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Christopher L. Gasper

This weekend proved that an elite quarterback is the most important thing an NFL team can have

Before you hit me with examples of teams that won Super Bowls with lesser quarterbacks like Joe Flacco and Nick Foles, take a closer look at those Super Bowl seasons.
Ben Volin | On Football

NFL Divisional Round review: Terrible coaching decided an incredible weekend of football

The four games were all decided on the last play, but they also raised a rather important question: Can’t anyone coach around here?
TARA SULLIVAN

Chiefs, Bills deliver an indelible memory to cap an NFL weekend for the ages

With an overtime thriller that should go down as one of the best games ever played, Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen showed us they are nothing less than the future of football.
BEN VOLIN | ON FOOTBALL

If that was it for Tom Brady, he went out with one of his grittier performances

Signed to a contract that locks him in with the Buccaneers through the 2022 season, rumors and reports of retirement have emerged in recent days. Brady, after the loss, was in no mood to talk about his future.

Tara Sullivan
Despite a sparkling resumé, Aaron Rodgers should have won more in 17 seasons in Green Bay
As the offense Rodgers directed to such high-scoring exploits in the regular season struggled just to hit double digits against the Rams.

Tom Brady engineers dramatic comeback but Buccaneers fall to Rams
Brady threw for 324 yards on 54 attempts.

Scoreboard: Buffalo take on Kansas City

The Buccaneers are taking on the Rams in an NFC Divisional playoff game.
NFL

Twitter users take their shots at Aaron Rodgers after Packers’ early playoff exit

After a turbulent season and a disappointing playoff loss, the reigning MVP spent Saturday night getting roasted on social media.

See the schedule for today’s NFL playoff games

The Buccaneers host the Rams, and the Chief host the Bills.
NFC Divisional Round | 49ers 13, Packers 10

Robbie Gould, 49ers send top-seeded Green Bay packing in NFC divisional round upset

Jimmy Garoppolo and the 49ers rallied to defeat the Packers in frigid Green Bay, sending San Francisco to the NFC title game and Aaron Rodgers to an uncertain future.
AFC divisional round | Bengals 19, Titans 16

Bengals kick Titans to the curb to reach AFC Championship game

Joe Burrow and the Bengals recorded the team's first road playoff victory in franchise history to make their first AFC Championship in 33 years.
NFL notebook

Tom Brady, Buccaneers eager for another shot at the Rams in NFC divisional matchup

The defending Super Bowl champions host the Rams in the NFC divisional round Sunday, looking to avenge a pair of losses to the only team they’ve played but yet to beat since Brady joined the Bucs in 2020.
Ben Volin | On football

What did Mac Jones’s rookie season teach us? He needs more help

On the plus side, Jones had more wins (10) than fellow rookies Trevor Lawrence, Zach Wilson, Trey Lance, and Justin Fields combined (9).
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Mike Shanahan’s coaching tree has blossomed in NFL playoffs

Kyle Shanahan (49ers), Matt LaFleur (Packers), and Sean McVay (Rams) were all on Washington's staff at the same time.
Patriots

Linebacker Harvey Langi staying with Patriots on one-year deal

Langi appeared in seven games this season, primarily playing on special teams, before going on injured reserve with a knee injury.

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A man walked near the Olympic Park at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, in Beijing.

2008 Beijing Olympics vs. 2022: No lofty promises this time

The Games are a reminder of China’s rise, but also its disregard for civil liberties, prompting a diplomatic boycott led by the United States, which has called China’s internment of at least 1 million Uyghurs a genocide.

Bruins
Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask turns his head to watch the puck slowly slide over the line for the Ducks second goal of the game, a 2-0 deficit that proved insurmountable in Monday night's 5-3 loss to the Ducks.

In a troublesome trend, Bruins were slow to recover from Ducks’ quick start

Coming into Monday night's 5-2 loss to the Ducks, the Bruins were 9-7-2 when they gave up the first goal.

MONDAY'S BOYS' BASKETBALL
Plymouth South junior captain Declan Davis scored 12 of his 15 points for the No. 16 Panthers (7-2) in the fourth quarter of a 56-51 win over Duxbury.

Declan Davis heats up late to lead Plymouth South boys’ basketball past Duxbury

After Plymouth South was held to 28 points in the first three quarters, the junior captain scored 12 of his 15 points for the No. 16 Panthers (7-2) in the fourth quarter of a 56-51 win.

Wake Forest 87, Boston College 57
Makai Ashton-Langford (background) and BC never got out of first gear against Wake Forest.

Boston College men blown out on the road by Wake Forest

The Eagles never got within single-digits after the first 10 minutes.

Ducks 5, Bruins 3
Tuukka Rask wipes his face during a break in the action Monday night at TD Garden.

With Tuukka Rask struggling, Bruins can’t hold off Ducks

David Pastrnak scored his 20th goal of the season for the Bruins and Taylor Hall got his ninth.

MONDAY'S SCHOOLS ROUNDUP

Myles Kidd delivers a changeup for Norwood boys’ hockey in win vs. Walpole

Senior tucked winning goal past Walpole's goaltender to lift the seventh-ranked Mustangs (9-2) to a 4-1 nonleague victory.

MONDAY'S GIRLS' BASKETBALL roundup
Fenway High's Sierra Cherrie (right) pulls up for two of her 23 points in Monday night's 68-44 victory over O'Bryant in a Boston City League contest.

After pandemic pause, Sierra Cherrie leads Fenway girls’ basketball to 3-0 start

A transfer from Hingham, Cherrie, a smooth-scoring guard, led the Panthers with 23 points in a 68-44 Boston City League win over O'Bryant.

Bruins notebook
Defenseman Urho Vaakanainen has been getting into the swing of things with the varsity during his recent callup, including scoring his first NHL goal against Montreal, much to the delight of Tuukka Rask and Charlie McAvoy.

Bruins reward Urho Vaakanainen’s consistency with more ice time

Vaakanainen played in his ninth game in a row Monday against Anaheim.