What happened on Sunday, January 18, 2015?

  1. One of the craziest NFL games ever: The Seattle Seahawks came back from being down 16-0 at half-time to force overtime and eventually win 28-22 over the Green Bay Packers. It was one of the most unlikely comebacks ever and relied on a series of increasingly unlikely things happening. Seattle fans are thrilled. Green Bay fans are horrified and probably just starting to weep now. We’ll have more full coverage in our NFL One Liners column later this morning.
  2. A not so crazy NFL game: The New England Patriots beat the Indianapolis Colts 45-7 in the other playoff game yesterday. More coverage of this lopsided game in our NFL One Liners column as well.
  3. Pelicans edge Raptors in battle of the new-age names: There may not be two names in the NBA that are more clear about having been named in the last twenty years than these two teams. The Pelicans, playing without their best player, Anthony Davis, still found enough juice to beat the Raptors, 95-93. The Pelicans are a good team but because they are in the Western Conference, where virtually every team is at least very good, they will have a tough time even making the playoffs.
    Line: Shame the Pelicans aren’t in the East. I’d rather watch them than half the Eastern Conference playoff teams.
  4. Repeat of last year: The New York Rangers shocked the Pittsburgh Penguins by coming back from a 3-1 deficit in last year’s playoffs to win their playoff series four games to three. Yesterday was another lesson in how the Rangers have the Penguins number. By half-way through the game, the Rangers were leading 4-1 and Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury had been pulled in lieu of his backup, Thomas Greiss. The final score was 5-2.
    Line: Usually the Penguins have trouble with Rangers goalie, Henrik Lundquist, but yesterday they had trouble with basically everything.

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