In the NFL, Tom Brady was sacked twice and knocked down at least half a dozen times as the New England Patriots missed a chance to clinch the number one seed in the AFC playoffs when they lost to Miami 20-10…..Ben Roethlisberger threw three touchdown passes as Pittsburgh makes the playoffs with a 28-12 win over Cleveland……The New York Jets missed the playoffs, losing to Buffalo 22-17…..Seattle makes the playoffs, beating the N-F-C West leading Arizona Cardinals 36-6 and Minnesota wins the N-F-C North, downing Green Bay 20-13. In other play, it was New Orleans 20 Atlanta 17…..Cincinnati 24 Baltimore 16….Houston 30 Jacksonville 6….Indianapolis 30 Tennessee 24…..Washington 34 Dallas 23…..Philadelphia 35 New York Giants 30….Detroit 24 Chicago 20….Denver 27 San Diego 20….Carolina 38 Tampa Bay 10….Kansas City 23 Oakland 17 and San Francisco 19 St. Louis 16.
Both the San Francisco 49’ers and Cleveland Browns have fired their head coaches.
Marc-Antoine Turcotte made 28 saves and Nathan Noel had a goal and an assist as Sea Dogs defeated Cape Breton 3-1.
In the NHL, Chicago shut out Ottawa 3-0 with Corey Crawford picking up the shutout…..Anaheim over Winnipeg 4-1…..Jaromir Jagr scored twice in Florida’s 2-1 win over Minnesota and the Islanders got by Dallas 6-5.
In the National Basketball League, the Mill Rats lost to Halifax 125-121 in overtime.
In the NBA, the Raptors lose to Chicago 115-113. Elsewhere, it was New York 111 Atlanta 97….Miami 97 Washington 75……Portland 112 Denver 106 and the Los Angeles Lakers 97 Phoenix 77.
