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Winner: Andy Reid’s Game Plan With a 30-17 win over the Lions on Sunday night, the Chiefs have scored at least 28 points in each of their last three games. That’s a benchmark Kansas City hit only four times during the 2024 regular season and only three times in 2023. Even if we’re not witnessing a full-on revival of the …

The NFL has suspended Lions safety Brian Branch for the blow to the head that sparked post-game chaos following Sunday night’s loss to the Chiefs. Branch has appealed, and the decision could come at any time. On Monday, we listed some of the prior incidents that could be regarded as precedent in the appeal. Here are a few others. In …

NEW YORK (AP) — Detroit Lions safety Brian Branch was suspended for one game without pay by the NFL on Monday for unsportsmanlike conduct following a loss at Kansas City. Branch punched Chiefs receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster on Sunday night, setting off a postgame melee. “Your aggressive, non-football act was entirely unwarranted, posed a serious risk of injury, and clearly violated …

Lions safety Brian Branch has been suspended without pay for one game for his actions at the end of Sunday’s loss to the Chiefs. After quarterback Patrick Mahomes took a final kneel down, Branch went behind the line of scrimmage and struck Kansas City receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster in the facemask with an open hand, inciting a fracas between the two …

Lions defensive back Brian Branch said he started a post-game fight because he was frustrated that Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster had blocked him in the back during the game. “I did a little childish thing, but I’m tired of people doing stuff in between the play and the refs don’t catch it. They be trying to bully me out …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A long, frustrating night for the Detroit Lions inside Arrowhead Stadium ended with Brian Branch delivering a punch to Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, setting off a brief fistfight among players from both teams. It was about as much fight as the Lions showed all night. They were dominated on both sides of …

Oct 12, 2025, 11:44 PM ET KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A long, frustrating night for the Detroit Lions inside Arrowhead Stadium ended with safety Brian Branch delivering a punch to Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster, setting off a brief fistfight among players from both teams. Following Kansas City’s 30-17 victory Sunday night, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes tried to …

Things got extremely heated in the final seconds of the Kansas City Chiefs’ win over the Detroit Lions on Sunday night. As the two teams took the field at Arrowhead Stadium to shake hands with the final seconds ticking off the clock, Lions safety Brian Branch reached out and hit Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster in his facemask …

Lions safety Brian Branch has garnered a reputation through his first few years in the league, accumulating more than $100,000 in fines over his first three years in the league. He even had $23,186 docked from his paycheck earlier this year. He’s likely going to see another reduction in pay — if not a suspension — for his actions at …

A giant walking stick insect has stepped out of the treetops in north Queensland, and it is creating a stir for its size. It reaches about 15.75 inches (40 centimeters) in length, and weighs around 1.6 ounces (45 gra,s). Scientists have now given it a formal name, Acrophylla alta. The species was described in the taxonomic journal Zootaxa, in a …