It’s hard to imagine playoff football topping what we witnessed last weekend in the divisional round, but the games on Sunday have a shot. The storylines are set, and they are compelling. Los Angeles Rams head coach Sean McVay must find a way to defeat San Francisco 49ers head coach Kyle Shanahan for the first […]
When the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, they won the Super Bowl — at least in the minds of some prominent analysts. With the NFC’s top three seeds already out of the playoffs, and the fourth-seeded Cincinnati Bengals the last remaining AFC contender, the No. 2-seed Chiefs are the strongest team […]
Since Gonzaga made a surprise trip to the Elite Eight in 1999, no men’s basketball team on the West Coast — not UCLA, not Arizona — has won more NCAA Tournament games than the tiny Jesuit school in Spokane, Washington. Gonzaga has 39 tourney wins in that span, while UCLA has the most in the […]
Deebo Samuel is not supposed to be the focal point. There’s not even really supposed to be a focal point in the first place, in the spiffed and shined machine that is the San Francisco 49ers offense. Or if there is one, he’s over there stalking the sideline, glowering over his play sheet and speaking […]
After a weekend of football that was, even by the divisional round’s usual high standards, probably the best in NFL history, we can only imagine what’s left in store for the rest of the playoffs. The last stops on the road to the Super Bowl? To start, we’ve got the two-time defending AFC champs taking […]