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Two NFL playoff games today are all that's left to determine what teams will play in the 2019 Super Bowl, set for kickoff on Sunday, February 3. The AFC championship follows: New England Patriots vs. Kansas City Chiefs. For the first time in years with Tom Brady as quarterback, the Patriots are underdogs on Sunday. Continue to Article

January 20, 2019 8:00:am EST

One way or another, the NFC Championship between the Los Angeles Rams and New Orleans Saints will be won by a coach named Sean - with an Irish surname - who designs and calls plays for one of the most innovative and productive offenses in the NFL. The ties between the Saints' Sean Payton and the Rams' Sean McVay go well beyond a shared name. ''We both cut our teeth in this league under Jon Gruden,'' Payton said. Continue to Article

January 20, 2019 2:42:am EST

The Los Angeles Rams realize they're heading into one of the NFL's most intimidating environments when they visit the top-seeded New Orleans Saints in the deafening Superdome for the NFC championship game. Leave it to Aqib Talib, their voluble veteran cornerback, to remind his teammates about the upside of the New Orleans fans' famed investment in the game. ''As a defense, man, we like playing in it,'' Talib said. Continue to Article

January 19, 2019 5:29:pm EST

The gumbo the New Orleans Saints are cooking up is flavored with lots of passes from Drew Brees to Michael Thomas, plenty of runs by Alvin Kamara and Mark Ingram, and enough dashes of defense to negate the high-powered offense of the Los Angeles Rams. Balance is the keyword to the Rams' offense, starting with the NFL's most versatile running back, All-Pro Todd Gurley (30). Gurley not only led the NFL with 21 TDs, he ranked fourth with 1,831 yards from scrimmage despite being slowed in December. Continue to Article

January 19, 2019 1:06:pm EST

So when Hormel Chili asked him to create dips for the Super Bowl, he dived right in with versions that reflect not only New Orleans, but New England, Los Angeles and Kansas City . "The beautiful thing about it is chili and football go hand in hand," Temple says, noting Hormel was a partner with the NFL as far back as the 1950s. "At tailgates or with friends at a viewing party or wherever, it is easy to accommodate a larger crowd." Continue to Article

January 19, 2019 2:48:am EST