Andrew Luck spoiled another Tom Brady vs. Peyton Manning showdown.Its the Indianapolis Colts at the New England Patriots in the AFC championship game next Sunday. The Green Bay Packers visit the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC title game earlier in the day.Luck threw for 265 yards and a pair of touchdowns Sunday to lead the Colts over Manning and the Broncos 24-13, sending Indianapolis (13-5) to its first conference championship game since Manning led them past the New York Jets in January 2010.I think were playing good team ball, Luck said. Its a great night, so proud to be part of this Colts victory.Luck, who replaced Manning in Indianapolis in 2012, enters Championship Sunday as the only one of the four starting QBs without a Super Bowl ring.Brady and Manning went head-to-head in three previous AFC championship games, including last years won by the Broncos. But Manning fell to 11-13 in the post-season following one of his worst playoff performances ever.New England (13-4) opened as 7 1/2-point favourites against the Colts. The Patriots beat the Colts 42-20 at Indianapolis in Week 11 as Jonas Gray ran for a franchise-record four TDs.In the NFC, the Packers (13-4) and Seahawks (13-4) are set for a rematch of this seasons NFL opener. The Seahawks opened as seven-point favourites.Aaron Rodgers threw for 316 yards and three touchdowns and the Packers rallied from an eight-point deficit to beat the Dallas Cowboys 26-21 on Sunday and advance to the conference title game for the first time in four years.Now, the Packers travel to Seattle to face the defending Super Bowl champions, who dominated Green Bay in a 36-16 win Sept. 4.Rodgers overcame a calf injury that limited his mobility to lead the Packers over the Cowboys. His 13-yard TD pass to backup tight end Richard Rodgers in the fourth quarter gave Green Bay the lead for good.A video review reversed a 31-yard catch by Dez Bryant to the Packers 1 on fourth-and-2, and the Cowboys didnt get the ball back.Ill do everything I can to get ready to go to Seattle and play a great team, Rodgers said.The Packers finished the season 9-0 at Lambeau Field, but theyll have to go on the road to face a team with a similar home-field advantage in a noisy environment created by the 12th Man. The Seahawks are 25-2 at CenturyLink Field in quarterback Russell Wilsons three years, including 8-1 this season.In Week 1, Marshawn Lynch ran for 110 yards and two TDs as the Seahawks blew past Green Bay. Rodgers was 23 of 33 for 189 yards, one TD and one interception. He looked almost exclusively for Jordy Nelson matched up against Byron Maxwell and never threw in Richard Shermans direction.Eddie Lacy, who ran for 101 yards against the Cowboys, was mostly a non-factor at Seattle with 34 yards rushing on 12 carries and left in the fourth quarter with a concussion.On Saturday, the Seahawks moved one step closer to becoming the first team to Re-Pete since the Patriots a decade ago.Wilson threw three touchdown passes, Kam Chancellor returned an interception 90 yards for a touchdown, and the Seahawks beat the Carolina Panthers 31-17.Its exciting but the job is not done. There is still a lot more to do, Wilson said.At Foxborough, Massachusetts, Brady twice rallied the Patriots from 14-point deficits — the first team to do that in NFL playoff history — to advance to the AFC championship game for the fourth straight year with a 35-31 win over the Baltimore Ravens.Brady completed 33 of 50 passes for 367 yards for an offence that ran for only 14, the second fewest in team playoff history. Bradys 46th career playoff touchdown pass, a decisive 23-yard toss to Brandon LaFell with just over five minutes left, surpassed Joe Montanas 45 for most in NFL history.Behind twice by 14 wasnt necessarily in the plan, Brady said. It took a lot of execution to overcome it.___AP Pro Football Writers Barry Wilner and Arnie Stapleton and AP Sports Writers Tim Booth and Howard Ulman contributed.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org___Follow Rob Maaddi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_RobMaaddi Custom Toronto Blue Jays Jerseys .com) - The Oakland Athletics needed to rely on a lot of young pitchers to win an American League West title this season. Toronto Blue Jays Store . on the 15-day disabled Monday list because of a strained right hamstring. https://www.cheapbluejays.com/. Although Olivetti, a qualifier, had 13 aces, he failed to force a single break-point chance on Gasquets serve and lost his own three times. Gasquet next plays third-seeded Jerzy Janowicz of Poland, who won had 18 aces in a 6-2, 6-4 win against seventh-seeded Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France. Toronto Blue Jays Gear . "Hopefully well get all this out of the way," he said, "and everyone will be healthy the rest of the year." 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It looks unlikely that Hanyu and Yan will be ready for their next Grand Prix events as Yan is due up next week in France and Japanese officials have said that Hanyu, who is at home in Sendai recovering, will be off for 2-3 weeks which is when he is due to compete in Japan at the NHK Trophy. We saw the skaters resolve and determination in China so stay tuned. The unlikely may happen. With his second place finish, Hanyu is still in the running for the Grand Prix Final in December and his next competition is on home ice so his motivation to compete will be strong. The bright light for Team Canada in China was the performance of 16-year-old Nam Nguyen, who continued to show remarkable composure and consistency in his second outing on the Senior Circuit. He was the first competitor to take the ice after the unsettling warmup and once again stepped up big time, nailing another quadruple jump and delivering a virtually clean skate. His only error came when he singled a planned triple axel but, showing a focus and confidence beyond his years, he added it later in the program in combination with a triple toe loop. Not only was it a smart calculation by Nam, it was a risky move that only a handful of skaters in the world would be capable of. He finished fourth overall to add to his surprise bronze medal win at Skate America. Interesting to note that Nam just started trying and landing his quad this summer and is 3-for-3 in competition this season. Quite remarkable. He is young and still growing so lacks the power of some of the top guys but what he has shown us so far this season, his love of performing and ability to pull in top technical scores, is that he is heading down a path that is reminiscent of some of the Canadian legends in the sport. As expected, the Russian ladies continued to dominate in China but what was a surprise was that it was not Olympic team gold medalisst Julia Lipnitskaya who was the eventual winner, it was her teammate Elizaveta Tuktamysheva who stole the show.dddddddddddd Where Julia fell completely apart in the free skate, calling it my worst skate ever!, Elizaveta delivered an ambitious and engaging long program. She is, for many, the sentimental favourite when it comes to picking among the deep pool of young Russian talent. We watched her rise to prominence as a 14-year-old, only to have it slip away as the Olympics approached due to a maturing body which resulted in inconsistent jumps. In 2011-2012, the Russian golden girl became a Sochi spectator and this summer, her quest became a personal one about getting back to where she once was. Well, she has done that, and then some. Her triples are technically as good as they come. They are light and springy, and clean and controlled. Her performances now have soul. There is a heartfelt emotion that was not there previously. As the saying goes, you dont know what youve got till its gone, and Elizaveta knows what she lost and one can see the triumph of having it back written all over her face. With the win in China and a silver at Skate America, she has earned a spot at the Grand Prix final where, at only 17, she will likely be the elder statesmen in what is shaping up to be a very young field. Also in the ladies event in China, we got our first look at the 16-year-old Canadian silver medalist Gabrielle Daleman on the senior circuit. She finished in a respectable fifth place but was in a virtual tie for fourth (.01 back) in a tough field. Gabby has both the jumping arsenal to contend and the determined focus to attack and deliver. I like what I saw from her in China on her first time out at this level this season and while her face in the kiss and cry said that she did not like the results, she is in the game and, with a little fine tuning, can get the scores shes hoping for. We are now at the halfway point of the Grand Prix season and this is where the spots for the final (six in each discipline) will begin to be locked up. Canadians are strongest in the pairs and dance this season and are on target to qualify two teams in the dance and one in the pairs. Our attention turns to Russia this weekend and the Rostelecom Cup. Canada has only a couple of entries but the Russians of course will be out in full force, except for Olympic champion Adelina Sotnikova who is now out due to injury. In the renaissance that is Russian skating, it will be fun to watch some of their new teams in both the pairs and dance as they jostle for prominence in the early stages of this Olympic quadrennial. ' ' '