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This Sunday, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Detroit Lions will face each other in the Divisional round match at Ford Field. The stakes are high, as the winner of this matchup will advance to the NFC Championship Game . The Buccaneers have put in a tremendous effort to get to this point , having turned their season around in December, similar to the Packers. They have won six of their last seven games , demonstrating exceptional form and impressive teamwork. The Divisional Round will feature 3 rematches from the regular season : 📍Week 1: Ravens beat Texans 25-9 📍Week 6: Lions beat Bucs 20-6 📍Week 14: Bills beat Chiefs 20-17 pic.twitter.com/BstFrF3hMJ — SleeperNFL (@SleeperNFL) January 16, 2024 Conversely, the Detroit Lions have been nothing short of inspiring . They are on a comeback journey of epic proportions, having made it to the Divisional Round of the playoffs for the first time in over three decades. Their resurgence began midway through last season , and they have sinc...

The NBA has expressed quite a bit of interest in replicating elements of international soccer as a business model. The inspiration for a mid-season tournament, expected to come in the next few years, comes from the world of soccer as teams compete for several different trophies over the course of a year. In that vein, the NBA has introduced a number of new trophies recently, including Eastern and Western Conference Finals MVP awards named for Larry Bird and Magic Johnson, respectively. Well, now, the league is introducing yet another trophy. On Tuesday, it unveiled the Maurice Podoloff trophy, named for the NBA's first commissioner. It will go to the team each season that has the best regular-season record. Last season, that would have been the Phoenix Suns. The NBA describes the trophy by saying that it "features a crystal ball cut into 82 panels, sitting on a pedestal that combines the structures of the...