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Issue date: 1/28/08 Section: Sports

Manning is in the Super Bowl again. Only this time, it's the unlikely Eli Manning who led the Giants in the big win over Green Bay to advance. New York will take on the heavy favorites and still undefeated Patriots…Congratulations to the Miami Heat on snapping a 15-game losing streak with a 98-96 win over the Pacers. The good news is that the Heat have now improved to 9-33, but the bad news is that veteran Shaquille O'Neal is out for up to two weeks with a sore hip. Shaq also may be elected as an NBA All-Star for a record 15th time…Two boxing world champions, Felix Trinidad and Roy Jones, put up their dukes after long hiatuses in an attempt to turn back the clock. Only Jones could, as he won the light heavyweight fight at Madison Square Garden by a unanimous decision. Jones, now 39, improved to 52-4 with 38 KOs, while Trinidad, 35, who came out of a two and a half year retirement, moves to 42-3 with 35 KOs… Maria Sharapova defeated Serbia's Ana Ivanovic in the Australian Open finals to take home her third career Grand Slam trophy. The statuesque Russian, only 20 years old, also won at Wimbledon when she was a mere 17 years old.

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