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Prisco’s NFL conference championship picks: Patrick Mahomes, Chiefs take road to Super Bowl; Lions-49ers tight

I went to the dogs last week, and my picks were a lot like what comes out of a dog when you walk them. They stunk just as bad, too. It was not a good divisional round for me. I went 1-3 both straight up and against the spread. That's bad. I called for the Green Bay Packers to upset the San Francisco 49ers, a game I should have gotten right. It was my only ATS winner. For the season, I am now 172-110 straight up and 140-131-11 ATS. You would think after last week I would avoid the dogs. But I am going right back to them when it comes to my ATS picks -- and I think one will win the game outright. I just hope they don't stink like they did a week ago. Kansas City Chiefs (+3.5) at Baltimore RavensSunday, 3 p.m. ET (CBS, Paramount+) This is Lamar Jackson vs. Patrick Mah...

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Why hiring Doc Rivers would be a mistake for the Milwaukee Bucks

Don't do it, Milwaukee Bucks. Swerve. Stop. Break. Take a breath. Just don't hire Doc Rivers as your next head coach. That, with the news Tuesday that the Bucks fired head coach Adrian Griffin and are eying Doc Rivers, is our last-ditch effort at offering the best advice that organization may ever get: Don't do it. Don't hire Doc. Don't entrust him with this 30-13 team with championship aspirations but a clearly volatile set of expectations and frustrations. Don't let him be the head coach to unlock the still-figuring-it-out duo of Giannis Antetokounmpo and Damian Lillard. Don't turn to a perpetual postseason collapser to try and get you back to the promised land of an NBA Finals. This is not some idle, throwaway thought, and it comes as the NBA on TNT erred - or at least j...

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