Three Kings Day begins with lots of gifts for the kiddos, lots of beer in Germany, and a visit from a witch in Italy.
In the United States, the National Football League playoffs are in Round One, this weekend, the Wild Card Round. Today there will be two games, the Tennessee Titans (9-7) will visit the Kansas City Chiefs (10-6), and the Atlanta Falcons (10-6) are at the Los Angeles Rams (11-5). Entering the postseason for the first time in nine years, the Tennessee Titans travel this week to face the Kansas City Chiefs in the Wild Card Round. Kickoff at Arrowhead Stadium (capacity 76,416) is scheduled for 3:35 p.m.. This is the third time the two teams have met in the postseason but the first since the Titans have played in Tennessee. They met on Dec. 12, 1962 in the third AFL Championship Game, a contest won by the then-Dallas Texans in double overtime. On Jan. 16, 1994, Joe Montana quarterbacked the Chiefs to a 28-20 victory over Warren Moon and the Houston Oilers. Last week the Titans faced the Jacksonville Jaguars in Nashville, needing a win to secure their Wild Card berth in the six-team AFC playoff field. The Titans prevailed by a final score of 15-10 to earn the fifth seed, their first time in the playoffs since 2008. The team has its first back-to-back winning seasons since the 2007 and 2008 campaigns. The Chiefs enter the postseason with their second consecutive AFC West title. Led by veteran quarterback Alex Smith, the offense ranked fifth overall during the regular season (375.4 yards per game). The unit was seventh in passing (256.5) and ninth in rushing (118.9). The Chiefs are in their fifth campaign under the direction of Andy Reid, who is in his 19th NFL season as a head coach. He has a 53-27 record in Kansas City and has led the club to four playoff appearances. One year after their high-powered offense led the way on a Super Bowl run, the Atlanta Falcons likely will have to rely on their defense at the outset of the postseason. The Los Angeles Rams are the NFL's top-scoring team with nearly 30 points per game. Their fan numbers have been lackluster this season, though. Avoiding a shootout and winning in the first night-game at the Coliseum since their return to the city last season could hinge on accomplishing something few others have done this season: slowing Todd Gurley. Atlanta has at least some reason for optimism. The defense firmed up against the run in the second half of the year, allowing just 93.6 yards per game on the ground in the last eight contests. In Canada, well, in Buffalo, New York, actually, Team Canada pulled off a gift of a gold for Three Kings Day, as they broke a 1-1 tie late in the third and added an empty netter to get a 3-1 win over Sweden and claim the gold at the World Junior Hockey Championship. Impressively two of their goals came in the last couple of minutes of regulation, and the initial push was to avoid a tie. Canadian captain Dillon Dube, noting that with two minutes left, the teams were tied, spurred his players onto heroic playing. Unheroic might be the word used to describe Sweden team captain, and New York Rangers prospect, Lias Andersson, who apparently had no time for second place. Seconds after being awarded a silver medal, he took it right off and skated over to the boards to toss the medal into the stands. Andersson, Sweden’s captain and the Rangers’ No. 7 overall pick in last year’s draft, eventually got the medal back, but it came as little consolation. The 19-year old was in tears on the ice during the medal ceremony, frustrated as his country came up short again. He currently plays for his Swedish club team, Frolunda. In International Cricket, there are two Test Matches underway today, England and Australia are engaged in their Fifth Test Match of the Ashes series at the Sydney Cricket Grounds. Australia is currently leading India are on their Tour of South Africa, and are engaged in their first Test match, ongoing at the Newlands, Cape Town. South Africa is currently leading the match. Today there is one 20Twenty International match, Pakistan playing New Zealand at the Basin Reserve, Wellington. -- Posted By Rex to SR at 1/06/2018 02:23:00 AM -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
