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C ¬ ¬ ¬* MONDAY INSIDE JANUARY 24, 2011 1 The downturn of American tennis fortunes continues as Andy Roddick’s loss in Australia means U.S. men have gone 29 consecutive majors without winning. PAGE C3 /sports BASKETBALL | FOOTBALL | SOCCER | TENNIS | OUTDOORS | GOLF | AUTO RACING | COLLEGES | BASEBALL NFL PLAYOFFS Packers, Steelers 21 14 in out of the cold 24 19 ANDY LYONS : GETTY IMAGES MATT SLOCUM : ASSOCIATED PRESS PACK IS BACK: Houstonian Donald Driver, left, and Ryan Pickett will be making their first Super IT NEVER GETS OLD: Safeties Ryan Clark, top, and Troy Polamalu are overjoyed that the Steelers Bowl appearances as Green Bay returns to the big game for the first time since the 1997 season. will be going to their third Super Bowl in six seasons. NFC: Defense again delivers Pittsburgh wrote the book AFC: Roethlisberger excels for No. 6 seed Green Bay on doing things right way during game-saving drive SUPER BOWL XLV By TOM ORSBORN ITTSBURGH By JOHN MCCLAIN STAFF WRITER HOUSTON CHRONICLE STEELERS PHOTO GALLERY: &%% — Boisterous, CHICAGO — Green Bay PITTSBURGH — After vs PACKERS 85."%+ #-25 *!% '23#%-%3'% boastful and nose tackle B.J. Raji put his the New York Jets outscored 5:30 p.m. Feb. 6 '!.50823+!80 ".5%+, P hands on his massive hips brash, the New York them by 19 points to pull chron.com/sports Cowboys Stadium, and swiveled them back and Jets rambled into the within five with 3:06 re- Arlington forth like a hula dancer, AFC Championship maining in the AFC Champi- sending waves of heartbreak onship Game, the Pittsburgh 1 TV/radio: 729/ throughout the Windy City. In claiming the 182nd Game acting like and Steelers relied on quarter- 6$) (4 Raji’s end-zone celebra- chapter of the NFL’s oldest professing to be the Jerome Solomon back Ben Roethlisberger to tion punctuated an 18-yard rivalry, Green Bay reached new bullies on the save them from a monumen- interception return, an im- the Super Bowl for the first tal collapse. earned Pittsburgh a place in probable play that under- time since it lost to Denver block. Roethlisberger didn’t Super Bowl XLV opposite scored yet another superb in January 1998. The Pack- But this block already England — both on the road. throw a touchdown pass the Green Bay Packers. defensive effort by the Pack- ers are the NFC’s first No. has a bully. Three of them The third — Pittsburgh, the Sunday at frigid Heinz Field, After quarterback Mark ers and proved to be the 6 seed to advance to the big actually. baddest boy on the block — but he completed two clutch Sanchez threw a 4-yard decisive score in their 21- game. In the previous two was too much for the Jets to throws for first downs on the touchdown pass to Jerricho 14 victory over the Chi- “Now we have the oppor- weeks, New York took handle. Barely. Steelers’ last drive, secur- Cotchery to pull the Jets cago Bears in Sunday’s NFC tunity to achieve greatness,” care of two of them — New York talked the ing a 24-19 victory that ru- within five points, coach Championship Game. Please see NFC, Page C4 Indianapolis and New Please see SOLOMON, Page C6 ined the Jets’ comeback and Please see AFC, Page C4 KEY DATES Dynamo call on new faces to reverse 2010 fortunes Today-Saturday "8.B<B<F ,GFB<6 .5 L- ./>/ members Ricardo Clark and Stuart and this time around, are.” G.KE I.# .5 !=D6 *.8@ 9G'B6 7 With toP draftees Holden bolted to Europe. the change is seen as A year after being the oldest *;>:@G% 2;:G< 5; :4,@BK1/ in fold, competition Nonetheless, some would argue a positive. team in Major League Soccer, the Feb. 5 Dominic Kinnear’s 2010 team never “It’s a new team Dynamo became younger, faster and ?B865 6K8B>>.FG 36/ =+! .5 open as camp begins recovered after losing not just one coming into the lock- more athletic in the offseason. More *.8@ 9G'B6 *;>:@G%0 LL ./>/ but two world-class midfielders. er room,” Kinnear help is on the way as they open camp The loss of Holden and Clark Feb. 12 said. “New positions, today with at least three senior ros- (8G6G.6;< ;:G<G8 36/ ?* ).@@.6 By JOSE DE JESUS ORTIZ hung over the Dynamo from the new expectations. ter spots open and perhaps nearly HOUSTON CHRONICLE .5 *;8:46 *E8B65B0 J :/>/ start of the 2010 preseason until the KINNEAR The one thing that 10 players coming in for tryouts over Brian Ching is adamant the Dy- end of the franchise’s first losing excites me the most the next eight weeks. 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