National Sports

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Philip Rivers and the Los Angeles Chargers are still hanging around in the AFC playoff hunt.

NASHVILLE — The Los Angeles Rams and first-year coach Sean McVay saved the real celebration for the locker room.

CINCINNATI — Marvin Lewis knew what everybody was wondering: Is this his farewell to Cincinnati? "I guess everybody's writing me off," Lewis said, after his Bengals rallied for a 26-17 win over Detroit on Sunday. Well, pretty much.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Panthers defence appears to be peaking at the right time.

CHICAGO — The Cleveland Browns got pushed to the brink of a winless season, and the anger and embarrassment were as easy to spot as the mistakes they made. DeShone Kizer called it a low point in his life.

NEW ORLEANS — If the Atlanta Falcons end up just missing the NFL post-season , they'll have to spend a long off-season regretting a cornucopia of mistakes in a 23-13 loss to the New Orleans Saints.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — When the Los Angeles Chargers opened the season 0-4, few gave them much of a chance to make the playoffs. Other than the players themselves, of course.

VANCOUVER — The St. Louis Blues put a damper on Brock Boeser's milestone night. Kyle Brodziak scored the winner and added an assist as St. Louis snapped a three-game losing streak with Saturday's 3-1 victory over the slumping Vancouver Canucks.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have hit the reset button on the season.

Saturday's Games NFL Baltimore 23 Indianapolis 16 Minnesota 16 Green Bay 0 --- NHL St. Louis 3 Vancouver 1 Toronto 3 N.Y. Rangers 2 N.Y.