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AP – Former basketball star Jayson Williams pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated assault and will serve at least 18 months in prison for accidentally killing a limousine driver in his bedroom, finally closing one chapter in his troubled post-NBA life.

AFP – Angolan police grilled two suspects in a deadly shooting attack by separatist rebels on Togo’s team which cast a long shadow Monday over the start of Africa’s premier football tournament.

AFP – Police in Angola grilled two suspects Monday for a deadly shooting attack by separatist rebels on the Togolese team which cast a long shadow over the start of Africa’s premier football tournament.

AP – Pete Carroll is about to sign a contract to return to the NFL with the Seattle Seahawks, according to a league official with direct knowledge of the coaching search.

AP – A hat can be a small thing.

AP – Old master Kurt Warner and playoff newcomer Aaron Rodgers staged a passing duel to rival any the NFL has seen. And when the highest-scoring postseason game in league history ended abruptly in overtime, Rodgers flung his helmet to the sideline in disgust.

AP – From the very first play, Ray Rice and the running Ravens made the team of the last decade look old, overmatched and, oddly, inept.

AP – From the very first play, Ray Rice and the running Ravens made the team of the last decade look old, overmatched and, oddly, inept.

AFP – Togo’s national football team, still reeling from a rebel attack that killed two of their squad, traveled home Sunday against the players’ wishes as the Africa Cup of Nations kicked off in Angola.

AP – Recent minority interviews for NFL coaching jobs in Washington and Seattle under the Rooney Rule have raised questions whether the spirit of the rule has been violated.

AP – Togo withdrew from a continentwide soccer tournament and its players reluctantly prepared to leave Angola on Sunday. A separatist leader warned that violence would not end with the deadly ambush on the team bus that killed three and injured eight.

AFP – Togo’s government sent a plane to Angola to bring home its national football team from the violence-marred Africa Cup of Nations after an attack left at least two dead and nine others injured, said Prime Minister Gilbert Houngbo.

AP – Jerry Jones exclaimed, “demons are GONE!” Keith Brooking pretended to pull a monkey off coach Wade Phillips’ back.

AP – With their rookie quarterback playing mistake-free, the New York Jets turned their surprising playoff appearance into a long-running production.

AP – Maybe the award should be renamed Most Valuable Peyton.

AP – Hosting the African Cup of Nations was Angola’s chance to show it is recovering from decades of war. But gunmen sprayed bullets at Togo’s national team, killing three people and forcing its withdrawal from the soccer tournament.

AP – Jim Mora pounded tables. He called out tackles, even the kicker. He demanded more to help him fulfill his civic duty to bring a first Super Bowl championship to his hometown.

AP – A sign with Jim Mora’s name identifying his prime parking spot was still in front of Seattle Seahawks headquarters Friday night.

AP – Four players have been fined $10,000 apiece for making fun of a serious situation. The coach has banned gambling on the team plane and has told his story to law enforcement authorities. Some of his players are doing the same.

AP – The Seattle Seahawks fired Jim Mora after just one season Friday, leaving the former NFC West champs without a coach, general manager and president less than four years after they reached the Super Bowl.

AP – Gunmen in an area plagued by separatist violence opened fire Friday on a bus carrying Togo’s national football team to a tournament in this southwest African country, wounding at least six people including two footballers, an official said.

AP – The houndstooth hat is a memory — the Snake, Joe Willie and Bart Starr replaced by guys named Julio, Javier and Mount Cody.

AP – Texas quarterback Colt McCoy left the BCS championship game with an injury to his passing shoulder during the Longhorns’ first drive and was taken for X-rays.

AP – The Washington Wizards plan to fine some players for participating in Gilbert Arenas’ on-court antics that made light of his gun troubles, an NBA official said Thursday.

AP – Plaxico Burress is not getting out of prison just yet.

AP – Eric Mangini came up with his biggest win yet.

AP – Mack Brown wore a gray suit. Nick Saban was in navy. The two men shook hands in front of the national championship trophy, looking as much like candidates for governor before election day as football coaches getting ready for the big game.

AP – Some of his teammates laughed when Gilbert Arenas pointed his index fingers at them, as if they were guns.

AP – Dan LeFevour put on one last show, Andrew Aguila kicked five field goals, including the 37-yard game-winner in double overtime, and No. 25 Central Michigan beat Troy 44-41 in the GMAC Bowl on Wednesday night.

AP – Gilbert Arenas was suspended without pay Wednesday by NBA commissioner David Stern, who determined the player’s behavior made him “not currently fit to take the court.”