It’s time preview the NFL first round playoff matchups on Saturday and Sunday. We’ll use the same basis format for all four games—a basic outline of how the teams match up with each other, some historical context, how Las Vegas sees the game and then wrap it up with TheSportsNotebook’s predictions—and keep in mind, those betting against my bowl picks are turning a profit this holiday season. Here we go with Cincinnati-Houston (Sat, 4:30 PM ET, NBC)…
The divisional playoffs are the most fun weekend in the NFL. Unlike wild-card weekend, all the best teams are in action and usually at least 5-6 teams playing have realistic Super Bowl hopes. I’ve compiled eight memories from this round of competition. The selections are based on the history of the teams playing, and aren’t […]
Today, sports on Christmas Day are built around the NBA. In recent years, it was a college bowl game that was only the sports action. Perhaps no Christmas Day sports were as consequential as 1971 when the NFL played its divisional playoff round and one of them would be the longest NFL game ever played.