By Jesse Newell and David Carrillo Peñaloza To be fair, the Kansas City Chiefs opened the season with two losses to teams that are undefeated and considered Super Bowl contenders. On Sunday night, they finally got a break by playing the winless New York Giants at MetLife Stadium. Even so, the Chiefs struggled before winning their first game 22-9, avoiding …
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CMC’s Versatility on Display The All-Pro back Christian McCaffrey remained the engine of the 49ers offense. He posted 52 rushing yards between the tackles and picked up 88 yards as a receiver, including a 20-yard catch in the final drive to set up Piñeiro’s game-winner. “He battled,” head coach Kyle Shanahan said. “He did a lot of good things in …
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On Sunday the New England Patriots out-gained the Pittsburgh Steelers by 166 total yards, ran 22 more plays, went 6-of-13 on third downs and 4-of-5 on fourth downs, and punted just once. The main culprit? Turnovers. The Patriots gave the ball away five times, their most in a game since Week 13 of the 2008 season (also a home loss …
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US elections Gubernatorial elections State & local races Vaccines See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli clashed Sunday over their responses to political violence and solutions to the rising cost of living in the first general election debate of New Jersey’s 2025 gubernatorial race. President Donald Trump’s second-term agenda loomed large in a …
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The San Francisco 49ers thrive on mayhem. At least that’s how it felt for the third consecutive week on Sunday as they came from behind in a 16-15 victory over the Arizona Cardinals to improve to 3-0 on the season. It was a back-and-forth battle throughout, and the 49ers were in a precarious spot down 15-13 after a holding penalty …
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Another positive play for the young quarterback came on one of the Patriots five fourth-down plays. This time, the play resulted in a touchdown to TE Hunter Henry. New England appeared to correctly anticipate a cover two scheme, with Henry splitting the deep safeties to clear out space for Diggs’s route. However, Ramsey and LB Payton Wilson converged on Diggs, …
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CLEVELAND – The Packers let one get away Sunday at Huntington Bank Field, blowing a 10-point lead in the fourth quarter and losing on a walk-off field goal to the Browns, 13-10. Here are five takeaways from the frustrating defeat that dropped the Packers to 2-1: The game turned hard, and in a hurry. Cleveland didn’t score until less than …
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The Cincinnati Bengals’ 48-10 loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday marked the worst beatdown in franchise history. The Bengals badly missed starting quarterback Joe Burrow, who will be benched for the next three months as he recovers from surgery on a turf toe injury. Down 48-3, the Bengals faced the largest deficit in franchise history before scoring their first …
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Two big names added country cachet to the Farm Aid lineup. Wynonna Judd may be identified with ’80 and ‘90s Nashville but she totally rocked with her robust voice and R&B sass. Kenny Chesney, country’s king of stadiums, is a live-wire in concert but a half hour didn’t seem enough time for him to find his footing. He seemed rushed …
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And now, 20 Final Thoughts from college football’s Week 4, where it seemed like every embattled coach in the country suffered a devastating loss. Could be a busy week for the search firms. 1. In a perfect world, every successful coach would go out on top, the way Tom Osborne did at Nebraska and Nick Saban did at Alabama. In …
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