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James White scored on a 2-yard run in overtime, and the New England Patriots came back to beat the Atlanta Falcons, 34-28, in Super Bowl LI in Houston on Sunday night.

The New England Patriots and Atlanta Falcons won their respective conference championship games on Sunday to advance to Super Bowl 51 in Houston on Feb. 5.

The New England Patriots and the Atlanta Falcons each advanced to their respective conference’s championship game on Saturday. Here’s a recap of the day’s action:

UNDATED (AP) — The road to Super Bowl 52 starts today in Houston and Seattle. It's the first day of the NFL playoffs with a pair of games involving wild card teams.

Two long win streaks were snapped, and NFL playoff spots started to fill up in Week 13 of the 2016 NFL season.

CHICAGO (AP) — Wrigley Field was just 29 years old the last time the Chicago Cubs had previously won a National League pennant, and the ballpark didn't exist when the Cubbies last captured a World Series title. Wrigley and its neighboring taverns were rocking on Saturday night after the Cubs claimed their first pennant since 1945.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Chicago Cubs are one win away from their first World Series berth in 71 years.

  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anthony Rizzo, Addison Russell and the rest of the Chicago Cubs' bats broke out in a big way. Rizzo homered and ended a postseason slump with three RBIs, Russell's two-run drive highlighted a four-run fourth that stopped Chicago's 21-inning scoreless streak, and the Cubs routed the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-2 on Wednesday to even the NL Championship Series at 2-all. Kenta Maeda i

UNDATED (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers have taken control of the National League Championship Series by blanking the Chicago Cubs for the second straight game.

TORONTO (AP) — The Cleveland Indians are one victory away from their first American League pennant since 1997 following an outstanding performance from their bullpen.

CHICAGO (AP) — Clayton Kershaw continued his standout postseason pitching by shutting down the Cubs in The Dodgers 1-0 in Game 2 of the NLCS.

Dodgers’ ace Clayton Kershaw got the last two outs of the game with the go-ahead run on-base in the bottom of the ninth inning, and Los Angeles rallied to beat the Washington Nationals, 4-3, in the decisive Game 5 of the National League Division Series on Thursday night.

UNDATED (AP) — The Chicago Cubs are now four victories away from their first World Series berth since 1945.

Kansas City, MO  --  The Minnesota Twins are now tied with the 1982 Twins as the worst team in franchise history.  Trouble is, there are four more games.  Barring a sweep from here on out, this year's group will go down as the worst ever.