T Pct PF PA

y-Buffalo 12 3 0 .800 469 331

Miami 7 8 0 .467 305 329

e-N.Y. Jets 4 11 0 .267 292 344

e-New Eng. 3 13 0 .188 266 401

South Division

W L T Pct PF PA

y-Houston 9 7 0 .563 349 358

Indianapolis 7 8 0 .467 318 359

e-Jacks’ville 3 12 0 .200 277 396

e-Tennessee 3 12 0 .200 284 417

North Division

W L T Pct PF PA

x-Baltimore 11 5 0 .688 483 351

x-Pittsburgh 10 6 0 .625 363 328

Cincinnati 8 8 0 .500 453 417

e-Cleveland 3 12 0 .200 245 380

NATIONAL CONFERENCE

West Division

W L T Pct PF PA

L.A. Rams 9 6 0 .600 329 347

Seattle 9 7 0 .563 345 343

e-Arizona 7 8 0 .467 344 342

e-San Fran. 6 9 0 .400 331 349

East Division

W L T Pct PF PA

x-Phila. 12 3 0 .800 402 283

Washington 10 5 0 .667 432 348

e-Dallas 7 8 0 .467 324 404

e-N.Y. Giants 2 13 0 .133 215 362

South Division

W L T Pct PF PA

Atlanta 8 7 0 .533 327 349

Tampa Bay 8 7 0 .533 427 352

e-New Orl. 5 10 0 .333 309 346

e-Carolina 4 11 0 .267 283 448

North Division

W L T Pct PF PA

x-Detroit 13 2 0 .867 493 299

x-VIKINGS 13 2 0 .867 396 276

x-Green Bay 11 4 0 .733 413 287

e-Chicago 4 12 0 .250 286 348

e-Eliminated from playoffs

x-clinched playoff spot

y-clinched division

*-clinched home-field advantage

Wednesday’s games

Kansas City 29, Pittsburgh 10

Baltimore 31, Houston 2

Thursday’s games

Seattle 6, Chicago 3

Saturday’s games

L.A. Chargers 40, New England 7

Cincinnati 30, Denver 24, OT

Arizona at L.A. Rams, late

Today’s games

Carolina at Tampa Bay, noon

Dallas at Philadelphia, noon

Indianapolis at N.Y. Giants, noon

Las Vegas at New Orleans, noon

N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, noon

Tennessee at Jacksonville, noon

Miami at Cleveland, 3:05 p.m.

Green Bay at Minnesota, 3:25 p.m.

Atlanta at Washington, 7:20 p.m.

Monday’s games

Detroit at San Francisco, 7:15 p.m.

Chargers 40, Patriots 7

L.A. Chargers 7 13 10 10 — 40 New England 0 7 0 0 — 7

First quarter

LAC — Davis 23 pass from Herbert (Dicker kick), 3:28.

Second quarter

LAC — FG Dicker 27, 10:15.

LAC — McConkey 6 pass from Herbert (Dicker kick), 3:03.

NE — Douglas 36 pass from D.Maye (Slye kick), 1:24.

LAC — FG Dicker 38, :02.

Third quarter

LAC — McConkey 40 pass from Herbert (Dicker kick), 7:43.

LAC — FG Dicker 41, 5:43.

Fourth quarter

LAC — Dobbins 2 run (Dicker kick), 12:03.

LAC — FG Dicker 35, 3:47.

LAC NE

First downs 29 11

Total net yards 428 181

Rushes-yards 37-147 20-96

Passing 281 85

Punt returns 2-18 1-15

Kickoff returns 1-17 4-107

Interceptions ret 0-0 0-0

Comp-att-int 26-40-0 13-24-0

Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 4-30

Punts 2-46.0 4-55.0

Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-1

Penalties-yards 6-54 7-60

Time of poss 40:26 18:34

INDIVIDUAL Stats

Rushing — L.A. Chargers, Dobbins 19-76, Haskins 8-30, Vidal 5-24, Herbert 3-12, Heinicke 1-8, Davis 1-(minus 3). New England, Gibson 12-63, Maye 6-32, Stevenson 2-1.

Passing — L.A. Chargers, Herbert 26-38-0-281, Heinicke 0-2-0-0. New England, Maye 12-22-0-117, Brissett 1-2-0-(minus 2).

Receiving — L.A. Chargers, McConkey 8-94, Johnston 5-48, Palmer 4-41, Davis 2-29, Smartt 2-23, Dissly 2-21, Haskins 1-10, Fisk 1-8, Dobbins 1-7. New England, Douglas 4-46, Boutte 4-28, Hooper 3-19, Bourne 2-22.

Missed field goals — None.

Bengals 30, Broncos 24, OT

Denver 3 0 7 14 — 24 Cincinnati 0 7 3 14 — 30

First quarter

DEN — FG Lutz 30, 9:45.

Second quarter

CIN — Higgins 2 pass from Burrow (York kick), 1:49.

Third quarter

CIN — FG York 22, 9:07.

DEN — Sutton 6 pass from Nix (Lutz kick), 3:10.

Fourth quarter

CIN — Higgins 12 pass from Burrow (York kick), 11:33.

DEN — M.Mims 51 pass from Nix (Lutz kick), 8:48.

CIN — Burrow 1 run (York kick), 1:29.

DEN — M.Mims 25 pass from Nix (Lutz kick), :08.

First Overtime

CIN — Higgins 3 pass from Burrow, 1:07.

DEN CIN

First downs 19 34

Total net yards 329 499

Rushes-yards 27-123 28-115

Passing 206 384

Punt returns 0-0 1-4

Kickoff returns 1-27 3-98

Interceptions ret 0-0 1-2

Comp-att-int 24-31-1 39-49-0

Sacked-Yards Lost 2-13 7-28

Punts 4-41.5 1-47.0

Fumbles-lost 2-0 1-1

Penalties-yards 7-35 3-15

Time of poss 26:57 41:56

INDIVIDUAL Stats

Rushing — Denver, McLaughlin 10-69, Nix 7-31, Estime 9-24, Mims 1-(minus 1). Cincinnati, C.Brown 20-67, Burrow 4-25, Herbert 4-23.

Passing — Denver, Nix 24-31-1-219. Cincinnati, Burrow 39-49-0-412.

Receiving — Denver, Mims 8-103, Sutton 5-55, Vele 2-27, McLaughlin 2-7, Williams 2-0, Estime 1-13, Adkins 1-7, Trautman 1-5, Krull 1-3, Franklin 1-(minus 1). Cincinnati, Higgins 11-131, Gesicki 10-86, Chase 9-102, C.Brown 4-24, Iosivas 3-59, Grandy 1-7, D.Sample 1-3.

Missed field goals — Cincinnati, York 33.

PWHL

League standings

PTS W OTW OTL L GF GA

FROST 12 3 1 1 1 22 16

Montréal 10 2 2 0 1 14 13

New York 9 2 1 1 1 17 14

Toronto 7 2 0 1 3 17 20

Boston 6 2 0 0 3 11 13

Ottawa 4 1 0 1 3 11 16

Saturday’s game

Montreal 3, FROST 2

College

football

Bowl Games

UConn 27, North Carolina 14

Nebraska 20, Boston College 15

TCU 34, Louisiana 3

Iowa State 42, Miami 41

Miami (OH) 43, Colorado State 17

East Carolina 26, NC State 21

BYU 36, Colorado 14

Louisiana Tech vs. Army, late

Men’s basketball

Top 25

No. 13 Texas A&M 92 Abilene Christ. 54 Memphis 87, No. 16 Ole Miss 70

Utah State 67, No. 20 San Diego State 66

BIG TEN

No. 22 UCLA 65, No. 14 Gonzaga 62

Maryland 81, Maryland Eastern Shore 66

MIAC

Augustana 83, Bethel 51

woMen’s basketball

Top 25

No. 16 Kentucky 88, Western Kent. 70

BIG TEN

GOPHERS 90 at Penn State 54

Indiana 83, Wisconsin 52

Illinois 64, Oregon 59

Washington 90, Northwestern 71

summit

St. Thomas 81, Eastern Michigan 65

Oral Roberts 124, Haskell 47

MIAC

Bethel 68, Amherst 45

Hardin Simmons 83, St. Mary’s 53

High Schools

Boys basketball

Grand Rapids 77, Twin Cities Acad., 71 Totino-Grace 67, Hou. Cty. (Tenn.) 57

Richfield 83, Fargo South (ND) 54

Andover 72, West Fargo Horace (ND) 69

Litchfield 69, Concordia Academy 67

Byron 78, Roseville 43

Cretin-Derham Hall 91, Waconia 51

Wayzata 81, Eastview 40

Rockford 69, Holy Family 55

St. Michael-Alb. 63, Champlin Park 50

Minnetonka 68, Park Center 65

Apple Valley 74, New Prague 41

Forest Lake 68, Bloom. Kennedy 58

United Christian 90, Exploration 78

Liberty Classical 83, Parnassus 54

Rochester JM 71, Farmington 64

Rosemount 89, Edina 71

Chanhassen at Lakeville North

St. Croix Prep 55, Providence Acad. 50 DeLaSalle 79, Maple Grove 74

Hastings 80, Bloom. Jefferson 73

Stewartville 54, Central 51

Spring Lake Park 57, Stillwater 54

Osseo 57, Brainerd 49

Eden Prairie 72, East Ridge 53

Anoka 63, Eagan 53

St. Cloud Apollo 79, Fridley 70

Austin 64, Minneapolis South 51

Mpls. Roosevelt 80, Math & Sci. Acad. 61

Mitchell (SD) 61, Orono 60

Prior Lake 54, Rogers 37

Chaska 66, Minneapolis Washburn 61

GIRLS basketball

Woodbury 73, Park Center 54

Richfield 70, Tartan 43

Robb. Armstrong 50, Roch. Century 34

Edina 73, Becker 56

Lakeville North 48, Anoka 44

Holy Angels 69, Cretin-Derham Hall 48

Concordia Acad. 63, Carlton/Wren 27

Byron 61, Bloomington Kennedy 26

Eastview 62, Centennial 42

Minneapolis North 60, Maranatha 51

Rogers 72, Burnsville 46

Orono 71, Mankato East 36

Benilde-St. Marg. 72, Mahtomedi 59

Fargo North (N.D.) 59, Bloom. Jeff. 52

Eden Prairie 81, Rosemount 60

St. Croix Prep 49, Pierz 37

Prior Lake 67, Wayzata 62

St. Michael-Alb. 79, Chanhassen 43

Minnehaha Academy 71, Stewartville 39

Buffalo 67, Spring Lake Park 40

New Prague 66, Park 40

Farmington 73, Hastings 51

Chaska 62, Eagan 45

Rochester Mayo 68, Minnetonka 66

Brainerd 52, White Bear Lake 36

Pequot Lakes 55, Robbinsdale Cooper 21

Providence Academy 91, Duluth Mars. 70

Monticello 68, St. Anthony 49

Champlin Park 68, Sartell 51

Maple Grove 59, Hopkins 55

Forest Lake 77, Como Park 54

Boys HOCKEY

Faribault 8, Bloomington Kennedy 7

Minot (N.D.) 3, Robbinsdale 2

Moorhead 4, St. Thomas Academy 1

Minnetonka 9, Lakeville South 3

Mounds View 4, Duluth East 2

Forest Lake 13, Northern Edge 0

New Prague 1, Tartan 0

Hill-Murray 3, Eden Prairie 3, OT

Holy Angels 6, Sartell 2

Rogers 8, Wayzata 3

Two Rivers 6, Breck 2

White Bear Lake 5, Hermantown 2

Minneapolis 3, Hudson 0

Mahtomedi 4, Orono 3

Roseville 6, Sp. Lake Park/Coon Rap. 2

Duluth Denfeld 4, Park 2

Shakopee 3, Andover 1

Rosemount 6, Champlin Park 3

Osseo 4, New Ulm 1

Edina 3, Cretin-Derham Hall 2

Blake 2, Duluth Marshall 0

Prior Lake 5, Lakeville North 3

Holy Family 4, Chanhassen 2

GIRLS HOCKEY

Simley 6, USM Wildcats 3

Orono 2, Centennial/Sp. Lake Park 0

Forest Lake 2, Brainerd/Little Falls 2, OT

Fairmont 4, Rochester Mayo 2

Anoka 6, White Bear Lake 4

Benilde-St. Margaret’s 6, Hill-Murray 0

Holy Family 5, Rosemount 2

Osseo/Pk. Cent. 5, St. P./Two Rivers 3

Eagan 3, Hibbing 2

Blaine 2, Wayzata 1

N. Wright Cty. 6, Chaska/Chan. 1

Hastings 2, Bemidji 2, OT

South St. Paul 5, Elk River 0

Bloom. Jefferson 3, Robbinsdale 2

Grand Rap./Greenway 4, Gentry Acad. 0

Park 4, Fergus Falls 3

Andover 3, Stillwater 0

Holy Angels 1, Blake 1, OT

Warroad 3, Mound Westonka/SWC 0

Luverne 3, Mounds View/Irondale 2

Champ. Pk./CR 6, East Ridge 2

Woodbury 0, Roseville/Mahtomedi 0, OT

Breck 2, Dodge County 1

Farmington 5, Northfield 4

Cretin-Derham Hall 1, Lakeville No. 1, OT

Edina 4, Minnetonka 0

Shakopee 2, Lakeville South 1

Transactions

BASEBALL

MLB

American League

BOSTON RED SOX: Agreed to terms with RHP Walker Buehler on a one-year contract.

BASKETBALL

NBA

NBA: Suspended Dallas F Naji Marshall four games without pay and Phoenix C Jusuf Nurkic three games without pay for their involvement in an on-court altercation in a Dec. 27 game.

MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES: Waived G P.J. Dozier.

FOOTBALL

NFL

ATLANTA FALCONS: Placed CB Antonio Hamilton Sr. on injured reserve.

CAROLINA PANTHERS: Placed RB Chuba Hubbard and CB Chau Smith-Wade on injured reserve.

DALLAS COWBOYS: Placed WR CeeDee Lamb and CB Amani Oruwariye on injured reserve.

MIAMI DOLPHINS: Placed CB Kendall Fuller on injured reserve.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS: Activated LB Ivan Pace Jr. from injured reserve. Waived LB Jamin Davis.

NEW ORLEANS SAINTS: Placed C Erik McCoy and G Lucas Patrick on injured reserve.

NEW YORK GIANTS: Placed S Raheem Layne on injured reserve.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES: Placed WR Britain Covey on injured reserve. Waived LB Charles Harris.

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS: Activated S Jordan Whitehead and WR Kameron Johnson from injured reserve. Waived LB Vi Jones.

WASHINGTON COMMANDERS: Waived DT Phidarian Mathis.

HOCKEY

NHL

ANAHEIM DUCKS: Recalled G Calle Clang from San Diego (AHL).

BOSTON BRUINS: Recalled F Fabian Lysell from Providence (AHL).

CAROLINA HURRICANES: Recalled D Ty Smith from Chicago (AHL).

DALLAS STARS: Recalled F Justin Hryckowian from Texas (AHL).

FLORIDA PANTHERS: Returned F Rasmus Asplund to Charlotte (AHL).

LOS ANGELES KINGS: Placed F Trevor Moore on injured reserve.

MONTREAL CANADIENS: Placed G Caydne Primeau on waivers.

NASHVILLE PREDATORS: Recalled F Vinnie Hinostroza from Milwaukee (AHL). Acquired F Ondrej Pavel and a 2027 third-round pick from Colorado in exchange for F Juuso Parssinen and a 2026 seventh-round pick.

OTTAWA SENATORS: Placed F David Perron and G Anton Forsberg on injured reserve. Recalled D Nikolas Matinpalo from Belleville (AHL).

WINNIPEG JETS: Placed F Daniel Torgersson on waivers.