AFC championship game: Cincinnati Bengals v Kansas City Chiefs – live!

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Bengals 0-0 Chiefs, 15:00, 1st quarter

The Bengals get the ball first. Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker kicks things off and the ball hits the end zone for a touchback.

Our friend Roger Kirkby checks in via email:

Hi Hunter, all week long wherever I’ve looked it’s been Chiefs all the way, but those savvy guys in Vegas only make them 7 point favourites. They are betting with their money so maybe they see things differently. They expect them to win by a mere 8 points to pay out, so a close game could be the order of the day. On the plus side they seem to think 54pts will be the combined score so expect a shootout. I’m going with the feel good story so it’s the Bengals for me.

Here’s the thing about the view from Vegas as I see it: as the strong sentimental favorites, a lot of people are betting with their hearts and not their heads, so the Bengals have gotten a late push for that reason, not for any football reasons.

Ashanti is doing the national anthem, that’s how you know it’s a big game! There seem to be some microphone issues early on, but she’s always great. 8/10.

Wow, here’s a blast from the past: Jim Rome is involved in this CBS broadcast. (Long pause.) Do you think I could ask for hazard pay because of this?

NFC championship game

While we’re hoping for a competitive game, let’s not pretend that there isn’t a reason that Bengals-Chiefs is the undercard today. After the AFC championship game, the winning team will sit back and wait to see who survives the NFC championship game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams.

On paper, it’s