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NEW ORLEANS -- Oakland gambled with a 2-point conversion that David Carr converted with a pass to Michael Crabtree for the winning points with 47 seconds left to help the Raiders beat the New Orleans Saints 35-34 on Sunday.Carr hit Seth Roberts for a 10-yard touchdown setting up the gutsy call by second-year Raiders coach Jack Del Rio.Oakland had to overcome a 14-point, second-half deficit and a 424-yard, four-touchdown performance by Drew Brees. They also had to sweat out rookie kicker Wil Lutzs last second field goal attempt from 61 yards, which narrowly missed wide left as the Superdome crowd briefly erupted before realizing the kick was no good.Brees eclipsed 400 yards passing for the 14th time in his career, tying Peyton Manning for the most such performances in NFL history.Carr finished with 319 yards and one touchdown passing Jalen Richard ran 75 yards on his first NFL carry for a touchdown and Amari Cooper caught Carrs pass for a 2-point conversion to briefly tie the game at 27 in the middle of the fourth quarter.But Brees marched New Orleans back down field for a score, highlighted by a 57-yard completion that receiver Willie Snead fumbled and rookie wideout Michael Thomas recovered and advanced to the Oakland 2. That set up Travaris Cadets short touchdown catch to give New Orleans a 34-27 lead.Snead finished with nine catches for 172 yards and New Orleans nearly held on, but Saints linebacker Craig Robertson was flagged for interference on a four-down pass that sailed out of bounds.The Raiders had touchdown runs of 6 yards by Latavius Murray and 2 yards by Jamize Olawale.RECORD TD: Brees touchdowns included a franchise-record 98-yarder to Brandin Cooks, who beat Sean Smith in single coverage and raced away from free safety Reggie Nelson. It was a career-long passing play for Brees as well.COOPED UP: Cooper, familiar to fans in the Gulf South from his college days at Alabama, elicited cheers of, Cooop! from an audible contingent of Raiders fans in the Superdome with a couple receptions for long gains. He finished with six catches for 137 yards.CAREER KICKOFF: Lutz made two of four field goal attempts -- missing twice from 50 or more yards -- in his NFL debut. Payton made the surprising move of cutting veteran incumbent kicker Kai Forbath in favor of Lutz this past week after the undrafted rookie out of Georgia State had been waived by Baltimore. Lutz hit his first field goal from 42 yards out. He also handled kickoffs and hit a 20-yard field goal that was nearly blocked.INJURIES: Raiders right tackle Menelik Watson left the game late in the first half with what team officials said was a groin pull.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and AP NFL Twitter feed: www.twitter.com/AP-NFL Nike Shox Clearance Australia . Fred Couples, captain of the U.S. side, put it all into perspective. "We know whos in charge," he said. Nike Shoes Wholesale Australia . The Montreal Canadiens announced on Friday that the veteran forward will return to the teams line-up on Saturday night when the Habs visit the Nashville Predators. http://www.cheapnikeshoxaustralia.com/ . The judges scored it 48-47, 48-47, 49-46 for Jones (19-1). It was the champions closest call. Despite the loss, it was a remarkable show by the confident Swedish challenger, who had the best of the early rounds and then hung on in the fourth and fifth. Nike Shox Clearance Sale . Third-seeded Murray had the easiest path to victory on New Years Eve, barely breaking a sweat during his 6-0, 6-0 win over 2,129th-ranked Qatari wildcard recipient Mousa Shanan Zayed. Nike Shox Shoes Australia . That left plenty of energy for pitching books and swatting away free agency questions. Anthony had 24 points and nine rebounds, and the Knicks avenged an embarrassing home loss with a rout of their own, beating the Boston Celtics 114-88 on Wednesday night for their third straight victory. MILAN -- Ivan Perisic scored an equalizer in stoppage time to rescue a point for Inter Milan in an entertaining 2-2 derby draw against city rival AC Milan on Sunday.Suso had scored twice for Milan, which looked set to move to second place in Serie A before Perisics last-gasp strike. Antonio Candreva netted Inters other goal.Milan remained third, behind Roma on goal difference, and seven points behind league leader Juventus, which beat Pescara 3-0 on Saturday. Inter moved ninth.Its disappointing to concede in the last second, but the lads should be happy for what they did tonight, Milan coach Vincenzo Montella said.They might have a little trouble sleeping but they shouldnt. Seeing our opponents, a team which is built to win the title, leaving the pitch as if theyd won the game gives us a little bit of satisfaction.This was likely to be Silvio Berlusconis final derby as Milans owner and the Rossoneri fans paid tribute in their pre-match choreography, unveiling a giant banner with a picture of him and all the trophies won during his tenure.Berlusconi, who purchased the club 30 years ago, is expected to close a deal next month that will see his majority stake go to a group of Chinese investors that includes a Chinese state investment fund.It was also a first derby for Inters new Chinese owners, as well as Stefano Piolis debut as the teams coach after replacing the sacked Frank de Boer just before the international break.I saw a lot of positive things, definitely the attitude, the desire, the determination, the character, Pioli said. There are good foundations on which to build something important.We played more, we created more, we shot more. But we need to be more clinical. If wed put away our chances, it could have finished differently.Inter had lost six of its past 10 matches in all competitions but started the brighter and had several chances to take the lead.Milan broke the deadlock in the 42nd minute after a breakaway. A long throw from teenage goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma found Giacomo Bonaventura, who sprinted forward and picked out Suso, with the Spaniard curling his shot into the bottom left corner.Candreva leveled in controversial circumstances in the 53rd with a stunning strike into the top right corner. Milan players surrounded the referee in protest, saying they should have been awarded a free kick when Inter was given the throw-in that led to the goal.ddddddddddddowever, the smoke from flares lit by celebrating Inter fans hadnt cleared when Suso restored Milans lead. The forward collected Carlos Baccas pass and befuddled Inter defender Miranda before firing across into the bottom left corner.Inter could have leveled sooner, but Perisic volleyed narrowly wide while Mauro Icardi scuffed an effort from a great position, with only Donnarumma to beat.It found the equalizer in the final seconds as Jeison Murillo headed on a corner and Perisic tapped it in at the far post.---ATALANTA 2, ROMA 1Roma failed to keep the pressure on Juventus as a woeful second half performance saw it lose at in-form Atalanta, which moved level with fourth-place Lazio.Franck Kessie converted a penalty in the final minute to secure Atalantas fifth successive league win after Leandro Paredes had tripped Papu Gomez in the area.Roma had taken the lead through a penalty of its own five minutes before halftime after Mohamed Salahs shot hit Rafael Tolois arm. Diego Perotti drilled the spot kick into the bottom left corner.Atalanta brought on midfielder Marco DAlessandro for defender Andrea Masiello as it attacked more in the second half, although it left itself dangerously exposed at the back to Romas counterattacks.However, the risk paid off shortly after the hour. Leonardo Spinazzola sent a through ball for Kessie, whose low cross came off Roma defender Kostas Manolas and goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny before going in off Atalanta defender Mattia Caldara.Atalanta also hit the post through Remo Freulers deflected effort before Kessies winning penalty.---OTHER MATCHESIn-form forward Andrea Belotti again scored twice as Torino beat bottom club Crotone 2-0.It was the third time in four matches, for club and country, that the Italy international had netted two goals.Federico Bernardeschi and Josip Ilicic also scored two goals each as Fiorentina beat Empoli 4-0.Lazio beat Genoa 3-1 to move back above sixth-placed Napoli, which won 2-1 at Udinese on Saturday. Sampdoria fought back from two goals down to beat Sassuolo 3-2 in the final seven minutes. ' ' '