San Francisco 49ers notebook; Team will get unexpected bonus if it wins NFC West title

San Francisco 49ers notebook; Team will get unexpected bonus if it wins NFC West title
Division champ would play at home vs. a wild-card team with a better record; commissioner says league might change playoff format
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Don Banks: A loaded wild-card field, plus more Snaps
Musings, observations and the occasional Week 16 insight as the NFL’s 12-team playoff field continues to come into focus …
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Pocono East nips Liberty in OT; Pocono West falls to Allen

Pocono East nips Liberty in OT; Pocono West falls to Allen
SWIFTWATER — Dylan Grotevant and Emerson Bursis each hit two clutch free throws in overtime to lift Pocono Mountain East to a 60-59 victory over Liberty in boys basketball Tuesday night.
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San Francisco 49ers and 10 Teams Who Must Start From Scratch in 2011
The San Francisco 49ers may have worked their way back into playoff contention this season, but no one can say that the team’s future is all fine and dandy. There are tons of issues that need to be fixed before San Francisco can climb back up to the top of the NFC West. The 49ers aren’t the only ones who need to be completely rebuilt though. There are numerous teams in the NFL who will need a …
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Broncos report: Strategy and personnel
–RB Knowshon Moreno became the fifth player in franchise history total 1,000 yards from scrimmage in his first two NFL seasons. Moreno has a streak of five straight games with 100-plus scrimmage yards, which ties for the longest active streak in the league.
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West Coast Round-Up – screaming PERMIT runs

Capt. Blair fishes the Tampa Bay area with Capt. Kenny Hyatt for permit.

Bernie Bytes: Analyzing NFC West

Bernie Bytes: Analyzing NFC West
Can the Rams capture the tattered, soiled flag of the NFC West?
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Giants Get Their World Series Bonus
Each player has an extra 7,631.29 to spend this Christmas.
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Giants Rally to Beat Jaguars 24-20; Steelers, Falcons Win: NFL Week 12
The New York Giants mounted a second-half comeback to end a two-game losing skid with a 24-20 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, while the Atlanta Falcons pushed their league-best winning streak to five games with a 20- 17 victory over the Green Bay Packers.
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Blackpool beat nine-man West Brom

Blackpool beat nine-man West Brom
London – Blackpool celebrated a first home win in the English top flight for nearly 40 years when they beat nine-man West Bromwich Albion 2-1 at Bloomfield Road on Monday.
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Shakhtar boss ready to hit back
Mircea Lucescu maintains Europe will see the real Shakhtar Donetsk when the Ukrainians look to avenge their 5-1 trashing at Arsenal tomorrow.
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Barrett and Green earn CoSIDA/ESPN Academic All-District honors
WIU women’s soccer players receive accolades for efforts in the classroom and on the pitch
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West Ham Preview v Arsenal

West Ham Preview v Arsenal
Samir Nasri may be the one to watch when the Hammers travel to The Emirates on Saturday.
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West Ham Preview v Arsenal
Samir Nasri may be the one to watch when the Hammers travel to The Emirates on Saturday.
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What They Were Saying: NL West GMs

What They Were Saying: NL West GMs
The NL West has a few of baseball’s longest-tenured general managers and one of the game’s newest. Here’s what they were saying about the group back when they got their first GM jobs: Jed Hoyer “Hoyer, 35, clearly is among the new generation of young general managers who put a great deal of stock in statistics and quantitative analysis, but he’s also said to place an equal emphasis on scouting …
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Lee makes himself more enticing
Southpaw Cliff Lee may have won twice with his domination of the New York Yankees in Monday night’s playoff victory.
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Coyotes lose Hanzal for 1-2 weeks
The Phoenix Coyotes placed centre Martin Hanzal on injured reserve with a lower body injury and recalled centre Andrew Ebbett from the AHL on Tuesday.
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