Week 17 NFL playoff outlook: the Chiefs and Lions can both guarantee home-field advantage, bye

 

Are currently very much in the running to win the division, and may have returned to their Super Bowl form from earlier in the season. Schedule remaining: versus. Browns, at Texans

6. Los Angeles Chargers (9-6), wild card No. 2: They leapfrogged their division rivals and won the season tiebreaker (by virtue of the sweep) by sweeping the Broncos for the first game in 14 years,

Preventing Denver from clinching Thursday. Bolts enters the field with one more victory. Schedule remaining: Raiders, Patriots

In Colorado, more than 170 skiers and snowboarders were saved after a gondola mishap.

Nissan and Honda have announced intentions to combine to become the third-largest manufacturer in the world.