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DALLAS (AP) — Oregon coach Mark Helfrich has confirmed wide receiver Darren Carrington and running back Ayele Forde will not play in Monday's national championship game against Ohio State after positive NCAA drug tests. Carrington did not travel with the team to Dallas after testing positive for marijuana. The results of Ford's test were not immediately clear.
UNDATED (AP) — Two NFL divisional playoffs are on tap today with the New England Patriots having the home-field edge against Baltimore in chilly Foxborough, where temperatures are forecast to be around 20 degrees by kickoff (4:35 p.m. Eastern time). In Seattle, where the defending Super Bowl champion Seahawks will take on Carolina (8:15 p.m. kickoff), officials have installed earthquake monitors to judge the seismic effects from the 67,000 fans at CenturyLink Field.
KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) — The PGA Tour season is under way with Russell Henley taking a one-shot lead over Sang-Moon Bae into today's second round of the Tournament of Champions event at Kapalua Resort in Hawaii. Scott Stallings and Patrick Reed are among five players two shots off the lead in the winners-only event.
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Maria Sharapova (shah-rah-POH'-vah) won her 34th career title with a victory at the Brisbane International on Saturday with a 6-7 (4), 6-3, 6-3 win over Ana Ivanovic (ee-VAH'-noh-vich) in the women's final. On the men's side, Roger Federer moved within one win of his 1,000th career match milestone by beating fourth-seeded Grigor Dimitrov (GREE'-gohr DIH'-mih-trahv) 6-2, 6-2 in the semifinals.
ADELBODEN, Switzerland (AP) — There was a show of solidarity with the French people during a World Cup giant slalom event in Switzerland today. Frenchman Alexis Pinturault finished second and was among several French racers who wore "Je Suis Charlie" messages on their helmets, showing support for their home country after a traumatic week of terrorist incidents.
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