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Kansas City and Philadelphia Punch Tickets to Super Bowl LVII

The Chiefs needed every ounce of the injured Patrick Mahomes’ grit in their slim win over Cincinnati at — as Travis Kelce made clear — Arrowhead Stadium. The Eagles bruised and battered San Francisco in the most lopsided NFC title game since their emphatic dismissal of Minnesota in 2018. Here’s a preview of a Super Bowl that will feature two Black starting quarterbacks for the first time, and a look back at a Championship Sunday that had no shortage of controversy.