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Saints hand Giants eighth consecutive loss
Derek Carr passed for 219 yards and a touchdown before being injured and the New Orleans Saints defeated the reeling New York Giants 14-11 on Sunday afternoon in East Rutherford, N.J.,Carr completed 20 of 31 passes, but left the game late in the fourth quarter after apparently injuring his left arm ...

Bucs grab NFC South lead, hand Raiders ninth straight loss
Rachaad White and Jalen McMillan each produced two touchdowns in the host Tampa Bay Buccaneers' 28-13 win on Sunday, extending the Las Vegas Raiders' losing streak to nine.,Tampa Bay (7-6), which has won three in a row, took over first place in the NFC South as the Atlanta Falcons (6-7) lost at the ...

Steelers avenge loss to Browns, grow division lead
Russell Wilson threw two touchdown passes to help the Pittsburgh Steelers cruise to a 27-14 victory over the visiting Cleveland Browns on Sunday.,Najee Harris rushed for a touchdown and Van Jefferson and Pat Freiermuth caught scoring passes for Pittsburgh (10-3), which has won seven of its last eigh...

Vikings QB Sam Darnold has huge day in win over Falcons, Kirk Cousins
Sam Darnold completed 22 of 28 passes for 347 yards and a career-high five touchdowns, and the Minnesota Vikings pulled away for a 42-21 win over the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday afternoon in Minneapolis.,Jordan Addison had eight catches for 133 yards and a career-high three touchdowns for Minnesota (1...

Eagles hold off Panthers for 9th straight win
Jalen Hurts threw 4 yards to Grant Calcaterra on Philadelphia's only second-half scoring drive as the Eagles held off the visiting Carolina Panthers for a 22-16 win Sunday afternoon., ,Hurts tossed two touchdowns and finished with 108 yards on 14-for-21 passing. He also ran for a score. Saquon Barkl...

Huge second half lifts No. 14 Cincinnati past Howard
Simas Lukosius scored 18 points for No. 14 Cincinnati, which used a second-half surge to beat visiting Howard 84-67 on Sunday.,Coming off a loss at former Big East-rival Villanova on Tuesday, the Bearcats (7-1) faced a struggle early on against the Bison (3-6), the two-time defending Mid-Eastern Ath...

Jaguars win ugly, beat rival Titans 10-6
Tank Bigsby ran for an 8-yard touchdown with 6:46 left Sunday and the visiting Jacksonville Jaguars held off the Tennessee Titans 10-6 in Nashville.,Bigsby raced through a hole between the left guard and tackle, then stiff-armed a defender near the goal line to cap a seven-play, 81-yard drive. The k...

Kraken rally past reeling Rangers in high-scoring clash
Oliver Bjorkstrand tallied two goals and two assists as the Seattle Kraken rallied from a two-goal deficit to defeat the host New York Rangers 7-5 on Sunday afternoon.,Eeli Tolvanen had a goal and two assists and Shane Wright added one of each for Seattle, which wrapped up a 3-1-0 trip and defeated ...

UCF continues home-court advantage by holding off Tarleton State
Jordan Ivy-Curry scored 14 of his 16 points in the second half and the Central Florida overcame a poor shooting start to beat Tarleton State 66-51 on Sunday afternoon for its seventh straight home win.,The Knights (7-2) of the Big 12 Conference stayed undefeated at Addition Financial Arena this seas...

Tamar Bates helps Missouri topple No. 1 Kansas
Tamar Bates scored a season-high 29 points for Missouri to spark a 76-67 upset of visiting No. 1 Kansas on Sunday in Columbia, Mo.,Mark Mitchell added 17 points for the Tigers (8-1), while Anthony Robinson II scored 11 as Missouri beat its "Border War" rival for the first time since February 2012. R...

Joel Embiid scores 31 in return as Sixers upend Bulls
Joel Embiid returned from a seven-game absence to provide 31 points and 12 rebounds as the Philadelphia 76ers held off the host Chicago Bulls for a 108-100 win on Sunday afternoon., ,Embiid carried Philadelphia to its fourth win in five games after sitting out to manage a left knee injury. Tyrese Ma...

Jason Edwards, Vanderbilt pull away from TCU
Jason Edwards scored a season-high 30 points as Vanderbilt broke open a tight game with a second-half scoring spurt in an 83-74 win against TCU in the first game of the USLBM Coast-to-Coast Challenge on Sunday in Fort Worth, Texas.,Devin McGlockton scored 10 points, Tyler Nickel had nine points on 3...

Oklahoma State benefits from balanced scoring in win vs. Seton Hall
Robert Jennings and Jamyron Keller led five Oklahoma State players in double-figure scoring as the Cowboys defeated host Seton Hall 85-76 on Sunday in Newark, N.J.,The Cowboys (6-2) started 14 for 19 from the floor on their way to 56.9 percent shooting overall. They led by 19 points at halftime and ...

No. 2 Auburn uses team effort to dominate Richmond
Miles Kelly and Tahaad Pettiford scored 15 points apiece and No. 2 Auburn never trailed in cruising to a 98-54 rout of visiting Richmond on Sunday afternoon in Auburn, Ala.,The Tigers (8-1) bounced back from a disappointing showing at ninth-ranked Duke on Wednesday by placing six players in double-f...

Braden Smith powers No. 8 Purdue past Maryland
Braden Smith paired 24 points with 10 assists on Sunday to help No. 8 Purdue fend off visiting Maryland 83-78 in Big Ten play in West Lafayette, Ind.,Smith led the Boilermakers with five 3-pointers and made 4 of 5 in the second half to help Purdue (8-2, 1-1 Big Ten) pick up its first conference win ...

MOUZ power way into quarterfinals in Shanghai
MOUZ swept MIBR 2-0 on Sunday in a Round 5 match to escape the elimination stage at the Perfect World Shanghai Major in China. ,MOUZ recorded a 13-5 win on Mirage and 13-6 victory on Nuke to advance to face The MongolZ in the quarterfinals of the playoff stage, where the top eight teams from elimina...

No. 23 Ole Miss turns narrow halftime lead into rout of Lindenwood
Sean Pedulla scored 19 points and No. 23 Ole Miss used a dominant second half to run away from Lindenwood in an 86-53 victory Saturday night in Oxford, Miss.,Mikeal Brown-Jones scored 14 points, Dre Davis had 12 and Davon Barnes added 11 for the Rebels (8-1), who outscored the Lions 47-20 in the sec...

Clean sweep gets G2 Esports past elimination round in Shanghai
G2 Esports swept FaZe Clan 2-0 on Saturday in a Round 4 high match to get out of the elimination stage at the Perfect World Shanghai Major in China. ,With the victory, G2 Esports secured a spot in the playoff stage, where the top eight teams from elimination play will be gunning for the first-place ...

Alexandre Pantoja forces Kai Asakura to submit at UFC 310
Alexandre Pantoja made quick work of Kai Asakura with a second-round submission to defend his flyweight title in the main event of UFC 310 on Saturday in Las Vegas., ,"This is the level, the UFC level," Pantoja said after the win., ,Pantoja (29-5) has won seven in a row and defended his title for th...

No. 4 Kentucky outlasts No. 7 Gonzaga in overtime
Andrew Carr recorded 19 points and seven rebounds and made a game-ending steal to help No. 4 Kentucky notch a 90-89 overtime victory over No. 7 Gonzaga at the Battle in Seattle on Saturday night.,Jaxson Robinson scored 18 points and Otega Oweh added 13 as the Wildcats (8-1) defeated Gonzaga after fa...