Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills pitched a near-perfect game in their playoff victory against the New England Patriots. The Bills became the first team in NFL history to score touchdowns on their first seven drives of a playoff game, before kneeling down on the final possession of a 47-17 win over New England.
TV ratings for the NFL’s wild-card round increased 21% over last year despite most of the games not being in doubt going into the fourth quarter. The six games averaged 30.5 million viewers, making it the second-highest average for the postseason’s opening weekend over the past six seasons.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Sidney Curry returned from injury to score 13 points, Noah Locke and Jae’Lyn Withers each added 10 points and Louisville beat Boston College 67-54 on Wednesday night to end a three-game losing streak.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs had to learn to dink and dunk their way through this entire season, contrary to every instinct of go for broke quarterback Patrick Mahomes, as opposing defenses simply refused to let themselves get beaten deep.
A wild week of upsets led to big changes in the AP Top 25. Amid the chaos, a familiar team returned to the top.
GENEVA (AP) — Athletes at the Beijing Olympics were urged by human rights activists Tuesday to avoid criticizing China because they could be prosecuted. The International Olympic Committee has said athletes will have freedom of speech at next month’s Winter Games when speaking to journalists or posting on social media.
Tim Stewart and Aubree Hedgepeth were selected king and queen during Prairie Home’s Homecoming Friday night after the Prairie Home-Jamestown basketball game. The prince and princess were eighth graders Bowen Force and Jordyn Alpers. In addition to the Homecoming game, Prairie Home also held Senior Night to recognize the 11 seniors and their parents. They were Kaylee Angle, Elizabeth Bishop, Logan Fairchild, Dakota Kuester, Oliver Lock, Christian Nieves, Peyton Pitts, Allison Simmons, Timothy Stewart, Savanna Tracy and Paiton Williams. Jamestown won both games against Prairie Home, winning 80-48 in the girl’s game and 60-57 in the boy’s game.
The Pilot Grove boys’ and girls’ basketball teams will chalk up Friday night’s games as a learning experience against the Cairo Bearcats. While the Lady Tigers took it on the chin 71-36, the Pilot Grove boys fell against the state-ranked Bearcats 89-33.
The New Franklin boys’ basketball team fought through adversity Friday night on the road by beating the Community R-6 Trojans 58-54. The Bulldogs, 10-4 overall, outscored Community in 2 of the 4 quarters of play and matched the Trojans in the final period.
GIRLS Class 1 1 Platte Valley 2 Leeton 3 South Iron 4 Delta 5 McAuley Catholic 6 Stanberry 7 St. Elizabeth 8 Mercer 9 Macks Creek 10 Meadville Others receiving votes: Golden City, Higbee, Marion County, Walnut Grove CLASS 2 1 Ellington 2 Blue Eye 3 Miller 4 Wellington-Napoleon 5 Bishop LeBlond 6 Scotland County 7 Newburg 8 Northeast Cairo 9 Community R-6 10 Schuyler County Others receiving votes: Richland, Oran, Santa Fe CLASS 3 1 Strafford 2 El Dorado Springs 3 Skyline 4 Licking 5 Tipton 6 Milan 7 South Shelby 8 Steelville 9 West County 10 Palmyra Others receiving votes: Mansfield, Mid Buchanan, Sparta, Hartville, Scott City CLASS 4 1 Westminster Christian 2 Southern Boone 3 St Charles West 4 Chillicothe 5 Mexico 6 Cardinal Ritter 7 St.