1.   A miracle season appeared over for the Falcons with just over two minutes remaining in their NFC championship game against Minnesota.

2.   Brunell is having something of a miracle season.

3.   Can one miracle season follow another?

4.   In a miracle season in which the Nets have gone from a laughingstock to the Eastern Conference finals, everything sounds plausible.

5.   They are a step ahead of a near miracle season last year and two steps away from missing the playoffs two seasons ago.

6.   Two seasons ago Tennessee traveled to the Super Bowl in a miracle season and fell inches short in its loss to St. Louis.

7.   Where, though, is the real magic at the end of a miracle season?