KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs had to learn to dink and dunk their way through this entire season so you can bet they relished the chance to open up the offense against Pittsburgh on Sunday night. The Chiefs used a series of big plays to roll to a 42-21 victory in the wild-card round. They'll probably need more of the same this Sunday night when they face the equally potent Bills in the divisional round at Arrowhead Stadium. It's a rematch of last season's AFC title game won by the Chiefs and an October matchup in Kansas City that the Bills won in a 38-20 rout.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Matthew Stafford passed for 202 yards and two touchdowns in his first playoff victory and the Los Angeles Rams roared out of the wild-card round with a 34-11 win over the Arizona Cardinals. The Rams will visit the defending Super Bowl champion Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday for a spot in the NFC championship game. Odell Beckham Jr. and Cooper Kupp made touchdown catches for the NFC West champion Rams while they jumped to a boisterous 28-0 lead.
UNDATED (AP) — The Las Vegas Raiders have fired general manager Mike Mayock after three seasons and will begin a search for a coach and GM following their second playoff berth in the past 19 seasons. The Raiders announced the move to get rid of Mayock today, two days after losing their wild-card playoff game to Cincinnati 26-19. Coach Jon Gruden brought Mayock in to replace Reggie McKenzie following the 2018 season but the Raiders had spotty results in the draft and free agency in recent years.
UNDATED (AP) — Preseason No. 1 Gonzaga has climbed back to the top of The Associated Press men’s basketball poll, ending Baylor’s five-week run. The Bulldogs got 25 first-place votes, 11 fewer than No. 2 Auburn, but edged the Tigers in overall points to take the top spot. Auburn has its highest ranking since reaching No. 2 in 1999-2000 after moving up two spots. Arizona, Purdue and Baylor round out the top five. A wild week of upsets led to big changes in the AP Top 25. Baylor saw its 21-game winning streak end with consecutive losses and 13 ranked teams lost last week, including nine on Saturday. Baylor plunged four spots to No. 5 while Southern California toppled 11 places to No. 16.
MONDAY SCORES
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS
Final L.A. Rams 34 Arizona 11
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final (4)Purdue 96 (17)Illinois 88
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Boston 104 New Orleans 92
Final Charlotte 97 New York 87
Final Washington 117 Philadelphia 98
Final Cleveland 114 Brooklyn 107
Final Memphis 119 Chicago 106
Final L.A. Clippers 139 Indiana 133
Final Atlanta 121 Milwaukee 114
Final Portland 98 Orlando 88
Final Miami 104 Toronto 99
Final Phoenix 121 San Antonio 107
Final Dallas 104 Oklahoma City 102
Final L.A. Lakers 101 Utah 95
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
New Jersey at Toronto 7 p.m. (Postponed)
Final OT Detroit 3 Buffalo 2
Final SO Colorado 4 Minnesota 3
Final Arizona 5 Montreal 2
Final San Jose 6 Los Angeles 2
Final SO Seattle 3 Chicago 2
Final N-Y Islanders 4 Philadelphia 1
Final St. Louis 5 Nashville 3
Final Pittsburgh 5 Vegas 3