postseason

Jared Goff threw for a touchdown as the Detroit Lions won a playoff game for the first time in 32 years, beating Matthew Stafford and the Los Angeles Rams 24-23.

No matter whether the Seattle Seahawks season ends on Sunday or not, linebacker Bobby Wagner doesn’t plan on it being his last game.

Nathan Eovaldi pitched six gutsy innings, Mitch Garver broke a scoreless tie with an RBI single in the seventh as the Texas Rangers won their first World Series championship by beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0.

Cristian Roldan scored a goal that help Seattle Sounders clinched a spot in the postseason and snapped a four-match winless streak at home with a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Galaxy.

Texas, Minnesota, Arizona and Philadelphia finished off postseason sweeps Wednesday as all four best-of-three Wild Card series ended in two games.

George Kirby allowed only three hits in six innings, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 1-0 and allowed Houston to win the American League West title.

The Florida Panthers beat Boston 4-3 in OT to eliminate the record-setting Bruins from the playoffs. The Panther will now face the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday.

De’Aaron Fox had 18 points and the Sacramento Kings clinched their first playoff berth since 2006 with a 120-80 victory over the Portland Trail Blazers.

Julio Rodríguez sent a buzz through T-Mobile Park, whether it was the second-deck home runs or running down flyballs in center field. And this was just the workout day for the Seattle Mariners.

This will be the ninth time these franchises have met in the postseason, tied for the most of any matchup in the Super Bowl era with San Francisco against Green Bay and Dallas against the Rams.