The first step is complete for free agent Andy Pettitte's return to the Yankees next season as they seek to repeat.

  Alabama will play Texas in the BCS national championship game.

  Garrett Hartley kicked an 18-yard field goal 6:29 into overtime Sunday, and the Saints improved to 12-0 with a 33-30 victory over the Washington Redskins.

  TCU and Boise State will meet in the Fiesta Bowl.

  Warner, back after missing a game with a concussion, threw for 285 yards and three touchdowns and Arizona's defense stifled Favre and the Minnesota Vikings in a stunningly one-sided 30-17 victory for the Cardinals.

  Bobby Bowden will coach his final game at Florida State in Jacksonville's Gator Bowl on New Year's Day.

  Former Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis has apologized and insists heated comments he made about USC coach Pete Carroll were taken out of context and that he meant no offense.

  Making quite a return to the Georgia Dome, Michael Vick accounted for a pair of touchdowns and basked in the cheers of his former home as the Philadelphia Eagles thoroughly dominated the short-handed Atlanta Falcons 34-7 on Sunday.

  Disgraced former NBA referee Tim Donaghy says he refused to make calls to affect games even if it meant he lost money and it angered the mob.

  Brandon Jacobs had the Giants' longest play of the season for just a few minutes, then Domenik Hixon topped it, lifting New York past Dallas 31-24 Sunday.

  The Raiders scored with nine seconds left to stun the Steelers on Sunday.

  Florida coach Urban Meyer was treated and released at a hospital for dehydration Sunday, just hours after his team lost to Alabama in the Southeastern Conference championship game.

  Alabama will head into the postseason as the No. 1 team in the AP Top 25 for the first time since 1973.

  When Tom Brady missed repeated chances to put the game away in the fourth quarter, Chad Henne and the Miami Dolphins took advantage.