LAKE CITY REPORTER SPORTS TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2009 SCOREBOARD TELEVISION TV sports Today MEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m. ESPN2 - Gardner-Webb' at Duke NBA 8 p.m. WGN - LA, Lakers at Chicago NHL 7 p.m. SVERSUS - Philadelphia at Pittsburgh FOOTBALL NFL standings SAMERICAN CONFERENCE New England Miami NY. Jets Buffalo x-lndianapolis Jacksonville Tennessee Houston Cincinnati Baltimore Pittsburgh Clevelard San Diego Denver Oakland Kansas City East W L 8 5 7 6 7 6 5 8 South W L 13 0 7 6 6 7 6 7 North W L 9 4 7 6 6 7 2 I1 West W L 10 3 8 5 4 9 3 10 TPct PF PA 0.615348 234 0.538292 306 0.538 275 211 0.385215 271 TPct PF PA 01.000359217 0.538235 287 0.462293 323 0.462311 273 TPct PF PA 0.692264 217 0.538 319 218 0.462 278 244 0.154158 315 TPct PF PA 0.769 362 259 0.615 256 230 0.308 155 316 0.231 206 342 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L TPct PF PA Philadelphia Dallas N.Y. Giants Washington x-New Orleans Atlanta Carolina Tampa Bay Minnesota 'Green Bay Chicago Detroit Arizona San Francisco Seattle St. Louis 9 4 8 5 7 6 4 9 South W L 13 .0 6 7 5 8 I 12 North W L I1 2 9 4 5 8 2 II West W L 8 4 5 7 5 8 I 12 0.692 373 273 0.615 296 233 0.538341 331 0.308 234 25 1 TPct PF PA 01.000466274 0.462 302 305 0.385 225 282 0.077 190 356 TPct PF PA 0.846 389 243 0.692 344 243 0.385 247 291 0.154 209 406 TPct PF PA 0.667 297 234 0.417245 233 0.385250 301 0.077 146 361 x-clinched division Sunday's Games Houston 34, Seattle 7 Green Bay 21, Chicago 14 Baltimore 48, Detroit 3 New Orleans 26,Atlanta 23 Buffalo 16, Kansas City 10 Indiagapolis 28, Denver 16 New England 20, Carolina 10 N.Y.Jets 26,Tampa Bay 3 Miami 14,Jacksonville 10 Minnesota 30, Cincinnati 10 Tennessee 47, St. Louis 7 Washington 34, Oakland 13 San Diego 20, Dallas 17 Philadelphia 46, N.Y. Giants 38 Monday's Game Arizona at San Francisco (n) Thursday's Game Indianapolis at Jacksonville, 8:20 p.m. Saturday's Game Dallas at New Orleans, 8:20 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 20, Miami at Tennessee, I p.m. Arizona at Detroit, I p.m. Atlanta at N.Y.ets, I p.m. Houston at St. Louis, I p.m. Chicago at Baltimore, I p.m. New England at Buffalo, I p.m. Cleveland at Kansas City, I p.m. San Francisco at Philadelphia, I p.m. Oakland at Denver, 4:05 p.m. Cincinnati at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. Tampa Bay at Seattle, 4:15 p.m. Green Bay at Pittsburgh, 4:15 p.m. Minnesota at Carolina, 8:20 p.m. Monday, Dec.21 N.Y. Giants at Washington. 8:30 p.m. Playoffs NAIA Championship Saturday, Dec. 19 At Barron Stadium Rome, Ga. Sioux Falls (14-0) vs. Lindenwood (13-0), Noon BASKETBALL NBA schedule Today's Games New Yprk at Charlotte, 7 p.m. New Jersey at Cleveland, 7 p.m. Toronto at Miami, 7:30 p.m. L.A. Lakers at Chicago, 8 p.m. Detroit at Houston, 8:30 p.m. San Antonio at Phoenix, 9 p.m. Sacramento at Portland, 10 p.m. Wednesday's Games Charlotte at Indiana, 7 p.m. Cleveland at Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Memphis at Atlanta, 7 p.m. Toronto at Orlando, 7 p.m. Utah at New Jersey, 7:30 p.m. Detroit at New Orleans; 8 p.m. Dallas at Oklahoma City, 8 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Minnesota, 8 p.m. LA. Lakers at Milwaukee, 8 p.m. Houston at Denver, 9 p.m. Washington at Sacramento, 10:30 p.m. San Antonio at Golden State, 10:30 p.m. JAGUARS: Host Colts on Thursday Continued From Page 11 wins three in a row. Jacksonville has the same record as Miami, Baltimore and the New York Jets, but the Jaguars have a better_ conference record than each of them. Even though the Dolphins would win a he'ad-to-head tiebreaker against Jacksonville, if both clubs win their remaining Games, Miami would clinch the AFC East and not be involved in any wild-card scenarios. ,-"We know that we have to .win out," Nwaneri said. "Thafs really the only way to ensure that we'll be in the playoffs. You don't want to leave it to needing to win this and hope these people lose or these people lose. We control our own fate. We still have that fortunate- ly. Ifs going to be a tough, three-game season. But this is what you play football for, for opportunities to force yourself into the playoffs." The Jaguars have lost seven of the last nine meet- ings with the Colts, who insist they will approach Thursday's game the same way they did the previous 13. So quarterback Peyton TRADE Continued From Page 1B Clearwater, near his offsea- son home. Aware they probably couldn't afford to keep Halladay beyond next sea- son, the Blue Jays shopped their ace before the July 31 trade deadline. The Phillies were thought to be involved in talks involving Halladay at that point, but instead they landed Lee from the Cleveland Indians for four minor leaguers. Lee was a big reason Philadelphia won its second consecutive pennant, going 4-0 with a 1.56 ERA and two complete games in five postseason starts. The Blue Jays fired gener- al manager J.P. Ricciardi late in the season and replaced him with Alex Anthopoulos. When contacted Monday by the AP, Anthopoulos declined comment. The Phillies have been busy this offseason, sign- .ing free-agent third base- man Placido Polanco to an $18 million, three-year .contract. They also signed Brian Schneider to be their backup catcher, and reserve infielder Juan Castro. Halladay has been one of baseball's best pitchers for years. He owns a 148-76 career record with a 3.43 ERA. Manning, receiver Reggie Wayne and defensive end Dwight Freeney - guys who have given Jacksonville fits in recent years - are expected to play the whole way. Players said Monday they would prefer to play the Colts at full strength, even though the AFC South champions hold NFL records for consecutive regular-season wins (22) and wins in a decade (114). "It's not really about them," tight end Marcedes Lewis said. "Itfs about us and getting back on track. We're anxious to get out there and get this taste out of our mouth. This year, we've been good at bounc- ing back." The Jaguars have rebounded from their last four losses with victories. But those came against Houston (twice), St. Louis and Kansas City. They have considerably less time to regroup from this one, although players said that could be a good thing. "You can't really get too high or too low because three days later you're play- ing again," Nwaneri said. 'That's going to help. We don't even have the luxury of feeling disappointment after that game for too long. We have to turn around quick. That's going to help get it out of our minds." Offensive players would like to forget Sunday's per- formance. David Garrard com- pleted just 11. passes and was sacked three times. Maurice Jones-Drew was held to 59 yards rushing on 18 carries. And no receiver caught more than two balls. The offense's lone highlight was a 63-yard completion to Torry Holt on a third-and- 13 play in the third quar- ter. Even then, the Jaguars responded with a delay of game penalty and had to settle for a field goal. Jacksonville finished with just 217 yards. "Whenever you stumble like that, our attention to detail. is just not good,' Lewis said. "It's on us as an offense. The defense went out there and played its heart out It's on us to go out there and win the game when itfs on the line." Lackey, Red Sox agree to five-year deal Associated Press BOSTON - A baseball official with knowledge of the negotiations says John Lackey and the Boston Red Sox have reached a tentative agreement on a five-year contract. 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