Four teams fight for two spots in Super Bowl
The Minnesota Vikings advanced to the NFC championship game with a stunning 29-24 comeback victory over the New Orleans Saints. They'll play the Philadelphia Eagles, who beat the Atlanta Falcons 15-10, to see who will move on to this year's Super Bowl. In the AFC, the Jacksonville Jaguars beat Pittsburgh, depriving the Steelers of a rematch against the New England Patriots, who beat Pittsburgh 27-24 in December. The Jaguars defeated the favored Steelers 45-42 to qualify for the AFC title game for the third time in franchise history. "We knew we had this team's number," Jacksonville safety Barry Church said. The Jaguars will play the Patriots next Sunday.
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Harold Maass is a contributing editor at The Week. He has been writing for The Week since the 2001 debut of the U.S. print edition and served as editor of TheWeek.com when it launched in 2008. Harold started his career as a newspaper reporter in South Florida and Haiti. He has previously worked for a variety of news outlets, including The Miami Herald, ABC News and Fox News, and for several years wrote a daily roundup of financial news for The Week and Yahoo Finance.
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