NFL – National Football League – Week 4
Last Night

Cincinnati  Bengals 27, Miami Dolphins 15

Bengals 27, Dolphins 15 – Bengals top Miami 27-15  after injured Tagovailoa carted off

  Joe  Burrow tossed a late 2-yard touchdown pass to Hayden Hurst to seal a 27-15 win  for the Cincinnati Bengals over Miami. The game was marred by the horrific  sight of Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa being taken off on a stretcher.  Tagovailoa was chased down and slammed to the turf by Cincinnati’s Josh Tupou  with about six minutes left in the first half. He was taken to a hospital with  reported head and neck injuries. Vonn Bell’s interception of backup quarterback  Teddy Bridgewater with three minutes left in the game set up the Bengals’ final  drive.

Sunday

  Seattle  Seahawks at Detroit Lions, 1:00 p.m.          Rock  107 WIRX 12:00 

  Chicago  Bears at New York Giants, 1:00 p.m.

  Tennessee  Titans at Indianapolis Colts, 1:00 p.m.

NFL  – Lions host Seahawks in matchup of teams aiming for .500 mark

  The  Detroit Lions and Seattle Mariners are matching up Sunday and the winner will  be .500 again this season. Seattle’s Rashaad Penny had a career-high 170 yards  rushing and two touchdowns in a 51-29 Week 17 win last year against the Lions.  Detroit running back Jamaal Williams is expected to play a larger role with  D’Andre Swift slowed by ankle and shoulder injuries. The Lions are favored to  beat Seattle by 4 1/2 points, the most points they have been favored by since  being a six-point favorite in 2019 against the New York Giants.

NFL  – Bears’ defense refocuses on tackling to stop Giants’ Barkley

  After  struggling initially with tackling, the Chicago Bears’ run defense surfaced in  the second half of Sunday’s 23-20 win over Houston and is now looking to  continue the success against Saquon Barkley and the New York Giants. The Bears  had given up 203 rushing yards to Green Bay and struggled in the first half  against Houston before holding the Texans to 22 rushing yards in the second  half. Safety Eddie Jackson called stopping Barkley a challenge for the Bears  defense, which has sometimes had four rookies on the field this season.

NCAAFB – College Football
Saturday

  (4) Michigan at Iowa, 12:00 p.m.                             News/Talk/Sports  94.9 WSJM 11:00

  UMass at Eastern Michigan, 2:00 p.m.

  Michigan State at Maryland, 3:30 p.m.                     Superhits  103.7 Cosy-Fm 2:00

  Central Michigan at Toledo, 3:30 p.m.

  New Hampshire at Western Michigan, 6:00 p.m.

  Notre Dame is off this week

NCAAFB – No. 4 Michigan to visit Iowa for Big Ten  title game rematch

  No. 4 Michigan goes on the road for the first time  this season when it plays Iowa. Coach Jim Harbaugh knows all too well how  difficult it is to play at Kinnick Stadium. He called it the place where  top-five teams go to die. Iowa has won five of its last six home games against  top-five opponents. That includes a 14-13 victory over Harbaugh’s second-ranked  Wolverines in 2016. The game is a sellout. The game matches a Michigan offense  scoring 50 points per game and an Iowa defense allowing fewer than six.

NCAAFB – Struggling Spartans try to get back on track  at Maryland

  Maryland is coming off its first loss of the season,  but it was a credible performance in a seven-point defeat at Michigan. The  Terrapins have three of their next four games at home and can really earn some  legitimacy with a good October. They host Michigan State on Saturday. The  Spartans are coming off consecutive losses to Washington and Minnesota. They  could use a win this week or a disappointing season will start to feel  inevitable.

MLB  – Major League Baseball
Yesterday

  Detroit  Tigers 10, Kansas City Royals 3

  Chicago  White Sox 4, Minnesota Twins 3

  Chicago  Cubs 2, Philadelphia Phillies 0

Tigers 10, Royals 3 – Castro, Báez homer, Tigers sweep  Royals 10-3, escape cellar 

  Willi  Castro and Javy Báez homered to lead Detroit over the Kansas City Royals 10-3  for a three-game sweep that moved the Tigers out of last place in the AL  Central. Detroit (63-92) has won six straight, matching its season high and  ensuring the Tigers will not lose 100 games. Detroit went 10-9 this year  against the Royals (63-93), who dropped into the division cellar. Kansas City  stranded 11 runners, raising its two-day total to 24. and went 2 for 10 with  runners in scoring position. Eduardo Rodriguez allowed five hits and four walks  in 6 2/3 shutout innings.

White Sox 4, Twins 3 – White Sox stop 8-game losing  streak with 4-3 win vs. Twins 

  Mark  Payton had two hits and an RBI and scored the go-ahead run for Chicago in the  eighth inning in a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins. The White Sox stopped  an eight-game losing streak that had tied their season high. Liam Hendriks  pitched a perfect ninth for his 34th save as the White Sox moved one game ahead  of the Twins for second place in the AL Central. Cleveland has clinched the  division. Both the White Sox and Twins were eliminated from the wild card race  the day before.

Cubs 2, Phillies 0 – Phillies lose 5th straight, Cubs  sweep season series 6-0 

  Struggling  to end an 11-year playoff drought, the slumping Phillies lost their fifth  straight game Thursday as the Chicago Cubs swept the season series from  Philadelphia with a 2-0 victory. Philadelphia remained a half-game ahead of  Milwaukee for the final National League wild card when the Brewers lost 4-2 at  home to Miami in the opener of a four-game series. Seeking their first  postseason berth since 2011, the Phillies have dropped the first three games of  a season-ending 10-game trip and 10 of 13 overall since peaking at a  season-best 80-62. 

Today

  Cincinnati  (Ashcraft 5-4) at Chicago Cubs (Sampson 3-5), 2:20 p.m.

  Minnesota  (Ryan 12-8) at Detroit (Alexander 4-10), 7:10 p.m.              WSJM/WCSY 6:50

  Chicago  White Sox (Martin 2-5) at San Diego (Darvish 16-7), 9:40 p.m.

MLB – Heyward plans to keep on playing, even if not  with Cubs

  Jason Heyward plans to play next season, even if it  won’t be with the Chicago Cubs. Heyward hasn’t been in a game since June 24  because of right knee inflammation. The 33-year-old outfielder hit .204 with  one home run and 10 RBIs in 137 at-bats, and he has one season left in a $184  million, eight-year contract, a deal with a $22 million salary next season.  Cubs President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer said last month that Heyward  won’t be with Chicago next year. A two-time Gold Glove winner, Heyward has a  .257 average, 159 homers and 641 RBIs.

NHL – National Hockey League – Preseason
Tonight

  Washington  at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday

  Detroit  at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday

  Minnesota  at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.

Golf – PGA/LIV – PGA Tour countersuit accuses LIV Golf  of unfair tactics

  The PGA Tour is on the attack in its legal battle with  Saudi-funded LIV Golf. The tour responded to the amended antitrust lawsuit by  LIV Golf. The tour also filed a counterclaim seeking damages against the rival  league. The tour claims LIV Golf has used Saudi Arabian funds to lure top  players and has misled them by claiming the tour could not enforce its  regulations. The tour has suspended players who have signed with LIV Golf for  not having releases to play competing events. A judge in August ruled against  three players seeking an emergency stay to play on tour.

MCCAA – Junior College Athletics
Yesterday
Women’s Volleyball

  Southwestern  Michigan College 3, Lansing Community College 0

Women’s Soccer

  Kellogg  Community College 1, Lake Michigan College 0

MHSAA  – High School Sports
Last Night
Boys Soccer

  St.  Joseph 1, Portage Central 0

  Kalamazoo  Central 1, Lakeshore 1 – TIE 

  *Lakeshore tied  the game with :05 seconds left

  Dowagiac  0, Niles 0 – TIE 

  Bridgman  1, Schoolcraft 0

  Mattawan  3, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 2

  Gull  Lake 6, Portage Northern 0

  Battle  Creek Lakeview 5, Battle Creek Central 0

Volleyball

  Buchanan  3, Berrien Springs 0

  Brandywine  3, Dowagiac 1

  Edwardsburg  3, Paw Paw 0

  Niles  3, Plainwell 0

  Three  Rivers 3, Vicksburg 0

Boys Tennis

  St.  Joseph 7, Edwardsburg 1

  Kalamazoo  Hackett 7, Paw Paw 1

  Niles  7, Buchanan 1

Today
Football – All games start at  7:00 unless posted otherwise
SMAC

  Portage  Northern (3-2) at St. Joseph (4-1)

  Lakeshore  (2-3) at Battle Creek Lakeview (1-3)

  Mattawan  (1-4) at Kalamazoo Central (0-5)

  Battle  Creek Central (4-1) at Portage Central (2-3)

Lakeland

  Brandywine  (4-1) at Benton Harbor (2-3)

  Berrien  Springs (5-0) at Buchanan (4-1)

Wolverine

  Niles  (1-4) at Plainwell (3-2)

  Edwardsburg  (4-1) at Paw Paw (3-2)

  Vicksburg  (3-2) at Three Rivers (3-2)

SAC

  South  Haven (1-4) at Parchment (2-3)

  Kalamazoo  United (2-3) at Watervliet (3-2)

  Allegan  (3-2) at Constantine (4-1)

  Galesburg-Augusta  (1-4) at Lawton (4-1)

  Delton-Kellogg  (3-2) at Saugatuck (2-3)

Non-Conference

  Dowagiac  (0-5) at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix (1-4)

  Gull  Lake (1-4) at Otsego (0-5)

  Schoolcraft  (4-1) at Muskegon Catholic Central (3-2)

  Wyoming-Kelloggsville  (1-4) at Sturgis (3-2)

8-Man Football

  Twin  Cities (1-4) at Lawrence (2-3)

  Bridgman  5-0 at Wyoming-Lee (0-5)

  Wyoming  Tri-Unity (3-2) at Eau Claire (3-2)

  Red  Arrow (2-3) at Bloomingdale (0-5)

  Marcellus  (3-2) at Bangor 2-3

  Gobles  (3-2) at Concord (4-1)

  Mendon  (3-2) at Fennville (3-2)

  Martin  (5-0) at Grand Rapids Northpointe Christian (5-0)

NFL – National Football League – Week 4 
 Last Night 
Cincinnati Bengals 27, Miami Dolphins 15
Bengals 27, Dolphins 15 – Bengals top Miami 27-15 after injured Tagovailoa carted off 
 Joe Burrow tossed a late 2-yard touchdown pass to Hayden Hurst to seal a 27-15 win for the Cincinnati Bengals over Miami. The game was marred by the horrific sight of Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa being taken off on a stretcher. Tagovailoa was chased down and slammed to the turf by Cincinnati&rsquo;s Josh Tupou with about six minutes left in the first half. He was taken to a hospital with reported head and neck injuries. Vonn Bell&rsquo;s interception of backup quarterback Teddy Bridgewater with three minutes left in the game set up the Bengals&rsquo; final drive.
Sunday 
 Seattle Seahawks at Detroit Lions, 1:00 p.m.          Rock 107 WIRX 12:00 
 Chicago Bears at New York Giants, 1:00 p.m. 
 Tennessee Titans at Indianapolis Colts, 1:00 p.m.
NFL – Lions host Seahawks in matchup of teams aiming for .500 mark 
 The Detroit Lions and Seattle Mariners are matching up Sunday and the winner will be .500 again this season. Seattle&#8217;s Rashaad Penny had a career-high 170 yards rushing and two touchdowns in a 51-29 Week 17 win last year against the Lions. Detroit running back Jamaal Williams is expected to play a larger role with D&rsquo;Andre Swift slowed by ankle and shoulder injuries. The Lions are favored to beat Seattle by 4 1/2 points, the most points they have been favored by since being a six-point favorite in 2019 against the New York Giants.
NFL – Bears&#8217; defense refocuses on tackling to stop Giants&#8217; Barkley 
 After struggling initially with tackling, the Chicago Bears&#8217; run defense surfaced in the second half of Sunday&#8217;s 23-20 win over Houston and is now looking to continue the success against Saquon Barkley and the New York Giants. The Bears had given up 203 rushing yards to Green Bay and struggled in the first half against Houston before holding the Texans to 22 rushing yards in the second half. Safety Eddie Jackson called stopping Barkley a challenge for the Bears defense, which has sometimes had four rookies on the field this season.
NCAAFB – College Football 
 Saturday 
 (4) Michigan at Iowa, 12:00 p.m.                             News/Talk/Sports 94.9 WSJM 11:00 
 UMass at Eastern Michigan, 2:00 p.m. 
 Michigan State at Maryland, 3:30 p.m.                     Superhits 103.7 Cosy-Fm 2:00 
 Central Michigan at Toledo, 3:30 p.m. 
 New Hampshire at Western Michigan, 6:00 p.m. 
 Notre Dame is off this week
NCAAFB – No. 4 Michigan to visit Iowa for Big Ten title game rematch 
 No. 4 Michigan goes on the road for the first time this season when it plays Iowa. Coach Jim Harbaugh knows all too well how difficult it is to play at Kinnick Stadium. He called it the place where top-five teams go to die. Iowa has won five of its last six home games against top-five opponents. That includes a 14-13 victory over Harbaugh&rsquo;s second-ranked Wolverines in 2016. The game is a sellout. The game matches a Michigan offense scoring 50 points per game and an Iowa defense allowing fewer than six.
NCAAFB – Struggling Spartans try to get back on track at Maryland 
 Maryland is coming off its first loss of the season, but it was a credible performance in a seven-point defeat at Michigan. The Terrapins have three of their next four games at home and can really earn some legitimacy with a good October. They host Michigan State on Saturday. The Spartans are coming off consecutive losses to Washington and Minnesota. They could use a win this week or a disappointing season will start to feel inevitable.
MLB – Major League Baseball 
 Yesterday 
 Detroit Tigers 10, Kansas City Royals 3 
 Chicago White Sox 4, Minnesota Twins 3 
 Chicago Cubs 2, Philadelphia Phillies 0
Tigers 10, Royals 3 – Castro, Báez homer, Tigers sweep Royals 10-3, escape cellar 
 Willi Castro and Javy Báez homered to lead Detroit over the Kansas City Royals 10-3 for a three-game sweep that moved the Tigers out of last place in the AL Central. Detroit (63-92) has won six straight, matching its season high and ensuring the Tigers will not lose 100 games. Detroit went 10-9 this year against the Royals (63-93), who dropped into the division cellar. Kansas City stranded 11 runners, raising its two-day total to 24. and went 2 for 10 with runners in scoring position. Eduardo Rodriguez allowed five hits and four walks in 6 2/3 shutout innings.
White Sox 4, Twins 3 – White Sox stop 8-game losing streak with 4-3 win vs. Twins 
 Mark Payton had two hits and an RBI and scored the go-ahead run for Chicago in the eighth inning in a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins. The White Sox stopped an eight-game losing streak that had tied their season high. Liam Hendriks pitched a perfect ninth for his 34th save as the White Sox moved one game ahead of the Twins for second place in the AL Central. Cleveland has clinched the division. Both the White Sox and Twins were eliminated from the wild card race the day before.
Cubs 2, Phillies 0 – Phillies lose 5th straight, Cubs sweep season series 6-0 
 Struggling to end an 11-year playoff drought, the slumping Phillies lost their fifth straight game Thursday as the Chicago Cubs swept the season series from Philadelphia with a 2-0 victory. Philadelphia remained a half-game ahead of Milwaukee for the final National League wild card when the Brewers lost 4-2 at home to Miami in the opener of a four-game series. Seeking their first postseason berth since 2011, the Phillies have dropped the first three games of a season-ending 10-game trip and 10 of 13 overall since peaking at a season-best 80-62. 
Today 
 Cincinnati (Ashcraft 5-4) at Chicago Cubs (Sampson 3-5), 2:20 p.m. 
 Minnesota (Ryan 12-8) at Detroit (Alexander 4-10), 7:10 p.m.              WSJM/WCSY 6:50 
 Chicago White Sox (Martin 2-5) at San Diego (Darvish 16-7), 9:40 p.m.
MLB – Heyward plans to keep on playing, even if not with Cubs 
 Jason Heyward plans to play next season, even if it won&rsquo;t be with the Chicago Cubs. Heyward hasn&rsquo;t been in a game since June 24 because of right knee inflammation. The 33-year-old outfielder hit .204 with one home run and 10 RBIs in 137 at-bats, and he has one season left in a $184 million, eight-year contract, a deal with a $22 million salary next season. Cubs President of Baseball Operations Jed Hoyer said last month that Heyward won&rsquo;t be with Chicago next year. A two-time Gold Glove winner, Heyward has a .257 average, 159 homers and 641 RBIs.
NHL – National Hockey League &#8211; Preseason 
 Tonight 
 Washington at Detroit, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday 
 Detroit at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
 Sunday 
 Minnesota at Chicago, 7:30 p.m.
Golf – PGA/LIV – PGA Tour countersuit accuses LIV Golf of unfair tactics 
 The PGA Tour is on the attack in its legal battle with Saudi-funded LIV Golf. The tour responded to the amended antitrust lawsuit by LIV Golf. The tour also filed a counterclaim seeking damages against the rival league. The tour claims LIV Golf has used Saudi Arabian funds to lure top players and has misled them by claiming the tour could not enforce its regulations. The tour has suspended players who have signed with LIV Golf for not having releases to play competing events. A judge in August ruled against three players seeking an emergency stay to play on tour.
MCCAA – Junior College Athletics 
 Yesterday 
 Women&rsquo;s Volleyball 
 Southwestern Michigan College 3, Lansing Community College 0
Women&rsquo;s Soccer 
 Kellogg Community College 1, Lake Michigan College 0
MHSAA – High School Sports 
 Last Night 
 Boys Soccer 
 St. Joseph 1, Portage Central 0 
 Kalamazoo Central 1, Lakeshore 1 – TIE 
 *Lakeshore tied the game with :05 seconds left 
 Dowagiac 0, Niles 0 – TIE 
 Bridgman 1, Schoolcraft 0 
 Mattawan 3, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix 2 
 Gull Lake 6, Portage Northern 0 
 Battle Creek Lakeview 5, Battle Creek Central 0
Volleyball 
 Buchanan 3, Berrien Springs 0 
 Brandywine 3, Dowagiac 1 
 Edwardsburg 3, Paw Paw 0 
 Niles 3, Plainwell 0 
 Three Rivers 3, Vicksburg 0
Boys Tennis 
 St. Joseph 7, Edwardsburg 1 
 Kalamazoo Hackett 7, Paw Paw 1 
 Niles 7, Buchanan 1
Today 
 Football – All games start at 7:00 unless posted otherwise 
 SMAC 
 Portage Northern (3-2) at St. Joseph (4-1) 
 Lakeshore (2-3) at Battle Creek Lakeview (1-3) 
 Mattawan (1-4) at Kalamazoo Central (0-5) 
 Battle Creek Central (4-1) at Portage Central (2-3)
Lakeland 
 Brandywine (4-1) at Benton Harbor (2-3) 
 Berrien Springs (5-0) at Buchanan (4-1)
Wolverine 
 Niles (1-4) at Plainwell (3-2) 
 Edwardsburg (4-1) at Paw Paw (3-2) 
 Vicksburg (3-2) at Three Rivers (3-2)
SAC 
 South Haven (1-4) at Parchment (2-3) 
 Kalamazoo United (2-3) at Watervliet (3-2) 
 Allegan (3-2) at Constantine (4-1) 
 Galesburg-Augusta (1-4) at Lawton (4-1) 
 Delton-Kellogg (3-2) at Saugatuck (2-3)
Non-Conference 
 Dowagiac (0-5) at Kalamazoo Loy Norrix (1-4) 
 Gull Lake (1-4) at Otsego (0-5) 
 Schoolcraft (4-1) at Muskegon Catholic Central (3-2) 
 Wyoming-Kelloggsville (1-4) at Sturgis (3-2)
8-Man Football 
 Twin Cities (1-4) at Lawrence (2-3) 
 Bridgman 5-0 at Wyoming-Lee (0-5) 
 Wyoming Tri-Unity (3-2) at Eau Claire (3-2) 
 Red Arrow (2-3) at Bloomingdale (0-5) 
 Marcellus (3-2) at Bangor 2-3 
 Gobles (3-2) at Concord (4-1) 
 Mendon (3-2) at Fennville (3-2) 
 Martin (5-0) at Grand Rapids Northpointe Christian (5-0)

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NFL – National Football League – Week 4 Last Night Cincinnati Bengals 27, Miami Dolphins 15 Bengals 27, Dolphins 15 – Bengals top Miami 27-15 after injured Tagovailoa carted off Joe Burrow tossed a late 2-yard touchdown