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Reuters U.S. Sports Schedule at 2:40 PM ET on Sunday, Jan. 22

Jan 22. (Reuters) - Reuters U.S. sports schedule at 2:40 PM ET on Sunday: - - - - For any coverage questions, please contact us.general-news@thomsonreuters.com - - - - NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE NFC Championship Game: Packers at Falcons ATLANTA -- The Atlanta Falcons host the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship Game that features two of the hottest quarterbacks and offenses in the league with a trip to the Super Bowl on the line. (FBN-PACKERS-FALCONS-FIRSTLEDE-WRITETHRU, The Sports Xchange, by Guy Curtright, expect ASAP after 3:05 p.m. ET game, 700 words) ALSO: Postgame notebook, sidebar (FBN-PACKERS-FALCONS-NOTEBOOK, expect ASAP after writethru is delivered, topic TBD) - - AFC Championship Game: Steelers at Patriots FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- The New England Patriots, playing in a record sixth consecutive AFC Championship Game, will face the Pittsburgh Steelers, who are two wins shy of a record seventh Lombardi Trophy. (FBN-STEELERS-PATRIOTS-FIRSTLEDE-WRITETHRU, The Sports Xchange, expect ASAP after 6:40 ET game, 700 words) ALSO: Postgame notebook, sidebar (FBN-STEELERS-PATRIOTS-NOTEBOOK, expect ASAP after writethru is delivered, topic TBD) - - Redskins promote Manusky to defensive coordinator The Washington Redskins decided to stay in-house for their new defensive coordinator by promoting outside linebackers coach Greg Manusky to the position. (FBN-MANUSKY-NEWS-LEWIS, The Sports Xchange, moved, 200 words) - - Fire alarm pulled at Steelers' hotel The Pittsburgh Steelers downplayed an early Sunday morning incident when a fire alarm was pulled at the team hotel in Boston. None of the players or coaches had to evacuate their rooms after the alarms went off around 3:40 a.m. ET. (FBN-FIREALARM, The Sports Xchange, moved, 200 words) - - NFL notebook News and notes from around the NFL. (FBN-NOTEBOOK, expect by 8 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - COLLEGE BASKETBALL THE SPORTS XCHANGE covers all Top 25 games and recaps all Power 5 and Big East games: Sunday schedule Georgetown at No. 22 Xavier, 2 RECAP ONLY St. John's at Seton Hall, noon Northwestern at Ohio State, 1 Virginia Tech at Clemson, 6:30 Arizona State at USC, 8:30 - - COLLEGE FOOTBALL College football notebook News and notes from around the nation. (FBC-NOTEBOOK, expect by 7 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - MLB Royals RHP Ventura killed in car crash Kanas City Royals right-handed pitcher Yordano Ventura was killed in a car crash in his native Dominican Republic on Sunday. He was 25. (BBO-VENTURA-KILLED-moved, The Sports Xchange, 300 words) - - MLB notebook News and notes from around the league. (BBO-NOTEBOOK, expect by 7 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - NBA THE SPORTS XCHANGE covers all NBA games. Sunday schedule: Warriors at Magic, 12 Lakers at Mavericks, 3:30 Suns at Raptors, 6 Nuggets at Timberwolves, 7 - - NBA notebook News and notes from around the NBA. (BKN-NOTEBOOK, expect by 7:30 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 375 words) - - NBA roundup Capsule recaps of all NBA games on Sunday schedule. (BKN-ROUNDUP, expect first version by 9:45 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 375 words) - - - - NHL THE SPORTS XCHANGE covers all NHL games. Sunday schedule: Rangers at Red Wings, 12:30 Bruins at Penguins, 3 Blue Jackets at Senators, 5 Flyers at Islanders 6 Canucks at Blackhawks, 7:30 Predators at Wild, 8 - - NHL notebook News and notes from around the league. (HKN-NOTEBOOK, expect by 8 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 375 words) - - NHL roundup Capsule recaps of all NHL games on Saturday schedule. (HKN-ROUNDUP, expect first version by 9:45 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange,375 words) - - - - GOLF CareerBuilder Challenge Adam Hadwin of Canada joined an elite club on Saturday, finishing with the ninth round under 60 in PGA Tour history after shooting a 13-under-par 59 to take a one-stroke lead in the third round of the CareerBuilder Challenge in La Quinta, Calif. (GLF-PGA-NEWS-CAREERBUILDER, expect by 10 p.m. ET, The Sports Xchange, 400 words) - - - - TENNIS No. 1 Murray shocked by Zverev in Australian Open Mischa Zverev of Germany, the world's 50th-ranked player, pulled off the second monumental upset at the Australian Open in three days, stunning No. 1 Andy Murray of Scotland on Sunday in Melbourne, Australia. (TEN-RECAP-AUSTRALIANOPEN-MEN/WOMEN, moved, The Sports Xchange, 400 words)