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ravens swoop into super bowl the baltimore ravens pull off a big win in new england by owning the second half of his game, out scoring new england 21-0 on their way to a 28-13 win over the patriots.  i dont think the patriots were in this one.  first trip to the super bowl for the ravens since super bowl 35.  anyways the ravens will face the 49ers in super bowl 47.  it will have two brothers as coaches facing each other.  john harbaugh for the ravens and jim harbaugh for the 49ers.  super bowl is feb 3 in new orleans
49ers hit gold in atlanta the san francisco 49ers are going to the super bowl after beating atlanta 28-24 in atlanta.  the 49ers were down 0-17 before coming back to win it.  thats two weeks in a row the falcons had a big lead and lost it (barely winning last week)  it is san franciscos first trip to the super bowl since 1994 when they beat the san diego chargers.  coming up^has the baltimore ravens in new england to face the patriots.
patriots buck texans the patrios basically owned this game.  they ended up winning 41-28.  they were leading big most of the game.  they will now face the baltimore ravens for the AFC championship.  game time is 4:30pm next sunday while the 49ers visit the falcons for the NFC championship, starting at 1pm next sunday.  winners go to the super bowl on feb. 3rd
falcons claw seahawks - barely the falcons BARELY beat out the seahawks 30-28.  the falcons were up 21-0 at halftime, but seattle came back to go up 28-27 with 30 seconds left in the game.  that was enough time for matt ryan to get two big first downs to set up what ended up the game winning field goal.  the falcons host the 49ers for the NFC championship game next sunday.  next up is texans at patriots in new england.
49ers strike gold going to nfc championship game san francisco put the wraps on a 45-31 win over green bay to get to the nfc championship game.  san fran rookie qb put on a clinic tonight.  san fran now awaits the seattle vs atlanta game tomorrow for the nfc championship game opponent.
ravens fly into afc championship game the ravens won a thriller in denver winning 38-35 in 2OT.  wow, now that was a playoff game.  it was an entertaining game to say the least.  baltimore will now travel to either houston or new england for the afc championship game.  houston vs new england is tomorrow.
seahawks skin washington, faces falcons the seattle seahawks just beat the redskins 24-14 with rookie qb russel wilson beating rookie qb roger griffin III.  the seahawks were down 14 points, but came back and owned the game.  it is also seattles first road playoff win since 1983 when they beat the dolphins in miami 27-20 with dave kreig as qb and chuck knox as coach.  the seahawks will now go to atlanta to face  the falcons next sunday.
ravens fly past colts onto denver the baltimore ravens just beat the indianapolis colts 24-9 and will now go to denver to face the broncos.  it was a slow start to the game, but baltiomore put it on in the second half.  ravens and broncos play this coming saturday afternoon.
green bay packs vikings back to minny the green bay packers beat the minnesota vikings 24-10 in green bay.  this was all green bay tonight.  they will now face the 49ers in san francisco next saturday night.  that will be a good one i think.
texans buck bengals, head to new england the houston texans just beat the cincinnati bengals to begin teh wild card weekend.  looked like a close one.  the texans will head to new england to play the patriots on january 13th.  next up has minnesota at green bay.
u.s. claims gold, canada comes home with nothing the united states are 2013 world junior champions with a 3-1 win over sweden.  it is thier third championship (2004 and 2010 are the others).  i think they definitely deserve it.  sweden obviously gets the silver.  russia and canada had a good one, with russia beating canada 6-5 in overtime, thus winning a bronze.  russia definitely wanted the medal to win in their home tournament.  congrats to them.  canada misses out on a medal for the first time since their 8th place finish in 1998 (after a loss to kazakhstan)  so thats it for this years tournament.  the 2014 world juniors are in malmo, sweden.
semi final thursday. in the first semi final, the u.s. put the boots to canada, outplaying them to the tune of a 5-1 score.  in the second semi final, sweden won what looked like a good one, beating russia 3-2 in a shoot out.  canada will face russia for bronze at 2am here, and sweden wil face the united states for gold at 5:30 am here.  both games are on saturday.
quarter final wednesday in the first quarter final game, the u.s blew out the czech rep.  7-0 and will face canada in the first semi final.  in the other quarter final,  russia barely beat out switzerland - this time 4-3 in the shootout.  unreal that russia almost got bounced out of the tournament they are hosting.  anyways they play sweden in the other semi final.  both semi final games are tomorrow.
happy new year happy new year too all.  lets hope 2013 is good.  enjoy the day and stay safe.  cheers