NFL Week 17 winners and losers: Steelers put playoff hopes in peril
The Steelers faced a simple task to seal the AFC North title in Week 17. But Pittsburgh's stumble could portend an ugly end to the season.
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Why is Appalachian State in bowl game? Opt-outs opened door for 5-7 Mountaineers
Why is Appalachian State in the Birmingham Bowl? Here's how the Mountaineers reached the postseason with only five wins in the regular season.
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Pitch for two-day Ashes test rated 'unsatisfactory' by ICC
The pitch used for the fourth Ashes test that finished inside two days has been rated as “unsatisfactory” by cricket's world governing body. No batter scored a half-century and 36 wickets fell across six sessions at Melbourne Cricket Ground as England beat Australia by four wickets in just 142 overs of play. “The MCG pitch was too much in favor of the bowlers,” Jeff Crowe, the International Cricket Council's match referee for the test, said Monday.
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