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College football: Michigan State still soaking in the stunning victory it pulled away from its rival. PAGE B3 Baseball: Trailing 2-0 in the ALCS, Blue Jays hope playing at home will help. PAGE B4 Browns: Wasted opportunities, Josh McCown’s miscues prove costly in OT loss to Broncos. SECTION C Ohio State football

J.T. Barrett of last season rejoins Buckeyes’ offense

Bill Landis blandis@cleveland.com

Co lu m b u s — Remember the guy who was the decisive, conﬁdent runner who helped set up some prolific passing numbers and a ﬁfth-place Heisman Trophy finish in 2014? He was back in Ohio Stadium in Saturday night’s win over Penn State. Somewhere along the way of breaking his ankle against Michigan, missing spring practice, losing the starting job to Cardale Jones this summer, and then being used in an unfamiliar relief role, J.T. Barrett lost that version of himself. He started to get it back last week

against Maryland. He might have found the whole thing against Penn State. “I think it was really my mindset,” Barrett said early Sunday morning after running for 102 yards and two touchdowns, and completing 4-of-4 passes for 30 yards and another two touchdowns. “The ﬁrst few weeks I was trying to come out, trying to make plays and forcing it. That’s asking for bad things to happen, when you try to force things instead of letting them come to you.” He did some of that Saturday not in tandem with Jones, like it worked last week, but in relief of him after Jones got pulled in the third quarter.

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Ohio State quarterback J.T. Barrett, left, celebrates a TD pass in the fourth quarter with Braxton Miller (1) on Saturday.

With chances to win the job from Jones in relief roles earlier this year, Barrett sputtered, trying to force things as he said, and always giving Urban Meyer a reason to stick with Jones. Now? “Let me evaluate it, I’ll let you guys know on Monday, and we’ll go from there,” Meyer said. So this, right now, on Sunday, is not about which guy Meyer will choose as Ohio State’s starting quarterback for next week. It’s about what Barrett has done to once again make it a legitimate question worth asking. It starts with how Barrett was handling the quarterback situa-

tion in the beginning of the season. With all of the talk about how poised Barrett is, and how important his leadership is, his new role as the backup quarterback to Jones got to him, and he wasn’t sure how to react once he got on the ﬁeld. That’s why you saw the interceptions against Northern Illinois and Western Michigan. Barrett knew that if he played well, maybe he could win that starting job, or that when he came in, it was because Meyer was looking for something to spark a stagnant offense.

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Up next for OSU: Vs. Rutgers | 8 p.m. Saturday | Piscataway, N.J. | TV: WEWS Ch. 5 | Polls: OSU still a comfortably No. 1, Michigan doesn’t fall very far. J3

Raptors 87, Cavaliers 81

Auto racing

Love’s long-awaited return fails to lift Cavs

Logano wins after spinning Kenseth

Chris Haynes chaynes@cleveland.com Toronto — Kevin Love finally made his long-awaited return to the court, but his presence wasn’t enough to get the Cavaliers their first victory of the preseason. Toronto defeated the Cavaliers 87-81 on Sunday at Air Canada Centre, dropping them to 0-6. Love, playing for the first time since he separated his left shoulder April 26 against Boston, had six points and four rebounds in 13 minutes. On Sunday, he displayed a new look with a curly hairdo and a black headband. But he also showed flashes of his old self to give fans hope that it might not take him long to find his stride. “Kev has been down and out since Game 4 of the playoffs last year, and he’s worked very, very hard to come back,” Cavaliers coach David Blatt said. “He’s in good shape, he’s in good basketball shape, too, and now it’s time for him to get his rhythm and his game experience back.” The power forward nailed his first two field goals. Both of them were step-back jumpers over Luis Scola in low-post isolation sets. However, the rust showed as he missed his next five shots. He did not play in the second half. Blatt said Love would play limited minutes. On the glass, Love demonstrated early on why he’s so dangerous. His first defensive rebound led to one of his patented outlet passes to Matthew Dellavedova at halfcourt, and the guard in turn lobbed the ball up court to Timofey Mozgov for an alley-oop dunk.

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K a n s a s C i t y, K a n. — Joey Logano kept peeking around Matt Kenseth as the laps ticked away at Kansas Speedway, the two of them in entirely different situations in the Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. Logano had nothing to lose. Kenseth had just about everything. So when Logano got under Kenseth entering Turn 1 with Logano about five laps remaining and sent him spinning across the track, it left many eyebrows raised long after the Penske Racing driver pulled away on the ﬁnal restart to win his second straight Chase race. “That’s good, hard racing,” Logano said. “We were racing each other really hard. I felt like I got fenced twice. He raced me hard, so I raced him back.” Logano was already guaranteed his spot in the next round of the Chase after his victory at Charlotte, though. After a disastrous race a week ago, Kenseth’s team arrived at Kansas knowing a victory this weekend or next weekend at unpredictable Talladega might be the only way he could make it to the ﬁnal eight in the “eliminator” round of the playoffs. That’s why Kenseth was doing everything possible to block Logano.

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Today CHRIS YOUNG / THE CANADIAN PRESS VIA AP

The Cavaliers’ Anderson Varejao is propped up by, from left to right, Raptors Anthony Bennett, Bismark Biyombo and Cory Joseph after being fouled in the ﬁrst half Sunday in Toronto.

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What: Cavaliers vs. Dallas. When: 7 p.m. Where: The Q. TV: Fox Sports Ohio.

NLCS | Mets 4, Cubs 1

Red-hot Murphy goes deep, denting Cubs ace Arrieta Ronald Blum Associated Press New York — Daniel Murphy homered off yet another ace. Noah Syndergaard turned in one more outstanding outing from the Mets’ collection of studly young starters. Power, pitching, plus some dazzling defense are falling into place for New York. The Mets breezed past the Chicago Cubs 4-1 Sunday night for a 2-0 lead in a surprisingly one-sided NL Championship Series. Jake Arrieta, baseball’s most dominant pitcher since the All-

Star break, had not even settled in when Murphy homered for the fourth straight game, a two-run drive just inside the right-field pole in a three-run first inning. Given the quick lead on a chilly night, Syndergaard kept the bats of Chicago’s young sluggers on ice with shutout ball into the sixth inning. Curtis Granderson robbed Chris Coghlan of a likely home run with a leaping grab at the center-field wall, swiped a pair of bases and scored two runs for the Mets. After beating Clayton Kershaw, Zack Greinke, Jon Lester and Ar-

rieta, the Mets are two wins from reaching their first World Series since 2000. New York starts NL Rookie of the Year Jacob deGrom when the series resumes Tuesday night at Wrigley Field. Chicago goes with Kyle Hendricks, part of the less-than-imposing back end of its rotation. If the long-downtrodden Cubs are to reach the World Series for the first time since 1945, they must first force the best-of-seven NLCS back to Citi Field next weekend. After homering off Kershaw, Greinke and Lester, Murphy added his fifth home run of the

postseason, giving him eight RBI in seven games. Long, blond locks flowing out the back of his cap, Syndergaard seems to be taking on a bit of the cockiness of Game 1 winner Matt Harvey. He gained the nickname Thor — the Norse god known for his fierce storms — after he tweeted a photo of himself in costume doing squats on Halloween two years ago. After the Mets beat the Dodgers in the Division Series, the rookie tweeted, “Our enemy has DAVID J. PHILLIP | ASSOCIATED PRESS been vanquished.......Odin is The Mets’ Daniel Murphy is congratulated by teammate Lucas pleased” — a reference to Thor’s Duda after hitting a two-run home run in the first inning of father. Game 2 of the NLCS against the Cubs on Sunday in New York.

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Monday, October 19, 2015

OHIO STATE FOOTBALL

Ohio State insider

Elliott on rare turf in reaching 3,000 career yards Ari Wasserman awasserman@cleveland.com Columbus — If what Ezekiel

Elliott did in the College Football Playoff was too long ago to remember, he reminded everyone on his ﬁrst carry of the season when he dashed 80 yards for a touchdown at Virginia Tech. Elliott can break off the long run. He can get into the second level of a team’s defense, make a person miss then turn on the jets before scoring. He’s done it too many times to count now. He’ll do it again. But that’s not the only way Ohio State’s workhorse running back scores, which was shown during Ohio State’s 38-10 win over Michigan State. Though J.T. Barrett stole the

show with three rushing touchdowns, Elliott had perhaps the most impressive play of the game when he scored a 10-yard touchdown in the second quarter to give Ohio State a 14-3 lead. “I’m just always trying to find the end zone,” Elliott said after the game. Elliott always seems to find it, but this score it was masterful because he burst through the hole, stepped back, made two defenders miss, found the sideline then powered his way through another defender to find the end zone. Elliott rushed 27 times for 153 yards and a touchdown. Combined with Barrett’s stats, Ohio State racked up 315 yards on the ground. “I think we finally looked like

the Ohio State rushing game that you saw the last three games of last year,” Elliott said. “The holes they were opening and they were just so big. They made it easy for me. All I had to do was get to the second level and make guys miss.” Elliott, who has now rushed for more than 100 yards in 12 straight games, does that well. Here are more notes, quotes and nuggets from Ohio State’s win: 3 Elliott became only the ninth Buckeye all-time to rack up 3,000 career rushing yards. His 153 yards brought him 3,028 for his career. 3 The last time Ohio State had two rushers gain at least 100 yards in the same game came against Michigan State in 2013 when Braxton Miller (142) and

Carlos Hyde (118) did it. 3 The Buckeyes had ﬁve sacks vs. the Nittany Lions and they now have at least four sacks in five of seven games this season. Coach Urban Meyer was impressed with the play of defensive end Joey Bosa, who had one of the sacks. Bosa had seven tackles and three tackles for loss, both of which were seasonhighs. “I think he’s playing at a very high level,” Meyer said of Bosa. “Maybe statistically doesn’t have some of those other numbers. But he’s extremely disruptive. He played very well.” 3 Ohio State’s 20 straight wins is the longest streak in college football. The Buckeyes have also won 27 consecutive regular-season conference games, a Big Ten record.

3 With his ﬁve-yard touchdown reception in the fourth quarter, Braxton Miller extended his Ohio State record of 88 total touchdowns. RB commits: It was all adding up to this. First, Ohio State invited fourstar running back Antonio Williams of New London, North Carolina, North Stanly for an official visit, then he decommitted from Wisconsin later in the week. Then Sunday, Williams announced on Twitter his intentions to commit to the Buckeyes. Rated the No. 7 running back in the 2016 class in 247Sports’ composite rankings, Williams came into focus when ﬁve-star running back Kareem Walker of Wayne, New Jersey, DePaul, an

Ohio State recruit, announced his intentions to ofﬁcially visit Michigan last weekend. After Walker visited Michigan, Ohio State also parted ways with four-star running back George Hill of Hubbard, Ohio. So there was a need. That need was ﬁlled with the 5-foot-10, 210-pound Williams. Now Ohio State will continue to recruit Walker, the top-rated running back in the 2016 class, because, well, Urban Meyer isn’t going to give up on someone so physically talented. Williams is commitment No. 19 in Ohio State’s 2016 class, one that temporarily fell out of the No. 1 spot in 247Sports’ team rankings. But with the Williams commitment, Ohio State climbed back into the top spot, passing Louisiana State.

Observations: Ohio State 38, Penn State 10

Our OSU writers share their thoughts on the Buckeyes’ win over the Nittany Lions in Ohio Stadium

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Running back Ezekiel Elliott (15) gets tripped up against Penn State on Saturday. He didn’t get tripped too much, as he rushed 27 times for 153 yards, his 12th straight game over 100 yards.

Doug Lesmerises | Empathy? Well ...

Ari Wasserman | In the black

Is it possible that Michigan’s downfall was so shocking Saturday that Ohio State almost felt ... sorr y for the Wolverines? “I heard about it. My goodness,” coach Urban Meyer said after the Buckeyes’ 38-10 win over Penn State on Saturday followed Michigan’s last-play 27-23 loss to Michigan State at home. “I saw there was a fumbled punt or something like that as time ran out. This league is tough. The East Division, Big Ten, lot of respect for those teams.” Me y e r, o f c o u r s e , d i d n’ t feel enough for Michigan to say its name. And, to be sure, no one in scarlet and gray is actually upset that anyone is maize and blue suffered a soul-crushing defeat they ’ ll never forget. We know how the OSU fans reacted. There were cheers in the stands when Ohio State showed the play 46 minutes before kickoff, and another round of cheers when the play was shown again on the Ohio Stadium videoboard during a break in the action between the Buckeyes and Nittany Lions. That’s where Ohio State senior left tackle and captain Taylor Decker saw the play for the first time. On that board. “I thought Michigan State lost. Then I saw it on the videoboard,” Decker said. “ You hate to lose on one play like that. But I think that’s also the beauty of college football — every play matters and every play counts. We’ve had those scenarios for us sometimes, where one play can lose us a game or one play can win us a game. Every play does matter.” I think, maybe, that almost qualifies as empathy.

There’s always one big night game against an influential opponent that Urban Meyer utilizes as a recruiting showcase. Hey, did you know Ohio State wore black uniforms Saturday night? No, really, black uniforms. And those uniforms were only one thing on the list of many that went right for Ohio State when it hosted a ton of top prospects for its 38-10 win over Penn State. Of all the games Meyer has designed as a recruiting showcase, last night’s win over the Nittany Lions may have been the most successful. Think about everything that happened: 3 Ohio State wore black uniforms for the first time in program history. Prospects love alternate uniforms, yes, but it was also combined with Ohio Stadium’s black out. The majority of the stadium was black, which created an intimidating atmosphere for recruits to enjoy. 3 The way Michigan lost dramatically to Michigan State on the final play of the game made for some pregame fun in the South Stands. As recruits were on the sideline — literally 10 yards from the stands — the video operator showed the final play of that game on the big board and the fans erupted. 3 Ohio State won the game in convincing fashion against a program that many feel is a rival. The Buckeyes remained No. 1 in the country and their hopes of defending their national championship remained alive. Nothing sells a program like winning. 3 Just the overall turnout of prospects that came. Here are a few: Four-star running back Antonio Williams of New London, North Carolina; five-star defensive tackle Rashard Lawrence

3 What could be worse for Michigan? That play will be shown forever every time the Michigan-Michigan State rivalry is mentioned. 3 No more waiting on Christian Hackenberg: I know people, including some draft analysts, believe Cardale Jones is hurting his NFL stock with the way he’s playing this season. It would be hard to argue that. But what about Hackenberg, Penn State’s quarterback? The fact that he took two sacks on fourth down Saturday, rather than getting the ball in the air and giving his receivers a chance, was near malfeasance. He seems like a quarterback that needs everything to be perfect to make a play. With that Penn State offensive line against Ohio State’s defensive line, nothing was going to be perfect. Jones has been off much of the season. But he’s definitely a guy who has a chance to make a play in bad times far more than Hackenberg. 3 Two tight ends: Because of wide receiver injuries, tight ends Marcus Baugh and Nick Vannett played together more often Saturday. Meyer liked the look and praised the way Baugh has played recently to earn more playing time. Even if the receivers ge t healthier, this is a look the Buckeyes should continue to use more often. And then they can start throwing to the tight ends out of it a little more. 3 Rutgers? It’s time for Ohio State’s first trip to Piscataway n e xt S atur d ay. It ’s eas y t o mock Rutgers, and moments will present themselves this week, but the Scarlet Knights have something neither Maryland nor Indiana has this season — a Big Ten win.

of Monroe, Louisiana, Neville; four-star wide receiver Binjimen Victor of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Coconut Creek; threestar cornerback Malek Young of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Coconut Creek; four-star wide receiver Sam Bruce of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, St. Thomas Aquinas; four-star cornerback Lamont Wade of Clairton, Pennsylvania; and many others. The only thing that was missing was LeBron James, who hasn’t come to an Ohio State game. But even without James’ presence, Ohio State got a verbal commitment from Williams Sunday morning. It may have been the best recruiting atmosphere Ohio State’s ever had at a game. 3 J.T. Barrett should be the starting quarterback: Keeping it simple — Ohio State’s offense is more in sync when Barrett is the quarterback. And because I think the Buckeyes should stick with one quarterback, Barrett gives them the best chance to win long term because of the element of running he brings to the offense. 3 Curtis Samuel is explosive: Of all the people who need to touch it more, Samuel is on top of that list. 3 Braxton Miller is settling in: If that’s the average game for Miller, I think Ohio State has to take it. He had a few nice runs, he blocked well and he caught a touchdown pass. Miller could be getting into a groove of productivity. 3 Ohio State is the best team in the Big Ten: There was some doubt — somehow — about whether that was true before the weekend. But after Ohio State’s win over Penn State and what happened in Ann Arbor, it’s safe to say the Buckeyes are still the best team in the conference.

Bill Landis | LB depth not so deep If there was one position group Ohio State fans probably felt good about when it came to depth, it might have been linebacker. OK, it’s probably quarterback. Duh. But outside of that, is there a position besides linebacker you feel comfortable about? That’s what made the loss of Joshua Perry so interesting in Saturday’s win over Penn State. Not that it hurt Ohio State — Perry is an important player — but that it was so glaring. Perry left in the first quarter after suffering what looked like a right ankle injury on a 45-yard pass from Christian Hackenberg to Chris Godwin. Dante Booker came in to replace Perry, and Penn State immediately started attacking that side of the ﬁeld with running back Saquon Barkley. A couple of things go into that. Penn State wanted to test the young linebacker, and going that way means going away from Darron Lee and usually Vonn Bell and Joey Bosa. So it made sense. But it looked like Barkley (who on an unrelated note looks like a future Big Ten star) made a lot of his 194 yards running right to Booker’s side, and Booker didn’t always play it the right way. Slight hesitations from Booker, or Booker missing his assignment allowed Barkley to bounce outside on a few runs. “Josh Perry is a great player, he definitely would’ve made up for some of the plays that they had,” defensive tackle Adolphus Washington said. “Dante Booker did a good job when he was in there, but he doesn’t get those reps all the time.” That’s not some sort of salacious comment from Washington. Of course a senior captain would be a better option than a true sophomore whose most meaningful playing time before Saturday came on special teams. And what happened Saturday

doesn’t have any bearing on how Booker’s career will play out in Columbus. It was just a bit surprising because Ohio State seemed to feel very secure with Booker, Cam Williams and Chris Worley as its backup linebackers. Williams ended up replacing Booker in the second half. Maybe chalk it up to some jitters for Booker, but also as a reminder of the kind of player Perry is. He’s always the third guy talked about when anyone mentions Ohio State’s linebackers. It’s always Lee, then Raekwon McMillan and then Perry. That third guy is pretty important too. “He’s the leader of our defense,” defensive tackle Tommy Schutt said. “He’s the kind of guy that holds us together out there.” 3 Against a defensive line with some real NFL talent, Ohio State’s offensive line might have played its best game of the season. Ezekiel Elliott averaged better than 5 yards per carry, and Ohio State averaged better than 6 yards per carry as a team. 3 I’ve felt for a few weeks that the combination of competent quarterback and competent receivers (which is hard to come by on Ohio State’s schedule) would give the Buckeyes some problems. Saturday night was not the best night for cornerbacks Eli Apple and Gareon Conley. Apple missed a tackle that led to Godwin’s 45-yard gain in the ﬁrst quarter, then got beat by Godwin again on a 56-yard pass in the third quarter. Penn State scored its only touchdown when Conley missed a tackle on DaeSean Hamilton, and Conley got ﬂagged later in the game for a late hit on Hackenberg. Ohio State’s corner play overall has been pretty good this year, but has found some trouble against high-quality receivers. Penn State didn’t take advantage of that enough on Saturday.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Analysis

Who’s at QB no running joke to Buckeye coaches

Doug Lesmerises dlesmerises@cleveland.com

Columbus — The coaches are

tired of talking about it, but they sure aren’t tired of changing it. Every week the quarterback context at Ohio State switches (maybe evolves would make it sound more like a plan) and every week we ask for an explanation that may not be valid by the time Monday hits. Cardale Jones has started all seven games, yet what has happened after that has been all over the quarterback map. J.T. Barrett has relieved in basically mopup duty (Virginia Tech, Western Michigan). He’s come in during the second quarter and seen Jones go back out to start the second half. (Hawaii). He’s come in during the second quarter and then stayed in

and played the whole second half. (Northern Illinois). He’s played not at all (Indiana), as the red-zone quarterback (Maryland) and now as the red-zone quarterback and more, finishing the game Saturday after taking full control in the third and fourth quarter against Penn State. Ohio State wins, we ask what this latest incarnation of the QB dance means, and there’s some vibe from the people making the decisions wondering why everyone cares so much. Then the Buckeyes go on to their next week, still the No. 1 team in the nation, still with no ﬁnal answer at the most important position on the ﬁeld. Do the coaches care? Do they want this thing settled once and for all? Or could a new quarterback twist work each week? The Buckeyes haven’t dominat-

ed every game, but the offense has looked better the past two weeks, so does Urban Meyer care if he starts the game with one quarterback and ﬁnishes with another? “Of course I care,” Meyer said after Saturday’s 38-10 win over Penn State, seizing on my use of the word “care” to make a clear case that the best interests of his individual players matter to him greatly. “But the job is to go win a game. And we won. We beat a very good team by, what was it, 28 points? Very good win. Of course I care.” That’s one point. The other is the “whatever it takes to win” point and the idea that “whatever” is 7-0. “Absolutely. Whatever it takes to win. I don’t know — someone else should be standing here if there’s some other purpose of our job,” Meyer said. “First of all, I care about these players. And you try

to win a game at whatever cost. However you can do it. And the offensive job is to secure the ball, limit the turnovers. That’s two games that [we] are six for six in the red zone. So I’m very extremely pleased with this. “And I want to make sure that this idea, [we] care big time about these guys because, like I said, there’s a lot of people in that locker room that are the very invested and have done a lot of things. And I do care, but our job is to go win.” The real question is whether settling the quarterback position is a top priority in the position evaluation this week. Would Meyer start Barrett for the first time against Rutgers next week because in game eight, he now thinks a change may lead him toward a ﬁnal solution? Or is the Saturday plan fine? Maybe even good? Maybe even bet-

ter than one quarterback? If Jones is playing well, then great, Barrett does the red-zone plays to keep the quarterback run game alive and otherwise it’s the Cardale show. If Jones isn’t sharp, then the red zone gradually expands to all 100 yards, but it’s not a big deal because Barrett already knew he was going to play and had been playing. So it’s not a shock, just an expansion. It feels like the people on the outside want a ﬁnal answer. Maybe the people on the inside are fine with the answer being that the answer will always be open to change. “We’ve very aware of it,” offensive coordinator Ed Warinner said, asked whether playing one or two quarterbacks matters. “The No. 1 job we have is to win football games. Whoever can help us to do

Michigan-Michigan State | The aftermath

A bizarre, bewildering, strange, wacky way to lose Noah Trister Associated Press

Move over, Little Giants. You too, Rocket. Michigan State’s latest lastsecond touchdown doesn’t have a name yet, but even compared to the Spartans’ previous dramatics under coach Mark Dantonio, this victory over Michigan was on an entirely different level. “It’s soaking in, but at the same time, it’s probably just like it is on the other end,” Dantonio said Sunday. “A little bit (of a) ‘What just happened?’ type of thing.” In addition to all the victories — and all the strides Michigan State has made under Dantonio — the Spartans have also enjoyed their share of last-second celebrations. In 2010, Michigan State beat Notre Dame by scoring a touchdown on a fake field goal in overtime. That play was called “Little Giants” — and the following season, “Rocket” entered Spartans lore when Kirk Cousins threw a pass that caromed to receiver Keith Nichol for a 44yard TD that gave Michigan State a 37-31 win over Wisconsin. Those wins were amazing, and obviously memorable, but beating Michigan is always different for the Spartans. And beating Michigan on a play like Saturday’s is almost indescribable. Leading 23-21, the Wolverines lined up to punt from around midfield with only 10 seconds left, but punter Blake O’Neill fumbled the snap, and in the ensuing scramble, Michigan State’s Jalen Watts-Jackson ended up with the ball and went 38 yards for a touchdown and a 27-23 win. “Our players believed that they could block it or something would happen,” Dantonio said. “Something obviously happened.” Watts-Jackson hurt himself on the play and had surgery on his hip Sunday at University of Michigan hospital. That was only part of the fallout from the game’s extraordinary ending. A TV station in western Michigan apologized after a reporter who didn’t see the final play told viewers that Michigan had won the game. Michigan athletic director Jim Hackett showed concern for O’Neill when he released an open letter Sunday. “Today I awake to the shocking reality that our community who care so much about this program would send hurtful, spiteful and vicious comments to one of our students. To be clear, such comments come from a small minority, none of whom are reflective of our institution,” Hackett said. “The program I know at MICHIGAN speaks about the team, the

that at the time — at the time — is what we’ll do. And that could be if our tight end isn’t hot we’ll go to all wide receivers. We’ll go in any direction we need to go in during a game to win a game. “Obviously, we like Cardale a lot, so we’d like for him to play at a high level every second he’s in there. Sometimes that doesn’t always happen.” And when it doesn’t, the Buckeyes the past two weeks have changed the plan. Unless changing the plan was actually the plan. Maybe settling the quarterback situation for this team won’t be settling on one quarterback. “I don’t think it matters as much to us as maybe it does to you guys,” Warinner said. Maybe it’s just settling in with whatever works that day.

The polls

Bucks are comfortable No. 1 pick Doug Lesmerises dlesmerises@cleveland.com

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Michigan State defensive back Jalen Watts-Jackson, bottom right, is surrounded by jubilant teammates after he recovered a fumbled snap on a punt and returned it for a touchdown. He was injured on the play, and had surgery on a hip on Sunday.

“Our players believed that they could block it or something would happen. Something obviously happened.” Mark Dantonio, Michigan State head coach on the fumbled punt that led to the Spartans’ win over Michigan.

team the team. The people I have been associated with my whole life around this fantastic program — some whom are living and some whom have passed on — would never, I repeat never, spread blame.” The Spartans remained at No. 7 in the AP poll Sunday, and Michigan fell three spots into a tie at No. 15. Following Saturday’s game, Dantonio admitted he felt a bit numb after what had just taken place. The Spartans have won seven of their last eight meetings with Michigan, but they were un-

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Barrett did neither back then. “Being that I wasn’t starting, I’d come in the game and was like, ‘I gotta make a play, I gotta make a play here,’ ” Barrett said. “That’s how forcing it came along. Now I come in the game, execute the play that I have and big plays come out of that.” With a deﬁned role — the redzone guy — Barrett started to focus more, not press as much, and produce. Three touchdowns against Maryland, another four on Saturday night and Ohio State, THOMAS ONDREY / THE PLAIN DEALER which was terrible in the red zone before last week, has 12 scores J.T. Barrett ran for 102 yards and two touchdowns, helping in its last 12 trips — 11 of them spark the Buckeyes’ offense.

derdogs in this one because of how well the Wolverines were playing under new coach Jim Harbaugh. Dantonio spoke a bit after the game about those famous ﬁnishes against Notre Dame and Wisconsin, and he was asked if he had a name for this one. “We’ll think of a good, catchy name,” he said. On Sunday, he said he was taking suggestions — and depending on how far the still-undefeated Spartans go this season, the touchdown could end up being one of the most dramatic ﬁnishes in the annals of college football, up there

touchdowns. “I think he sparked us,” co-offensive coordinator Ed Warinner said. “Some of the things we did with him in there helped get us some momentum.” The read-option was a deadly play for Barrett against Penn State, his ability to yank the ball out late with no consequence led to his 5-yard score in the second quarter that gave Ohio State a 7-3 lead. But let’s be clear that Ohio State hasn’t asked Barrett to do too much over the past two weeks. Against Maryland he was speciﬁcally a red-zone guy, and though he did it well, it was basically a gloriﬁed tailback role. He was more than the red-zone guy on Saturday, but still only threw the ball four times. One was

with Auburn’s “Kick-Six” against Alabama a couple seasons ago — or even California’s lateral-filled kickoff return to beat Stanford in 1982. That thrilling ending — made famous because the Stanford band ran on the field during the return — is simply known as The Play. Now Michigan State has its own iconic moment to point to whenever its rivalry with Michigan flares up again. “Honestly, it just felt like a dream,” Spartans quarterback Connor Cook said. “I’ve never felt anything like that.”

a jump pass to Braxton Miller, and another a well-placed touch throw to Michael Thomas in the end zone from 6 yards out. Barrett still hasn’t completely looked like the point guard of this offense, the distributor who gets it out accurately to his playmakers and consistently marches the offense downﬁeld like a well-oiled machine. But maybe that guy is making a comeback. And if he’s back, then what? “It’s coach Meyer’s call,” Barrett said. “The thing today, I’m just trying to help the team win whether I’m going in in the red zone or if I’m starting quarterback. I don’t think it really matters. When I’m quarterback, I’m doing what I can to help the team win.”

Co lu m b u s — With plenty of perfect records to choose from, Ohio State stayed comfortably ahead in both major polls Sunday, earning a total of 73 first-place votes between the 124 available in the Associated Press poll and coaches poll. That was one fewer vote than a week ago. Ohio State’s first-place vote total the last four weeks has moved from 106 to 88 to 74 to 73. The Buckeyes actually gained one first place vote in the AP but lost two among the coaches. There are 14 undefeated teams remaining, including 10 from the Power 5 conferences. In the AP poll, the other nine power unbeatens were ordered this way: No. 2 Baylor, No. 3 Utah, No. 4 TCU, No. 5 LSU, No. 6 Clemson, No. 7 Michigan State, No. 9 Florida State, No. 12 Iowa and No. 14 Oklahoma State. The other four unbeaten teams also all made the poll this week, with No. 18 Memphis, No. 19 Toledo, No. 21 Houston and No. 22 Temple. The top one-loss team is No. 8 Alabama. Michigan dropped only from No. 12 to No. 15 with a lastplace stunning loss to Michigan State. The Spartans stayed at No. 7 after the win. On my AP ballot, my top three stayed the same as last week: Clemson, Utah and Ohio State. My AP ballot: 1. Clemson; 2. Utah; 3. Ohio State; 4. LSU; 5. Baylor; 6. Michigan State; 7. TCU; 8. Alabama; 9. Florida State; 10. Stanford; 11. Florida; 12. Texas A&M; 13. Iowa; 14. Notre Dame; 15. Oklahoma State; 16. Memphis; 17. Michigan; 18. Oklahoma ; 19. Cal; 20. Duke; 21. Temple; 22. Houston; 23. Toledo; 24. Ole Miss; 25. North Carolina

AP Top 25

The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with ﬁrst-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 17, total points based on 25 points for a ﬁrst-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Ohio St. (28) 7-0 1,428 1 2. Baylor (12) 6-0 1,416 2 3. Utah (16) 6-0 1,362 4 4. TCU (3) 7-0 1,338 3 5. LSU (1) 6-0 1,306 6 6. Clemson (1) 6-0 1,252 5 7. Michigan St. 7-0 1,202 7 8. Alabama 6-1 1,133 10 9. Florida St. 6-0 1,041 11 10. Stanford 5-1 917 15 11. Notre Dame 6-1 898 14 12. Iowa 7-0 820 17 13. Florida 6-1 785 8 14. Oklahoma St. 6-0 735 16 15. Michigan 5-2 614 12 15. Texas A&M 5-1 614 9 17. Oklahoma 5-1 565 19 18. Memphis 6-0 554 NR 19. Toledo 6-0 346 22 20. California 5-1 337 23 21. Houston 6-0 318 24 22. Temple 6-0 217 NR 23. Duke 5-1 211 25 24. Mississippi 5-2 158 13 25. Pittsburgh 5-1 73 NR Others receiving votes: Mississippi St. 63, BYU 21, UCLA 18, North Carolina 17, Texas Tech 14, Georgia 12, W. Kentucky 11, Arizona St. 10, Wisconsin 8, Utah St. 7, Northwestern 4.

Amway Top 25

The Amway Top 25 football coaches poll, with ﬁrst-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 17, total points based on 25 points for ﬁrst place through one point for 25th, and previous ranking: Record Pts Pv 1. Ohio State (45) 7-0 1547 1 2. Baylor (12) 6-0 1488 2 3. TCU (4) 7-0 1417 3 4. Michigan State 7-0 1334 4 5. LSU (1) 6-0 1324 5 6. Clemson 6-0 1271 6 7. Utah (1) 6-0 1258 7 8. Alabama 6-1 1123 9 9. Florida State 6-0 1111 8 10. Notre Dame 6-1 924 13 11. Stanford 5-1 898 16 12. Oklahoma State 6-0 839 15 13. Iowa 7-0 833 17 14. Florida 6-1 751 11 15. Oklahoma 5-1 665 19 16. Texas A&M 5-1 623 10 17. Memphis 6-0 544 22 17. Michigan 5-2 544 14 19. California 5-1 370 23 20. Toledo 6-0 322 25 21. Duke 5-1 305 24 22. Houston 6-0 289 NR 23. Mississippi 5-2 201 12 24. Temple 6-0 163 NR 25. Georgia 5-2 95 NR Others receiving votes: Mississippi State 38; Wisconsin 37; Pittsburgh 32; North Carolina 30; UCLA 30; Texas Tech 14; Brigham Young 9; Navy 9; Illinois 5; Oregon 5; Utah State 5; Washington State 5; Western Kentucky 5; Northwestern 4; Marshall 3; Arizona 2; Boise State 2; Bowling Green 1.

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LCS notebook

A-Rod tries QB, but a TV intercepts pass From wire reports

Alex Rodriguez began his Fox television career Sunday by breaking a television. The Yankees’ designated hitter appeared on “Fox NFL Sunday” to be introduced as a studio analyst for the rest of the American League Championship Series and World Series, and the former high school quarterback attempted a pass to Fox reporter Jay Glazer. A-Rod overthrew him, and the ball broke a panel in a video board at Fox’s Los Angeles studios. Analyst Michael Strahan, a close friend of Glazer, joked that it would have helped to have a less diminutive target. “Alex, you know that comes out of your check at Fox, right?” host Curt Menefee joked.

Rodriguez will join another notorious baseball rules-breaker among Fox’s analysts, Pete Rose. But A-Rod’s situation is different because he still is an active player, one who might want to dabble in TV when he retires. A-Rod’s debut will come instudio on Fox Sports 1’s pregame and postgame shows for Game 3 of the ALCS tonight. Rodriguez will be on-site at the World Series. “Alex has always impressed us from afar with his ability to articulate the game extraordinarily well,” John Entz, Fox Sports president of production, said in a news release. “In meeting with him, it was obvious he has strong recall when it comes to information, a great familiarity with the remaining teams in the ﬁeld and we have

no doubt that he’ll be an excellent ﬁt with our guys.” Said Rodriguez: “When I’m not playing baseball, I’m either talking baseball or watching baseball.’’ Royals go with Young: Royals manager Ned Yost has chosen Chris Young over Kris Medlen as his starter for Game 4 of the ALCS. Young has only made two starts since July 28, but they were good ones. He allowed one run in 11 1-3 innings over those two outings, with his ﬁnal start coming Oct. 2. “He’s got really good numbers against these guys,” Yost said. “They’re both great choices, but, you know, Chris Young, his last two starts of the year were really,

really good for us. We feel like he gives us a good chance to win.” The 6-foot-10, third-round draft pick out of Princeton in 2000 appeared as a reliever in Game 1 of the American League Division Series, giving up a run in four innings. Overall, he was 11-6 in 34 appearances — 18 starts — this year. Young faced the Blue Jays once this year, a 7-5 loss on July 11. Edwin Encarnacion hit a two-run shot and Young yielded ﬁve hits and three runs over six innings. But over his 11-year career, Young has held current members of the Blue Jays to a .229 average (22 for 96) with two homers. Medlen was 6-2 with a 4.01 ERA in 15 appearances, including eight starts, this year. He returned from Tommy John surgery

on July 20 and hasn’t pitched since Oct. 1. Utley hearing postponed: With no urgency remaining following the Los Angeles Dodgers’ elimination from the postseason, Major League Baseball and the players’ association postponed Chase Utley’s appeal hearing. Utley was suspended for two games by MLB Chief Baseball Ofﬁcer Joe Torre for a takeout slide in Game 2 of the NL Division Series that broke a leg of New York Mets shortstop Ruben Tejada. The union appealed the penalty, causing the discipline to be held in abeyance, and Utley pinch hit in Game 5 and ﬂied out as the Dodgers were eliminated. A hearing had been scheduled today.

ALCS

Postseason schedule WILD CARD Houston 3, New York 0 Chicago 4, Pittsburgh 0 DIVISION SERIES American League Kansas City 3, Houston 2 Toronto 3, Texas 2 National League Chicago 3, St. Louis 1 New York 3, Los Angeles 2 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) American League All games televised by FS1 Kansas City 2, Toronto 0 Friday: Kansas City 5, Toronto 0 Saturday: Kansas City 6, Toronto 3 Today: Kansas City (Cueto 11-13) at Toronto (Stroman 4-0), 8:07 p.m. Tuesday: Kansas City (Young 11-6) at Toronto (Dickey 11-11), 4:07 p.m. x-Wednesday: Kansas City at Toronto, 4:07 p.m. x-Friday: Toronto at Kansas City, 8:07 p.m. x-Saturday: Toronto at Kansas City, 8:07 p.m. National League All games televised by TBS New York 2, Chicago 0 Saturday: New York 4, Chicago 2 Sunday: New York 4, Chicago 1 Tuesday: New York (deGrom 14-8) at Chicago (Hendricks 8-7), 8:07 p.m. Wednesday: New York (Matz 4-0) at Chicago, 8:07 p.m. x-Thursday: New York at Chicago, 8:07 p.m. x-Saturday: Chicago at New York, 4:07 or 8:07 p.m. x-Sunday, Oct. 25: Chicago at New York, 8:07 p.m.

Mets 4, Cubs 1 Chicago Fowler cf Schwarber lf Bryant 3b Rizzo 1b St.Castro 2b-ss Coghlan rf M.Montero c J.Baez ss T.Wood p c-Denorﬁa ph Richard p Strop p Arrieta p a-La Stella ph-2b Totals New York Granderson rf D.Wright 3b Dan.Murphy 2b Cespedes cf-lf Duda 1b T.d’Arnaud c Conforto lf Clippard p Familia p W.Flores ss Syndergaard p Niese p A.Reed p b-Lagares ph-cf Totals Chicago New York

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Blue Jays pitcher Marcus Stroman will start Game 3 against the Royals tonight. Stroman is 4-0 with a 1.67 ERA in his last four starts.

With backs against wall, Blue Jays glad to be home Howie Rumberg Associated Press

TV: Kansas City at Toronto, Game 3, 8 p.m., FS1

To r o n t o — Hip-hop music Division Series Game 5 starters.

blared over the loudspeakers in an eerily empty, moodily lit Rogers Centre as Jose Bautista and the Toronto Blue Jays went through an easy workout on an off-day in the American League Championship Series. With their backs against the wall again, there’s no place they’d rather be. “We’re down 2-0 right now, we’ve got three games at home. These guys here, they’re comfortable, and we’ve definitely got the crowd behind us,” outfielder Ben Revere said Sunday. “We definitely feel much more comfortable being back at home.” After Kansas City took the first two games at home, Game 3 is in Toronto tonight. First pitch is set for 8:07 p.m. The Blue Jays’ Marcus Stroman faces Kansas City’s Johnny Cueto in a matchup of two

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Kansas City Royals pitcher Chris Young has been selected to start Game 4 of the American League Championship Series on Tuesday.

“This series is not over, not even close,” defending AL champion Royals center ﬁelder Lorenzo Cain said after testing the bounce of the turf and the glare of the light in the closed-roofed stadium. The Blue Jays advanced to the ALCS with a win that featured one of the most bizarre innings in postseason history. Bautista capped that seventh inning with a monster home run and equally big bat toss. That was the last long ball the top slugging team in baseball this year has hit. Toronto relied heavily on the home run as it overcame the New York Yankees to win the East, and it connected for 123 of its 232 homers this year at home. It then slugged its way to three straight wins over Texas after losing the ﬁrst two at home in the ALDS.

In the chilly air of Kansas City, the Blue Jays scored just three runs and went deep none. Now, they are more than ready to play in front of another raucous crowd that has filled their ballpark and got rowdy in the deciding Game 5 against Texas. So much so, security should be beefed up for the ALCS. No more deep alleys of Kauffman Stadium where their drives died. No more unfriendly fans who played tricks with Ryan Goins on the ﬂyball that changed the tenor of Game 2, setting off a five-run rally that led to a 6-3 come-from-behind win for the Royals. “Kansas City’s park is really big,” Revere said. “Some of the balls we were hitting there, they were going nowhere. Now we’re back home, some of those balls that were crushed are going to go over the heads or go in the gaps more.” Of course, the Blue Jays will

have to ﬁgure out a way to beat Cueto and his multitude of pitches. The Royals’ dreadlocked, trade-deadline acquisition from the Cincinnati Reds has found his dominant form after struggling in late summer. He gave up two runs in eight innings against Houston in Game 5 of the Division Series. “He’s just a guy that is constantly trying to change your timing at the plate, whether it’s with his quick pitch or his shimmy on the mound, and he’s got six pitches,” Blue Jays center ﬁelder Kevin Pillar said.” But ultimately you’ve got to throw the ball over the plate, and that’s what we’re trying to do is hit his mistakes.” Cueto has had good success against Blue Jays players. He’s only allowed two homers in 88 career plate appearances, with Troy Tulowitzki, with Colorado, and Edwin Encarnacion going deep. “I’m going to toe the rubber and give everything I’ve got and I’m going to take the same approach

as I did the previous game and just be ready to go, ready to pitch,” he said through a translator. The Royals should have their hands full, too, with Stroman, the 24-year-old right-hander who made a speedy return from a torn left knee ligament in March and excelled down the stretch. He was 4-0 with a 1.67 ERA in four starts. He didn’t return until after the testy series at the end of July into August between the teams. Stroman got that Game 5 start against Texas, and now Toronto turns to him to help get them back in a series in which the odds are stacked against them: All but three of the previous 25 teams to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven era have won the series. “He’s got the ‘it’ factor,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. “It doesn’t mean he’s going to go out and dominate [Monday], but you have a great feeling every time he takes the mound because he can pull off something special.”

AB R H 3 1 2 4 0 0 4 0 2 4 0 1 4 0 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 32 1 5 AB R H 3 2 1 4 1 1 3 1 2 4 0 1 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 29 4 5 000 001 301 000

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a-ﬂied out for Arrieta in the 6th. b-struck out for A.Reed in the 7th. c-popped out for T.Wood in the 8th. LOB–Chicago 5, New York 3. 2B–Bryant (1), D.Wright (1). HR–Dan.Murphy (2), off Arrieta. RBIs–Bryant (1), D.Wright (1), Dan.Murphy 2 (3), Cespedes (1). SB–Granderson 2 (2). Runners left in scoring position–Chicago 2 (Rizzo, Coghlan); New York 1 (T.d’Arnaud). RISP–Chicago 1 for 4; New York 2 for 4. Runners moved up–St.Castro. Chicago IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA Arrieta L, 0-1 5 4 4 4 2 8 94 7.20 T.Wood 2 0 0 0 0 4 27 0.00 2/3 Richard 1 0 0 0 0 13 0.00 1/3 Strop 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00 New York IP H R ER BB SO NP ERA 2 Syndergaard W, 1-05 /3 3 1 1 1 9 101 1.59 1/3 Niese H, 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0.00 A.Reed H, 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 15 0.00 Clippard H, 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 16 0.00 Familia S, 2-2 1 1 0 0 0 0 17 0.00 Inherited runners-scored–Strop 1-0, Niese 1-0. IBB–off Arrieta (Dan.Murphy). WP–Syndergaard. Umpires–Home, Tim Timmons; First, Ted Barrett; Second, Paul Emmel; Third, Eric Cooper; Left, Bill Miller; Right, Rob Drake. T–3:07. A–44,502 (41,922).

History Oct. 19 1972 – The Oakland A’s rallied for two ninth-inning runs for a 3-2 victory over the Cincinnati Reds to take a 3-1 lead in the World Series. 1976 – The Cincinnati Reds took a 3-0 lead over the New York Yankees in the World Series with a 6-2 victory at Yankee Stadium. Cincinnati designated hitter Dan Driessen had a single, double, home run and a walk to lead the attack. Jim Mason had a solo homer in the seventh inning for the only home run by the Yankees in the series. 1981 – Los Angeles’ Rick Monday hit a ninth-inning home run to give the Dodgers a 2-1 victory over the Montreal Expos and the National League pennant. 1986 – The Boston Red Sox took a 2-0 lead in the World Series with a 9-3 rout of the New York Mets. The Red Sox had 18 hits, and battered Dwight Gooden for six runs in ﬁve innings. 1999 – Kenny Rogers walked Andruw Jones with the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the 11th inning, sending the Atlanta Braves to the World Series with a 10-9 victory over the New York Mets in Game 6 of the NL Championship Series.

NHL roundup

Devils finally get their due vs. Rangers From wire reports Devils 2, Rangers 1: Lee Stempniak scored at 3:07 of overtime and New Jersey finally gave new coach John Hynes a victory. Adam Henrique, who scored the Devils’ goal early in the second period, made the cross-ice pass that Stempniak fired past his former teammate Henrik Lundqvist to end the exciting 3-on-3 overtime. Derek Stepan, who scored for the Rangers in the opening minutes, had hit the crossbar just before New Jersey won for the first time in five games. The loss was the third straight for the Rangers, who opened the season with three wins. Blues 4, Jets 2: Vladimir Tarasen-

ko scored twice and Brian Elliott made 26 saves in the St. Louis win. Tarasenko gave the Blues a 3-2 lead on a delayed penalty midway through the third period, ﬁring a shot past goalie Ondrej Pavelec and into the corner of the net for his ﬁfth goal of the season. Scottie Upshall and Carl Gunnarsson also scored for St. Louis. The Blues have won four straight to improve to 5-1-0. Nikolaj Ehlers and Mathieu Perreault scored for Winnipeg, and Pavelec stopped 37 shots. The Jets dropped to 4-2-0. Ducks 4, Wild 1: Anton Khudobin rebounded from a rough outing with 34 saves, and Anaheim got goals from Cam Fowler, Rickard Rakell and Mike Santorelli to beat

Minnesota for its ﬁrst victory. Khudobin, who was pulled less than 13 minutes into a 4-0 loss the Arizona Coyotes last Wednesday after giving up three goals on eight shots in his Ducks debut, got another chance against the club that drafted him in 2004. Barrie suspended: Colorado defenseman Tyson Barrie was suspended three games without pay late Saturday night for charging and interference on Anaheim’s Simon Despres the previous night. Barrie, who spent parts of three seasons with the Lake Erie Monsters, was punished for a check on Despres when he jumped and used his shoulder to hit the Ducks’ defenseman in the head in the second period Friday night.

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New Jersey’s Jordin Tootoo, left, checks New York’s Jarret Stoll during the third period on Sunday. Lee Stempniak scored at 3:07 of overtime as New Jersey prevailed, 2-1.

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Djokovic defeats Tsonga

Novak Djokovic captured the ninth title of his impressive season with a 6-2, 6-4 win over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the final of the Shanghai Masters on Sunday. The top-seeded Serbian player extended his winning streak to 17 straight matches dating back to his championship run at the U.S. Open. He has also won 22 consecutive sets. Tsonga came into the match leading the tournament with 64 aces, but Djokovic returned so effectively, he broke the Frenchman three times and held him to zero aces in the opening set. … Agnieszka Radwanska defeated Danka Kovinic 6-1, 6-2 in less than an hour to win China’s Tianjin Open title and clinch a spot in the WTA Finals in Singapore. The second-seeded Radwanska broke Kovinic five times and saved all five break points she faced. … Jelena Jankovic of Serbia came back from the brink of defeat to outpower Angelique Kerber in the final of the Hong Kong Open, putting on hold the German’s hopes of playing in the season-ending WTA Finals in Singapore. Fourth-seeded Jankovic, who beat Venus Williams in the quarterfinals, was a set and 6-5 down before rallying to beat secondseeded Kerber 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1 at Hong Kong’s Victoria Park for her 15th WTA title. … Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova clinched her first title of the season by defeating Anna-Lena Friedsam of Germany 6-4, 6-3 in the final of the Generali Ladies in Linz,Austria. It was the eighth WTA title overall for the 29th-ranked Russian, who improved to 8-4 in career finals.

HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Player collapses and dies

An East Texas high school football player died after collapsing on the sidelines during a game. Alto High School junior Cam’ron Matthews collapsed during an Alto home game against PriceCarlisle after reaching the bench from a kickoff return seconds before halftime. He suffered a seizure, and doctors, nurses, coaches and trainers worked to keep him breathing.

BOXING

Boxer in critical condition

Boxer Prichard Colon was in critical condition after suffering a brain bleed from an injury during a bout in northern Virginia, an ofﬁcial said. Colon underwent surgery to relieve pressure on his brain after his bout Saturday afternoon against Terrel Williams in Fairfax, Virginia. Within moments of showing symptoms in his dressing room after the ﬁght, Colon was under the care of emergency medical technicians and rushed to Inova Fairfax hospital.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Injured Bars out for season

Notre Dame guard Alex Bars is out for the season after fracturing his left ankle against Southern California. The 6-foot-6, 320-pound sophomore will have surgery. Bars was hurt midway through the second quarter. USC defensive tackle Delvon Simmons was blocked into Bars’ leg during a 26-yard run by Josh Adams.

SOCCER

FIFA secrecy over reforms

The second meeting of the FIFA panel established to “restore the integrity and reputation” of soccer’s scandal-battered governing body ended with secrecy imposed on the three days of meetings in Switzerland. The reform committee is led by Francois Carrard, the former director general of the International Olympic Committee, who would not disclose what was discussed in the Swiss capital Bern. Carrard said he will provide a “progress report with concrete recommendations” to FIFA’s executive committee meeting Tuesday. … Soccer great Franz Beckenbauer, 70, said he never paid anyone to secure votes for Germany’s 2006 World Cup bid following allegations that bribes were involved. “I never had money given to anyone to acquire votes for the awarding of the 2006 football World Cup to Germany,” said Beckenbauer, who headed the bidding committee. “And I am certain that no other member of the bidding committee did it either.”

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Hollywood Casino 400 results At Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kan. Lap length: 1.5 miles (Start position in parentheses) 1. (14) Joey Logano, Ford, 269 laps, 131.2 rating, 47 points, $377,023. 2. (5) Denny Hamlin, Toyota, 269, 107.3, 42, $239,405. 3. (21) Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, 269, 118.2, 42, $219,791. 4. (24) Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet, 269, 95.8, 40, $163,655. 5. (3) Kyle Busch, Toyota, 269, 107.2, 39, $169,746. 6. (9) Kurt Busch, Chevrolet, 269, 108.4, 38, $135,595. 7. (8) Ryan Blaney, Ford, 269, 96.4, 0, $112,170. 8. (2) Carl Edwards, Toyota, 269, 91.3, 37, $115,670. 9. (1) Brad Keselowski, Ford, 269, 101.8, 36, $161,611. 10. (6) Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet, 269, 83.5, 34, $153,681. 11. (10) Ryan Newman, Chevrolet, 269, 93.8, 33, $141,460. 12. (16) Brian Scott, Chevrolet, 269, 80.2, 0, $125,283. 13. (18) Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Ford, 269, 79.8, 31, $114,125. 14. (11) Matt Kenseth, Toyota, 269, 134.1, 32, $152,886. 15. (7) Martin Truex Jr., Chevrolet, 269, 91.2, 29, $130,395. 16. (4) Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet, 268, 107.6, 29, $157,975. 17. (12) Greg Bifﬂe, Ford, 268, 73.1, 27, $133,683. 18. (19) Trevor Bayne, Ford, 268, 63.3, 26, $142,525. 19. (13) Paul Menard, Chevrolet, 268, 73.4, 26, $109,350. 20. (28) Jamie McMurray, Chevrolet, 268, 63.5, 24, $131,036. 21. (15) Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet, 267, 78.4, 23, $115,545. 22. (29) Danica Patrick, Chevrolet, 267, 54.7, 22, $107,245. 23. (38) Casey Mears, Chevrolet, 267, 52, 22, $122,678. 24. (23) Aric Almirola, Ford, 267, 64, 20, $134,756. 25. (22) David Ragan, Toyota, 266, 54.4, 19, $124,334. 26. (30) Justin Allgaier, Chevrolet, 266, 54.2, 18, $118,553. 27. (27) AJ Allmendinger, Chevrolet, 265, 59, 17, $122,153. 28. (31) Sam Hornish Jr., Ford, 265, 50.3, 16, $121,440. 29. (20) Kyle Larson, Chevrolet, 265, 60, 15, $122,703. 30. (34) Matt DiBenedetto, Toyota, 265, 41.5, 14, $106,992. 31. (32) Alex Bowman, Chevrolet, 264, 44.9, 13, $94,245. 32. (35) Brett Mofﬁtt, Ford, 264, 39.6, 12, $93,545. 33. (39) Cole Whitt, Ford, 264, 39.5, 11, $90,845. 34. (37) Michael Annett, Chevrolet, 263, 36.2, 10, $90,645. 35. (17) Tony Stewart, Chevrolet, 263, 52.7, 9, $117,624. 36. (33) David Gilliland, Ford, 262, 33.7, 8, $98,220. 37. (40) Jeb Burton, Toyota, 260, 31.4, 7, $89,953. 38. (42) Reed Sorenson, Ford, 258, 29, 6, $84,528. 39. (43) Will Kimmel, Ford, 255, 26.8, 5, $80,465. 40. (26) Clint Bowyer, Toyota, accident, 170, 59.5, 4, $110,623. 41. (25) Austin Dillon, Chevrolet, accident, 154, 74.4, 3, $109,401. 42. (36) J.J. Yeley, Toyota, 144, 25.3, 0, $68,465. 43. (41) Landon Cassill, Chevrolet, engine, 127, 32.7, 0, $64,965. Race Statistics Average Speed of Race Winner: 135.732 mph. Time of Race: 2 hours, 58 minutes, 22 seconds. Margin of Victory: 0.491 seconds. Caution Flags: 7 for 39 laps. Lead Changes: 21 among 9 drivers. Lap Leaders: B.Keselowski 1-28; K.Harvick 29-49; J.Logano 50-66; C.Mears 67-68; C.Edwards 69-71; M.Kenseth 72-109; J.Logano 110; M.Kenseth 111155; J.Logano 156; M.Kenseth 157-177; J.Logano 178-185; M.Kenseth 186; J.Logano 187-194; M.Kenseth 195213; J.Johnson 214; R.Blaney 215-219; C.Edwards 220-222; P.Menard 223-229; M.Kenseth 230-243; J.Johnson 244-247; M.Kenseth 248-262; J.Logano 263-269. Leaders Summary (Driver, Times Led, Laps Led): M.Kenseth, 7 times for 153 laps; J.Logano, 6 times for 42 laps; B.Keselowski, 1 time for 28 laps; K.Harvick, 1 time for 21 laps; P.Menard, 1 time for 7 laps; C.Edwards, 2 times for 6 laps; J.Johnson, 2 times for 5 laps; R.Blaney, 1 time for 5 laps; C.Mears, 1 time for 2 laps. Wins: M.Kenseth, 5; J.Logano, 5; Ky.Busch, 4; J.Johnson, 4; K.Harvick, 3; Ku.Busch, 2; D.Earnhardt Jr., 2; C.Edwards, 2; D.Hamlin, 2; B.Keselowski, 1; M.Truex Jr., 1.

Sprint Cup Chase standings After ﬁve races *-with race win, qualiﬁes for next round 1. Joey Logano* 3,095 2. Denny Hamlin 3,082 3. Kurt Busch 3,077 4. Carl Edwards 3,076 5. Kevin Harvick 3,071 6. Jeff Gordon 3,071 7. Brad Keselowski 3,071 8. Martin Truex Jr. 3,070 9. Kyle Busch 3,064 10. Ryan Newman 3,062 11. Dale Earnhardt Jr. 3,039 12. Matt Kenseth 3,035 REMAINING SCHEDULE Contender Round Sunday: Alabama 500, Talladega Eliminator Round Nov. 1: Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500, Martinsville, Va. Nov. 8: AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth Nov. 15: Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500, Avondale, Ariz. Championship Round Nov. 22: Ford EcoBoost 400, Homestead, Fla.

Golf PGA

Frys.com Open At Silverado Resort and Spa, North Course Napa, Calif. Purse: $6 million Yardage: 7,203; Par: 72 (36-36) (x-won on second playoff hole) Final x-E. Grillo, $1,080,000 68-71-65-69–273 Kevin Na, $648,000 68-71-64-70–273 Jason Bohn, $312,000 72-68-64-70–274 Justin Thomas, $312,000 66-70-69-69–274 T. Van Aswegen, $312,000 69-68-69-68–274 Kyle Reifers, $194,250 68-71-65-72–276 Patrick Rodgers, $194,250 68-69-69-70–276 Justin Rose, $194,250 67-69-68-72–276 Charl Schwartzel, $194,25071-68-69-68–276 Luke Guthrie, $128,571 71-70-66-70–277 Smylie Kaufman, $128,571 68-72-69-68–277 Ryan Moore, $128,571 72-70-67-68–277 Chris Stroud, $128,571 69-69-71-68–277 Jhonattan Vegas, $128,571 64-71-69-73–277 Will Wilcox, $128,571 68-67-69-73–277 Andrew Loupe, $128,571 68-72-63-74–277 Fabian Gomez, $73,333 70-72-70-66–278 Chez Reavie, $73,333 70-71-71-66–278 Brandt Snedeker, $73,333 73-69-69-67–278 Daniel Berger, $73,333 70-69-70-69–278 Lucas Glover, $73,333 69-73-66-70–278 Charles Howell III, $73,333 69-69-68-72–278 H. Matsuyama, $73,333 70-70-69-69–278 Brendan Steele, $73,333 63-70-69-76–278 Hudson Swafford, $73,333 69-72-67-70–278 Erik Compton, $45,300 69-72-70-68–279 Rory McIlroy, $45,300 68-71-71-69–279 Sean O’Hair, $45,300 68-71-68-72–279 Brendon Todd, $45,300 69-73-68-69–279 Mark Hubbard, $39,900 68-72-70-70–280 William McGirt, $39,900 72-69-70-69–280 Carlos Ortiz, $31,133 71-71-69-70–281 D. Summerhays, $31,133 67-74-70-70–281 David Toms, $31,133 71-71-69-70–281 M. Angel Carballo, $31,133 72-69-67-73–281 Ben Crane, $31,133 69-71-68-73–281 Graham DeLaet, $31,133 67-68-69-77–281 Tony Finau, $31,133 70-69-70-72–281 Freddie Jacobson, $31,133 69-73-67-72–281 Hunter Mahan, $31,133 69-73-67-72–281 Adam Hadwin, $21,000 72-67-71-72–282 James Hahn, $21,000 74-66-68-74–282 Russell Henley, $21,000 67-69-72-74–282 Jerry Kelly, $21,000 72-69-71-70–282 Colt Knost, $21,000 71-66-72-73–282 Brooks Koepka, $21,000 69-72-66-75–282 Kevin Streelman, $21,000 69-73-69-71–282 Jonas Blixt, $14,914 70-68-74-71–283 Spencer Levin, $14,914 72-70-72-69–283 Carl Pettersson, $14,914 70-72-71-70–283 Johnson Wagner, $14,914 71-71-71-70–283

Jamie Lovemark, $14,914 70-71-65-77–283 O. Schniederjans, $14,914 70-71-70-72–283 Harold Varner III, $14,914 65-70-69-79–283 Tyler Aldridge, $13,500 71-71-71-71–284 Aaron Baddeley, $13,500 71-71-71-71–284 Angel Cabrera, $13,500 70-72-72-70–284 Scott Langley, $13,500 67-74-68-75–284 D.H. Lee, $13,500 66-74-72-72–284 Steve Wheatcroft, $13,500 71-69-72-72–284 J.J. Henry, $12,960 68-69-74-74–285 Michael Kim, $12,960 71-67-71-76–285 Will MacKenzie, $12,960 72-70-71-72–285 Chad Collins, $12,480 73-69-72-72–286 Martin Laird, $12,480 65-71-74-76–286 Henrik Norlander, $12,480 72-69-70-75–286 Cameron Tringale, $12,480 70-72-72-72–286 Nick Watney, $12,480 68-73-68-77–286 Stuart Appleby, $12,060 70-72-72-74–288 Roberto Castro, $12,060 71-71-70-76–288 Boo Weekley, $11,880 69-69-75-76–289 Jim Herman, $11,760 72-69-72-77–290 Jason Gore, $11,640 67-73-73-78–291 Made cut; did not ﬁnish Charlie Beljan, $11,160 73-68-74–215 Shane Bertsch, $11,160 71-71-73–215 Justin Leonard, $11,160 72-70-73–215 Greg Owen, $11,160 69-72-74–215 Scott Pinckney, $11,160 70-72-73–215 Brett Stegmaier, $11,160 68-71-76–215 Michael Thompson, $11,160 68-74-73–215 Chris Kirk, $10,620 72-70-74–216 Martin Piller, $10,620 72-70-74–216

Champions AT&T Championship At TPC San Antonio, AT&T Canyons Course, San Antonio Purse: $1.8 million Yardage: 6,923; Par 72 Final Bernhard Langer, $270,000 71-68-65–204 Scott Dunlap, $158,400 68-71-68–207 Michael Allen, $118,350 69-69-70–208 Scott McCarron, $118,350 69-69-70–208 Kenny Perry, $78,750 70-73-66–209 Wes Short, Jr., $78,750 67-72-70–209 Olin Browne, $57,600 70-71-69–210 Paul Goydos, $57,600 68-72-70–210 Scott Hoch, $57,600 70-71-69–210 Woody Austin, $45,000 69-71-71–211 Tom Pernice Jr., $45,000 72-68-71–211 Fred Funk, $36,600 73-72-67–212 Corey Pavin, $36,600 72-71-69–212 Loren Roberts, $36,600 72-70-70–212 Stephen Ames, $27,930 68-74-71–213 Tom Byrum, $27,930 69-73-71–213 Mark Calcavecchia, $27,930 73-72-68–213 Fred Couples, $27,930 70-69-74–213 Colin Montgomerie, $27,930 71-70-72–213 Jeff Sluman, $27,930 68-72-73–213 Tommy Armour III, $19,944 75-69-70–214 Jay Don Blake, $19,944 76-70-68–214 Russ Cochran, $19,944 70-75-69–214 Brandt Jobe, $19,944 73-72-69–214 Jesper Parnevik, $19,944 70-72-72–214 Lee Janzen, $16,020 71-72-72–215 Chien Soon Lu, $16,020 75-73-67–215 Joey Sindelar, $16,020 72-73-70–215 Duffy Waldorf, $16,020 68-76-71–215 Rod Spittle, $13,275 71-74-71–216 Kevin Sutherland, $13,275 69-74-73–216 Esteban Toledo, $13,275 71-74-71–216 Scott Verplank, $13,275 75-74-67–216 Bart Bryant, $10,620 75-74-68–217 John Cook, $10,620 71-70-76–217 Joe Durant, $10,620 69-79-69–217 Jeff Hart, $10,620 73-72-72–217 John Huston, $10,620 76-72-69–217 Larry Mize, $10,620 72-70-75–217 Roger Chapman, $8,460 77-71-70–218 Mike Goodes, $8,460 75-75-68–218 Blaine McCallister, $8,460 74-73-71–218 Steve Pate, $8,460 73-73-72–218 Kirk Triplett, $8,460 72-77-69–218 Mark Brooks, $6,660 74-72-73–219 Marco Dawson, $6,660 76-74-69–219 Tom Lehman, $6,660 74-74-71–219 Willie Wood, $6,660 73-74-72–219 Ian Woosnam, $6,660 71-75-73–219 Billy Andrade, $5,580 76-73-71–220 Jay Delsing, $4,397 72-75-74–221 Gene Sauers, $4,397 71-75-75–221 Greg Bruckner, $4,397 77-70-74–221 Brad Bryant, $4,397 76-75-70–221 Carlos Franco, $4,397 74-75-72–221 Steve Lowery, $4,397 72-76-73–221 Rocco Mediate, $4,397 74-75-72–221 Brad Faxon, $3,330 74-74-74–222 Mark McNulty, $3,330 72-76-74–222 Mark O’Meara, $3,330 77-75-70–222 Grant Waite, $3,330 70-74-78–222 Doug Garwood, $2,700 78-72-73–223 Brian Henninger, $2,700 77-72-74–223 Bobby Wadkins, $2,700 77-74-72–223 John Inman, $1,994 73-74-77–224 Sandy Lyle, $1,994 72-76-76–224 Jim Rutledge, $1,994 76-73-75–224 Jerry Smith, $1,994 78-73-73–224 Craig Stadler, $1,994 75-73-76–224 Ben Crenshaw, $1,584 77-76-72–225 Greg Kraft, $1,476 77-71-78–226 Steve Jones, $1,368 77-76-74–227 David Frost, $1,260 75-79-74–228 Tom Kite, $1,152 71-77-81–229 Mark Wiebe, $1,152 74-80-75–229 Bob Tway, $1,044 82-76-74–232 Bob Gilder, $972 80-75-80–235 Nolan Henke, $900 78-83-82–243

LPGA KEB Hana Bank Championship At Sky 72 Golf Club, Ocean Course Incheon, South Korea Purse: $2 million Yardage: 6,364; Par: 72 (a-amateur) Final Lexi Thompson, $300,000 68-67-69-69–273 Yani Tseng, $158,579 70-67-69-68–274 Sung Hyun Park, $158,579 62-74-67-71–274 Amy Yang, $84,703 71-72-70-62–275 Gerina Piller, $84,703 66-74-68-67–275 Lydia Ko, $84,703 69-65-69-72–275 Suzann Pettersen, $53,338 70-69-68-69–276 Shanshan Feng, $53,338 67-71-69-69–276 Mika Miyazato, $37,084 71-69-71-67–278 B. Lincicome, $37,084 71-70-69-68–278 Chella Choi, $37,084 67-72-71-68–278 Mi Hyang Lee, $37,084 71-67-71-69–278 Yoon-Ji Cho, $37,084 68-68-69-73–278 Mirim Lee, $37,084 68-69-67-74–278 Lee-Anne Pace, $25,830 70-68-75-67–280 Sei Young Kim, $25,830 70-70-72-68–280 Inbee Park, $25,830 69-72-70-69–280 Brittany Lang, $25,830 68-71-72-69–280 In Gee Chun, $25,830 73-68-68-71–280 Pernilla Lindberg, $25,830 68-70-70-72–280 Na Yeon Choi, $21,134 68-74-71-68–281 So Yeon Ryu, $21,134 73-73-66-69–281 Jin Young Ko, $21,134 71-70-71-69–281 M. Jutanugarn, $21,134 70-68-67-76–281 Hyo Joo Kim, $18,517 67-73-71-71–282 Mariajo Uribe, $18,517 72-67-72-71–282 Minjee Lee, $18,517 69-69-72-72–282 Xi Yu Lin, $15,515 71-73-71-68–283 Anna Nordqvist, $15,515 71-71-72-69–283 Yeun Jung Seo, $15,515 70-69-73-71–283 Sakura Yokomine, $15,515 74-69-68-72–283 Eun-Hee Ji, $15,515 67-75-69-72–283 Han Sol Ji, $15,515 67-72-70-74–283 Danielle Kang, $13,133 77-67-70-70–284 Lizette Salas, $13,133 69-71-72-72–284 Sandra Gal, $11,624 69-73-73-70–285 Ilhee Lee, $11,624 70-72-72-71–285 Jessica Korda, $11,624 71-72-70-72–285 Hae Rym Kim, $11,624 68-73-72-72–285 Bo Kyung Kim, $9,302 71-74-71-70–286 Carlota Ciganda, $9,302 71-70-75-70–286 Alison Lee, $9,302 72-71-72-71–286 Jenny Shin, $9,302 71-70-74-71–286 Mo Martin, $9,302 71-72-71-72–286 Ha Na Jang , $9,302 69-73-71-73–286 Charley Hull, $9,302 66-74-71-75–286 Julieta Granada, $7,950 74-73-71-69–287 Kris Tamulis, $7,220 73-72-72-71–288 Ai Miyazato, $7,220 75-70-71-72–288 Karine Icher, $7,220 75-72-68-73–288 Ariya Jutanugarn, $7,220 70-74-69-75–288 Jung-Min Lee, $6,340 75-73-72-69–289 Min-Young Lee, $6,340 71-72-73-73–289

Today in Sports history In 2013, Connor Halliday completes 58 of 89 passes for 557 yards and four touchdowns with four interceptions for Washington State in a 62-38 loss to Oregon. He breaks the FBS-level attempts record of 83 set by Drew Brees at Purdue in 1998.

Seon Woo Bae, $6,340 Michelle Wie, $6,340 Austin Ernst, $5,635 Catriona Matthew, $5,635 Min-Sun Kim, $5,635 P. Phatlum, $5,133 Q Baek, $5,133 Morgan Pressel, $4,831 Wei-Ling Hsu, $4,831 I.K. Kim, $4,831 Paula Creamer, $4,529 Candie Kung, $4,529 Juli Inkster, $4,529 Hee Young Park, $4,277 Angela Stanford, $4,277 Min Lee, $4,043 Sun Young Yoo, $4,043 Jaye Marie Green, $4,043 Shi Hyun Ahn, $3,924 Azahara Munoz, $3,874 Jeong Eun Lee, $3,824 Hee Yun Chong$3,778 a-Yu-Sang Hou Jane Park

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PGA European Portugal Masters At Oceanico Victoria Golf Club Vilamoura, Portugal Purse: $2.27 million Yardage: 7,209; Par: 71 Final leading scores Andy Sullivan 64-64-67-66–261 Chris Wood 68-69-65-68–270 Anthony Wall 69-64-72-66–271 Trevor Fisher Jr. 66-68-70-67–271 Eduardo de la Riva 65-67-68-71–271 Craig Lee 67-71-69-65–272 Thomas Pieters 65-66-72-69–272 Jorge Campillo 66-69-67-70–272 Bernd Ritthammer 69-66-73-65–273 Garth Mulroy 69-67-70-67–273 Robert Rock 70-67-70-66–273 Mikko Korhonen 69-69-69-66–273 Edoaurd Espana 70-67-69-67–273 Stephen Gallacher 67-71-68-67–273 Lucas Bjerregaard 72-69-66-66–273 Bernd Wiesberge 68-64-72-70–274 David Drysdale 65-71-69-69–274 Nicolas Colsaerts 64-71-68-72–275 Alvaro Quiros 67-68-71-69–275 Hennie Otto 70-65-69-71–275

NBA preseason

Sunday Toronto 87, Cleveland 81 Brooklyn 92, Philadelphia 91 San Antonio 96, Detroit 92 Memphis 90, Minnesota 68 Oklahoma City 111, Denver 98 Miami 101, Atlanta 92 Utah at Portland, late Today Dallas at Cleveland, 7 Chicago at Charlotte, 7 Brooklyn at Boston, 7:30 New Orleans at Houston, 8 Portland at L.A. Lakers, 10:30 Tuesday Indiana at Chicago, 8 Minnesota vs. Milwaukee at Madison, WI, 8 Phoenix at San Antonio, 8:30 Oklahoma City at Utah, 9 Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 10:30 Saturday Charlotte 97, New York 93 Sacramento 107, New Orleans 98 Miami 105, Houston 100 Washington 105, Milwaukee 101 L.A. Lakers 85, Golden State 70

ATP Shanghai Rolex Masters

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National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 6 0 0 12 20 7 Tampa Bay 4 2 0 8 19 15 Ottawa 3 2 1 7 19 17 Florida 3 2 0 6 16 9 Detroit 3 2 0 6 15 13 Boston 2 3 0 4 18 21 Toronto 1 3 1 3 12 17 Buffalo 1 4 0 2 9 14 Metropolitan Division W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Islanders 3 1 1 7 17 15 N.Y. Rangers 3 2 1 7 14 15 Washington 3 1 0 6 13 10 Philadelphia 2 1 1 5 7 10 Pittsburgh 2 3 0 4 7 9 New Jersey 1 3 1 3 8 14 Carolina 1 4 0 2 11 17 Columbus 0 6 0 0 13 30 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L OT Pts GF GA St. Louis 5 1 0 10 21 14 Dallas 4 1 0 8 19 13 Nashville 4 1 0 8 14 9 Winnipeg 4 2 0 8 20 13 Minnesota 3 1 1 7 14 15 Chicago 3 3 0 6 14 14 Colorado 2 2 0 4 15 14 Paciﬁc Division W L OT Pts GF GA San Jose 4 1 0 8 17 8 Vancouver 3 1 1 7 15 9 Arizona 3 2 0 6 16 11 Anaheim 1 3 1 3 5 12 Los Angeles 1 3 0 2 4 13 Edmonton 1 4 0 2 10 15 Calgary 1 4 0 2 10 19 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Sunday New Jersey 2, N.Y. Rangers 1, OT St. Louis 4, Winnipeg 2 Anaheim 4, Minnesota 1 Edmonton at Vancouver, late Colorado at Los Angeles, late Monday San Jose at N.Y. Rangers, 7 Tuesday Arizona at New Jersey, 7 Florida at Pittsburgh, 7 N.Y. Islanders at Columbus, 7 Dallas at Philadelphia, 7:30 St. Louis at Montreal, 7:30 Tampa Bay at Nashville, 8 Washington at Calgary, 9 Saturday Nashville 4, Ottawa 3, SO Montreal 4, Detroit 1 Tampa Bay 2, Buffalo 1 Dallas 4, Florida 2 Pittsburgh 2, Toronto 1 Washington 4, Carolina 1 N.Y. Islanders 6, San Jose 3 Chicago 4, Columbus 1 Edmonton 5, Calgary 2 Boston 5, Arizona 3

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Area golf

Fall Fun Days Fairways of Twin Lakes Nine holes Division I 1. Grace May, Canton 2. Jayne Bernard, Youngstown 3. Jake Caldwell, Solon 4. Wintson Breden 4. Luca Opperman 6. Alex Anderson 7. Colt Owens Division II 1. Brevin Karren, Solon 2. Lauren Petro, Canton 3. Alea Grifﬁths, Barberton 3. Sydnie Leavery, Streetsboro 5. Catherine Wang, Solon 6. Clark Nemer 59 7. Campbell Young, Canton 7. Ethan Pulido, Hudson 9. Ashlyn Leavery, Streetsboro 10. Blake Manthei, Medina 11. Anna Earl, Vienna, WV

Today No games scheduled Tuesday Binghamton at St. John’s, 6 Milwaukee at Iowa, 8 Saturday Iowa 1, Lake Erie 0, SO Toronto 3, Albany 2, OT Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 6, Lehigh Valley 4 St. John’s 6, Rochester 2 San Antonio 4, Grand Rapids 0 Bridgeport 3, Providence 1 Hartford 3, Utica 0 Syracuse 2, Binghamton 1 Portland 3, Hershey 2 Chicago 9, Charlotte 5 Texas 5, Rockford 2 Ontario 1, Manitoba 0, OT San Jose 4, Bakersﬁeld 3

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Charlotte 3 1 0 0 6 21 16 Chicago 2 1 0 0 4 17 13 Lake Erie 1 1 0 1 3 7 8 Iowa 1 2 0 1 3 7 13 Rockford 1 3 0 0 2 8 21 Manitoba 0 2 1 1 2 6 13 Milwaukee 0 2 0 0 0 3 12 Grand Rapids 0 4 0 0 0 4 12 NOTE: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss. Sunday Portland 5, Hershey 2 Albany 3, Toronto 2 Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 5, Bridgeport 1 Hartford 5, Syracuse 2 Texas 7, Rockford 2

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At Qizhong Tennis Center Shanghai Purse: $7 million (Masters 1000) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Championship Novak Djokovic (1), Serbia, def. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga (16), France, 6-2, 6-4. Doubles Championship Raven Klaasen, South Africa, and Marcelo Melo (6), Brazil, def. Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini (5), Italy, 6-3, 6-3.

WTA Hong Kong Open At Victoria Park Tennis Stadium Hong Kong Purse: $250,000 (Intl.) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Championship Jelena Jankovic (4), Serbia, def. Angelique Kerber (2), Germany, 3-6, 7-6 (4), 6-1. Doubles Championship Alize Cornet, France, and Yaroslava Shvedova (4), Kazakhstan, def. Lara Arruabarrena, Spain, and Andreja Klepac (1), Slovenia, 7-5, 6-4.

WTA Tianjin Open At Tianjin Tennis Centre Tianjin, China Purse: $500,000 (Intl.) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Championship Agnieszka Radwanska (2), Poland, def. Danka Kovinic, Montenegro, 6-1, 6-2. Doubles Championship Yi-Fan Xu, China, and Zheng Saisai (2), China, vs. Darija Jurak, Croatia, and Nicole Melichar, United States, 6-2, 3-6, 10-8

WTA Linz At Intersport Arena Linz Linz, Austria Purse: $250,000 (Intl.) Surface: Hard-Indoor Singles Semiﬁnals Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (7), Russia, def. Anna-Lena Friedsam, Germany, 6-4, 6-3. Doubles Semiﬁnals Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears (1), United States, def. Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka (2), Czech Republic, 6-3, 7-5.

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NFL Favorite Points (O/U) Underdog PHILADELPHIA 5½ (49.5) NY Giants THURSDAY Seattle 4½ (41)SAN FRANCISCO SUNDAY ST. LOUIS 5 (42.5) Cleveland a-Buffalo OFF (XX) Jacksonville b-KANSAS CITY OFF (XX) Pittsburgh MIAMI 4½ (43.5) Houston NEW ENGLAND 9½ (51) NY Jets Minnesota 2 (44) DETROIT Atlanta 3½ (48) TENNESSEE WASHINGTON 3½ (44.5) Tampa Bay INDIANAPOLIS 4 (49) New Orleans SAN DIEGO 5 (47) Oakland NY GIANTS 5 (47.5) Dallas CAROLINA 3 (47) Philadelphia MONDAY, OCT 26TH ARIZONA 7 (49) Baltimore a-at Wembley Stadium-London, England. a-Buffalo QB T. Taylor is questionable. b-Pitts QB B. Roethlisberger is questionable. Bye Week: Chicago, Cincinnati, Denver, Green Bay. College Football Favorite Points Underdog TUESDAY ARKANSAS ST 6½ UL-Lafayette THURSDAY APPALACHIAN ST 5 Georgia Southern EAST CAROLINA 2½ Temple UCLA 3½ California FRIDAY Memphis 11 TULSA Utah St 5½ SAN DIEGO ST SATURDAY NO ILLINOIS 28 Eastern Michigan Central Michigan 7½ BALL ST Toledo 13½ UMASS Bowling Green 14 KENT ST Ohio 2½ BUFFALO Pittsburgh 6½ SYRACUSE MICHIGAN ST 17 Indiana Clemson 6 MIAMI-FLORIDA NC State 10 WAKE FOREST Missouri 2½ VANDERBILT W MICHIGAN 23½ Miami-Ohio NAVY 22 Tulane BOISE ST 31 Wyoming AIR FORCE 17 Fresno St MARSHALL 29 North Texas USC 3½ Utah c-STANFORD OFF Washington ALABAMA 14 Tennessee TEXAS 3½ Kansas St MISSISSIPPI 4 Texas A&M NORTH CAROLINA 15 Virginia NEBRASKA 8 Northwestern Wisconsin 7 ILLINOIS VIRGINIA TECH 3 Duke UL-Monroe 2 IDAHO Houston 20½ CENT FLORIDA OREGON ST 3 Colorado BAYLOR 37 Iowa St d-Penn St 7½ Maryland RICE 4 Army Southern Miss 16 CHARLOTTE LOUISVILLE 8½ Boston College LOUISIANA TECH 7 Middle Tenn St CINCINNATI 13 Connecticut SOUTH FLORIDA 13 Smu TEXAS ST 2½ South Alabama FLORIDA INTL 14 Old Dominion MISSISSIPPI ST 11 Kentucky ARKANSAS 5½ Auburn OKLAHOMA 15 Texas Tech OKLAHOMA ST 33 Kansas Florida St 5½ GEORGIA TECH Ohio St 21 RUTGERS LSU 15 Western Kentucky Florida Atlantic 6 UTEP e-N MEXICO ST OFF Troy SAN JOSE ST 8 New Mexico NEVADA 8 Hawaii ARIZONA 7½ Washington St c-Washington QB J. Browning is questionable. d-at M&T Bank Stadium-Baltimore, MD. e-Troy QB B. Silvers is questionable. MLB Favorite Odds Underdog AL Division Series TORONTO 7-8 Kansas City NHL Favorite Goals (O/U) Underdog NY RANGERS Even-½ (5.5) San Jose Home Team in CAPS

Transactions FOOTBALL National Football League NEW YORK GIANTS — Signed CB Brandon McGee from the practice squad. Waived TE Jerome Cunningham. HOCKEY National Hockey League CAROLINA HURRICANES — Reassigned D Brett Pesce to Charlotte (AHL). TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING — Reassigned D Slater Koekkoek to Syracuse (AHL).

Soccer

Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA x-New York 17 10 6 57 60 42 x-D.C. United 15 12 6 51 43 40 x-Columbus 14 11 8 50 53 53 x-Toronto FC 15 14 4 49 57 56 Montreal 14 13 6 48 46 43 New England 13 12 8 47 45 46 Orlando City 12 13 8 44 46 55 N.Y. City FC 10 16 7 37 48 55 Philadelphia 9 17 7 34 41 55 Chicago 8 19 6 30 42 56 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA x-FC Dallas 17 10 6 57 50 38 x-Los Angeles 14 10 9 51 55 44 x-Vancouver 15 13 5 50 42 36 Portland 14 11 8 50 37 38 Seattle 14 13 6 48 41 35 Sporting K.C. 13 10 9 48 46 42 San Jose 13 12 8 47 40 37 Houston 11 13 9 42 42 46 Real Salt Lake 11 14 8 41 37 45 Colorado 8 14 10 34 30 39 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. x- clinched playoff berth Saturday Columbus 2, Toronto FC 0 Montreal 1, New England 0 FC Dallas 1, Real Salt Lake 0 Sunday D.C. United 4, Chicago 0 New York 4, Philadelphia 1 Houston 1, Seattle 1, tie Portland 5, Los Angeles 2 Wednesday Colorado at Sporting Kansas City, 8:30 Sunday, Oct. 25 Orlando City at Philadelphia, 5 New England at New York City FC, 5 D.C. United at Columbus, 5 New York at Chicago, 5 Toronto FC at Montreal, 5 Real Salt Lake at Seattle, 7 Colorado at Portland, 7 San Jose at FC Dallas, 7 Los Angeles at Sporting Kansas City, 7 Houston at Vancouver, 7

Horse racing ThistleDown entries

Post time: 12:55 p.m. First Race, $10,300, Claiming $4,000, 3 yo’s & up, F & M (fillies and mares), One Mile Seventy Yards 1 Super Quiet, Ortiz W 10-1 2 Hunt for Colleen, Rodriguez J 8-1 3 City Sweets, Houghton T 6-1 4 Papa’s Tango L R, Magrell J 4-1 5 Sarah’s Splendor, Vigil N 6-1 6 Miss Conception, Velez J 12-1 7 Pedroia, Pilares C 3-1 8 Black Jack Girl, De La Cruz W 5-2 Second Race, $25,000, Maiden special weight, 2 yo, Six Furlongs 1 Take Off to Maui, Diaz V 10-1 1a Ohio Chrome, Diaz V 10-1 2 Kyle, Ortiz A 12-1 3 Whiskey Tree, Paucar E 6-1 4 Primary Patrick, Sarvis D 5-2 5 Meseta Diablo, Feliciano R 7-2 6 Iron Dome, Gonzalez L 8-1 7 Putmeinthetrickbag, Pilares C 4-1 8 Gio Whiz, Villa-Gomez H 12-1 Third Race, $10,300, Claiming $4,000, 3 yo’s & up, One Mile Seventy Yards 1 Welcome Home Ryan, De La Cruz W 7-2 2 Royal Bay, Villa-Gomez H 8-1 3 Essence of a Hero, Magrell J 20-1 4 Sand Creek Mesa, Diaz V 12-1 5 R Fast Cat, Sarvis D 8-1 6 Danger Intention, Hrnandz-Lopez A 15-1 7 Lil Skeletol, Gonzalez L 8-1 8 Halo’s Thunder, Colon L 15-1 9 Hurricane Houston, Musarro J 9-2 10 Jazz Court, Paucar E 6-1 11 Deal’ Em, Pilares C 6-1 12 Rip and Roll, Houghton T 12-1 Fourth Race, $15,600, Claiming $5,000, 3 yo’s & up, F & M (fillies and mares), Six Furlongs 1 Blondecat, De La Cruz W 5-2 1a Bear’s Song, De La Cruz W 5-2 2 L’S Escalator, Kauffman A 9-2 3 Repossee, Rivera L 12-1 4 All About Brownie, Delgado J 5-1 5 Gallagher’s Pride, Hernandez L 10-1 6 Bye Bye Bunting, Gonzalez L 8-1 7 Hey Judy, Paucar E 10-1 8 Uptown Babe, Pilares C 6-1 9 Justice Served, Sarvis D 6-1 Fifth Race, $15,600, Claiming $5,000, 3 yo’s & up, F & M (fillies and mares), One Mile 1 East End Housewife, Houghton T 6-1 2 Giantgotthedeputy, Sarvis D 4-1 3 Sassy Cassie, Laurente G 8-1 4 Second Base, Radosevich J 8-1 5 Mount Eagle, Magrell J 8-1 6 Prothoe, Diaz V 6-1 7 Fivefeethi Nrisen, Rivera L 7-2 8 Angel in My Eyes, De La Cruz W 3-1 Sixth Race, $15,600, Claiming $5,000, 3 yo’s & up, One Mile Forty Yards 1 Vigilante Law, Ortiz A 10-1 1a Strike Ahead, Ortiz A 10-1 2 Bluegrass Kid, Hernandez-Lopez A 4-1 3 Corinthians Secret, Sarvis D 12-1 4 Rock in Bage (BRZ), Ccamaque M 12-1 5 Celtic Drama, Houghton T 12-1 6 Flat River, De La Cruz W 10-1 7 Kid Twist, Delgado J 5-1 8 A Nice Rendition, Radosevich J 12-1 9 Never On Time, Rivera L 10-1 10 Anthem, Pilares C 6-1 11 Can’t Get Enough, Colon L 7-2 Seventh Race, $27,000, AOC $20,000, 3 yo’s & up, Five And A Half Furlongs 1 Highroller Dave, Feliciano R 4-1 2 Champions Gate, Hrnandz-Lopez A 9-2 3 Christopher’s Joy, Sarvis D 6-1 4 Handsup Moneydown, Diaz V 10-1 5 Unbridled Venture, Houghton T 8-1 6 Jump for Kitten, Pilares C 10-1 7 Proud Soldier, Martinez, Jr. L 8-1 8 Aloha Daddy, De La Cruz W 5-1 9 Offlee Sinister, Colon L 6-1 10 Sir Lowry’s Pass, Gonzalez L 8-1 Eighth Race, $11,500, Claiming $5,000, 3 yo’s & up, F & M (fillies and mares), Six Furlongs 1 Betty’s Best, Ccamaque M 12-1 2 Bright Harborlites, Sarvis D 12-1 3 Starship Secret, Hernandez L 6-1 4 Vegas Heat, Diaz V 12-1 5 Don’t Even Think, Paucar E 12-1 6 Circus Park, Hernandez-Lopez A 4-1 7 Number One Choice, De La Cruz W 9-2 8 Teddy’s Prayer, Houghton T 6-1 9 War Affair, Pilares C 6-1 10 Go Girl, Kauffman A 12-1 11 Nile Sapphire, Rivera L 8-1 12 Smittenwithsmarten, Villa-Gmez H 10-1

Northﬁeld Park entries Post time: 6 p.m. 1st Race, Purse $7,000 NW500PSCD Trot 1. Austin’s Jon Jon, AMerrimn 7-5 2. Washingtonian, JaMerriman 3-1 3. Glowing Embers, KuSugg 15-1 4. Edit, JaThmpsn 8-1 5. Kahoku, ChPage 9-2 6. Haste, DoIrvineJr 15-1 7. Bsmaximummoondream, JaKasper 25-1 8. Screamin Dreamin, ToHall 25-1 9. Sharp Action, RyStahl 25-1 2nd Race, Purse $7,000 NW500PSCD Pace 1. Scootin Bay, RonWrennJr 9-5 2. Island Celebration, ToHall 9-1 3. Liberty Flyer, KiPluta 20-1 4. Independent Spirit, KeKashJr 3-1 5. Change Your Luck, JDWengerd 20-1 6. Carrino, JaMerriman 20-1 7. P L Dragon, RyStahl 7-2 8. Blue’s Rocket Man, AMerrimn 9-1 9. Hanky L, RoMiller 20-1 3rd Race, Purse $10,000 OPEN II Trot 1. Victory Candy Man, RyStahl 9-1 2. Aren’t I Hanover, AMerrimn 9-2 3. The Northern Dude, RonWrennJr 3-1 4. Talladega Hanover, JaMerriman 9-2 5. Elian’s Valentine, KuSugg 25-1 6. I’ll Tell You What, JaThmpsn 20-1 7. Pay The Winner, SaSchillaci 4-1 8. S J Better Days, ChPage 4-1 4th Race, Purse $6,000 NW400PSCD Pace 1. Yosemite Camn, AMerrimn 5-2 2. Verbalize, JaThmpsn 9-2 3. Gunnin’ Foraﬁght, WyIrvine 25-1 4. Waylon Hanover, RyStahl 25-1 5. Likeavirgin, RonWrennJr 2-1 6. Papa Grande, KuSugg 12-1 7. Coach Ken, RoMiller 10-1

8. Diamonds Revenge, JDWengerd 25-1 9. Bourbans Best, SaSchillaci 6-1 5th Race, Purse $9,000 NW800PSCD Trot 1. Bb Tinkerbelle, RoMiller 5-1 2. Miss Lulu Belle, DoIrvineJr 25-1 3. Bob N Tony, RonWrennJr 2-1 4. Sand Royal Blu, KuSugg 3-1 5. Howdy Dewey, JaMerriman 10-1 6. Calling A Victory, JaThmpsn 15-1 7. Diamond Hunter, RyStahl 25-1 8. Darron Hall, SaSchillaci 8-1 9. Nordic Venture, AMerrimn 6-1 6th Race, Purse $8,000 NW600PSCD Pace 1. Playitagainstan, WyIrvine 12-1 2. Wilcox, RyStahl 5-1 3. Midnight Dragon, ToHall 12-1 4. Wellsaidandone, RonWrennJr 2-1 5. Dallas Seelster, JaMerriman 25-1 6. Great American, ChPage 15-1 7. Neat, RyMiller 4-1 8. Ilikethemtrashy, AMerrimn 3-1 9. Luckey Rei, KuSugg 25-1 7th Race, Purse $8,000 NW600PSCD Trot 1. Master’s Sweetie, RonWrennJr 9-2 2. Kirty Dream, JDWengerd 2-1 3. Makin Green Lavec, RyStahl 25-1 4. Absolutely Certain, JaMerriman 10-1 5. Herbedaone, KuSugg 20-1 6. Quantum Cashman, ChPage 9-1 7. I’llseeuincourt, ToHall 7-2 8. Doubting Tom, AMerrimn 9-2 9. Wheres The Clicker, WyIrvine 25-1 8th Race, Purse $7,000 NW500PSCD Pace 1. Big Green Tractor, JDWengerd 15-1 2. Pass The Deuce, JaThmpsn 8-1 3. Ima Nuisance, AMerrimn 9-2 4. Deftones, JaMerriman 8-1 5. Stagecoach Holdup, DoIrvineJr 25-1 6. I’m Feelin Good, ToHall 3-1 7. Bluebird Ideal, RyStahl 25-1 8. Can Repeat, RonWrennJr 5-2 9. He’s The Chip, ChPage 9-2 9th Race, Purse $13,000 OPEN HCP Trot 1. Mary’s Darvin, WyIrvine 25-1 2. Annie’s Rocketman, RyStahl 15-1 3. Dream Crazed, KuSugg 12-1 4. Fluff Me Up, AMerrimn 2-1 5. Julians Caesar, ChPage 7-2 6. Major Athens, DoIrvineJr 3-1 7. Blackwolf Run, SaSchillaci 8-1 8. Mythical Hall, ToHall 5-1 10th Race, Purse $13,000 OPEN HCP Pace 1. Just Crowned, DoIrvineJr 25-1 2. Jw Racer, JDWengerd 20-1 3. Winyard Hanover, JaMerriman 20-1 4. And We’ll See Ya, RyStahl 12-1 5. Major Stone, KeKashJr 15-1 6. Allbeef N Nobull, ChPage 5-2 7. No Bad Dreams, AMerrimn 7-2 8. Pop Cop, RonWrennJr 2-1 9. Dress The Part, ToHall 7-1 11th Race, Purse $9,000 NW800PSCD Pace 1. Bettor’s Choice, ChPage 9-2 2. Alfredsson, RonWrennJr 9-5 3. Regil Tiger, AMerrimn 4-1 4. Tidewater Tomcat, DoIrvineJr 15-1 5. Blessing Stone, JaThmpsn 25-1 6. Scootnfordamoney, RyStahl 15-1 7. Rockin Finish, ToHall 7-2 8. Artistic Director, JDWengerd 25-1 9. Stop Payment, JaMerriman 20-1 12th Race, Purse $7,000 NW500PSCD Pace 1. Arringarosa, AMerrimn 5-1 2. Falcon Justice, RyMiller 5-2 3. Lock Three, RyStahl 12-1 4. Winchester’s Punch, ChPage 25-1 5. Fox River Mark, KuSugg 15-1 6. Billy The Colt, JaMerriman 6-1 7. All Pro Hall, SaSchillaci 25-1 8. Untold Legend, ToHall 8-1 9. Rusty’s No Fool, RonWrennJr 2-1 13th Race, Purse $8,000 NW600PSCD Pace 1. Amazon Art, DoIrvineJr 3-1 2. Liberal, AMerrimn 6-1 3. Jumpin Jack J, KeKashJr 15-1 4. Flying Metro, JaThmpsn 25-1 5. Milliron Pete, SaSchillaci 7-1 6. Welcome Wagon, RonWrennJr 5-2 7. Recharge, ChPage 7-2 8. Ubetterubetterubet, RoMiller 15-1 9. Model Ninetyfour, JaMerriman 25-1 14th Race, Purse $6,000 6000CL Pace 1. Most Happy Dragon, AMerrimn 5-2 2. Forever Good, JaMerriman 15-1 3. Test Of Will, JDWengerd 12-1 4. Keystone Rideau, SaSchillaci 7-2 5. Mexican Coast, ChPage 10-1 6. Mcartic Ocean, ToHall 12-1 7. Strange Hanover, RonWrennJr 2-1 8. Peck Blue Chip, RoMiller 25-1 9. Lima Thunder, DoIrvineJr 25-1 15th Race, Purse $6,000 NW400PSCD Pace 1. Lite Me Up, KuSugg 6-1 2. Reckless Ric, AMerrimn 5-2 3. Our Mclovin, RonWrennJr 2-1 4. Camart Hanover, KeKashJr 4-1 5. Perspective, ToHall 12-1 6. Western Fella, DoIrvineJr 20-1 7. Take A Walk, ChPage 20-1 8. Panfermin Festival, JaMerriman 20-1 9. Nothingbutmach, JaThmpsn 8-1

High schools

Corrected box score, Saturday’s paper had the incorrect ﬁnal score

Elyria Cath. 40, Normandy 10 Normandy 0 3 0 7-10 Elyria Catholic 7 20 13 0-40 EC - Best 11 run (Horvath kick) EC - Best 1 run (run failed) EC - Guice 7 run (Horvath kick) N - Geither 37 FG EC - Kuchta 20 run (Horvath kick) EC - Best 5 run (Kick failed) EC - Guice 51 run (Horvath kick) N - Woeﬂ 55 run (Kick good)

Bowling

Amateur USBC Greater Cleveland Bowling Assn.

300 Games Nicholas Bobincheck, Middleburg Hts, 8/24/15, Brookgate Lanes Tim Edwards, Middlkeburg Hts, 8/27/15, Brookgate Lanes Jack Strong, Cleveland, 8/30/15, Brookgate Lanes Russ Duck, Brunswick, 9/4/15, Cloverleaf Lanes Danny Woodrum, Madison , 9/4/15, Roseland Lanes Jim Mascardine, Strongsville, 9/12/15, Buckeye Lanes James Taylor, Brunswick, 9/20/15, Brookgate Lanes Tim Carey, Elyria, 9/20/15, Buckeye Lanes Joseph Cruz, Parma, 9/23/15, Yorktown Lanes Richard Parschen, Strongsville, 9/23/15, Buckeye Lanes Jim Checovich, Brookpark, 9/24/15, Yorktown Lanes Shawn Brunecz, Parma, 9/24/15, Yorktown Lanes David Zingale, North Royalton, 9/26/15, Parma Freeway Lanes Dusty Clark, Brunswick, 9/29/15, Parma Freeway Lanes Rudy Graham, Elyria, 9/30/15, Buckeye Lanes Jeff Beitel II, North Olmsted, 9/30/15, Buckeye Lanes Tim Sweaney, North Olmsted, 9/30/15, Buckeye Lanes Rudy Graham, Elyria, 9/30/15, Buckeye Lanes Jeff Beitel II, North Olmsted, 10/1/15, Buckeye Lanes Michael Crucis, Brunswick, 10/2/15, Buckeye Lanes James L Smith, Garﬁeld Hts, 10/2/15, Roseland Lanes Rob Shaffer Jr. North Ridgeville, 10/9/15, Buckeye Lanes Robert R. Smith, 10/7/15, Strongsville, Buckeye Lanes Steve Sullivan, Boardman, 10/13/15, Buckeye Lanes 299 Games Lisa Osborne, Cleveland, 10/2/15, Roseland Lanes Frank Chahulski, Cleveland,10/13/15, Parma Freeway Lanes Demetrius Johnson,Bedford Hts, 9/18/15, Roseland Lanes 800 Series James Taylor, Brunswick, 8/30/15, Brookgate Lanes(800) Jeff Grabski, Cleveland, 9/13/15, Brookgate Lanes(835) Demetrius Johnson,Bedford Hts, 9/18/15, Roseland Lanes(858) Tie for High Of City Jeff Schreiber, Fairview Park, 9/27/15, Brookgate Lanes(802) Jeff Beitel II, North Olmsted, 9/30/15, Buckeye Lanes(815) Glen Case, Parma, 9/30/15,Buckeye Lanes(815) Steve Clutter, Elyria, 9/30/15, Buckeye Lanes(803) Jeff Beitel II, North Olmsted, 10/1/15, Buckeye Lanes(805) Steve zabak, Cleveland, 10/9/15, Buckeye Lanes(801) Jordan Cieslik,Middleburg Hts,10/12/15, Buckeye Lanes(803) Check out “cleveland.com/bowling” for more bowling news

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Monday, October 19, 2015

Boxing

Golovkin looking for megaﬁght after his big win at the Garden Tim Dahlberg Associated Press

RICH SCHULTZ | ASSOCIATED PRESS

Gennady Golovkin hits David Lemieux in the eighth round of a world middleweight title ﬁght at Madison Square Garden in New York on Saturday. Golovkin won by a TKO.

Employment

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CITY OF SHAKER HEIGHTS POLICE OFFICER The City of Shaker Heights Civil Service Commission is establishing an eligibility list for full-time Police Officers in order to fill immediate vacancies. Starting salary ranges from $45,526 to $73,067, depending on experience. Attractive benefits package. Must be US citizen and high school graduate (or GED). Minimum 21 years of age at time of appointment. Credit for military service: ½% for every 6 months of active service up to a total of 2%. 1% credit for an associate’s degree and 2% for bachelor’s degree or higher. Additional credit not to exceed 4%. Applications available starting Wednesday, October 14 at shakeronline.com, or in person at Shaker Heights City Hall, 3400 Lee Rd. Application packets must be returned with a $25 non-refundable filing fee (no personal checks). The filing fee may be waived for applicants unable to pay. Applications will be accepted Monday – Saturday, October 19 – 24 from 8:30 am – Noon ONLY. Registered applicants will take the written test on Saturday, November 7. For further information, visit the City’s website at shakeronline.com. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Minority and female candidates are encouraged to apply.

Technicians Looking for new opporTuniTies! Local technical college is currently seeking highly qualified instructors and department managers. Applicants should be highly knowledgeable, industry certified, solid communicators and interested in developing tomorrow’s top technicians. Prior training/teaching experience and shop management a plus.

Instructor and management positions include: Automotive • Rod & Custom

Send reSumeS to: hr@ohiotech.edu C3191676-01

CARPENTERS / FRAMERS

Min 5 years exp. Energetic & conscientious. Background @ & must pass drug test. Wages dependent on experience. Overtime available. Some travel req. jimmig65@aol.com

CNC VTL Machinist

Ellwood Ohio Machine (EOM), located on Brookpark Road in Cleveland, has openings for CLASS A CDL Driver immediate VTL CNC operators. Experi.38 cpm. ence with Siemens Dedicated van drop & hook and large machinescontrols includHome everyday & ing HBMs, milling equipweekends! ment, and saws a plus. Ap6 months exp req. plicants should also have 2700+ miles /wk crane and forklift Stephen 216-210-1036 overhead experience in a heavy manufacturing environment. Applicants will be required to submit to a criminal background investigation and a hair analysis drug screening upon offer of employment. EOM offers a competitive salary, medical benefits, and a 401(k) plan.

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Qualified candidates must register on the Ohio One Stop website at www.ohiomeansjobs.com /cuyahoga and apply to position ID #3693-517 Equal Opportunity Employer for Minorities/Females/ Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

Custodial & Maintenance Positions for school in western suburb. •Light Duty Maintenance: 1st shift •Custodial: 1st & 3rd shift •Floor tech: 3rd shift •PT Lead custodian: 1st shift, 8 hrs Sat & 4 hrs Sun •PT Porter: 1st shift, Sat. & Sun. 8-4:30 Please see: www.Aramark.com/careers for more information. Put in Berea, Ohio in your search for direct positions

Employment

DRIVERS Thomas Transport/ Flatbed in Macedonia need Class (A) van & flatbed drivers. Van needs Haz Mat for REGIONAL & LOCAL WORK. Flatbed runs are 1 day trips. We also need class B drivers with Haz Mat for local P & D. If you’re tired of being on the road for days or weeks, call us! Home every night or every other night and weekends. 401K matching up to 4%. New equip, weekly pay, health ins. Call Glenn (X-22) 800-850-1918 or e-mail gberry@thomastransport delivery.com

Electrical Engineer

Established Cleveland Company is expanding and looking for an Engineer with an electrical background and fluent with PLC programing, Allen Bradley, RS Logix, etc. Any hydraulic and pneumatic experience would be a plus however we are willing to train if needed. Occasional travel would be required for startup of the machinery we build. Equipment includes, core machines, handling systems, and other types of machinery. Engineering Degree is required, either 2 or 4 year. Email resume and contact information to sales@emi-inc.com

Electrician

Installation and maintenance of electrical equipment, controls and instrumentation for district energy plant located in University Circle. Position includes operation and maintenance of medium voltage (15 kV) equipment. Must be able to work from schematic drawings and have experience in control and power wiring. Must have working knowledge of NEC, NESC and NFPA 70. Excellent benefit package. EOE. Apply online or mail resume to: The Medical Center Co. 2250 Circle Dr. Cleveland, OH 44106 Attn. VP Operations

Employment

FIREFIGHTER/ PARAMEDIC ENTRANCE EXAMINATION CITY OF NORTH ROYALTON, OHIO

The City of North Royalton Civil Service Commission will conduct an examination for the position of FIREFIGHTER/PARAMEDIC to establish an eligibility list. Starting Salary $54,994.14. Applications are available online at www.northroyalton.org and at the City of North Royalton Mayor’s Office, 14600 State Road, North Royalton, OH and must be returned in person between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. weekdays only Friday, October 16, 2015 through Wednesday, November 4, 2015. DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF APPLICATION IS WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2015 AT 4:00 P.M. Successful completion of the Firefighter Physical Agility Test offered by Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) is a p r e requisite; certificate is due at the time of filing your application. Next test date for the Physical Agility Test is 11/01/15. Applicants who do not already possess a current certificate should contact Tri-C directly at 216-987-5429 or 216-987-5060 to register to participate in the test (at their own expense). Written examination will take place MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2015 at 6:30 p.m. at the North Royalton High School Cafeteria #2, 14713 Ridge Road, North Royalton, OH. Proper identification (drivers license/picture I.D.) required for admittance.

Qualifications and Procedures: Must be a U.S. citizen; possess a valid Drivers License; minimum 18 years of age; possess a High School Diploma or equivalent (ie. G.E.D.); must achieve a minimum passing grade of 70% on the written examination; possess current Tri-C Firefighter Physical Agility Certificate. Experienced ALL APPLICANTS must be Flexographic Press a CERTIFIED PARAMEDIC Operator (State of Ohio or National Need to run 4 color at time of filing process work. Nilpeter and Registry) Individual Aquaflex experience a plus. application. must retain Ohio ParamedFull time position. Good ic certification for duration starting pay, benefits. of employment with the Apply in person (9am City. 4pm) or send resume: SENECA TAPE & LABEL A member appointed to 13821 Progress Pkwy. any position in the Fire DeN. Royalton, OH 44133 partment shall be a resiNo phone calls please. dent of Cuyahoga County or any adjoining counties, within one year after the FIREFIGHTER/ member’s date of hire. PARAMEDIC (NRCO 242.06) Entrance Examination The Fairview Park Civil The following MU ST acService Commission company the application will hold a written ex- form: Copy of valid Drivers amination for the posi- License; copy of current tion of Firefighter/ Paramedic on Satur- Tri-C Firefighter Physical day, November 14, Agility Certificate; copy of Certification; 2015, at 9:30 am at the Paramedic Fairview Park Senior $25.00 fee (nonCenter, 20769 Lorain refundable) cash, check or Road, Fairview Park, OH 44126. Applicants money order payable to must be a U.S. citizen, the City of North Royalton. possess a valid driver’s license and a high school diploma or equivalent, and be 18 years old as of test date. No person is eligible for appointment on or after their 31st birthday. Applications are available only online at www.fairviewpark.org. Applications must be submitted in person at City Hall by the deadline of November 11, 2015, at 4 pm. Only 200 applicants will be accepted. A nonrefundable $35.00 application fee is due at time of submission. Fee must be cash or money order. No personal checks. Full details, including submission instructions, reference books, and extra credit items, available at www.fairviewpark.org. The City of Fairview Park is a Drug-Free Workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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N e w Yo r k — Gennady Golovkin gave a slight bow and apologized to David Lemieux after hitting him while he was on the canvas in the ﬁfth round of their middleweight title ﬁght. Golovkin could afford to be magnanimous. Everything else he did was nearly perfect Saturday night when he staked his claim as boxing’s best before a sold-out crowd on the big stage of Madison

Employment

HVAC Service Technician ARP Heating & Air Conditioning is a busy company located in Broadview Hts seeking a creative, talented individual to service residential & light commercial HVAC systems. Experience with electrical &/or standby generators is a plus! Must be clean, courteous & have 2-3 years of HVAC or related service experience. We offer excellent pay, uniforms, truck, medical, 401k, paid vacation & signing bonus. No felonies or DUI’s! If interested, submit resume to: ARP Heating and Air Conditioning, 8137 Broadview Rd, Broadview Heights, OH 44147, email: andy@arpheating.com or Fax: 440-838-4205. LANDSCAPE DRIVERS Single Axle Dumps for leaf collection work. Great starting wage. No CDL needed. 4 pts or less. Must have exp. w/manual transmission. 216-524-6668

Employment

SKILLED/GENERAL LABORER Possible Immediate Start F/T with benefits and P/T positions are available. Class B CDL w/ Air Brake. Looking to start a Career? Retired with req’d skills? Applications located at olmstedtownship.org Mail applications to:

Director of Public Service 7924 Fitch Rd Olmsted Twp, OH 44138 440.427.5239

STEEL WAREHOUSE PERSONNEL Slitter Operator, Slitter Helper & Steel Bander positions. Exp. preferred. Apply in person or call 216-961-1780 Premium Metals, Inc.

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Square Garden. In a coming-out party of sorts, Golovkin battered Lemieux at will before referee Steve Griffith mercifully stopped the fight in the eighth round with the Canadian taking a beating on the ropes. It was yet another impressive performance from a fighter many are starting to notice as he knocks out almost everyone who steps in the ring with him. More important, it sets up a possible bout that has boxing fans salivating: Triple G against the winner of the Nov. 21 middleweight title clash between Canelo Alvarez and Miguel Cotto. “This fight puts him at the next level,” promoter Tom Loeffler said. “He’s at the top of the sport. There’s probably only one other fighter now who can fill Madison Square Garden, and that is Cotto.” The bout wowed a crowd of 20,548 that included Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump. Former middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins has seen a lot in his years in the sport and believes the man who beat the fighter he was promoting is something special. “He’s poisonous,” Hopkins said. “He’s patient.” Golovkin was both those things against Lemieux, taking his time in an efficient performance that saw him land 51 percent of his punches. Most of those landed crisply and took their toll as the rounds added up. With Triple G, of course, the knockout is everything. And while Lemieux was still standing in the eighth round, he became the 21st straight fighter Golovkin has

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The Cavaliers’ Timofey Mozgov, center, is fouled by Toronto’s DeMarre Carroll, left, as the Raptors’ Anthony Bennett defends during ﬁrst half of the Cavaliers’ loss Sunday night.

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It was an easy bucket in the span of four seconds. Those scoring opportunities for the Cavaliers have been absent this entire preseason. Blatt said the plan is for Love to play in the preseason finale tonight at The Q against the Dallas Mavericks. “I’m just happy he’s back,” Blatt said Mo Williams contributed 13 points and seven assists, and Dellavedova had 12 points and five assists. Mozgov had 11 rebounds and blocked two shots in 22 minutes. Jonas Valanciunas led Toronto (4-2) with 12 points to go with four boards. Corey Joseph added 11 points and six assists off the bench. Former Cav Anthony Bennett scored nine points. J.R. Smith said before the game that he just wanted his teammates to exit the contest injury-free. Then he gave everyone a scare in the first quarter. He left the game momentarily in the middle of the quarter after he turned his ankle draining a tough corner jumper. When Smith landed, he was in the midst of fans seated courtside. He may have stepped on someone’s foot. Blatt called a timeout to get Joe Harris in the game for the hobbling Smith, who departed to the locker room. But he was back out on the floor to start the second quarter. Smith finished with seven points on 3-of-6 shooting from the field. He also did not play in the second half as a precautionary measure. LeBron James, who was on the bench in street clothes, has only participated in two preseason games as the team tries to rest him ahead of the season opener Oct. 27. Blatt hasn’t completely ruled out his superstar joining Love in the lineup today. They could use the time together before the season tips off, but obviously health is first and foremost. That delicate balance the Cavaliers have wrestled with in regards to rest versus reps is why some be-

lieve they will struggle out of the gate. It could happen, but Blatt has history to lean on. “It’s a possibility, given the type of injury bug that we’ve had coming into the season, but you know, we didn’t start out gangbusters last year and we ﬁnished up pretty good,” Blatt said. “So, I’m sure we’ll be in a better way in terms of ﬂow and continuity at the beginning of the season.” Anderson Varejao will sit out the game against the Mavericks, Blatt said. The outcome of these exhibition games has been meaningless in the grand scheme of things for the Cavaliers, but Blatt let it be known that his team’s preseason showing hasn’t been something he’s content with. “I haven’t met a coach or a player yet that likes to lose,” he said.

Raptors 87, Cavaliers 81

FG FT REB CLEVELAND Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS Smith 14:50 3-6 0-0 1-1 1 1 7 Love 12:36 2-7 2-2 0-4 2 2 6 Mozgov 22:22 3-6 1-2 4-11 1 2 7 Williams 25:06 6-11 0-0 0-7 2 0 13 Dellavedova 26:03 5-12 0-0 0-1 5 2 12 Harris 30:41 2-8 1-2 2-6 1 5 5 Jones 21:47 1-5 0-0 0-1 1 4 3 Cunningham 20:43 3-8 3-3 1-2 1 3 10 Varejao 20:36 4-7 4-6 0-6 5 3 12 Christmas 16:43 0-4 0-0 0-2 1 0 0 Kaun 11:49 0-0 0-0 0-3 0 1 0 Cook 9:54 1-4 0-0 0-0 0 0 3 Cooley 5:38 1-1 1-2 0-1 0 1 3 Minnerath 1:12 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 Totals 240:00 31-79 12-17 8-46 20 24 81 Percentages: FG .392, FT .706. 3-Point Goals: 7-29, .241 (Dellavedova 2-5, Cook 1-2, Cunningham 1-3, Smith 1-3, Williams 1-3, Jones 1-4, Christmas 0-2, Love 0-3, Harris 0-4). Team Rebounds: 12. Team Turnovers: 21 (22 PTS). Blocked Shots: 3 (Mozgov 2, Love). Turnovers: 20 (Christmas 4, Harris 4, Williams 3, Dellavedova 2, Mozgov 2, Smith 2, Jones, Love, Varejao). Steals: 7 (Love 2, Christmas, Cooley, Cunningham, Smith, Varejao). Technical Fouls: None. FG FT REB TORONTO Min M-A M-A O-T A PF PTS Carroll 29:19 2-11 4-6 2-7 0 1 9 Scola 14:56 4-7 0-2 0-3 1 2 8 Valanciunas 22:22 6-9 0-0 1-4 0 2 12 Lowry 25:39 2-11 1-4 0-2 8 2 6 DeRozan 24:27 3-11 1-3 1-2 3 1 7 Patterson 17:17 2-5 0-0 0-1 0 1 5 Biyombo 25:38 3-5 2-3 1-10 1 5 8 Ross 19:33 3-7 0-0 0-2 1 0 8 Joseph 20:27 4-9 2-2 0-2 6 1 11 Caboclo 5:10 0-0 0-0 0-1 0 0 0 Bennett 12:57 2-6 4-4 2-3 0 4 9 Toupane 12:00 0-2 0-0 1-2 0 1 0 Powell 5:38 1-2 0-0 0-1 1 0 2 Wright 4:37 1-1 0-0 0-1 1 0 2 Totals 240:00 33-86 14-24 8-41 22 20 87 Percentages: FG .384, FT .583. 3-Point Goals: 7-25, .280 (Ross 2-3, Joseph 1-2, Bennett 1-4, Lowry 1-4, Patterson 1-4, Carroll 1-6, DeRozan 0-2). Team Rebounds: 17. Team Turnovers: 11 (9 PTS). Blocked Shots: 6 (Biyombo 2, Ross 2, Joseph, Patterson). Turnovers: 11 (DeRozan 2, Joseph 2, Valanciunas 2, Bennett, Biyombo, Caboclo, Lowry, Patterson). Steals: 11 (Lowry 3, Carroll 2, Valanciunas 2, Joseph, Patterson, Ross, Scola). Technical Fouls: None. Cleveland 24 18 22 Toronto 28 13 19 A–19,800 (19,800). T–2:12. Ofﬁcials–Joe Crawford, Matt Boland, JT Orr.

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Sprint Cup Series driver Joey Logano burns out after winning at Kansas Speedway on Sunday.

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“I’m really disappointed,” Kenseth said. “I was running the lane he wanted to run in, but my goodness, isn’t this racing? Strategically, I think it wasn’t the smartest move on his part. He’ll probably sleep good tonight. I hope he enjoys that one. It’s not what I would have done.” Kenseth wound up leading a race-high 153 laps, but his wild ride with a handful to go dropped him to 14th in the race and, more importantly, last among the 12 drivers in the title race. “I’m sure we’ll talk about it,” Logano said after hopping out of his No. 22 Ford. “I just felt like I raced hard. I got fenced twice. I wasn’t going to put up with it.” Uh, Joey, you sure about that chat? “I won’t talk to Joey. I don’t have

anything to talk to him about,” Kenseth said. “I’m one of the only guys that I think hasn’t been into it yet with Joey, and I’ve always raced him with a ton of respect. I’ve actually been one of his biggest fans. I’m certainly not anymore.” Already eliminated from contention, Jimmie Johnson had a strong car all day and wound up behind Hamlin in third. Kasey Kahne was fourth, followed by Chase drivers Kyle Busch and Kurt Busch. Ryan Blaney was seventh, followed by more title contenders in Carl Edwards, pole sitter Brad Keselowski, Jeff Gordon and Ryan Newman. Hamlin’s second-place ﬁnish allowed him to climb to second in the standings, giving him the best chance of everybody outside of Logano of moving onto the next round. “It was a very good day,” he said. “I wanted to be seventh or better entering this weekend, and obviously second was a good run for

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Broncos 26, Browns 23 (OT)

Points given

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Denver wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders hauls in a 75-yard touchdown pass over Browns cornerback Tramon Williams during the fourth quarter Sunday.

Analysis

Forget conversion, believe in a team loss Two or not two, that ’s today ’s question. But only if you’re looking to ﬁnd an easy villain in another house of horrors loss along the lakefront, this one to the undefeated Denver Broncos. Pinning a 26-23 defeat on Mike PetBud tine is too simple. It’s also more off the Shaw mark than a Peyton Manning wobbler. Pettine’s math skills weren’t the problem Sunday. Equally adept at adding and subtracting was former Super Bowl coach Dick Vermeil, who devised the extrapoint conversion chart as a young assistant coach at UCLA in the 1970s. Coaches still reference it in 2015 in some form or another. see SHAW | C5

Opportunities lost The Browns had three chances to win late in regulation and overtime. Scores reflect when Cleveland drives began. 4TH QUARTER

DEN, 23-20

Wasted chances, McCown errors prove costly in overtime defeat Mary Kay Cabot | mcabot@cleveland.com

Began: Browns 40, 4:51 left Result: Cleveland drove to a first down at the Denver 11 but settled for a tying field goal.

after Sunday’s 26-23 overtime loss to the 6-0 Broncos, blaming himself for

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23-23

the missed opportunity to improve to 3-3. ¶ “Absolutely. Absolutely,’’ said

Began: Browns 40, 1:06 left Result: After driving to the Denver 46, Josh McCown was intercepted by David Bruton.

McCown, now 1-4 as a Browns starter. “I walk out of these things putting it all on me and go, ‘Man, if I would have been better we would have won

OVERTIME

week. ‘What can I do better to help us win the next game.’’’ ¶ The reigning

23-23

Began: Broncos 39, 14:25 left Result: Three plays and a penalty netted minus-18 yards. Browns punted from their own 43.

Browns quarterback Josh McCown spoke softly and hung his head

that game.’ That’s how I’m wired. That will be my focus moving into this AFC Offensive Player of the Week, McCown was under siege all afternoon by the NFL’s No. 1 defense and turned the ball over three times — each of which turned out to be crucial.

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Dansby’s big day: Linebacker scores, harasses Broncos all day. C2 | Manziel: Browns stay mum on QB, though league may get involved. C3 Up next for Browns: At Rams | 1 p.m. Sunday | St. Louis | TV: WOIO Ch. 19 | Bengals roll: Cincinnati turns back Bills, improves to 6-0. C5

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BRONCOS 26, BROWNS 23 (OT) Karlos Dansby

Pick-six caps outstanding day Veteran linebacker has his best game of the season so far, intercepting Manning twice

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Browns inside linebacker Karlos Dansby returns an interception for a touchdown against the Broncos in the fourth quarter Sunday in Cleveland.

Tom Reed treed@cleveland.com Browns linebacker Karlos Dansby had been making lots of tackles but not many plays through the season’s ﬁrst ﬁve games. The 33-year-old veteran was asked Friday if he felt any different from a year ago and whether a late-season knee injury might still be a factor. “Oh, hell no, man” Dansby said. “If [people] knew how much I was weighing right now and how good I’m feeling right now. … I’m 231 pounds, tell ’em that. Tell ’em that. That’s the lowest I’ve ever played. Tell them I’m feeling great. I ain’t got no injuries, I’m feeling good right now. I’m just waiting for my time.” It arrived Sunday against the Broncos in a 26-23 overtime loss.

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One turnover came on a pick-six by Aqib Talib, one on a strip-sack that led to a ﬁeld goal and one on an interception with 44 seconds left in regulation that prevented the Browns from at least attempting a game-winning ﬁeld goal. He finished 20-of-39 for 213 yards with two touchdown passes to Gary Barnidge and two interceptions for a passer 63.3 rating. He was sacked four times and hit at least four times. Peyton Manning, who improved to 7-0 against the Browns, turned the ball over three times, too — all on interceptions — but was able to overcome them to direct a 13-play, 72-yard game-winning field-goal drive in overtime. Brandon McManus’ 34-yard kick with 4:56 left in the extra session won the game for Denver. “The defense played lights out and we weren’t good enough offensively today,’’ said McCown. “I had couple of good moments, but for the most part, not good and I had some opportunities, so I’m just really disappointed.’’ Coach Mike Pettine agreed that McCown wasn’t the same player

Browns inside linebacker Karlos Dansby is congratulated after intercepting a ball and running it in for a touchdown Sunday.

Dansby intercepted Peyton Manning twice, including a 35yard pick six, and ﬁnished with nine tackles. It was easily the season’s most impactful performance for the club’s leading tackler. “When you see guys that work hard, put in the effort, been doing it for a long time, when Karlos has a day like that and a couple of the other vets, it just helps everybody, it raises everybody’s spirits,” Browns linebacker Paul Kruger said. “You need your key guys to make those plays, and it just elevates everybody’s game, so it was big.” Dansby had a solid first season with the Browns interrupted by a knee injury that forced him to miss four games. He entered Sunday’s contest without a sack, interception, forced fumble or fumble recovery for a defense that’s struggled mightily.

The linebacker said Friday, however, that he believed the big plays were coming. None proved larger than his fourth-quarter pick in which a ball thrown behind Ronnie Hillman caromed off the shoulder pads of the Broncos running back. After securing the interception, Dansby tightroped down the right sideline to give the Browns a 20-16 lead with 8:07 left in the fourth quarter. “I was just trying to make sure I didn’t step out of bounds,” he said. “That goes back to little league. You’re just trying to stay inbounds with the ball if you got it. That’s what I tried to do, and I got into the end zone for a big play.” Dansby accounted for two of the Browns’ three interceptions — Barkevious Mingo got the other —

but the future Hall of Famer rallied the Broncos in crunch time. Manning threw a 75-yard strike to Emmanuel Sanders just 14 seconds after the Dansby pick six. In overtime, the 39-year-old quarterback led a 13-play, 72-yard drive for the game-winning ﬁeld goal. Arguably the biggest play was an 18-yard completion to Owen Daniels with Dansby in coverage on third-and-4 from the Broncos’ 18. Manning ﬁnished 26 of 48 for 290 yards and a 53.3 passer rating. “He made plays,” Dansby said. “He got his opportunity and he capitalized on it. He made the right call at the right time, and like I said, they made plays down the stretch.” Dansby made plays, too. They just weren’t enough to overcome another close loss.

who set the Browns’ three-game passing record with 1,154 yards over the previous three outings. But he and his blockers proved to be no match for a defense No. 1 in yards allowed, sacks and takeaways. “Just along with the other guys offensively, inconsistent,’’ Pettine said of McCown’s performance. “It’s a pretty good defense, and you can’t make mistakes against that ‘D.’ They’re too good. It’s one where I know there are some plays that I know he obviously wants back. Can’t turn the ball over against a team like that and put Peyton Manning back on the ﬁeld.” Manning completed 26 of 48 attempts for 290 yards with one touchdown and the three interceptions for a 53.3 rating. Denver’s Ronnie Hillman rushed 20 times for 111 yards despite the Broncos entering the day 30th in rushing. McCown seemed particularly upset about the pick at end of regulation. The Browns had tied the game at 23 on a 26-yard Travis Coons ﬁeld goal with 1:30 remaining and the defense forced a three-and-out. McCown found Travis Benjamin over the middle for 14 yards into Denver territory. Facing a second-and-10 at

opportunity. Running back Robert Turbin, subbing for Duke Johnson (shoulder) at the time, lost 3 yards on a pitchout to start the drive. Johnson had left the game in the fourth quarter and was checked for a concussion. He was cleared to return, but still had an issue with the shoulder. “I just bobbled the ball a little bit,’’ said Turbin, who made his Browns debut. “I didn’t quite look it in fully and I take full responsibility for that. Obviously, the ball comes ﬁrst. So my attention wanted to be on what was I going to do next. I could feel the defense coming in to make a play. They read it well.’’ With the Browns in second-andlong, the Broncos’ relentless passrushers went after McCown. “I think the play that hurt us there was ﬁrst down,’’ said Pettine. “We got behind the sticks, secondand-13 and had to throw it. A predictable passing situation and they were able to capitalize.” Center Alex Mack surrendered an 8-yard sack on next play and McCown was then dropped for a 2-yard loss to go three-and out. Manning took over at his 12 and led the Broncos to the victory. McCown didn’t feel he held the ball too long on the sacks. “No, their coverage was great on

those two and so that was the main thing,’’ said McCown. “The first one, it was man coverage. I stepped up and they got me down pretty quick. The second one, same thing, I stepped up, thought I might have had a shot at [Taylor Gabriel] on the left side but as I stepped up it kind of collapsed.’’ Mack said of the protection, “I know we left some opportunities out there.’’ As for McCown assuming blame, Mack said, “It’s honorable to do that, but it’s a team effort.’’ McCown said the Bronco’s passrush was as advertised, even without Demarcus Ware and with losing rookie pass-rusher Shane Ray to a knee injury early Sunday. “They’re the No. 1 defense in the league for a reason and they showed it today,’’ said McCown. “We said it throughout the week. They’re going to make some plays ... “We were going to try to minimize that and the margin for error was small. But they capitalized. They made those plays that we talked about not letting them make and they ended up being the difference in the ballgame.’’ McCown got off to slow start, completing only 7 of 17 attempts for 47 yards in the ﬁrst half as the

Browns went into the break trailing, 10-0. On the pick-six, Talib jumped in front of a short pass to the right intended for Benjamin, who posted career highs in receptions (nine) and yards (117). “They got me on a look and so they played kind of different than what I’d seen on tape and Talib got a great jump on the ball,’’ said McCown. “So it was just a bad break.’’ McCown heated up in the second half, completing 13 of 22 attempts for 166 yards and the two TD passes to Barnidge. In the fourth quarter, he found Benjamin for 47 yards, scrambled for 11 and then found Barnidge wide open on a post route for a 14-yard TD that closed the gap to 16-14. Karlos Dansby grabbed his second pick of the afternoon and returned it 35 yards for a TD to put the Browns ahead, 20-16, with 8:07 left (the two-point pass failed). On the ﬁrst play of the Broncos’ ensuing possession, Manning hit Emmanuel Sanders with a 75yard touchdown pass over Tramon Williams to make it 23-20. The Browns had a chance to put it away again late, but settled for the Coons game-tying ﬁeld goal with 1:30 remaining.

the Denver 46 with 53 seconds left — and needing about 16 yards to get into field goal range — McCown stepped to the right to avoid Von Miller but wound up in the grasp of linebacker Danny Trevathan. He tried to heave the ball out of bounds toward the Browns’ bench but it wound up in the hands of safety David Bruton Jr. with 44 seconds left instead. “I was just stepping up trying to throw the ball out of bounds and avoid a sack so we could keep moving up to get in field goal range and win that thing and I just didn’t get enough on the ball when I threw it,’’ said McCown. “So it just makes me sick because there was an opportunity there in regulation to win.’’ McCown had a huge chance to redeem himself in overtime, but couldn’t cash in. Denver got the ball first, and largely forgotten linebacker Barkevious Mingo easily picked off Manning on a short pass to the right and returned it 7 yards to the Denver 39. The Browns needed only about 9 yards to get into Coons’ field goal range. Instead, they went backward on three straight plays — a run and back-to-back sacks for a total of minus-13 yards — to blow the

BROWNS RESULTS AND SCHEDULE SEPTEMBER 13 at Jets L 31-10

SEPTEMBER 20 Titans W 28-14

SEPTEMBER 27 Raiders L 27-20

OCTOBER 4 at Chargers L 30-27

OCTOBER 11 at Ravens W 33-30 (OT)

OCTOBER 18 Broncos L 26-23 (OT)

OCTOBER 25 at Rams 1 P.M. WOIO CH. 19

NOVEMBER 1 Cardinals 1 P.M. WJW CH. 8

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BRONCOS 26, BROWNS 23 (OT) Analysis

Flummoxed on way to finish

Good teams like Broncos ﬁnd a way to win, Browns resolutely discover new ways to lose

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Browns outside linebacker Barkevious Mingo runs back an intercepted pass from Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning in overtime. The interception gave Cleveland a chance to win.

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Peyton Manning’s toss was so soft it hung in the air like a ball of dough thrown in Papa John’s kitchen. Despite mistiming his jump, Browns’ linebacker Barkevious Mingo had no trouble intercepting the overtime pass at the Denver 46 and returning it seven yards. FirstEnergy Stadium trembled with excitement late Sunday afternoon. The Browns were maybe eight or nine yards away from attempting a makeable ﬁeld goal that would have delivered their second OT win in as many weeks. “It would’ve been a season-changer,” linebacker Paul Kruger said. Instead, the Browns lost 13 yards on three plays and squandered their last in a series of glorious chances to topple the unbeaten Broncos. Given a reprieve, Manning drove the visitors 72 yards and the home fans to distraction as the Browns fell 26-23. “ ... That’s why this is a brutal loss,” Kruger added. “It doesn’t mean we don’t have everything in front of us. We have a lot of division games left, lot of football left, it’s not a hang-your-head type of a loss. At the same time, that was a really big game that would’ve created a lot of momentum for us.” The Browns have been talking

Mingo is congratulated by teammates after his interception on the first drive of overtime. about changing the culture here for more than decade. You don’t accomplish it with slogans and mantras and signing free agents from successful franchises. You do it by finishing games like Sunday after winning ones like last week in Baltimore. It’s what fosters belief in each other. It’s what builds muscle memory for players who find ways to triumph even when they are far from their best. Manning threw three interceptions against the Browns and played like his next commercial endorsement should be for AARP. His passes lack zip. He’s generated one touchdown in the Broncos’ last

31 drives dating to Week 4. But the future Hall of Famer did just enough at the end to get the Broncos to 6-0. On the winning drive he completed all four passes for 39 yards to help set up Brandon McManus’ 34 yard ﬁeld goal. He improved his career regularseason record to an outrageous 184-77. “Those guys are experienced,” cornerback Tramon Williams said. “In those type of games they have a quarterback who’s been experienced at winning games like that his whole career.” And the Browns have Josh McCown.

The 36-year-old has won two of his past 13 starts dating to last season with the Buccaneers. He had an opportunity Sunday, however, to reshape his image coming off 10 solid quarters over the past 2½ games. He struggled for long stretches against the league’s top-ranked defense, committing three turnovers — including a pick six — and suffering four sacks. But after throwing a pair of second-half touchdown passes to Gary Barnidge, however, the veteran still had a chance for back-to-back memorable wins. If McCown beats Joe Flacco and Manning in consecutive games he

starts to be viewed differently, at least in the short term. If he gets the Browns to 3-3 after the tumult of the opening weeks, stories of his leadership and toughness continue to burgeon. McCown, however, couldn’t get the Browns home at winning time. Given a pair of chances to regain the lead in the final minutes of regulation, the quarterback and the offense only could muster a tying field goal. One drive stalled despite a first-and-10 from the Broncos’ 11. The other ended on a dreadful interception with the Browns driving at the Broncos’ 46 and needing only a field goal with under a minute remaining. “I don’t know how to quantify it,” McCown said. “It’s just a huge missed opportunity.” The height of frustration came in overtime. Manning gifted the game to the Browns only to see them re-gift it as McCown took back-to-back sacks blowing any shot at a field-goal attempt. It’s what often happens to bad teams. Not enough collective muscle memory. After the game, Browns corner Tramon Williams was at a loss to explain how Manning so easily manipulated the defense after such a tough day. Williams spent eight seasons in Green Bay, reaching the playoffs seven times and winning a Super Bowl.

In the past three weeks his new team has had games decided on the last play. The Browns lost two of them and stand at 2-4. “Right down to the wire,” he said. “It’s a matter of getting over the hump and I felt we were there. We were about to get there. “The thing I get out of it at the end of the day that no matter how you play you’ve got to find a way to finish these games. That’s where we’re trying to get to.” Down the hall, former Browns safety T.J. Ward exited the visitors’ locker room for the first time at FirstEnergy Stadium. He had been part of so many close losses during his four seasons here. His Broncos have won five of their six games by seven points or less. Ward spoke of the back-andfourth nature of Sunday’s fourth quarter and overtime. “My teammates ... had to calm me down a couple times,” the strong safety said. “That is why we are such great teammates. When we are in situations like that we help each other out. It’s not just X’s and O’s with us, it’s all aspects of the game.” The Broncos find ways to win. The Browns remain on their 16year search. Presented with an opportunity to take a significant step forward Sunday, they went 13 yards in reverse.

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Cowher would sack Manziel, but Browns keep quiet about his future

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Super-Bowl winning coach and CBS analyst Bill Cowher said Sunday he’d cut Johnny Manziel in the wake of his domestic incident and coach Mike Pettine refused to address it right after the crushing 26-23 overtime loss to the Broncos. “I’ve watched Johnny Manziel now for a year and a half and I think he’s a backup quarterback at best. And he’s a distraction off the field,” Cowher said on “The NFL Today.’’ “And listen, I believe

in second chances but after the second chance, to me there’s a zero-tolerance policy. He can’t put himself into the position he put himself into. “I would ask for his release and I would do it for this reason: in that locker room players want accountability ... and that’s the message that needs to be sent right here, that you’re accountable for your actions both on the field and off the ﬁeld.” Not only did the Browns not cut Manziel, they didn’t even make him inactive for Sunday’s game.

He wasn’t even demoted to No. 3 quarterback behind Austin Davis, who was inactive. Afterward, Pettine declined to comment on the incident or take further questions. “I don’t want to say anything today,’’ Pettine said in his post-game news conference. “I mean, we’re just coming off the heels of a ... I’ve got guys in that locker room that just played their tails off and came up short. We’ll have plenty of time during the week to talk about it.” Manziel was not available in the locker room after the game. On Fri-

day evening, news broke that Manziel had been questioned by police in Avon on Monday after one witness observed him driving 90 mph on the berm on Interstate 90 before erratically crossing several lanes to exit, and another watched him struggle to keep his girlfriend, Colleen Crowley, from exiting the moving vehicle. Manziel, who spent 10 weeks in the Caron addiction treatment center in the off-season, admitted to having two drinks at about 2 p.m., about four hours before he was questioned by police, who detected

alcohol on his breath. Crowley also told police that Manziel hit her a few times and pushed her head into the glass of the car. She later said Manziel didn’t harm her, and he also denied it. Apparently, the Browns were not concerned enough about the incident to suspend him. They’ve known about it since Monday, and opted to proceed as though it were business as usual. Last season, Manziel was disciplined for the season finale in Baltimore after oversleeping for his hamstring treatment the day

before the game, even though he was on injured reserve at the time. And fellow No. 8 overall pick Justin Gilbert was suspended that game for being late to a team meeting the night before. It was, however, believed to be the last in a long string of tardiness for the cornerback. Quarterback Josh McCown, who was under siege all day by the Broncos’ relentless pass rush, also refused to talk about the incident. “I’m focused on the game and not going to comment on that,’’ he said.

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BRONCOS 26, BROWNS 23 (OT) Scribbles

Missed chances prove painful Conservative play calls at end of regulation lead to tying ﬁeld goal instead of touchdown

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Browns quarterback Josh McCown is pressured out of the pocket by Broncos outside linebacker Von Miller in the fourth quarter.

Scribbles in my notebook after the Browns’ 26-23 overtime loss to the Broncos on Sunday: Terry 3 If I scribbled Pluto about all the key plays in this game, I’d run out of ink. But one big series really sticks with me. It was near the end of regulation. There was 1:53 left in the fourth quarter, Denver with a 23-20 lead. Offensive coordinator John DeFilippo has done a very good job this season, but he looked like a rookie play-caller at this point in the game. 3 The Browns had the ball on the Denver 11-yard line. DeFilippo’s ﬁrst call was a short pass to rookie fullback Malcolm Johnson. Confession time: That surprised me. Hey, I never expected a pass to the fullback in that spot. Just writing “a pass to the fullback in the red zone” sounds like a bad idea. It didn’t fool Denver, as Johnson caught the ball and was blasted for no gain. 3 On the next play, the Browns handed off to Isaiah Crowell for a 3-yard gain. On third down on the Denver 8, they threw a short, incomplete pass to Brian Hartline. Never once in three plays did they take a shot at the end zone. Was it because they didn’t want to risk Josh McCown throwing an interception? I don’t know. Travis Coon kicked a 26-yard ﬁeld goal to tie the game at 23-23. But a touchdown could have put the Browns in position to win. 3 Gary Barnidge had already caught two TD passes. Maybe he would have been covered. But the tight end has a knack of getting open near the goal line. He has caught TD passes in each of the past four games. Or they could have thrown to Travis Benjamin or someone else. 3 I wanted the Browns to go for the win at that point because I didn’t want to face Peyton Manning in an overtime period. Yes, he’s a creaky, 39-year-old Peyton Manning. But Manning is used to winning games like this. The Browns have a long history of losing games like this. Why be so

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Browns tight end Gary Barnidge catches a touchdown in the second half with Broncos inside linebacker Danny Trevathan defending Sunday at FirstEnergy Stadium. conservative and give Denver a chance to win in overtime? 3 Maybe something bad would have happened if McCown had thrown into the end zone. The Browns actually got the ball back with 66 seconds left in the fourth quarter and drove to the Denver 46. Then McCown threw to Barnidge, and the ball was picked off. 3 I admit, the pass to the fullback followed by two plays with nearly zero chance to reach the end zone shocked me. 3 Meanwhile, the Browns defense had one of its better games. They picked off three Manning passes. The veteran was 26-of-48 passing for a poor 53.3 rating. But he led Denver on that ﬁnal 13-play, 72-yard drive to

set up the game-winning ﬁeld goal. The Browns defense looked empty in the overtime period, as if they sensed a loss was coming. 3 Once again, they were run over in the rushing game. Denver piled up 152 yards on the ground, a 4.6yard average. So far this season, the Browns have allowed these numbers when trying to defend the run: 152-181-91-155-166-154. Other than the San Diego game (91 yards), teams have run for at least 150 yards against the Browns. It doesn’t matter if they have a good running back or just guys who run the ball. Denver entered the game ranked No. 30 in rushing. You’d never have guessed it. 3 Travis Benjamin had a superb

game receiving with nine catches. He often was tightly covered and hit hard but hung on to the ball. Benjamin and Barnidge have combined for nine touchdown catches between them. Barnidge leads with ﬁve. A year ago, Benjamin had the most on the team with three. So the Browns are developing real threats in their wide receiver and tight end. 3 Robert Turbin made his Browns debut with 27 yards rushing in 10 carries. Rather modest numbers, but you can see that Turbin does have the ability to pick up a couple of tough inside yards once he gets fully back into playing condition. He has been out all season with a high ankle sprain.

Robert Turbin’s run right for six yards with 14:03 left in the second quarter was a carry five weeks in the making. Turbin made his debut for the Browns on Sunday against Denver after missing the team’s first five games with an ankle injury sustained during the preseason with Seattle. Turbin was claimed by the Browns off waivers Sept. 10. “It felt really good to be out there and be able to compete with my teammates and, man, do everything I can to help us obviously win,” Turbin said of finally getting his shot in Cleveland. “It’s been awhile since I’ve played, and it felt good to get some kinks knocked off.” Turbin ended the game with 10 carries for 27 yards. He carried the ball six times for 16 yards in the second half, including three straight carries for 14 yards — two for first downs — on what ended up being the gametying drive in the fourth quarter. “It means a lot for them to be able to trust me in those moments,” Turbin said of receiving carries late. He was asked to carry the football after rookie Duke Johnson came off to be evaluated for a concussion with 4:20 left in the fourth quarter. Turbin’s day, though, much like the rest of the Browns, was marred by a missed opportunity in overtime. He bobbled a firstdown pitch following Barkevious Mingo’s interception that set up first-and-10 at the Denver 39-yard line. Turbin lost three on the play, and the drive went backwards from there. “I just bobbled the ball a little bit,” Turbin said. “I didn’t quite look it in fully and I take full responsibility for that.” Turbin said the ankle was sore, but he was happy that the

wait to suit up was ﬁnally over. “Once the games start,” Turbin said, “once you see guys practice week after week, people ask me, ‘Are you going to be ready this week? Are you up this week?’ and I’m like, ‘No, man, I’ve got another week’ — that part of it can get frustrating. So it felt good to ﬁnally be able to play.”

“It felt really good to be out there and be able to compete with my teammates and, man, do everything I can to help us obviously win. It’s been awhile since I’ve played, and it felt good to get some kinks knocked off.” Robert Turbin

Barn door’s always open: Tight end Gary Barnidge found the end zone again. Twice, in fact. Barnidge scored on passes of 11 and 14 yards. He is one of two Browns tight ends to catch touchdown passes in four consecutive games. He joins Hall of Famer Ozzie Newsome. He is also the ﬁrst Browns player since Josh Gordon in 2013 to score a receiving touchdown in four straight games. Gordon did it in ﬁve consecutive games.

Injuries: Johnson was cleared to return for the Browns but didn’t carry the football again. Coach Mike Pettine said after the game he had a shoulder injury. … Tight end Rob Housler (hamstring) left the game in the second quarter and did not return. … Pettine also said linebacker Tank Carder had a shoulder injury.

SCENE AND HEARD SOUND BITES, SOCIAL MEDIA AND CLEVELAND.COM If people can’t see this team’s progress, than they’re lost. Just remember the Mangini madness. The Shurmur hopelessness. The Chudzinski dead team! dh1953, Cleveland.com commenter

At this point I rather the Browns lose out. We don’t have any young players to develop for next year. Our coach will more than likely be gone. boilermakers14, Cleveland.com commenter

The Browns left points on the ﬁeld. ... The FG before the half, not kicking the FG earlier, the extra point, 3 at the end of regulation. ... Beat themselves. realbrownsfan19, Cleveland.com commenter

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BRONCOS 26, BROWNS 23 (OT) Second-guessing

Blame game misses the point

Decision to go for two proves crucial, but Browns ﬁnd plenty of other ways to stumble

PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOHN KUNTZ / NORTHEAST OHIO MEDIA GROUP

The Browns defense tries to block the game-winning ﬁeld goal by Denver in overtime. Browns kicker Brnadon McManus kicked a 34-yard ﬁeld goal to end the game. Denver won, 26-23.

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“You are up four [so] you are looking at how many possessions are left in the game,” Pettine said. “They had not scored a touchdown to that point.” Vermeil didn’t include the clock in his assessment. The governing logic is to collect as many points as possible early in games when possessions — yours and theirs — are plentiful. But with the fourth quarter nearly half complete Sunday, eight minutes remaining, limited possessions ... Pettine made the understandable call. “It was essentially a field-goal game,” he said, meaning Denver’s only touchdown belonged to its top-rated defense. Aqib Talib’s interception and three field goals accounted for Denver’s points. So Pettine went for two up, 2016, because making it would’ve given the Browns a two field goal lead against the ghost of Manning. Up five, two field goals can beat you. “If you go up six and then you kick a field goal, now you’re up nine which makes it a two-score game on their part,” said the Browns’ head coach. Pettine might have done exactly the same thing if this were Manning in his prime. Or not. But no question you do it against the 39-year-old Manning who’d thrown two interceptions (one returned for a TD) Sunday and whose receivers showed a tendency to drop some of his better throws. The Browns didn’t lose because they failed to convert for two, or because after an offsides penalty moved the ball a yard closer they eschewed a handoff (Robert Turbin?) and threw incomplete. They lost because Manning made one of his best throws of his modest season, a 75-yard TD to Emmanuel Sanders against solid coverage, on the next play. Denver kicked the extra point go up, 23-20. So Travis Coons’ 26yard field goal with 1:32 in regulation only tied the game.

7 0

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48 33 pass* rush

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RUSHING R. Hillman C. Anderson Totals

Att 20 13 33

RECEIVING D. Thomas E. Sanders C. Anderson O. Daniels A. Caldwell R. Hillman J. Norwood Totals

No. 10 4 4 2 2 3 1 26

Yds TD Int 290 1 3 290 1 3 Yds TD 111 0 41 0 152 0

10 16

26 23

3 0

Lg 26 11 26

Yds TD Lg 111 0 20 109 1 75T 25 0 11 24 0 18 18 0 12 4 0 3 -1 0 -1 290 1 75T

Tackles-Assists-Sacks: Trevathan 7-3-0, Barrett 6-3-1, Ward 6-1-0, Marshall 5-2-1, Stewart 5-1-0, Walker 3-2-0, Jackson 3-1-1, Harris Jr. 3-0-0, Davis 2-1-0, Talib 2-1-0, Anderson 2-00, McCray 2-0-0, Roby 2-0-0, Bruton Jr. 1-1-0, Wolfe 1-1-0, Bibbs 1-0-0, A.Smith 0-1-0, Anunike 0-1-0, Bolden 0-1-0, Miller 0-1-0, S.Williams 0-1-0. Interceptions: Talib 1-63, Bruton Jr. 1-(minus 1). Missed FG: McManus 51 (WL). Attendance: 67,431. Time: 3:44. Ofﬁcials: Referee Craig Wrolstad, Ump Roy Ellison, HL Mark Hittner, LJ Julian Mapp, FJ Steve Zimmer, SJ Jeff Lamberth, BJ Lee Dyer, Replay Al Hynes.

Killing Pettine for his decision presumes Denver would’ve failed at its own two-point conversion after the Sanders TD. Leading 2221, they almost certainly would’ve gone for two. It glosses over Josh McCown’s terrible interception near midﬁeld with 53 seconds remaining in regulation. “I was trying to throw it out of bounds,” McCown said.

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Return yards (KR/PR): 129 Fum.-lost: 1-0 Pen.-yards: 8-81 Sacked-yards: 0-0 First downs: 21 *Sacks are counted as pass plays C-A 26-48 26-48

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PASSING P. Manning Totals

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189

CLE

290

152 109

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TIME OF POSSESSION

DEN

36:44 33:20

CLE

Game by quarters

The Browns intercepted Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning on the first drive of the game but turned the ball over on downs on their first possession. Neither team did much offensively. Scoring Den — FG McManus 29, 2:53

Aqib Talib stepped in front of a Josh McCown pass to Travis Benjamin and returned it 63 yards for a Denver touchdown. The remaining drives for both teams ended in punts. Scoring Den — Talib 63 int. return. (McManus kick), 14:19

Tight end Gary Barnidge caught his first of multiple touchdowns in the game, an 11-yard pass from McCown, to get the Browns back in the game. Scoring Cle — Barnidge 11 pass from McCown (Coons kick), 11:12 Den — FG McManus 25, 2:08

Both teams had chances to win in the final minutes. Scoring Den — FG McManus 39, 13:36 Cle — Barnidge 14 pass from McCown (Coons kick), 9:16 Cle — Dansby 35 int return (2PAT failed), 8:07 Den — Sanders 75 pass from Manning (McManus kick), 7:53 Cle — FG Coons 26, 1:32

Manning led a 13-play, 72-yard game-winning drive. Scoring: Den — FG McManus 34, 4:56

Here’s what we can say without fear of contradiction. Pettine’s logic was at least better than the Browns’ offense and run defense in overtime. The Browns lost because after Barkevious Mingo intercepted Manning (the Browns’ third pick of the game), McCown moved the team 18 yards from the Denver 39. Backwards. A handoff to Turbin lost 3

total plays

43 33 pass* rush Return yards (KR/PR): 119 Fum.-lost: 1-1 Pen.-yards: 6-30 Sacked-yards: 4-24 First downs: 20 *Sacks are counted as pass plays

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yards. McCown was sacked for minus-8 on the next play, then a 2-yard loss trying to scramble with no comfortable look downﬁeld. The ﬁnal 5-yard loss was a delay of game penalty. They lost because they allowed an 18-yard pass on third-and-four and then got gashed again on the ground — Ronnie Hillman for 8, C.J. Anderson for 6, Anderson for 11.

PASSING J. McCown Totals

C-A 20-39 20-39

RUSHING D. Johnson I. Crowell R. Turbin J. McCown Totals

Att 9 11 10 3 33

RECEIVING T. Benjamin G. Barnidge A. Hawkins D. Johnson I. Crowell T. Gabriel M. Johnson Totals

No. 9 3 1 3 2 1 1 20

Yds TD Int 213 2 2 213 2 2 Yds TD 38 0 32 0 27 0 12 0 109 0

Lg 12 12 8 11 12

Yds TD Lg 117 0 47 39 2 14T 25 0 25 18 0 11 9 0 11 5 0 5 0 0 0 213 2 47

Tackles-Assists-Sacks: Desir 10-2-0, Kirksey 6-3-0, Dansby 5-2-0, T.Williams 5-1-0, Whitner 4-2-0, D.Bryant 4-1-0, Poyer 3-0-0, Starks 2-2-0, Kruger 2-1-0, Orchard 2-1-0, Campbell 2-0-0, Hughes III 2-0-0, Jones 2-0-0, K.Williams 2-0-0, Bademosi 1-1-0, Cooper 1-1-0, Barnidge 1-0-0, Carder 1-0-0, Gilbert 1-0-0, Mack 1-0-0, Meder 1-0-0, Johnson 0-2-0, Draughn 0-1-0, Mingo 0-1-0, Shelton 0-1-0. Interceptions: Dansby 2-41, Mingo 1-7

This was a Denver offense that ranked No. 30 in rushing yards, averaging 71 per game. They had that much at half and finished with 152. “Our defense was lights out,” said the over-complimentary McCown. “We didn’t hold up our end.” The Browns’ fourth loss in six games was a democratic effort. McCown threw his ﬁrst inter-

Browns coach Mike Pettine calls for the offense to go for a two-point try after a fourthquarter touchdown.

ceptions since Oakland while also becoming the first Browns quarterback since Derek Anderson in 2007 to throw for multiple touchdowns in four consecutive games. The defense allowed 442 yards. Denver had a 100-yard rusher (Hillman) and two 100-yard receivers (Sanders, Demariyus Thomas). But it forced three turnovers and played better than the last few weeks. The Mingo pick should’ve been the end of Denver. We’ve seen enough of these to expect a Browns player to step up and declare the team is on the brink of turning it around. Tramon Williams was that man at this moment. “We’re close, we just have to finish better,” he said. There were eight minutes remaining in regulation after the failed two-point conversion. And another 11:03 in overtime before Denver’s game-winning field goal. “Obviously, knowing the end of the movie, now you would have liked to kick it,” said Pettine. You’ve seen this movie enough to know there’s never one culprit. It it were that easy to identify and correct, happy endings to Browns games wouldn’t be the equivalent of a Yeti sighting.

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“We weren’t good enough offensively today. I had a couple good moments, but for the most part, not good. I had some opportunities. Just really disappointed.” Josh McCown

“Extremely disappointed. To be on the brink of a heck of win and to not be able to ﬁnish it, it is a tough deal. Looking at players’ faces, you just see the disappointment.” Mike Pettine

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405 passing yards, 4 TDs One week after getting benched during a home loss to the Cardinals, Stafford led the Lions to their first win of season, a 37-34 overtime victory over visiting Chicago.

Martavis Bryant, Steelers: Wide receiver caught six passes for 137 yards and two touchdowns in his first action of the season as Pittsburgh beat visiting Arizona, 25-13. Greg Olsen, Panthers: Carolina’s tight end caught seven passes for 131 yards and a touchdown with 0:03 left in a 27-23 win at Seattle. Philip Rivers, Chargers: Quarterback completed 43 of 65 passes for 503 yards and two touchdowns in San Diego’s 27-20 loss at Green Bay. The completions, attempts and yards are single-game franchise records.

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Steelers 25, Cardinals 13

Stafford completed 27 of 42 passes and threw four touchdown passes to four different receivers. He also ran the ball six times for 37 yards. ASSOCIATED PRESS

“Take away one person, we’ve got six, seven other people that can do the job. And it went my way.”

“A lot of things we didn’t do well, we wish we could have back, but it’s better to talk about those things with a W.”

Marvin Jones, Bengals WR, after beating the Bills

Adrian Peterson, Vikings RB, after beating the Chiefs

Bengals 34, Bills 21

Cincinnati rolls along to 6-0 Bengals have bye before matchup vs. Steelers Nov. 1

However, Buffalo was minus starting receiver Percy Harvin (hip) and then lost receivers Sammy Watkins (left ankle) and Marquise Goodwin (ribs) to injuries. Watkins had just re turned af ter missing two games with a right calf injury, but finished the game on crutches after getting hurt while making a 22-yard touchdown catch in the final seconds of the second quarter. Starting defensive tackle Kyle Williams was carted off after hurting his left leg with 5:08 remaining. The injuries create additional uncertainty for the Bills. Immediately following the game, the team prepared to travel to London, where they’ll play the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley Stadium next Sunday. Manuel was inconsistent in making his first start in a little more than a year. He finished 28of-42 for 263 yards with a touchdown and interception. He also scored on a 2-yard run on Buffalo’s opening drive. The Bills’ offense, however, dried up after Manuel scored. Buffalo combined for 0 yards and no first downs on its following four possessions. Buffalo has lost three straight at home for the first time since 2011.

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Bengals tight end Tyler Eifert catches a touchdown pass over Bills strong safety Bacarri Rambo during the second half of Cincinnati’s 34-21 win Sunday in Buffalo.

Orchard Park, N.Y. — With A.J. Green covered tightly by Buffalo, Andy Dalton turned to his other receivers in helping the unbeaten Cincinnati Bengals win their sixth straight and match the team’s best start in franchise history. Dalton threw three touchdown passes, and Giovani Bernard scored on a 17-yard run in a 3421 win over the banged-up Bills on Sunday. The Bengals broke the game open by scoring 17 points on their first three possessions of the second half in building a 3114 lead. Marvin Jones scored on an 11-yard pass to cap an eightplay 90-yard drive. Then Dalton hit tight end Tyler Eifert for a 4-yard touchdown with 1:42 left in the third quarter. Mike Nugent capped the run by hitting a 39yard field goal early in the fourth quarter. Dalton finished 22-of-33 for 243 yards, including a 13-yard touchdown to Jeremy Hill. With Green limited to just four catches for 36 yards, Jones picked up the slack with nine catches for 95 yards, including a 42-yard catch that helped set up his touchdown. The Bengals, who enter their bye week before traveling to play at Pittsburgh on Nov. 1, were also 6-0 to start the 1975 and ’88 seasons. The Bills (3-3) sputtered on offense and continued to be undone by mistakes that allowed the Bengals to enjoy an average drive start of midfield in the first half. Injuries also played a factor. Buffalo started backup quarterback EJ Manuel in place of Tyrod Taylor, who sprained his left knee in rallying the Bills to a 14-13 win over Tennessee last week. Starting running back LeSean McCoy returned after missing two games with a left hamstring injury and scored on a 4-yard run in the fourth quarter.

Vikings 16, Chiefs 10

Texans 31, Jaguars 20

Lions 37, Bears 34 (OT)

Dolphins 38, Titans 10

Jets 34, Redskins 20

Minnesota’s defense and wide receiver Stefon Diggs bailed out Teddy Bridgewater for an erratic performance, and the host Vikings held on to beat Kansas City. Alex Smith’s 42-yard TD pass to Albert Wilson midway through the fourth quarter pulled the Chiefs within three points, but the Vikings played well enough early to survive their ragged ﬁnish.

Brian Hoyer threw three touchdown passes on third down, two to DeAndre Hopkins, and visiting Houston Texans beat Jacksonville. Hoyer regained the starting job last week against Indianapolis and looked deserving of the spot. At least against the Jaguars, who lost their fourth in a row and surely raised more questions about coach Gus Bradley’s job security.

Matt Prater kicked a 27-yard ﬁeld goal with 2:29 left in OT, and Detroit beat visiting Chicago for its ﬁrst win of the season. Matthew Stafford threw a 57-yard pass to Calvin Johnson to set up the winning kick.

Cameron Wake got his first four sacks this season and also forced two fumbles — all in the first half — and Miami routed host Tennessee in Dan Campbell’s debut as interim coach. The Dolphins came in having lost three straight, costing coach Joe Philbin his job Oct. 5. With Campbell preaching a more fun and physical approach, the Dolphins finished with six sacks and intercepted Marcus Mariota twice.

Ryan Fitzpatrick threw two TD passes and ran for another score, and New York overcame a sloppy ﬁrst half to beat visiting Washington. Chris Ivory ran for 146 yards and a TD on 20 carries for the Jets and Brandon Marshall had seven catches for 111 yards.

ans and the Arizona Cardinals spent a few days at the posh Greenbrier Resort in the West Virginia mountains last week believing it would better prepare them for Michael Vick and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Containing Vick turned out not to be a problem. Landry Jones was another matter entirely. Pittsburgh’s third-string quarterback ignited a second-half rally as the Steelers stunned the Cardinals, 25-13, on Sunday, ruining a homecoming of sorts for Arians. Arians spent nearly a decade with the Steelers before being forced out at the end of the 2011 season in a move jokingly called a “reﬁrement.” Three-plus seasons and two NFL Coach of the Year awards later, Arians returned to Heinz Field with one of the best teams in the league. Arizona played like it for a half before crumbling under its own mistakes and the stunning play of Jones. Filling in after an ineffective Vick left with a right hamstring injury, Jones completed 8 of 12 passes for 168 yards and two touchdowns to Martavis Bryant in his first action during the regular season. “He played very well for a young guy coming into that situation,” Arians said. “He won the football game.” And the Cardinals (4-2) – somewhat bafflingly – lost it. Arizona outgained Pittsburgh, 469-310, punted only three times and spent long stretches moving up and down Heinz Field with relative ease. Yet the NFL’s highest-scoring team also turned it over three times, scored just one touchdown on four trips in the red zone, and let the Steelers (4-2) hang around far too long. Carson Palmer threw for 421 yards with a touchdown and two interceptions. John Brown caught 10 balls for 196 yards, but also fumbled early in the second half. Vick actually left twice. He exited for a few snaps in the second quarter after getting what the team called “dirt in his eye” at the end of a 10-yard scramble, and was pulled for good in the third quarter after tweaking his right hamstring.

Arizona 7 3 0 3 – 13 Pittsburgh 0 3 12 10 – 25 First Quarter Ari–Floyd 3 pass from Palmer (Catanzaro kick), 8:17. Second Quarter Pit–FG Boswell 47, 6:06. Ari–FG Catanzaro 31, :47. Third Quarter Pit–FG Boswell 48, 11:14. Pit–Bryant 8 pass from L.Jones (pass failed), 8:45. Pit–FG Boswell 51, 2:32. Fourth Quarter Ari–FG Catanzaro 39, 14:56. Pit–FG Boswell 28, 7:19. Pit–Bryant 88 pass from L.Jones (Boswell kick), 1:58. A–63,846. Ari Pit First downs 21 14 Total Net Yards 469 310 Rushes-yards 20-55 32-141 Passing 414 169 Punt Returns 2-23 1-8 Kickoff Returns 6-136 4-89 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-0 Comp-Att-Int 29-45-2 11-20-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-7 1-5 Punts 3-43.0 5-47.6 Fumbles-Lost 3-1 0-0 Penalties-Yards 9-111 6-48 Time of Possession 31:09 28:51 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING–Arizona, C.Johnson 14-40, D.Johnson 3-9, Ellington 1-7, Palmer 2-(minus 1). Pittsburgh, Bell 24-88, Vick 5-47, Bryant 1-8, L.Jones 1-(minus 1), D.Williams 1-(minus 1). PASSING–Arizona, Palmer 29-45-2-421. Pittsburgh, Vick 3-8-0-6, L.Jones 8-12-0-168. RECEIVING–Arizona, Jo.Brown 10-196, Fitzgerald 8-93, Floyd 5-50, Ellington 2-47, Niklas 1-13, Fells 1-9, D.Johnson 1-8, C.Johnson 1-5. Pittsburgh, Bryant 6-137, Brown 3-24, Wheaton 1-8, Miller 1-5. MISSED FIELD GOALS–Arizona, Catanzaro 47 (WL).

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Kansas City 0 0 0 10 – 10 Minnesota 3 7 3 3 – 16 First Quarter Min–FG Walsh 24, 5:40. Second Quarter Min–Rudolph 4 pass from Bridgewater (Walsh kick), 4:43. Third Quarter Min–FG Walsh 45, 8:51. Fourth Quarter KC–FG Santos 48, 13:10. KC–A.Wilson 42 pass from A.Smith (Santos kick), 8:46. Min–FG Walsh 45, 4:46. A–52,480. KC Min First downs 16 16 Total Net Yards 328 321 Rushes-yards 18-57 35-84 Passing 271 237 Punt Returns 2-24 2-14 Kickoff Returns 2-39 2-51 Interceptions Ret. 2-5 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 22-37-0 17-31-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-11 2-12 Punts 6-41.7 4-45.3 Fumbles-Lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 8-95 5-50 Time of Possession 26:53 33:07 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING–Kansas City, West 9-33, Davis 5-13, A.Smith 2-10, Thomas 1-1, Sherman 1-0. Minnesota, Peterson 26-60, Asiata 5-27, McKinnon 1-2, Bridgewater 3-(minus 5). PASSING–Kansas City, A.Smith 22-37-0-282. Minnesota, Bridgewater 17-31-2-249. RECEIVING–Kansas City, Kelce 5-88, A.Wilson 3-57, Maclin 3-48, Conley 3-16, O’Shaughnessy 2-23, Harris 2-15, Sherman 1-13, Davis 1-12, West 1-6, Avant 1-4. Minnesota, Diggs 7-129, Wright 2-69, Wallace 2-23, Rudolph 2-9, Ellison 1-11, Asiata 1-8, Line 1-3, Peterson 1-(minus 3). MISSED FIELD GOALS–None.

Houston 7 3 0 21 – 31 Jacksonville 0 7 7 6 – 20 First Quarter Hou–Foster 14 pass from Hoyer (Novak kick), 1:36. Second Quarter Jax–A.Robinson 2 pass from Bortles (Myers kick), 9:41. Hou–FG Novak 41, 6:38. Third Quarter Jax–Thomas 29 pass from Bortles (Myers kick), :05. Fourth Quarter Hou–Hopkins 9 pass from Hoyer (Novak kick), 11:20. Hou–Hopkins 26 pass from Hoyer (Novak kick), 8:07. Hou–Hal 31 interception return (Novak kick), 7:55. Jax–Hurns 11 pass from Bortles (kick failed), 4:32. A–58,085. Hou Jax First downs 24 26 Total Net Yards 382 394 Rushes-yards 31-95 21-83 Passing 287 311 Punt Returns 2-25 1-7 Kickoff Returns 1-14 3-79 Interceptions Ret. 3-34 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 24-36-0 30-53-3 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-6 3-20 Punts 4-38.8 5-46.8 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 10-69 7-64 Time of Possession 30:02 29:58 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING–Houston, Foster 18-53, Polk 8-37, Hoyer 5-5. Jacksonville, Bortles 4-37, Gerhart 9-26, D.Robinson 7-19, Grant 1-1. PASSING–Houston, Hoyer 24-36-0-293. Jacksonville, Bortles 30-53-3-331. RECEIVING–Houston, Hopkins 10-148, Foster 5-59, Shorts III 4-63, Mumphery 2-8, Fiedorowicz 1-8, Strong 1-5, Polk 1-2. Jacksonville, Walters 8-87, Thomas 7-78, A.Robinson 6-86, Gerhart 3-23, D.Robinson 3-19, Hurns 2-30, Lewis 1-8. MISSED FIELD GOALS–None.

Chicago 3 10 3 18 0 – 34 Detroit 7 14 3 10 3 – 37 First Quarter Det–Moore 20 pass from Stafford (Prater kick), 9:29. Chi–FG Gould 27, 4:48. Second Quarter Chi–Langford 1 run (Gould kick), 12:48. Det–T.Wright 8 pass from Stafford (Prater kick), 9:17. Chi–FG Gould 23, 4:50. Det–Tate 2 pass from Stafford (Prater kick), :53. Third Quarter Chi–FG Gould 38, 5:12. Det–FG Prater 39, 1:05. Fourth Quarter Chi–Jeffery 11 pass from Cutler (Gould kick), 12:27. Chi–Forte 2 run (Forte pass from Cutler), 7:50. Det–FG Prater 32, 2:46. Det–Johnson 6 pass from Stafford (Prater kick), :21. Chi–FG Gould 29, :00. Overtime Det–FG Prater 27, 2:29. A–57,648. Chi Det First downs 24 26 Total Net Yards 444 546 Rushes-yards 31-91 32-155 Passing 353 391 Punt Returns 4-27 3-0 Kickoff Returns 2-50 3-69 Interceptions Ret. 1-0 1-0 Comp-Att-Int 26-41-1 27-42-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-0 2-14 Punts 5-44.4 4-55.3 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 3-2 Penalties-Yards 9-76 10-98 Time of Possession 33:34 38:57 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING–Chi, Forte 24-69, Cutler 2-12, Langford 5-10. Det, Abdullah 14-48, Stafford 6-37, Abdul-Quddus 1-30, Riddick 7-28, Zenner 3-15, T.Jones 1-(minus 3). PASSING–Chi, Cutler 26-41-1-353. Det, Stafford 2742-1-405. RECEIVING–Chi, Jeffery 8-147, Bennett 6-59, Royal 5-49, Forte 3-20, Wilson 2-54, Langford 1-17, Meredith 1-7. Det, Johnson 6-166, Tate 6-40, Moore 5-106, Riddick 3-50, Abdullah 3-21, T.Wright 3-17, Fuller 1-5. MISSED FIELD GOALS–None.

Miami 10 7 7 14–38 Tennessee 3 0 7 0–10 First Quarter Mia–Landry 22 run (Franks kick), 10:39. Ten–FG Succop 37, 5:28. Mia–FG Franks 30, :06. Second Quarter Mia–Miller 7 run (Franks kick), 5:07. Third Quarter Mia–Jones 30 interception return (Franks kick), 5:40. Ten–McCluster 3 pass from Mariota (Succop kick), :00. Fourth Quarter Mia–Sims 2 pass from Tannehill (Franks kick), 7:38. Mia–Cameron 12 pass from Tannehill (Franks kick), 1:54. A–62,342. Mia Ten First downs 26 22 Total Net Yards 434 299 Rushes-yards 32-180 18-63 Passing 254 236 Punt Returns 1-6 1-14 Kickoff Returns 2-45 3-79 Interceptions Ret. 2-30 2-45 Comp-Att-Int 22-29-2 26-41-2 Sacked-Yards Lost 2-12 6-46 Punts 3-43.7 3-41.7 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2 Penalties-Yards 9-97 7-50 Time of Possession 31:53 28:07 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING–Miami, Miller 19-113, Gray 7-24, Landry 2-24, Tannehill 2-14, Williams 2-5. Tennessee, Andrews 9-23, McCluster 5-23, Sankey 3-13, Mettenberger 1-4. PASSING–Miami, Tannehill 22-29-2-266. Tennessee, Mettenberger 5-8-0-63, Mariota 21-33-2-219. RECEIVING–Miami, Matthews 6-85, Sims 4-33, Landry 3-42, Cameron 3-30, Stills 2-46, Miller 2-5, Jennings 1-13, Gray 1-12. Tennessee, Walker 8-97, Wright 4-34, Green-Beckham 3-57, Hunter 3-54, McCluster 3-19, Fasano 2-1, Douglas 1-11, Sankey 1-7, Andrews 1-2. MISSED FIELD GOALS–None.

Cincinnati 7 10 14 3 – 34 Buffalo 7 7 0 7 – 21 First Quarter Buf–Manuel 2 run (Carpenter kick), 9:21. Cin–Hill 13 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick), 3:26. Second Quarter Cin–Bernard 17 run (Nugent kick), 10:19. Cin–FG Nugent 47, 7:12. Buf–Watkins 22 pass from Manuel (Carpenter kick), :17. Third Quarter Cin–M.Jones 10 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick), 10:55. Cin–Eifert 4 pass from Dalton (Nugent kick), 1:42. Fourth Quarter Cin–FG Nugent 39, 10:40. Buf–McCoy 4 run (Carpenter kick), 6:50. A–69,593. Cin Buf First downs 21 22 Total Net Yards 355 368 Rushes-yards 28-112 23-112 Passing 243 256 Punt Returns 4-37 0-0 Kickoff Returns 4-84 4-72 Interceptions Ret. 1-10 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 22-33-0 28-42-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 2-7 Punts 3-40.3 5-48.6 Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 3-20 8-93 Time of Possession 30:00 30:00 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING–Cincinnati, Hill 16-56, Bernard 8-50, Sanu 1-8, Dalton 3-(minus 2). Buffalo, McCoy 17-90, Manuel 6-22. PASSING–Cincinnati, Dalton 22-33-0-243. Buffalo, Manuel 28-42-1-263. RECEIVING–Cincinnati, M.Jones 9-95, Green 4-36, Eifert 4-30, Sanu 2-30, Bernard 1-23, Hewitt 1-16, Hill 1-13. Buffalo, Clay 9-62, Gragg 5-54, Watkins 4-48, Woods 4-47, Hogan 2-31, Herron 2-17, McCoy 2-4. MISSED FIELD GOALS–None.

Washington 7 6 0 7 – 20 N.Y. Jets 7 3 17 7 – 34 First Quarter Was–Garcon 2 pass from Cousins (Hopkins kick), 9:29. NYJ–Ivory 1 run (Folk kick), 3:28. Second Quarter NYJ–FG Folk 35, 11:35. Was–FG Hopkins 54, 2:17. Was–FG Hopkins 30, :02. Third Quarter NYJ–FG Folk 39, 11:00. NYJ–Fitzpatrick 18 run (Folk kick), 10:02. NYJ–Marshall 35 pass from Fitzpatrick (Folk kick), 5:53. Fourth Quarter NYJ–Decker 2 pass from Fitzpatrick (Folk kick), 14:18. Was–Ross blocked punt recovery in end zone (Hopkins kick), 3:59. A–78,160. Was NYJ First downs 14 22 474 Total Net Yards 225 Rushes-yards 17-34 41-221 253 Passing 191 Punt Returns 0-0 3-34 Kickoff Returns 5-96 4-47 Interceptions Ret. 1-28 2-6 Comp-Att-Int 25-44-2 19-26-1 Sacked-Yards Lost 1-5 0-0 2-24.5 Punts 6-48.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2 Penalties-Yards 3-15 1-5 Time of Possession 27:21 32:39 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING–Washington, Morris 11-21, Thompson 5-12, Cousins 1-1. N.Y. Jets, Ivory 20-146, Stacy 1346, Fitzpatrick 4-31, Powell 4-(minus 2). PASSING–Washington, Cousins 25-43-2-196, Crowder 0-1-0-0. N.Y. Jets, Fitzpatrick 19-26-1-253. RECEIVING–Washington, Thompson 6-26, Garcon 5-28, Crowder 4-40, Carrier 4-39, Grant 2-22, Ross 1-16, Morris 1-11, Young 1-8, Roberts 1-6. N.Y. Jets, Marshall 7-111, Decker 4-59, Ivory 3-50, Enunwa 2-17, Stacy 2-15, Powell 1-1. MISSED FIELD GOALS–N.Y. Jets, Folk 49 (SH).

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New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning has thrown 10 touchdown passes this season.

Giants quarterback Eli Manning has thrown 10 touchdown passes already this season, but Odell Beckham’s injury may limit Manning’s options. Meanwhile, the Eagles got a much-needed win last week and a game in Philadelphia could be just the spark they need.

Around the gridiron

Panthers 27, Seahawks 23

Sidelined: Bills receiver Sammy Watkins was spotted walking with a cane in the locker room after hurting his left ankle against Cincinnati. Bills DT Kyle Williams was carted off the ﬁeld with a left knee injury. Another Bills wideout, Marquise Goodwin, left with a rib injury. ... Pittsburgh QB Michael Vick went out with a right hamstring injury. ... Denver WR Emmanuel Sanders hurt his left shoulder while making a catch. ... Among those who left games with concussions were Chiefs DE Mike DeVito and WR Jeremy Maclin, Jets CB Buster Skrine, and Bills RT Seantrel Henderson. ... Titans C Brian Schwenke dislocated his left ankle and was carted straight to the locker room. ... Chargers receiver Keenan Allen left vs. Green Bay with a hip injury.

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Panthers quarterback Cam Newton celebrates after the Panthers beat Seattle, 27-23, on Sunday at Centurylink Field in Seattle.

Carolina wins in Seattle to remain perfect Tim Booth Associated Press S e at t l e — Some late heroics

from Cam Newton showed that the Carolina Panthers being unbeaten is no fluke. Winning on the home field of the two-time NFC champions sure proved it. Newton threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Greg Olsen with 32 seconds left and the Panthers moved to 5-0, rallying for a stunning 27-23 win over the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday. Newton led the Panthers to touchdowns on their final two possessions after trailing, 23-14, the second straight week the Seahawks collapsed in the fourth quarter. Newton found Olsen wide open down the seam as AllPros Earl Thomas and Richard Sherman looked at each other in confusion. Newton was 12-of-15 for 169 yards in the fourth quarter and threw for 269 yards overall. He

led the Panthers on a pair of 80yard touchdown drives in the ﬁnal period. The Panthers improved to 5-0 for the second time in franchise history. It was the second straight week the Seahawks (2-4) suffered a late defensive meltdown. Russell Wilson threw for 239 yards and found Jimmy Graham eight times for 140 yards, but the Seahawks lost at home for just the second time in the past two seasons. Carolina was unbeaten but unproven, with victories over lesser competition. A win in Seattle immediately added validity to the strong start. An early wake-up call certainly didn’t help Carolina’s cause. A fire alarm was pulled in the Panthers’ hotel around 5:40 a.m. Sunday morning, causing the players and staff to brieﬂy evacuate some 7½ hours before kickoff. Carolina trailed, 20-7, midway

through the third quarter and by nine with less than 12 minutes remaining. But Newton overcame a poor first half and two interceptions to lead the late rally. Jonathan Stewart had a second 1-yard touchdown run with 3:55 left to cut Seattle’s lead to 23-20, but Graham Gano pulled the extra point wide left. Seattle got one big play with Wilson finding Graham for 20 yards, but the drive stalled. After using two timeouts, the Panthers got the ball at their 20 with 2:20 remaining. Newton completed two quick passes and at the two-minute warning the Panthers were at their 46. He hit Ed Dickson to the Seattle 40 but Bruce Irvin sacked Newton back near midfield, forcing them to use their final timeout with 1:20 remaining. Ne wton rebounded to hit Devin Funchess for 16 yards, Jerric ho Cotcher y caught a contested 7-yard pass, and af-

ter spiking the ball and moving quickly to the line, Newton saw the confusion in Seattle’s secondary, hitting Olsen for the winning score. It was the second straight week Seattle was burned by tight ends; Tyler Eifert had two touchdown catches for Cincinnati. Seattle looked fine through three quarters with Wilson and Graham connecting and the defense holding Newton under control – aside from one long touchdown drive in the ﬁrst half. Seattle took a 17-7 lead when Wilson hit Ricardo Lockette for a 40-yard TD on a double pass. Marshawn Lynch returned after missing the previous 2½ games because of a hamstring injury, but the Seahawks continued to struggle getting Lynch loose. Lynch finished with 54 yards on 17 carries and a touchdown, while rookie Thomas Rawls, who ran for 169 yards last week against Cincinnati, had one carry for 8 yards.

Carolina 0 7 7 13 – 27 Seattle 3 7 10 3 – 23 First Quarter Sea–FG Hauschka 30, 5:37. Second Quarter Car–Newton 2 run (Gano kick), 13:30. Sea–Lynch 1 run (Hauschka kick), 8:00. Third Quarter Sea–Lockette 40 pass from Wilson (Hauschka kick), 11:27. Sea–FG Hauschka 50, 8:49. Car–Stewart 1 run (Gano kick), 3:34. Fourth Quarter Sea–FG Hauschka 43, 11:46. Car–Stewart 1 run (kick failed), 3:55. Car–Olsen 26 pass from Newton (Gano kick), :32. A–69,020. Car Sea First downs 25 14 Total Net Yards 383 332 Rushes-yards 33-135 26-115 Passing 248 217 Punt Returns 2-18 4-28 Kickoff Returns 0-0 2-27 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-6 Comp-Att-Int 20-36-2 18-31-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-21 4-22 Punts 5-48.6 7-50.1 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 0-0 Penalties-Yards 5-25 7-48 Time of Possession 32:12 27:48 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING–Carolina, Stewart 20-78, Newton 7-30, Brown 2-15, Tolbert 3-10, Whittaker 1-2. Seattle, Lynch 17-54, Wilson 8-53, Rawls 1-8. PASSING–Carolina, Newton 20-36-2-269. Seattle, Wilson 18-30-0-239, Lockette 0-1-0-0. RECEIVING–Carolina, Olsen 7-131, Dickson 3-24, Funchess 2-24, Brown 2-22, Cotchery 2-21, Whittaker 2-21, Ginn Jr. 1-18, Stewart 1-8. Seattle, Graham 8-140, Baldwin 3-23, Lockette 2-41, F.Jackson 2-7, Willson 1-16, Matthews 1-12, Lynch 1-0. MISSED FIELD GOALS–None.

49ers 25, Ravens 20

Packers 27, Chargers 20

Colin Kaepernick completed a 76yard touchdown pass to ex-Ravens star Torrey Smith, Joe Flacco threw two interceptions and San Francisco beat visiting Baltimore to snap a four-game losing streak. Phil Dawson kicked four ﬁeld goals in the ﬁrst win since Week 1 for San Francisco.

Green Bay stopped visiting San Diego on fourth-and-goal from the 3 with 15 seconds left and overcame a career day by Philip Rivers to hold off the Chargers. Rivers set career highs with 43 completions, 65 attempts and 503 yards passing. He threw for two touchdowns for the Chargers. But he needed one more completion.

Baltimore 0 6 7 7 – 20 San Francisco 6 10 3 6 – 25 First Quarter SF–FG Dawson 53, 7:00. SF–FG Dawson 31, 1:56. Second Quarter Bal–FG Tucker 22, 13:16. SF–Smith 76 pass from Kaepernick (Dawson kick), 12:27. SF–FG Dawson 26, 8:04. Bal–FG Tucker 36, 4:14. Third Quarter SF–FG Dawson 42, 7:34. Bal–Smith Sr. 34 pass from Flacco (Tucker kick), 2:29. Fourth Quarter SF–Patton 21 pass from Kaepernick (pass failed), 10:52. Bal–Aiken 2 pass from Flacco (Tucker kick), 5:14. A–70,799. Bal SF First downs 25 15 Total Net Yards 420 391 Rushes-yards 22-77 25-65 Passing 343 326 Punt Returns 1-9 1-4 Kickoff Returns 1-41 0-0 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 2-45 Comp-Att-Int 33-53-2 16-27-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 0-0 3-14 Punts 3-53.0 4-38.0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-0 Penalties-Yards 3-15 4-25 Time of Possession 33:07 26:53 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING–Baltimore, Forsett 17-62, Allen 4-13, Ross 1-2. San Francisco, Hyde 21-55, Kaepernick 3-10, M.Davis 1-0. PASSING–Baltimore, Flacco 33-53-2-343. San Francisco, Kaepernick 16-27-0-340. RECEIVING–Baltimore, Smith Sr. 7-137, Forsett 7-39, M.Williams 4-24, Ross 3-34, Gillmore 3-30, Aiken 3-22, Juszczyk 2-22, Givens 2-18, M.Brown 1-9, Allen 1-8. San Francisco, Boldin 5-102, Smith 3-96, Miller 3-89, Patton 2-38, Hyde 2-5, McDonald 1-10. MISSED FIELD GOALS–Baltimore, Tucker 45 (WR).

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Green Bay’s James Starks runs 65 yards for a touchdown during the ﬁrst half of Sunday’s 27-20 win over the Chargers. Starks scored two touchdowns in the game.

San Diego 3 7 7 3 – 20 Green Bay 14 3 7 3 – 27 First Quarter GB–Starks 5 pass from A.Rodgers (Crosby kick), 8:38. SD–FG Lambo 36, 3:17. GB–Starks 65 run (Crosby kick), 1:51. Second Quarter GB–FG Crosby 23, 6:48. SD–Inman 1 pass from Rivers (Lambo kick), :00. Third Quarter SD–Green 19 pass from Rivers (Lambo kick), 9:24. GB–J.Jones 8 pass from A.Rodgers (Crosby kick), :46. Fourth Quarter SD–FG Lambo 32, 11:10. GB–FG Crosby 28, 2:37. A–78,434. SD GB First downs 32 17 Total Net Yards 548 370 Rushes-yards 21-60 17-133 Passing 488 237 Punt Returns 2-(-7) 2-18 Kickoff Returns 3-55 3-59 Interceptions Ret. 0-0 0-0 Comp-Att-Int 43-65-0 16-29-0 Sacked-Yards Lost 3-15 3-18 Punts 3-39.0 4-40.5 Fumbles-Lost 2-1 1-0 Penalties-Yards 9-76 6-50 Time of Possession 38:00 22:00 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING–San Diego, Gordon 7-29, Oliver 7-23, Woodhead 7-8. Green Bay, Starks 10-112, A.Rodgers 2-14, Montgomery 1-4, Lacy 4-3. PASSING–San Diego, Rivers 43-65-0-503. Green Bay, A.Rodgers 16-29-0-255. RECEIVING–San Diego, K.Allen 14-157, Gates 9-95, Floyd 5-95, Woodhead 5-63, Oliver 4-40, Green 3-35, Inman 3-18. Green Bay, Janis 2-79, Cobb 2-38, R.Rodgers 2-34, J.Jones 2-30, Kuhn 2-20, Lacy 2-17, Montgomery 2-11, Perillo 1-21, Starks 1-5. MISSED FIELD GOALS–None.

Swings: Miami had one sack in its first four games, then got six in beating Tennessee, 38-10. ... The Vikings’ 16-10 win over Kansas City was their first victory after their bye week since 2009. ... Lions WR Calvin Johnson had six receptions for 166 yards – doubling his season high. ... While the Jets have outscored opponents, 34-0, in the third quarter this season, Washington has been outscored, 46-3. New York’s edge was 17-0 Sunday.

Streaks and stats: Buffalo has lost three straight at home for the ﬁrst time since 2011. ... Andre Hal, Texans, returned an interception 41 yards for a touchdown that was the sixth pick-6 thrown by Jacksonville’s Blake Bortles in 19 career starts. ... Denver has won 11 in a row over Cleveland. ... Washington QB Kirk Cousins threw two interceptions in a loss to the Jets. He has two picks each in four games this season – all losses – but no INTs in Washington’s two wins. ... Aqib Talib, Broncos, ran back an interception of Josh McCown 63 yards for a touchdown, his eighth career return for a TD, the most in the NFL since 2009. ... Detroit’s Calvin Johnson had six receptions for 166 yards in his 45th career game with at least 100 yards receiving, breaking a fourth-place tie with Hall of Famer Jerry Rice.

THIS WEEK THURSDAY New Orleans 31, Atlanta 21 SUNDAY Denver 26, Cleveland 23 (OT) Pittsburgh 25, Arizona 13 Cincinnati 34, Buffalo 21 N.Y. Jets 34, Washington 20 Minnesota 16, Kansas City 10 Miami 38, Tennessee 10 Detroit 37, Chicago 34 (OT) Houston 31, Jacksonville 20 Carolina 27, Seattle 23 Green Bay 27, San Diego 20 San Francisco 25, Baltimore 20 New England at Indianapolis, 8:30 p.m. TODAY N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 8:30 p.m. Off: Oakland, Dallaas, St. Louis, Tampa Bay.

NEXT WEEK

THURSDAY Seattle at San Francisco, 8:25 p.m. SUNDAY Cleveland at St. Louis, 1 p.m. Buffalo vs. Jacksonville, 9:30 a.m. Tampa Bay at Washington, 1 p.m. Atlanta at Tennessee, 1 p.m. New Orleans at Indianapolis, 1 p.m. Minnesota at Detroit, 1 p.m. Pittsburgh at Kansas City, 1 p.m. Houston at Miami, 1 p.m. N.Y. Jets at New England, 1 p.m. Oakland at San Diego, 4:05 p.m. Dallas at N.Y. Giants, 4:25 p.m. Philadelphia at Carolina, 8:30 p.m. MONDAY, OCT. 26 Baltimore at Arizona, 8:30 p.m. Off: Cincinnati, Denver, Chicago, Green Bay

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Monday, October 19, 2015

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Broncos 26, Browns 23 (OT)

Broncos’ defense

A bruising reality check Browns quarterback Josh McCown is sacked by Denver linebacker Brandon Marshall in the second quarter of Sunday’s overtime loss to the Broncos. McCown, coming off a career-best day in a win over Baltimore last week, was harried into four sacks and two interceptions by the Denver defense, which emphatically showed that it is once again among the NFL’s best.

10:05 left 2nd quarter 3rd-and-9 From CLE 49 Result: Sacked

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