The Colorado Rockies late-season surge set up one wild finish. The Rockies will face San Diego in a one-game tiebreaker for the NL wild-card spot, forcing the playoff with a 4-3 win Sunday over the NL West champion Arizona Diamondbacks. A single by Matt Holliday set up the Rockies' go-ahead, three-run burst in the eighth inning, then closer Manny Corpas held off Arizona's two-run rally in the ninth. It was the Rockies' 13th win in 14 games.

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Chad Campbell righted his listing game Sunday with a one-stroke victory over Johnson Wagner in the Viking Classic, making two birdies on his last three holes to win. Campbell was among six golfers who held or were tied for the lead Sunday at Annandale Golf Club. He finished with a 3-under-par 69 - the only member of that group under 70 - to win after trailing two-day leader David Branshaw by three strokes entering the final round. Branshaw was done in by a double bogey.

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(S06E02) This is the 100th episode of Family Guy (if the three edited-for-TV episodes of Stewie Griffin: the Untold Story are counted). Not bad for a show that was canceled for a few years.The plot involves Brian moving in with his vapid sometimes-girlfriend Jillian (voiced by Drew Barrymore). Stewie then joins them to help with the rent. Meanwhile, Meg gets a job at a convenience store and helps Chris get a job there which leads to bad repercussions.

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(S19E02) Mr. Burns: My boy, you are a star! Homer: Whoo-Hoo! Burns: An opera star! Homer: Oh. We're back to the silly in this week's episode of The Simpsons as another bodily injury gives Homer an advantage in life. I'm surprised that this is the second Homer-centric episode in a row. Usually, the producers are good at going around the Simpsons circuit to focus on another family member or the group as a whole from one week to the next. Maybe my surprise is due to the fact that I haven't been a regular on the Simpsons boat for the last few seasons.

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In a country all too familiar with soccer hooligans, the fight on the ice between the Anaheim Ducks and Los Angeles Kings on Sunday proved the main attraction . The Ducks won 4-1 in the second game of the NHL's season-opening series in London, but it was the fisticuffs many fans came to see. Ducks winger George Parros and Kings forward Scott Thornton provided the entertainment in the second period, dropping their gloves near center ice and pounding each other while the crowd stood and roared.

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Britain and Ireland earned 5 1/2 points in the first six singles matches Sunday to win the Seve Trophy over Continental Europe. Trailing by a point heading into the singles, Bradley Dredge got the decisive win by making a birdie to go 2 up with two to play against Gonzalo Fernandez Castano. Colin Montgomerie, who lost all three of his earlier matches in the tournament, started the rout by beating Robert Karlsson 1 up in the first singles.

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