October 11, 2022 3:40 am
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – Patrick Mahomes threw four touchdown passes to Travis Kelce, the Chiefs overcame an early 17-point deficit along with a dubious roughing-the-passer penalty, and Kansas City extended its mastery of the Las Vegas Raiders, holding on for a 30-29 victory. The Raiders had a chance to march for the winning field goal, but a pass to Davante Adams that was ruled a catch was overturned by replay, which showed him stepping out of bounds. That brought up fourth down in the closing seconds, and Derek Carr’s final pass fell incomplete to allow Kansas City to hold on.
October 11, 2022 3:42 am
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – A controversial roughing-the-passer penalty just before halftime of the Las Vegas Raiders’ game against the Kansas City Chiefs on Monday night delivered another blow to the NFL and its beleaguered officiating crew. The Chiefs had just scored to trim their deficit to 17-7 just before halftime when Chris Jones stripped Derek Carr from behind. The Pro Bowl defensive tackle landed on the Raiders quarterback while also coming away with the ball, and replays showed it was clearly loose and that Jones clearly recovered, but referee Carl Cheffers threw a flag for roughing the passer. The call came one day after referee Jerome Boger was panned for a roughing call on Tom Brady that helped the Buccaneers seal their win over Atlanta.
October 11, 2022 3:43 am
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) – The Carolina Panthers have fired coach Matt Rhule, ending the former Baylor coach’s tenure five games into his third losing season. Rhule is the first NFL coach to be fired this season. He went 11-27 with Carolina and leaves with roughly $40 million left on the seven-year, guaranteed $62 million contract he signed in 2020. Defensive pass game coordinator and secondary coach Steve Wilks will serve as interim coach for the rest of the season. The Panthers also fired two of Rhule’s longtime assistants, defensive coordinator Phil Snow and assistant special teams coach Ed Foley.
October 11, 2022 3:44 am
Major League Baseball’s first foray into a best-of-three wild-card round provided its share of memorable moments. A 15-inning, 432-pitch game. A seven-run comeback win. Joe Musgrove’s ears. Now it’s on to the division series, which is business as usual with a best-of-five format. The four matchups are Braves-Phillies, Padres-Dodgers, Mariners-Astros and Guardians-Yankees and all of them begin Tuesday. The Astros, Yankees, Braves and Dodgers got to rest and watch the wild-card drama round from home, thanks to superior regular season records. Battle-tested Braves begin quest to repeat as Series champs
October 10, 2022 4:01 am
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) – Josh Allen picked apart a flimsy and injury-depleted Steelers secondary by throwing four touchdown passes in the first half alone – including two deep shots to Gabe Davis – in the Buffalo Bills’ 38-3 rout of Pittsburgh. After hitting Davis for a 98-yard TD on Buffalo’s third play from scrimmage, Allen all but sealed the win by hitting Davis for a 62-yard touchdown catch and Stefon Diggs for a 15-yard score a little over two minutes apart to put the Bills ahead 24-3 with 7:20 left in the second quarter. The Bills improved to 4-1. The Steelers dropped to 1-4, and have lost four straight, which marks their longest skid since opening the 2013 season with four losses.
October 10, 2022 3:58 am
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) – The Pittsburgh Steelers’ top pass-rushing threat T.J. Watt had arthroscopic knee surgery, which is expected to further delay his return while being sidelined by a pectoral injury. Coach Mike Tomlin provided few other details following a 38-3 loss at the Buffalo Bills on Sunday in confirming a report first published by ESPN.com a day earlier. Watt was the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year last season, and has been sidelined since getting hurt during a season-opening 23-20 overtime win over the Cincinnati Bengals.
October 10, 2022 3:54 am
BALTIMORE (AP) – Justin Tucker kicked a 43-yard field goal on the final play to lift the Baltimore Ravens over the Cincinnati Bengals 19-17 and into sole possession of first place in the AFC North. Tucker also made a 58-yard kick in the third quarter. The Ravens fell behind 17-16 on Joe Burrow’s 1-yard sneak with 1:58 remaining, but they could feel confident because they only needed a field goal. Tucker’s game-winner extended his streak to 61 straight successful field goals in the fourth quarter and overtime. Baltimore squandered a 10-point lead but recovered as Cincinnati fell to 2-3. The Ravens are 3-2.
October 10, 2022 4:02 am
CLEVELAND (AP) – The Browns have issues, lots of them. Cleveland’s many problems were exposed in Sunday’s 30-28 loss to the Los Angeles Chargers. Rookie Cade York missed a field goal with 11 seconds left as the Browns fell to 2-3 and despite having the lead in the fourth quarter of every game. Cleveland’s defense was gashed for 238 yards rushing by the Chargers, who came into the game ranked last in the league. Quarterback Jacoby Brissett threw a costly interception in the end zone with 2:44 left when the Browns only needed a field goal to take the lead.
October 10, 2022 3:56 am
NEW YORK (AP) – Joe Musgrove brushed off chants of “Cheater!” after a bizarre spot check by umpires on the mound, pitching his hometown San Diego Padres into the next round of the playoffs with seven innings of one-hit ball in a 6-0 victory over the New York Mets. Trent Grisham hit an RBI single and made a terrific catch in center field that helped the Padres take the best-of-three National League wild-card series two games to one. Austin Nola and Juan Soto each had a two-run single. San Diego advanced to face the top-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers in a best-of-five Division Series beginning Tuesday.
October 9, 2022 1:53 am
Washington & Jefferson’s defense kept the Presidents in the game through three quarters, long enough for struggling offense and special teams to pull things together as the Red & Black scored 17 points in the final quarter to beat Westminster, 17-14. The punt return unit was penalized three times and one blocker was hit by a kick, turning the ball over at mid-field but the defense turned the Titans away. Quarterbacks Colton Jones and Jake Pugh threw first-half interceptions, Jones’ returned 77 yards for the only points of the first half. Receive Ian Hansen caught a pass early in the third, sprinted for the first-down marker and fumbled the ball away. And the defense stood its ground long, then got an interception from freshman Bruno Fabrycki to turn the tide. Two plays later, Pugh got the ball to Johnny O’Rourke who battled his way to the endzone from eight yards out to tie the game with 12:44 left to play. The Titans, who lost their four-year starting quarterback Cole Konieczka to injury late in the first half, couldn’t move the ball and punted. W&J took over at its own 40 yard line, took advantage of two personal foul penalties, then overcame their own illegal block setback to set up second and 10 at the Titans’ 24. Pugh threw backwards to one of his top targets, John Peduzzi, who caught the ball, set his feet and threw downfield to a wide-open O’Rourke to give W&J its first lead of the game. Westminster fumbled the ensuing kickoff and Deven Wyandt booted a 27 yard field goal to go up by 10 with 4:27 left in the game. Backup quarterback Ty McCowan, a freshman, led the Titans on a 75-yard, 11-play drive capped with a 7-yard scoring pass to Ryan Gomes. W&J ‘s TJ Troxell recovered the onside kick attempt and the Presidents ran out the clock for the win, improving to 3-1 in the PAC, 5-1 overall. Westminster drops to 1-2, likely out of the championship chase.
Pugh finished the day 14-of-25 for 144 yards, one touchdown and one interception. O’Rourke caught five passes for 58 yards and both W&J touchdowns. Ray Holmes carried 19 times for 63 yards in the win. W&J’s defense held Westminster to 199 total yards, 75 of those on the final drive of the game. The Titans managed just 72 yards rushing, thanks to nine tackles for loss, including four sacks. The Presidents host PAC leader Carnegie-Mellon next Saturday at Cameron Stadium.
