National Football League Playoffs
AFC Divisional Round
Kansas City Chiefs 22 Cleveland Browns 17
Backup quarterback Chad Henne made 2 big plays late in the game
His biggest play was a scramble on a 3rd & 14 play followed by a quick pass for a first down to seal the victory.
Henne was in for Patrick Mahomes who was hit hard by Browns linebacker Mack Wilson on a 3rd-quarter rushing attempt and departed the game
The Chiefs will host Buffalo in the AFC Championship Game Sunday night
The Bills beat Baltimore Sunday night.
NFC Divisional Round
Tampa Bay Buccaneers 30 New Orleans Saints 20
The Buccaneers’ turned 3 of 4 Saints turnovers into touchdowns.
Tom Brady had a pair of passing touchdowns & a rushing TD for Tampa Bay
The Buccaneers advance to face the Packers Sunday afternoon in the NFC Final at Green Bay
Green Bay eliminated the LA Rams Saturday.
Brandon Staley agreed to become the Los Angeles Chargers’ coach on Sunday night after one season as the defensive co-ordinator for the crosstown Rams.
Staley, who will be formally introduced Thursday, replaces Anthony Lynn, who was fired after going 7-9 this past season.
Lynn had a 33-31 mark in 4 seasons with the Chargers.
The Detroit Lions are planning to hire Dan Campbell from the New Orleans Saints to be their next head coach
Campbell spent the past 5 seasons coaching with the Saints, most recently as assistant head coach/tight ends coach on Sean Payton’s staff.
His playing career included 3 seasons with the Lions.
The Lions fired Matt Patricia in November after less than 3 full seasons as head coach.
National Hockey League
Pittsburgh Penguins 4 Washington Capitals 3 (SO)
Jake Guentzel scored the shootout winner
Casey DeSmith turned aside 20 shots & then stuffed all 4 Washington shootout attempts.
Florida Panthers 5 Chicago Blackhawks 2
Keith Yandle scored his 100th career goal
Yandle extended his consecutive games played streak to 867.
Chris Driedger made 23 saves to post the victory
Tonight
Winnipeg Jets at Toronto Maple Leafs 7 pm
Columbus Blue Jackets at Detroit Red Wings noon
Boston Bruins at New York Islanders 5 pm
Buffalo Sabres at Philadelphia Flyers 7:30 pm
Carolina Hurricanes at Nashville Predators 8 pm
San Jose Sharks at St. Louis Blues 8 pm
Minnesota Wild at Anaheim Ducks 9 pm
Vancouver Canucks at Calgary Flames 9 pm
Montreal Canadiens at Edmonton Oilers 9 pm
Arizona Coyotes at Vegas Golden Knights 10 pm
Flames Add Ritchie
The Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League have signed forward Brett Ritchie to a one-year, two-way contract.
Ritchie who is from Orangeville, has been skating with the Flames’ non-NHLers at camp the past 2 weeks.
The 27 year old Ritchie has played more than 250 NHL games with Dallas & Boston and has 35 career NHL goals.
In the Ontario Hockey League, Ritchie had 99 career goals with Sarnia and Niagara.
National Basketball Association
Chicago Bulls 117 Dallas Mavericks 101
Lauri Markkanen led the Bulls with 29 points
Luka Doncic had a 36 point game for the Mavericks who will meet the Raptors tonight at Tampa Bay
New York Knicks 105 Boston Celtics 75
Los Angeles Clippers 129 Indiana Pacers 96
Utah Jazz 109 Denver Nuggets 105
New Orleans Pelicans 128 Sacramento Kings 123
Cleveland Cavaliers at Washington Wizards ( ppd )
Philadelphia 76ers at Oklahoma City Thunder ( ppd )
Tonight
Dallas Mavericks at Toronto Raptors 7:30 pm
Orlando Magic at New York Knicks noon
Cleveland Cavaliers at Washington Wizards 2 pm
Minnesota Timberwolves at Atlanta Hawks 2:30 pm
Detroit Pistons at Miami Heat 3 pm
San Antonio Spurs at Portland Trail Blazers 3 pm
Phoenix Suns at Memphis Grizzlies 5 pm
Milwaukee Bucks at Brooklyn Nets 7:30 pm
Houston Rockets at Chicago Bulls 8 pm
Golden State Warriors at Los Angeles Lakers 10 pm
PGA Sony Open in Hawaii
at Waialae Country Club, Honolulu
Kevin Na won the tournament by 1 stroke over Chris Kirk
Na birdied the 13th, 14th, 15th & 18th to surge to the victory
After almost withdrawing from the event on Wednesday because of a rib injury, Na entered the final round 2 shots back of Brendan Steele, but bypassed Steele who struggled off the tee down the stretch.
Nick Taylor was the low Canadian
Taylor finished the tournament at 17 under par, 4 strokes back of Na.
The American Express Tournament at La Quinta, California begins on Thursday.