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Christmas came a few hours early in Detroit, New York belongs to the Giants and Tim Tebow lost his magic touch, says Don Banks.

Plus, more Snap Judgments from Saturday's games.

Giants Hakeem Nicks and Mario Manningham are both hurt, and that may be good for Victor Cruz. Will Carroll provides upgrades, downgrades and injury news for all of Sunday's games.

An official announcement is due later about which football club will take over the Olympic Stadium in east London after next year's Games.

Sure, the NFL playoff picture got remarkably clearer after Sunday's games. But the story of the day, and perhaps the season, writes Peter King, was a game that will live in infamy.

The weather outside is frightful, and so were Sunday's games. So what did we learn? The Packers are in trouble, while the Falcons and Patriots are on a collision course, says Don Banks.

With each of the NFL's eight divisions tightly jumbled after this weekend's games, the last five weeks of the regular season are sure to be filled with plenty of unpredictable drama.

The NFL will immediately begin suspending players for dangerous and flagrant hits that violate rules, particularly those involving helmets.

Suspensions will be in place for this weekend's games and could be handed out for hits that took place last Sunday, vice president of football operations Ray Anderson said Tuesday.

It's Opening Night and things are about to get wild in the NBA, starting with the Cavaliers and Celtics at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland.

Follow all four of tonight's games right here.

The IOC's pursuit of drug cheats from the Beijing Olympics paid off Tuesday with confirmation that six athletes turned up positive for a new blood-boosting substance in retests of samples from last year's games.

President Bush gave U.S. Olympians a rousing White House send-off to next month's games in Beijing, urging them Monday to "compete swifter, higher and stronger" but also be mindful they will be "ambassadors of liberty" to the people of China and elsewhere.