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PITTSBURGH — The Cleveland Browns waited nearly two decades to return to the playoffs. To extend their breakthrough season, they’ll have to do it without their unflappable first-year coach in

The Cleveland Browns were cleared to return to practice Friday afternoon -- their first practice of the week as they prepare for the franchise first playoff g

The Associated Press So often, uneasy is the head that wears the crown. Yet the Kansas City Chiefs followed up their first Super Bowl title in half a century by posting the NFL’s best record at 14-2, earning the AFC’s only first-round bye in the expanded playoff format. Before their “B” team lost to the Chargers last weekend with Andy Reid resting his stars, the Chiefs had won 23 of 24 games, a 40-32 loss to the Raiders in Week 5 their only hiccup. The Chiefs didn’t dominate teams as much as they withstood challenge after challenge like a champion boxer who knows how to avoid the ...

By TOM WITHERSAP Sports Writer

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... For the first time in NFL history wild-card weekend will have six games instead of four, and for the third time will have a team with a losing record play host in a postseason game. Curiously, since 2013, division-winning home teams this round have gone only 12-16 straight up vs. the wild cards, including a 4-0 mark in 2016. Even more startling is that over the past three seasons, those home squads...