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NFL-FINAL SCORES
    Colts slip past Chargers…Titans knocked off…Super Bowl
champs impressive again

    UNDATED (AP) - Once-mighty Indianapolis continues its climb back
to respectability. Adam Vinatieri booted a 51-yard field goal as
time expired to give the Colts a 23-20 win over San Diego. The
Colts’ fourth straight win boosts them to 7-and-4 and keeps them in
the thick of the AFC wild card race. The 4-and-7 Chargers remain
two games back of Denver in the AFC West race with little or no
hope of a wild-card berth.

    Elsewhere in Week 12:
    - The Tennessee Titans are no longer unbeaten. Brett Favre and
the New York Jets made sure of that with a 34-13 win in Nashville.
Favre threw two touchdown passes and Leon Washington ran for two
scores as the Jets won their fifth straight. The loss snapped a
13-game regular-season winning streak by the NFL’s last undefeated
team. The win also pulls the Jets, who are 8-and-3, within two
games of the Titans, who are 10-and-1, in the race for AFC
home-field advantage through the playoffs.
    Tennessee coach Jeff Fisher calls his team’s streak “a great
run” but emphasizes they’ve got to get back to work quickly.
Tennessee has a road date at winless Detroit on Thanksgiving.

    - The New York Giants returned to the site of last February’s
stunning Super Bowl triumph over New England and were once again
impressive on the road. The Giants improved their record to
10-and-1, good for a three-game lead in the NFC East, by beating
Arizona 37-29. That ends the Cardinals’ seven-game home win streak.
Eli Manning tossed three TD passes. Kurt Warner was 32-of-52 for
351 yards and a touchdown in defeat. But he was intercepted once
and also fumbled.

    - New England won a shootout with Miami, 48-28, as Matt Cassel
(KAS’-uhl) threw for 415 yards. Three of the scoring passes were
caught by Randy Moss. The win keeps the Patriots, who are 7-and-4,
a game behind the AFC East-leading New York Jets. The win avenges
an upset loss to Miami in September. The loss snaps a four-game
winning streak for the Dolphins, who are now 6-and-5.

    - As Tennessee saw its unbeaten streak snapped, Detroit was able
to stay winless on the 2008 season. The Lions were stopped by Tampa
Bay 38-20, despite the fact the Lions led by as many as 17 points
at one time. From there, the Buccaneers scored five unanswered
touchdowns.
    Tampa Bay, with a record now of 8-and-3, has won three straight
while the Lions drop to 0-and-11.

    - A week after not knowing that NFL games could end in a tie,
Donovan McNabb has been benched. The veteran Philadelphia
quarterback, who was intercepted three times last week by
Cincinnati, was sat down by coach Andy Reid after going 8-for-18
for 59 yards with two interceptions and a fumble in the first half
against Baltimore. The Ravens won 36-7, upping their record to
7-and-4. The Eagles drop to 5-and-5. Ed Reed returned two
interceptions for a total of 151 yards, including one for an NFL
record 108 yards.

    - Jim Zorn is a winner in his return to Seattle. The Washington
Redskins rookie head coach enjoyed a 20-17 win over Seattle to stay
three games back of the NFC East-leading Giants. Clinton Portis,
who was questionable with a sprained knee, shook off the injury and
ran for 143 yards on 29 carries.

    - Oakland surprised Denver 31-10 to snap a four-game losing
streak. The Raiders, who lost to Denver 21-14 at home in the
season-opener, turned the tables with the help of Ashley Lelie
(leh-LEE’). The former Broncos receiver caught a TD pass and set up
another with a 51-yard reception. Denver’s two-game losing streak
is over but the Broncos remain atop the weak AFC West with a
6-and-5 mark.

    - Atlanta beat Carolina 45-28 to move within one game of the NFC
South-leading Panthers. Michael Turner scored four TDs. Falcons
rookie receiver Harry Douglas scored on a 7-yard end around, caught
a 69-yard pass that set up another TD and finished off the Panthers
with a 61-yard punt return.

    - Sage Rosenfels passed for 275 yards and a touchdown as the
visiting Houston Texans beat the Browns in Cleveland, 16-6. The win
snapped an eight-game road losing streak for the Texans. Each team
is now 4-and-7. Browns quarterback Brady Quinn was benched after
tossing two interceptions and going 8 for 18 for just 94 yards.

    - The Chicago Bears regrouped after a 37-3 loss to Green Bay in
a key NFC North game last week with a 27-3 win today over the Rams
in St. Louis. The game was all but over at the half, with the Bears
in front 24-3.
    Rams quarterback Marc Bulger left the game with a concussion.

    - Adrian Peterson ran for 80 yards and a touchdown and the
Minnesota Vikings beat Jacksonville 30-12. With their second road
win of the season, the Vikings, who are 6-and-5, kept pace with
Chicago in the NFC North. The 4-and-7 Jaguars fell to 1-5 at home,
and faded even further back in the AFC playoff race. The Minnesota
defense was all over the Jags who had three fumbles, three sacks,
numerous holding calls and two interceptions.
   
    - Terrell Owens had 213 yards in receiving as the Dallas Cowboys
kept alive their playoff hopes with a 35-22 win over San Francisco.
Owens’ total was the second-most of his career, behind only the 283
yards he had in a 2000 game in which he caught an NFL-record 20
passes.
    The Cowboys have consecutive victories for the first time since
their 3-and-0 start and are now 7-and-4. They face Seattle at Texas
Stadium on Thanksgiving Day. The 49ers fall to 3-and-8.

    - The Buffalo Bills are back in the win column. Trent Edwards
threw for two scores and ran for two, as the Bills beat the Chiefs,
in Kansas City, 54-31. The Bills pounced on five Kansas City
turnovers and came within four points of matching their 42-year-old
record for most points in a game. Buffalo has a record now of
6-and-5.

T25 FOOTBALL-AP POLL
    Tide tops AP poll

    UNDATED (AP) - Alabama remains the top team in the weekly
Associated Press Top-25 college football poll. The Crimson Tide,
who had the week off, received 63 of the 65 first-place votes.
‘Bama’s record remains 11-and-0 while second ranked Florida, which
received the remaining 2 first place votes, is 10-and-1. The Gators
moved up from No. 3 to No. 2 with a win over The Citadel, 70-19.
Rounding out the top-five are Oklahoma, a big winner over last
week’s second-ranked school Texas Tech, followed by Texas and
Southern California.
    The second five this week consists of Penn State, Texas Tech,
which was beaten by Oklahoma 65-21, Utah, Boise State and Ohio
State. Both Utah and Boise State remain unbeaten this season, as
does number-15 Ball State.
    The next ten teams are Oklahoma State, Missouri, Georgia, TCU,
Ball State, Cincinnati, Oregon State, Georgia Tech, Oregon and BYU.
    The bottom five this week are Boston College, Michigan State,
Florida State, Northwestern and Mississippi.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL-BCS
    Texas moves up

    NEW YORK (AP) - The initial news from the BCS standings looked
good for Texas. The long-range forecast, however, favors Oklahoma.
    The Longhorns stayed ahead of the Sooners on Sunday and moved
into the coveted second spot in the BCS standings, thanks to a
better computer rating.
    Alabama remained on top of the standings. The Crimson Tide are a
comfortable No. 1 in both the USA Today coaches’ poll and Harris
poll, and tops according to the computers.
    Texas is close behind Oklahoma in both polls, but has the
second-best computer rating. The Longhorns’ BCS average is .9209.
    Oklahoma is at .9125. But the Sooners are at 9-and-2 Oklahoma
State on Saturday and should get a boost if they emerge with a win.
    Texas plays 4-and-7 Texas A&M on Thanksgiving.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL-COACHES
    San Diego and Wyoming moving in new directions…K-State leaning
toward Snyder

    SAN DIEGO (AP) - Chuck Long has been fired by San Diego State
after going 9-27 in three seasons as football coach. The Aztecs
finished the worst season in school history with a surprising 42-21
win over UNLV Saturday. San Diego State finished 2-10.

    CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Wyoming fired coach Joe Glenn, a day after
the Cowboys finished their fourth losing season in his six years at
the school. Wyoming finished 4-8 this season.
    The 59-year-old Glenn went 30-41 overall and 15-31 in
conference. The Cowboys finished above .500 just once in Glenn’s
tenure, in 2004, when they went 7-5, finished fourth in the
Mountain West and beat UCLA in the Las Vegas Bowl.

    MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - Kansas State has called a news conference
for Monday morning amid multiple reports that Bill Snyder, who
retired as Wildcats coach three years ago, has been rehired.
    The 69-year-old Snyder stepped down with a 136-68-1 record after
reviving what had been the losingest program in major college
history.
    He would replace Ron Prince, who was fired three years after
following Snyder.

T25 BASKETBALL-FINAL SCORES
    Blue Devils stay unbeaten…Xavier wins Puerto Rico Tip-Off
tourney

    UNDATED (AP) - Duke, the nation’s tenth-ranked men’s college
basketball team, got 14 points from Nolan Smith and the Blue Devils
beat Montana 78-58. The win is Duke’s third in four games. Gerald
Henderson also had 14 points while Kyle Singler finished with 13.
Duke is now unbeaten in six games. Jordan Hasquet scored 15 points
to lead the Grizzlies, who dropped to 2-and-2.

    In other Top-25 action:
    —Second-ranked Connecticut advanced to the final of the
eight-team Paradise Jam by beating 17th-ranked Miami 76-63. Hasheem
Thabeet had 19 points and 14 rebounds. The Huskies play Wisconsin
for the title Monday.
    - Third-ranked Louisville won the Billy Minardi Classic with an
81-54 rout of South Alabama. Freshman Samardo Samuels made his
first eight shots and finished with 24 points. Louisville held the
Jaguars to 36-percent shooting and forced 24 turnovers.
    - Terrell Holloway made 10 free throws without a miss and
finished with 13 points to help Xavier beat No. 13 Memphis 63-58 in
the Puerto Rico Tip-Off championship game.
    - James Harden scored a career-high 33 points and had 12
rebounds as No. 15 Arizona State shook off a lackluster start to
beat Pepperdine 61-40.
    - San Juan, Puerto Rico, 19th-ranked Southern California was
beaten by Missouri, 83-72. DeMarre Carroll had 29 points and 11
rebounds for the Tigers.
    - Number-25 Wisconsin beat San Diego 64-49 to reach the Paradise
Jam final against UConn. Trevon Hughes had 22.

NBA-FINAL SCORES
    Celts and Lakers keep winning…Sixers improve their Brand

    UNDATED (AP) - Ray Allen scored 21 points and the Boston Celtics
won their fifth straight game, defeating Toronto 118-103. The
Celtics, who have won 11 of 12 since a loss on Nov. 1 to Indiana,
got 15 points each from Kevin Garnett, Rajon Rondo (RAH’-zhahn
RAHN’-doh) and Tony Allen. Chris Bosh led Toronto with 24 points.

    In other NBA action:
    - The L.A. Lakers improved to 11-and-1 after beating Sacramento
118-108. Kobe Bryant scored 24 points. Andrew Bynum added 15 points
and 10 rebounds for the Lakers, who’ve won four straight.
    - Denver outscored Chicago 112-101. Kenyon Martin scored 26
points. Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups and Nene (nuh-NAY’) each
added 21 for the Nuggets.
    - The Minnesota Timberwolves surprised Detroit 106-80 for their
first road win of the season. Randy Foye had 23 points and a
career-best 14 assists. The Pistons are 4-and-5 since acquiring
Allen Iverson Nov. 7.
    - Elton Brand had 23 points and 12 rebounds and the Philadelphia
76ers moved above .500 for the first time this season with an 89-81
victory over the Golden State Warriors.

NBA-MCDYESS
    Veteran forward returning to Pistons

    DETROIT (AP) - Antonio McDyess is coming back to play for the
Detroit Pistons. His agent, Andy Miller, confirms the 34-year-old
former All-Star and Olympian will re-sign with the Pistons next
month.
    Detroit dealt McDyess, Chauncey Billups and project Cheikh Samb
to Denver for Allen Iverson on Nov. 3.
    The cost-cutting Nuggets then waived McDyess a week later.
McDyess has averaged 13.4 points and 7.7 rebounds in 12 seasons.

NHL-FINAL SCORES
    A Zubrus four-pack…Predators end slide

    UNDATED (AP) - It was a banner day on ice for New Jersey’s
Dainius Zubrus (DAYN’-ihs ZOO’-bruhs). He tied a team record with
four goals to help New Jersey win its season-high fourth straight
game, 7-3 over the Tampa Bay Lightning.
    Zubrus entered with two goals this season. He completed his
four-goal effort in the third with a breakaway goal at 7:22 and on
a shot from the slot with 5:22 left to play.
    Mike Rupp, Zach Parise and Brian Gionta had the other New Jersey
goals.
    Radim Vrbata, Martin St. Louis and Ryan Malone scored for the
Lightning, who are 1-1-2 under interim coach Rick Tocchet
(TOHK’-iht).

    In the only other NHL game, Jason Arnott and Shea Weber scored
two goals apiece as the Nashville Predators beat Carolina 5-2.
Scott Nichol also scored for the Predators, who never trailed and
had little trouble ending a two-game losing streak. Matt Cullen had
a goal and an assist for the Hurricanes.

LPGA-ADT CHAMPIONSHIP
    Big payoff for Shin

    WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - What a difference between finishing
first and second. Ji-Yai Shin (jee-yeye shin) won the $1-million
top prize at the LPGA’s ADT Championship, while runner-up Karrie
(KAHR’-ee) Webb is taking home $100,000. Shin, this summer’s
British Open winner, finished 2-under-par, 1 shot in front of Webb.
That’s a lot of money for winning by just one stroke.
    There was a two-way tie for third involving Paula Creamer
(KREE’-mur) and Seon Hwa Lee. They finished 4 shots off the pace
and settled for just under $20,000.

DAVIS CUP-FINAL
    Spain wins

    MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina (AP) - Spain has won its third Davis
Cup by beating host Argentina. The Spaniards eliminated the host
nation 3-to-1 as Fernando Verdasco defeated Jose Acasuso 6-3, 6-7,
4-6, 6-3, 6-1 in the first singles match of the day. Acasuso was
playing because of an injury to Juan Martin del Potro.
    It’s Spain’s first road win for a Davis Cup title, adding to
victories in 2000 and 2004. Argentina lost at home for the first
time in 10 years in Davis Cup competition.

SOCCER
    Crew wins first MLS Cup

    CARSON, Calif. (AP) - The Columbus Crew is celebrating its first
Major League Soccer championship. The Crew outscored the New York
Red Bulls 3-1 to win its first MLS Cup.

CFL-GREY CUP
    Stampeders beat Alouettes 22-14 for title

    MONTREAL (AP) - The Calgary Stampeders are champs of the
Canadian Football League. The Stampeders beat the Montreal
Alouettes 22-14 in the 96th Grey Cup. Henry Burris was named MVP
after completing 28 of 37 passes for 328 yards and one TD. It’s the
sixth Grey Cup title for Calgary. Montreal lost for the fifth time
in six Grey Cup appearances since 2000.