SPORTS INFO for MONDAY, JAN. 24, 2011

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NFL - Steelers win third AFC title in 6 years | Big BenPack stop Bears, reach Super Bowl. The offense is so often credited for the Packers' success. In crunch time, the defense showed it's capable of sealing the deal. Colts make offer to Peyton Manning. While the Colts are willing to make Manning, 35, the highest-paid player in NFL history,sources say the Colts are expressing the need to show reasonable financial constraints on a five-year deal.



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NCAA BB - Gasser's triple-double sparks Wisconsin. Mitchell helps No. 21 W. Va. bounce back. Texas halts Kansas' homestreak at 69. No. 7 'Nova wins 83-72 at No. 3 Syracuse. W. Va. backup leaves without permission. No. 1 Buckeyes rally pastNo. 23 Illini. o. 8 UConn spoils Pearl's 1-game return. No. 14 Purdue tops No. 17 Spartans 86-76.



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NBA - Nuggets' Anthony scores 36 in win. Miller revels in Heat breakout. 'Frail Blazers' keep finding ways to win. SurgingHornets cool off Spurs 96-72. Durant's 3 at buzzer sinks Knicks. Wizards stun Celtics on Wall's late 3. Johnson's 32 helpHawks bounce back. Jazz drop fourth straight, fall to 76ers.



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NHL - Flyers top Blackhawks 4-1 in Cup rematch. Islanders GM Snow: Nabokov hung up on me. Forsberg practices with Avalanche.Stamkos scores 38th, Tampa rips Atlanta. Surging Preds beat slumping Oilers in SO. Devils win fourth straight, top Panthers.
Gerbe scores again as Sabres beat Isles.



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MLB - Royals, 1B Butler agree on $30M, 4 years. Rangers, O'Day agree to 1-year contract. Martinez all smiles after joiningTigers. Tigers to retire Anderson's No. 11. Rays agree with Damon, Manny for 1 year. Angels acquire CF Wells from Blue Jays.Giants keep CF Torres for 1 year, $2.2M. Torre, Cox, Piniella honored by BBWAA.




NCAA FB - Twenty-one schools will have new head coaches for the 2011 season. Chow returns to Utah as off. coordinator. Auburncelebration draws 78,000 fans. Former Auburn star Dyas dead at 71. UCLA hires 49ers' Johnson to run offense.




NASCAR - Overhauling its points system suggests NASCAR is insecure with its product. Top 20 Countdown-Another year, anotherpreseason spent wondering if Dale Earnhardt Jr. can turn his career around



GOLF - Kaymer overtakes Woods for world No. 2. Vegas wins Hope Classic in playoff. Cook wins Champions Tour season opener.



TENNIS - Murray rolls into Aussie Open quarters. Schiavone wins 4-hour, 44-minute match. Sharapova ousted in 4th round ofAussie. Kim Clijsters overcame a tough first-set challenge from Ekaterina Makarova in the fourth round.



HORSE RACING - Stradivinsky wins Gulfstream Park Turf Sprint. It Tiz takes Megahertz Stakes at Santa Anita. Marilyn's Guytakes Aqueduct feature. Wilkinson wins Lecomte Stakes at Fair Grounds.



POKER - Card professional Annie Duke plans to be the commissioner of a new league that is hoping to become the PGA of poker,defining the game's best players and hosting invitational tournaments for only its biggest stars.