Joe Student

Only four NFL teams are still alive: Packers, Seahawks, Colts and Patriots. Two of those squads will advance to Super Bowl XLIX with a victory on Sunday. Here’s a preview of the NFC & AFC championship games:

The Indianapolis Colts and Green Bay Packers each won NFL divisional round playoff games on Sunday to advance to next weekend’s conference championships. Here’s a recap of Sunday’s action:

The Seattle Seahawks and New England Patriots each won in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs on Saturday and advanced to their respective conference championship games. Here’s a recap of the day’s action:

The Dallas Cowboys and Indianapolis Colts moved on to the divisional round of the NFL playoffs with victories on Sunday. Here’s a recap of the day’s games:

The Baltimore Ravens and the Carolina Panthers each advanced in the NFL playoffs on Saturday. Here's a recap of the day's games:

The 2014 NFL regular season ended on Sunday, as all remaining playoff spots were claimed and several division titles were decided. Here's a recap of the day's action:

Seattle, Philadelphia and Detroit each dominated their respective divisional opponents on Thanksgiving Day to notch important wins.

The Cinderella story of the Kansas City Royals meets the biennial excellence of the San Francisco Giants in the 2014 World Series beginning on Tuesday in Kansas City. Here's a preview of what to expect in this year's edition of the Fall Classic:

Travis Ishikawa hit a game-winning, three-run homer off Michael Wacha in the bottom of the ninth inning, and the Giants beat the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-3, in San Francisco on Thursday night to win Game 5 of the National League Championship Series and advance to the World Series for the third time in…

Eric Hosmer's first-inning ground ball produced two runs, and the Royals completed a four-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles with a 2-1 victory in Game 4 of the American League Championship Series in Kansas City on Wednesday afternoon.