Jayden Daniels threw for two touchdowns in a flawless performance by Washington’s dazzling rookie, and the Commanders stunned the Detroit Lions 45-31 to reach the NFC championship game for the first time since winning the Super Bowl 33 years ago. The sixth-seeded Commanders were nearly double-digit underdogs against the Super Bowl favorite Lions and overcame doubts as they did all season with a rookie quarterback, new coach and general manager. Detroit, the NFC’s No. 1 seed for the first time, doomed its chances by turning it over five times. Washington rookie Mike Sainristil had two interceptions.

Tyeree Bryan made seven 3-pointers and scored a career-high 35 points to help Santa Clara upset No. 16 Gonzaga 103-99 on Saturday night. Adama Ball added 20 points, and Christoph Tilly had 17 for the Broncos (13-7, 5-2 West Coast Conference). Coming off an overtime loss Thursday night at Oregon State, Gonzaga (14-6, 5-2) has lost consecutive conference games for the first time since the 2013-14 season. Nolan Hickman led Gonzaga with 24 points, hitting six 3-pointers. Graham Ike scored 21 points, and Ryan Nembhard had 16 points and 15 assists.

The U.S. Embassy in the Philippines says that nearly 200 Afghan nationals have been flown on to the United States after having their special immigration visas processed in the Philippines. An embassy spokesperson says the Afghans left the Philippines in several groups on commercial flights last week after completing their application process for resettlement in the U.S. An embassy statement on Sunday expressed “deep appreciation to the government of the Philippines for their cooperation and support for U.S. efforts to assist Afghan special immigrants.” The Afghans, including many children, arrived in the Philippines earlier in January but d Details of their numbers and location were kept secret by U.S. and Philippine officials.

TikTok’s app was removed from prominent app stores on Saturday just before as a federal law that would have banned the popular social media platform was scheduled to go into effect. By 10:50pm Eastern Standard Time, the app was not found on Apple and Google’s app stores, which are prohibited from offering the platform under a law that required TikTok’s China-based parent company, ByteDance, to sell the platform or face a U.S. ban.

Filip Forsberg had two goals and two assists to lead the Nashville Predators to their third consecutive victory, 6-2 over the Minnesota Wild. Colton Sissons, Steven Stamkos, Fedor Svechkov and Brady Skjei also scored and Juuse Saros made 27 saves for the Predators. Roman Josi had two assists. Matt Boldy had a goal and an assist, David Jiricek also scored and Marc-Andre Fleury made 32 saves for the Wild, losers of three straight and four of their last five. After Stamkos made it 4-1, Boldy drew the Wild to within two, but Forsberg scored his second of the night and sixth in his last five games late in the third.

Barrington Hargress scored 40 points as the UC Riverside Highlanders beat the UC San Diego Tritons 85-81. Nate Pickens scored 15 points for UC Riverside (11-8, 4-3 Big West Conference). Aniwaniwa Tait-Jones finished with 32 points, seven rebounds and four assists for UC San Diego (15-4, 5-2).

Two-time defending champion Aryna Sabalenka has moved into the Australian Open quarterfinals with a 6-1, 6-2 win over 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva. Top-ranked Sabalenka was dominant over the No. 14 seed as she extended her winning streak at Melbourne Park to 18 matches. Sabalenka also beat Andreeva in straight sets en route to the title at the Brisbane International earlier this month. Sabalenka is aiming to be the first woman since Martina Hingis in 1997-99 to win three straight Australian Open singles titles.

Mathew Barzal and Brock Nelson each had a goal and an assist and the New York Islanders beat the San Jose Sharks 4-1. Noah Dobson and Ryan Pulock also scored, Marcus Hogberg made 18 saves and the Islanders snapped a two-game skid. Barclay Goodrow scored for San Jose and Alexandar Georgiev finished with 27 saves as the Sharks lost for the fifth time in six games (1-5-0). Nelson put the Islanders ahead for good just 40 seconds after Goodrow had tied the score midway through the second period.

Led by Isaiah Hawthorne's 17 points, Northern Colorado defeated the Sacramento State Hornets 68-64. for the Bears' eighth consecutive win. Langston Reynolds scored 14 points for Northern Colorado (14-5, 6-0 Big Sky Conference). Jacob Holt finished with 25 points, nine rebounds and four blocks for Sacramento State (5-13, 1-4).