1.   The Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants would host tiebreaker games to determine division champions.

2.   The Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears were playing a division tiebreaker game that afternoon.

3.   A tie for fourth would force a tiebreaker game.

4.   Defending champion Anatoly Karpov defeated challenger Viswanathan Anand in two straight tiebreaker games Friday to retain the FIDE World Chess Championship title.

5.   If a tiebreaker game is needed Tuesday to decide the wild-card berth, the start of the AL playoffs would be pushed back.

6.   Karpov defeated Anand in two straight tiebreaker games in less than two hours.

7.   San Jose and Guabira will met on Wednesdey in a tiebreaker game.