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Three of the Calgary Raging Grannies erupt in song following city council’s decision yesterday

to change each member’s title from alderman to councillor following the 2013 election.

KATIE TURNER/FOR METRO

Council opts torename members

Aldermen will become councillors after the 2013 electionNine voted to support motion Six voted against it

While the decision was made to change thetitle of alderman to the more gender-neu-tral term councillor yesterday, two of threefemale aldermen voted against the namechange.

Ald. Druh Farrell argued changing the ti-tle has little impact and more fundamentalchanges need to be made.

“I think the issue goes far, far deeper,

and yet we’re just scratching the surface,”she said. “And the worry is now that we’redone this decision, we’re done.”

Ald. Diane Colley-Urquhart echoed Far-rell’s sentiments.

“Nothing really changes with a titlechange. I’m happy with alderman,” shesaid.

On the other hand, rookie Ald. Gael

MacLeod said she was “ecstatic” about thechange.

“I think it’s important because it sends amessage that we are an inclusive city and ...titles do matter. They may be symbolic tosome but they do make a difference,” saidMacLeod. “This is a historic moment andwe should all feel good about this.”

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The Calgary Soccer Federa-tion has halted efforts to re-inflate the air-supportedbubble structure at the Sub-way Soccer Centre, whichcollapsed for the secondtime in two years lastmonth.

A safety investigation isongoing. However, it is un-clear when, if ever, the facil-ity will be opened again.

This decision will leavethree indoor fields out ofcommission, putting fur-ther strain on the eight re-maining pitches in the city.

Daryl Leinweber, execu-tive director of the CalgaryMinor Soccer Association,said he supports the federa-tion’s decision, but addedthe structure’s collapse hascreated a logistical “disas-ter” for the current indoorseason.

“The concern has reallybeen the safety, and I thinkthe Calgary Soccer Federa-tion really had to look atthat,” he said.

Tim White, coach of the

under-14 Calgary Blizzards,said he hopes the federa-tion moves to construct apermanent structure inplace of the inflatable facili-ty.

“It might mean someshort-term pain for long-term gain,” he said.

Soccer Centre generalmanager Perry Logan couldnot be reached for com-ment regarding the futureof the facility.

JEREMY NOLAIS

That sinking feeling: The soccer dome’s inflatable roof has been deemed a safety concern

and will not be repaired.


Permanent structure needed forfields, some say Official says upto 18,000 athletes could be affected

Hockey dad killed in rolloverA father killed in a rolloverwest of Calgary yesterday isbeing remembered as a“bright spot” at the hockeyrink.

Chestermere residentPerry Hjelsvold was report-edly driving a pickup truckheaded west on Highway 1,near the Highway 1A exit,when he hit a patch ofblack ice and lost control.The truck swerved into themedian and then rolledmultiple times, according

to police.Hjelsvold, 34, was eject-

ed from the vehicle and lat-er pronounced dead inhospital.

His two children were al-

so in the truck at the time,but both were unhurt andtaken to hospital for pre-cautionary measures only,said Chestermere RCMPCpl. Stephen Browne.

News of Hjelsvold’sdeath rocked his communi-ty, as friends struggled tocope.

Kindergarten teacherSheri Sommerfeld taughtone Hjelsvold’s sons lastyear and currently has achild playing on the atomhockey team managed byhis wife, Nikki. She saidPerry’s presence aroundthe rink will be sorelymissed.

“He was just the greatest

guy,” she said. “The kidsloved him to pieces be-cause he would tease themand joke around with themand laugh.”

Shane Hainstock, presi-dent of Chestermere MinorHockey, said the organiza-tion’s thoughts are withthe family during this diffi-cult time.

“He was quite the joke-ster,” Hainstock said. “Hewill be really badlymissed.” JEREMY NOLAIS

The possibility of gettingthe 2011 tax-rate increaseas low was four per cent hasgone out the window aftercouncil decided yesterdayto decrease across-the-board cuts.

During the budget-cutsdiscussion in November,Mayor Naheed Nenshi pro-posed that administrationfind a total of $8 million incuts to all departments thatwould equal an overall one

per cent tax-rate decrease.It was decided yesterday

that number would be re-duced by half, making afour per cent increase un-likely.

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Council halves proposed cuts$4MThe amount

administra-tion will be looking tocut, which may landthe tax-rate increasearound 4.5 per cent.

METRO FILENew cityauditor found HIRE. Nearly six monthsafter firing the former cityauditor, council has filledthe position. Tracy McTag-gart was dismissed in Junefollowing a poor review ofher office. ToddHorbasenko, Edmonton’scurrent deputy city audi-tor, will take over the jobin February. METRO

Police stillseek gunmanCRIME. A gunman remainsat large following a shoot-ing incident Sunday thatsaw a home on RadcliffeCrescent SE hit by fourbullets. Police do have amale in custody, and saidhe will be charged withuttering threats andbreaching conditions. Noone was harmed in the in-cident. METRO

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Police say icy road condi-tions were a likely factor inthe crash.The road where the fatalincident occurred was

closed for several hours asRCMP investigated.A second vehicle alsorolled east of Strathmoreyesterday, but the femaledriver walked away fromthe incident unharmed.

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History

The Soccer Centre domefirst collapsed inDecember 2008 and the fa-cility was reopened threemonths later. It thencollapsed again on Nov.22. No one was hurt in ei-ther incident.The Calgary Minor SoccerAssociation may be forcedto scale back the FamilyDay Tournament and all-star game.

Safety concerns keepsoccer dome deflated

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The morning after thou-sands of teddy bears rainedfrom the sky at the Saddle-dome, players from theCalgary Hitmen were ableto see first-hand the impactof Sunday’s teddy bear toss.

“When we can give backto the community, that’spretty special for us, espe-cially at a place like this,”

captain Matt MacKenziesaid about the Alberta Chil-dren’s Hospital.

“A lot of them are prettyshy, but you can see howhappy they are when theyget the bears so it makes usfeel good.”

Trevor Grant said whenhis two-year-old son Eastonwas given a teddy bear, hehad trouble fighting backhis emotions. “(Easton has)had a rough life so it’s real-

ly neat to see this happen,”said Grant.

Easton’s mom, JaleneGrant, said they come tothe hospital every weekand having the Hitmenhand Easton a teddy bearmade their day a littlebrighter. “It just puts asmile on their face, every-thing they have to gothrough. To be able to takefive minutes and do that ispretty awesome.”

Hitmen becomeSanta’s helpers

More than 23,000 stuffed animals thrown onto theice during Sunday night’s game Players deliveredtoys at the Alberta Children’s Hospital yesterday

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Eight people remainedin hospital yesterday af-ter the brazen shootoutand police said all areconsidered by police to bevictims, though police al-so said all have gang ties. No suspects are in cus-tody and no charges havebeen laid.

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U.S. envoyHolbrookedead at 69Richard Holbrooke, a brilliant and feisty U.S.diplomat who wrote partof the Pentagon Papersand served as PresidentBarack Obama’s special envoy to Pakistan andAfghanistan, died yester-day. THE CANADIAN PRESS

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Beginning next year,Ukraine plans to open upthe sealed zone aroundthe Chornobyl reactor tovisitors who wish to learnmore about the tragedythat occurred nearly aquarter of a century ago,the Emergency SituationsMinistry said yesterday.

Chornobyl’s reactor No.4 exploded April 26, 1986,spewing radiation over alarge swath of northernEurope. Hundreds of thou-sands of people wereresettled from areas con-taminated with radiationfallout in Ukraine, Belarus

and Russia. Related healthproblems still persist.

The so-called exclusionzone, a highlycontaminated area withina 50-kilometre radius ofthe exploded reactor, wasevacuated and sealed offin the aftermath of the ex-plosion. All visits wereprohibited.

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Tron star about togo On the Road

Garrett Hedlund’s sched-ule is getting pretty fullthese days, with two films— Tron: Legacy and Coun-try Strong — hitting the-atres and another, On theRoad, just completed. Theever-humble Minnesotanative talked with Metroabout heading up a fran-chise, motorcycle envy andcrash diets.

How does it feel steppinginto the lead role here?Playing Jeff Bridges’ son,you have an even biggerrole than he does.

With the films I’ve doneprior, even before I’d got-ten my first role, I’d kindof formulated in my mindthat if I’m an actor, all I re-ally want to be is a piece ofthe puzzle, but I neverwanted to be the picture ofthe puzzle. I always con-centrated on being in filmswith great actors that Icould learn from — howthey compose themselveson and off set, you know.That really prepped me forsomething like this. Be-cause I never had to be theone on set every day, allday.

The studio obviously has afranchise inmind for Tron.Are you ready to be a partof something like this for a

while?

When I wanted to comeout to L.A. to be an actor,all my other friends thatwere very serious aboutacting wanted to go toNew York and wanted tobe in theatre. I wanted tobe in film. I didn’t want todo television, I just wantedto do film. I know thatwithin this film, and in or-der to appease everythingthat’s applied and neces-sary, you have to be willingand able to do everythingthat comes along with thepackage.

Did you do your ownmotorcycle work for Tron:Legacy?

Yes. I drove a motorcycle alittle bit on the farm inMinnesota growing up,just dirt bikes and stuff.But actually handling thisDucati... I mean, you couldget up to 80 miles an hourin first gear, so it was kindof a dangerous machine,especially to drive un-hel-meted. In a big kind of Dis-ney production, producersaren’t happy about thesethings.

This is a pretty big year foryou, with Tron: Legacy andCountry Strong. How didyou manage everything?

It’s been a weird line oftransitions, because fortwo years I was preppingfor On the Road, so by thetime I did Tron,

I’d had to start a massiveamount of training. I got

Actor Garrett Hedlund arrives at the premiere of the feature film Tron: Legacy in Los

Angeles on Saturday.

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Best known for smaller roles inFriday Night Lights and Four Brothers, Garrett Hedlund takes centre stage in Tron: Legacy

British actress andmodel Elizabeth Hur-ley says she has sepa-rated from herhusband, ArunNayar, of three years.

Hurley’sannouncement onher Twitter accountcomes amid reportsin British tabloidslinking her romanti-cally to Australiancricket star ShaneWarne. Warne con-firmed he has alsosplit from his wife.

“Not a great day,”Hurley, 45, tweetedSunday. “For therecord, my husbandArun & I separated afew months ago.”

The couplemarried in 2007 at acastle outside of Lon-don. They followedup the private civilceremony with a lav-ish and traditionalHindi wedding inJodphur, India.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

News in brief

with the trainer and then Ihad to lose 30 pounds toget back into the suit. It

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1⁄2The most sincere momentin any movie you are like-ly to see this year comesin the twitch of an angryneck vein.

It’s the involuntary re-action of John C. Reilly’sput-upon character John,as he suddenly realizesdiplomacy is getting himnowhere. His massivemitts are near the neck ofhis tormenter Cyrus (Jon-ah Hill), the 21-year-oldson of John’s newgirlfriend Molly (MarisaTomei).

Cyrus has mommyissues. He still lives athome — dad is long gone— and he’s not happyabout another man enter-ing Molly’s life. He under-stands that he’s difficultto get close to (“I get over-ly excited sometimes”)

but he can’t help himself.Neither can John, who al-so operates on self-destructive instincts. Herecognizes a lot of Cyrusin himself.

This latest minimaliststudy in maximum emo-tions comes from talentedbrothers Mark and Jay Du-plass. It finds truth inthose moments betweenspoken words, when theflick of an eyelid, thepulse of a vein or thepurse of the lips betraythings that mightotherwise not be stated.

This could be a horroror suspense movie, and in

some ways, it is — thesoundtrack often takes onthe rapid-pulse aspects ofa thriller. Cyrus obviouslyhas emotional and possi-bly mental issues, butthey’re not clearlydefined. There’s no tellingwhat he’s prepared to doto keep mommy tohimself.

No necks were harmedin the making of Cyrus,but many tiredrelationship clichés were.

Extras include deletedscenes, a Q&A with theDuplass bros and a musicmash-up with Reilly andHill. PETER HOWELL

Ferrell’sbuddy copcomedyfalls flatThe Other Guys(Sony Pictures)88

The abiding philosophy offunnyman Will Ferrelland his directorial accom-plice Adam McKay is thatany joke worth cracking isworth pounding into the

pavement.The Other Guys, a bud-

dy-cop comedy pairingFerrell with MarkWahlberg, takes this nag-flailing fault to extremes.We get infinite variationsof sexist and homophobichumour involving a dumbcop (Wahlberg) and a real-ly dumb cop (Ferrell).

Michael Keaton’s stiff-necked police captain andSteve Coogan’s schemingWall Streeter might alsohave worked better, hadthe script offered themanything more than sim-

ply mugging for the cam-era.

Eva Mendes manages toescape the satirical shack-les in her role as Ferrell’slong-suffering wife. Sheprovides the inspired lu-nacy missing from mostof the picture, especiallyin a scene where she dead-pans sings Pimps Don’tCry to her depressed hub-by.

Extras, mainly on theDVD, include deleted andextended scenes and nu-merous gag featurettes.

PETER HOWELL

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Acting like a cartoon isthe whole point of TheA-Team and also themain appeal of thisadapted ’80s TV actioner,which is actuallysmarter than it needs tobe. In this case, grateful-ly, “dumb” isn’t asynonym for “idiotic.”

Director Joe Carnahanremains true to A-Teamlore: a quartet of ex-mili-tary aces, benevolentbrutes, all band togetherto right wrongs and set-tle scores anywhere inthe world, shedding onlythe blood permitted bythe U.S. PG-13 rating.

Liam Neeson takeslast year’s Taken to itslogical next level bymarching into GeorgePeppard’s role of Col.Hannibal Smith, a cigar-chomping square jawwith fatherly mien andboyish enthusiasm.Bradley Cooper, SharltoCopley and Quinton

“Rampage” Jackson com-plete these amusing ‘B’versions of the original‘A’s. I pity the fool whofails to share thepopcorn. Extras, mostlyon the Blu-ray, includedirector’s commentary, ahighlights mash-up anddeleted and extendedscenes. PETER HOWELL

John C. Reilly, left, and Jonah Hill in Cyrus.

Bradley Cooper, left, and

Liam Neeson in The A-Team.

While Gwyneth Pal-trow’s guest spot onGlee may haveaired a monthago, Lindsay Lo-han is still re-portedlysmarting over thejokes Paltrowmade on theshow at thetroubled star-let’s expense,according toRadar On-line.

“She called me and wasupset and said, ‘Why did

[Gwyneth] have to dothat?’” Lindsay’smom, Dina Lohan,tells the website.

“Gwynethwent overboard

and it was un-necessary. Lindsaythought she was afriend and it wasdisappointing. Itwas hurtful andnot funny.”

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Celebrity tweets

ElizabethHurley[@ElizabethHurley] Not agreat day. For

the record, my husbandArun & I separated a fewmonths ago. Our closefamily & friends wereaware of this.

BillyRayCyrus[@billyraycyrus] Sorry

guys. I had no idea. Justsaw this stuff for the firsttime myself. Im so sad.There is much beyond mycontrol right now.

ConanO’Brien[@ConanOBrien] Iam almost

at 2 million Twitter follow-ers! I am going to tell mygrandkids about this —right after I explain tothem what “Twitter” was.

AndyRoddick[@andyroddick] imabout to

make THE DECISION of themorning... i think i'm gonnatake my talents to CoffeeBean

While the recent leakedvideo of Miley Cyrus smok-ing the salvia, which is le-gal in California, mayprove to have conse-quences for her career, it’sdoing wonders for sales ofthe psychedelic herb, ac-

cording to TMZ. Sales of salvia have

tripled since the video’s re-lease late last week, ac-cording to the website,which polled several LosAngeles head shops.

Costumers have been

asking for “the stuff Mileywas smoking,” one shopworker says.

“Salvia is one of thosethings that you only tryonce because it is so in-tense.”

METRO

Miley’s leakedvideo sparkssalvia sales

Miley Cyrus

Video shot at L.A. house party allegedly showsCyrus taking hits of psychedelic herb from a bong

Chris Rockhandy in anemergencyOne Chris Rock fan gotquite the special treatmentwhen her water broke at aNew Jersey mall while thecomic actor was close by,according to Us Weekly.Witnesses say Rock toldjokes to keep the womanand bystanders calm untilparamedics arrived.

“He was making thecrowd and the woman inlabour laugh,” a sourcesays. “She recognized whohe was immediately, andhe stayed there until theparamedics took heraway.” METRO

Angelina Jolie’s newmovie, The Tourist,opened to lower-than-expected box office re-ceipts, and some industrysources suggest ChelseaHandler’s recent anti-Jolietirade may have some-thing to do with it.

“It’s not that Chelsea is

the most powerful moviecritic the world has everknown, it’s that she re-minded all of Americawhat Angelina had doneall over again,” an un-named executive tellsPopeater.

“Chelsea picked an uglyscab off a wound that An-

gelina had worked so hardto heal with her humani-tarian work. What womanin America is going to paymoney to see Angelina ru-in one man’s life on screenwhen we all saw her [ruinJennifer Aniston’s mar-riage] for free in real life?”

METRO

Did Handler ding Jolie at box office?

Selena Gomez is battingoff rumors that a recentbreakfast date with JustinBieber in Philadelphia wasanything serious.

“It was pancakes. Whodoesn’t like pancakes?”she tells MTV News.

“We were both perform-ing in the same place sowe went and had pancakestogether. That’s all it is. Allinnocent.”

The two were photogra-pher leaving the breakfastspot walking arm-in-arm.

METRO

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Selena Gomez

Cage startspaying off$14M inback taxesNicolas Cage’s financesare slowly on the road torecovery after he was hitlast year with an IRS billtotal close to $14 million

in unpaid taxes and fees. Cage had previously

blamed his former busi-ness manager for gettinghim into so much trouble .

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4 years is old enoughSharon Lechter of Pay Your Family First suggeststo start teaching kids about finances at age fouror five. Only then they will recognize the differ-ence between a $5 and $20 bill. A good way to

begin with is three piggy banks.

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If they receive an allowance, it shouldbe in denominations that encourage

saving, easily split between three pig-gy banks. Introduce the subject of

money, but at a very basic level – likesaving for the future, being careful

with money. They will retain it for therest of their lives, says Levine.

76%don’t explain moneymanagement regularly.

71%never explained

how credit card fees work.

80%never worked out a

back-to-school budget.

71%never taughtcredit cardmanagement.

81%haven’t taught their teens

how to invest money.

80%don’t involve kids in ma-jor spending decisions.

What parents don’tteach their kids

is by how much median debt ofundergraduate students rose in

the last four years.

Average debt of a freshman in thelast four years rose by

251%

$3,173Average credit card debt of an un-

dergraduate student in the U.S.

72%of kids who learned about saving money tend to save regularly.

SOURCES: MAKING THE CASE FOR FINANCIAL LITERACY— 2010, WWW.JUMPSTART.ORG; , CAPITAL ONE’S ANNUAL SURVEY;CHARLES SCHWAB’S 2008“PARENTS & MONEY” AND 2009 YOUNG ADULTS & MONEY SURVEY; SALLIE MAE’S 2008 SURVEY OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS.

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Scores two, including OT winner to increase point streak to eightgames Flames let 2-0 lead slip away before finishing off Blue Jackets

Iginla leadsFlames to win

Calgary Flame Jarome Iginla, right, celebrates his game-winning goal with teammates, left to right, Mark Giordano,

Cory Sarich and Alex Tanguay last night.

JEFF MCINTOSH/THE CANADIAN PRESS

Raptors point guard JoseCalderon did not travelwith the team for its gamein Charlotte tonight be-cause of nagging pain in hisleft foot and he’s not entire-ly sure how it came to be.

“No idea at all,” Calderonsaid after the Raptorsworked out at the Air Cana-da Centre yesterday. “Every-thing was good after the

(Dec. 8 Knicks) game and Iwoke up in the morningand feel a little bit of some-thing there, it was sore, andthat’s how we found out. SoI don’t know what I did.

“But it’s nothing big,nothing important, it’s justgong to be day-to-day so,hopefully, in a couple ofdays all the swelling goesdown and I can go out

there. But we don’t want togo too much.”

Calderon got some workin Sunday and tried to takepart in yesterday’s practicebut felt a little pain. He didsome conditioning workand hopes to be back in thelineup either tomorrowagainst Chicago or Fridayagainst New Jersey. TORSTAR NEWS SERVICE

Calderon not ready to return

Jarome Iginla’s second goalof the night 3:49 into over-time gave the CalgaryFlames a 3-2 victory overthe Columbus Blue Jacketslast night.

Enormous pressure deepin the Blue Jackets end wasfinished off by the Flamescaptain, who was set up inthe slot by Alex Tanguayand had an empty net tofire the puck into withMathieu Garon trapped outof position.

Calgary led 2-0 less thanfive minutes into the gamebut saw the Blue Jacketscome back and eventuallytie it in the third period.

After waiting over 55minutes to receive its firstpower play of the night,Columbus took just 28 sec-onds to convert it and tiethe score 2-2.

With Adam Pardy off forhooking, Kris Russell fakeda shot and sent a pass toRick Nash at the top of thefaceoff circle. The Blue Jack-

ets captain snapped his17th goal of the season intothe top corner, over theshoulder of Miikka Kipru-soff.

Columbus pressed forthe go-ahead goal through-out the third period, gener-ating several dangerouschances around the Flamesnet.

However, when the puckwasn’t bouncing just over astick or trickling wide, theFlames were either lucky —Ethan Moreau put a shot offthe goal post — or saved byKiprusoff.

The Flames goaltenderjabbed out a toe to thwart

R.J. Umberger and sprawledto deny a wrap-around at-tempt by Antoine Vermette.

Brendan Morrison alsoscored for Calgary (13-15-3).The Flames return to actionThursday when the TorontoMaple Leafs visit the Scotia-bank Saddledome. Calgarywill be attempting to winconsecutive games for thefirst time since a three-game winning streak Oct.22-26 that began with a 6-2win in Columbus.

Vermette also scored forColumbus (16-11-2). TheBlue Jackets are winless intheir last four on the road.THE CANADIAN PRESS

Jose Calderon

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205Consecutive starts byPeyton Manning, thenew longest activestreak. The Colts QBwould need another51⁄2 years to surpassBrett Favre.

No more, Brett.After 297 consecutive

starts over 19 seasons, oneof the greatest individualstreaks in all of sports,Brett Favre ran into an in-jury he couldn’t beat andsat down.

The 41-year-old Vikingsquarterback who foughtthrough broken bones,aches, pains and personalgrief to play week afterweek couldn’t make it forthe Minnesota Vikings lastnight. Favre was sidelinedby a throwing shouldertoo damaged for even himto overcome.

Jeff Anderson, a Vikingsspokesman, announced tothe public on Twitter thatFavre was out: “Vikings In-actives — 12, 19, 25, 31,76, 90, 91 ... and 4. Thestreak ends ...”

The Vikings hopedFavre, who has started de-spite a broken foot and el-bow tendinitis thisseason, could do it againwhen the game againstthe New York Giants wasdelayed from Sunday afterthe Metrodome roofcollapsed. That forced thegame to be moved to De-troit’s Ford Field, but itwas not enough time forFavre to get healthyenough to play.

Leslie Frazier, Minneso-ta’s interim coach, saidthe plan was for Favre togo through a pre-gamethrowing routine to try todetermine if he couldplay, but the three-timeMVP wasn’t on the fieldabout 90 minutes beforekickoff, and the Vikingsannounced moments laterhe was inactive.

Favre finally came outabout 35 minutes beforethe scheduled kickoff,wearing a T-shirt andwarmup pants. He huggeda teammate while receiv-ing a few cheers from thecrowd, then stood at the15-yard line and chattedwith Tarvaris Jackson, thenew Minnesota starter.

Favre was injured whenthe Bills’ Arthur Moats hithim square in the backand sent him to the turfon the third play fromscrimmage last weekend.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Favre’sstreakreachesits end

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There's already a fullness toGary Reed’s face to replacethe cheeks once hollowfrom countless hours oftraining.

There were also tearsand a wide smile yesterdayas the world silver medal-list in the 800 metres offi-

cially announced his retire-ment from track and field.

Despite the tears, the 29-year-old from Kamloops,B.C., called it a “joyous, pos-itive decision.”

“It’s not a decision thatI’ve been forced into by in-jury, illness, anything nega-

tive,” he said. “I feel likeI’ve explored every avenuein this sport, I’ve turnedover every stone in train-ing, I left it all out there,and it feels good.”

Reed said he no longerhas the drive to log longhours of training and do

the little things required tobe a contender for a medalat the 2012 LondonOlympics.

“To sum it up in a one-liner, the tank is empty. Ihave no more gas in thetank, I have no more driveleft that is needed to stand

on the podium,” he said at anews conference at a Toron-to hotel yesterday.

Reed was just nipped atthe finish line to win silverat the 2007 world champi-onships in Osaka, Japan,then went on to finish

fourth at the 2008Olympics, in one of Cana-da’s top track performancesin Beijing. His time of oneminute 43.68 seconds set in2008 in Monaco is the Cana-dian record in the 800 me-tres. THE CANADIAN PRESS

Record holdercalls it a career

‘I have zero desire to carry on, absolutely no desire,’ track star saysCanada’s Gary Reed checks his time after a fourth-place

finish in the men’s 800-metre final at the 2008 Summer

Olympics in Beijing.

RYAN REMIORZ/THE CANADIAN PRESS

NFL

Jets coachsuspendedfor seasonThis was one costly tripfor Sal Alosi.

The New York Jets of-ficial, who tripped a Mi-ami Dolphins playerduring a game, was sus-pended by the team lastnight without pay forthe rest of the season,including the playoffs.

He was also fined anadditional $25,000 US.

Alosi, the Jetsstrength and condition-ing coach, began servinghis suspension immedi-ately.

“I accept responsibili-ty for my actions and re-spect the team’sdecision,” Alosi said in astatement.

General manager

Mike Tannenbaum saidAlosi will also not be al-lowed to interact withany players or coaches“as it pertains to his jobfunction.”

“Hopefully we’re go-ing to learn from whathappened yesterday andtake full responsibilityfor it,” Tannenbaumsaid.

He added the teamspoke with the NFLabout the incidentthroughout the day, andthe league will issue nofurther discipline.

Alosi stuck out his leftknee on the sideline ascornerback Nolan Car-roll was covering a puntin the third quarter ofMiami’s 10-6 win Sun-day.

“I let everybody downyesterday with my ac-tions,” said Alosi, fight-ing back tears during anews conference earlieryesterday.THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Juniors getTop 2 againA year ago it was Taylorand Tyler. This year it’sSean and Ryan, the”underage” stars trying toearn a spot on Canada’sworld junior hockeyteam.

Taylor Hall made theteam and went on to bedrafted first overall by theEdmonton Oilers, whileTyler Seguin was cut, thenwent second overall tothe Boston Bruins.

Sean Couturier of theDrummondvilleVoltigeurs and RyanNugent-Hopkins of theRed Deer Rebels wereranked this year as thefirst- and second-bestprospects respectively forthe 2011 NHL draft by In-ternational Scouting Serv-ices.

Couturier was third inQuebec Major JuniorHockey League scoringwith 16 goals and 35assists when he left forthe selection camp. Hiscombination of size andsoft hands has made himthe early favourite to goNo. 1.

”I try not to thinkabout it,” Couturier saidyesterday. ”I’m justfocused on making theteam.”

Coach Dave Cameronsaid he won’t rule out se-lecting young players, aslong as they can playsound in all three zonesof the ice.

Nugent-Hopkins, listedat only 166 pounds on asix-foot-frame, is moreabout speed and playmak-ing, as his eight goals and33 assists with Red Deerthis season attest.

”I’m not the biggestguy, so I’ve got to use myquickness and agility toget around guys and avoidchecks and stuff,” said theBurnaby, B.C., native, whohad an assist in the open-ing intrasquad contest.THE CANADIAN PRESS

While the New York Yan-kees and Texas Rangerswaited for Cliff Lee tomake a decision, specula-tion started that thePhillies might attempt tosign the pitcher whohelped Philadelphia reachthe 2009 World Series.

Lee received what ap-peared to be final offersfrom the Yankees lastWednesday and Rangersone day later, but he hasn’tlet either of those teamsknow whether he intendsto accept one of those pro-posals.

While New York has of-fered Lee a seven-year con-tract, a person familiarwith the Phillies’ delibera-tions said Philadelphiawould not offer a deal thatlong and was unlikely togive even a six-year con-tract.

The person spoke oncondition of anonymity be-

cause the Phillies have notpublicly discussed their in-terest in Lee.

Philadelphia dealt Lee toSeattle as part of a four-team, nine-player swap af-ter the 2009 season whilesimultaneously acquiringRoy Halladay from Torontoand signing him to a newcontract that added $60million US over three sea-sons.

If the Phillies did signLee, he would join Halla-day, Roy Oswalt and ColeHamels to form whatwould be considered thetop rotation in the majorleagues. The Phillies wouldbe in position to trade JoeBlanton.

Lee had a good time dur-ing his stay with thePhillies, who acquired himfrom Cleveland in July2009.

“At first, I didn’t believeit. I thought we were work-

ing out an extension withthe Phillies,” Lee said theday after the trade.

“I thought I’d be spend-

ing the rest of my careerthere ... I was under the im-pression they wanted tokeep me there for a long

time. In my mind, it wasgoing to happen.”

The Los Angeles Angels,who failed in their attemptto sign outfielder CarlCrawford, haven’t saidwhether they are in or outin the bidding for Lee,spokesman Tim Mead saidyesterday.

Lee also helped theRangers reach the WorldSeries for the first time thisyear after he was obtainedfrom the Mariners in July.

“I’d want Cliff to comeback for sure. That’s a deci-sion that he’s going to haveto make, and I’m surewhatever decision hemakes is going to be theright one,” catcher MattTreanor said yesterday af-ter agreeing to an$850,000, one-year con-tract with the Rangers.

“I’m excited to see whathappens, as well.”THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Cliff Lee of the Philadelphia Phillies throws a pitch

against the New York Yankees in Game 5 of the

2009 World Series.

JED JACOBSOHN/GETTY IMAGES

Cliff Lee headed back to Phillies?

26 sports metronews.caTUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2010

THE BEST THING TOHAPPEN TO THE IPHONESINCE OUR LAST APP!NEW Crossword and Sudukoupdated daily.

AMERICAN CONFERENCEEAST

W L T Pct PF PAx-New England 11 2 0 .846 415 276N.Y. Jets 9 4 0 .692 273 242Miami 7 6 0 .538 225 244Buffalo 3 10 0 .231 256 339

SOUTHW L T Pct PF PA

Jacksonville 8 5 0 .615 295 331Indianapolis 7 6 0 .538 347 318Houston 5 8 0 .385 316 355Tennessee 5 8 0 .385 291 265

NORTHW L T Pct PF PA

Pittsburgh 10 3 0 .769 290 198Baltimore 9 4 0 .692 294 229Cleveland 5 8 0 .385 235 252Cincinnati 2 11 0 .154 262 345

WESTW L T Pct PF PA

Kansas City 8 5 0 .615 295 268San Diego 7 6 0 .538 354 253Oakland 6 7 0 .462 314 307Denver 3 10 0 .231 269 376

NATIONAL CONFERENCEEAST

W L T Pct PF PAN.Y. Giants 9 4 0 .692 329 250Philadelphia 9 4 0 .692 374 308Washington 5 8 0 .385 238 310Dallas 4 9 0 .308 321 366

SOUTHW L T Pct PF PA

Atlanta 11 2 0 .846 335 243New Orleans 10 3 0 .769 330 240Tampa Bay 8 5 0 .615 260 267Carolina 1 12 0 .077 164 338

NORTHW L T Pct PF PA

Chicago 9 4 0 .692 253 228Green Bay 8 5 0 .615 306 189Minnesota 5 8 0 .385 230 274Detroit 3 10 0 .231 285 309

WESTW L T Pct PF PA

Seattle 6 7 0 .462 261 329St. Louis 6 7 0 .462 245 268San Francisco 5 8 0 .385 243 280Arizona 4 9 0 .308 243 351x— clinched playoff berth.

WEEK 14Last night’s resultsBaltimore 34 Houston 28 (OT)At DetroitN.Y.Giants 21Minnesota3Sunday’s resultsArizona 43 Denver 13Atlanta 31 Carolina 10Buffalo 13 Cleveland 6Detroit 7 Green Bay 3Jacksonville 38 Oakland 31Miami 10 N.Y. Jets 6NewEngland 36 Chicago 7NewOrleans 31 St. Louis 13Pittsburgh 23 Cincinnati 7San Diego 31 Kansas City 0San Francisco 40 Seattle 21Tampa Bay 17Washington 16Philadelphia 30 Dallas 27N.Y. Giants atMinnesota (ppd., snow and sta-dium problems)

WEEK 15Thursday’s game(All times Eastern)San Francisco at San Diego, 8:20 p.m.Sunday’s gamesKansas City at St. Louis, 1 p.m.Washington at Dallas, 1 p.m.Houston at Tennessee, 1 p.m.Arizona at Carolina, 1 p.m.Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.Detroit at Tampa Bay, 1 p.m.Cleveland at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.Buffalo atMiami, 1 p.m.Jacksonville at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.NewOrleans at Baltimore, 1 p.m.Atlanta at Seattle, 4:05 p.m.Denver at Oakland, 4:15 p.m.N.Y. Jets at Pittsburgh, 4:15 p.m.Green Bay at NewEngland, 8:20 p.m.Monday, Dec. 20Chicago atMinnesota, 8:30 p.m.

Last night’s resultsLos Angeles 5 Detroit 0Atlanta 4 Ottawa 3 (OT)Nashville 5 N.Y. Islanders 0Colorado 7 Chicago 5Calgary 3 Columbus 2 (OT)Dallas at San JoseSunday’s resultsVancouver 2 Edmonton 1Anaheim 6Minnesota 2N.Y. Rangers 7Washington 0Tonight’s games(All times Eastern)Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Edmonton, 9 p.m.Tomorrow’s gamesBoston at Buffalo, 7 p.m.Phoenix at New Jersey, 7 p.m.N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.Anaheim atWashington, 7 p.m.St. Louis at Detroit, 7 p.m.Philadelphia atMontreal, 7:30 p.m.Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 7:30 p.m.Carolina at Florida, 7:30 p.m.San Jose at Nashville, 8 p.m.Colorado at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.Columbus at Vancouver, 10 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCEW L Pct GB

d-Boston 19 4 .826 —d-Miami 18 8 .692 21/2Orlando 16 8 .667 31/2d-Chicago 15 8 .652 4Atlanta 16 9 .640 4New York 16 9 .640 4Indiana 11 12 .478 8Milwaukee 10 13 .435 9Toronto 9 15 .375 101/2Charlotte 8 15 .348 11Philadelphia 8 15 .348 11Cleveland 7 17 .292 121/2Detroit 7 18 .280 13Washington 6 16 .273 121/2New Jersey 6 18 .250 131/2

WESTERN CONFERENCEW L Pct GB

d-San Antonio 20 3 .870 —Dallas 19 5 .792 11/2d-L.A. Lakers 17 7 .708 31/2d-Utah 18 8 .692 31/2Oklahoma City 17 8 .680 4Denver 14 9 .609 6New Orleans 14 10 .583 61/2Portland 12 13 .480 9Phoenix 11 12 .478 9Memphis 11 14 .440 10Houston 9 14 .391 11Golden State 8 16 .333 121/2Minnesota 6 18 .250 141/2Sacramento 5 16 .238 14L.A. Clippers 5 20 .200 16d-division leaderLast night’s resultsMiami 96 NewOrleans 84Chicago 92 Indiana 73Memphis 86 Portland 73Milwaukee 103 Dallas 99Utah 108 Golden State 95Sunday’s resultsNewYork 129 Denver 125Philadelphia 88 NewOrleans 70L.A. Lakers 99 New Jersey 92SanAntonio 95 Portland 78Oklahoma City 106 Cleveland 77Orlando 94 L.A. Clippers 85Tonight’s games(All times Eastern)Toronto at Charlotte, 7 p.m.Philadelphia at New Jersey, 7 p.m.L.A. Lakers atWashington, 7 p.m.Atlanta at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.Sacramento at Houston, 8:30 p.m.Orlando at Denver, 9 p.m.Minnesota at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

EASTERN CONFERENCEGP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts Home Away Last 10 Strk

d-Pittsburgh 31 21 8 2 0 101 71 44 10-5-1-0 11-3-1-0 10-0-0-0 W12d-Washington 32 18 11 1 2 98 92 39 12-4-0-2 6-7-1-0 4-5-0-1 L6d-Montreal 30 18 10 2 0 78 61 38 11-4-2-0 7-6-0-0 5-4-1-0 L2Philadelphia 31 19 7 2 3 105 76 43 10-5-0-2 9-2-2-1 6-1-0-3 W2Atlanta 31 17 11 1 2 99 91 37 9-6-0-1 8-5-1-1 8-2-0-0 W2NYRangers 32 18 13 1 0 96 83 37 7-8-1-0 11-5-0-0 6-4-0-0 W1Boston 28 16 8 1 3 81 56 36 7-5-1-2 9-3-0-1 5-3-1-1 L1TampaBay 30 16 10 2 2 94 106 36 7-2-1-1 9-8-1-1 6-2-0-2 W1Ottawa 32 13 16 2 1 71 96 29 8-8-1-1 5-8-1-0 3-5-1-1 L1Carolina 28 12 12 0 4 78 87 28 6-5-0-1 6-7-0-3 3-3-0-4 W1Buffalo 30 12 14 4 0 78 84 28 6-9-1-0 6-5-3-0 5-4-1-0 L1Florida 28 13 15 0 0 71 72 26 6-5-0-0 7-10-0-0 3-7-0-0 L1Toronto 29 11 14 2 2 65 86 26 8-6-2-1 3-8-0-1 4-5-1-0 W1NewJersey 29 8 19 1 1 53 88 18 4-7-1-1 4-12-0-0 3-7-0-0 L5NY Islanders 28 5 18 3 2 59 98 15 3-7-1-1 2-11-2-1 1-7-2-0 L6

WESTERN CONFERENCEGP W L OTL SL GF GA Pts Home Away Last 10 Strk

d-Detroit 29 19 7 2 1 96 78 41 11-4-1-1 8-3-1-0 6-3-1-0 L1d-Vancouver 28 16 8 2 2 91 74 36 9-3-1-1 7-5-1-1 6-3-1-0 W1d-Dallas 29 17 10 0 2 83 80 36 11-3-0-1 6-7-0-1 7-2-0-1 L1Nashville 29 15 8 4 2 76 70 36 7-1-3-2 8-7-1-0 6-1-1-2 W3Colorado 30 16 10 4 0 108 95 36 8-4-1-0 8-6-3-0 4-3-3-0 W3Anaheim 33 16 13 2 2 87 98 36 11-6-0-1 5-7-2-1 6-3-0-1 W2LosAngeles 28 17 10 1 0 78 65 35 11-2-1-0 6-8-0-0 5-4-1-0 W1Chicago 32 16 13 2 1 101 96 35 8-8-0-0 8-5-2-1 6-3-1-0 L2Phoenix 28 14 8 4 2 81 77 34 6-4-2-2 8-4-2-0 6-3-0-1 W1Columbus 29 16 11 1 1 76 79 34 8-7-0-1 8-4-1-0 3-5-1-1 L1San Jose 29 15 10 4 0 88 84 34 8-4-2-0 7-6-2-0 6-4-0-0 W1St. Louis 28 14 9 2 3 72 75 33 9-2-0-2 5-7-2-1 4-4-1-1 L1Minnesota 29 13 12 1 3 71 86 30 7-6-0-2 6-6-1-1 4-4-1-1 L1Calgary 31 13 15 1 2 84 19 29 8-6-0-0 5-9-1-2 5-4-0-1 W1Edmonton 29 11 13 1 4 77 101 27 5-7-1-1 6-6-1-2 6-3-0-1 L1

d— division leaders ranked 1-2-3 regardless of points; a teamwinning in overtime or shootout iscreditedwith two points and a victory in theW column; the team losing in overtime or shootoutreceives one pointwhich is registered in the OTL (overtime loss) or SL (shootout loss) column.

THRASHERS 4, SENS 3 (OT)First Period1. Atlanta, Slater 5 (Boulton, Thorburn) 9:362. Atlanta, Little 8 (Thorburn, Byfuglien) 17:18Penalties—Atlanta bench (toomanymen;served by Stapleton) 0:35.Second Period3. Atlanta, Byfuglien 11 (Peverley, Anropov)17:384. Ottawa, Alfredsson 9, 18:31Penalties—None.Third Period5. Ottawa, Neil 2 (Ruutu, Kelly) 5:486. Ottawa, Spezza 8, 7:23 (penalty shot)Penalties—None.Overtime7. Atlanta, Little 9, 1:09Penalties—None.ShotsAtlanta 10 4 7 3—24Ottawa 11 6 13 0—30Goal—Atlanta: Pavelec (W,10-6-2); Ottawa:Elliott (L,10-10-1). Power plays (goals-chances)—Atlanta: 0-0; Ottawa: 0-1.Att.—18,184 (19,153) at Ottawa.

FLAMES 3, JACKETS 2 (OT)First Period1. Calgary, Iginla 13 (Backlund, Giordano) 2:202. Calgary,Morrison 5 (Hagman, Babchuk)4:25Penalty—Pahlsson Clb (holding) 11:30.Second Period3. Columbus, Vermette 9 (Murray) 18:45 (sh)Penalties—Tyutin Clb (elbowing) 12:20, Ses-tito Clb (hooking) 17:43.Third Period4. Columbus, Nash 17 (Russell, Vermette)15:41 (pp)

Penalty—Pardy Cal (hooking) 15:13.Overtime5. Calgary, Iginla 14 (Tanguay, Sarich) 3:49Penalties—None.ShotsColumbus 6 9 9 0—24Calgary 11 6 5 3—25Goal (shots-saves)— Columbus:Mason (4-2),Garon (L,7-4-0)(4:25 first)(21-20); Calgary:Kiprusoff (W,11-14-1). Power plays (goals-chances)—Columbus: 1-1; Calgary: 0-3.Att.—19,289 (19,289) at Calgary.

SCORING LEADERSG A PT

Crosby, Pgh 26 25 51Stamkos, TB 24 20 44St. Louis, TB 11 26 37D.Sedin, Vcr 16 20 36Ovechkin,Wash 12 24 36Datsyuk, Det 11 25 36Perry, Ana 16 19 35H.Sedin, Vcr 5 30 35B.Richards, Dal 12 22 34Semin,Wash 18 15 33Backstrom,Wash 11 22 33Getzlaf, Ana 10 22 32Hejduk, Col 11 20 31Sharp, Chi 17 13 30M.Richards, Pha 11 19 30Byfuglien, Atl 10 20 30Heatley, SJ 13 16 29Ladd, Atl 10 19 29Zetterberg, Det 10 19 29Roy, Buf 9 20 29Giroux, Pha 14 14 28Neal, Dal 13 15 28Eriksson, Dal 12 16 28E.Staal, Car 12 16 28P.Stastny, Col 12 16 28Not including last night’s games

BASEBALLMLBCOMMISSIONER’S OFFICE—Suspended Pitts-burghminor league RHPArquimedes Lorenzo50 games for his violation of theMinor LeagueDrug Prevention and Treatment Program.AMERICAN LEAGUEBALTIMOREORIOLES—Agreed to termswithRHPKoji Uehara on a one-year contract.DETROIT TIGERS—Named Chris Cronmanagerof Erie (EL) and Dave Huppertmanager ofLakeland (FSL).OAKLANDATHLETICS—Agreed to termswithRHP Joey Devine on a one-year contract.SEATTLEMARINERS—Designated C RobJohnson for assignment.TEXASRANGERS—Agreed to termswith CMatt Treanor on a one-year contract. An-nounced RHPRyan Tucker cleared outrightwaivers andwas assigned to Round Rock(PCL).NATIONAL LEAGUEARIZONADIAMONDBACKS—NamedMelStottlemyre, Jr. short-season pitching coordi-nator; Joel Youngblood outfield and baserun-ning coordinator; TurnerWardmanager andAlan Zinter hitting coach forMobile (SL); Ja-son Hardtkemanager, Doug Drabek pitchingcoach and Andy AbadHitting coache forVisalia (Cal); Bobby Smith hitting coach forSoputh Bend (MWL); Audo Vicentemanager,Doug Bochtler pitching coach and Jacob Cruzhitting coach for Yakima (NWL); Andy Greenhitting coachMissoula (Pioneer); Kelly Stin-nettmanager, AbrahamNunez hitting coachand Jeff Bajenaru pitching coach for D-backs(Arizona).LOSANGELESDODGERS—Agreed to termswith INF Juan Castro, C J.D. Closser and OFEugenio Velez onminor league contracts.NEWYORKMETS—Named KenOberkfellbench coach,MookieWilson first base coach,Dave Hudgens hitting coach and Jon Debusbullpen coach. Retained third base coach ChipHale and pitching coach DanWarthen.SANDIEGOPADRES—Agreed to termswithRHPDustinMoseley on a one-year contract.

AMERICANASSOCIATIONEL PASODIABLOS—Signed RHPAlfredo Ca-ballero.SHREVEPORT-BOSSIER CAPTAINS—Sold thecontract of C Brian Peterson to Kansas City(AL).WINNIPEGGOLDEYES—Signed C Luis Alen.

FRONTIER LEAGUELAKE ERIE CRUSHERS—Signed OF Trae Goreand 1B Eddie Tisdale to contract extensions.OAKLANDCOUNTY CRUISERS—Signed RHPBrad Reid.RIVER CITY RASCALS—Signed OF Scott Houinto a contract extension.

BASKETBALLNBAMINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES—Recalled GJonny Flynn fromSioux Falls (NBADL). NBADevelopment LeagueRIO GRANDEVALLEYVIPERS—Announced F-C Patrick Pattersonwas recalled by Houston(NBA).

FOOTBALLNFLCINCINNATI BENGALS—Placed S ChinedumNdukwe on injured reserve.SEATTLE SEAHAWKS—PlacedWRDeon But-ler on injured reserve.

HOCKEYNHLCHICAGOBLACKHAWKS—Recalled F RyanPotulny fromRockford (AHL).LOSANGELES KINGS—Activated DWillieMitchell from injured reserve. Placed F Brad

LEADERSSCORING AVERAGE

G FG FT PTS AVGDurant, OKC 21 186 170 574 27.3Bryant, LAL 24 219 169 640 26.7Stoudemire, NYK 25 247 157 656 26.2Rose, CHI 21 203 84 527 25.1Nowitzki, DAL 23 220 115 575 25.0Gordon, LAC 23 180 172 563 24.5Ellis, GOL 23 216 96 560 24.3James,MIA 25 204 167 605 24.2Westbrook, OKC 25 197 186 589 23.6Martin, HOU 23 147 190 533 23.2Anthony, DEN 21 168 136 486 23.1Wade,MIA 24 194 151 554 23.1Williams, UTA 25 189 150 567 22.7Howard, ORL 22 165 143 473 21.5Bargnani, TOR 24 193 96 512 21.3Beasley,MIN 22 190 70 468 21.3Gay,MEM 24 196 83 508 21.2Granger, IND 22 161 92 464 21.1Love,MIN 24 165 131 493 20.5FIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE

FG FGA PCTHilario, DEN 108 170 .635Gasol, MEM 105 172 .610Young, PHL 120 205 .585Ibaka, OKC 107 183 .585Odom, LAL 152 261 .582Howard, ORL 165 286 .577Horford, ATL 179 312 .574Nowitzki, DAL 220 387 .568McGee,WAS 89 157 .567Warrick, PHX 91 164 .555Not including last night’s games

NHL NBA TRANSACTIONS NFL

FOOTBALLNCAAAll Times EasternSaturday’s gamesNEWMEXICOBOWLAt Albuquerque, N.M.Texas-El Paso (6-6) vs. BrighamYoung (6-6), 2p.m.

HUMANITARIANBOWLAt Boise, IdahoNorthern Illinois (10-3) vs. Fresno State (8-4),5:30 p.m.

NEWORLEANSBOWLOhio (8-4) vs. Troy (7-5), 9 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 21BEEF ‘O’ BRADY’S BOWLAt St. Petersburg, Fla.Louisville (6-6) vs. SouthernMississippi (8-4),8 p.m.Wednesday, Dec. 22MAACOBOWLAt Las VegasUtah (10-2) vs. Boise State (11-1), 8 p.m.Thursday, Dec. 23POINSETTIA BOWLAt San Diego, Calif.San Diego State (8-4) vs. Navy (8-3), 8 p.m.Friday, Dec. 24HAWAII BOWLAt HonoluluHawaii (10-3) vs. Tulsa (9-3), 8 p.m.Sunday, Dec. 26LITTLE CAESARS PIZZABOWLAt DetroitToledo (8-4) vs. Florida International (6-6),8:30 p.m.Monday, Dec. 27INDEPENDENCE BOWLAt Shreveport, La.Georgia Tech (6-6) vs. Air Force (8-4), 5 p.m.Tuesday, Dec. 28CHAMPSSPORTSBOWLAt Orlando, Fla.North Carolina State (8-4) vs.West Virginia(9-3), 6:30 p.m.INSIGHT BOWLAt Tempe, Ariz.Missouri (10-2) vs. Iowa (7-5), 10 p.m.Wednesday, Dec. 29MILITARYBOWLAt Landover, Md.East Carolina (6-6) vs.Maryland (8-4), 2:30p.m.TEXASBOWLAt HoustonBaylor (7-5) vs. Illinois (6-6), 6 p.m.

Richardson on injured reserve.MINNESOTAWILD—Reassigned CWarren Pe-ters to Houston (AHL).NEWJERSEYDEVILS—Sent DMatt Correnteand RWAlexander Vasyunov to Albany (AHL).Recalled D Dan Kelly and DHarry Young fromAlbany.NEWYORK ISLANDERS—Recalled D DylanReese and F Rhett Rakhshani fromBridgeport(AHL).PHILADELPHIA FLYERS—Suspended F JodyShelley two games for delivering a hit frombehind to Boston DAdamMcQuaid during aDec. 11 game.ST. LOUIS BLUES—Recalled F AdamCracknell,F Chris Porter and F Dave Scatchard fromPeo-ria (AHL).WASHINGTONCAPITALS—Assigned RWAn-drewGordon to Hershey (AHL).

AHLBRIDGEPORT SOUNDTIGERS—Released FTrent Campbell.

SOCCERMLSLEAGUEOFFICE—Named Kathy Carter presi-dent of Soccer UnitedMarketing.PORTLAND TIMBERS—Signed D KerreaGilbert.

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