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KANSAS CITY — Patrick Mahomes, battling a high ankle sprain, didn’t pass for the win. He ran.
The gimpy Chiefs quarterback ran for nine yards and then picked up a 15 yard flag for being hit out of bounds to put the Chiefs in field goal range.
And when Harrison Butker kicked the 45-yarder, the Chiefs won this AFC Championship Game.
Chiefs 23.
Bengals 20.
Four times the Cincinnati Bengals had trailed the Chiefs in the four games the teams have played the past calendar year. And four times the Bengals overcame the deficit.
But this time the Chiefs got the last word.

The 49ers were forced to rely on an injured Brock Purdy after initially losing him and then fourth-string quarterback Josh Johnson in Sunday’s loss to the Eagles in the NFC Championship Game.

The league admitted fault on a no-call late in Saturday’s game between the Lakers and Celtics.

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The Celtics picked up a pivotal 125–121 overtime victory over the visiting Lakers on Saturday night at TD Garden in Boston, but the story of the game was the missed foul call on LeBron James as he drove to the hoop at the end of regulation.
James, who finished with a game-high 41 points, got to the rim at the end of the regulation and appeared to be fouled by Celtics star Jayson Tatum.

The NFL playoffs continue Sunday with the Bengals battling the Chiefs in the AFC Championship Game.

The AFC Championship between the Bengals and the Chiefs is coming down to the wire. The birth of the NFL’s next great rivalry is unfolding before the eyes of likely over 500 million Americans.
The game has been incredible and there isn’t enough time and space to explain all the subplots. But, out of nowhere, the NFL officials come sweeping in to make a ridiculous and confusing call that sends everyone into apoplectic shock.
With the score tied 20-20 with around 10 minutes left in the game, the Chiefs faced a third-and-9 from their own territory.

The Eagles are in the Super Bowl — less than six months after the Phillies made the World Series and the Union made the MLS Cup Final.

He learned not to “do the conformist thing” from Red Auerbach. And that’s why he and Howie Roseman have mastered melding an inexpensive quarterback with a new coaching staff.
Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie stood, hands clasped, in a navy suit and green tie. Around him, the room reeked of cigar smoke. His voice barely rose over the loud smacking of hands on backs, grown men securing one another in loud embraces, or people commenting on the Prince-purple pants Jalen Hurts had decided to wear to the podium (“too much,” joked one coach).
Lurie was talking about success.

Perhaps the most surprising thing to come from the first half of the AFC Championship was CBS play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz “breaking the news” that Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Tee Higgins plans to switch from No. 85 to No. 5 next season.
The funny part is that Higgins announced this decision in September of 2021. At the time, he had planned to switch numbers this past offseason. However, making that decision on lesser notice means he has to buy out all of the Tee Higgins No. 85 jerseys for sale.
That’s a hefty sum.

Dak Prescott and the Dallas Cowboys have lost the scapegoat for their offensive woes. Announced Sunday, the Cowboys and Kellen Moore agreed to “mutually” part ways, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.
The 34-year-old coordinator has been on the Cowboys’ staff since 2018, operating his first year as the quarterbacks coach. From 2019 to 2022, Moore led the offense alongside then-HC Jason Garrett (2019) and current coach Mike McCarthy.

The #Cowboys and offensive coordinator Kellen Moore have mutually agreed to part ways, per sources.

Look away, Giants and Jets fans …

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The Eagles gave the city of Philadelphia plenty to celebrate on Sunday after routing the 49ers 31–7 at home to win the NFC championship and advance to Super Bowl LVII. But, apparently, the City of Brotherly Love isn’t the only place celebrating the marquee victory.
The franchise was on the receiving end of a special shout-out just up Interstate 95 in New York City courtesy of the Empire State Building.