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AFC South
organizationJacksonville Jaguars beat Tennessee Titans 20-16 to win AFC South. Jaguars will play either the Los Angeles Chargers or Baltimore Ravens in the wild-card round of the NFL playoffs. Kansas City Chiefs defeated Las Vegas Raiders 31-13 to secure AFC's top seed.
The Kansas City Chiefs
organizationThe Chiefs beat the host Las Vegas Raiders 31-13 in the NFL teams' regular-season finale. Chiefs get to sit out the NFL's wild card round of the playoffs next weekend before returning the following week. The team's 14 wins on the season matches the 2020 Chiefs' franchise-high.
FA Cup
organizationNewcastle lost 2-1 to Sheffield Wednesday in the FA Cup third round. Josh Windass and Bruno Guimaraes scored for the Owls. Newcastle boss Eddie Howe was hoping to give Allan Saint-Maximin a start.
Naomi Osaka
personTwo-time champion has not played since September due to illness. Venus Williams also ruled out of hardcourt major with injury. Dayana Yastremska moves into the main draw.
Nyheim Hines
personBills safety Damar Hamlin posts to Instagram for first time since cardiac arrest. Bills sprinted out to a 7-0 lead and then forced the Pats into a three-and-out. The win enabled the Bills to lock up the No. 2 seed in the AFC playoffs with a 13-3 record.
Mikaela Shiffrin
personMikaela Shiffrin equals compatriot Lindsey Vonn's women's World Cup record. American clinched her 82nd victory in the second giant slalom race in Kranjska Gora. She is four short of Ingemar Stenmark's overall record of 86 wins.
The Jacksonville Jaguars
organizationJacksonville Jaguars beat the Tennessee Titans 20-16 on Saturday. The Jaguars won the AFC South title with the win. Kansas City Chiefs locked up the No. 1 seed and a playoff bye by beating Las Vegas Raiders 31-13.
Suryakumar Yadav
personIndia beat Sri Lanka by 91 runs to win the three-match series 2-1. Suryakumar Yadav scored 112 not out off 51 balls for his third T20I century. Sri Lanka were bowled out for 137 in 16.4 overs.
Lamar Jackson
personThe NFL will not resume the Buffalo Bills-Cincinnati Bengals game that was suspended Monday night. NFL owners will consider in a special league meeting on Friday a resolution that could result in a neutral-site AFC Championship Game and a coin flip deciding the site. Lamar Jackson has now missed four straight games and has just been ruled out for his fifth. New York Jets will turn to Joe Flacco in their season finale at Miami.
Supreme Court
organizationBiden slammed for claiming that Harris knows border crisis better than anyone. Marjorie Taylor Greene passed a phone with Donald Trump on the line to an anti-McCarthy rebel on the House floor. Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., is vowing to quit.
the Buffalo Bills
organizationDamar Hamlin has shown "substantial" and "remarkable" improvement in the past 24 hours, according to his physicians and team. Hamlin, who suffered a cardiac arrest during a Monday night game, is now breathing on his own and talking with his family and team, the Bills said Friday. The Bills earned their first game-opening kick return for a touchdown in 18 years to start Sunday’s matchup with the New England Patriots.
Shankar Mishra
personShankar Mishra, 35, allegedly urinated on a co-passenger in a drunken stupor on an Air India flight in November. Mishra was an employee of US financial services giant Wells Fargo. Air India has de-restored four flight crew members and a pilot as a result.
Venus Williams
personVenus Williams has withdrawn from the Australian Open with an undisclosed injury. The 42-year-old suffered the injury while playing in Auckland, New Zealand. Carlos Alcaraz announced on Saturday that he would not compete at the men's Australian Open in Melbourne later this month.
Kevin McCarthy
personKevin McCarthy, 57, was elected the House Speaker in a historic post-midnight 15th ballot on Saturday. McCarthy defeated 52-year-old Hakeem Sekou Jeffries by 216 to 212 votes. The protracted intraparty battle highlighted the deep rifts between mainstream conservatives and hard-right members of the Republican caucus.
the House of Representatives
organizationMcCarthy, 57, was elected the House Speaker in a historic post-midnight 15th ballot. McCarthy defeated 52-year-old Hakeem Sekou Jeffries by 216 to 212 votes.
Richneck Elementary School
organizationA 6-year-old boy shot and wounded a teacher on Friday at Richneck Elementary School in Newport News, Virginia. The teacher, a woman in her 30s, suffered life-threatening injuries. The boy was taken into custody, the chief said.
FA Cup
organizationTottenham Hotspur beat Portsmouth 1-0 in the FA Cup third round. Harry Kane scored the only goal of the game in the second-half. Fulham beat Hull 2-0 at the MKM Stadium. Bournemouth and Nottingham Forest suffered defeats by Burnley and Blackpool.
Marjorie Taylor Greene
personThe hosts of 'The View' were once again disgusted with Marjorie Taylor Greene on Tuesday morning. Host Whoopi Goldberg even questioned why Greene is not in jail after saying so. "If you and I had done this, engaged in this in any way, we would be facing charges,“ WhoopI said.
Matt Gaetz
personMcCarthy had lost 13 votes for speaker over four long days. Rep.-elect Derrick Van Orden torched Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., for "dragging" out the speaker fight to fundraise off of it. Gaetz is one of six Republicans dubbed the “Never Kevins’ and has expressed no interest in the post.
Suryakumar Yadav
personIndia beat Sri Lanka by 91 runs to win their T20 series 2-1. Suryakumar Yadav scored 112 not out off 51 balls for his third T20 hundred. Sri Lanka were bowled out for 137 in 16.4 overs.