joe flacco, a dart. ravens up 21-7 at the half. but the momentum swings in the first.rice takes the short pass, coughs it up. and that led to this. ben roethlisberger pumps. finds miller become of the end zone, ravens' lead down to seven. in the third, roethlisberger finds a strike over the middle to hiens heinz ward. just over 2:00 to play. third and night. big ben finds antonio brown. are you kidding me? brown using his helmet to secure the catch. and that leads to this, the game-winning touchdown. mendenhall, second of the game. one last chance for the ravens. fourth and 18. t.j. houshmandzadeh, drops what would have been a first-down catch. steelers on their way to the afc title game with a 31-24 victory. wow. >> perhaps the greatested hitter of all-time could soon be available. albert pujols is set to start spring training with the dead thereon get a deal done with the cardinals. if an agreement isn't reached he will become a free agent. buster olney tweeted today that san francisco would be one of several interested clubs, including the cubs, angels and dodgers.

joe flacco throwing a pair of touchdowns. this one to anquan boldin. that was the offense. here is the ravens' trademark defense. they got to matt cassel three times. and forced him to throw three interceptions. baltimore plays the steelers way convincing 30-7 win in k.c. >>> by the time you sit down to dinner, carmelo anthony could be a new jersey net. they're close to landing a three-time all-star. the trade would involve 15 players and three teams, if it goes through. 'melo would like to be traded to play against the lakers. they could have used him. the huge dunk. the lakers up five at the half. kobe bryant knows a thing or two about dunking. with the alley and the oop. kobe had 27. lakers win 109-76, and that's your look at sports on "early today." i'm mario solis. >> "early today sports" is brought to you by lectric shave. blade close, lectric smooth. >>> big numbers for "snl," tiny numbers at the box office. your early morning headlines are straight ahead. >>> plus, at first glance, these subway riders in the nation's capital may look normal but they're anything but.

will beat the living crap out of each other because that's the way they play, and i love the way joe flacco played last week. he was a question mark for me coming into the play-offs this year because he had won all his play-off games on the road but they weren't great games. for the first time-- and i think peter would agree with me-- we saw a great defensive performance against a kansas city team that hadn't turned the ball over the but 14 times all year longs, forced five turnovers and joe flacco became the quarterback i think we all thought he could become and you saw a complete white-wash of the kansas city chiefs. if he plays like that they will beat the steelers by at least a touchdown. >> rose: the steelers play well on the road. >> they do. this will be a nasty-- i mean, this will be-- charlie, this is what football is all about. it is in your face, trash talking, physical. and it's going to come down to, as peter said, a field goal, and i do like billy cundiff better, much like he does. >> rose: peter, in the end it will be decide by a field goal, you think? >> yeah, i think it wil

joe flacco has an open receiver but t.j. drops it. that's your ballgame. the steelers win 31-24. they are headed to the afc championship game. >> we found a way to win and what better way than to beat baltimore and put them out of the tournament. they asked for us. they keep asking for us. sometimes my mom always said be careful what you ask for. seems like every time we get in the playoffs they keep wanting to play us and at the end of the day they have got to worry about this loss the whole off season. >>> we can only hope the game is as good as the trash talk this week between the patriots and jets. >> this is about bill belichick versus rex ryan. there is no question. >> may have a little quickness on him. he has probably got a little more strength and power on me. >> so he is going to get everything i have on sunday. if he flips at all we will beat him. >> in my opinion it will never change that. at the end of the day it will be what it is going to be. >> you can't just stick your toe in the water you've got to jump right in. he has got great feet. he moves around really wel

joe flacco an open receiver. drops it. that's the ballgame. steelers win and headed to the afc championship game. >> we found a way to win and what better than to beat baltimore and put them out of the tournament. they keep asking for us. my mom always said be careful what you ask for. it seems like every time we get in the playoffs they keep wanting to play us and at the end of the day they have got to worry about this loss the whole off season. >> the afc's other game also features a pair of division rivals and we can only hope the game is as good as the trash talk this week between the patriots and jets. >> this is about bill belichick versus rex ryan. there is no question it is about his personal -- >> i may have a little quickness on him. he has probably got a little more strength and power on me. >> he is going to get everything i have on sunday. and if he slips at all we are going to beat him. >> my opinion will never change about brady. at the end of the day it will be what it will be. >> you can't stick your toe in the water. he -- he

joe flacco a little shaky at first.ble in the first quarter opens up the chance for jamaal charles to blast off. but that would be the only lead the chief would have all day as flacco regroups, a third quarter touchdown. they added another touchdown and the rout was on. next up for the ravens and their head coach, the steelers in pittsburgh, after a 30-7 spanking of the chiefs. cheese head meaning cheese steaks in phillies. a former cal bear to a former san jose state spartan gave the packers a 14-0 lead. aaron rodgers finding james jones here before the half. philly tried to rally and with seconds remaining michael vick heaving one that he wishes he could have back. the packers go into philly and take it, 21-16 with the exception of seattle, all of the road team this is weekend winning their wild card games. now basketball. warriors in a day game today. the clippers host a good deal of sunday afternoon games at the staple center in l.a., straight to baron davis sets the tone. the second bucket of the game. plenty of hi

fourteen after ray rice for bill to drive away for the ravens in the third baltimore quarterback joe flacco turned the ball over once more and his counterpart ben roethlisberger found the fiery temper veteran hines ward to tie the game ross was. again that pressure situations are his comfort zone the fifty yard bomb. putting the home side into favorable territory rashard mendenhall got to score the forest and the last down of the game. for the thirty one to twenty four final score either the jets or the patriots next up for pittsburgh in the a.f.c. title showdown the n.f.c. divisional game wasn't as even the mashed on paper with a top seeded falcons hosting the packers the six seeded visitors struggled on the road while atlanta excelled at home. eric shining the spotlight on the often overlooked special teams the longest kickoff return in playoff history seen the back cover one hundred in two yards in no time at all that second quarter. fourteen seven and send the local crowd to its feet but it also awakened the beast in the packers aaron rodgers the quarterback for john couey. to tie the s

6-0 in the division, yet it's the chiefs representing the afc west in the playoffs up 7-3 when joe flaccoits ray rice for the touchdown right before the half. baltimore ravens 10-7. matt cassel did not have a playoff debut to remember. he completes just nine passes for 70 yards, threer is interceptions. as a team the -- three interceptions. as a team, the chiefs turn it over five times. into the end zone, flacco takes advantage -- into the red zone excuse me, takes advantage of the short field. it's anquan boldin in the back of the end zone. baltimore scores 24 unanswered. they'll take on the steelers next week in pittsburgh. and >> i think we do good on offense. >> playoff record for total yards. >> passing yards. >> 1st downs! >> how about that offense? [ cheering and applause ] >> what did the defense do? >> five take-aways! [ cheering and applause ] >> next saturday it will be round three between the ravens and steelers followed by the packers and falcons and on sunday it will be the seahawks and bears followed by the jets and patriots who will also be playing each other for the third

in the afc, joe flacco of baltimore connected for two touchdowns against kansas city.ravens defense shut down the chiefs. they win 30-7. next weekend the ravens face pittsburgh on saturday. the jets play new england. in the nba, miami and portland went to overtime. lebron james scored 44 points. dwyane wade added 34 against the trail blazers. miami win it 107-100. the heat winners of 21 of their last 22 games. and in los angeles, 27 points for the lakers against new york. 109-87 los angeles win was their fourth in a row and ended a three-game win streak. when we come back on this monday morning, more on the tragedy in tucson. we'll hear from one of the heroes who stepped in to help. >>> sports sponsored by just for men for mustache and beard. keep your edge. keep your edge. >> woman: i don't know what i did before gps. >> gps: turn left ahead. >> woman: actually, i got lost a lot. now i just follow the steps, and i can get anywhere i want to go. turbotax lets me do my taxes the same way. its unique gps feature guides me step-by-step. searching over 350 deductions. so i

on that democrats and that's just one of the cheats by turnovers in the game late in the quarter joe flacco connects with one problem bowled in for nine yards go to make it twenty three seven twenty five or thirty four for two hundred sixty five yards two touchdowns and then released with god he added the twenty five guy. touchdown monday nights and it's going to extend the regs the week before the says it will see more of one by that sank school bonds a.f.c. division against the pittsburgh steelers meanwhile because we already said the coach i did the postseason only london didn't send one of the two touchdowns for the new york jets and suffered i mean do you not place before nightfall field goal with three seconds left at the jets' divisional round but they will have that hands full facing the new england patriots but the biggest upsets took place in seattle where the seahawks are neither defending champions or saying it's about marshalling the longest run the pace for a crank just on time breaking a ton of tackles on his body to extend the aphids lead to eleven point three minutes the gu

joe flacco sacked five times. 3rd and 19 for the steelers. big ben goes deep to antonio brown for a 58-yard reception to get the steelers inside the 5. ben roethlisberger throws for 226 yards and two touchdowns. four plays later the steelers go on top for good. pittsburgh outscores baltimore 24-3 in the sec half. they win 31-24 and are headed to the afc championship game. >> they asked for us. keep asking for us and sometimes my mom always said be careful what you asked for. seems like every time we get in the playoffs they keep wanting to play us and at the end of the day they have got to worry about this loss the whole off season. >> i don't care who it was. it doesn't matter who it is, man. a loss is a loss. and at the end day of the when you look at the win or losing side. if you are in the win side you keep going. >> who will the steel, play next week? find out tomorrow at 1:30 p.m. right here on cbs5 and stay tuned after the jets and patriots game for "the 5th quarter." >>> handling himself well in his first nhl fight. let's go to the j

joe flacco made it pay off.trolls across the goal line and maid it 10-7 baltimore at halftime. matt cassell throws to lewis. the ravens took advantage with a field goal to make it 16-7. ravens puts it in. it's 23-7 with a quarter left. and just to be sure the ravens added one more in the fourth. mcgahee breaks lose, he won't be caught. and the final three quarter allowing exactly zero points. 30-7 baltimore which now heads to pittsburgh saturday to play the steelers for the third time this year. and on saturday it's the ravens at pittsburgh, and the packers at atlanta. that second game here on channel 2 at 5:00. the afternoon game is the jets at new england. >>> just the national championship game left to play in college football's bowl season is over after tonight's kraft fight hunger bowl in stan francisco. taking on boston college at at&t park, bc scored first. matthews heads up the sideline, no one will get him. 72-yard play makes it 14-7 and what was like a home game for nevada was a field goal battle after