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SAN DIEGO (AP) - Tiger
Woods ended the longest stroke
play drought of his PGA Tour
career Sunday, taking advantage
of everyone else's mistakes and
one bad break for Charles Howell
111 to win the fog-delayed Buick
Invitational.
Ultimately. Woods almost made
the biggest blunder of all.
Trying to reach the par-5 18th
green in two with a one-shot lead,
he hit a 2-iron so badly that it
landed on a strip of fairway to the
right of the big pond. He finally
ended the suspense by making
an 18-foot birdie putt to close with
a 4-under 68 for a three-shot vic
tory over Ryder Cup captain Tom
Lehman (73), Luke Donald (73)
and Howell (72).
Woods, who played 31 holes
Sunday, finished at 16-under 272
and earned $864,000 for his first
stroke-play victory on the PGA
Tour since the American Express
Championship in October 2003.
Quigley wins in a piayoft
KAUPULEHU-KONA, Hawaii
(AP) - Dana Quigley made a 3-
foot par putt on the third play
off hole and beat a faltering Tom
Watson to win the season-opening
Master Card Championship for the
second time in three years.
Watson, who led after the first
two rounds, made a bogey after
he hit into the lava behind the 17th
green at Hualalai Golf Club.
The 57-year-old Quigley, a
nine-time winner on the 50-and
over tour, closed with a 6-under 66
to match Watson (70) at 18-under
198. Watson, 1-7 in playoffs on the
Champions Tour, could have won
in regulation, but missed a 9-foot
birdie putt.
Rangers withdraw from deal
NEW YORK (AP) - The Texas
Rangers abruptly withdrew Sunday
night from the competition to sign
Carlos Delgado and the free-agent
first baseman failed to respond
to the New York Mets by their
deadline, perhaps leaving Florida
and Baltimore as the remaining
contenders to sign him.
Texas announced its withdrawal
in a statement Sunday. Delgado's
agent, David Sloane, said in a
telephone interview that the Mets
pulled out during a telephone call
he had with chief operating officer
Jeff Wilpon and general manager
Omar Minaya. The Mets said they
were unsure where they stood
with Delgado.
Rodriguez marks first
KEARNS, Utah (AP) - Jennifer
Rodriguez became the first
American woman in nine years to
win the World Sprint Speedskating
Championship by turning in her
best performance ever at 500
meters. Rodriguez set a personal
best in the 500 for the second
straight day and had the fastest
1,000 meters in the women’s field
Sunday to claim the world sprint
championship.
The title, based on points from
two days of 500 and 1,000 meter
races, is the first in the event for a
U.S. skater since Chris Witty won it
in 1996. Erben Wennemars of the
Netherlands won the 1,000 meters
in the day's final race to repeat as
men's world sprint champion.
Pranger captures statoni
KITZBUEHEL, Austria (AP)
- Austria’s Manfred Pranger cried
on podium after winning a slalom
Sunday for his first World Cup vic
tory while Benjamin Raich cut into
Bode Miller's lead in the chase for
the overall title.
Pranger covered the two runs
in 1 minute, 31.51 seconds.
Countryman Mario Matt, the 2001
world slalom champion, was run
ner-up and Croatia's Ivica Kostelic
prevented an Austrian sweep by
finishing third.
Miller lost his balance and failed
to join the top 30 for the second
leg. He nearly swerved off course
a few gates from the bottom and
was forced to finish the gates from
the reverse direction, leaving him
2.11 off the pace.
Aim grabs second straMit
CESANA PARIOL, Italy (AP)
- Marlin Annen of Switzerland
won his second straight World
Cup bobsled race Sunday on the
new track to be used for the 2006
Turin Olympics.
Annen guided Switzerland 1 to
victory in the four-man event a
day after winning the two-man
competition.
The sled covered the course in
a two-run combined time of 1 min
ute, 51.42 seconds. Joining Annen
in Switzerland 1 were Andi Gees,
Cedric Grand and Beat Hefti. Hefti
teamed with Annen on Saturday.
Demtsdienko best ta luge
WINTERBERG, Germany (AP)
-Albert Demtschenko became the
first Russian to capture the overall
luge World Cup title with his fourth
victory of the season Sunday.
Demtschenko had a two-run
time of 1 minute, 50.336 seconds
to beat Germany's three-time
Olympic champion Georg Hackl.
Hackl was .098 seconds behind
and Italy’s Annin Zoeggeler placed
third, 0.355 seconds off the pace.
Eagles upend Falcons
By PAUL NEWBERRY
AP Sports Writer
PHILADELPHIA
Michael Vick trotted onto
the field for the first time
and shook his arms, tiying
to get the blood flowing on
a frigid day in Philly.
Unfortunately for Vick
and the Atlanta Falcons, he
never warmed up.
The Philadelphia Eagles
stifled Vick in the NFC
championship game, stuff
ing the one-of-a-kind quar
terback with a defense that
laid off its customary blitz
and just made sure he didn’t
escape the pocket.
The result: Philly romped
to a 2 7-10 victory, moving on
to the Super Bowl against
New England. The Falcons,
meanwhile, will have to be
content with their come
back year, going from 5-11
to one win away from the
NFL title game.
Eighteen games into the
Reason, Vick said he’s still
got a lot to learn about the
West Coast offense, which
was installed by rookie
coach Jim Mora and his
staff.
“It’s going to take time,
Vick said. “But next year,
I promise, it’s going to be a
better year and I’m excited
about it.”
With all the pressure on
him to carry the Falcons,
Vick instead was downright
mediocre. The relentless
Eagles defense sacked him
four times and shut down
his running lanes, ensuring
he didn’t turn an ordinary
looking play into something
spectacular.
Warrick Dunn was neu
tralized, too, and the
Falcons offense could do
little else - especially in the
second half.
Coming off a strong effort
in a win last week against
St. Louis, Vick hardly post
ed numbers good enough to
get the Falcons to a Super
Bowl. Vick was 11-for-24
for a modest 136 yards and
an interception, and was
held to 26 yards rushing on
four carries.
Defensive end Derrick
Burgess harassed Vick mer-
Pats too much for
Steelers, rookie
By ALAN ROBINSON
AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH - Too much
Brady, too much Belichick.
The New England Patriots
are going back to the Super
Bowl for the third time in
four seasons because they
simply overwhelmed Big
Ben, stopping him and the
Pittsburgh Steelers cold.
Tom Brady and Bill
Belichick were an unbeat
able combination again for
the Patriots, exposing all
of the Steelers’ weaknesses
to end their 15-game win
ning streak and win the AFC
championship 41-27 on a
frigid Sunday night.
Brady gave the inexperi
enced Ben Roethlisberger a
lesson in quarterbacking- a
championship game, throw
ing two touchdown passes
- one to Deion Branch that
gave New England a 10-0
lead in the first quarter.
Belichick upstaged can’t
win-the-big-one Steelers
coach Bill Cowher, improv
ing to 9-1 as a playoffs
coach and matching Vince
Lombardi for the best post
season record in NFL playoff
history.
“He said he had the most
confidence in this team. I
think that was huge for us to
hear from our leader, from
our coach,” Patriots line
backer Ted Johnson said. “I
don’t think I’ve ever heard
him say that. ... He just has
it, whatever it is. He just
finds a way.”
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Falcons quarterback Michael Vick is upended in the
fourth quarter in the NFC Championship playoff game
against the Philadelphia Eagles at Lincoln Financial
Field in Philadelphia Sunday.
cilessly, and Vick seemed
rattled while looking for
receivers who were rarely
open. Burgess sacked the
elusive quarterback twice,
and Hollis Thomas and
Jevon Kearse also got sacks
for a total loss of 33 yards.
Eagles linebacker Keith
Adams added seven tackles
and a deflected pass.
“Nobody respected
us as a defense. Give me
some respect right now,”
Philadelphia’s Brian
Dawkins said.
Vick was shaken up
early in the first quarter
when Burgess crushed him
after an incomplete pass.
The Eagles mixed up their
defenses, using everything
from a spy, to putting cor
nerback Sheldon Brown at
safety, to shifting Dawkins
from safety to linebacker.
Dawkins had the inter
ception and leveled Alge
Crumpler on a hit over the
ons will play the Philadelphia
Eagles in the Super Bowl on
Feb. 6 in Jacksonville, Fla.
New England was installed
as an early 6-to-6 1/2-point
favorite.
The Eagles ended their
three-game losing streak
in the NFC championship
game by beating Atlanta 27-
10 earlier Sunday.
One more Super Bowl
victory - and it would be
New England’s third since
the 2001 season - and they
might find some hardware
to put Belichick’s name
on. His players said their
coach’s role in a command
ing victory over a streaking
team that had manhandled
the Patriots earlier can’t be
overstated.
“It’s very flattering
to be mentioned in the
same breath with Vince
Lombardi,” Belichick said.
“That’s why the trophy has
his name on it.”
Brady put his name on a
big game again. He improved
to 8-0 as a postseason quar
terback, bettering Troy
Aikman’s 7-0 record at the
start of his playoffs career.
This game was a near
replay of Pittsburgh’s break
through 34-20 win Oct. 31
that ended New England’s
record 21-game winning
streak. Again, an under
pressure quarterback kept
making mistakes as a team
seized a 24-3 lead in the first
half - only this time it was
the rookie, not the cool-as
can-be Brady doing so.
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Vick had his fewest yards
rushing in an entire game
since Week 1 against San
Francisco, when he ran
for 10. In the season fina
le when he barely played
against Seattle, Vick ran for
13 yards.
“They had Jevon Kearse
on one end and another good
defensive lineman (Burgess)
on the other end keeping
good containment and mak
ing sure that I didn’t get
outside the pocket,” Vick
said. “They did a great job
doing it, and the coverage
they played in the second
ary, they didn’t allow our
receivers to get off blocks
and get downfield.”
Vick gained half of his
yards rushing against the
Eagles on one play - his
only dazzling run of the
game.
Vick is still winless in
Philadelphia.
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NORTHSIDE (boys) 61, WESTSIDE 47
WS (47): Jackson 3. Doc French 11.
January 9. DeAndre Jones 17, Harris 6.
Stephens 2.
NS (61): Anthony Williams 9. B.J Stewart
7, Stefan Lewis 2. Jeremy Holden 7, Frank
Brown, Rasheed Taylor 6, Sherrod Grayer
10, Jamal Brunson 12, Kenith Ward 4
Halftime: (NS) 27-17. 3-pointers: (WS)
French 2. Jones. (NS) Stewart Records:
(WS) 5-13. 3-4. (NS) 11-7, 5-1
NORTHSIDE (girts) 44, WESTSIDE 40
WS (40): Corbett 9. Trisha Holloway 12,
Trice 4, Hilbert 5. Caldwell 6, Simmons 2,
Moore 2.
NS (44): Janay Wilson 4, Sonyetta Davis 3.
Dee Dawsey 3. Ayana Ferguson 2. Trycee
Brown 7, Bnttany Holder 1, L'akeisha Levi
21, Kaisha Underwood 2, Paige Mitchell 1.
Halftime: (NS) 19-18. 3-pointers: (WS)
Corbett. (NS) Davis, Dawsey. Brown
Records: (WS) 16-5, 5-2 in 2S-AAAA);
(NS) 16-2. 5-1.
PERRY (boys) 98, SPALDING 41
SP (41): Shantez Howard 11, Sexton 6,
Fears 4, Heggie 4, Handcock 2, Sharp 3,
Jester 3, Hollis 2, Burrell 6.
PY (98): Courtney Watkins 20, Casey
Hayward 16, Jacorey Billings 11. Montay
West 9, Taurean Smith 9, Casey Hayward
7, Quan Patten 2, Tarvis Billings 6. Rashad
Smith 8. Eric Askew 6, Santrell Cosby 2,
Demaurio Clark 2.
Halftime: (PY) 53-15. 3-pointers: (SP)
Howard: (PY) West 2, T. Smith, Watkins
2, J. Billings 2. Records: (PY) 19-1 (7-1
in GHSA4-AAA). Next: (PY) at Northeast,
Tue., 7:30 p.m.
PERRY (girls) 66, SPALDING 61
SP (61): Marquilla Tyler 11, Annissia Starks
23, Gatling 2, Siarre Evans 25.
PY (66): Tiandra Billings 9. Ashley West
14, Sabre King 7, Bianca King 15, Ashley
Roberts 15, Ann Buckholts 6
Halftime: (PY) 28-27. 3-pointers: (SP)
Evans 3: (P) Billings 3, B. King 2. Records:
(PY) 7-13 (3-5 in GHSA4-AAA). Next: (PY)
at Northeast. Tue., 6 p.m.
FPD (boys) 60, CENTRAL
FELLOWSHIP 51
CF (51): Myles 9, Harville 2, Queen 2,
Holloway 6, Bates 8, Willis 2, Jamaal
Parker 22.
FPD (60): Maddox 4, White 9. Fuller 2,
Tatro 2. Austin Royal 39.
Halftime: (CF) 26-24. 3-pointers: (CF)
Holloway 2; (FP) Royal 3. Records: (CF)
11-7.
FPD (girls) 58, CENTRAL
FELLOWSHIP 33
FPD (58): Megan delaßosa 18, S. Seymour
8, Shultz 4. R. Seymour 7, Sexton 3,
Strawn 2, Maddox 2, Tribble 7, Taylor 7.
CFCA (33): Spencer 9, Ward 3, Marrone 2,
Bedgood 8, Rachel Childress 11.
Halftime: (FP) 39-10. 3-pointers: (FP)
delaßosa 2, Tribble 2: (CF) Ward,
Childress. Records: (FP) 16-3 (4 lin GISA
2-AAA); (CF) 13-5, 2-3.
NBA Scoreboard
Saturday s Games
Atlanta 100, Boston 96
Orlando 115, Philadelphia 111
Chicago 100, Detroit 89
Washington 95, Indiana 93
New Orleans 88, L.A. Clippers 85
Memphis 110, Utah 94
Minnesota 92, Portland 83
Cleveland 105, Golden State 87
Sunday’s Games
Toronto 103, Charlotte 92
Dallas 95, Denver 93
Milwaukee 101, New York 96
Miami 97, New Orleans 68
Phoenix 113, New Jersey 105
Seattle 122, Utah 105
San Antonio 103, Sacramento 73
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Tuesday's Games
Boston at Charlotte, 7 p.m.
Phoenix at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Orlando at Memphis. 8 p.m.
Denver at Chicago. 8:30 p.m.
New Jersey at Sacramento, 10 p.m.
Seattle at L.A Lakers. 10:30 p.m.
Sunday's Women's Major College
Basketball Scores
Army 64, Navy 50
Boston College at Providence, ppd.
Colgate 76, Lafayette 75
Dayton 63, Fordham 50
Delaware 70, Hofstra 54
Duquesne at Rhode Island, ppd.
George Washington 97, St. Bonaventure
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Holy Cross 67, American U 48
Lehigh 52, Bucknell 44
Niagara at Loyola. Md , ppd.
Old Dominion 80, Towson 66
Penn St. 73. Michigan St. 56
Saint Joseph's at Massachusetts, ppd
St. Peter's at lona, ppd.
Villanova 58, West Virginia 52
Xavier 66, La Salle 55
Auburn 59, Alabama 43
Charlotte 70, East Carolina 54
DePaul 90. Southern Miss. 63
Drexel 73, William & Mary 63
George Mason 79. Va. Commonwealth 64
Georgia 67, Mississippi St. 57
Georgia Tech 62, Miami 46
James Madison 72. N.C.-Wilmington 50
LSU 79, Vanderbilt 68
Louisville 50, Houston 49
Mississippi 82, Florida 70
N.C. State 67, Maryland 55
South Florida 72. Memphis 58
Temple 82, Richmond 62
Tennessee 67, Kentucky 49
Tulane 74, Marquette 54
UAB 85, Saint Louis 68
Virginia 83, Dartmouth 70
Wake Forest 86, Clemson 71
Indiana St. 81. Bradley 74
Michigan 63, Indiana 61
Minnesota 80, Illinois 68
N. lowa 64, Illinois St. 56
Notre Dame 63. Rutgers 47
Saturday's Men's Major College
Basketball Scores
Boston College 79, St. John's 73
Alabama 66, Mississippi 58
Alabama ASM 78, Alcorn St. 53
Alabama St. 52, Southern U. 51
Appalachian St. 76, Coll, of Charleston 68
Birmingham-Southern 67, Charleston
Southern 41
Chattanooga 93, ETSU 59
Davidson 68, Furman 61
Delaware St. 66, Hampton 64, OT
Duke 88, Florida St. 56
E. Kentucky 61, Samford 67
Florida ASM 93, N Carolina AST 86
Gardner-Webb 81, Jacksonville 53
George Mason 77, James Madison 58
Georgia 68, Vanderbilt 59
Georgia Southern 72, Eton 64
Houston 62, South Florida 50
Jackson St. 68, Grambling St. 66
Kentucky 89, LSU 58
Liberty 72, N.C.-Asheville 71
Louisiana Tech 58, SMU 57
Louisiana-Lafayette 67, Fla. International
50
Louisville 85, Tennessee 62
MVSU 70, Prairie View 65
Mississippi St. 73, South Carolina 65
Morehead St. 69, Jacksonville St. 63
Murray St. 82, Tennessee St. 74
New Orleans 66, Middle Tennessee 60
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