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[b]Marquise Goodwin Super Bowl Jersey[/b] .m. ET, CBSOPENING LINE — Cowboys by 1RECORD VS. SPREAD — Indianapolis 10-4, Dallas 8-6SERIES RECORD — Cowboys lead 9-6LAST MEETING — Cowboys beat Colts 38-35 in OT, Nov. 27, 2010LAST WEEK — Colts beat Texans 17-10; Cowboys beat Eagles 38-27AP PRO32 RANKING — Colts No. 7, Cowboys No. 6COLTS OFFENSE — OVERALL (3), RUSH (17), PASS (1)COLTS Defence — OVERALL (15), RUSH (16T), PASS (19)COWBOYS OFFENSE — OVERALL (9), RUSH (3), PASS (16)COWBOYS Defence — OVERALL (22), RUSH (16T), PASS (23)STREAKS, STATS AND NOTES — Colts coach Chuck Pagano can join Jim Harbaugh (2011-13) as only coaches to win at least 11 games in first three seasons with team. ... QB Andrew Lucks 12,688 yards passing most of any Super Bowl-era quarterback in first three seasons. He and Seattles Russell Wilson are only Super Bowl-era QBs to lead teams to at least 10 wins each of first three seasons. ... Luck needs two TD passes to become eighth player with at least 40 in a season. ... WR T.Y. Hilton has six 100-yard games in past 11, with TDs in three of past four. Needs 55 yards to join Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne as only Indy receivers with at least 1,400 yards in a season. ... WR Hakeem Nicks has 664 yards receiving and four touchdowns in eight games against Dallas, all with New York Giants. ... LB DQwell Jackson leads AFC with 120 tackles, and S Mike Adams leads NFL with seven takeaways (five interceptions, two fumbles). ... Cowboys 3-0 against AFC South this season. ... Jason Garrett can tie Barry Switzer for third among Dallas coaches with 40 victories. Tom Landry had 250, Jimmy Johnson 44. ... QB Tony Romo needs 190 yards passing to break Troy Aikmans franchise record of 32,942. Romo has 112.3 rating in past eight games against AFC (17 TDs, two INTs). ... RB DeMarco Murray, whose status is in question with broken left hand, has league-leading 1,687 yards rushing and needs 87 to break NFL rushing leader Emmitt Smiths franchise record of 1,773. Murray tied with Smith with franchise-record 11 100-yard games. ... WR Dez Bryant had three TDs receiving against Philadelphia for league-high 13, tying career high from last season. ... CB Orlando Scandrick, who had clinching interception two weeks ago against Chicago, had 40-yard interception return for score in previous meeting with Colts. ... DE Jeremy Mincey had two sacks last week against Eagles. He had six sacks in nine games against Indy when he was with Jacksonville.___AP NFL website:
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[b]Raheem Mostert Super Bowl Jersey[/b] . It was just business as usual for the Thunder at home. Durant scored 32 points and the Thunder beat the Bulls 107-95 on Thursday night for their eighth straight win.ATLANTA -- Seven innings of Bartolo Colons dominance only made Jose Valverdes ninth-inning escape look even scarier. Colon combined with two relievers on an eight-hitter, Ruben Tejada drove in two runs with two hits and the New York Mets beat the Atlanta Braves 4-0 on Tuesday night. Valverde loaded the basses in the ninth before Jason Heyward flied to the warning track in centre field to end it. Colon, 40, gave up six hits and no walks, struck out five and didnt allow more than one baserunner in any inning until the seventh as he outpitched Atlantas Aaron Harang (1-1). Travis dArnaud said catching Colon (1-1) is "a lot of fun." "He commands all his pitches," dArnaud said. "What else could you ask for from a pitcher?" Tejada scored on a wild pitch by Harang in the third and had run-scoring singles in the seventh and eighth innings. The Braves honoured the 40th anniversary of Hank Aarons 715th homer in a pregame ceremony attended by baseball commissioner Bud Selig. Al Downing, the former Dodgers left-hander who gave up the homer, attended the ceremony and threw out the first pitch. There was little left to get excited about for the home crowd until the ninth. Justin Upton and Dan Uggla had back-to-back singles off Valverde. Evan Gattis, who returned after missing two games -- and losing seven pounds -- because of a stomach virus, hit a fielders choice grounder that forced Upton at third. Valverde then fielded Andrelton Simmons grounder, turned and threw wide of second base for an error, leaving the bases loaded. Pinch-hitter Gerald Laird popped out to second base and Lagares caught Heywards shot to end the game. "I knew I just missed it," Heyward said. "Id like to be in that spot every time. Id like to come through." Heyward, who was 0-for-5, is hitting .107. Mets manager Terry Collins said the Braves had aggressive swings in the ninth because Valverde was throwing strikes. "The ninth inning is a tough inning," Collins said. "t;Youve got a club like the Braves who swing the bats and this guy attacks the strike zone.
[b]Steve Young Super Bowl Jersey[/b]. Theyre gonna get some hits. When he starts missing is when he gets in trouble. When he throws strikes he gets outs because youve got to swing." Valverde moved into the closers role as the replacement for Bobby Parnell, who had season-ending Tommy John surgery on Tuesday. Harang was hurt by control problems in an otherwise strong outing. He allowed only two hits with nine strikeouts in six innings, but he gave up four walks, including two in the third. Tejada led off with a walk and eventually scored on Harangs wild pitch to David Wright. "I tried to put him away, a 2-2 count, I threw a slider in the dirt," Harang said. "It took an awkward bounce, got away from Evan. "Other than that I felt good. I kept them off-balance. We just werent able to work anything up on Colon tonight." The Mets added two runs off Braves rookie Gus Schlosser in the seventh. Tejada and Young had run-scoring singles. Braves left-hander Luis Avilan left the game in the seventh with a left hamstring cramp after he dodged Daniel Murphys broken-bat on a single. Avilan was limping and was unable to make a warm-up throw but said after the game he did not expect to miss any time. Collins asked for a review when Juan Lagares was called out at first base on a grounder to reliever Ian Thomas in the eighth. Following a 3-minute review, Lagares was ruled safe. NOTES: Braves RHP Cory Gearrin confirmed he will have season-ending Tommy John surgery. The Braves previously lost starting pitchers Kris Medlen and Brandon Beachy to season-ending elbow injuries this spring. ... RHP Ervin Santana will make his first start for the Braves on Wednesday after signing with the team on March 12. RHP Zack Wheeler will start for the Mets. ... The Mets said Parnells right elbow ligament-replacement surgery, performed by Dr. David Altchek, was successful. The team announced plans for the surgery on Sunday. ' ' '
