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Saints win first Super Bowl title (AP)
 The New Orleans Saints overcame an early 10-point deficit, pulled off a risky onside kick and won their first NFL title by beating the Indianapolis Colts 31-17 on Sunday New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees equaled a Super Bowl record for completions and was voted the game's most valuable player, while the Saints held his Indianapolis counterpart Peyton Manning to a single score in the final...
(Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:55:35 PST)
Patrick to make NASCAR debut at Daytona (AP)
Danica Patrick will make her NASCAR debut this weekend at Daytona International Speedway.(Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:41:20 PST)
Florida State vacates 12 football wins (AP)
Florida State announced Sunday it will vacate 12 football victories and a 2007 men's track national championship in an academic cheating scandal, along with dozens more victories and placings across 10 men's and women's sports. The NCAA stripped the school of wins in which 61 athletes implicated in the scandal contributed.(Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:58:21 PST)
MVP Brees delivers title to New Orleans (AP)
Drew Brees grew up in Texas and started playing for pay in faraway San Diego. But he made New Orleans his home and its cause uniquely his own. After 43 years of futility and one of the finest quarterbacking performances ever delivered in a Super Bowl, he made sure there's no need to ask "Who dat?" anymore.(Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:56:23 PST)
Caps stun Pens in OT, win 14th straight (AP)
 Three goals from Alex Ovechkin. Two feet of snow on the ground. One big comeback against a detested rival, with punches and name-calling added for good measure. The biggest number of all: 14, the length of a winning streak topped by just two other teams in NHL history. What a Super Sunday it was for the Washington Capitals, who got a hat trick from their two-time reigning league MVP and made up a...
(Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:06:28 PST)
Carter leads Magic's surge past Celtics (AP)
 The Orlando Magic needed less than 48 hours to go from a terrible third quarter to a terrific one. Vince Carter and Dwight Howard each scored nine points in that period to erase an 11-point halftime deficit, and the Magic went on to beat the Boston Celtics 96-89 on Sunday. "In a matter of three days, I've seen the worst quarter we've had since I've been here in three years and the...
(Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:53:13 PST)
Colts' Manning throws away comeback bid (AP)
Blocked onto his butt, Peyton Manning could only watch his last, best chance to win the Super Bowl go running right past him. Big games often come down to a turnover, and this one did. But who would've guessed the NFL's most heralded quarterback would make it? Driving toward a tying touchdown in the final minutes Sunday night, the four-time MVP threw it away for Indianapolis.(Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:35:38 PST)
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