Ryan Howard's sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth carried the Phillies past the Rockies on Sunday night.

  Kyle Orton moved Denver from its 2 to the end zone to tie it Sunday, then Matt Prater kicked a 41-yard field goal in overtime for a 20-17 victory over New England that made rookie Broncos coach Josh McDaniels a winner over his old boss, Bill Belichick.

  Vladimir Guerrero and the Angels shrugged off their postseason failures and swept the Red Sox out of the playoffs.

  In a duel for first place in the AFC North, the Cincinnati Bengals found another way to win a close game.

  Alex Rodriguez and Jorge Posada hit seventh-inning home runs, and the Yankees beat the Twins 4-1 to advance to the ALCS.

  Tiger Woods had a perfect week, and the Americans stayed unbeaten at home in the Presidents Cup.

  Alabama jumped Texas into second-place behind top-ranked Florida in The Associated Press college football poll.

  Eli Manning and his hurting heel, even for less than a half, were more than enough for the New York Giants against the hapless Oakland Raiders.

  Jimmie Johnson is back in control of NASCAR's Chase for the Championship.

  NFL Players executive director DeMaurice Smith on Saturday made a move to solidfy the union against a bid by conservative talk show radio host Rush Limbaugh as part of a group that aims to purchase the St. Louis Rams.

  NFL Network analyst Deion Sanders denied any wrongdoing or improprieties Sunday related to Oklahoma State receiver Dez Bryant, who was suspended indefinitely by the school last week.

  Randy Hanson says Tom Cable hit him with a cheap shot and that he had "no reason to believe he wouldn't have killed me" if others hadn't pulled Cable away.

  Miles Austin scored the winning touchdown in overtime on a 60-yard catch-and-run to cap a huge game in place of the injured Roy Williams, and the Dallas Cowboys escaped with a 26-20 victory Sunday over Kansas City.

  Aided by a disputed call and Jake Delhomme's bold third-down run, the Carolina Panthers jump-started a sagging season at the expense of embattled Washington coach Jim Zorn.