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6B www.burlingtonfreepress.com The Burlington Free Press Wednesday, November 23, 2005 SCOREBOARD NBA Football SPORTS ON NFL Glance AMERICAN CONFERENCE James, Cavs pop Celtics p. Today COLLEGE FOOTBALL 1:30 p.m. W. Michigan at N. Illinois (ESPN2) OOLF 6 p.m.

PGA of America, PGA Grand Slam of Golf, final round, at Koloa, Hawaii (TNT) 1 a.m. European PGA Tour, China Open, first round, at Shenzhen, China (The Golf Channel) MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 2 p.m. Maui Invitational, fifth place game, teams TBA, at La-haina, Hawaii (ESPN) 4:30 p.m. Maui Invitational, third place game, teams TBA, at Lahaina, Hawaii (ESPN2) 7 p.m. Preseason NIT, semifinal, Duke vs.

Drexel, at New York (ESPN2) 9:30 p.m. Preseason NIT, semifinal, UCLA vs. Memphis, at New York (ESPN2) 10 p.m. Maui Invitational, championship game, teams TBA, at Lahaina, Hawaii (ESPN) 11:30 p.m. Great Alaska Shootout, first round, Southern Cal vs.

Oral Roberts, at Anchorage, Alaska (ESPN2) NBA BASKETBALL 7 p.m. Boston Celtics at Atlanta Hawks (FSNE) 7:30 p.m. Phoenix Suns at Houston Rockets (ESPN) NHL HOCKEY 7:30 p.m. Boston Bruins at Toronto Maple Leafs (NESN) Radio 1 p.m. College women's basketball, Vermont at Boston College (WVMT-AM 620, Colchester) 7 p.m.

College men's basketball, Nevada at Vermont (WEAV-AM 960, Colchester; WXZO-FM 96.7, Colchester) The Associated Press CLEVELAND LeBron James has never been better in his three years as a pro, and neither has his team. James scored 36 points for the second game in a row, Larry Hughes added 25 and the Cleveland Cavaliers stayed the NBA's hottest team with their eighth straight win, 115-93 over the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night. The Cavaliers (9-2) improved to 6-0 at home, where they're not just winning but dominating. Cleveland has won by an average of 21 points per game at the revamped and renamed Quicken Loans Arena. But the Cavs' improvement on the floor has been the biggest change.

Cleveland last won eight straight games in 1997 when James was in middle school, long before he be WLT Pet PF PA New England 6 4 0 .600 227 253 Buffalo 4 6 0 .400 152 210 Miami 3 7 0 .300 162 196 N.Y.Jets 2 6 0 .200 121 227 South WLT Pet PF PA Indianapolis 10 0 0 1.000 305 152 Jacksonville 7 3 0 .700 211 170 Tennessee 2 8 0 .200 203 262 Houston 1 9 0 .100 141 292 North WLT Pet PF PA Pittsburgh 7 3 0 .700 236 161 Cincinnati 7 3 0 .700 247 179 Cleveland 4 6 0 .400 157 170 Baltimore 3 7 0 .300 116 184 Weet WLT Pet PF PA Denver 8 2 0 .800 259 169 San Diego 6 4 0 .600 300 202 Kansas City 6 4 0 .600 244 214 Oakland 4 6 0 .400 218 229 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East WLT Pet PF PA Dallas 7 3 0 .700 222 164 Y. Giants 7 3 0 .700 281 184 Washington 5 5 0 .500 200 201 Philadelphia 4 6 0 .400 210 232 South WLT Pet PF PA Carolina 7 3 0 .700 253 179 Tampa Bay 7 3 0 .700 206 183 Atlanta 6 4 0 .600 244 206 New Orleans 2 8 0 .200 159 266 North WLT Pet PF PA Chicago 7 3 0 .700 169 110 Minnesota 5 5 0 .500 174 245 Detroit 4 6 0 .400 167 193 Green Bay 2 8 0 .200 218 204 Wait WLT Pet PF PA Seattle 8 2 0 .800 272 187 St. Louis 4 6 0 .400 252 300 Arizona 3 7 0 .300 205 268 San Francisco 2 8 0 .200 151 290 Sunday'a Qamas SMU 85, Centenary 67 Stephen F.Austin 82, Texas Wesleyan 73 TCU76, Jackson St. 74 Texas ASM 84, MVSU 53 FAR WEST N. Arizona 97, Cal Maritime 47 TOURNAMENT EA Sports Msul Invitational Ssmifinals Gonzaga 109, Michigan St.

106, 30T Consolation Bracket Arkansas 65. Kansas 64 Maryland 98, Chaminade 69 Guardians Classic Third Place Kentucky 80, West Virginia 66 South Padrs Island Invitational Second Round Illinois 93, Texas Southern 59 Kent St. 94, Austin Peay 67 Rutgers 49, Delaware St. 42 Wichita St. 97, Texas-Pan American 66 College women Tuesday's scores EAST Auburn 70.

Buffalo 41 Bucknell 54, Coppin St. 48 Dartmouth 74, Holy Cross 63 Harvard 77, Rhode Island 48 Hofstra 83, Sacred Heart 50 Manhattan 65, Wagner 56 Navy 80. N. Carolina 69 New Hampshire 62, Marist 48 Penn St. 81, Duquesne 62 Pittsburgh 91, Akron 46 Pnnceton 68, Lehigh 57 Temple 72, Penn 53 SOUTH Belmont 75, Tennessee St.

54 Bethune-Cookman 55, North Florida 53 Coastal Carolina 57, Campbell 42 Duke 110, Fairfield 44 Grambling St. 91 Hampton 80 Kentucky 84, Stetson 38 LSU107, Southern U. 39 Louisiana Tech 95, Iowa 91, 20T Louisiana-Monroe 70, UAB 68 Middle Tennessee 62, Houston 35 N.C.-Asheville 58, Gardner-Webb 46 S. Illinois 94, Murray St. 77 SE Louisiana 69, William Carey 61 75, Kentucky Wesleyan 63 Troy 81, Jacksonville St.

Va. Commonwealth 71 Toledo 50 Vanderbllt 80, Alabama 29 Virginia Tech 76, Old Dominion 69 W.Kentucky 87, Charlotte 80 Wright St. 80, Longwood77 MIDWEST Ball St. 76, Evansville 69 Cent. Michigan 67, III -Chicago 62 Dayton 80, Loyola of Chicago 57 E.

Michigan 63, Massachusetts 45 Kansas 70, Detroit 66 Missouri 67, Northwestern 64 SE Missouri 69, 61 W. Illinois 50. N. Illinois 34 Youngstown St. 69, Ohio 59 SOUTHWEST Rock 73, Centenary 48 Arkansas St.

68. SW Missouri St. 62 Baylor 92, Texas Christi 64 North Texas 64, S. Arkansas 64 Tulsa 63, Texas-San Antonio 41 FAR WEST Montana 83, Rocky Mountain 49 THE AIR 8, Los Angeles, Roenick 5 (Frolov, Visnovsky), 18:10 (pp). 9, Los Angeles, Frolov 12 (Weaver), 19:20 (en).

Shots on goal Los Angeles s-11-B aj. at. louis i-n-i a. Power-play opportunities Los An geles 2 of St. Louis 1 of 9.

Goalies Los Anoeles. Garon 7-4- (26 shots-23 saves). St. Louis, Sanford 2-2-u (27-22). A 14,306 2:17.

College men Tuesday's scores EAST Boston U. 2, Harvard 2, tie Castleton St. 2, Plymouth St. 1 Curry 5. Framinqham St.

3 Manhattanville 5, Williams 3 Massachusetts 2 Vermont 1 Quinnipiac 3, Princeton 2 St. Michael's 9, Assumption 2 S. Maine 5, Salem St. 2 S. New Hampshire 3, Tufts 3, tie Yale 6, Mercyhurst3 MIDWEST Minn.

Mankato 6, Nebraska-Omaha 3 EXHIBITION Air Force 7, Bad Tolz 2 Basketball NBA Glance EASTERN CONFERENCE came an Akron high school legend and eventual superstar. Drew Gooden added 13 points and 15 rebounds his fifth double-double Rockets' Sura has surgery DALLAS Houston Rockets guard Bob Sura, already on the inactive list while rehabilitating from i i rrfrr i Tk off i and Zvdrnnas Tlpans- kas had 19 ints for the; Cavaliers, whose closest surgery Tuesday to repair a ma ruptured disc in his back. tat The back surgery was Yf Wash" performed in Miami by Dr. mgton on Nov. 15.

Barth Green, Rockets In their past two spokesman Nelson Luis games, James and, said. The team didn't have Hughes, who signed with a timetable for Sura's re- Cleveland as a free agent turn. during the summer, have combined for 134 points. Ricky Davis scored 27 points with 15 rebounds, Paul Pierce had 24 points and Mark Blount 21 for Boston, which was still within 10 points with 6:55 left. But Hughes drilled a 3-pointer, Eric Snow dropped two free throws and James completed a three-point play as the Cavs pushed their lead to 102-89 with 4:57 left.

Safely ahead, Mike Brown then emptied his bench of reserves. Around the NBA At Washington, Carmelo Anthony and Marcus Camby both had double-doubles, Earl Boykins scored half of his 20 points in the fourth quarter, and the Nuggets beat the Wizards 108-105 for their fourth con- secutive victory. Camby had 24 points, 14 rebounds and six blocks, including one on Gilbert Arenas' 3-point attempt just before the buzzer. At Memphis, Zach Randolph had 20 points and 13 rebounds, Darius Miles added 22 points, and the Trail Blazers beat the Grizzlies 95-87. Reserve Juan Dixon scored Who Is the only person to have won an Olympic gold medal and played on a winning Super Bowl team? See answer below Monia 3-3 1-2 8, Outlaw 4-6 2-2 10, Dixon 5-12 10-11 20, Jack 1-3 1-1 Ratliff 1-2 2-2 4.

Totals 34-73 26-33 95. MEMPHIS 187) Battier 9-14 1-2 21. Gasol 8-21 2-4 18, Wright 3-8 0-0 6, Stoudamire 2-10 2-2 7, E.Jones 3-10 3-5 9, Miller 8-14 0-0 20, Jackson 0-7 2-2 2, Warrick 0-1 0-0 0, D.Jones 1-3 0-0 2, Tsakalidis 1-2 0-0 2, Burks 0-0 0-0 0, Roberts 0-0 0-0 0. To tals 35-90 10-15 87. Portland 31 20 18 2695 Memphis 23 IS 25 24 87 3-Point Goals Portland 1-7 (Monia 1-1 Dixon 0-1.

Jack 0-1, Outlaw 0-2, Telfair 0-2), Memphis 7-21 (Miller 4-7, Battier 2-2, Stoudamire 1-4, Jackson 0-2, E.Jones 0-6). Fouled Out--None. Re bounds Portland 53 (Handoipn 13), Mempms 53 (basoi lb). Assists port-land 16 Telfair 6), Memphis 18 (Stoudamire 7). Total Fouls Portland 16, Mem phis 22.

A 14,555. Mavericks 102, Rockets 93 HOUSTON 193) Ju.Howard 1-5 1-2 3, Bowen 1-5 0-0 3, Yao 6-17 8-9 20, Head 9-17 5-5 28, Wesley 1-2 3-4 5, Barry 0-1 0-0 0. An derson 7-10 3-4 19, Mutombo 2-2 0-0 4, Swift 3-8 3-5 9, Norrls 1-2 0-2 2. Totals 31-69 23-31 93. DALLAS (102) Jo.Howard 5-14 5-7 15, Nowitzki 11-19 6-7 31, Dampier 0-2 2-6 2, Daniels 4-9 2-3 lu, lerry li-io 3-3 2a, uiop u-u b-o 6, Dev.Harrls 2-7 3-5 7, Powell 1-2 0-0 2, Mbenga 0-0 0-0 0, Armstrong 0-1 0-2 U.

lOISIS 34-2 2-41 1U2. Houston 27 26 21 19 93 Dallas 19 29 29 25102 3-Point Goals Houston 8-14 (Head 5-8, Anderson 2-3, Bowen 1-2, Swift 0-1), Dallas 7-15 (Terry 4-8, Nowitzki 3-b, Jo.Howard u-2). r-ouiea out switt. Rebounds Houston 45 (Head 7), Dallas 53 (Jo.Howard 11). Assists Houston 15 (Anderson 4), Dallas 19 (Terry 5).

Total Fouls Houston 33, Dallas 22. Technicals Houston Defensive Three Second, Dallas Defensive Three Second. College men Tuesday's scores EAST Alfred 71, Hilbert 60 American International 67, Bryant 65 Bluff 64, Duquesne 56 Assumption 87, Queens, N.Y. 71 Bentley 83, Stonehill 63 Boston College 92. Buffalo 63 Bucknell 74, Syracuse 69 California, Pa.

82, Geneva 56 Clark U. 83, Becker 60 Columbia 80, Long Island U. 63 Cornell 69, Colgate 56 Cortland St. 84, Elmira 52 E. Connecticut 66, Trinity, Conn.

64 East Stroudsburg 72, Caldwell 58 Edinboro 78, Gannon 69 Fitchburg St. 68. Mass -Boston 64 Framingham St. 69, Daniel Webster 45 Franklin Pierce 67, S. Connecticut 57 Gordon 80, Johnson St.

48 Hartwick 88, Mass. College 79 Harvard 70, Holy Cross 55 Keene St. 83, Endicott 72 Lafayette 86, Alvernia 60 Lehigh 58, Stony Brook 54 Maine 86, Maine-Fort Kent 36 Mansfield 85, Keystone 82 Marietta 112, Bethany.W.Va. 109 72, St. Rose 57 Mercyhurst 69, Bloomsburg 48 Michigan 51, Boston U.

46 Northeastern 105, Lasell 57 Ohio Weslyn 70, Washington 8 Jefferson 67 Pitt-Bradford 121, Westminster, Pa. 109 Plymouth St. 78, Castleton St. 54 Quinnipiac 106, Concordia, N.Y. 57 Rhode Island Coll.

92. Salem St. 79 S. Maine 77, Bates 68 S. New Hampshire 85.

Pace 73 Shippensburg 77, Shepherd 47 St. Anselm 66, LeMoyne 62 St. John Fisher 76, Hobart 51 St. John's 64, St. Francis, NY 50 St.

Joseoh's. L.I. 62. John Jav 61 St. Thomas Aquinas 62, St.

Michael's 57 Towson 60, UMBC 55 Tufts 72, Springfield 71 Wagner 75, American U. 59 Wentworth Tech 99, Mount Ida 65 West Chester 63, Sciences, Pa. 56 West Liberty 117, Point Park 80 Westfield St. 85. Elms 76 Widener70, Chestnut Hill 45 Williams 72, Wesleyan, Conn.

50 Worcester St. 80. Mass -Dartmouth 62 Worcester Tech 87, Bridgewater, Mass. 76 York, Pa. 89, Gettysburg 80 SOUTH Belmont 93.

Chattanoooa 79 Charleston Southern 108, Asbury 61 Creighton 72, George Mason 52 Davidson t. Massachusetts b3 Fla. International 71, Cent. Connecticut St. 61 Gardner-Webb 77, East Carolina 72 Georgia Southern 98, Mercer 79 Georgia St.

99, Delaware 72 Miami 87. N. Carolina AST 62 Murray St. 76, Campbellsville 51 N.C.-Wilmington 70, North Texas 52 Radford 95, ETSU 85 Tennessee 83, Louisiana-Lafayette 76 Tennessee Tech 1 1 7, Bluefield 85 Tulane 77, New Orleans 66 UCF 86, Nova Southeastern 67 Virginia 59, Richmond 43 William Mary 70. Hampton 60 MIDWEST Cincinnati 76, Illinois St.

59 Drake 85, Shawnee St. 36 Notre Dame 69, Hofstra 50 Ohio St. 79, Butler 69, OT Purdue 85, South Alabama 67 Saint Louis 69, Illinois 45 SOUTHWEST Houston 131, Florida Tech 62 Oklahoma St. 90, Detroit 56 Rice 87, N.M. Highlands 75 20.

At Dallas. Dirk Nowitzki hit the eo-ahead basket with six minutes left and finished with 31 points to I lead the Mavericks to their sixth straight victory, 102-93 over the Rockets. 1 Atlantic Division Pet QB Philadelphia 7 5 .583 New Jersey 5 5 .500 1 Boston 4 6 .400 2 New York 3 7 .300 3 Toronto 1 9 .100 5 Southeast Division Pet QB Miami 6 4 .600 Washington 5 5 .500 1 Orlando 3 6 .333 2 Charlotte 3 8 .273 3 Atlanta 0 9 .000 5Vz Cantral Division Pet QB Detroit 8 1' .889 Cleveland 9 2 .818 Indiana 6 3 .667 2 Milwaukee 5 4 .556 3 Chicago 4 5 .444 4 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division Pet QB San Antonio 9 2 .818 Dallas 8 2 .800 Vi Memphis 7 5 .583 214 New Orleans 4 6 .400 414 Houston 3 8 .273 6 Northwest Division Pet QB Denver 7 5 .583 Minnesota 5 4 .556 Vi Seattle 5 5 .500 1 Portland 4 5 .444 114 Utah 5 7 .417 2 Pacific Division Pet QB A. Clippers 8 2 .800 Golden State 7 5 .563 2 Phoenix 4 5 .444 3 A. Lakers 4 6 .400 4 Sacramento 4 7 .364 4'4 NHL Dagenais, Theodore power Canadiens The Associated Press MONTREAL Pierre Dagenais scored the win- ning goal and Jose Theodore stopped Atlanta forwards Ilya Kovalchuk, Peter Bondra and Marian Hossa in the first shootout in Montreal to lead the Canadiens to a 3-2 win Tuesday night over the Minnesota 9 9 2 20 54 47 Pacific Division OL PtsOF OA Los Angeles Dallas Phoenix San Jose 15 6 1 31 85 13 6 1 27 72 11 10 2 24 64 Anaheim 7 10 4 18 5 Two points for a win, one point for over.

time loss or snootout loss. Monday'a Qamaa Nashville at Detroit, player sei zure Edmonton 3, San Jose 1 SO Calgary 3, Colorado 2, SO Tuasday'a Qamaa Ottawa 5, Carolina 3 Y. Rangers 3, Buffalo 2, SO Tampa Bay 4, Philadelphia 2 Montreal 3. Atlanta 2, SO Pittsburgh 5, Washington 4 Los Angeles 6, St. Louis 3 Anaheim at Phoenix (n) Chicago at Vancouver (n) Today'a Qamaa Buffalo at Y.

Islanders, 7 m. Tampa Bay at Washington, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Florida, 7 p.m. Nashville at Columbus, 7 p.m. Boston at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.

Colorado at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. Edmonton at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Anaheim at Dallas, 8:30 p.m. San Jose at Calgary, 9 Canadiens 3, Thrashers 2 Atlanta 0 2 0 0 2 Montraal 0 2 0 03 Montraal won shootout 1-0 First Period None. Second Period 1, Montreal.

Rvder 1U (Hioeiro, bonk), (pp). 2, Atlanta. Kovalchuk 15 (Kozlov, Hossa), 5:43. 3, Montreal, Markov 3 (Rivet, Ryder), 15:35 (pp). 4, Atlanta, Bondra 12, 15:59.

Third Period None. Overtime None. Shootout Montreal 1 (Rvder NG. Begin G); Atlanta 0 (Kovalchuk NG, Bondra NQ, Hossa NG Shots on qoal Atlanta 11-11-14-2 38. Montreal 10-11-8-130.

Power-plav opportunities Atlanta 0 of 13; Montreal 2 of 9. Goalies Atlanta, Shields 1-2-1 (0 shots-0 saves). Montreal, Theodore 11-4-3 (0-0). A 21 ,273 (21 2:36. Lightning 4, Flyers 2 Tampa Bay 1 2 1 4 Philadelphia 10 12 First Period 1 Tampa Bay, Cibak 2 (layior, uiiviaioj, 4:14.

rniiaoeipnia, Umberqer 1 (Rathie, Sharp), 12:16. Second Period 3, Tampa Bay, Rich ards 9 (Modin, St. Louis), 15:35. 4, Tampa Bay, Boyle 7 (DiMaio, Cibak), 17:01. Third Period 5, Tampa Bay, Taylor 3 (Artyukhin, Afanasenkov), 6:25.

6, Philadelphia, Sim 7 (Handzus, Hatcher), 13:15 (pp). Shots on goal Tampa Bay 10-10-525. Philadelphia 14-7-1132. Power-play opportunities Tampa Bay 0 of Philadelphia 1 of 4. Goalies Tampa Bay, Burke 3-0-2 (32 shots-30 saves).

Philadelphia, Esche 8-4-2 (25-21). A 19,567 2:18. Rangers 3, Sabres 2 N.Y. Rangers 0 1 1 03 Buffalo 0 1 1 02 N.Y. Rangara won shootout 3-2 First Period None.

Second Period 1, Buffalo, Drury 5 (Afinogenov, Numminen), 8:10 (pp). 2, N.Y. Rangers, Jagr 20 (Straka, Ny-lander), 12:56. Third Period 3, Buffalo, McKee 2 (Mair), 11:44. 4, N.Y.

Rangers, Nylander 7 (Jagr, Malik), 15:46. Overtime None. Shootout N.Y. Rangers 3 (Straka Nylander Jagr G); Buffalo 2 (Briere Kotalik Drury NG). Shots on goal N.Y.

Rangers 9- 9-8-127. Buffalo 11-12-13-339. Power-play opportunities N.Y. Rangers 0 of Buffalo 1 of 5. Goalies N.Y.

Rangers, Weekes 6-4-1 (39 shots-37 saves). Buffalo, No-ronen (27-25), Biron 4-4-1 (shootout, 0-0). A 16,018 2:29. Penguins Capitals 4 Washington 0 2 24 Pittsburgh 4 1 08 First Period 1, Pittsburgh, Palffy 8 (Gonchar, Jackman), 5:08 (pp). 2, Pittsburgh, Jackman 4 (LeClair, Pirjeta), 8:02.

3, Pittsburgh, Crosby 11 (Palffy, Melichar), 11:53. 4, Pittsburgh, Pirjeta 4 (Whitney), 14:46. Second Period 5, Washington, Clark 5 (Witt, Cassels), 5:31. 6, Washington, Laich 2, 5:45. 7, Pittsburgh, Palffy 9 (Crosby, Orpik), 13:30.

Third Period 8, Washington, Pet-tinger 3 (Ovechkin, Howard), 4:46. 9, Washington, Willsie 4 (Halpern), 6:29 (sh). Shots on goal Washington 10- 20-1545. Pittsburgh 12-10-628. Power-play opportunities Washington 0 of Pittsburgh 1 of Goalies Washington, Kolzig 7-8-0 (28 shots-23 saves).

Pittsburgh, Caron 5-3-3 (45-41). A 16,978 2:20. Senators 5, Hurricanes 3 Ottawa 2 1 2 Carolina 2 0 13 First Period 1, Ottawa, Fisher 6 (Phillips), 3:18 (sh). 2, Ottawa, Schubert 1 (Pothier, Meszaros), 6:55. 3, Carolina, Staal 15 (Cole.

Adams). 9:39. 4, Carolina, C.Adams 1 (Cole), 13:32. Second Period 5, Ottawa, Redden 4 (Fisher, Spezza), 5:21 (pp). Third Period 6, Carolina, Stillman 6 (Cullen, Williams), 1:12.

7, Ottawa, Spezza 7 (Alfredsson, Heatley), 4:15. 8, uttawa, benaeter 19 oa (en). Shots on goal Ottawa 9-13-830. Carolina 13-10-730. Power-play opportunities Ottawa 1 of 4: Carolina 0 of 5.

Goalies Ottawa, Hasek 11-3-0 (30 shots-27 saves). Carolina, Gerber 9-4-0 (29-25). A 13,427 2:17. Kings 6, Blues 3 Los Angalas 1 2 3 6 St. Louis 1 2 03 First Period 1, Los Angeles, Corvo 2 (Demitra, Frolov), 3:45.

2, St. Louis, McAmmond 6 (Weinrich, Weight), 12:10 (PP)- Second Period 3, Los Angeles, Corvo 3 (Demitra, Frolov), 11:56. 4, Los Angeles, Belanger 7 (Demitra, Con-roy), 14:39. 5, St. Louis, McAmmond 7 (Weight, Weinrich), 15:17.

6, St. Louis, Sillinger 6 (Hoggan, Rycroft), 18:22. Third Period 7, Los Angeles, Cam-malleri 7 (Visnovsky, Demitra), :41 (pp). Dallas 20. Detroit 7 Chicago 13, Carolina 3 Oakland 16, Washington 13 Arizona 38, St.

Louis 28 Tampa Bay 30, Atlanta 27 Cleveland 22, Miami 0 Jacksonville 31, Tennessee 28 N.V. Giants 27, Philadelphia 17 Baltimore 16, Pittsburgh 13, OT New England 24, New Orleans 1 7 San Diego 48, Buffalo 10 Denver 27, Y. JetsO Indianapolis 45, Cincinnati 37 Seattle 27, San Francisco 25 Kansas City 45, Houston 17 Monday's Qama Minnesota 20, Green Bay 17 Thursday'! Qamaa Atlanta at Detroit, 12:30 p.m. Denver at Dallas, 4:15 p.m. Sunday, Nov.

27 St. Louis at Houston, 1 p.m. Carolina at Buffalo, 1 p.m. San Diego at Washington, 1 p.m. San Francisco at Tennessee, 1 p.m.

Chicago at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m. Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m. New England at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Cleveland at Minnesota, 1 p.m. Miami at Oakland, 4:05 p.m.

Jacksonville at Arizona, 4:05 p.m. Y. Giants at Seattle, 4:15 p.m. Green Bay at Philadelphia, 4:15 p.m. New Orleans at Y.

Jets, 8:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 28 Pittsburgh at Indianapolis, 9 p.m. College 2005-06 Bowl schedule Dec. 20 New Orleans Bowl at Lafayette, Sun Belt champion vs.

CUSA, 8 p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 21 GMAC Bowl at Mobile, CUSA vs. MAC or WAC, 8 p.m. (ESPN) Dec.

22 Las Vegas Bowl, BYU vs. Pac-10, 8 p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 22 Poinsettia Bowl at San Diego, MWC vs. Navy, 10:30 p.m.

(ESPN2) Dec. 23 Fort Worth Bowl, CUSA vs. Big 12 No. 8, 8 p.m. (ESPN) Dec.

24 Hawaii Bowl at Honolulu, CUSA vs. WAC, 8:30 p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 26 Motor City Bowl at Detroit, MAC vs. Big Ten, 4 p.m.

(ESPN) Dec. 27 Champ Sports Bowl at Orlando, ACC vs. Big 12, 5 p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 27 Insight Bowl at Phoenix, Pac-10 No.

4 vs. Big East No. 3 or Notre Dame, 8.30 p.m (ESPN) Dec. 28 MPC Computers Bowl at Boise, Idaho, WAC vs. ACC, 4:30 p.m.

(ESPN) Dec. 28 Alamo Bowl at San Antonio, Big Ten vs. Big 12, 8 p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 29 Emerald Bowl at San Francisco, MWC No.

23 vs. Pac-10 No. 6, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 29 Holiday Bowl at San Diego, Pac-10 No.

2 vs. Big 12 No. 3, 8 p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 30 Music City Bowl at Nashville, SEC vs.

Big Ten, Noon (ESPN) Dec. 30 Sun Bowl at El Paso, Texas, Big Ten No. 5 vs. Pac-10 No. 3.

2 p.m. (CBS) Dec. 30 Independence Bowl at Shreveport, Big 12 vs. SEC, 3:30 p.m. (ESPN) Dec.

30 Peach Bowl at Atlanta. ACC vs. SEC, 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Dec. 31 Meineke Bowl at Charlotte, N.C., Big East vs.

ACC, 11 a.m. (ESPN2) Dec. 31 Liberty Bowl at Memphis, At large vs. CUSA champion, 1 p.m. (ESPN) Dec.

31 Houston Bowl, SEC vs. Big 12,2:30 p.m. (ESPN2) Jan. 2 Cotton Bowl at Dallas, SEC vs Big 12, 11 a.m. (FOX) Jan.

2 Outback Bowl at Tampa, Big Ten vs. SEC, 1 1 a.m. (ESPN) Jan. 2 Gator Bowl at Jacksonville, ACC No. 2 vs.

Big East No. 2 or Notre Dame. 12:30 p.m. (NBC) Jan. 2 Capital One Bowl at Orlando, Big Ten vs.

SEC, 1 p.m. (ABC) Jan. 2 Fiesta Bowl at Tempe, BCS vs. BCS, 4:30 p.m. (ABC) Jan.

2 Sugar Bowl at Atlanta, BCS vs. BCS, 8:30 p.m. (ABC) Jan. 3 Orange Bowl at Miami, BCS vs. BCS, 8 p.m.

(ABC) Jan. 4 Rose Bowl at Pasadena, BCS1 vs. BCS2, 8 p.m. (ABC) NCAA Olv. I-AA playoffs Firat Round Saturday Colgate (8-3) at New Hampshire (10-1), Noon Nicholls State (6-3) at Furman (9-2), 12:30 p.m.

Southern Illinois (8-3) at Eastern Illinois (9-2), 1 p.m. Lafayette (8-3) at Appalachian State (8-3), 2 p.m. Cal Poly-SLO (8-3) at Montana (8-3), 2 p.m. Georgia Southern (8-3) at Texas State (9-2), 3:30 p.m. Eastern Washington (7-4) at Northern Iowa (8-3), 8 p.m.

Richmond (8-3) at Hampton (11-0), 8 p.m. Hockey NHL Glance EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division OL PtaOF OA Y. Rangers 14 7 Philadelphia 12 5 Y. Islanders 11 10 New Jersey 9 9 31 27 22 20 20 Pittsburgh 7 9 Northaast Division OL PtaOF OA Ottawa 16 3 0 32 90 41 Montreal 14 5 3 31 68 66 Toronto 12 7 2 26 78 71 Buffalo 11 9 1 23 70 72 Boston 7 10 5 19 69 79 Southaast Division OL PtaOF OA Carolina 14 6 1 29 75 63 Tampa Bay 11 9 3 25 72 68 Atlanta 8 11 2 18 73 78 Washington 8 13 0 16 61 90 Florida 6 11 4 16 47 64 WESTERN CONFERENCE Cantral Division OL PtsOF OA Detroit 15 5 2 32 80 54 Nashville 12 3 3 27 64 49 Chicago 9 11 0 18 59 74 St. Louis 4 13 3 11 52 80 Columbus 5 16 0 10 38 75 Northwest Division OL PtsOF OA Vancouver 13 6 2 28 70 61 Calgary 13 8 2 28 59 60 Edmonton 12 10 1 25 72 69 Colorado 11 7 3 25 81 68 Thrashers.

Dagenais' shot beat legs on Montreal's second shootout opportunity after Michael Ryder missed high with the Ca nadiens' first shot. Theodore, who stopped Kovalchuk on a breaka Auto racing NASCAR Nextel Cup Leaders Final Pointa 1, Tony Stewart, 6533. 2, Greq Biffle, 6498. 3. Carl Edwards, 6498.

4, Mark Martin. 6428. 5. Jimmie Johnson. 6406.

6, Ryan Newman, 6359. 7, Matt Ken- setn, B35Z. 8, Husty Wallace, 6140. 9, Jeremy Mayfield, 6073. 10, Kurt Busch, 5974.

11, Jeff Gordon, 4174. 12, Jamie McMurray, 4130. 13, Elliott Sadler, 4084. 14, Kevin Harvick, 4072. 15.

Dale Jarrett, 3960. 16, Joe Nemechek, 3953. 17, Brian Vickers, 3847. 18, Jeff Burton, 3803. 19, Dale Earnhardt 3780.

20, Kyle Busch, 3753. Money 1. Tonv Stewart. $6,987,530. 2.

Jeff Gordon, $6,855,440. 3, Jimmie John son, $6,796,660. 4, Kurt Busch, $6,516,320. 5. Mark Martin.

$5,994,350. 6, Matt Kenseth, $5,790,770. 7, Dale Earnhardt $5,761,830. 8, Greg Biffle. $5,729,930.

9. Rvan Newman. $5,578,1 10. 10, Elliott Sadler, $5,024,120. 11.

Kevin Harvick. $4,970,050. 12. Carl Edwards, $4,889,990. 13, Kasey Kahne, $4,874,840.

14, Rusty Wallace, $4,868,980. 15, Dale Jarrett, $4,705,440. 16. Bobbv Labonte. $4,627,400.

17, Jeremy Mayfield, $4,566,910. 18, Michael Waltrip, $4,375.090. 19. Rickv Rudd. $4,300,410.

20, Jeff Burton, $4,265,670. Soccer College men NCAA Div. I playoffs Second Round Tuesday Clemson 3, North Carolina State 0 CS Northridge 3, UC Santa Barbara 2 California 0, Santa Clara 0. California won 5-4 on penalty kicks North Carolina-Greensboro 0, Virginia Tech 0, UNC-Greesnboro won 44 on penalty kicks St. John's, N.Y.

1, Dartmouth 0 Stony Brook at Connecticut. weather North Carolina 2. Providence 0 Creighton 2, Duke 1 Maryland 1 Brown 0 Virginia 4, South Florida 4, Virginia won 7-6 on penalty kicks noire uame Indiana Penn State I.Seton Hall 0 Wake Forest 2, Old Dominion 1 West Virginia at Akron, weather Wisconsin-Milwaukee (14-4-4) at New Mexico (15-1-2), 9 p.m. Southern Methodist (11-5-3) at UCLA (12-4-3), 10 p.m. Today Stony Brook (13-4-4) at Connecticut (15-3-1).

Noon West Virginia (13-7-2) at Akron (17-1-2), moon Trivia Today's answer Bob Haves. Haves won the aold In the 100 meters at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, and also ran the anchor leg on the winning 400-meter relay team. He got his Super Bowl ring with the 1971 Dallas Cowboys. Aquinas 5-8 (Kettrell 3-3, Allen 0-1, Butler 2-3, Williams 0-1), St. Michael's 9-25 (Cayole 3-4, Mirkovic 0-1, Sorrentlne 4-10, Monahan 1-1, Mullins 1-7, lola 0-2).

Rebounds: St. Thomas Aquinas 43 (Allen 8), St. Michael's 30 (Cayole 8). Total fouls: St. Thomas Aquinas 22, St.

Michael's 19. Fouled out: Robertson. Attendance: 183. Recreation YMCA League YMCA 65, Cassidy Properties 62 Anger Management 59, Hannafords 52. T.

Ruggs 85. Bulls 73 Vermont scores Tuesday's results College men's hockey Massachusetts 2, Vermont 1 St. Michael's 9. Assumption 2 Castleton 2, Plymouth 1 College men's basketball St. Thomas Aquinas 62, St.

Michael's 57 Middlebury 74, College of St. Joseph 57 Plymouth 78, Castleton 54 Gordon 80, Johnson 48 Southern Vermont 91, Green Mountain 53 College women's basketball Plymouth 68, Castleton 57 Green Mountain 85, Southern Vermont 38 Hockenbury tournament Middlebury 45, Norwich 43 Vermont schedules Today's games College men'a basketball Nevada at Vermont, 7 p.m. College women'a baefcelball Vermont at Boston College, 1 p.m. way in overtime, made a glove save on Hossa on Atlanta's third attempt. The sellout crowd cheered as the Canadiens goalie held his glove hand up ahead of the goal line while sprawling back into the net.

Theodore drew a roar heard chants of "Theo! Theo! Theo!" when he turned away Kovalchuk, who scored his 15th goal in the second period on a clear breakaway. Kovalchuk has 14 goals since scoring once in his The Thrashers outshot ing 14-8 in the third. Peter Bondra also scored for Atlanta, which tied Steve Shields between the 3:27 into overtime and and 13 assists in 14 games first four games. Montreal 38-30, includ 2: At Philadelphia. Brad scored within a 1:26 SDan Taylor each had a coal dropped four of five.

with Carolina this season. spezza goal, pushing his to 10 mpc At IN VERMONT the game twice in the second. Lightning 4, Flyers Richards and Dan Boyle late in the second period to break open a tie game and lift Tampa Bay to a victory over Philadelphia. Monday's Qamaa Philadelphia 103, New Orleans 91 Utah 100, Milwaukee 80 San Antonio 96, Sacramento 93 Golden State 100. New Jersey 97 Tueaday'a Qamas Denver 108, Washington 105 Cleveland 115.

Boston 93 Portland 95, Memphis 87 Dallas 102, Houston 93 Toronto at Phoenix (n) Utah at Seattle (n) Today's Games Boston at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Washington at Orlando, 7 p.m. Phoenix at Houston, 7:30 p.m. Denver at Detroit, 7:30 p.m. New York at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.

Portland at Miami, 7:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Minnesota at New Orleans, 8 p.m. New Jersey at Sacramento, 10 p.m. Toronto at L.A.

Clippers, 10:30 p.m. San Antonio at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. Cavs 115, Celtics 93 BOSTON (93) Pierce 10-24 2-2 24, LaFrentz 1-5 0-0 2, Blount 7-12 7-8 21, West 2-4 0-0 5, Davis 11-23 2-5 27, Reed 2-5 2-4 6, Dickau 1-3 3-3 5, Jefferson 0-4 0-2 0, Scala-brine 0-1 0-0 0, Perkins 0-0 0-0 0, Greene 1-3 0-0 2, Gomes 0-1 1-21. To tals 35-85 17-2693. CLEVELAND (1 IS) James 13-20 9-11 36, Gooden 6-11 1-1 13, llgauskas 3-10 13-13 19.

Snow 1-4 2-2 4, Hughes 9-22 5-6 25, Marshall 2-4 0-0 6, Jones 0-3 0-0 0, Jackson 0-3 0-0 Henderson 2-2 2-2 6, Wilks 2-6 0-0 4, Pavlovic 0-0 0-0 0. Hamilton 0-0 2-2 2. Totals 38-85 34-37 11 5. Boston 18 33 22 20 S3 Cleveland 27 31 26 31 IIS 3-Point Goals Boston 6-14 (Davis 3-6, Pierce 2-4, West 1-2, LaFrentz 0-2). Cleveland 5-17 (Hughes 2-4, Marshall 2-4, James 1-3, Jackson 0-1, Wilks 0-2, Jones 0-3).

Fouled Out None. ReboundsBoston 59 (Pierce 15), Cleveland 50 (Gooden 15). Assists Boston 21 (Davis 5), Cleveland 20 (Snow 9). Total Fouls Boston 27, Cleveland 17. Technicals Boston Defensive Three Second 3.

A 17,139. Nuggets 108, Wizards 105 DENVER 11081 Anthony 5-17 18-22 28, Camby 10-15 4-4 24, Elson 3-7 0-0 6, Johnson 0-1 0-0 Miller 1 1 2-4 8. Buckner 4-6 0-0 10. Boykins 8-12 2-2 20, Najera 2-6 2-2 7, Kleiza 0-1 0-0 0, Watson 2-5 1-1 5. Totals 37-81 29-35108.

WASHINGTON 11 051 Jeffries 1-5 1-2 3, Jamison 11-24 3-5 26, Haywood 1-4 2-2 4, Hayes 7-11 0-0 15, Arenas 10-25 12-15 36. Ruffin 0-0 0-0 0. E.Thomas 3-3 4-6 10, Butler 4-7 2-2 10, Daniels 0-10 1-1 1, Storey 0-1 0-0 0, Booth 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 37-91 25-33 105. Denver 37 28 19 34 108 Washington 21 30 26 28 10S Point Goals Denver 5-14 (Boykins 3, Buckner 2-3, Naiera 1-1.

Miller 0-1. Johnson 0-1 Watson 0-2, Anthony 0-3), Washington 6-19 (Arenas 4-11, Hayes 1-2, Jamison 1-3, Butler 0-1, Daniels 2). Fouled Out None. Rebounds- Denver 56 (Camby 14), Washington 56. (Jamison 12).

Assists Denver 27 (Boykins 7), Washington 23 (Arenas 10). To tal Fouls Denver 30, Washington 28. Technicals Camby, Washington Defensive Three Second, Daniels. Blazers 95, Grizzlies 87 PORTLAND (95) Miles 9-18 4-8 22, Randolph 7-17 6-7 20, Przybilla 3-5 0-0 6, Telfair 1-7 0-0 2, Martin Cibak and Tim and an assist, and Rob DiMaio had two assists for the Lightning. R.J.

Umberger and Ton Sim scored for the Flyers, who have Around the NHL At Raleieh. Jason Snaria cmroA ovvivu Ul ahead goal early in the third period to lead the Senators oast the Hurricanes 5-3. Mikp FUh and two assists for the Senators (16-3), who came in with the Eastern Conference's hpt having lost both meetings TT 1.1 i. uauy neauey assisted on team-record ooint streak Hockey College men Massachusetts 2, Vermont 1 Masaachusstts 1 0 12 Vermont 1 0 01 First nariod Scorino: UMass. Crowder 2 (Kostka), UVM, Mitchell 4 (Syroczynski), 19 57.

Penalties: None. Second period Scoring: None. Penalties: None. Third eeriod Scorino: UMass. Davis 3 (Wessbecker, Werner), 17:03 Penalties: UMass 1 minor; UVM 1 mi nor.

Saves: UMass. Quick 8-9-13-30: UVM, Fallon 1-5-39. Power plays: UMass 0 for UVM 0 for 1. Records: UMass 3-7-0. 2-5-0 HE: UVM 9-3-0.

3-3-0 HE. Referee: Scott Zelkin Assistant refer ees: Andy O'Brien, Steve Glines. Basketball College men St. Thomas Aquinas 62, St. Michael's 57 ST.

THOMAS AOUIHAS (2-1) Kettrell 7-9 0-1 17, Simmons 2-6 1-2 5, Allen 1-5 0-0 2, Cure 1-1 2-3 4, C. Butler 10 4-4 12, Comas 4-5 0-0 8, P. Butler -0 0-0 0, Portis 0-3 1-4 1, Williams 1-2 6 5, Allen 3-4 0-3 6. Davis 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 23-46 11-23 62.

ST. MICHAEL'S (1-2) Cayole 5-13 1-3 14, Robertson 5-11 0-0 iu, Mirkovlc 0-4 2-2 2, sorrentlne 4-13 9 18, Monahan 3-6 3-3 10, Mulllns 1-7 0 3, Malonev 0-0 0-1 0, tola 0-3 0-0 0. White 0-1 0-0 6. Totals 18-58 12-18 57. Halftime: St.

Thomas Aauinas 37. St. Michael's 19. 3-point goals: St. Thomas A UUUdlU, N.Y., Jaromir Jagr scored the decisive goal in a shootout, lifting the Rangers to a 3-2 win over the Sabres.

The goal capped a solid game for Jagr who scored his team-leadine 20th coal and addpd an Slccict in ramilq. tion. Michael Nylander also had a goal and assist for the Rangers, who overcame two one-goal deficits and won their third straight ramp At Pit cm. 0 j-, ifcfcOfLAigii, WIUMUJ Crosby weaved through two defensemen to score during Pittsburgh's four-goal first period, then helped hold off a frantic Capitals rally with a no-look, spin-move nasS to Set tin Zleev Palffv'a wennrl anal nf ko game in a 5-4 Penguins victory. At St.

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