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The Seattle Seahawks got a gigantic win on Saturday but their beer-swilling fans got one, too.

The macho 20-ounce beers sold at Qwest Field for Saturday's monster upset of the Saints cost an imbiber the same as the paltry 16-ouncers.

This sale came after a video posted on YouTube last week showed the large and small beers sold at Qwest Field contained the same amount of liquid - even though one was marked 20 ounces and cost $1.25 more than the one marked 16 ounces.

The team launched a major investigation and found that the cups marked 16 ounces actually held 20 ounces of beer. Apparently fans had been gulping down four extra ounces. No one was sure how long this had gone on, but First and Goal, the organization that runs Qwest Field, is still trying to find out.

The result, however, was great for the consumer - on Saturday the stadium sold all 20-ounce domestic brews at the 16-ounce price.

The Miami Dolphins tried to crawl back into the good graces of coach Tony Sparano on Saturday, holding a news conference to give the scorned coach a two-year contract extension - and to confess to mistakes in dealing with the team's coaching situation.

"The lines of communication should be handled differently," general manager Jeff Ireland said.

"Now," owner Stephen Ross said, "I would go about it a different way."

Ross and Ireland flew cross-country on Thursday to interview Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh, leaving Sparano in very public limbo. Negotiations broke off, Harbaugh took a job with San Francisco 49ers, and Ross decided to keep Sparano. Ross had never interviewed a coach before and said he naively believed he could keep his meeting with Harbaugh secret.

Ross, Ireland, and Sparano said any harm to their relationships has been repaired, but body language and demeanor suggested otherwise, according to Associated Press reporters at the new conference.

Sitting at the end of a table before 40 media members, they did not look at each other. Ross did most of the talking and occasionally chuckled, while Sparano and Ireland sat rigid with the sort of expressions common on losing sidelines. Everyone said all the right things, including Sparano, who said it was difficult not only for himself but for his players and assistant coaches and their families.

"Jeff and I have agreed not to agree a bunch of times," Sparano said. "Sometimes there's smoke coming from that office. If there's not, it's not healthy. It needs to happen.

"At the end of this whole thing, we'll keep communicating, and it's going to be fine. We're going to try to do the best thing for this franchise together. That's the way it has to be - together."

Eric Studesville provided calm in the midst of chaos when he took over as the Denver Broncos' interim coach following Josh McDaniels' ouster on Dec. 6.

On Sunday he'll get a chance to convince new Broncos' boss John Elway that he should be rewarded with the full-time job, as were Jason Garrett in Dallas and Leslie Frazier in Minnesota.

The Broncos' brass reportedly was delighted with Studesville's four-game tenure, particularly his team's comeback win over Houston and its near comeback a week later against San Diego. More important, Studesville provided a breath of fresh air at the podium following the McDaniels administration, one that included the embarrassing Spygate II videotaping scandal and a series of personnel miscalculations that led to a 4-12 season.

Family members say they believe a brother of Baltimore Ravens safety Ed Reed is the man who jumped into the Mississippi River as he ran from police in St. Rose, La.

Karen Reed said investigators found 28-year-old Brian Reed's shoes and jacket. She is the mother of Ed and Brian Reed. Karen Reed also said the car the man ran from belonged to another brother.

Sgt. Dwayne LaGrange of the St. Charles Parish Sheriff's Office said authorities were unable to identify the man who jumped into the river. He said the man had jumped into the river around 10 a.m. Friday when a deputy told him to put his hands behind his back.

LaGrange said the deputy had spotted the man with a parked car that matched the description of a stolen vehicle. Authorities have called off the search for the missing man.