NEW ORLEANS – Tom Brady’s best game in three tries against New Orleans kept the Buccaneers moving on in the NFL playoffs, and has Saints quarterback Drew Brees headed home – perhaps for good.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Kansas City Chiefs had lost Patrick Mahomes to a concussion and were in danger of losing the game.

LOS ANGELES – Charisma Osborne scored 28 points and No. 8 UCLA withstood a smart play by No. 25 Washington State that forced overtime for a 68-66 victory Sunday.

It has been the most successful player-coach relationship in Seahawks history, and Russell Wilson and Pete Carroll this week described a shared vision for the direction of the team. That vision ends in another Super Bowl parade in downtown Seattle – or two or three or four more, as Wilson sees it.

“The crowd is silent now, as opposed to when the Saints have the ball,” NBC broadcaster Tom Hammond said, before more than 66,000 fans refuted that fact.

A four-game California road swing for Washington State culminated with one victory and three reminders of where the Cougars need to improve before they can start stacking up wins against the Pac-12 Conference's best teams.

Taron Johnson could’ve kept running into next week on a 101-yard interception that carried the Buffalo Bills to their first AFC championship game appearance in 26 years.

The Los Angeles Rams receiver and former Eastern Washington star missed Saturday's NFC Divisional playoff game against the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field, the result of a knee injury he sustained in a first-round win over the Seahawks last week.

Aaron Rodgers made sure he’d play an NFC championship game at home for the first time in his Hall of Fame-caliber career.

In many ways, it's the best of times and the worst of times to be Washington State's athletic director.

Montana, Montana State and Portland State each opted out the league's delayed six-game schedule, following the lead of Sacramento State which opted out in October. This largely affects Eastern Washington and Idaho's schedules and how each the respective programs move forward.

The Atlanta Falcons have agreed to terms with Tennessee Titans offensive coordinator Arthur Smith to become the team’s head coach.

I’m sure many people were parsing quarterback Russell Wilson’s words and reading his body language Thursday, searching for signs of discontent in the wake of the jarring end to the Seahawks’ season, Pete Carroll’s stated desire to run the ball more often and the subsequent firing of offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer.

The conditional reinstatement of wide receiver Josh Gordon has been rescinded by the NFL, and Gordon is once again under suspension.

Colorado coach Karl Dorrell hasn’t taken much time off since a 55-23 loss in the Alamo Bowl closed the chapter on his first season in Boulder.

Before the good folks in Jacksonville get too revved up about the arrival of Urban Meyer, let’s review a few cautionary tales.

Urban Meyer feels as if Jacksonville has everything he needs to make a successful move to the NFL.

The New York Jets reached an agreement in principle with San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh to hire him as their head coach.

The win-loss column would suggest both Washington State and UCLA had tremendous success through the first 11 games of the 2020-21 season. Thursday's game between the Cougars and Bruins was a reminder that not all 9-2 teams are created equal.