The fairytale continued for the Arizona Cardinals as they took another step forward and won through to the 43rd Super Bowl in Tampa when they defeat the highly favoured Philadelphia Eagles, 32-25 by outclassing their opponents in the first half and then hanging on to get over the line.
It will be Arizona’s first Super Bowl [...]
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Pittsburgh Steelers defeat San Diego Chargers [NFL]
Pittsburgh Steelers 35 defeat San Diego Chargers 24
The final game of the Divisional playoffs and a game many had forecast as one sided was a close encounter, but only for the first half, in the cold and snowy conditions in Pittsburgh.
The visitors started strongly with an early touchdown to Vincent Jackson and it [...]
Philadelphia Eagles defeat New York Giants – NFL
Philadelphia Eagles 23 defeated New York Giants 11
This was billed as the game of the weekend and for three quarters it was a close tussle, although whilst the Giants were exchanging the lead regularly with the Eagles, Eli Manning looked ineffectual and out of touch.
The final quarter opened with a touchdown to the Eagles, and [...]
Arizona Cardinals thrash Carolina Panthers
Arizona Cardinals 33 defeated Carolina Panthers 14
All the experts had expected this to be a one sided game – and it was, but it was the Cardinals who did the thrashing as they overran a limp and error prone Panthers.
The home team started well with a touchdown in the opening minutes, but that was the [...]
Baltimore defeats Tennessee in epic playoffs battle
Batlimore Ravens 13 defeated Tennessee Titans 10
All the predictions were that this would be a close, tough battle and the game lived up to this.
In the Tennessee drizzle, it was a battle of attrition with both sides suffering injuries as the game progressed.
A field goal early in the final quarter gave the Ravens the lead, [...]