Our NFL playoffs calculator has an up-to-date look at the latest playoff picture. Mac Jones, the Patriots’ rookie quarterback, threw a 12-yard pass to tight end Jonnu Smith in the first quarter on Monday night in Buffalo. In the fourth quarter, he threw an incomplete pass to wide receiver Nelson Agholor and a 7-yard completion

Ice hockey’s governing body on Tuesday finally put to rest lingering questions about whether China’s woeful team would be allowed to play in the Olympic men’s hockey tournament, confirming less than two months before the Winter Games’ scheduled start that the team would indeed compete in Beijing. The International Ice Hockey Federation said in a

Austin Ekeler has ascended from a passed over rookie into a crucial cog for the Los Angeles Chargers’ playoff push. In his fifth N.F.L. season, a healthy Ekeler is on a pace to put up career-high rushing numbers, ranking fifth in the league in yards from scrimmage (1,181) and second in touchdowns scored (15). In