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Today's Sports News: Unbeaten TCU stops Wisconsin 21-19 in Rose Bowl Sooners end 5-game BCS bowl skid at Fiesta Bowl Fehr-weather Caps beat Pens 3-1 in rainy Classic Fergie forecasts Rooney goal-spree as drought ends Pitt fires Haywood after arrest Florida's Meyer exits with win in Outback Bowl Tide rolls over Spartans 49-7 in Capital One Bowl Chiefs going for No. 3 seed in finale with Raiders Orioles agree to terms on deal for slugger Lee Spurs thump Thunder for fourth NBA win in a row UConn blown out, RB Todman to depart for NFL Justice will be done, says upbeat Contador Giordano lifts Flames to 4th straight victory Henin wins but Australia take tie at Hopman Cup Recapping the round: memories of golf in 2010 Edgar retains UFC light heavyweight belt with draw Japan's Kameda defends WBA flyweight title Dakar Rally kicks off from famed Obelisk Rio unveils logo for 2016 Games Unbeaten TCU stops Wisconsin 21-19 in Rose Bowl Sat, 1 Jan 2011 09:24 pm PST AP - When Tank Carder leaped with perfect timing and swatted Wisconsin's final pass to the turf, the TCU linebacker felt as if he got a boost from every player at every school that never even imagined playing in the Rose Bowl. Full Story Top Sooners end 5-game BCS bowl skid at Fiesta Bowl Sat, 1 Jan 2011 10:38 pm PST AP - Watching film of their two previous, disastrous trips to the Fiesta Bowl back at the team hotel, Oklahoma's players didn't cringe, didn't get that here-we-go-again feeling. Full Story Top Fehr-weather Caps beat Pens 3-1 in rainy Classic Sat, 1 Jan 2011 09:54 pm PST AP - As the Winter Classic got wetter and wetter, the NHL nearly experienced its first rain delay. The Washington Capitals weathered the conditions with a performance that proved they can handle a big-game setting, even one in the great outdoors. Full Story Top Fergie forecasts Rooney goal-spree as drought ends Sat, 1 Jan 2011 07:17 pm PST AFP - Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has backed Wayne Rooney to go on a goalscoring run after the striker began 2011 by ending his barren spell. Full Story Top Pitt fires Haywood after arrest Sat, 1 Jan 2011 09:33 pm PST AP - Pittsburgh fired football coach Mike Haywood on Saturday, saying he could not continue in the job he held for only 2 1/2 weeks because of his arrest on a domestic violence charge. Full Story Top Florida's Meyer exits with win in Outback Bowl Sat, 1 Jan 2011 09:36 pm PST AP - Joe Paterno and Urban Meyer met at midfield for a postgame handshake and hug, one looking forward to next season, the other looking forward to a different life. Full Story Top Tide rolls over Spartans 49-7 in Capital One Bowl Sat, 1 Jan 2011 03:27 pm PST AP - The team picked to repeat as national champions gave a glimpse of everything it could've been and more. Full Story Top Chiefs going for No. 3 seed in finale with Raiders Sat, 1 Jan 2011 09:01 pm PST AP - Meaningless games are nothing new to Kansas City. The Chiefs have been playing them for years. Full Story Top Orioles agree to terms on deal for slugger Lee Fri, 31 Dec 2010 02:23 pm PST AFP - Derrek Lee, a 35-year-old first baseman for the Chicago Cubs and Atlanta Braves last season, has agreed to terms on a one-year Major League Baseball contract with the Baltimore Orioles. Full Story Top Spurs thump Thunder for fourth NBA win in a row Sat, 1 Jan 2011 11:47 pm PST AFP - Tim Duncan scored 21 points, George Hill had 16 off the bench as the San Antonio Spurs won their fourth in a row, 101-74 over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Full Story Top UConn blown out, RB Todman to depart for NFL Sat, 1 Jan 2011 10:47 pm PST AP - Connecticut did not only lose the biggest game in its history. The Huskies also lost their star running back. Full Story Top Justice will be done, says upbeat Contador Sat, 25 Dec 2010 11:58 am PST AFP - Triple Tour de France winner Alberto Contador issued an optimistic Christmas Day message on Saturday declaring he would be cleared over a doping charge and that 2011 would be an historic year for him. Full Story Top Giordano lifts Flames to 4th straight victory Sat, 1 Jan 2011 10:07 pm PST AP - Mark Giordano's second-period goal stood up as the winner as the Calgary Flames extended their winning streak to a season-best four games with a 2-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday night. Full Story Top Henin wins but Australia take tie at Hopman Cup Sat, 1 Jan 2011 09:25 am PST AFP - Former world number one Justine Henin made a winning start in her latest comeback on Saturday but the Belgian could not prevent her team losing to Australia at the mixed-teams Hopman Cup. Full Story Top Recapping the round: memories of golf in 2010 Tue, 28 Dec 2010 06:59 pm PST AP - Framed photographs large and small hang in every room and adorn the walls of every corridor inside the Bay Hill Club & Lodge, memories of Arnold Palmer and more than a half-century he devoted to golf. Full Story Top Edgar retains UFC light heavyweight belt with draw Sat, 1 Jan 2011 11:35 pm PST AP - Frankie Edgar retained his lightweight championship at UFC 125, fighting to a controversial draw with Gray Maynard on Saturday night at MGM Grand. Full Story Top Japan's Kameda defends WBA flyweight title Sun, 26 Dec 2010 04:26 am PST AFP - Japan's Daiki Kameda defended his World Boxing Association (WBA) flyweight title on points against Romania's Silvio Olteanu on Sunday. Full Story Top Dakar Rally kicks off from famed Obelisk Sat, 1 Jan 2011 10:01 am PST AP - The Dakar Rally kicked off Saturday with a parade of hundreds of vehicles heading out from Buenos Aires' famous Obelisk, the start of a 16-day trek that will take drivers 5,903 miles across northern Argentina, through the Andes, the Atacama desert of Chile and back to the Argentine capital. Full Story Top Rio unveils logo for 2016 Games Fri, 31 Dec 2010 07:38 pm PST AP - The logo for the 2016 Olympics in Rio was unveiled Friday before more than 1 million New Year's revelers on Copacabana beach just before midnight. Full Story Top

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