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Today's Sports News: Seahawks take NFC West with 16-6 win Falcons, Steelers, Colts, Seahawks clinch Packers beat Bears 10-3, clinch playoff berth Pedro brace sends Barcelona five clear in Spanish league Manning's drive leads Colts past Titans 23-20 End of the line? Favre says it is Giants' Mara says Coughlin will return next season Seattle Seahawks shut down St. Louis Rams to reach playoffs Police: Orioles' Simon is main suspect in killing Aldridge, Batum help Blazers beat Rockets 100-85 No. 1 Duke beats Miami 74-63 in ACC opener Justice will be done, says upbeat Contador Vokoun makes 32 saves, Panthers beat Rangers 3-0 Tennis player Tsonga out to erase his biggest setback 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 2016 logo designers deny plagiarism Seahawks take NFC West with 16-6 win Sun, 2 Jan 2011 10:14 pm PST AP - Pulled over his dapper shirt-and-tie combo, Leon Washington proudly wore a blue NFC West division champion T-shirt and hat. Full Story Top Falcons, Steelers, Colts, Seahawks clinch Sun, 2 Jan 2011 09:09 pm PST AP - Seattle, Indianapolis, Atlanta and Pittsburgh clinched division titles Sunday, while Green Bay grabbed the final wild-card berth. Full Story Top Packers beat Bears 10-3, clinch playoff berth Sun, 2 Jan 2011 04:22 pm PST AP - The Green Bay Packers are in the playoffs — but it certainly didn't come easy. Full Story Top Pedro brace sends Barcelona five clear in Spanish league Sun, 2 Jan 2011 03:09 pm PST AFP - Pedro Rodriguez netted a brace as champions Barcelona started 2011 with a nervy 2-1 home win over Levante on Sunday to move five points clear of Real Madrid at the Spanish first division summit. Full Story Top Manning's drive leads Colts past Titans 23-20 Sun, 2 Jan 2011 07:09 pm PST AP - The Indianapolis Colts are back in the playoffs. Full Story Top End of the line? Favre says it is Sun, 2 Jan 2011 10:16 pm PST AP - Brett Favre was the NFL's ultimate iron man for 19 years, inspiring coaches and teammates with extraordinary toughness and thrilling fans with a daredevil's verve and a showman's sense of the moment. Full Story Top Giants' Mara says Coughlin will return next season Sun, 2 Jan 2011 06:12 pm PST AP - Tom Coughlin will return as coach of the New York Giants next season, and his status wasn't in question at all, according to team co-owner John Mara. Full Story Top Seattle Seahawks shut down St. Louis Rams to reach playoffs Sun, 2 Jan 2011 10:52 pm PST Reuters - The Seattle Seahawks clinched the NFC West Division crown with a gritty 16-6 victory over the St. Louis Rams on Sunday in the season's final game to become the first team to reach the playoffs with a losing record. Full Story Top Police: Orioles' Simon is main suspect in killing Sun, 2 Jan 2011 12:01 pm PST AP - Baltimore Orioles reliever Alfredo Simon is the main suspect in a fatal shooting New Year's Eve in the Dominican Republic, police said Sunday. Full Story Top Aldridge, Batum help Blazers beat Rockets 100-85 Sun, 2 Jan 2011 09:11 pm PST AP - LaMarcus Aldridge had 25 points and 11 rebounds, Nicolas Batum added a season-high 21 points and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Houston Rockets 100-85 Sunday night for their eighth straight win at home. Full Story Top No. 1 Duke beats Miami 74-63 in ACC opener Sun, 2 Jan 2011 06:57 pm PST AP - Nolan Smith scored a season-high 28 points to help No. 1 Duke beat Miami 74-63 on Sunday night in the Atlantic Coast Conference opener for both teams. 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 Vokoun makes 32 saves, Panthers beat Rangers 3-0 Sun, 2 Jan 2011 09:36 pm PST AP - Tomas Vokoun made 32 saves for his fifth shutout of the season and 43rd overall, and David Booth, Chris Higgins and Stephen Weiss scored in the Florida Panthers' 3-0 victory over the New York Rangers on Sunday. Full Story Top Tennis player Tsonga out to erase his biggest setback Sun, 2 Jan 2011 01:57 pm PST AFP - Jo-Wilfried Tsonga believes the Qatar Open is in the ideal place to continue a comeback from what he describes as the biggest setback of his career. 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 2016 logo designers deny plagiarism Sun, 2 Jan 2011 01:11 pm PST AP - The designers of the logo for the 2016 Rio Olympics insist any similarities to one from a U.S. foundation is a coincidence. Full Story Top

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