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The New York Giants' last five games were all against teams with winning records, but those opponents did nothing to slow down the defending Super Bowl champions.
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The Indianapolis Colts appear to have saved their season with four straight nail-biting victories. The Cleveland Browns' year just keeps getting worse.
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The subject of criticism earlier this season as he attempted to fill the shoes of the reigning NFL MVP, Matt Cassel has been anything but a liability for the New England Patriots lately.
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AP - Plaxico Burress was among the inactives for the New York Giants on Sunday against the Washington Redskins, two days after the receiver accidentally shot himself in the right thigh.

By KATE HAIROPOULOS / The Dallas Morning News STILLWATER, Okla. - Forget for a minute about BCS chaos, computers, decimal-point-zero-something leads, politicking and three-way ties.
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By PETE THAMEL Mississippi State Coach Sylvester Croom resigned on Saturday, ending his tenure as the only African-American head football coach in Southeastern Conference history.
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Warriors coach Don Nelson's whims make Golden State the NBA's most unpredictable team for fantasy. I mean, it took Nellie only three weeks to transform Anthony Morrow from a bench-dwelling free agent to a budding star to the seventh man in what's ...
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AFP - Cristiano Ronaldo was sent off for the third time in his Manchester United career as Wayne Rooney's 100th goal in club football sealed a 1-0 victory for Sir Alex Ferguson's men against Manchester City at Eastlands on Sunday.

AFP - Manchester United earned a 1-0 win over bitter rivals Manchester City at Eastlands on Sunday despite Cristiano Ronaldo's bizarre sending-off.

By Mark Murphy / Celtics Notebook CHARLOTTE, NC - The Celtics [team stats] survived their sixth back-to-back situation of the season last night, completing another two-game sweep with their 89-84 win over the Bobcats.
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AP - Annika Sorenstam celebrated two big victories in her second-to-last event before retiring.

Pittsburgh Steelers vs New England Patriots NFL Predictions: The (8-3) are on a two game winning streak after a win over Cincinnati 27-10 last Thursday night.
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by Paragon SC on Nov 30, 2008 6:20 AM PST in USC Football The biggest fight the Irish put up was in a pre-game tussle when the two teams met in the tunnel before pregame warm ups.
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By Alan Trubow STILLWATER, Okla. - The ball bounced everywhere Saturday night . And every time when it mattered most, it seemed to end up in the hands of an Oklahoma Sooner in the end zone.
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By BEN VOLIN TALLAHASSEE - Florida coach Urban Meyer slogged his way across Doak Campbell Stadium before Saturday's 45-15 victory against Florida State, and he wasn't happy.
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Oregon's victory over Oregon State on Saturday night gave the Pac-10 title and the Rose Bowl bid to USC. That took the Trojans out of the BCS at-large pool and leaves Ohio State as virtually the only viable team to fill the final at-large spot for the ...
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BY ELIZABETH LAZAROWITZ and OREN YANIV Many Giants fans said Saturday they hope Plaxico Burress' self-inflicted injury will spell the end of his Big Blue career, confident their team's march toward another Super Bowl will not be hampered without him.
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Eli Manning completed at least two passes to seven receivers last Sunday against the Cardinals. By JOHN BRANCH EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - Early in the morning after last February’s Super Bowl, Giants defensive end Osi Umenyiora was at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor ...
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AP - Oklahoma got all the bounces it needed to get past Oklahoma State in the highest-scoring Bedlam rivalry game ever. But did the Sooners do enough to bounce over Texas and into the Big 12 championship game?

By Stephen Harris / Bruins Notebook The obvious plan was for Manny Fernandez to face the New York Islanders in Friday’s matinee and Tim Thomas [stats], the NHL’s top-ranked goalie, to play against the Detroit Red Wings last night at the Garden.
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