COLUMBIA MISSOURIAN
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World Cup stadium collapses
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
AMERICAN CONFERENCE New England N.Y. Jets Miami Buffalo
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Indianapolis Tennessee Jacksonville Houston
W 7 5 2 2
Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore Cleveland
W 7 5 5 4
Denver Kansas City San Diego Oakland
W 9 9 5 4
East L T 3 0 6 0 6 0 7 0 South L T 4 0 6 0 9 0 9 0 North L T 4 0 6 0 6 0 7 0 West L T 2 0 2 0 6 0 7 0
NATIONAL CONFERENCE
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PF 288 186 229 236
PA 230 287 245 273
Dallas Philadelphia N.Y. Giants Washington
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PA 260 245 324 289
New Orleans Carolina Tampa Bay Atlanta
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PA 206 256 215 265
Detroit Chicago Green Bay Minnesota
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PA 289 179 260 269
Seattle San Francisco Arizona St. Louis
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PA 279 260 280 338
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ANDRE PENNER/The Associated Press Monday’s result San Francisco 27, Washington 6 Today’s games Green Bay at Detroit, 11:30 a.m. Oakland at Dallas, 3:30 p.m. Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 7:30 p.m.
NFL CALENDAR Dec. 29 — Regular season ends Jan. 4-5 — Wild-card playoffs Jan. 11-12 — Division-round playoffs Jan. 19 — Conference championships Feb. 1 — NFL Honors awards show at New York
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts 25 16 7 2 34 24 15 8 1 31 26 12 7 7 31 25 14 9 2 30 24 14 9 1 29 25 10 11 4 24 26 7 14 5 19 26 5 20 1 11 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts Pittsburgh 25 15 9 1 31 N.Y. Rangers 25 13 12 0 26 Washington 25 12 11 2 26 Carolina 25 10 10 5 25 New Jersey 25 9 11 5 23 Philadelphia 23 10 11 2 22 Columbus 25 9 13 3 21 N.Y. Islanders 25 8 14 3 19
Anaheim San Jose Los Angeles Phoenix Vancouver Calgary Edmonton
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GF 72 53 76 53 53 50 62 70
GA 58 61 74 70 62 56 75 85
Toronto Philadelphia Boston Brooklyn New York Miami Atlanta Charlotte Washington Orlando Indiana Chicago Detroit Cleveland Milwaukee
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WESTERN CONFERENCE
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GA 71 50 45 58 69 78 68
Pts 37 35 35 32 29 20 16
GF 83 79 67 80 67 64 65
GA 71 52 53 78 68 84 89
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Wednesday’s results St. Louis at Colorado (n) Montreal 3, Buffalo 1 Carolina 4, New Jersey 3 Winnipeg 3, N.Y. Islanders 2 Ottawa 6, Washington 4 Nashville 4, Columbus 0 Detroit 6, Boston 1 N.Y. Rangers 5, Florida 2 Philadelphia at Tampa Bay (n) Toronto at Pittsburgh (n) Phoenix at Minnesota (n) Chicago at Calgary (n) Los Angeles at San Jose (n) Today’s games Vancouver at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m. Edmonton at Nashville, 8 p.m.
Southwest Division W L 13 2 10 5 9 6 8 7 6 8 Northwest Division W L Portland 13 2 Oklahoma City 10 3 Denver 7 6 Minnesota 8 8 Utah 2 14 Pacific Division W L L.A. Clippers 10 5 Golden State 9 6 L.A. Lakers 8 8 Phoenix 7 7 Sacramento 4 9 San Antonio Houston Dallas Memphis New Orleans
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11 a.m., ESPN2 — Old Spice Classic, first round, Purdue vs. Oklahoma St., at Orlando, Fla. 1 p.m., ESPN2 — Old Spice Classic, first round, Butler vs. Washington St., at Orlando, Fla. 3:30 p.m., ESPN2 — Wooden Legacy, first round, Marquette at Cal St.-Fullerton 5:30 p.m., ESPN2 — Old Spice Classic, first round, Memphis vs. Siena, at Orlando, Fla. 6 p.m., NBCSN — Battle 4 Atlantis, first round, Xavier vs. Iowa, at Paradise Island, Bahamas 7:30 p.m., ESPN2 — Old Spice Classic, first round, LSU vs. Saint Joseph’s, at Orlando, Fla. 8:30 p.m., NBCSN — Battle 4 Atlantis, first round, Tennessee vs. UTEP, at Paradise Island, Bahamas 9:30 p.m.; KCMQ, 96.7 FM; KTGR, 1580 AM and 100.5 FM — Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, Missouri vs. Northwestern, at Las Vegas, Nev. 10 p.m., ESPN2 — Wooden Legacy, first round, Creighton vs. Arizona St., at Fullerton, Calif.
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE 11:30 a.m., FOX — Green Bay at Detroit 3:30 p.m., CBS — Oakland at Dallas 7:30 p.m., NBC — Pittsburgh at Baltimore
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
6:30 p.m., ESPN — Mississippi at Mississippi St. 6:30 p.m., FS1 — Texas Tech at Texas
PREP FOOTBALL
9 a.m., FS1 — Don Bosco Prep (N.J.) at St. Joseph Regional (N.J.)
GOLF
5:30 a.m., TGC — European PGA Tour, Alfred Dunhill Championship, first round, at Mpumalanga, South Africa Noon, FS1 — UEFA Europa League, Tottenham at Tromso 2 p.m., FS1 — UEFA Europa League, Zulte Waregem at Wigan
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Wednesday’s results Orlando 105, Philadelphia 94 Indiana 99, Charlotte 74 L.A. Lakers 99, Brooklyn 94 Memphis 100, Boston 93 Miami 95, Cleveland 84 Chicago 99, Detroit 79 Oklahoma City 94, San Antonio 88 Denver at Minnesota (n) Atlanta at Houston (n) Washington at Milwaukee (n) Golden State at Dallas (n) Portland at Phoenix (n) New York at L.A. Clippers (n) Today’s games No games scheduled
NHL CALENDAR Friday — NHL Thanksgiving Showdown: New York Rangers at Boston Bruins Dec. 1 — Signing deadline for Group 2 free agents. Dec. 19-27 — Holiday roster freeze. Dec. 24-26 — Holiday break.
SOCCER
By STAN LEHMAN and TALES AZZONI
EASTERN CONFERENCE
GF 69 72 69 67 66 74 58 45
WESTERN CONFERENCE Chicago St. Louis Colorado Minnesota Nashville Winnipeg Dallas
Construction crane crashes into structure, kills two workers
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
EASTERN CONFERENCE Boston Tampa Bay Detroit Montreal Toronto Ottawa Florida Buffalo
A buckled metal structure sits on a part of the Itaquerao Stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Wednesday after a construction crane crashed into a 500-ton metal structure that in turn cut through the outer walls of the venue. The accident resulted in the death of at least two workers.
Sunday’s games Chicago at Minnesota, noon New England at Houston, noon Tennessee at Indianapolis, noon Jacksonville at Cleveland, noon Tampa Bay at Carolina, noon Arizona at Philadelphia, noon Miami at N.Y. Jets, noon St. Louis at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m. Atlanta vs. Buffalo at Toronto, 3:05 p.m. Denver at Kansas City, 3:25 p.m. Cincinnati at San Diego, 3:25 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Washington, 7:30 p.m.
NBA CALENDAR Jan. 6 — 10-day contracts can be signed. Jan. 10 — Contracts guaranteed for rest of season. Feb. 14-16 — All-Star weekend, New Orleans.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE East Conference W L PF PA 6 1 255 128 6 2 253 178 5 3 292 254 4 4 213 241 3 5 159 163 1 6 117 231 0 7 104 264 West Conference W L PF PA Alabama 7 0 277 83 Auburn 6 1 253 196 LSU 4 3 227 172 Texas A&M 4 3 286 264 Mississippi 3 4 170 203 Mississippi St 2 5 162 227 Arkansas 0 7 108 272 Missouri South Carolina Georgia Vanderbilt Florida Tennessee Kentucky
All Games W L PF PA 10 1 437 212 9 2 378 223 7 4 417 319 7 4 327 275 4 7 219 216 4 7 259 334 2 9 232 347 All Games W L PF PA 11 0 437 102 10 1 429 242 8 3 413 245 8 3 502 343 7 4 355 274 5 6 299 282 3 8 221 338
Thursday’s game Mississippi at Mississippi St., 6:30 p.m. Friday’s game Arkansas at LSU, 2:30 p.m. Saturday’s games Florida St. at Florida, TBA Wake Forest at Vanderbilt, 11:21 a.m. Alabama at Auburn, 2:30 p.m. Georgia at Georgia Tech, 2:30 p.m. Tennessee at Kentucky, 6 p.m. Clemson at South Carolina, 6 p.m. Texas A&M at Missouri, 6:45 p.m.
MISSOURI’S SCHEDULE 58 38 45 41 51 41 36 24 31 48 24 Saturday
Murray St. 14 Toledo 23 at Indiana 28 Arkansas St. 19 at Vanderbilt 28 at Georgia 26 Florida 17 South Carolina (2OT) 27 Tennessee 3 at Kentucky 17 at Mississippi 10 Texas A&M 6:45 p.m.
The Associated Press SAO PAULO — Part of the stadium that will host the 2014 World Cup opener collapsed Wednesday, killing two workers and aggravating already urgent concerns Brazil won’t be ready for soccer’s signature tournament. The accident at the Arena Corinthians, known locally as the Itaquerao, could hardly have come at a worse time — just a week ahead of the draw that will determine the tournament’s schedule and with the top names in soccer all descending on Brazil. Preparations have been plagued by setbacks including cost overruns, stadium delays, accidents, labor strife and huge street protests in the run-up to the June tournament, once envisioned as a coming out party for South America’s largest nation, which is also scheduled to host the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Already, public prosecutors and a workers union in Sao Paulo were demanding an investigation into conditions at the venue, saying work shouldn’t resume until authorities deem the stadium safe. Ricardo Trade, CEO of the local World Cup organizing committee, said authorities would determine if there is a need to suspend construction. “There are seven months till the World Cup, not 10 days, so I don’t believe this is going
to cause delays. But there is absolutely no guarantee on this,” Trade said in a telephone interview. The accident could lead to recriminations between local organizers and world soccer’s organization FIFA, which has set a December deadline for all 12 World Cup stadiums to be ready. The tournament begins June 12. “I don’t want to know about FIFA right now; we are worried about the families of the victims,” said Andres Sanchez, former president of the Sao Paulo soccer club Corinthians, which is building the stadium. The club said workers will not return before a three-day mourning period. The stadium was nearly finished before the collapse, which occurred when a construction crane crashed into a 500-ton metal structure. That structure then cut through the outer walls of the venue, destroying part of the outside of the building and slamming into a giant LED panel that runs across the stadium’s facade. Sanchez said it appeared the structure of the stadium was not compromised, meaning there should be enough time to recover before the World Cup. “Structurally very little was affected,” he said. Six stadiums have already been declared ready for the games. But Brazil is racing against time to deliver the other six, and there is particu-
lar concern that the stadiums in Cuiaba, Manaus and Curitiba might not be ready by the end of December. FIFA has said it would not accept the same delays that plagued stadium construction before soccer’s Confederations Cup earlier this year, for which only two stadiums were ready on time. Soccer’s governing body said Wednesday that the “safety of workers is the top priority” to World Cup organizers and called on local authorities to “fully investigate the reasons behind such a tragic accident.” The Sao Paulo stadium, which cost nearly $360 million, will seat nearly 70,000 people. It’s scheduled to host six matches in all, including the opener and a semifinal. The stadium was initially expected to be built for June’s Confederations Cup, but delays with financing prompted authorities to scrap the project from the World Cup warm-up tournament. One of the dead workers, 42-year-old Fabio Luis Pereira, was inside a truck that was hit by the fallen metal structure. The other, 44-year-old Ronaldo Oliveira dos Santos, was taking a break in an area that was supposed to be clear. “Unfortunately nobody saw him,” Sanchez said. “He was napping.” The accident happened at lunchtime, so few of the nearly 1,700 workers were on the
site when the crane collapsed. “The sound was as loud as a thunderclap or a huge explosion,” said Rodrigo Vessoni, a reporter with the sports newspaper Lance who witnessed the accident. “There was a lot of running around, a lot of shouting. It was frightening. Chills ran through my entire body.” A stonemason who was off at a cafeteria said it was lucky the accident happened when it did. “If it hadn’t been lunchtime there would have been many more deaths,” said 32-year-old Evandro Pereira. “It was really very scary.” An official with construction company Odebrecht said a similar metal structure had already been installed with the same crane at the other side of the stadium earlier this year. “Everything was being done according to procedure,” said Frederico Barbosa, the site manager. It wasn’t the first problem with World Cup stadiums in Brazil. One worker died last year during construction of a stadium in the capital, Brasilia, and one was killed at the Manaus stadium last March. Another worker died in April at the new Palmeiras stadium, which may be used for teams training for games in Sao Paulo. Construction there was stopped for 10 days for damage that was not as serious as the destruction Wednesday at the Corinthians stadium.
FROM THE SPORTS FRONT
Tigers could lose defensive end depth WILLIAMS from page 1B Better late than never.” Not for Missouri. Williams’ decision still leaves the Tigers with 25 verbal commitments for their 2014 recruiting class. Losing a defensive end of Williams’ caliber hurts, though. The only other defensive end Missouri has a verbal commitment from for 2014 is
Rocel McWilliams, a threestar recruit from Pensacola, Fla. However, already at 230 pounds, McWilliams may bulk up enough to play defensive tackle in college. With current Missouri sack leader Michael Sam graduating and Kony Ealy eligible to enter the NFL Draft a year early, the Tigers could lose depth at defensive end quick-
ly. Markus Golden and Shane Ray have emerged as quality defensive ends behind Sam and Ealy, but the depth chart gets thin after that. With the Feb. 5 National Signing Day still more than two months away, Missouri has time to make a late push on the recruiting trail to address the need at defensive end. Either way, Kuligowski has
a track record for developing talent at defensive end, regardless of how many stars are attached to a recruit’s name. “I just try to coach them all,” Kuligowski said at media day on Monday. “I don’t have any other option.” Supervising editor is Greg Bowers: bowersg@missouri. edu, 882-5729.
Haith returns to team without Stefan Jankovic HAITH from page 1B said. “We were playing for him while he was gone, and we will continue to do so once he gets back. It will be just another burst of energy.”
No contact with Jankovic Because of Stefan Jankovic’s decision to transfer, Haith returned to a team that had one fewer player than the one he stepped away from. Haith was suspended for “failure to promote an atmosphere of compliance” during his time at the University of Miami. According to the guidelines of the suspension, he was prohibited from having any contact with players. Haith said he had
planned to talk to Jankovic but had not as of Tuesday. “In Stef’s case, he wants a larger role, and I think most kids today, there’s a microwave society. They want it quick, and my understanding from the staff, he didn’t see that happening,” Haith said. “We’ve got some guys that are coming along. You guys are watching (Johnathan Williams III). He’s putting up 17 rebounds. He’s a nice player. You’ve got two other young post players that are pretty good players, and then obviously, we signed Jakeenan (Gant), who I’m really excited about. “It is part of the culture of what’s going on in college athletics. Guys have got to be willing to compete and want to
compete and play. I think we were fair to our players. We’re going to play the guys that produce, but I understand in Stef’s case, he wants a larger role, and he wants to be able to get out there and play.”
Degree of difficulty increasing Haith’s return coincides with the arrival of stiffer competition for Missouri. Starting with tonight’s tilt against Northwestern, five of the Tigers’ eight remaining nonconference opponents belong to major conferences. After playing Northwestern and Nevada on Thursday and Friday in the 2013 Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational, the Tigers will face West Vir-
ginia and UCLA, putting on the line their 77-game winning streak at home against nonconference opponents. Supervising editor is Greg Bowers: bowersg@missouri. edu, 882-5729.
Know the foes 2013 Continental Tire Las Vegas Invitational WHO: Northwestern Wildcats (4-2) WHEN: 9:30 p.m. today WHERE: Orleans Arena in Las Vegas WATCH: ESPNU LISTEN: Tiger Radio Network