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French magazine LEquipe alleges the U.S. and Russia have struck a deal to help each other out at Sochi Winter Olympic figure skating events, which would keep Canadas Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir from the gold. The magazine quotes a Russian coach, who spoke to the magazine on the condition of anonymity about the "proposed barter" between the two countries. According to the magazine, the anonymous official said the U.S. has agreed to help Russia win the pairs figure skating and team events. In exchange, Russia would purportedly ensure Meryl Davis and Charlie White of the U.S. win gold over Canadian champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir. But Mike Slipchuk, Skate Canadas high performance director, says hes confident the judging will be fair. "I stay clear of that stuff," he said. "I have full confidence that [when] the skaters go out and do their job, they will do their job on the ice, [and] the judges will judge it as they see it." This is not the first judging controversy to hit the Olympics. In 2002, Canadian figure skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier placed second behind Russian pair Yelene Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze, despite a stumble during the Russians` performance. A French judge later admitted she planned to vote for the Russians regardless of how they performed.Sale and Pelletier, who initially took home silver, were eventually awarded a second gold medal in the event. The sports entire scoring system was overhauled on the heels of the scandal. The old 6.0 scoring system was replaced in 2004 to make the scoring more objective. Wholesale Yeezy Shop . After a first half in which he thought "the lid was on the basket," the Toronto Raptors coach watched his squad mount a second half surge to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers 98-91. 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Olt, who grew up in Branford, Connecticut, attended UConn and made a nearly 2 1-2 hour trek to Boston a handful of times to watch the Red Sox, belted a two-run homer, one of four hit by Cubs in a 16-9 rout that completed a three-game interleague series sweep.ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - Buffalo Bills third-string safety Bacarri Rambo wont soon forget his first two NFL career interceptions.Not every defensive back gets an opportunity to pick off Green Bays Aaron Rodgers once — never mind twice — in a game.Cast off by Washington three months ago, Rambo came off the bench to intercept Rodgers on consecutive drives in the second half to help secure a 21-13 win over the Packers on Sunday.Its just a huge, huge confidence boost, said Rambo, Washingtons 2013 sixth-round draft pick out of Georgia. Its just going to allow me to play even faster and build confidence in myself that, hey, I can do this. I belong in this league.Rambo, who signed with Buffalo last month, got his opportunity midway through the third quarter after backup safety Duke Williams left the game after experiencing concussion-like symptoms. Rambos first interception came after the Bills went ahead 16-10. And his second, on a pass that went off receiver Jarrett Boykins fingers, set up Dan Carpenters 48-yard field goal.The interceptions keyed a dominating performance that ended with defensive end Mario Williams forcing a fumble by Rodgers that resulted in a safety with 1:51 left.Buffalo (8-6) stayed in a jumbled AFC playoff picture. Meanwhile, the Packers (10-4) had a five-game winning streak snapped and prevented them from closing in on clinching their sixth straight playoff berth.It was an uncharacteristically sloppy performance by Rodgers, who had thrown only three interceptions all season — and none in his past five starts. He finished 17 of 42 for 185 yards. His 34.3 quarterback rating was the worst of his career.It wasnt my best day by any stretch of the imagination, Rodgers said. Ive got to play better for us to win. I expect more of myself.Eddie Lacy scored on a 1-yard run, and Mason Crosby kicked two field goals for Green Bay.Marcus Thigpen, another Bills newcomer, scored on a 75-yard punt return, and Carpenter hit all four field-goal attempts.Here are some other things that stood out as the Packers fell to 0-6 at Orchard Park:BAD HANDS: Rodgers got very little help from his receivers, who dropped several passes. The most notable drop was committed by the usually reliable Jordy Nelson.ddddddddddddrailing 16-10 and facing second-and-6 at his own 6 late in the third quarter, Rodgers hit a wide-open Nelson in stride up the right sideline only to have the pass glance off his fingers.We had all sorts of chances and just didnt make them for whatever reason, Nelson said. My drop couldve won the game for us, so Ive got to make those, no matter how easy or hard they are.NO OFFENSE: The Bills defence bailed out another sputtering performance by the teams Kyle Orton-led offence.Orton finished 14 of 27 for 158 yards with an interception. Buffalo produced 13 first downs, 253 yards offence and settled for two field goals on two drives inside Green Bays 20.Well just keep on getting better, Orton said. Well feel good that we got the win, but realize there are a lot more things we can do to get better.FINALLY .500: The Bills record hasnt dropped below .500 all season. And now Buffalos guaranteed its best finish in 10 years. The eight wins are the most for Buffalo since a 9-7 record in 2004.The team still has an uphill climb to end a 14-season playoff drought — the NFLs longest active streak. Due to tiebreakers, the Bills rank ninth out of nine AFC teams with eight or more wins.Buffalo plays at Oakland this weekend, before closing at New England.PACKERS REGROUP: Green Bay is tied atop the NFC North standings with Detroit, and failed to keep pace with conference-leading Arizona (11-3).Rodgers maintains confidence the Packers can bounce back after losing for just the second time in 11 games.Everythings right in front of us. If we win out, we still win the North, Rodgers said. This is an important time for us to see what kind of chemistry we have on this team.Green Bay travels to play Tampa Bay next weekend, and closes at home against Detroit.MILESTONES: Bills receiver Sammy Watkins had one catch for 28 yards, enough to up his total 850 to set the teams rookie record. The former mark was set by Lee Evans, who had 843 yards in 2004.Nelson had 55 yards receiving to set a single-season career best with 1,320 yards — 6 more than he had last year.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and http://twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '