Below .500 teams needed for bowlsThe door is now open for sub-.500 teams to play in bowls again this season.There are 80 bowl slots to fill, and Saturday’s games brought the number of bowl eligible teams to 74. That’s not including Army, which is 6-5 but can only count one of its two wins over FCS teams toward bowl eligibility.Louisiana-Lafayette (5-6) and South Alabama (5-6) can still reach .500, but even if those two teams and Army all make bowls, there will be some sub-.500 teams needed to fill spots.Three teams with losing records had to be picked for bowls last season.Louisiana-Lafayette plays at Louisiana-Monroe next weekend, and South Alabama hosts New Mexico State.

Ottawa claims CFL's Grey Cup titleTORONTO — Henry Burris threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Ernest Jackson in overtime and the Ottawa Redblacks won the Grey Cup on Sunday night, beating the Calgary Stampeders 39-33.The third-year Redblacks won their first Canadian Football League title, and gave Ottawa its 10th championship. The Rough Riders won the last of their seven titles in 1976, and the Senators won in 1925 and 1926.Calgary was favored by double digits after finishing the regular season 15-2-1. The Redblacks, at 8-9-1, were the first team to finish first in a division with a losing record.The 41-year-old Burris won the game MVP award for the second time. He also was the Grey Cup MVP with the Stampeders in 2008 in their victory over Montreal.

Shiffrin wins 6th World Cup slalomKILLINGTON, Vt. — Mikaela Shiffrin won her sixth straight World Cup slalom Sunday after building a healthy lead in the first run at Killington.The overall World Cup leader finished in a combined 1 minute, 27.95 seconds. Slovakia's Veronika Velez Zuzulova was 0.73 seconds behind.