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Chargers 23, Colts 17

Game capsule

Peyton Manning has his MVP award and nothing more, outdone again in January by the San Diego Chargers.

Speedy little Darren Sproles scooted 22 yards for the winning score 6:20 into overtime and the Chargers beat the Colts 23-17 in an AFC wild-card game Saturday night. San Diego's victory halted Indianapolis' nine-game winning streak a day after Manning won his third Associated Press NFL MVP award.

Sproles came up big on a night when the Chargers played more than half the game without LaDainian Tomlinson, who stood on the sideline in obvious discomfort from what appears to be a serious groin injury. More ...