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Ryan Braun Brewers Jersey . -- Ball in hand, Danny Woodhead reached for the pylon. The officials hands went up. Touchdown --
and certain victory -- for the San Diego Chargers. Defeat for the Washington
Redskins, and a place in the basement of the NFC East. Not quite. Referee Jerome
Boger looked at the replay and decided the ball didnt touch the bright orange
marker. The ball was placed inside the 1-yard line. First-and-goal. Twenty-one
seconds remaining. The Redskins held. One run and two passes failed to move the
ball. The Chargers opted to kick a short field goal to send the game into
overtime, and Washington won it, 30-24, on fullback Darrel Youngs 4-yard run on
the opening drive of the extra period. "First-and-1 on the goal line? Most cases
thats a touchdown," Washington linebacker Brian Orakpo said. "Our defence,
everybody looked in each others eyes. I could remember: Do not cross this line,
this goal line. On the field, London Fletcher and everybody reiterating it to
each other, like: They do not cross this line right here." The replay reversal
and the goal-line stand made the difference, at least for a few more days,
between relevance and season-out-to-pasture for the Redskins (3-5), who, despite
their record, remain only 1 1/2 games off the pace in the weak NFC East ahead of
a trip to Minnesota (1-7) on Thursday. Young was the unlikely man of the hour.
He had carried the ball only twice all season and had scored only three
touchdowns in his three-plus years in the NFL. On Sunday, he was the goal-line
bruiser, scoring on a pair of 1-yard runs in regulation before storming his way
into the end zone 6:01 into the extra period. "Theyll definitely be more aware
of DY -- the three-touchdown fullback," quarterback Robert Griffin III said with
a smile. Griffin completed 23 of 32 passes for 291 yards with one interception
and ran six times for 17 yards. He has been far from consistent in his second
NFL season, but he looked more like an RG3-style showcase player Sunday. He
overcame an early interception in his own end zone and lived dangerously
throughout the game, pitching the ball at the last minute on option plays and
scrambling for open space, including a 10-yard ramble that ended when he was
flung to the turf by Thomas Keiser. "A lot of people criticize me for some of
that stuff all of the time," Griffin said. "And, you know, I couldve went out of
bounds and wed have been short of the first down. I saw an opportunity to fly,
so I popped out my wings and tried to fly." Griffin also found receivers when
they were open -- something else thats been missing this season. Pierre Garcon
had seven receptions for 172 yards, and Alfred Morris rushed 25 times for 121
yards and a score. The Chargers (4-4), trying to keep pace in the top-heavy AFC
West, overcame a 10-point deficit late in regulation. There was some thought in
the San Diego locker room that Woodheads touchdown should have counted. "I
thought he got in," said Philip Rivers, who completed 29 of 46 passes for 341
yards with two touchdowns. "Especially when it was called on the field, I
thought it was going to be a hard one to overturn." Still, the Chargers needed
only 1 more yard to win, and they couldnt get it. Woodhead went nowhere on
first-and-goal. A fade route for Antonio Gates on second down didnt come close,
and neither did a third-down rollout throw to Keenan Allen. They then settled
for overtime, tying the game on 19-yard field goal by Nick Novak with 3 seconds
on the clock. "Im not questioning any of the calls," San Diego coach Mike McCoy
said. "We did what we thought was best to win the football game and were moving
on. ... Hey, in this business, wouldve, shouldve, couldve. If one of those three
plays worked, theres no questions asked." The Chargers built a 14-7 first-half
lead on special teams. They blocked two field goals -- 11 years to the day since
they last blocked one -- and put two punts down at the 1-yard line.
Lawrence Guy, picked up off waivers less than a month ago, blocked a field goal
in the first quarter and batted a pass that caromed off Cam Thomas and into the
arms of Sean Lissemore for a touchdown in the second quarter. Corey Liuget
batted down back-to-back passes, then blocked a field goal on the last play of
the first half. Notes: The Chargers set a franchise record by not allowing an
offensive touchdown for a 12th consecutive quarter. The streak ended when Morris
scored in the second quarter. ... Washingtons Santana Moss had his 700th career
reception. ... The Redskins other two victories this season came against backup
quarterbacks (Matt Flynn and Josh McCown).
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Place in Vancouver.NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Calgary escaped Nashville with two points,
mostly thanks to Karri Ramo.Joe Colborne scored the only goal of the shootout to
lift the Flames to a 3-2 win over the Predators Tuesday night.T.J. Brodie and
Mark Giordano also scored for Calgary, which improved its record to 2-2-0.I love
having the puck on my stick, Colborne said. Theres no better feeling than
knowing the game could be on the line. Some guys like that and Im one of
them.Filip Forsberg and Mike Ribeiro scored for Nashville, which suffered its
first loss of the season.Forsberg scored the games first goal at 8:46 of the
opening period. From the high slot, Derek Roy sent a pass toward Forsberg at the
left faceoff dot, where beat Ramo with a one-timer for his first goal of the
season.Its good to score an early goal if the process is right, Nashville coach
Peter Laviolette said. For me, thats not what Im looking for. Im looking at the
process more and how we played the game and the things were doing. Thats the
area that we need to be better at. I would have traded the first goal for a
better process.Ramo had 19 saves in regulation and overtime and denied all three
Nashville shooters in the shootout.I know its early in the season, by far this
is our best effort, Calgary coach Bob Hartley said. Overall, 65 minutes, really
proud of the guys. Everyone worked real hard. They were coming strong, but we
always had answers to counterattack.Ramos best save of the night came with 12:50
remaining in the third when he denied Smith from point-blank range with a
sliding glove save at the tail end of a 2-on-1 with Forsberg with only
defennceman Kris Russell back.
Wily Peralta Brewers Jersey. .Our D played it really good, he took basically the guy with the puck (so) he didnt have any
chance to score, Ramo said. He made him move to the backhand and out of scoring
angle and I was able to read it. He put it right in my glove.Brodie tied the
game just over a minute later when he drove the left side and his backhander
went up the stick of Predators defenceman Anton Volchenkov and over the shoulder
of goaltender Pekka Rinne.Giordano gave Calgary its first lead at 5:19 of the
second on a power-play goal.With Nashvilles Colin Wilson off serving an
interference minor, Giordanos wrist shot from the top of the left circle beat
Rinne on the short side.Ribeiro tied the game at 2 at 15:10 of the second.Smiths
shot from above the left circle hit traffic in front then caromed to Ribeiro who
was on the right post and scored his first goal as a Predator.It felt good in
the moment to be able to score that goal and tie the game and break the ice,
Ribeiro said. Id rather not score and win games and hopefully create more
offence now and help the team win.After the Arizona Coyotes bought out Ribeiros
contract in the off-season, the Predators took a chance on the 34-year-old
centre, signing him to a one-year deal.Notes: Colborne played in his 100th
career NHL game ... Brodie and Giordano each had their first multi-point games
of the season. Roy has an assist in each of Nashvilles games this season. ...
Nashville concluded their season-opening three-game homestand. They now head on
the road for a back-to-back set in Winnipeg and Chicago Friday and Saturday.
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