Jay Gilmore - AHN Sports Editor Miami Gardens, FL (AHN) - Ed Reed had two of Baltimore's four interceptions as the Raven's beat the Miami Dolphins 27-9 Sunday afternoon.Reed returned one interception 64-yards for a touchdown. The Dolphins also lost a fumble.Ronnie Brown made a juggling catch for Miami's 2-yard touchdown. Baltimore travels to play Tennessee Saturday. Article © AHN - All Rights Reserved

Jay Gilmore - AHN Sports Editor Minneapolis, MN (AHN) - Donovan McNabb threw a 71-yard touchdown to Brian Westbrook as the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Minnesota Vikings 26-14 Sunday. McNabb completed 23-of-34 passes.Eagle Asante Samuel's returned a Tarvaris Jackson interception 44-yards for a touchdown.Minnesota's Adrian Peterson rushed for two touchdowns.Philadelphia will face the Giants next Sunday at the Meadowlands. Article © AHN - All Rights Reserved

Jay Gilmore - AHN Sports Editor Atlanta, GA (AHN) - Mike Bibby hit the game-winning three with 1.5 seconds left as the Atlanta Hawks beat the Houston Rockets 103-100 Saturday.Josh Smith scored 29 points to lead Atlanta. Joe Johnson added 14 points and 14 assists.Yao Ming had 16 points and 15 rebounds for Houston. Article © AHN - All Rights Reserved

Jay Gilmore - AHN Sports Editor San Diego, CA (AHN) - Darren Sproles scored the game-winning touchdown on a 22-yard carry lifting the San Diego Chargers to a 23-17 overtime victory over the Indianapolis Colts Saturday night. Sproles rushed 23 times for 105 yards.LaDainian Tomlinson left the game in the second quarter with a groin injury. He scored a touchdown.Indy's Peyton Manning was 25-for-42 for 310 yards. Article © AHN - All Rights Reserved

Jay Gilmore - AHN Sports Editor Glendale, AZ (AHN) - Kurt Warner threw for 271 yards and two touchdowns as the Arizona Cardinals beat the Atlanta Falcons 30-24 Saturday afternoon.Larry Fitzgerald and Anquan Boldin caught Arizona touchdown passes. Boldin caught a pass and took it 71-yards for the score, but pulled his hamstring on the play and left the game injured.Edgerrin James rushed for 73 yards for Arizona.Matt Ryan threw two touchdowns and two

Mike Easterling - AHN Sports Reporter Orchard Park, NY (AHN) - The New England Patriots battled fierce winds to down the Buffalo Bills 13-10 Sunday, but it wasn't enough to get the defending AFC champions into the playoffs.New England needed to win, but also needed either Miami or Baltimore to lose to reach the postseason. Both teams won.LaMont Jordan scored on a 2-yard run and Stephen Gostkowski hit a pair of field goals for

Mike Easterling - AHN Sports Reporter Houston, TX (AHN) - The Chicago Bears saw their post-season chances vanish after they blew a lead and lost 31-24 Sunday to the Houston Texans.The Bears (9-7), who led 10-0, needed to win and also needed some help to earn a wild-card berth. That didn't matter after the Texans rallied to finish 8-8 for the second straight season.Wide receiver Andre Johnson had two touchdown catches for Houston. He

Mike Easterling - AHN Sports Reporter Minneapolis, MN (AHN) - Ryan Longwell made a 50-yard field goal as time expired, lifting Minnesota to a 20-19 victory Sunday over the New York Giants and clinching the NFC North title for the Vikings.New York (12-4), which already clinched homefield advantage for the playoffs, went ahead 16-10 when backup quarterback David Carr thew a third-quarter touchdown pass.But the Vikings (10-6), facing reserves in the second half, rallied

Mike Easterling - AHN Sports Reporter New Orleans, LA (AHN) - John Kasay kicked a 42-yard field goal with only one second remaining, lifting Carolina to a 33-31 win over the New Orleans Saints and sealing the NFC South title for the Panthers.Carolina (12-4) enters the playoffs as the conference's No. 2 seed.Jake Delhomme was 14-of-20 for 250 yards, including an 8-yard touchdown pass to Muhsin Muhammad. Kasay hit four of five field goal

Mike Easterling - AHN Sports Reporter Pittsburgh, PA (AHN) - Pittsburgh tuned up for the AFC playoffs with a 31-0 rout of the Cleveland Browns, but the Steelers hope the win wasn't costly after quarterback Ben Roethlisberger received a concussion.He'll undergo further test to see if the injury is severe enough to keep him out of the first round of the playoffs. Willie Brown rushed for 116 yards for Steelers, the AFC's No. 2

Mike Easterling - AHN Sports Reporter Atlanta, GA (AHN) - After winning just four games last season, the Atlanta Falcons clinched the No. 5 seed for the NFC playoffs with a 31-27 victory Sunday over the St. Louis Rams.Jerious Norwood scored two touchdowns and provided the winning score on a 45-yard run with 3:41 left to play.The Falcons (11-5), who earned a wild-card berth to make the playoffs for the first time since 2004,

Jay Gilmore - AHN Sports Editor Meadowlands, NY (AHN) - Brett Favre threw threw interceptions as the Miami Dolphins beat the New York Jets 24-17 Sunday afternoon.The Dolphins clinched the AFC East championship and a birth in the playoffs. Chad Pennington completed 22-of-30 for 200 yards and two touchdowns.Miami will host Baltimore in the wild-card round of the playoffs. Article © AHN - All Rights Reserved

Mike Easterling - AHN Sports Reporter Green Bay, WI (AHN) - The Detroit Lions set a new standard for futility Sunday when they lost 31-21 to the Green Bay Packers to become the first NFL team to finish 0-16.The 1976 expansion Tampa Bay Buccaneers (0-14) were the last NFL team to complete a winless season.The Lions have lost 17 straight, losing those games by a combined 551-281. Coach Rod Marinelli has gone 10-38 in

Mike Easterling - AHN Sports Reporter Cleveland, OH (AHN) - LeBron James scored 18 of his 27 points in the second half and the Cleveland Cavaliers defeated the Houston Rockets 99-90 Tuesday night.Mo Williams added 23 points for Cleveland, the league's only remaining team undefeated at home.The Cavaliers improved to 23-2 in their last 25 games and 14-0 at home. Article © AHN - All Rights Reserved

Jay Gilmore - AHN Sports Editor Chicago, IL (AHN) - Robbie Gould kicked a 38-yard game-winning field goal as the Chicago Bears beat the Green Bay Packers 20-17 in overtime Monday night.Chicago's Alex Brown blocked Mason Crosby's field goal attempt with seconds left in regulation.Matt Forte rushed for 73 yards and a touchdown for Chicago. Article © AHN - All Rights Reserved

AHN Sports Staff East Rutherford, NJ (AHN) - Derrick Ward and Brandon Jacobs alternated in tormenting the Carolina defense Sunday night, and the New York Giants secured home-field advantage throughout the playoffs with a 31-28 overtime victory over the Panthers.Ward finished with 215 yards, Jacobs found the end zone thrice, and New York (12-3) gained 301 yards on the ground to halt a key two-game slide the last two weeks.The Panthers, winners of the

Mike Easterling - AHN Sports Reporter Denver, CO (AHN) - The Broncos (8-7) led the Chargers (7-8) by three games with three to go, but now face a showdown for the division title after falling to Buffalo 30-23 Sunday.The Chargers' win at Tampa Bay earlier in the day was blacked off the scoreboard at Invesco Field by Shanahan.Broncos quarterback Jay Cutler threw for 359 yards and broke Jake Plummer's franchise record with 4,210 yards

Jay Gilmore - AHN Sports Editor Nashville, TN (AHN) - The Tennessee Titans clinched home-field advantage throughout the playoffs with a 31-14 win over the Pittsburgh Steelers Sunday afternoon.Jason Jones had 3.5 sacks for Tennessee while Michael Griffin had two interceptions. Pittsburgh's Ben Roethlisberger fumbled three times. Chris Johnson and LenDale White both scored touchdowns for Tennessee.Tennessee snapped Pittsburgh's five-game winning streak. Article © AHN - All Rights Reserved

Jay Gilmore - AHN Sports Editor Foxboro, MA (AHN) - Matt Cassel threw for 345 yards as the New England Patriots pounded the Arizona Cardinls 47-7 Sunday afternoon.Randy Moss caught a 76-yard touchdown pass for New England.Larry Fitzgerald caught three passes for 101 yards for Arizona. Article © AHN - All Rights Reserved

Jay Gilmore - AHN Sports Editor Kansas City, MO (AHN) - Chad Pennington completed 26-of-34 passes for three touchdowns as the Dolphins beat the Chiefs 38-31 Sunday afternoon. Anthony Fasono caught a 14-yard fourth-quarter tiebreaking touchdown for Miami.Tyler Thigpen threw three inteceptions for Kansas City.Miami faces the NY Jets next week for a shot at the AFC East championship. Article © AHN - All Rights Reserved

Jay Gilmore - AHN Sports Editor Tampa, FL (AHN) - Philip Rivers went 21-for-31 for 287 yards and four touchdowns as the San Diego Chargers beat the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 41-24 Sunday afternoon.Antonio Gates caught two touchdowns and Vincent Jackson caught seven passes for 111 yards for San Diego.Antonio Bryant led Tampa with six catches for 127 yards.The Chargers host the Broncos next week for the division title. Article © AHN - All Rights

Kareem Shaker - AHN Sports Reporter Jacksonville, FL (AHN) - Peyton Manning went 29-for-34 for 364 yards and three touchdowns and Keiwan Ratliff returned an interception 35-yards for a pick-six with under five minutes left to carry the Indianapolis Colts over the Jacksonville Jaguars 31-24 Thursday night.The Jaguars Maurice Jones-Drew got 20 carries for 91 yards and David Garrard threw for 329 yards and a touchdown, but hrew an interception. Article © AHN -

Mike Easterling - AHN Sports Reporter Philadelphia, PA (AHN) - Donovan McNabb passed for 290 yards and two touchdowns as the Philadelphia Eagles continued to make a playoff push with a 30-10 win Monday night over the Cleveland Browns.Asante Samuel returned an interception for a touchdown as the Eagles won their third straight.Philadelphia (8-5-1) remained a half-game behind three teams in the race for the two NFC wild-card spots. The Eagles have to win

Kareem Shaker - AHN Sports Reporter Jacksonville, FL (AHN) - David Garrard threw for 238 yards and two touchdowns and Dennis Northcutt caught five passes for 127 yards and a score to help the Jacksonville Jaguars snap a four-game losing streak with a 20-16 win over the Green Bay Packers.Aaron Rodgers went 20-for-32 for 278 yards and a toucdown and James Jones led all receivers with 132 yards on four receptions for Green Bay.

Kareem Shaker - AHN Sports Reporter Kansas City, MO (AHN) - Philip Rivers went 34-for-48 for 346 yards and a touchdown and led a fourth-quarter rally to give the San Diego Chargers a 22-21 win over the Kansas City Cheifs.Tyler Thigpen went 19-for-28 for 171 yards and a touchdown for the Chiefs, who led, until Rivers found Malcom Floyd for a 4-yard TD pass with 1:19 left. Article © AHN - All Rights Reserved