ATLANTA, Kansas City and Tampa Bay all won their NFL games in dramatic fashion Sunday with late field goals, including Matt Bryant’s 62-yarder as time expired to lift the Bucs over Philadelphia.

WARRING team-mates Donovan McNabb and Terrell Owens put aside their differences to lead the Philadelphia Eagles to a 42-3 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in the early NFL games last night.

Manchester United supporters have been assured their club will be in safe hands once Malcolm Glazer has completed his Old Trafford takeover.

THE Dallas Cowboys’ star is shining brightly again. For the first time since 1999 they’re going to the playoffs.

REIGNING Super Bowl champions Tampa Bay Buccaneers nearly dug themselves out of a huge hole, but finally saw their NFL playoff hopes buried in a 30-28 loss to Atlanta at the weekend.

PRIEST HOLMES had 158 combined yards and two rushing touchdowns and Trent Green threw for 368 yards and three scores, as the Kansas City Chiefs remained the National Football League’s lone unbeaten team with a 41-20 triumph over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday.

SPECIAL teams were very special for Carolina, but another overtime home opener was less than memorable for the Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the NFL on Sunday.

SHANNON kept alive their slim hopes of retaining the AIB League when they recovered from a bad start to outplay Blackrock College by 31-10 at Stradbrook on Saturday.

IT was a good weekend for five of the top six in Division 1, with leaders Clontarf, Lansdowne, Ballymena, Galwegians and Cork Con all winning, and all picking up a bonus point for scoring four tries or more.

TAMPA Bay broke the bank to get coach Jon Gruden from Oakland last year, and next Sunday Gruden will lead the Buccaneers in their first Super Bowl — against a Raiders team he himself shaped.

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers advanced to the first Super Bowl in the franchise’s 27-year history with a 27-10 victory over the Philadelphia Eagles in the NFC Championship game.

BRAD JOHNSON and Tampa Bay buried San Francisco in the first-half, while Rich Gannon and the Oakland Raiders came on strong against the Jets in the second, and both ended up in the NFL’s divisional finals next week.

OAKLAND and Tennessee captured division NFL titles on Sunday, but the playoff puzzle was still missing plenty of pieces after the penultimate weekend of the gridiron season.

A.J. FEELEY threw two touchdown passes and linebacker Carlos Emmons returned a fumble for a touchdown as the Eagles clinched the NFC East title with a 34-21 victory over the Washington Redskins.

BRAD JOHNSON threw two second-half touchdown passes and Tampa Bay defenders intercepted Brett Favre four times as the Buccaneers beat Green Bay 21-7 in a showdown of American football’s most successful teams.