Neither home team was favored in Saturday's wild-card games. Both won, with San Diego stunning Indianapolis in overtime 23-17 and Arizona beating Atlanta 30-24.

Eagles coach Andy Reid can't explain it, and perhaps no one can, but recently the road to conference championship games and the Super Bowl has been smoother for wild-card teams.

The Chargers ended the Colts' playoff run for the second straight year, preventing the Colts from getting their 13th win. Saturday's showdown featured teams with impressive winning streaks. The Colts' nine-game streak and the Chargers' four-game streak added to 13 games.

Neither home team was favored in Saturday's wild-card games. Both won, with San Diego stunning Indianapolis in overtime 23-17 and Arizona beating Atlanta 30-24. Speedy Darren Sproles scooted 22 yards for the winning score 6:20 into overtime for the Chargers, ending Indianapolis' nine-game winning streak a day after its quarterback, Peyton Manning, won his third Associated Press NFL MVP award. ...

Neither home team was favored in Saturday's wild-card games.

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MINNEAPOLIS -- Musings, observations and the occasional insight as we wrap up the first three games of what is somewhat inaccurately called the NFL's wild-card weekend from a raucous and purple-bedecked Metrodome ...

OTTAWA - A report card look at Canada's world junior championship team following Monday's 5-1 win over Sweden in the gold-medal game: