Daily sport news

AP - Marshall football coach Mark Snyder resigned Sunday, a day after the Thundering Herd lost 52-21 to UTEP to finish the regular season at 6-6.

AP - Rashard Lewis scored 13 of his season-high 26 points in the third quarter, and the Orlando Magic beat the New York Knicks 114-102 on Sunday night for their sixth straight road victory.

AFP - Lionel Messi is poised to collect the Ballon D'Or accolade on Tuesday and the Argentine showed why with a mesmerising display to help Barcelona defeat Real Madrid 1-0 in a sizzling 'El Clasico' at Camp Nou on Sunday.

AP - Brett Favre and Jay Cutler provided more evidence that Minnesota's new quarterback experiment is working out much better than Chicago's.

Reuters - The Indianapolis Colts roared back from a 17-0 deficit to defeat the Houston Texans 35-27 on Sunday and remain one of the NFL's two unbeaten teams.

AP - After a weekend when all the national championship contenders stayed undefeated, the BCS standings were unchanged.

AP - Vince Young outdueled Matt Leinart again with yet another spectacular winning drive.

AP - Rashad Hassan scored 25 points, grabbed nine rebounds and blocked two shots to lead Savannah State in a 68-57 win over Virginia-Wise on Sunday.

AP - San Francisco 49ers quarterback Alex Smith threw short touchdown passes to Frank Gore and Vernon Davis for a solid outing in a 20-3 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.

AP - The AFC South champion Indianapolis Colts have perfected the art of the comeback in their undefeated march into the playoffs.

AP - An hour after a second consecutive World Cup washout, Lindsey Vonn was smiling and chatty, betraying no worries about her form or preparation, revealing no concerns about what she chalked up as one bad weekend.

AP - Tiger Woods finally gave his side of the story Sunday — on his Web site, not to police — and took the blame for an "embarrassing" car crash that gave him cuts, bruises and public scrutiny like never before.

AP - Giants quarterback Eli Manning has developed a stress reaction in his right foot that could eventually lead to further injuries which might sideline him indefinitely.

AFP - Sprinter Robert Forster will spearhead the German Team Milram at Australia's Tour Down Under in January, organisers said on Monday.

AP - Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis returned home Sunday from another disappointing loss, his future with the Fighting Irish in limbo.

AFP - Swedish supersub Zlatan Ibrahimovic was the hero as 10-man Barcelona defeated Real Madrid 1-0 in an enthralling 'El Clasico' at Camp Nou to move top of the table by two points on Sunday.

AFP - America's chest-bumping Bryan brothers captured the ATP World Tour Finals doubles crown Sunday -- then set their sights on becoming the greatest men's doubles pairing ever.

AP - For the second straight season the Southeastern Conference championship game will be a No. 1 vs. No. 2 matchup.

AP - Tiger Woods, who crashed his car into a neighbor's tree early Friday morning, released the following statement Sunday afternoon on his Web site.

AP - Nikolay Davydenko won the first big tournament of his career Sunday, running down just about every ball and using a consistent serve to beat U.S. Open champion Juan Martin del Potro 6-3, 6-4 to win the ATP World Tour Finals.