Reuters Sports News Summary

St. Brown caught seven passes for 144 yards for the NFC North champion Lions (12-5), who bounced back from a controversial loss to Dallas on Dec. 30. Jarrett Allen, Cavaliers withstand Spurs' late charge Jarrett Allen recorded his seventh straight double-double with 29 points and 16 rebounds as the host Cleveland Cavaliers extended San Antonio's losing streak to five games with a 117-115 win on Sunday.

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Jared Goff, Lions finish regular season on high note, down Vikings

Jared Goff passed for 320 yards and two touchdowns, including a 70-yard strike to Amon-Ra St. Brown, and the playoff-bound Detroit Lions defeated the visiting Minnesota Vikings 30-20 on Sunday. St. Brown caught seven passes for 144 yards for the NFC North champion Lions (12-5), who bounced back from a controversial loss to Dallas on Dec. 30.

Jarrett Allen, Cavaliers withstand Spurs' late charge

Jarrett Allen recorded his seventh straight double-double with 29 points and 16 rebounds as the host Cleveland Cavaliers extended San Antonio's losing streak to five games with a 117-115 win on Sunday. Caris LeVert scored 23 points and Sam Merrill had 18 points on five 3-pointers for Cleveland, which won its third straight. The Cavaliers' reserves outscored San Antonio's bench 60-38 with LeVert and Merrill leading the way.

Derek Carr shines as Saints blast Falcons

Derek Carr threw a season-high four touchdown passes and the host New Orleans Saints defeated the Atlanta Falcons 48-17 to keep their Wild Card hopes alive on Sunday afternoon. Carr passed for 264 yards while Kendre Miller had his biggest workload of the season in the absence of injured Alvin Kamara and rushed for 73 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries.

Lions' Sam LaPorta sets TE rookie record for catches, injures knee

Detroit Lions rookie tight end Sam LaPorta avoided a season-ending left knee injury on Sunday, but his availability for the wild-card round of the playoffs next week is in peril. "The best way I can put it is, it's probably not as bad as it looked. But it's not good news," Lions coach Dan Campbell said Sunday. "I know it looked awful. It's not as bad as that. It doesn't mean it looks good to have him here in the immediate, to have him for a game."

Bengals roll past Browns; entire AFC North finishes above .500

Andrei Iosivas caught two touchdown passes and Joe Mixon ran for one and caught another as the Cincinnati Bengals ended their season with a 31-14 win over the visiting Cleveland Browns Sunday. Jake Browning threw three touchdowns for the Bengals (9-8), finishing 18-of-24 passing with 156 yards and one interception before being replaced by AJ McCarron late in the third quarter.

Jets end 15-game skid against Bill Belichick, Patriots

Breece Hall rushed for 178 yards and a touchdown as the New York Jets completed their season with a 17-3 victory over the New England Patriots on Sunday afternoon in Foxborough, Mass. New York (7-10) beat the Patriots for the first time since Dec. 27, 2015. New England had won the past 15 meetings between the teams.

Blackhawks snap 5-game losing skid at Flames' expense

Colin Blackwell had two goals and an assist and Nikita Zaitsev and Jarred Tinordi each contributed two points as the Chicago Blackhawks edged the visiting Calgary Flames 4-3 on Sunday to snap a five-game losing streak. Goaltender Petr Mrazek made 28 saves for Chicago, which was outshot 31-20.

Eagles pull QB Jalen Hurts (finger), rule out WR A.J. Brown (knee)

The Philadelphia Eagles pulled star quarterback Jalen Hurts from Sunday's game against the New York Giants while trailing by 24 points late in the second quarter. Hurts injured the middle finger on his throwing hand in the first minute of the second quarter, one of several injuries the Eagles suffered during the regular-season finale.

Buccaneers clinch NFC South with ugly win at Panthers

Chase McLaughlin kicked three field goals and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers clinched the NFC South for the third season in a row by defeating the host Carolina Panthers 9-0 on Sunday afternoon at Charlotte, N.C. The Buccaneers (9-8) won five of their last six games in the regular season.

Capitals fend off Kings to end brief slide

John Carlson scored with 52.9 seconds remaining in regulation as the host Washington Capitals edged the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 on Sunday. Carlson's point shot got past Cam Talbot for his third of the season. Nicolas Aube-Kubel scored a goal and added two assists, while Nic Dowd had a goal and one helper for Washington.