Josh Allen’s 26-yard run seals Bills’ 30-21 win over KC and ends Chiefs’ bid for a perfect season
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Josh Allen ran for a 26-yard touchdown on fourth down with 2:17 left, sealing the Buffalo Bills’ 30-21 win over the Kansas City Chiefs and handing the two-time defending Super Bowl champions their first loss of the season. James Cook rushed for two touchdowns and Allen threw a 12-yard TD pass to Curtis Samuel for Buffalo. The Bills moved to 9-2 and closed the gap on the 9-1 Chiefs in the race for the AFC’s top seed. Patrick Mahomes and Chiefs were the NFL’s last undefeated team. They had won 15 straight, including playoffs, since last December. The Bills have won six straight.
Garland scores 25, Cavaliers become 4th team to start 15-0 with 128-114 over Hornets
CLEVELAND (AP) — Darius Garland scored 25 points, Ty Jerome matched his career-high with 24 in place of Donovan Mitchell and the Cleveland Cavaliers stayed unbeaten with a 128-114 win over the Charlotte Hornets. The Cavs are the fourth team to start 15-0, joining the Golden State Warriors (2016), Houston Rockets (1994) and Washington Capitols (1949). The Warriors set the league record by winning their first 24 games on the way to a 73-9 season. Evan Mobley had 23 points and Jarrett Allen 21 and 15 rebounds for Cleveland, which will play at defending champion Boston on Tuesday. Mitchell sat out to get rest. LaMelo Ball scored 31 to lead Charlotte.
Boswell kicks 6 field goals and the Steelers bottle up Lamar Jackson in 18-16 win over the Ravens
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Chris Boswell tied a franchise record with six field goals and the Pittsburgh Steelers limited Lamar Jackson and the NFL’s top-ranked offense in an 18-16 victory over the Baltimore Ravens. The Steelers (8-2) won their fifth straight behind Boswell and a defense that never let Jackson, Derrick Henry or the rest of the offense get into a rhythm, opening up a little breathing room atop the AFC North. The Ravens were held to season lows in points and yards and while turning it over three times to fall to 7-4.
Jordan Love runs for go-ahead TD and Packers beat Bears on Karl Brooks’ FG block at buzzer
CHICAGO (AP) — Jordan Love ran for a go-ahead touchdown in the closing minutes, and the Green Bay Packers hung on to beat the Chicago Bears 20-19 when Karl Brooks blocked Cairo Santos’ 46-yard field goal attempt as time expired. The Packers made just enough plays to avoid falling further behind Detroit and Minnesota in the NFC North and beat the Bears for the 11th straight time, the longest streak by either team in the storied rivalry. The Packers are 7-3 and the Bears fell to 4-6 with their fourth straight loss. Love put Green Bay on top when he scored from the 1 with 2:59 left.
AP Top 25: Oregon is the unanimous No. 1 team again; Georgia is back in top 10 and LSU out of Top 25
Oregon remains the unanimous No. 1 team in The Associated Press Top 25 college football poll after its close call at Wisconsin. Georgia returned to the top 10 with its win over Tennessee and LSU was unranked for the first time in two years. The unbeaten Ducks are atop the AP Top 25 for the fifth straight week. They received all 62 first-place votes for the third week in a row after scoring their fewest points in 37 games in a 16-13 win over Wisconsin. Ohio State, Texas, Penn State and Indiana rounded out the top five for the second straight week.
Julius Randle’s winning 3-pointer against Suns caps season-high 35-point performance
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — As soon as it left his hands, Julius Randle knew his winning 3-pointer was going in. Randle got the ball with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Phoenix Suns tied at 117 and 2.1 seconds to play. With veteran Joe Ingles coming into the game solely to inbound the ball, he found Randle at the top of the key. Randle took two dribbles, shook defender Josh Okogie, stepped back and fired. When the shot dropped through the net, the Target Center crowd erupted, and Randle’s Timberwolves teammates mobbed him on the court.
Maple Leafs’ Reaves gets 5-game suspension and fine for illegal check to the head of Oilers’ Nurse
NEW YORK (AP) — Toronto Maple Leafs forward Ryan Reaves has been suspended for five games without pay for an illegal check to the head of Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse. The NHL’s Department of Safety says Reaves also was fined about $35,000. The incident took place in the second period in Toronto’s 4-3 overtime win on Saturday. Nurse had the puck along the end boards in his own zone when Reaves came in and hit him high. Nurse’s helmet almost came off and he had blood on his face. The 29-year-old looked to be in a daze as he struggled to get up and was immediately given medical attention before exiting the game.
Nelly Korda rallies in Florida for her seventh LPGA win of the year
BELLEAIR, Fla. (AP) — Make that seven wins this year for LPGA Tour star Nelly Korda. The No. 1 player in women’s golf ran off five straight birdies on the back nine at Pelican Golf Club. That took her from a two-shot deficit to a three-shot victory in The Annika. Korda shot 67 in her first competition in nearly two months. She’s the first player since Yani Tseng in 2011 to win seven times in one LPGA season. And she’s the first American with seven wins in a year since Beth Daniel in 1990. Charley Hull, Weiwei Zhang and Jim Hee Im finished second.
The Dallas Wings win the WNBA draft lottery, earning the No. 1 pick next year
The Dallas Wings won the WNBA draft lottery Sunday and the chance to draft UConn star Paige Bueckers with the No. 1 pick. The Wings had a 22.7% chance to win the lottery. The Los Angeles Sparks, who had the top chance at 44% to get the top choice, will pick second. The Chicago Sky will pick third. There was no way they could get the No. 1 pick because of a trade with Dallas in 2023 that allowed the Wings to swap picks with the Sky. Washington, which last won the lottery in 1999, will pick fourth. The Mystics, who need to hire a coach and GM still, had just under an 11% chance of getting the No. 1 pick.
NBA fines Bucks coach Doc Rivers for comments about call refs admitted they got wrong
NEW YORK (AP) — Milwaukee coach Doc Rivers was fined $25,000 by the NBA on Sunday for public criticism of the officiating on a foul against Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo that the referees admitted they got wrong. Rivers made the comments after the Bucks’ 115-114 loss at Charlotte on Saturday, saying: “I thought the final play was the ref blowing a call.” With the Hornets trailing by one, LaMelo Ball drove and slipped and fell. Replays didn’t appear to show any contact, but Antetokounmpo was whistled for the foul with 7.3 seconds left. Ball made both free throws to give Charlotte the lead. The Bucks did not have a challenge left. If they had, the call would have been overturned on replay, crew chief Curtis Blair said afterward.
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