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STOKE, England -- Stoke broke a bad habit of not scoring in the first half to win its first Premier League match of the season, beating winless Sunderland 2-0 Saturday as Joe Allens scoring streak continued.The Wales international shrugged off concerns over a hamstring problem with two first-half goals that took his total to five in four games for club and country, as Mark Hughes side finally won in its eighth league fixture.Stoke remains in the relegation zone with six points from eight matches. Sunderland, under former Manchester United boss David Moyes, is last with two points.The Potters had failed to score a first-half league goal this season but that was soon remedied as their first attack culminated in an opener which was far too easy.Xherdan Shaqiris pass into Marko Arnautovic was not cut out and little was done to prevent the Austrian from clipping the ball to the edge of the six-yard box, where Allen got ahead of Patrick van Aanholt to nod home in the eighth minute.It was 2-0 just before the interval after Shaqiris corner was headed toward goal by Ryan Shawcross. Although John OShea was able to nod the ball to the edge of the penalty box, Allen was there to whip a left-footed half-volley through substitute Billy Jones legs and into the net.Stoke achieved its first clean sheet in 18 league games. San Francisco Giants Gear . The Celtics closed out their first preseason under Stevens on Wednesday night with a 101-97 victory over the Brooklyn Nets, who rested a lot of their lineup including former Celtics Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce. San Francisco Giants Store . Robredo, ranked No. 16, bounced back from an upset loss to Leonardo Mayer in the second round of the Royal Guard Open in Chile last week to down Carreno Busta in 1 hour, 25 minutes. On a day filled mostly with qualifying matches, fifth-seeded Marcel Granollers of Spain also entered the second with a 7-5, 3-6, 6-2 win over Aljaz Bedene of Slovenia, while Guido Pella of Argentina defeated Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain 7-6 (6), 6-4 to advance. https://www.cheapjerseysgiants.us/ . -- Adam Snyder returned to the San Francisco 49ers this season because the offensive lineman thought it was his best opportunity to win a championship. Fake Giants Jerseys .H. -- Matt Kenseth made it 2 for 2 in the Chase, holding off teammate Kyle Busch to win Sunday at New Hampshire Motor Speedway. Stitched Giants Jerseys . Patrice Bergeron and Daniel Paille scored 20 seconds apart a few minutes after Stamkos was taken off the ice on a stretcher with a broken right leg, and the Bruins beat the Lightning 3-0 on Monday afternoon. (STATS) -- Whos in, whos out?Eight teams have distinguished themselves for seeds and first-round byes in the 24-team FCS playoffs. But plenty of teams will be on edge leading into the ESPNU selection show on Sunday (11 a.m. ET).After having five teams in the field each of the past two seasons, it would be bizarre for the Missouri Valley Football Conference if three other conferences -- the Big Sky Conference, CAA Football and Southern Conference -- have more teams. Its possible if at-large hopeful Illinois States bubble is burst.On an odd final full weekend of the regular season, so many teams in contention for an at-large bid lost their game, including Liberty, Maine, Montana, Northern Colorado, Northern Iowa, Samford and Western Illinois.So there are a good seven teams in contention for the final spots. Well go Maine, New Hampshire, Samford and Weber State over Illinois State, Fordham and Southeastern Louisiana.---=PROJECTED BIDS BY CONFERENCE*- automatic qualifierBig Sky (4): Cal Poly (7-4), *Eastern Washington (10-1), North Dakota (9-2), Weber State (7-4)Big South (1): *Charleston Southern (7-3)CAA (5): Albany (7-4), *James Madiison (10-1), New Hampshire (7-4), Richmond (8-3), Villanova (8-3)MEAC (1): North Carolina A&T (9-2)Missouri Valley (3): North Dakota State (10-1), *South Dakota State (8-3), Youngstown State (8-3)NEC (1): *Saint Francis (7-4)OVC (1): *Jacksonville State (10-1)Patriot (1): *Lehigh (9-2)Pioneer (1): *San Diego (9-1)Southern (4): Chattanooga (9-2), Samford (7-4), *The Citadel (10-1), Wofford (8-3)Southland (2): *Sam Houston State (11-0), Central Arkansas (9-2)---=STATS PROJECTED PAIRINGSTop 8 seeds have first-round byesSan Diego-Weber State winner at No.dddddddddddd1 seed North Dakota StateSaint Francis-Villanova winner at No. 8 seed North DakotaSamford-Richmond winner at No. 5 seed Sam Houston StateChattanooga-North Carolina A&T winner at No. 4 seed James MadisonLehigh-New Hampshire winner at No. 7 seed South Dakota StateAlbany-Youngstown State winner at No. 2 seed Eastern WashingtonCal Poly-Central Arkansas winner at No. 3 seed Jacksonville StateCharleston Southern-Wofford winner at No. 6 seed The Citadel ' ' '