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By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Za’Darius Smith had three sacks to help Minnesota’s defense hang on against Kyler Murray as the Vikings beat the Arizona Cardinals 34-26 for their fifth consecutive victory. Dalvin Cook rushed for a season-high 111 yards and a touchdown and Kirk Cousins passed for two scores

By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — The miscues of Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor Lawrence were costly in their 21-17 loss to the Denver Broncos at Wembley Stadium. A goal-line interception ended a promising drive. The next pick ended the game. Lawrence says, “I’ve got to look in the mirror. I’ve got to

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tua Tagovailoa threw a go-ahead, 11-yard touchdown pass to Mike Gesicki late in the third quarter, capping the Miami Dolphins’ rally from a double-digit, second-half deficit for a 31-27 win over the Detroit Lions. The Dolphins have won two straight since Tagovailoa returned from a concussion.

By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts threw three touchdown passes to A.J Brown in the first half and finished with 285 yards and four TDs overall as the undefeated Philadelphia Eagles raced past the Pittsburgh Steelers 35-13. The Eagles are 7-0 for the second time in franchise history and first

By BRETT MARTEL AP Sports Writer NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Alvin Kamara scored his first three touchdowns of the season, and the New Orleans Saints shut out the Las Vegas Raiders 24-0. Kamara converted short receptions into touchdowns of 36 and 16 yards. He also rushed for a 3-yard score. Andy Dalton justified the Saints’

By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. wasn’t born in Houston, but he sure loves it now. Hailing from Tampa, Florida, McCullers might be the most vocal an Astro has ever been about his love for the Space City. McCullers will represent his beloved, adopted city when he

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts have activated three-time All-Pro linebacker Darius Leonard and have deactivated quarterback Matt Ryan for Sunday’s game against Washington. Leonard will see limited action in his second appearance this season. Ryan is missing just the fourth game of his 15-year career. He was benched Monday by coach Frank Reich after

SEATTLE (AP) — Wide receivers DK Metcalf and Tyler Lockett were both active for the Seattle Seahawks against the New York Giants after each had been listed as questionable. Metcalf was taken from the sideline on a cart last week in Los Angeles after suffering an injury to the patellar tendon in his left knee.

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer USA Basketball has picked the 12 players that will be tasked with clinching a berth in next year’s World Cup. The roster for the next two World Cup qualifying games at Washington was revealed Sunday, for matchups against Brazil on Nov. 11 and Colombia on Nov. 14. The Americans

BERLIN (AP) — Danilho Doekhi headed in the winning goal for Union Berlin with the last act of the game for a 2-1 win over Borussia Mönchengladbach which returns Union to top spot. Union was heading for defeat until the 79th minute when substitute Kevin Behrens headed an equalizer to Nico Elvedi’s first-half goal for

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Myles Garrett isn’t planning to dress up as anything but a football player on Halloween. Last year, Cleveland’s defensive star wore a Grim Reaper costume to Cleveland’s game against Pittsburgh. He’s looking forward to keeping the focus on getting to Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow and helping

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Tennessee moved into a tie with Ohio State for No. 2 in The Associated Press college football poll Sunday to set up a 1 vs. 2 matchup next week with top-ranked Georgia. Georgia-Tennessee will be the 25th regular-season game matching the top two teams in the AP

By TALES AZZONI AP Sports Writer MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid has been held by Girona to a 1-1 draw at home in the Spanish league to follow up its first loss of the season in all competitions. Madrid was coming off a 3-2 defeat at Leipzig on Tuesday in the Champions League. It was

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Sports Writer New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft and other members of the sports world are condemning recent incidents of hate speech toward Jewish people — not just the antisemitic comments by the music mogul formerly known as Kanye West, but also outside of a college football game in Florida

VILAMOURA, Portugal (AP) — Jordan Smith has led from start to finish to win the Portugal Masters for his first European tour victory in more than five years. Smith shot an 8-under 63 to finish the tournament at 30 under par. The Englishman ended three shots ahead of Gavin Green, who was trying to give

By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Latavius Murray scored on a 2-yard touchdown run late in the fourth quarter to help the Denver Broncos snap a four-game losing streak by beating the Jacksonville Jaguars 21-17 at Wembley Stadium. Russell Wilson led two go-ahead scoring drives in the second half on his return

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Quarterback Asher O’Hara spun and lunged into the end zone for a 2-yard score with 1:48 left and unbeaten Sacramento State held off Idaho for a 31-28 victory in a battle between ranked Big Sky Conference teams. The teams entered unbeaten in conference play along with Montana State (7-1, 5-0). Idaho

BASEL, Switzerland (AP) — Felix Auger-Aliassime has won his third straight title in October. He beat Holger Rune 6-3, 7-5 in the Swiss Indoors final on Sunday. Auger-Aliassime went through his five matches at Basel without dropping serve and he saved all three break points Rune had. The third-seeded Canadian won the only break-point chance

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Las Vegas Raiders tight end Darren Waller has been scratched for the club’s Week 8 game against the New Orleans Saints after trying to practice this past week. Waller left the Raiders’ Oct. 10 game at Kansas City with a hamstring injury after playing just eight snaps without a catch. He

LONDON (AP) — Arsenal moved back to the top of the Premier League with a 5-0 win against Nottingham Forest on Sunday. But an injury to Bukayo Saka will be a concern to England head coach Gareth Southgate after the forward was forced off in the 27th minute. Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta knew victory would