NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE: St. Louis edged past New York, winning their last two games for a wild card
Marc Bulger threw for 450 yards and three touchdowns and Jeff Wilkins kicked a 31-yard field goal with 3:03 left in overtime Sunday to give the St. Louis Rams a 32-29 victory over the New York Jets, clinching their National Football League fourth playoff berth in five seasons under coach Mike Martz.

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Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville continues to make a passionate plea for his 12-0 team. He insists that his third-ranked Tigers should be playing for the national title, and as long as he is asked about it, Tuberville will not surrender his cause.

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ROLL OUT THE BARREL: The previously unbeaten Videoland Hunters encountered a sober group of brewmeisters who were determined to begin 2005 with a victory
By Paul Huang
Chen Shih-nian's 14-foot floater with 13.4 seconds left on the clock put Taiwan Beer up for good in Saturday's 75-74 thriller as the beermen kicked off the year with an impressive victory over the previously unbeaten Videoland Hunters.

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Scotland's Colin McRae won Sunday's third stage of the Dakar Rally to take the overall lead in the two-continent race as the event completed its route through Spain and headed to Africa.

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Mark Philippoussis and Alicia Molik beat Slovakia's mixed doubles pair of Daniela Hantuchova and Dominik Hrbaty 6-7 (9), 6-3 and 11-9 in the super tiebreaker yesterday to give Australia a 2-1 win in the Hopman Cup.

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Anton Khudobin helped Russia set up a title-game showdown with Canada in the world junior championship, making 22 saves in a 7-2 semifinal victory over the defending champion US on Sunday night.

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