UNDATED (AP) - This year's Super Bowl will be a rematch of the
2008 title game when the New York Giants beat the New England
Patriots 17-14 to end the Pats' bid for an undefeated season. These
two teams will meet in Super Bowl 46 in two weeks and oddsmakers in
Las Vegas have installed the Pats early three-point favorites for
the big game.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Lawrence Tynes kicked a game-winning
31-yard field goal in sudden-death overtime to give the Giants a
20-17 win over San Francisco in the NFC championship for the
Giants' fifth straight road victory in the playoffs. Devon
Thomas recovered his second fumble of the game when
Kyle Williams muffed a punt to set up the game-winning kick.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP)- The New England Patriots won the AFC
title game by holding off Baltimore 23-20 when Ravens kicker Billy
Cundiff missed a potential game-tying 32-yard field goal with 11
seconds left. The Patriots will be chasing their fourth Super Bowl
trophy in quarterback Tom Brady and Bill Belichick's tenure in New
England.
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA (AP) - Five-time champion Serena Williams
is out of the Australian Open, losing 6-2, 6-3 to unseeded
Ekaterina Makarova of Russia on Monday. Williams had seven double
faults and made 37 unforced errors that helped allow No. 56-ranked
Makarova to notch one of the biggest victories in her career and
advance to the quarterfinals.
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP)- Friends and colleagues are saying that
the heartbreak and turmoil of Joe Paterno's 46th and final season
at Penn State may have played a part in his death yesterday at age
85. Paterno, a sainted figure at Penn State for almost half a
century but scarred forever by the child sex scandal involving his
one-time heir apparent Jerry Sandusky, won 409 games and leaves as
the winningest coach in major college football history.
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