WPPA / T-102 SPORTS / Tuesday

PITTSBURGH (AP) - The Pittsburgh Steelers advanced to their
third Super Bowl in six years thanks to a big-play defense that
returned a fumble for a touchdown and staged a late goal-line stand
in a 24-19 victory over the New York Jets. Pittsburgh, which led
24-0 in the first half and held on, faces the Green Bay Packers in
the Super Bowl in Dallas in two weeks.

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Sports books in Nevada have made Green Bay a
slight favorite in the Super Bowl over Pittsburgh based on the
Packers' popularity among bettors during the past few weeks. The
Glantz-Culver line has made the Packers an early 2 1/2-point favorite
and put the game's total score at 45 1/2 points for the Feb. 6 game in
Arlington, Texas.

Troy Polamalu and the Steel Curtain led Pittsburgh into the big
game for the third time in six years, holding off Rex Ryan and
those big-talkin' Jets 24-19 in the AFC championship game Sunday.
The black-and-gold have won six Super Bowl rings, more than any
franchise, but they'll be going against a team that can hold its
own in the history department.

CHICAGO (AP) - Jeff Carter had two goals and an assist, and
rookie Sergei Bobrovsky made 30 saves in the Philadelphia Flyers'
4-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday. Nikolay Zherdev and
Scott Hartnell added goals, and Claude Giroux had four assists for
the Flyers in the only regular-season rematch of last year's
Stanley Cup Finals.

NFL
Divisional Playoffs
Saturday, Jan. 15
Pittsburgh 31, Baltimore 24
Green Bay 48, Atlanta 21
Sunday, Jan. 16
Chicago 35, Seattle 24
N.Y. Jets 28, New England 21

Conference Championships
Sunday, Jan. 23
Green Bay 21, Chicago 14
Pittsburgh 24, N.Y. Jets 19

Pro Bowl
Sunday, Jan. 30
At Honolulu
AFC vs. NFC, 7 p.m. (FOX)

Super Bowl
Sunday, Feb. 6
At Arlington, Texas
Pittsburgh vs. Green Bay, 6:30 p.m. (FOX)

NBA
Sunday's Game
Denver 121, Indiana 107
Monday's Games
Cleveland at New Jersey, 7 p.m.
Detroit at Orlando, 7 p.m.
Phoenix at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.
Memphis at Toronto, 7 p.m.
Washington at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Milwaukee at Chicago, 8 p.m.
Houston at Minnesota, 8 p.m.
Oklahoma City at New Orleans, 8 p.m.
Sacramento at Portland, 10 p.m.
San Antonio at Golden State, 10:30 p.m.

NHL
Sunday's Games
Nashville 3, Edmonton 2, SO
Philadelphia 4, Chicago 1
New Jersey 5, Florida 2
Buffalo 5, N.Y. Islanders 3
Tampa Bay 7, Atlanta 1
Monday's Games
Toronto at Carolina, 7 p.m.
N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 7:30 p.m.
Nashville at Calgary, 9:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
Dallas at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Boston at Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.

TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Sunday's Game
(18) Wisconsin 78 Northwestern 46
(21) West Virginia 56 South Florida 46


TOP-25 WOMEN'S COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Sunday's Game
( 3) Duke 65 N.C. State 64
( 5) Tennessee 73 Auburn 53
(15) Maryland 88 (10) North Carolina 65
(11) Notre Dame 69 St. John's 36
(12) Michigan St. 66 Minnesota 54
(14) Oklahoma 75 Kansas 57
(19) Kentucky 78 Vanderbilt 68
Mississippi 69 (23) Arkansas 65
(24) Georgia 78 Mississippi St. 58