Jan. 2-3

• Thursday's sports scoreboard

• Friday's sports scoreboard

• New faces abound as NFL playoffs start

• Manning's reward for challenging season is 3rd MVP

• LT, Gates sit out Chargers' practice

• Blackout? Fans still not sold on Vikings playoffs

• Broncos: Great offense but a mess on defense

• LeBron gets triple-double as Cavs clobber Bulls

• Cubs agree with INF Miles

• Indians acquire INF Mark DeRosa

• Utes complete perfect season, upset 'Bama in Sugar

• Snead, McCluster lead Ole Miss past Texas Tech

• Sanchez, USC beat Penn State 38-24 in Rose Bowl

• Greene leads Iowa past South Carolina in Outback

• Virginia Tech tops Cincinnati, ends BCS drought

• Stafford, Moreno lead Georgia past Michigan State

• Wells says he's undecided on NFL

Jan. 1

• (New Year's holiday)

Dec. 31

• Railers take 2nd at Collinsville Schnucks Holiday Classic

• Logan Lanes:

• American Bowling League

• Tuesday Super Trios

• Mayfield's Mutterings: Illini adventure continues
  Non-con review and Big Ten preview
  By Jeff Mayfield

• Tuesday's sports scoreboard

• Road teams favored in playoffs

• Broncos fire coach Mike Shanahan after collapse

• Cowher out of running for Jets job

• 7 years after Super Bowl, Warner back in playoffs

• Blake, short-handed Trail Blazers beat Celtics

• Un-'Happy Birthday' for LeBron: Heat beat Cavs

• Mavericks rally from 29 down to stun Timberwolves

• Paul's triple-double leads Hornets over Wizards

• Masoli leads Oregon past OSU in Holiday Bowl

• Alabama AG's office to review Smith situation

• Top 25 basketball recap

Dec. 30

• Lincoln 68, Decatur Eisenhower 45

• Mayfield's Mutterings: Illini adventure continues
  Non-con review and Big Ten preview
  By Jeff Mayfield

• Monday's sports scoreboard

• Marinelli, Crennel, Mangini out as NFL coaches

• Contract gives Dolphins' Parcells lucrative out

• Cowboys not changing coaches; coach plans change

• Stuckey, Pistons end Magic's winning streak at 7

• Suns overcome Nash's bad back to beat Thunder

• Reports: Red Sox reach deal with RHP Brad Penny

• Missouri wins Alamo Bowl, tops Northwestern in OT

• Alabama suspends Andre Smith for Sugar Bowl

• Doctor says surgery on Weis' right knee successful