NEW ORLEANS — There was a moment Tuesday night when it looked like Virginia Tech had finally gotten over its propensity for finding new ways to lose in big games . But after overcoming an uncharacteristic special teams gaffe by Coach Frank Beamer that almost cost them the game in regulation, the Hokies saw another bowl game slip through their grasp. Read full article > >

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Sugar Bowl: Michigan football edges Virginia Tech in overtime on field goal

A game after being limited to a season-low point total, Hollis Thompson found himself with the ball in his hands and the game on the line Wednesday. And, without a second thought, the junior swingman delivered for the Georgetown men’s basketball team. Thompson scored eight of his 16 points in the final 3 minutes 21 seconds, including a three-pointer with 24 seconds remaining. Read full article > >

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Georgetown vs. Marquette: Hoyas erase 17-point deficit to topple Golden Eagles, 73-70

On a night that should have centered around the Washington Capitals recording their fourth consecutive win and continuing on their recent roll of strong play , the team’s victory was overshadowed by a potential injury to leading scorer Nicklas Backstrom. Near the midway point of the third period in Washington’s 3-1 win over the Calgary Flames on Tuesday night at Verizon Center, Backstrom was elbowed in the head by Rene Bourque. Three shifts later, the team removed its top center from the game. Read full article > >

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For those who wish they could watch the Super Bowl from their phone, your wish is granted — for the first time ever, the big game will be available live online and on certain mobile devices, in addition to television. NBC airs the Super Bowl on Feb. 5 from Indianapolis, and will also stream the game on NFL.com and NBCSports.com. Verizon users will be able to watch via NFL Mobile, NBC added in its announcement on Tuesday. Read full article > >

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If the Washington Capitals ’ meeting with the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night truly represented a measuring stick of their progress under Coach Dale Hunter , as players billed it in the hours leading up to the game, then they came up far short. Washington fell, 5-1, at Verizon Center in a game in which the offense became dormant for stretches, the defensive zone coverage eroded and the goaltenders allowed soft goals. Read full article > >

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ARLINGTON, Tex. — Just when the Dallas Cowboys seemed to have the NFC East race all but wrapped up, the New York Giants made it a competition again. The Giants erased a 12-point deficit in the game’s final six minutes and beat the Cowboys, 37-34, here Sunday night to move into a first-place tie. The two teams have matching 7-6 records with three games left in the regular season. The Giants ended a four-game losing streak and handed the Cowboys their second defeat in a row. Read full article > >

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New York Giants stun Dallas Cowboys with fourth-quarter rally, move into tie for NFC East lead

Aaron Rodgers made it look so easy Sunday at the Meadowlands, taking the Green Bay Packers down the field in the final minute for a field goal that won the game and kept his team’s unbeaten season intact with only four weeks to go. And in doing so, Rodgers added to the lore of a season that could be remembered as the greatest year an NFL quarterback ever has had. Already, experts say, it is clear that Rodgers’s 2011 season will have a prominent place in that conversation. Read full article > >

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Is the Packers’ Aaron Rodgers having the best season ever by a quarterback?

Xbox Live isn’t just an online gaming service anymore. Microsoft is announcing today that the new version of its Xbox Live user interface will help transform entertainment on the television. The upgrade goes live on Tuesday. Calling it the future of TV, Microsoft is unveiling of a user interface for the Xbox 360 console’s dashboard; it is also unveiling dozens of new options for watching movies and TV on the game box. And Microsoft has improved the quality of using voice commands to move from one choice to another on the box or to search through all of the entertainment options at your disposal in an instant. Read full article > >

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With each game there are signs of the defensive improvement Coach Dale Hunter is looking for from the Washington Capitals . Hunter’s message has remained constant: Through defense, offense will follow. Saturday night at Verizon Center, Washington finally saw that progression. Brooks Laich, playing in his 500th NHL game, scored the game-winner just 12 seconds into overtime as the Capitals captured a 3-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators , snapping a four-game losing streak and giving Hunter his first win as an NHL head coach. Read full article > >

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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The Georgetown men’s basketball team played its first true road game of the season on Thursday night, and what a task it was: A game in Coleman Coliseum against undefeated Alabama , ranked 12th in the country largely on the strength of its unforgiving defense. So the Hoyas figured points would be at a premium and the outcome could come down to a late possession. Sure enough, junior forward Hollis Thompson had the ball in his hands with the game on the line, and after his three-pointer swished through the twine with 1.8 seconds left and Alabama’s desperation heave clanked off the rim, Georgetown celebrated a 57-55 triumph before a capacity crowd of 15,383. Read full article > >

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The anniversary of Wikileaks’s cable dump last year is spawning reflections of how the awkward revelations changed the game of international diplomacy. In the journal Democracy , Jonathan Spalter argues that they were a much-needed chance to rethink the expansive secrecy of U.S. relations. “It has become one of the great ironies of our time that while the United States has one of the most open societies in the world, its diplomatic activities and the technology infrastructure that support them still remain among the world’s most secretive and siloed.” Spalter says the secrecy makes the U.S. government increasingly out of touch with citizens who are used to an open-source world.

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Al Toon and Wayne Chrebet continue to carry the game of football with them — in memories and awards, but also in aftershocks.

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When Ryan Torain rumbled for five yards on the Redskins’ first play of their game against the Dolphins Nov. 13, he could have been any running back on any of Coach Mike Shanahan’s teams in almost any year. The message was the one Shanahan has delivered over so many seasons: We’re going to run the ball, run it again, and you won’t be able to stop us. Read full article > >

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Stand-in skipper Frank Lampard scores the only goal of the game as England beat world and European champions Spain at Wembley.

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UNIONDALE, N.Y. — The Washington Capitals came to Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum aware that the New York Islanders were mired in a six-game losing streak and eager to climb out of their slump. Despite that knowledge, and despite jumping out to a two-goal lead in the first period, the Capitals succumbed to New York’s push. In fact, they helped it along by deviating from their game plan, by coughing up the puck and by getting out-hustled in the defensive zone. Read full article > >

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