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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Superman is headed for the Super Bowl. He's taking the Carolina Panthers with him. Cam Newton threw for two touchdowns and ran for two others, and Carolina's big-play defense stifled the league's top-ranked offense in a 49-15 romp Sunday for the NFC championship...

DENVER (AP) — If this 17th matchup with Tom Brady was indeed the final one, Peyton Manning got the last laugh — thanks to Von Miller. The star of Denver's dominant defense had 2 1/2 sacks, an interception and a pass breakup in the Broncos' 20-18 win over the New England Patriots in the AFC championship game Sunday...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — If the Carolina Panthers win their first NFL championship, they can credit the lesson they learned from the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday. Playoff games are never truly over until that final gun. Emphatically backing up their superb regular season with one of the most dominating halves in football history, the Panthers then hung on in the face of a furious Seahawks rally before

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Larry Fitzgerald's brief but brilliant overtime heroics trumped another Aaron Rodgers Hail Mary and the Arizona Cardinals escaped with a 26-20 victory over the Green Bay Packers Saturday night to advance to the NFC championship...

HOUSTON (AP) — NFL owners voted Tuesday night to allow the St. Louis Rams to move to a new stadium just outside Los Angeles, and the San Diego Chargers will have an option to share the facility, The Associated Press has learned. ...

It's a reaction to a feeling that Seahawks fans know all to well and is still fresh in their minds, following the disastrous end to Super Bowl 49 last February. For Washington State Cougars fans, it's simply a way of life. Having a seemingly sure victory in hand, only to have it yanked out at the last moment, in spectacularly unbelievable fashion. This time, the football gods were smiling on Seatt

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Blair Walsh's 27-yard field goal try into the frigid wind for Minnesota hooked left with 22 seconds remaining, handing the Seattle Seahawks a 10-9 victory over the stunned Vikings in their wild-card round playoff game in below-zero weather Sunday...

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Brett Favre, Terrell Owens and Alan Faneca, all first-year eligibles, have made the list of 15 finalists for induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The class of 2016 will be decided on Feb. 6, the day before the Super Bowl, with inductions scheduled for August...

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Russell Wilson threw three touchdown passes in a second-quarter outburst and the Seattle Seahawks emphatically snapped Arizona's nine-game winning streak in a 36-6 rout on Sunday. Playing on the same field where they lost a Super Bowl heartbreaker last February, the Seahawks (10-6) dominated from their opening possession and led 30-6 at the half...

Just two playoff spots remain open as the 2015 NFL regular season concludes this Sunday. Here’s a preview of this week’s games.