SCORES and SPORTS INFO for Jan.03, 2011

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NFL - Seahawks first sub-.500 division champs. Elway set to become Broncos exec. Falcons clinch home field. Steelers rip Browns, win AFC North. Packers top Bears to clinch wild card. Bucs beat Saints, playoff hopes alive. Colts down Titans, win
AFC South. Favre says he's done, sat out final game.



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SAT. JAN.08, 2011 - SAINTS vs. SEAHAWKS and NY JETS vs. COLTS !



SUN. JAN. 09,2011 - RAVENS vs. CHIEFS and PACKERS vs. EAGLES!




NCAA FOOTBALL - Maryland hires UConn's Edsall as coach. TCU caps perfect season, wins Rose Bowl. Sooners end 5-game BCS skid, rip UConn. Pitt fires Haywood after violence arrest. Paterno: Rumors won't affect recruiting. Weis' move to Florida confirmed by Haley. Luck leads Stanford into Orange Bowl. Arkansas returns to elite in Sugar Bowl.



TONIGHT - ORANGE BOWL JAN.03,2011 - #5 STANFORD (11-1) vs. #12 VIRGINIA TECH (11-2) at 8:30 PM ET.



TUESDAY - SUGAR BOWL JAN.04,2011 - #6 OHIO ST. (11-1) vs. # 8 ARKANSAS (10-2) at 8:30 PM ET.




THURSDAY- GODADDY.COM BOWL - MID.TENN.ST. vs. MIAMI (OH) at 8:00 PM ET.




FRIDAY - COTTON BOWL JAN.07,2011 -#11 LSU (10-2) vs. #18 TEXAS A & M (9-3) at 8:00 PM ET.




SATURDAY- COMPASS BOWL JAN.08,2011 - PITTSBURG vs. KENTUCKY at 12:00 PM ET.




SUNDAY - FIGHT HUNGER BOWL - NEVADA vs. BOSTON COLLEGE at 9:00 PM ET.




MONDAY - BCS BOWL JAN.10,2011 - #2 OREGON (12-0) vs. # 1 AUBURN (13-0) at 8:30 PM ET.



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NCAA BASKETBALL - Smith's 28 lift No. 1 Duke in ACC opener. Stokes helps No. 8 'Nova run streak to 7. No. 21 Memphis escapes, tops Tenn. State. No. 3 Kansas wins 67th in a row at home. McCamey powers No. 23 Illini by Badgers. No. 24 Vanderbilt rolls past Davidson. Arizona falls 76-75 at Oregon State. Dunn helps Baylor hold off Tex. Southern.



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NBA - Rondo returns, Celtics top Raptors. Grizzlies roll by lifeless Lakers 104-85. Hawks' big rally beats Clippers. Blazersearn 8th straight home win, Knicks top Pacers, Gallinari hurts knee. Marion helps Mavs beat Cavs. Cousins' 28 rally Kings
past Suns 94-89.


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NHL - Canucks win fifth straight, beat Avs 2-1. Flyers end winless run at Detroit at 16. Hiller stops 39 as Ducks top Blackhawks. Byfuglien lifts Thrashers by Habs in OT. Preds' home run over Columbus now 15. Predators C O'Reilly breaks right leg. stars rally for fifth straight road win. Vokoun gets SHO as Panthers top Rangers.



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NASCAR - Richard Childress' racing team returned to respectability in 2010 as all three of his drivers qualified for the Chase.



GOLF - You may not have heard of youngster Jamie Lovemark, but you will. After a great year in the minors, he moves to the PGA Tour.



UFC - A lightweight title rematch is on tap after Frankie Edgar and Gray Maynard went all out for 25 minutes in a split draw.


BOXING - Best of 2010-Sergio Martinez had a sensational year. But was that enough for him to claim the fans' Fighter of the Year honors?



TENNIS - Berdych, Soderling reach Abu Dhabi semis. 7-time champion Rubin's house burns down.



HORSE RACING - 6-year-old Cayambe rallies in Santa Anita. Spina wins Aqueduct $47,000 feature.



POKER - Phil Ivey held onto the top spot in The Nuts, ESPN.com's poker rankings, for all of 2010, but since our final rankings in 2009, this list has added five new faces!