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The reigning champions went into Baltimore and smothered Lamar Jackson's offense while getting outstanding performances from Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce in a over the Ravens.Kansas City is heading to its fourth Super Bowl in five seasons. Mahomes' stats may not look amazing, but his ability to make the right plays -- sometimes highlight-worthy, sometimes ordinary and sometimes just smart -- helped the visitors do enough against the league's best defense. It helps that he had Kelce (11 receptions, 116 yards, one touchdown and ), but in the game's deciding moment, he found Marquez Valdes-Scantling on a perfect 32-yard to s. It was , I wrote from Baltimore. Pereles: The defense, meanwhile, was absolutely fantastic, holding the Ravens to a season-low 10 points. Also fantastic? Then came the offensive shootout in a game, that again, was heavy on drama. The 49ers erased a 17-point halftime deficit -- the largest in conference championship history-- to beat the Lions, . After Avery Bradley Jersey playing one miserable half, the 49ers played some of the best football I've seen and caught some breaks along the way. Their second-half drive chart was: field goal, touchdown, touchdown, field goal, touchdown, kneel to finish game. Along the way, Brandon Aiyuk made , Christian McCaffrey, Jahmyr Gibbs fumbled, Josh Reynolds dropped two pa ses and the Lions failed on two fourth downs and bungled the clock. More on that in a bit. But I want to talk about Brock Purdy. Here's his second half: 13 of 16 pa sing for 174 yards and a score as well as four rushes for 49 yards. Yes, Purdy helped put the 49ers in their deficit. But there's also a reason Kyle Shanahan had been and 0-19 when down 17+ in the second half before this week and now has a win in both scenarios. Because Purdy -- though he may dig you some holes -- can also rescue you from them. What a performance. Some early Super Bowl content ... | | 10 reasons they're here: | Mahomes is And, yes, Taylor Swift Honorable mentions The Browns Ken Dorsey as offensive coordinator, the Eagles Kellen Moore as offensive coordinator, and the Bills Joe Brady full-time offensive coordinator.Adam Silver is with the NBA.No. 1 UConn earned an A+ to lead. Here are our .No. 23 Iowa State topped No. 7 Kansas, , the Cyclones' seventh straight home win over a ranked team.Caleb Love led No. 9 Arizona to an over Oregon.The Tigers signed Colt Keith to a before even making his MLB debut. It's the in MLB history.Matthieu Pavon .THE BALTIMORE RAVENS AND THE DETROIT LIONS Losing hurts, but losing really hurts when winning was within your grasp. And the Ravens and Lions both had a Super Bowl trip in their grasp. Baltimore will rue a bevy of mi sed opportunities, glaring mistakes and an underwhelming offensive day. Here's the laundry list of failures: Eight penalties for 95 yards, including five personal foulsZay Flowers, moments after a taunting penalty, Jackson throwing an interception into triple coverageSix carries for 23 yards by running backs (and only 16 carries for 81 yards overall)Three turnovers (two in scoring position) and zero turnovers forced, Jeff Kerr writes. Meanwhile Montrezl Harrell Jersey , the Lions . Plain and simple. Two key drops by Reynolds that would have been first downs. A Gibbs fumble. An ill-conceived (and, even worse, poorly-executed) running play late in the game that cost the Lions a vital timeout. Oh yeah, and those two fourth-down failures that could have been two field goals -- six points -- in a game the Lions lost by three. But that is who Dan Campbell is. I'm not going to criticize him for , which just produced one of the best seasons in franchise history and has completely revitalized the organization. He postgame, and I'm fine with that. If Reynolds or Gibbs hangs onto a ball, we're talking about the NFC champion Lions. Instead, we're talking about what could have been, an . And Not so honorable mentions Bronny James received his .Julius Randle .His team may have won, but Iowa State coach T.J. Otzelberger had to .Ed Cooley got a from the Providence crowd and then lost against his former team.The NBA called it "Rivals Week" and, man, did the league ever deliver --LeBron James vs. Stephen Currywas one of the greatest regular-season games ever. James (36 points, 20 rebounds, 12 a sists) sank a pair of free throws with 1.2 seconds left in the second overtime to lift the Lakers to a over the Warriors. This game was absolutely bonkers: Curry (46 points, nine 3-pointers) forced overtime, Klay Thompson forced double overtime, D'Angelo Ru sell did a bunch of absurd things (absurdly good absurdly bad), and just when it looked like Golden State would snatch a victory off yet another Curry 3-pointer, James got to the line and converted. Colin Ward-Henninger , and honestly, this list could have been twice as long. I don't know how James Worthy Jersey many more LeBron-vs.-Steph showdowns we'll get, but they just keep on delivering. One night earlier, we got another all-timer: 73 points from Luka Doncic, .Devin Booker had a 62 in . For the first time in a decade, there's a name outside the Big Three on the Norman Brookes Challenge Cup.Jannick SinnerstunnedNovak Djokovicin the semifinals and then rallied pastDaniil Medvedev,, to win the Australian Open for his first Grand Slam title. Sinner, 22, is also the first Italian man to win the Australian Open title and the first Italian man to win any major sinceAdriano Panattain 1976.He's the first player outside of Djokovic,Rafael NadalandRoger Federerto win the Australian Open sinceStan Wawrinkain 2014.What a final it was. Kyle Kuzma Jersey Medvedev cruised through two sets, but Sinner fought back, winning the third and fourth sets and taking control with a big forehand winner in the fifth to go up a break. The match-winner, fittingly, was a big forehand, too. On the women's side,Aryna Sabalenkashut down any chance of a new champion, rolling pastQinwen Zheng,, for her second consecutive Australian Open title.Sabalenka did not lose a set all tournamentand was absolutely dominant against Zheng, winning eight of the first nine points to set the tone. Sabalenka, 25, is the first woman to repeat at the Australian Open sinceVictoria Azarenkain 2012-13, and she already has her eyes on a three-peat, telling the crowd, "I love you so much, and I can't wait to come back," after the victory. No. 12 Duke at Virginia Tech (M), 7 p.m. on ESPN No. 9 LSU at Mi si sippi State (W), 9 p.m. on ESPN2 Suns at Heat, 7:30 p.m. on NBA TV No. 4 Houston at Texas (M), 9 p.m. on ESPN 76ers at Trail Blazers, 10 p.m. on NBA TV