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Why BC receiver Zay Flowers’s NFL draft stock continues to rise, with many feeling he’ll be picked in the first round

Flowers used an additional college season to hone two areas of his game: competitive catches and blocking.
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DeMeco Ryans named head coach of the Texans

Ryans joins the Texans from the 49ers, where he spent the past two seasons as their defensive coordinator.
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Sean Payton to be named head coach of the Broncos

The Broncos will send their first-round pick, No. 29 overall, in this year’s draft to the Saints along with a future second-rounder.
chad finn

Mac Jones at least will have a chance to succeed next season — which he didn’t have this season

In his second year as a Patriot, he was failed miserably by his coaches, but that won't be case under offensive coordinator Bill O'Brien.

Ben Volin | On Football
The NFL’s ‘all-star’ officiating crews are ruining the playoffs
Using “all-star” crews — a demand of the Referees Association in the last CBA — leads to combinations of officials who haven't worked with each other. The result? Embarrassing mistakes like we saw Sunday.

NFL NOTEBOOK
Report: 49ers QB Brock Purdy has torn elbow ligament, out six months
Whether the Niners anoint either high draft pick Trey Lance or last draft pick Purdy a starter, have a true quarterback competition, or bring in a veteran such as Bay Area native Tom Brady remains an open question.

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Being a head coach for the Shrine Bowl is eye-opening for Patriots assistant Troy Brown

Brown is tackling more responsibilities than ever — and even the Las Vegas weather threw him a bit of a curve.
dan shaughnessy

The Bengals’ unfortunate Joseph Ossai pushed himself into a dubious spotlight

Folks in Cincinnati are pretty chill, and Ossai’s teammates rallied around him Sunday, but these things don’t go away easily.
BEN VOLIN | instant analysis

Patrick Mahomes grew his legacy with the Chiefs’ AFC title win, but injuries doomed the 49ers in NFC Championship

Playing on a right high ankle sprain suffered only eight days prior, and playing without several of his top receivers due to injury, Patrick Mahomes threw for 326 yards, two touchdowns, and no interceptions.
AFC CHAMPIONSHIP | CHIEFS 23, BENGALS 20

Last-second roughing call sets up Chiefs to win AFC title, deny Bengals repeat

Linebacker Joseph Ossai hit a hobbling Patrick Mahomes out of bounds, the 15-yard personal foul moving Kansas City into range for a 45-yard Harrison Butker field goal with three seconds left.
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Chargers announce quarterback Justin Herbert underwent surgery on non-throwing shoulder

Herbert, a Pro Bowl Games alternate pick in his third season in the league, is expected to be ready for the team’s offseason program in the spring.
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AP source: Dolphins bringing in former Broncos coach Vic Fangio to be defensive coordinator

Miami fired former Patriots assistant Josh Boyer after three seasons as defensive coordinator.
NFC CHAMPIONSHIP | EAGLES 31, 49ERS 7

Eagles run over 49ers, finally undone by a quarterback injury, to win NFC title

Philadelphia scored on its opening drive, San Francisco lost Brock Purdy to an elbow injury on its, and the NFC's best team is returning to the Super Bowl for the first time since beating the Patriots there five years ago.
AFC CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW

The Bengals are powered by their three young stars: Joe Burrow, Ja’Marr Chase, and Tee Higgins

Chase and Higgins have each gained 1,000 yards in back-to-back seasons, making them the first pair of Bengals wideouts to do that since Chad Johnson and T.J. Houshmandzadeh in 2006 and 2007.
NFC CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW

DeMeco Ryans’s leadership permeates both locker rooms ahead of NFC title game

Ryans, the 49er's defensive coordinator, will face four former teammates from his four seasons with the Eagles, where he left a lasting imprint.
Tara Sullivan

In the fight against hunger, a little celebrity goes a long way. Thirty-one seconds of Joe Burrow’s Heisman speech made the perfect example.

Thanks to Burrow's Heisman speech, the Athens County Food Pantry has received more than $1.6 million and has long-term viability.
Ben Volin | Sunday football notes

Does paying big money to an NFL quarterback do more harm than good?

This year’s playoffs certainly raise the question of whether it’s better to keep drafting a quarterback every few years and spend the money elsewhere.
christopher l. gasper

A Patriot fan’s rooting guide to the AFC and NFC Championship games

Are you unsure whom you should be pulling for in Sunday's matchups? Here are the answers.

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Vinnie Pasquarosa celebrates 16th birthday in style with winning goal for Franklin boys’ hockey in OT nonleague win vs. Archbishop Williams

Pasquarosa fired a game-winning snipe to the top left corner of the net, fueling a 4-3 nonleague win for the 11th-ranked Panthers at Pirelli Veterans Arena. 23 minutes ago

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Boston College tops No. 20 Clemson in men’s college basketball, holding Tigers to one field goal in final 13:16

The only Clemson field goal made in the final 13:18 came with 18 seconds left. 29 minutes ago

GIRLS' BASKETBALL: BROOKLINE 56, FRAMINGHAM 44

Brookline’s Geanna Bryant has a career night in Bay State Conference girls’ basketball road win at Framingham

Bryant went off for a career-high 31 points, including eight makes from 3-point range, in a 56-44 victory for the Warriors (9-3 overall, 6-3 Bay State) over the host Flyers (10-6, 6-3). 43 minutes ago

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Boys’ basketball roundup: Tristan Rodrigues (18 points) leads fifth-ranked Archbishop Williams in nonleague win over Latin Academy

Check out the latest high school boys' basketball scores, news, and highlights from The Boston Globe. 45 minutes ago

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Matt Barnes didn’t expect to leave the Red Sox, but he’s ready for a fresh start in Miami

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Why BC receiver Zay Flowers’s NFL draft stock continues to rise, with many feeling he’ll be picked in the first round

Flowers used an additional college season to hone two areas of his game: competitive catches and blocking.

CELTICS

‘We’re just extremely proud’: Celtics’ Joe Mazzulla’s All-Star nod is big news for those around him, even if the coach is staying stoic

Asked Tuesday morning what it meant to him to coach an All-Star team, Mazzulla's face remained straighter than a free-throw line. "Nothing,” he deadpanned.