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Montreal’s Alex Smart scores three goals in his first NHL game in a 5-1 victory over the Black Hawks.

Margaret Smith wins her third straight Australian Open crown with a 6-0, 6-2 victory over Jan Lehane.

Green Bay wins its second straight Super Bowl. The game draws the first $3 million gate in football history. Game MVP Bart Starr hits 13 of 24 passes for 202 yards. 1973: Miami, which went 14-0 in the regular season and won two playoff games, beat Washington 14-7 in the Super Bowl to become the only undefeated team in NFL history. 1990: Joe Montana sets an NFL record with his 31st postseason touchdown pass as the 49ers beat the Rams 30-3 in the NFC title game. Terry Bradshaw had thrown 30. 1990: John Elway passes for 385 yards and three TDS as Denver advances to its fourth Super Bowl with a 37-21 win over the Cleveland Browns in the AFC Championship. 2001: Led by Kerry Collins’ five TD passes, the Giants reach their first Super Bowl in a decade with a 41-0 romp of Minnesota, the biggest rout in NFC championship history. 2006: Johnny Weir wins his third straight title at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and Sasha Cohen takes the women’s division.

2007: In Altenmarkt-zauchensee, Austria, Julia Mancuso and Lindsey Kildow captures the top two places in a World Cup super-combi and Resi Stiegler just misses making it an American sweep. The 1-2-4 finish is a first for American women in a World Cup alpine skiing event. 2012: Alex Smith throws a 14-yard TD pass to Vernon Davis with 9 seconds left, just after Drew Brees put the Saints ahead, and the resurgent 49ers capitalize on five New Orleans turnovers for a thrilling 36-32 playoff victory.