Mike Vrabel won a lot of games in Tennessee while he was coaching the Titans, but Sunday’s visit as the head coach of the Patriots ended with a new twist. Those left in the stands were chanting for Vrabel as the 31-13 win came to an end. It was Vrabel’s first trip back to town since the Titans fired him …
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While the National League Championship Series was decided with the minimum, the AL counterpart will go the maximum. With a chance to reach the World Series for the first time in their franchise’s history Sunday night in Toronto, the Mariners were stifled in Game 6 of the ALCS by a 22-year-old rookie starter who had other ideas in a 6-2 …
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The Panthers are deeper than they’ve been in years, and they needed every bit of that depth Sunday. Not only did they start their sixth different offensive line in seven games, and time-shared the running back job between Chuba Hubbard and Rico Dowdle, but they also needed both quarterbacks. The Panthers beat the Jets 13-6, after …
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Drake Maye threw two touchdown passes and had two incompletions in Sunday afternoon’s win over the Titans. It’s tough to be more efficient than Maye was, and in fact, no quarterback in Patriots history had been. In a 31-13 victory, Maye went 21-of-23 for 222 yards, setting a new franchise record for completion percentage at 91.3%. Tom Brady’s highest mark …
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Rattler had entered the game having committed only one turnover—an interception—in his first six starts this season. The defense also registered four sacks and held the Saints to 44 yards rushing, an average of 2.6 yards per carry and a long run of seven yards. “This game really started and finished there with our defense,” said coach Ben Johnson. “They …
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The Eagles ended a two-game losing streak, beating the Vikings 28-22. Philadelphia is now 4-2, while Minnesota falls to 3-3. The Vikings thought they had pulled within a field goal of winning when T.J. Hockenson caught a 15-yard touchdown pass from Carson Wentz with 2:58 left. But replay reversed the on-field ruling of a touchdown as Hockenson didn’t have firm …
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A weekend of perfection for Max Verstappen around COTA keeps alive the amazing possibility of a title which looked lost long ago. A maximum tally of 33 points from the weekend, with McLaren’s Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri taking 18 and 10 respectively ratchets up the pressure further with five races (and two sprints) to go. The pattern of the …
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Stephen HolderOct 19, 2025, 10:06 PM ET Close Stephen joined ESPN in 2022, covering the Indianapolis Colts and NFL at large. Stephen finished first place in column writing in the 2015 Indiana Associated Press Media Editors competition, and he is a previous top-10 winner in explanatory journalism in the Associated Press Sports Editors national contest. He has chronicled the NFL …
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In a back-and-forth game that came down to the final seconds, the Packers escaped from Arizona with a 27-23 win over the Cardinals. A Josh Jacobs one-yard touchdown run with 1:50 to play gave the Packers their winning point margin, and although the Cardinals drove down the field after that, a Jacoby Brissett pass into the end zone fell incomplete …
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