The Wild Card matchups have completed and there were a few upsets in round one. Moving on are St. Louis, Indianapolis, New York & Minnesota.

Noteable results included Doug Brien's 28-yard field goal with 5 seconds left in overtime to get linebacker Eric Barton off the hook for a huge penalty and give the Jets a 20-17 upset over the Chargers.

Also, in the second NFC game, the Vikings rolled to a 31-17 upset victory against the stunned GB Packers. Minnesota, joining St. Louis as the only 8-8 teams ever to win in the playoffs, will travel to Philadelphia after dominating the first postseason meeting with their bitter border rivals.

The matchup to watch on the 16th will defintely be the New England - Indianapolis game with 2 AFC powerhouses battling it out to see who moves on. Pick your favourites and place a wager now!

Feb 6
Jacsonville
FOX

(New York AP) As dozens of cameras clicked away in a stuffy room packed with reporters, the Big Unit then made his first pitch as a member of the New York Yankees: an apology.

Johnson opened Tuesday's news conference by talking about his confrontation on a Manhattan sidewalk with a television cameraman on the way to his physical the previous day.

''It was unprofessional and, obviously, I feel very foolish today, at such a great moment in my career, that I would have to sit before all of you, or stand before all you, and apologize for my actions,'' Johnson said.

He said he had seen the video and felt ''terrible'' and ''embarrassed.''

''Come to one of the biggest media markets, one of the winningest franchises in the history of any sport, and that's the way I enter? I'm sorry, I don't know how many more times I can say that,'' he added. ''I hope I can move on and can get another chance to prove that I'm worth coming here.''

All he has to do is deliver the championship owner George Steinbrenner demands.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) -- Justin Gray walks around all day with a bulky brace on his right arm that cradles his aching wrist. It only comes off when he's on the court, and then he forgets all about his strained tendons.

Gray has shown zero effects of the injury he suffered three games ago, continuing his torrid shooting streak by scoring 25 points to lead No. 4 Wake Forest to an 81-66 victory over Maryland on Tuesday night.

"I messed up the tendons in my wrist against Virginia, but I hope it stays banged up for the rest of the season," Gray said. "I'm just feeling it right now."

Gray made a season-high six 3-pointers while helping the Demon Deacons (14-1, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) avenge their 87-86 loss to Maryland in the first round of the ACC tournament last season.

Gray was off in that loss, scoring just 14 points.

There was no chance of that in this meeting since Gray is playing the best basketball of his career. He had 31 points in a win over Clemson on Saturday, and has 55 points and 11 3-pointers the past two games.

Maryland was awful in every area during the first half, failing to set plays or look for shots. Maryland shot just 37 percent in the first half, missed all seven of its 3-point attempts and struggled at the line on 2-of-8 free throw shooting.

Maryland finished 1-of-14 from 3-point range.

Amare Stoudemire scored 34 points and the Suns won their seventh straight, and 18th in 19 games, 122-107 over the Heat on Tuesday night in what turned out to be a mismatch of the teams with the best record in the West and East.

All five Suns starters hit double figures - in the first half - and Phoenix improved its NBA-best record to 31-4, the sixth-best start for a team with four losses in league history. Four of the five ahead of them went on to win the NBA title.

"I don't know that I've seen a quicker team in my 10 years in the league," Miami coach Stan Van Gundy said. "They've got great athletes at every position."

Shawn Marion added 26 points and 11 rebounds, Victoria's Steve Nash 16 points and 16 assists and Joe Johnson 24 points and nine rebounds for the Suns, who topped 120 points for the second game in a row and seventh time this season.

"Just right now it's fitting all together," Phoenix coach Mike D'Antoni said. "He (Nash) makes it look easy, and the other guys make it look easy. They play off each other. This is probably our best stretch we've had all year."

O'Neal had 34 points and 11 rebounds, but the Heat - beaten at Seattle on Sunday - lost two in a row for only the second time this season. The first was early November, the fifth and sixth games of the season. Dwyane Wade added 23 points for Miami.