Jeff Hart

Tom Brady was almost perfect. The Patriots still are. Their poised and prolific quarterback knocked another mark out of the books in their record-breaking season, completing all but two of his 28 passes to lead New England to its second straight AFC championship game with a 31-20 victory over the Jacksonville Jaguars on Saturday night.

With Lambeau Field looking like a snow globe, Favre frolicked in the flurries, throwing three touchdown passes as the Packers beat Seattle 42-20 Saturday, the highest-scoring postseason game in Green Bay history.

North Georgia trailed by eight points with under a minute to play, but pulled off a miracle to send the game to overtime and then came away with a 77-75 win as the fans stormed the court for a picture-perfect ending to Homecoming 2008.

The 20th-ranked North Georgia women's basketball team utilized a huge first half scoring run, and held on in the second half for a 74-66 win over the UNC Pembroke here Saturday night on Homecoming.

Louis Graham scored 20 points on 9-of-13 shooting to lead Georgia Southern to a 73-52 win over The Citadel on Saturday.

Ben Smith hit a 15-foot jumper as time expired and Jacksonville held off a late rally to beat Mercer 72-70 on Saturday. The Dolphins (7-8, 4-0 Atlantic Sun Conference) took a 16-point lead with 7:25 left in the second half on a 3-pointer by Evan Jefferson, who finished with 10 points.

Oakland Athletics veteran Mark Kotsay may be the Atlanta Braves' starting center fielder in 2008, but only if his surgically repaired back first passes inspection. The Braves may be prepared to send young reliever Joey Devine, a 2005 first-round pick, to Oakland for Kotsay. Kotsay first must pass a physical exam.

It seems pretty simple to Mississippi coach Andy Kennedy: Build a lead, then keep it. Yet the No. 16 Rebels struggled to hold a lead late for the second straight game Saturday. This time, though, Ole Miss won, beating LSU 74-71 on Saturday three days after falling to No. 8 Tennessee in the final seconds.

Freshman Terrence Oglesby hit three of his six 3-pointers in the second overtime as No. 18 Clemson ended a two-game losing streak with a 97-85 victory over Florida State on Saturday night.

JaJuan Smith scored 15 points to lead Tennessee to a 80-56 win over South Carolina on Saturday night.