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24 Hazleton Standard-Speaker, Thursday, January 1, 1998 -WfllEPB 1 1 Scoreboard msifl ll Will i iiflEHiwra hi uniEro i EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division Pet GB UCLA ended the regular season as one of the hottest team in the country. Texas has always had a hard time stepping-up in class and it will show again here. Lay the wood and play UCLA for another Best Bet winner. Other plays include Virginia Tech 12 vs. North Carolina and Washington State -I- 7 vs.

Michigan. WLTPts GF GA MEN I NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE Conference Semifinals Saturday Points 612(40) 14 (42) Sunday Points 14(38) 214) Favorite PITTSBURGH SAN Favorite GREEN BAY KANSAS CITY COLLEGE NewJersey 25 11 2 52 116 78 Philadelphia 22 10 7 51 110 86 Washington 17 15 8 42 109 108 N.Y. Rangers 12 17 12 36 104 112 NY. Islanders 15 19 5 35 1 04 111 Florida 14 20 6 34 103 117 Tampa Bay 8 23 7 23 68 115 Northeast Division TPts GF GA Pittsburgh 21 12 8 50 112 93 Montreal 20 15 6 46 115 98 Ottawa 18 17 4 40 99 90 Boston 17 16 6 40 99 101 Carolina 15 21 5 35 1 04 114 Buffalo 13 19 6 32 89 103 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division TPts GF GA Dallas 25 9 6 56 126 83 Detroit 24 9 8 56 139 98 St. Louis 22 14 6 50 122 103 Phoenix 17 16 7 41 112 109 Chicago 14 18 7 35 89 90 Toronto 13 19 5 31 85 109 PacilicDIvlsion TPts GF GA Colorado 20 8 12 52 121 96 LosAngeles 16 16 6 38 110 108 San Jose 14 20 5 33 94 108 Anaheim 13 20 7 33 93" 122 Edmonton 11 20 9 31 92 119 Calgary 11 22 8 30 104 125 Miami 20 9 .690 New York 17 1 2 .566 Orlando 17 13 .567 3'; New Jersey 16 13 .552 4 Boston 14 14 .500 5'i Washington 15 16 .484 6 Philadelphia 7 21 .250 12 Central Division Chicago 20 10 .667 Atlanta 19 10 .655 Indiana 19 10 .655 ft Charlotte 18 11 .621 Vi Cleveland 17 11 .607 2 Milwaukee 14 1 5 .483 S' Detroit 14 17 .452 6'; Toronto 4 25 .136 15V; WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division Pet GB Utah 19 11 .633 San Antonio 18 11 621 Houston 15 11 .577 2 Minnesota 15 14 .517 3'; Vancouver 10 20 .333 9 Dallas 5 25 .167 14 Denver 2 26 .071 16 Pacific Division Seattle 24 6 .800 L.A.

lakers 23 7 .767 1 Phoenix 18 9 .667 4'; Portland 18 10 643 5 Sacramento 11 20 .355 13 Golden State 7 21 .250 16 L.A. Clippers 6 24 .200 16 TUESDAY LATE GAME ALAMO BOWL Purdue 33, Oklahoma St. 20 Purdue 7 3 20 3-33 Oklahoma St 3 3 7 7-20 First Quarter Pur-Alford 18 pass from Dicken (Ryan kick), 1:19. Second Quarter Third Quarter Pur-Dicken 1 run (kick failed), 12:02. OSU- Fobbs 21 run (Sydnes kick), 9:01 Pur-Sutherland 16 run (Ryan kick), 7:34.

Pur Daniels 69 pass from Dicken (Ryan kick), 3:52. Fourth Quarter OSU-McQuarters 17 pass from Lindsay (Sydnes kick), :55. Pur OSU First downs 20 24 Rushes-yards 28-129 37-162 Passing 325 208 Comp-Att-Int 18-36-3 17-35-3 Return Yards 77 1 Punts-Avg 2-45 4-45 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 9-81 8-70 Time of Possession 25:35 34:25 INDIVIDUALSTATISTICS RUSHING-Purdue, Dicken 8-43, Watson 13-41, Sutherland 2-38, Haddad 3-9, Graham 1-0, Brees 1 -(minus 2). Oklahoma Fobbs 11-82, Lindsay 12-61, Aikins 2-17, Simmons 10-11, Chaloupka 2-(minus9). PASSING -Purdue, Dicken 18-34-3-325, Alford 0-1-0-0, Brees 0-1-0-0.

Oklahoma Lindsay 9-1 8-2-1 1 1 Chaloupka 8-1 7-1 -95. RECEIVING -Purdue, Watson 5-102, Alford 4-61, Jones 3-27, Blackman 2-33, Daniels 1-69, Tillman 1-13, Sutherland 1-12, Winston 1-8. Oklahoma Brown 4-52, McQuarters 4-43, Love 3-35, Steggs 2-30, Today Outback Bowl-Tampa, Fla. Points 9 (50) Gator Bowl-Jacksonville, Fla, Points '2(4'l Citrus Bowl-Orlando, Fla. Points 13(54) Cotton Bowl-Dallas, Tex.

Points 13(55) Rose Bowl-Pasadena. Calif. Points 7(19) Sugar Bowl-New Orleans, La. Points 612(50) Friday Peach Bowl-Atlanta, Ga. Points 6(48) Orange Bowl-Miami, Fla.

Points Favorite Favorite North Favorite Florida Favorite UCLA Favorite Favorite Florida Favorite Auburn Favorite NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Favorite Points Underdog VANCOUVER 3 Philadelphia COLLEGE BASKETBALL Favorite Points Underdog No games scheduled NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE TUESDAY'S LATE GAMES Jazz 132, Nuggets 99 UTAH (132) Keefe 5-8 2-2 12, Malone 8-10 2-2 18, Carr 6-8 7-8 19, Stockton 2-3 0-0 4, Hor-nacek 5-10 2-2 12, Eisley 1-5 6-6 9, Russell 2- 4 2-2 7, Anderson 1-3 0-1 2, Ostertag 7-9 7-10 21, Foster 4-9 2-3 10, Vaughn 2-4 3-5 7, Morris 5-5 1-1 11, Totals 48-78 34-42 132. DENVER (99) Battie 4-10 0-0 9, L.Ellis 4-10 4-4 14, Garrett 1-2 3-4 5, Jackson 6-13 6-7 18, Washington 3-13 2-3 9, Fortson 1-5 13-16 15, Newman 6-9 8-9 21, Lauderdale 0-4 0-2 0, Goldwire 1-5 0-0 2, Gams 0-3 3-3 3, Wolf 0- 0 0-0 0, H.Ellis 0-3 3-4 3. Totals 26-77 42-5299. Utah 31 25 43 33-132 Denver 16 25 27 31- 99 3-Point goals-Utah 2-4, (Russell 1-1, Eisley 1-2, Stockton 0-1), Denver 5-12, (L.EIlis 2-3, Battie 1-1, Newman 1-2, Washington 1-5, Garns 0-1). Fouled out Ostertag, Foster.

Rebounds-Utah 57 (Malone 10), Denver 42 (Jackson, Fortson 5). Assists Utah 35 (Stockton 9), Denver 17 (Jackson 7). Total touls-Utah 34, Denver 32. Technicals -None. A 14.230 Suns 100, Celtics 90 BOSTON (90) Walker 10-22 6-6 28, McCarty 5-9 1-2 13, DeClercq 4-7 3-7 11, Bowen 4-7 6-9 14, Billups 2-10 1-2 5, Mercer 3-10 1-2 7, Knight 1- 5 0-0 2, Brown 1-3 0-0 2, Barros 2-6 2-2 6, Minor 1 -2 0-0 2, Edney 0-4 0-0 0, Rogers 0-1 0-00.

Totals 33-86 20-30 90. PHOENIX (100) Ceballos 7-12 6-9 21, McDyess 6-10 1-2 13, Robinson 7-12 4-9 18, Kidd 3-4 0-0 7, Chapman 5-13 0-0 10, Nash 6-10 2-4 14, McCloud 2-6 3-4 7, Milic 0-1 0-0 0, Bryant 5-9 0-0 10, Thompson 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 41-7716-28100. Boston 17 23 25 25- 90 Phoenix 20 27 21 32-100 3-Pomt goals-Boston 4-16 (McCarty 2- 3, Walker 2-5, Bowen 0-1, Knight 0-1, Brown 0-1 Billups C-2, Barros 0-3), Phoenix 2-7 (Kidd 1-1, Ceballos 1-2, Nash 0-1, McCloud 0-1, Chapman 0-2). Fouled out-Robinson.

Rebounds-Boslon 53 (Walker 12), Phoenix 58 (McDyess 11). Assists-Boston 14 (Walker, Billups, Knight, Brown, Barros 2), Phoenix 27 (Kidd 8). Tolal fouls-Boston 23, Phoenix 24. A 19,023 Trail Blazers 96, 76ers 86 PHILADELPHIA (B6) Thomas 7-13 1-2 18, Cummings 3-7 0-0 6, Ratliff 1-5 3-4 5, Jackson 3-9 6-9 12, Iverson 8-18 4-5 21, Davis 4-8 2-4 10, Weatherspoon 2-11 2-2 6, McKie 2-3 0-0 4, Stewart 1 -4 0-0 2, Walters 0-1 0-0 0, Parker 0-02-2 2. Totals 31 -79 20-28 PORTLAND (96) Wallace 4-8 2-3 10, Grant 8-12 4-6 20, Cato 3-4 8-8 14, Auqmon 3-8 1-2 7, Anderson 4-11 2-2 11, Rider 4-12 1-1 10, Williams 5-11 3-4 13, Trent 5-13 1-4 11, Brunson 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 36-79 22-30 96. Philadelphia 21 24 23 18-86 Portland 25 23 25 23-96 3- Point goals -Philadelphia 4-8, (Thomas 3-4, Iverson 1-2, Jackson 0-2), Portland 2-7, (Anderson 1-2. Rider 1-5). Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Philadelphia 54 (Ratliff 8), Portland 53 (Grant 11).

Assists Philadelphia 20 (Iverson 8), Portland 20 (Anderson 6). Tolal fouls-Philadelphia 20, Portland 20. Technicals -Philadelphia illegal defense; Wallace; Portland coach Dunleavy.A-21,538 Saturday, Dec. 20 Las Vegas Bowl At Lis Vegas Oregon 41, Air Force 13 Thursday, Dec. 25 Blue-Gray Classic At Montgomery, Ala.

Gray 31, Blue 24 Aloha Bowl At Honolulu Washinqton5t, Michigan State 23 Friday, Dec, 26 Motor City Bowl AtPontiacMlch. Mississippi 34, Marshall 3 1 Saturday, Dec, 27 Heritage Bowl Al Atlanta Southern University 34, South Carolina State28 lnslght.com Bowl At Tucson, Ariz. Arizona 20, New Mexico 14 Sunday, Dec. 28 Independence Bowl AtShreveport.La. Monday, Dec.

29 Humanitarian Bowl At Boise, Idaho Cincinnati 35. Utah State 19 CarquestBowl At Miami Georgia Tech 35, West Virginia 30 Holiday Bowl At San Diego Colorado State 35, Missouri 24 Tuesday, Dec, 30 Alamo Bowl At San Antonio Purdue 33, Oklahoma State 20 Wednesday's Games Sun Bowl At El Paso, Texas Arizona State 17, Iowa 7 Liberty Bowl At Memphis, Tenn. Southern Mississippi 4 1 Pittsburgh 7 Fiesta Bowl AtTempeArlz. Kansas State vs, Syracuse (n) Today '3 Games Outback Bowl At Tampa, Fla. Wisconsin (8-4) vs.

Georgia (9-2), 11 a.m. (ESPN) Gator Bowl At Jacksonville, Fla. North Carolina (10-1) vs. Virginia Tech (7-4), (NBC) Citrus Bowl AtOrlando, Fla. Penn State (9-2) vs.

Florida (9-2), 1 p.m. (ABC) Cotton Bowl At Dallas Texas MM (9-3) vs. UCLA (9-2), 1:30 p.m. (CBS) Rose Bowl At Pasadena, Calif. Michigan (11-0) vs.

Washington State Sugar Bowl At New Orleans Florida State (10-1) vs. Ohio State (10-2), 8 p.m. (ABC) Friday, Jan. 2 Peach Bowl At Atlanta Clemson (7-4) vs. Auburn (9-3), 3 p.m.

(ESPN) Orange Bowl At Miami Nebraska (12-0) vs. Tennessee (11-1), 8 p.m. (CBS) Saturday, Jan. 10 East-West Shrine Classic At Stanford, Calif. East vs.

West, 4 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 17 Senior Bowl At Mobile, Ala. North vs. South, 2:30 p.m.

(TBS) Sunday, Jan. 18 Hula Bowl South vs. North, 4 p.m. (ESPN) Favorite New Jersey BOSTON CHICAGO PHOENIX ODAY'S ENTRIES Live, same-day and delayed national TV sports coverage for today (schedule subject to change andor blackouts): 1 1 a.m. ESPN NCAA Football, Outback Bowl, Wisconsin vs.

Georgia, at Tampa, Fla. NBC NCAA Football, Gator Bowl, North Carolina vs. Virginia Tech, at Jacksonville, Fla. 1 p.m. ABC NCAA Football, Citrus Bowl, Penn St.

vs. Florida, atOrlando, Fla. 1:30 p.m. CBS NCAA Football, Cotton Bowl, UCLA vs. Texas at Dallas ABC NCAA Football, Rose Bowl, Michigan vs.

Washington at Pasadena, Calif. 8:30 p.m. ABC NCAA Football, Sugar Bowl, Florida St. vs. Ohio at New Orleans 1933 Miami beats Bowl 1934 Columbia UDsets Southern Cal 7-0 in the Rnsn Wednesday's Scores EAST Georgetown 74, West Virginia 65 Miami 78, Seton Hall 65 SOUTH Detroit 79, Bethune-Cookman 65 Georgia Tech 93, North Texas 76 North Florida 86, Mount St.

Vincent 65 VMI 73, Virginia Tech 65 MIDWEST Cleveland St. 59, Brown 47 Florida SI. 66, DePaul 55 Iowa 89, Indiana 76 W. Illinois 63, Valparaiso 62 W.Michigan 79, N. Illinois 73 Florida State 66, DePaul 55 FLORIDA STATE (11-2) Jackson 6-12 2-3 15, Greer 3-7 6-6 13, Louis 7-9 2-4 16, Thompson 5-8 0-0 10, Baker 1-11 4-4 7, Shabazz 0-1 0-0 0, Mulligan 1-1 0-0 2, Hale 0-4 1-2 1, Deas 0-0 0- 0 0, Simmons 1-3 0-1 2.

Totals 24-56 15-2066. DePAUL(3-8) Taylor 6-16 1-2 13, Gaines 5-10 3-3 13, Avery 3-10 0-0 6, Phillips 0-6 0-0 0, Coleman 6-151-315, Cashin 0-2 0-0 0, Glover 2- 4 2-2 8. Totals 22-637-1055. Halftime-Florida State 32, DePaul 25. 3- Point goals-Florida State 3-17 (Jackson 1- 2, Greer 1-5, Baker 1-6, Thompson 0-2, Hale 0-2), DePaul 4-16 (Glover 2-3, Coleman 2-7, Gaines 0-1, Phillips 0-3, Taylor 0-4).

Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Florida State 49 (Louis 12), DePaul 30 (Gaines 9, Avery 9). Assists -Florida State 15 (Baker 6), DePaul 10 (Coleman 4). Total fouls-Florida State 13, DePaul 17. Technical Iowa 89, Indiana 76 IOWA (12-1) Bowen 8-14 3-5 19, Moore 6-10 1-2 13, Rucker 6-101-313, Oliver 3-5 7-9 13, Davis 8-12 3-4 22, Koch 2-3 0-0 5, McCausland 0- 4 2-2 2, Luehrsmann 0-3 0-0 0, Galloway 1 -3 0-0 2.

Totals 34-64 1 7-25 89. INDIANA (9-4) Recker 7-18 2-2 19, Gladness 0-2 0-2 0, Patterson 7-11 2-4 17, Lewis 2-4 6-6 10, Guyton 6-13 1-1 15, Miller 0-2 0-0 0, Richardson 2-3 3-4 7, Turner 4-14 0-0 8, Eggers 0-1 0-00. Totals 28-6814-1976. Halftime Iowa 42, Indiana 41. 3-Poinl goals-Iowa 4-14 (Davis 3-5, Koch 1-2, Luehrsmann 0-2, Galloway 0-2, McCausland 0-3), Indiana 6-25 (Recker 3-9, Guyton 2-6, Patterson 1-2, Lewis 0-1, Turner 0-7).

Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Iowa 48 (Bowen 14), Indiana 27 (Patterson 9). Assists-lowa 13 (Davis, Luehrsmann 4), Indiana 17 (Recker 5). Total fouls-Iowa 14, Indiana 18. Georgetown 74, West Virginia 65 WESTVlRGINIA(11-2) Owens 6-10 4-7 18, Solheim 2-3 0-0 4, B.Lewin 4-6 1-2 9, Pledger 0-5 0-0 0, West 2- 9 1-3 6, Goree 1-4 1-2 3, Jones 7-16 2-5 18, Scott 0-1 0-0 0, Kearse 2-8 1-2 7.

Totals 24-6210-2165. GEORGETOWN (7-3) Kilpalrick 5-8 1-2 13, Aw 3-7 4-7 10, White 0-2 1-21, Brunner 7-11 1-615, Long 3- 9 3-6 9, Touomou 0-1 0-0 0, Jackson 5-8 3-5 13, Gibson 0-0 0-0 0, Burton 1-2 1-2 3, Watkins 5-7 0-0 1 0. Totals 29-55 1 4-30 74. Halftime-Georgetown 35, West Virginia 25. 3-Point goals-West Virginia 7-23 (Owens 2-3, Kearse 2-4, Jones 2-8, West 1- 6, Pledger 0-1, Scott 0-1), Georgetown 2- 9 (Kilpalrick 2-2, Touomou 0-1, Burton 0-1, Long 0-5).

Fouled out-Solheim. Rebounds-West Virginia 30 (B.Lewin 9), Georgetown 51 (Kilpatrick 6). Assists West Virginia 12 (Kearse 3), Georgetown 14 (Brunner 8). Total fouls-West Virginia 21,. Georgetown 17.

Technicals-Owens. TUESDAY'S LATE GAME Hawaii 76, Kansas 65 KANSAS (16-1) Earl 3-9 3-4 9, Thomas 5-18 0-0 14, Chenowith 2-8 2-2 6, Pierce 8-17 4-7 22, Robertson 2-8 1-1 5, Gregory 2-3 0-0 4, Bradford 2-3 1-1 5, McGrath 0-2 0-0 0. Totals24-68 11-1565 HAWAII (9-1) Ambrozich 5-11 6-11 18, Kroeger 4-9 0-0 9, Robinson 0-2 0-0 0, Smith 5-14 9-10 22, Carter 6-15 6-7 19, Galloway 1-1 0-1 2, Cartwright 2-3 2-5 6. Totals 23-55 25-34 76 Halftime-Hawaii 29, Kansas 26. 3-Point goals-Kansas 6-26 (Thomas 4-14, Pierce 2-5, McGrath 0-1, Robertson 0-6), Hawaii 5-16 (Smith 3-9, Kroeger 1-3, Carter 1-4).

Fouled out-Kroeger. Rebounds-Kansas 46 (Earl 14), Hawaii 31 (Ambrozich 9). Assists -Kansas 13 (McGrath 4), Hawaii 13 (Carter 7). Total fouls-Kansas 25, Hawaii 17.A 10,300. WOMEN Wednesday's Scores EAST Boston College 74, St.

John's 54 Columbia 63, Colgate 56 Connecticut 82, Rutgers 69 Holy Cross 65, Hartford 61 Notre Dame 66, Pittsburgh 46 Providence 9 1 Syracuse 78 MIDWEST Butler 89, Brown 57 E.Michigan 68, Wright St. 66 77, Shawnee St. 65 Marquette 72, San Francisco64, OT Vanderbilt91, Cleveland St. 72 FAR WEST Quinnipiac 65, Cal State-LA 56 TOURNAMENTS Hoss's Red Flash Classic Championship William Mary 68, Towson 62 Consolation Bracket St. Francis, Pa.

82, Navy 64 National TV in parentheses Jan. 6 At Casino Magic, Bay St. Louis, Miss. (USA), Arthur Williams, Pensacola, vs, Adolpho Washington, Louisville, for Williams' USBA cruiserweight title; Tony Marshall, Guyana, vs. Orin Osbey, New Orleans, 1 0, middleweights.

Jan. 9 At Grand Casino, Biloxi, Miss. (ESPN2), Floyd Maywealher, Las Vegas, vs. Hector Arroyo, Puerto Rico, 10, junior lightweights; Lamon Brewster, Los Angeles, vs. Val Smith, Detroit, 8, heavyweights.

Jan. 13 At Foxwoods Resort Casino, Mashan-tucket, Israel Cardona, Hartford, vs. Juan Molina, Puerto Rico, 12, for Cardona's USBA lightweight title. Jan. 16 At Trump Marina Casino and Resort, Atlantic City, N.J.

(FOX), Lawrence Clay-Bey, Hartford, vs. Anthony Green, Brooklyn, N.Y., 10, heavyweights. At Bank of America Centre, Boise, Idaho (ESPN2), Kenny Keene, Emmett, Idaho, vs. Richard Lamontagne, Boston, 12, for the vacant IBA continental cruiserweight title; The Alaskan Assassin, Anchorage, Alaska, vs. Troy Roberts, Canada, 8, heavyweights; Ed Dalton, Emmett Idaho, vs.

Rick Wellrver, Spokane, 8, heavyweights. Jan. 23 At Grand Casino, Tunica, Miss. (ESPN), Vemo Phillips, Troy, N.Y., vs. Julian Jackson.

St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, 12. for Phillips' WBU junior middleweight title; Vassilry Jirov, Kazakhstan, vs. Jason Nicholson, Tulsa, 1 0, cruiserweights. Jan.

26 At The Great Western Forum, Inglewood, Alfred Ankamah, Los Anqeles. vs. Giorbis Barthelemy. Hialeah, 10, welterweights: Larry Dixon, San Diego, vs. Edgar Ruiz, Mexico, 1 0, welterweights.

Feb. 8 At Isle of Capri Casino. Lake Charles. La. (ESPN), Rafael del Valle.

Puerto Rico, vs. Enrique Sanchez, Los Angeles. 12, for the vacant WBA super bantamweight title; Don Diego Peoder, Netherlands, vs. Richard Mason, Cincinnati, 1 0, cruiserweights. Underdog England Minnesota Underdog Bay Denver FOOTBALL Underdog Underdog Tech Underdog Penn Slate Underdog Underdog St Underdog Ohio State Underdog Clemson Underdog Goals Underdog Even-12 FLORIDA 12-1 Anaheim Even-12 Ottawa 12-1 Toronto Even-12 Los Angeles Home Team In CAPS ll ll Jan.1 Manhattan 7-0 in the first Orange The NFL coaching record of Marv Levy, who announced his retirement Wednesday as coach of the Buffalo Bills: Regular Season Year.Team Pet Div.Fin.

1978, Kansas 4 12 0 .250 5 1979, 7 9 0 .438 5 1980, Kansas 8 8 0 .500 t3 1981, 9 7 0 .563 3 1982, Kansas City 3 6 0 .333 4 1986, Buffalo 2 5 0 .286 4 1987, Buffalo 7 8 0 .467 4 1988, Buffalo 12 4 0 .750 1 1989, Buffalo 9 7 0 .563 1 1990, Buffalo 13 3 0 .813 1 1991, Buffalo 13 3 0.813 1 1992, Buffalo 11 5 0 .688 2 1993, Buffalo 12 4 0 .750 1 1994, Buffalo 7 9 0 .438 4 1995, Buffalo 10 6 0 .625 1 1996, Buffalo 10 6 0 .625 2 1997, Buffalo 6 10 0 .375 4 Totals 143 112 0 .561 Playoffs Year.Team Pet 1988, Buffalo 1 1 .500 1969, Buffalo 0 1 .000 1990, x-Buffalo 2 1 .667 1991, x-Butfalo 2 1 .667 1992, x-Buffalo 3 1 .750 1993, x-Buffalo 2 1 .667 1995, Buffalo 1 1 .500 1996, Buffalo 0 1 .000 Totals 11 8 J579 x-AFC champions BASKETBALL International Basketball Association BLACK HILLS POSSE-Signed Chuck Evans. Activated F-C Thaddeous Delaney from injured reserve. Acquired Robert Bennett from Dakota for cash and activated him from injured reserve. Suspended and released Marcus Grant. Released Calvin Monds, DAKOTA WIZARDS-Signed Mike Jones.

Released Jermaine Harden and Kimani Jones-Young. DES MOINES DRAGONS-Placed Jason Winninqham on injured reserve. F-M BEEZ-Signed Johnny Tyson. Suspended FGIover Jackson. MAGIC CITY SNOWBEARS-Signed Adam Hess and McGlother Irvin.

Activated Howard Nathan from injured reserve. Suspended Silas Mills. ST. PAUL SLAM-Placed Kip Christiansen on injured reserve. WISCONSIN BLAST-Signed Perrell Lucas.

FOOTBALL National Football League BUFFALO BILLS-Announced the retirement of Marv Levy, coach. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS Re-signed DE Joel Smeenge. Signed LB Tyrone Hines and RB Malcolm Thomas from the practice squad. HOCKEY International Hockey League CHICAGO WOLVES-Recalled Ray LeBanc from Flint of the UHL United Hockey Leagu FLINT GENERALS-Signed Matt Mullm. Bowl when Al Barabas scores in the third quarter on a 1 7-yard hidden-ball play.

1991 Georgia Tech routs Nebraska 45-21 in the Citrus Bowl to finish as college football's only unbeaten team (11 -0-1) of the year. 1992 Miami beats Nebraska 22-0 in the Orange Bowl, the first shutout of the Cornhuskers since 1973, and finish with a 12-0 record. 1993 No. 2 Alabama wins its first national championship in 1 3 years and deprives Miami of its fifth title as the Crimson Tide defense humbles the No. 1 Hurricanes 34-13 in the Sugar Bowl.

1993 Florida State beats Nebraska 27-14 in the Orange Bowl to set an NCAA record by winning eight consecutive bowl games. Vancouver 11 22 6 28 109 133 Tuesday's Games Carolina 2, Anaheim 1 Chicago 6, New Jersey 2 San Jose 2, Florida 2. tie Philadelphia 3, Edmonton 1 Wednesday's Results Pittsburgh 3, Carolma2 Ottawa at Buffalo, (n) N.Y. Rangers at Tampa Bay, (n) Boston at Toronto, (n) St. Louis at Detroit, (n) Montreal at Calgary, (n) Los Angeles at Dallas, (n) N.Y, Islanders at Colorado, (n) Philadelphia at Vancouver, (n) Today's Games New Jersey at Flonda, Noon Anaheim at Washington, 1 :30 p.m.

Ottawa at Boston, Toronto al Chicago, 8:30 p.m. Los Angeles at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Penguins 3, Hurricanes 2 Carolina 1 1 0-2 Pittsburgh 2 0 1-3 First Period-1, Carolina, Primeau 10 (Kapanen), :21. 2, Pittsburgh, P.Ferraro 3 (Hatcher, Slegr), 1:14. 3, Pittsburgh, Barnes 11 (Francis, Jagr), 17:30 (pp).

Penalties -Moran, Pit (interference), Car (holding), O'Neill, Car, double minor (high-slicking), 1 7:54. Second Period -4, Carolina, Kron 8 (Wesley, Primeau), 10:38. Penalty-Hill, Car (interference), 13:05. Third Period 5, Pittsburgh, Lang 5 (Slegr), 4:19 (sh). Penalties-Barnes, Pit (holding), Haller, Car (hooking), Barnes, Pit (interference) 1 1 :27.

Shots on goal-Carolina 11-8-7-26. Pittsburgh 11-10-5-26. Power-play Opportunities-Carolina 0 of -3; Pittsburgh! of 3. Goalies -Carolina, Jablonski 1-2-0 (26 shots-23 saves). Pittsburgh, Skudra 3-1-1 (26-24).

Referee-Mick McGeough. Linesmen- Brad Kovachik, Derek Amell. TUESDAY'S LATE GAME Flyers 3, Oilers 1 Philadelphia 1 1 1-3 Edmonton 0 1 0-1. First Period-1, Philadelphia, LeClair 28 (Falloon, Gratton), 12:57. Penalties Myhres, Phi, major (fighting), Laraque, Edm, major (fighting), Smyth, Edm (holding), Lacroix, Phi, major fighting), Myhres, Phi, minor-misconduct (unsportsmanlike conduct), Kordic, Phi, misconduct, Brown, Edm, major (fighting), 1 1 Laraque, Edm, misconduct, Buchberger, Edm (unsportsmanlike conduct), 11:44.

Second Period 2, Edmonton, Lindgren 9 (Marchant, Buchberger), 6:27. 3, Philadelphia, Niinimaa 2 (Svoboda, Pro-spal), 10:26 (pp). Penalties-Weight, Edm, double minor (high-sticking), Buchberger, Edm (slashing), Svoboda, Phi (roughing), Forbes, Phi (interference), 18:15. Third Period 4, Philadelphia, LeClair 29 (Falloon, Gratton), 3:54. Penalties-Richardson, Phi (roughing).

Prospal, Phi (roughing), Weight, Edm (roughing), Smyth, Edm (goalie interference), Svoboda, Phi (interference), 19:06. Shots on goal-Philadelphia 15-6-6-27. Edmonton 6-9-15-30. Power-play Opportunities- Philadelphia Goalies -Philadelphia, Snow 11-6-3 (30 shots-29 saves). Edmonton, Joseph 9-17-8 (27-24).

Referee-Lance Roberts. Linesmen- Swede Knox, Randy Mitton. NEW YORK (AP) NHL scoring leaders through Dec.30 Playerjeam GP A PTS PIM Forsberg. Col 37 16 34 50 46 Leclair, Phi 39 29 18 47 20 Bure.Van 39 25 22 47 24 Jagr, Pit 36 19 27 46 26 Selanne.Ana 40 32 12 44 18 Undros, Phi 38 17 26 43 72 Sakic, Col 40 '17 26 43 26 Francis, Pit 40 14 29 43 6 39 25 17 42 91 Latontame, NYR 41 16 26 42 24 Recchi, Mon 41 18 21 39 17 Reichel.NYl 39 16 23 39 18 Corson, Mon 41 13 26 39 52 St'umpel, LA 38 11 28 39 34 29 15 23 38 12 Fleury, Cal 41 15 23 38 107 Allison, Bos 39 12 26 38 25 36 22 15 37 22 Oates.Was 40 Hull, SI 38 Palfly.NYl 39 9 28 37 10 19 17 36 20 19 17 36 12 Yashin, Ott 39 16 20 36 12 Amonte, Chi 39 13 23 36 30 Gretzky, NYR 41 10 26 36 NEW YORK (AP) Starting lienups for the NHL All-Star Game, to be played Jan. 1 8 at General Motors Place in Vancouver: World Team Goal: Dommik Hasek, Buffalo Defense: Sandis Ozolinsh, Colorado Defense: Vlacheslav Fetisov, Detroit Center: Peter Forsberg, Colorado Wing: Jaromir Jagr, Pittsburgh Wing: Teemu Selanne, Anaheim North American Team Goal: Patrick Roy, Colorado Defense: Ray Bourque, Boston Defense: Brian Leetch, New York Rangers Center: Eric Lindros, Philadelphia Wing: John LeClair, Philadelphia Wing: Brendan Shanahan, Detroit STRUGGLING Edmonton is winless in six games, including its last four at home, following a 3-1 loss to Philadelphia on Tuesday night.

STARTERS Boston's Ray Bourque extended his NHL record by earning an 11th starting berth on the All-Star team, was announced Tuesday. Philadelphia's Enc Lindros and John LeClair, Detroit's Brendan Shanahan, Brian Leetch of the New York Rangers and Colorado's Patrick Roy also earned starting spots in the game, which wit match up the NHL All-Stars against a team of international NHLstarson Jan. 18 at Vancouver. MX Tuesday's Games Miami 90, Cleveland 78 Delroit 100. Toronto 95 Minnesota 99, Chicago 95 New York 84, Orlando 79 Milwaukee 105, Dallas 98, OT Phoenix 100, Boston 90 Utah 132, Denver 99 San Antonio 1 24.

Vancouver 1 1 5 Portland 96, Philadelphia 86 LA. Lakers 93, Sacramento 80 Seattle 101, Golden State 87 Wednesday's Result Toronto at Washington, (n) Today's Game Philadelphia at Vancouver, 9 p.m. Friday's Games Minnesota at Boston, 7 p.m. Indiana atWashington, 7 p.m. New York at New Jersey.

7:30 p.m. Cleveland atOrlando, 7:30 p.m. Miami at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at Toronto, 8 p.m. Milwaukeeat Chicago.

8:30 p.m. Portland at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Houston at Denver. 9 p.m. Dallas at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Philadelphia at Seattle, 10p.m. Atlanta at LA. Lakers, LA. Clippers at Golden State, 1 0:30 p.m. Vancouver at Sacramento, 1 0:30 p.m.

FRIDAY Boys Basketball Schuylkill League Pine Grove at North Schuylkill Panther Valley at Shamokin Jim Thorpe at Pottsville Williams Valley at Blue Mountain Mount Carmel al Tamaqua Shenandoah Valley at Schuylkill Haven MahanoyAreaatLourdes Marian at Nativity Weatherly at Tri-Val ley Cardinal Brennan at Minersville Freshman Freeland YMCA Tournament Dallas vs. Marian Dallas or Marian vs. Seton Catholic Eighth Grade Freeland YMCA Tournament Dallas vs. Freeland Girls Basketball Wyoming Valley Conference Division I Hazleton Area at Berwick Pittston Area at Bishop Hoban Crestwood at Wyoming Valley West TunkhannockatCoughlin Division II Dallas at Wyoming Area Meyers at Lake-Lehman GAR at Hanover Area Division III Bishop Hafey at Wyoming Seminary Bishop O'Reilly al Northwest Seton Catholic at West Side Tech Non-league Hurricane Christmas Tournament At Schuylkill Haven High School Consolation game Championshipqame Freshman Hazleton Area White at Berwick, 10a.m. Boys-Girls Swimming Non-league Tamaqua at Pottsville Invitational SATURDAY Boys Basketball Wyoming Valley Conference Division I Berwick at Hazleton Area Bishop Hoban al Pittston Area Wyoming Valley West atCrestwood CoughlinatTunkhannock Division II Wyoming Area al Dallas Lake-Lehman at Meyers Hanover Area at GAR Division III Wyoming Seminary at Bishop Hafey Northwest alBishopO'Reilly West Side Tech at Seton Catholic Non-league North Schuylkill at Danville Freshman Berwick vs.

Hazleton Area White at Freeland Elementary School, 1 0 a.m. Williamsport vs. Hazleton Area Red at Heights-Terrace Elementary School, 1 p.m. Hazleton Area Silver at Bishop Hafey, 5 p.m. Eighth Grade Williamsport vs.

West Hazleton at Heights-Terrace Elementary School Seventh Grade Williamsport vs. West Hazleton at Heights-Terrace Elementary School Girls Basketball Schuylkill League North Schuylkill at Pine Grove Shamokin at Panther Valley Pottsville at Jim Thorpe Blue Mountain al Williams Valley Tamaqua at Mount Carmel Lourdes al Mahanoy Area Nativity at Marian Schuylkill Haven at Shenandoah Valley, 2 p.m. varsity Tn-Valley at Weatherly Minersville at Cardinal Brennan Wyoming Valley Conference Division II Meyers at Dallas GAR at Wyoming Area Boys-Girls Swimming Non-league Hazleton Area at Bloomsburg Wrestling Schuylkill League Tamaqua at PantherValley Shamokin al North Schuylkill Pottsville at Mount Carmel Blue Mountain at Tn-Valley Wyoming Valley Conference Coughlin at Hazleton Area, 2 p.m. Lake-Lehman at Wyoming Valley West West Side Tech al Pittston Area Wyoming Area at Tunkhannock Dallas at Bewick Hanover Area at Crestwood Bishop Hoban at Nanticoke GAR at Meyers Junior High Nanticoke vs. Hazleton Area at Hazleton Junior High Tamaqua al Panther Valley SETTING A MILESTONE The Utah Jazz notched their win in franchise history Tuesday night as they beat the Denver Nuggets 132-99.

SHOTS San Antonio's Chuck Person made nine 3-pointers to pace the Spurs to a 124-1 15 win over the Vancouver Grizzlies. Person's season-high 32-point performance was one 3-pomt shot shy of matching the NBA record from 23 feet, nine inches. The overal record of 11 was set in 1996 by Orlando's Dennis Scott from the shorter (Wane of 22 M. POST TIME: 1:30 PM. P.O.

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Skiing conditions are subect to change due to weather, skier traffic and other factors. Be aware of changing conditions. Alpine Mountain 6-8 new packed powder 24-40 base 7 trails 4 lifts 8a-9p Big Boulder 10- new packed powder 38-50 base 1 6 trails 6 lifts 1 00 open 8a-1 0p Blue Knob 6- new packed powder 2040 base 28 trails 5 lifts sm xc: 15km 9a-10p Blue Marsh 3- new packed powder 1 8-24 base 3 trails 2 lifts sm 9a-5p Blue Mountain 4-6 new packed powder 15-36 base 13 trails 3 lifts sm Camelback 10- new packed powder 3045 base 22 trails 1 0 lifts sm Op Elk Mountain 1- new packed powder 1 248 base 22 trails 5 lifts sm Op Hidden Valley 10-12 new packed powder 10-24 base 13 trails 8 lifts sm 1 mile Jack Frost 10- new packed powder 38-60 base 18 trails 6 lifts 8a-4p Montage Mtn. 14- new powder 2446 base 12 trails 5 lifts sm 0p Seven Springs 8-10 new powder 28-36 base 30 trails 1 4 lifts sm 9a-1 Shawnee Mtn packed powder 2444 base 14 trails 5 lifts sm 8a-1 0p Ski Denton 16- new packed powder 1042 base 20 trails 3 lifts sm xc: open 9a-9p Ski Liberty packed powder 15 base 4 trails 3 lifts sm 8a-1 0p Ski Roundtop 4-6 new packed powder 1 4-24 base 8 trails 6 lifts 54 open 8a4p Ski Sawmil loose granular 22-34 base 1 0 trails 2 lifts sm 1 00 open 9a-1 a Tangtwood 14-16 new powder 10-32 base 8 trails 2 lilts 1 0 acres 1 0 open 9a-1 0p Lakers 93, Kings 80 SACRAMENTO (80) Adbul-Wahad 9-13 1-1 19, Owens 3-10 3-6 9, Stewart 0-3 0-0 0, Richmond 4-186-6 1 5, Johnson 4-8 2-211, Polymce 4-8 0-2 8, Salvadori 0-1 1-2 1, Abdul-Rauf 4-14 0-0 8, Dehere 1-2 0-0 2, Hendrickson 3-7 1-2 7, Hurley 0-00-00. Totals 32-84 14-21 80.

LA. LAKERS (93) Horry 3-6 3-4 9, Fox 5-11 0-0 12, Campbell 7-14 9-11 23. Jones 6-11 3-3 17, Van Exel 2-10 2-2 8, Bryant 4-10 4-6 12, Blount 1-3 0-0 2, Fisher 2-3 2-2 6, Rooks 2-4 0-04. Totals 32-72 23-28 93. Sacramento 26 17 20 17- 80 LA.

Lakers 31 16 26 20 93 3-Point goals -Sacramento 2-14 (Johnson 1-3, Richmond 1-7, Owens 0-1, Abdul-Rauf 0-1, Dehere 0-1, Hendrickson 0-1), Los Angeles 6-19 (Jones 2-5, Fox 2-6, Van Exel 2-6, Horry 0-1 Bryant 0-1). Fouled out -None. Rebounds -Sacramento 49 (Polymce 13), Los Angeles 55 (Campbell 9). Assists-Sacramento 23 (Richmond 8), Los Angeles 25 (Van Exel 11). Total fouls-Sacramento 24.

Los Angeles 19. A 16,283 Spurs 124, Grizzlies 115 SAN ANTONIO (124) Elliott 8-13 3-4 23, Duncan 7-10 8-10 22, D.Robinson 3-7 1-2 7, Jackson 3-6 5-6 13, Johnson 4-11 6-8 14, Person 11-16 1-2 32, Perdue 0-0 0-0 0, Williams 2-3 6-6 10, Alexander 0-2 1-2 1, Herrera 1-1 0-0 2. Totals 39-6931-40124. VANCOUVER (11 5) Abdur-Rahim 9-21 4-6 24, Thorpe 3-9 0-0 6, Reeves 6-17 2-2 14, Mack 10-14 5-7 26, Daniels 5-9 2-2 13, Chilcutt 4-5 0-0 8, Mayberry 2-5 0-0 5, Edwards 5-9 0-0 13, Lynch 1-3 2-2 4, C.Robinson 0-1 0-0 0, Massenburg 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 45-93 15-19 115.

San Antonio 35 34 28 27-124 Vancouver 25 16 35 39-115 3-Point goals-San Antonio 15-27, (Person 9-14, Elliott 4-7, Jackson 2-3, Williams 0-1, Alexander 0-2), Vancouver 10-13, (Mack 3-3, Edwards 3-3, Abdur-Rahim 2-2, Daniels 1-1, Mayberry 1-2, Chilcutt 0-1, C.Robinson 0-1). Fouled out -Thorpe. Rebounds-San Antonio 50 (D.Robinson 10), Vancouver 41 (Reeves 12). Assists-San Antonio 29 (Johnson 15), Vancouver 28 (Daniels 7). Total fouls -San Antonio 19, Vancouver 26.

SuperSonics101, Warriors 87 SEATTLE (101) Baker 5-15 6-9 16, Schrempf 5-103-4 14, Mcllvaine 2-5 0-0 4, Hawkins 3-5 2-2 9, Payton 9-12 2-2 22, Perkins 3-7 0-0 7, Ellis 8-14 1-2 21, Williams 0-1 0-0 0, Wingate 2-4 0-0 4, Anthony 2-5 0-0 4, Cotton 0-3 0-0 0, Snow 0-00-00. Totals 39-81 14-19101. GOLDEN STATE (87) Marshall 8-19 1-1 18, Smith 11-19 1-2 23, Dampier 4-8 1-3 9, Shaw 6-110-014, Coles 7-162-2 16, Foyle 1-3 0-2 2, Delk 1-5 0-02, Spencer 1-21-2 3. Totals 39-83 6-12 87. Seattle 27 30 27 17-101 Golden State 30 25 19 13- B7 3-Point goals-Seattle 9-19 (Ellis 4-5, Payton 2-4, Perkins 1-3, Schrempf 1-2, Hawkins 1-2, Anthony 0-2, Cotton 0-1), Golden State 3-7 (Shaw 2-3, Marshall 1-3, Delk 0-1).

Fouled out-None. Rebounds-Seattle 44 (Payton 10), Golden State 53 (Smith 12). Assists -Seattle 30 (Payton 11), Golden State 26 (Shaw, Coles 8). Total fouls -Seattle 15, Golden State 16. A-11, 641 Jan.

5 Hall of Fame voting announced. Jan. 5-15 Salary arbitration filing. Jan. 13-15 Owners meetings, Phoenix.

Jan. 20 Salary arbitration figures exchanged. Feb. 1-21 Salary arDitration hearings. Feb.

14 Spring training begins. March 31 opening day, active rosters reduced to 25 players. July 7 All-Star game, Denver. Sept. 29 -Playoffs begin.

Oct. 17 -World Series begins, city of AL champion. Oct. TBA Free agent filing begins, day after World Series ends Nov. TBA Free agent filing ends, 15 days after Work) Series ends Dec.

7 Last day for teams to offer salary arbitration to their former players who became free agents. Gamxn I SUN BOWL Arizona State 17, Iowa 7 Arizona St 0 10 7 0-17 Iowa 0 0 0 7-7 Second Quarter ASU-Jackson 35 pass from Campbell (Nycz kick), 9:41, Third Quarter ASU Martin 1 run (Nycz kick) :3 1 Fourth Quarter Iowa -Carter 26 pass from Reiners ASU Iowa First downs 18 10 Rushes-yards 61-268 30-19 Passing 109 190 Comp-Att-Int 5-11-0 12-27-0 Return Yards 26 16 Punts-Avg 9-36 8-49 Fumbles-Lost 2-0 2-1 Penalties-Yards 11-90 7-44 Time of Possession 35:29 24:31 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING -Arizona Martin 27-169, Redman 13-50, Farlow 8-30, Paulk 5-20, Simmons 2-7, Boyer 1 -(minus 1), Campbell 5-(minus 7). Iowa, Banks 14-52. Thein 3-5, Burger 1-1, Reiners 5-0, Sherman 7-(minus 39). PASSING-Arizona Campbell 5-11-0-109.

Iowa, Sherman 8-22-0-120, Reiners 4-5-0-70. RECEIVING-Arizona Jackson 2-44, Mitchell 1-41, Redman 1-14, Paulk 1-10. Iowa, Gibson 3-79, Dwight 3-51, Banks 2-12, Carter 1-26, Collins 1-12, Willock 1-6, Knipper 1-4. LIBERTY BOWL Southern Miss 41, Pittsburgh 7 Pittsburgh 0 7 0 0-7 Southern Miss 7 7 14 13-41 First Quarter SM-Gideon 31 pass from Roberts (Hardaway kick), 6:04. Second Quarter SM-Gideon 8 pass from Roberts (Hardaway kick), 11:27.

Pit-Hoffart 89 pass from Gonzalez (Ferencik kick), 2:52. Third Quarter SM-Phenix 16 fumble return (Hardaway kick), 11:17. SM-Gideon 5 pass from Roberts (Hardaway kick), Fourth Quarter SM-Thomas 26 interception return (Hardaway kick), 13:45. SM-Parrish 63 interception return (kick failed), 11:05. Pit SM First downs 16 15 Rushes-yards 38-150 31-125 Passing 190 227 Comp-Att-Int 1641-2 18-27-1 Return Yards 12 105 Punts-Avg 7-40 7-36 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 8-72 6-40 Time of Possession 32:55 27:05 INDIVIDUALSTATISTICS RUSHING -Pittsburgh, Barlow 9-68, West 19-56, Gonzalez 7-23, Thompson 3-3.

Southern Miss, H.Shaw 17-62, Booth 7-49, Nance 5-20, Roberts 2-(minus 6) PASSING -Pittsburgh, Gonzalez 13-29-2-172, Lytle 3-12-0-18. Southern Miss, Roberts 18-26-1-227. Balazik 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING Pittsburgh, Hoffart 5-121, Williams 4-21, Barlow 2-20, Murphy 2-18, West 2-6, Thompson 1-4. Southern Miss, Gideon 7-111, Hardy 4-43, Pinkston 2-43, H.Shaw 2-17, Heard 2-15, E.Shaw 1-(minus 2)- Jan.

3-4 Divisional playoffs games. Jan. 11 Conference championships. Jan. 25 Super Bowl, San Diego.

Feb. 1 Pro Bowl, Honolulu. Feb. 5-9 Scouting Combine, Indianapolis. March 22-27 Annual meeting, Orlando.

Fla. April 18-19 -Draft, New York. jm I Wildcards Saturday, Dec. 27 Minnesota 23, New York Giants 22 Denver 42, Jacksonville 17 Sunday, Dec. 26 New England 17, Miami 3 Tampa Bay 20, Detroit 10 Divisional Playoffs Saturday, Jan.

3 New England at Pittsburgh, 12:30 p.m. (NBC) Minnesota at San Francisco, 4 p.m. (FOX) Sunday, Jan. 4 Tampa Bay at Green Bay, 12:30 p.m. (FOX).

Denver at Kansas City, 4 p.m. (NBC) Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 11 Divisional playoff winners, TBA Super Bowl Sunday.Jan.25 At San Diego AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 6 p.m. Pro Bowl Sunday, Feb.

1 At Honolulu AFC vs. NFC NEW YORK (AP) The National Football League updated injury report for this week's playoff games as provided by the league: Saturday NEW ENGLAND (11-6) AT PITTSBURGH (11-5) Patriots: QUESTIONABLE: RB Curtis Martin (abdominal strain); RB David Meggett (groin). Steelers: OUT: LB Greg Lloyd (ankle infection). QUESTIONABLE: Dermonttj Dawson (calf); WR Curtis Marsh (hamstring); Jamain Stephens (ankle). PROBABLE: RB Jerome Bettis (back); WR Will Blackwell (chest); TE Mark Bruener (foot); WR Courtney Hawkins (shoulder); WR Charles Johnson (knee); RB Tim Lester (groin); Justin Strzelczyk (calf); WR Yancey Thigpen (hamstring).

MINNESOTA (10-7) AT SAN FRANCISCO (13-3) Vikings: PROBABLE: WR Jake Reed (ankle); DE Fernando Smith (kneegroin); Korey Stringer (shoulder). 49ers: OUT: RB Garrison Hearst (davicle). DOUBTFUL Rod Milstead (hamstnng). QUESTIONABLE: WR Iheanyi Uwaezuoke (knee): PROBABLE: Frank Pollack (hamstnng). Sunday TAMPA BAY (11-6) AT GREEN BAY (13-3) Buccaneers: OUT: TE Jackie Harris (hernia); Jim Pyne (knee).

QUESTIONABLE: DT Brad Culpepper (ribs); WR Karl Williams (abdomen). PROBABLE: CB Tyrone Legelte (knee); John Lynch (knee); Tony Mayberry (back). Packers: QUESTIONABLE: WR Don Beebe (hamstring) Aaron Hayden (toe) DENVER (13-4) AT KANSAS CITY (13-3) Broncos: PROBABLE RB Terrell Davis (nbs); Mark Schlereth (ankle). Chiefs: PROBABLE: DE Vaughn Booker (knee) LB Anthony Davis (ankle). --i i i.