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Florida State rallied from a 14-point second-half deficit and used a pair of touchdown passes by E.J. Manuel and two field goals from Dustin Hopkins to slip past Notre Dame 18-14 in the Champs Sports Bowl on Thursday night.

Ravens 2, Steelers 0. Joe Flacco hit Torrey Smith with a 26-yard TD pass at :08 to rally Baltimore to a stunning 23-20 win over Pittsburgh and a sweep of the AFC North season series.

The good news for the Rangers? They're one game from a World Series title. The bad news? The Cards have a history of Series rallies.

Joe Lemire reveals how St. Louis can do it again.

"Lately in the big matches that I've won, I've been down," the 22-year-old Young said.

Eagles QB Michael Vick left with a third-quarter concussion, and Matt Ryan guided the Falcons to a pair of late touchdowns to hand the Super Bowl favorites a stunning 35-31 defeat.

Abby Wambach scored in the 122nd minute to tie the match at 2-2, then the U.S. won on penalty kicks to stun Brazil and advance to their sixth straight women's World Cup semifinals.

Pablo Barrera scored two goals and Mexico rallied to beat the United States 4-2 in the CONCACAF Gold Cup final on Saturday night at the Rose Bowl.

Playing despite a 102-degree fever, Dirk Nowitzki scored 21 points, grabbed 11 rebounds and led another late rally as the Mavericks beat the Heat 86-83 to even the NBA Finals at 2-2.

Down by 15 with 6:20 remaining, the Mavs roared back to beat the Heat 95-93 in Game 2 of the NBA Finals. Dirk Nowitzki scored the Mavs' final 9 points, including the game-winner.

Former Formula One world champion Kimi Raikkonen will make a surprise NASCAR debut this year while also competing in rallies, Finland's Turun Sanomat newspaper reported on Tuesday.