While New Orleans Saints beat Detroit Lions.

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Texans Win First Playoff Game Ever

Washington Post NFL reporter Mark Maske took a closer look at each of the four wild-card weekend matchups in advance of the first week of the NFL playoffs. The first round features a pair of tantalizing matchups featuring the high-octane New Orleans Saints hosting the resurgent Detroit Lions and Tim Tebow leading the Denver Broncos against banged-up Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Here’s what each team must do to advance to the second round. Read full article > >

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NFL Playoffs 2012: Wild-card weekend schedule, previews

On the eve of this year’s Super Bowl, which the New Orleans Saints won last year, temporarily breathing life into the hurricane-damaged city, some troubling facts revealing the extent of the damage caused by Katrina have emerged courtesy of the city’s…

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New Orleans Now Whiter, More Affluent

Anyone can get into the playoffs with a winning record, but the Seattle Seahawks became the first NFL team with a losing record to win a playoff game, when they defeated the reigning Super Bowl champions the New Orleans Saints 41-36. Seattle was 7-9 in…

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Seahawks Defeat Saints in Playoffs