NFL – National Football League – Week 5
Yesterday

  New  England Patriots 29, Detroit Lions 0

  Minnesota  Vikings 29, Chicago Bears 22

Patriots 29, Lions 0 – Stevenson, Patriots’ D back  Zappe in 29-0 win over Lions 

  Rookie  Bailey Zappe threw a touchdown pass in his first career start, Rhamondre  Stevenson rushed for a career-high 161 yards, and the New England Patriots  overwhelmed the Detroit Lions 29-0. Kyle Dugger returned a fumble 59 yards for  a touchdown for the Patriots as the defense and ground game gave Zappe plenty  of support. The rookie completed 17 of 21 passes for 188 yards with Mac Jones  out for the second straight week with an ankle injury and backup Brian Hoyer on  injured reserve following a concussion. Matt Judon had a pair of sacks for New  England, which held Detroit’s top-ranked offense without a touchdown for the  first time this season. Lions quarterback Jared Goff was 19 of 35 for 229  yards, but his one interception was returned for a touchdown. 

Vikings 29, Bears 22 – Cousins, Vikings snap to life  with late TD, beat Bears 29-22 

  The  Minnesota Vikings snapped out of their mid-game slump just in time to beat the  Chicago Bears 29-22. Kirk Cousins scored on a 1-yard quarterback sneak with  2:26 remaining on Minnesota’s fifth third-down conversion of its go-ahead drive.  The Vikings are 4-1 and alone in first place in the NFC North. Justin Jefferson  finished with a career-high 12 catches for 154 yards, and Dalvin Cook rushed  for 94 yards and two scores for the Vikings. Justin Fields went 15 for 21 for a  season-high 208 yards and his first touchdown pass in 15 quarters for the  Bears. They are 2-3.

Other Week 5 Scores

  Indianapolis    12, Denver 9, OT

N.Y.    Giants 27, Green Bay 22

Buffalo    38, Pittsburgh 3

Houston    13, Jacksonville 6

L.A.    Chargers 30, Cleveland 28

N.Y.    Jets 40, Miami 17

New    Orleans 39, Seattle 32

Tampa    Bay 21, Atlanta 15

Tennessee    21, Washington 17

San    Francisco 37, Carolina 15

Dallas    22, L.A. Rams 10

Philadelphia    20, Arizona 17

Baltimore    19, Cincinnati 17

Tonight

  Las  Vegas Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs, 8:15 p.m.

NFL  – Lions’ offense crashes to surface in shutout by Patriots

  The  Detroit Lions came into New England with the NFL’s top scoring offense. A week  after putting up a season-high 45 points in their overtime loss to Seattle, the  Lions were blanked 29-0 by the New England Patriots. Detroit was shut out for  the first time since 2020, and this was its worst such loss since falling 35-0  to the St. Louis Rams in 2001. The Lions now have a bye and will hope their  offense gets healthier during the break. Detroit was missing running back  D’Andre Swift and receiver D.J. Chark.

MLB  – Major League Baseball Playoffs
Sunday
Wild Card Playoffs – Best of Three

  San  Diego Padres 6, New York Mets 0                                (SD wins 2-1)

Padres 6, Mets 0 – Musgrove pitches hometown Padres  past Mets 6-0 and into NLDS 

  Joe  Musgrove brushed off chants of “Cheater!” after a bizarre spot check by umpires  on the mound, pitching his hometown San Diego Padres into the next round of the  playoffs with seven innings of one-hit ball in a 6-0 victory over the New York  Mets. Trent Grisham hit an RBI single and made a terrific catch in center field  that helped the Padres take the best-of-three National League wild-card series  two games to one. Austin Nola and Juan Soto each had a two-run single. San  Diego advanced to face the top-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers in a best-of-five  Division Series beginning Tuesday.

Tuesday
Division Series – Best of Five

  Philadelphia  Phillies at Atlanta Braves, 1:07 p.m.

  Seattle  Mariners at Houston Astros, 3:37 p.m.

  Cleveland  Guardians at New York Yankees, 7:37 p.m.

  San  Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers, 9:37 p.m. 

NBA – National Basketball Association – Preseason
Yesterday

  Chicago  Bulls 115, Toronto Raptors 98  

NCAAFB – College Football – Week 6
Saturday

  (4)  Michigan 31, Indiana 10

  (3)  Ohio State 49, Michigan State 20

  Notre  Dame 28, (16) BYU 20

  Eastern  Michigan 45, Western Michigan 23

  Ball  State 17, Central Michigan 16

NCAAFB  – UGA back at No. 1, Alabama slips to 3 behind OSU

  Georgia  has taken back the top spot in The Associated Press college football poll from  Alabama. The Crimson Tide slid to No. 3. The Bulldogs received 32 first-place  votes and 1,535 points in the Top 25 to easily reclaim No. 1 on Sunday after  being just two points behind Alabama for the No. 2 spot last week. Georgia  thumped Auburn 42-10 on Saturday. The Tide escaped an upset bid at home by  Texas A&M with Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Bryce Young sidelined by  injury. Ohio State moved up a spot to No. 2, receiving 20 first-place votes.  Clemson also moved up a spot to take over the  No. 4 spot held by Michigan.  The  undefeated Wolverines are No. 5.

NCAAFB  – Hoosiers fire O-line coach after another poor game

Indiana  coach Tom Allen has fired offensive line coach and run game coordinator Darren  Hiller. The rare midseason move comes one day after the Hoosiers rushed for 29  yards and allowed seven sacks in a 31-10 loss to No. 4 Michigan. Former Indiana  player Rod Carey will replace Hiller for the rest of this season. Hiller was in  his sixth season with Indiana and had survived a staff shakeup following last  season’s dismal 2-10 mark

Golf  – PGA – Tom Kim wins in Vegas as Cantlay falls apart on final hole

Tom  Kim has won the Shriners Children’s Open in Las Vegas. That makes him the first  player since Tiger Woods in 1996 with two PGA Tour victories before turning 21.  But he got plenty of help from Patrick Cantlay. They were tied for the lead on  the 18th hole when Cantlay went into a desert bush, into the pond and made  triple bogey. Kim shot 67 and completed a bogey-free week at the TPC Summerlin.  He moves to No. 15 in the world and becomes the highest-ranked Asian-born  player in golf. Kim also won the Wyndham Championship in August.

Golf  – LPGA – Ewart Shadoff finally wins on LPGA Tour in her 246th attempt

  Jodi  Ewart Shadoff can finally say she’s an LPGA Tour winner. The 34-year-old from  England held on for a one-shot victory in the LPGA Mediheal Championship. She  went wire-to-wire for her first win in her 246th start. But it wasn’t easy.  Paula Reto made up the four-shot deficit in six holes and had a one-shot lead  going to the back nine. Reto made a pair of bogeys late in the round. That  paved the way for Ewart Shadoff. She shot a 71 in the final round and wound up  winning by one shot over former U.S. Women’s Open champion Yuka Saso.

NHL  – Lightning suspend defenseman Ian Cole pending investigation

  The  Tampa Bay Lightning are suspending defenseman Ian Cole pending an investigation  into allegations made on social media that he sexually abused a woman when she  was a minor. The team said it was fully cooperating with the NHL on an  investigation and that it takes the allegations very seriously. Deputy  Commissioner Bill Daly told The Associated Press earlier Sunday the league had  launched an investigation. Daly added the league had no prior knowledge of the  allegations until they were posted on social media.

NASCAR  – Bell wins Charlotte as champion Larson bumped from playoffs

  Christopher  Bell saved his title chances with an overtime win Sunday on the road course at  Charlotte Motor Speedway in a stunning finish that knocked reigning NASCAR  champion Kyle Larson from the playoffs. Bell entered the race 11th in the  standings with four drivers set to be eliminated as NASCAR’s playoff field was  trimmed to eight. He took the lead in overtime and drove away as all the drama  was further in the field for the final transfer spot into the round of eight.  Chase Briscoe bulldozed his way to a ninth-place finish to knock Larson out of  the playoffs by two points. Also eliminated were Daytona 500 winner Austin  Cindric, Daniel Suarez and Larson’s teammate, Alex Bowman.

MCCAA  – Junior College Athletics
Yesterday
Men’s Soccer

  Lakeland  Community College 4, Lake Michigan College 0

Women’s Soccer

  Lake  Michigan College 2, Lakeland Community College 0

Volleyball
South Suburban Tournament at South Holland, IL

  Southeastern  Community College 3, Lake Michigan College 0

  College  of DuPage 3, Lake Michigan College 2

MHSAA  – High School Sports
Week 7 Football Scores
SMAC

  St.  Joseph 42, Lakeshore 14

  Mattawan  24, Battle Creek Lakeview 8

  Portage  Northern 25, Portage Central 22

  Battle  Creek Central 30, Kalamazoo Central 20

Wolverine

  Edwardsburg  56, Otsego 0

  Niles  49, Paw Paw 8

  Sturgis  26, Three Rivers 15

  Vicksburg  28, Plainwell 7

Lakeland

  Buchanan  26, Brandywine 24

  Benton  Harbor 14, Dowagiac 12 (Thursday)

  **Berrien  Springs off

SAC

  South  Haven 22, Watervliet 14

  Parchment  21, Allegan 17

  Constantine  25, Kalamazoo United 20

  Lawton  49, Schoolcraft 14

  Galesburg-Augusta  54, Saugatuck 0

Southwest  10

  Centreville  2, Comstock 0 (Forfeit)

  White  Pigeon 59, Cassopolis 0

Non-Conference

  Decatur  37, Delton-Kellogg 22

  Kingsley  42, Gull Lake 24

  Ottawa  Lake Whiteford 66, Kal. Loy Norrix 7

SW  Michigan 8-Man

  Red  Arrow 48, Twin Cities 0 (Saturday)

  Bridgman  77, Lawrence 8

  Eau  Claire 64, Wyoming Lee 18

  Gobles  40, Bloomingdale 8 (forfeit)

  Martin  67, Wyoming Tri-Unity 0

  Mendon  53, Bangor 0

  Marcellus  37, Concord 14

  GR  Northpointe Christian 58, Fennville 16

Tonight
Boys Soccer

  St.  Joseph at Vicksburg, 6:30 p.m.

  Niles  at Lakeshore, 6:30 p.m.

  Edwardsburg  at Dowagiac, 5:00 p.m.

  Cassopolis  at Berrien Springs, 5:00 p.m.

  South  Haven at Schoolcraft, 5:00 p.m.

  Bloomingdale  at New Buffalo, 6:00 p.m.

  Bridgman  at Holland Black River, 5:00 p.m.

  Watervliet  at Lawton, 6:00 p.m.

  Coloma  at Parchment, 6:00 p.m.

  Constantine  at Brandywine, 5:00 p.m.

  Saugatuck  at Allegan, 6:00 p.m.

  Kalamazoo  Hackett at Fennville, 5:00 p.m.

  GR Ottawa  Hills at Otsego, 6:30 p.m.

Delton-Kellogg  at Kalamazoo Chr., 5:00 p.m.

Volleyball

  Lakeshore  at Edwardsburg, 6:00 p.m.

  Buchanan  at St. Joseph, 6:30 p.m.

  Lawrence  at Our Lady of the Lake, 6:00 p.m.

  Bridgman  at South Haven, 6:30 p.m.

  New  Buffalo at Watervliet Grace Chr., 6:30 p.m.

  Cassopolis  at Bangor, 7:30 p.m.

  White  Pigeon at Decatur, 7:30 p.m.

  Otsego  at Kalamazoo Christian, 6:30 p.m.

  Saugatuck  at Grandville Calvin Chr, 7:00 p.m.

AP Top    25

1

Georgia (32)

6-0

2

Ohio State (20)

6-0

3

Alabama (11)

6-0

4

Clemson

6-0

5

Michigan

6-0

6

Tennessee

5-0

7

USC

6-0

8

Oklahoma State

5-0

9

Ole Miss

6-0

10

Penn State

5-0

11

UCLA

6-0

12

Oregon

5-1

13

TCU

5-0

14

Wake Forest

5-1

15

NC State

5-1

16

Mississippi State

5-1

17

Kansas State

5-1

18

Syracuse

5-0

19

Kansas

5-1

20

Utah

4-2

21

Cincinnati

5-1

22T

Kentucky

4-2

22T

Texas

4-2

24

Illinois

5-1

25

James Madison

5-0

NFL – National Football League – Week 5 
 Yesterday 
 New England Patriots 29, Detroit Lions 0 
 Minnesota Vikings 29, Chicago Bears 22
Patriots 29, Lions 0 – Stevenson, Patriots&#8217; D back Zappe in 29-0 win over Lions 
 Rookie Bailey Zappe threw a touchdown pass in his first career start, Rhamondre Stevenson rushed for a career-high 161 yards, and the New England Patriots overwhelmed the Detroit Lions 29-0. Kyle Dugger returned a fumble 59 yards for a touchdown for the Patriots as the defense and ground game gave Zappe plenty of support. The rookie completed 17 of 21 passes for 188 yards with Mac Jones out for the second straight week with an ankle injury and backup Brian Hoyer on injured reserve following a concussion. Matt Judon had a pair of sacks for New England, which held Detroit&rsquo;s top-ranked offense without a touchdown for the first time this season. Lions quarterback Jared Goff was 19 of 35 for 229 yards, but his one interception was returned for a touchdown. 
Vikings 29, Bears 22 – Cousins, Vikings snap to life with late TD, beat Bears 29-22 
 The Minnesota Vikings snapped out of their mid-game slump just in time to beat the Chicago Bears 29-22. Kirk Cousins scored on a 1-yard quarterback sneak with 2:26 remaining on Minnesota&rsquo;s fifth third-down conversion of its go-ahead drive. The Vikings are 4-1 and alone in first place in the NFC North. Justin Jefferson finished with a career-high 12 catches for 154 yards, and Dalvin Cook rushed for 94 yards and two scores for the Vikings. Justin Fields went 15 for 21 for a season-high 208 yards and his first touchdown pass in 15 quarters for the Bears. They are 2-3.
Other Week 5 Scores 
 Indianapolis 12, Denver 9, OT 
N.Y. Giants 27, Green Bay 22 
Buffalo 38, Pittsburgh 3 
Houston 13, Jacksonville 6 
L.A. Chargers 30, Cleveland 28 
N.Y. Jets 40, Miami 17 
New Orleans 39, Seattle 32 
Tampa Bay 21, Atlanta 15 
Tennessee 21, Washington 17 
San Francisco 37, Carolina 15 
Dallas 22, L.A. Rams 10 
Philadelphia 20, Arizona 17 
Baltimore 19, Cincinnati 17
Tonight 
 Las Vegas Raiders at Kansas City Chiefs, 8:15 p.m.
NFL – Lions&#8217; offense crashes to surface in shutout by Patriots 
 The Detroit Lions came into New England with the NFL&#8217;s top scoring offense. A week after putting up a season-high 45 points in their overtime loss to Seattle, the Lions were blanked 29-0 by the New England Patriots. Detroit was shut out for the first time since 2020, and this was its worst such loss since falling 35-0 to the St. Louis Rams in 2001. The Lions now have a bye and will hope their offense gets healthier during the break. Detroit was missing running back D&#8217;Andre Swift and receiver D.J. Chark.
MLB – Major League Baseball Playoffs 
 Sunday 
 Wild Card Playoffs – Best of Three 
 San Diego Padres 6, New York Mets 0                                (SD wins 2-1)
Padres 6, Mets 0 – Musgrove pitches hometown Padres past Mets 6-0 and into NLDS 
 Joe Musgrove brushed off chants of &ldquo;Cheater!&rdquo; after a bizarre spot check by umpires on the mound, pitching his hometown San Diego Padres into the next round of the playoffs with seven innings of one-hit ball in a 6-0 victory over the New York Mets. Trent Grisham hit an RBI single and made a terrific catch in center field that helped the Padres take the best-of-three National League wild-card series two games to one. Austin Nola and Juan Soto each had a two-run single. San Diego advanced to face the top-seeded Los Angeles Dodgers in a best-of-five Division Series beginning Tuesday.
Tuesday 
 Division Series – Best of Five 
 Philadelphia Phillies at Atlanta Braves, 1:07 p.m. 
 Seattle Mariners at Houston Astros, 3:37 p.m. 
 Cleveland Guardians at New York Yankees, 7:37 p.m. 
 San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers, 9:37 p.m. 
NBA – National Basketball Association &#8211; Preseason 
 Yesterday 
 Chicago Bulls 115, Toronto Raptors 98 
NCAAFB – College Football – Week 6 
 Saturday 
 (4) Michigan 31, Indiana 10 
 (3) Ohio State 49, Michigan State 20 
 Notre Dame 28, (16) BYU 20 
 Eastern Michigan 45, Western Michigan 23 
 Ball State 17, Central Michigan 16
NCAAFB – UGA back at No. 1, Alabama slips to 3 behind OSU 
 Georgia has taken back the top spot in The Associated Press college football poll from Alabama. The Crimson Tide slid to No. 3. The Bulldogs received 32 first-place votes and 1,535 points in the Top 25 to easily reclaim No. 1 on Sunday after being just two points behind Alabama for the No. 2 spot last week. Georgia thumped Auburn 42-10 on Saturday. The Tide escaped an upset bid at home by Texas A&amp;M with Heisman Trophy winning quarterback Bryce Young sidelined by injury. Ohio State moved up a spot to No. 2, receiving 20 first-place votes.  Clemson also moved up a spot to take over the No. 4 spot held by Michigan.  The undefeated Wolverines are No. 5.

NCAAFB – Hoosiers fire O-line coach after another poor game 
Indiana coach Tom Allen has fired offensive line coach and run game coordinator Darren Hiller. The rare midseason move comes one day after the Hoosiers rushed for 29 yards and allowed seven sacks in a 31-10 loss to No. 4 Michigan. Former Indiana player Rod Carey will replace Hiller for the rest of this season. Hiller was in his sixth season with Indiana and had survived a staff shakeup following last season&rsquo;s dismal 2-10 mark
Golf – PGA – Tom Kim wins in Vegas as Cantlay falls apart on final hole 
Tom Kim has won the Shriners Children&#8217;s Open in Las Vegas. That makes him the first player since Tiger Woods in 1996 with two PGA Tour victories before turning 21. But he got plenty of help from Patrick Cantlay. They were tied for the lead on the 18th hole when Cantlay went into a desert bush, into the pond and made triple bogey. Kim shot 67 and completed a bogey-free week at the TPC Summerlin. He moves to No. 15 in the world and becomes the highest-ranked Asian-born player in golf. Kim also won the Wyndham Championship in August.
Golf – LPGA – Ewart Shadoff finally wins on LPGA Tour in her 246th attempt 
 Jodi Ewart Shadoff can finally say she&#8217;s an LPGA Tour winner. The 34-year-old from England held on for a one-shot victory in the LPGA Mediheal Championship. She went wire-to-wire for her first win in her 246th start. But it wasn&#8217;t easy. Paula Reto made up the four-shot deficit in six holes and had a one-shot lead going to the back nine. Reto made a pair of bogeys late in the round. That paved the way for Ewart Shadoff. She shot a 71 in the final round and wound up winning by one shot over former U.S. Women&#8217;s Open champion Yuka Saso.
NHL – Lightning suspend defenseman Ian Cole pending investigation 
 The Tampa Bay Lightning are suspending defenseman Ian Cole pending an investigation into allegations made on social media that he sexually abused a woman when she was a minor. The team said it was fully cooperating with the NHL on an investigation and that it takes the allegations very seriously. Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly told The Associated Press earlier Sunday the league had launched an investigation. Daly added the league had no prior knowledge of the allegations until they were posted on social media.
NASCAR – Bell wins Charlotte as champion Larson bumped from playoffs 
 Christopher Bell saved his title chances with an overtime win Sunday on the road course at Charlotte Motor Speedway in a stunning finish that knocked reigning NASCAR champion Kyle Larson from the playoffs. Bell entered the race 11th in the standings with four drivers set to be eliminated as NASCAR&rsquo;s playoff field was trimmed to eight. He took the lead in overtime and drove away as all the drama was further in the field for the final transfer spot into the round of eight. Chase Briscoe bulldozed his way to a ninth-place finish to knock Larson out of the playoffs by two points. Also eliminated were Daytona 500 winner Austin Cindric, Daniel Suarez and Larson&#8217;s teammate, Alex Bowman.
 MCCAA – Junior College Athletics 
 Yesterday 
 Men&rsquo;s Soccer 
 Lakeland Community College 4, Lake Michigan College 0
Women&rsquo;s Soccer 
 Lake Michigan College 2, Lakeland Community College 0
Volleyball 
 South Suburban Tournament at South Holland, IL 
 Southeastern Community College 3, Lake Michigan College 0 
 College of DuPage 3, Lake Michigan College 2
MHSAA – High School Sports 
 Week 7 Football Scores 
 SMAC 
 St. Joseph 42, Lakeshore 14 
 Mattawan 24, Battle Creek Lakeview 8 
 Portage Northern 25, Portage Central 22 
 Battle Creek Central 30, Kalamazoo Central 20
Wolverine 
 Edwardsburg 56, Otsego 0 
 Niles 49, Paw Paw 8 
 Sturgis 26, Three Rivers 15 
 Vicksburg 28, Plainwell 7
Lakeland 
 Buchanan 26, Brandywine 24 
 Benton Harbor 14, Dowagiac 12 (Thursday) 
 **Berrien Springs off
SAC 
 South Haven 22, Watervliet 14 
 Parchment 21, Allegan 17 
 Constantine 25, Kalamazoo United 20 
 Lawton 49, Schoolcraft 14 
 Galesburg-Augusta 54, Saugatuck 0
Southwest 10 
 Centreville 2, Comstock 0 (Forfeit) 
 White Pigeon 59, Cassopolis 0
Non-Conference 
 Decatur 37, Delton-Kellogg 22 
 Kingsley 42, Gull Lake 24 
 Ottawa Lake Whiteford 66, Kal. Loy Norrix 7
SW Michigan 8-Man 
 Red Arrow 48, Twin Cities 0 (Saturday) 
 Bridgman 77, Lawrence 8 
 Eau Claire 64, Wyoming Lee 18 
 Gobles 40, Bloomingdale 8 (forfeit) 
 Martin 67, Wyoming Tri-Unity 0 
 Mendon 53, Bangor 0 
 Marcellus 37, Concord 14 
 GR Northpointe Christian 58, Fennville 16
Tonight 
 Boys Soccer 
 St. Joseph at Vicksburg, 6:30 p.m. 
 Niles at Lakeshore, 6:30 p.m. 
 Edwardsburg at Dowagiac, 5:00 p.m. 
 Cassopolis at Berrien Springs, 5:00 p.m. 
 South Haven at Schoolcraft, 5:00 p.m. 
 Bloomingdale at New Buffalo, 6:00 p.m. 
 Bridgman at Holland Black River, 5:00 p.m. 
 Watervliet at Lawton, 6:00 p.m. 
 Coloma at Parchment, 6:00 p.m. 
 Constantine at Brandywine, 5:00 p.m. 
 Saugatuck at Allegan, 6:00 p.m. 
 Kalamazoo Hackett at Fennville, 5:00 p.m. 
 GR Ottawa Hills at Otsego, 6:30 p.m. 
Delton-Kellogg at Kalamazoo Chr., 5:00 p.m.
Volleyball 
 Lakeshore at Edwardsburg, 6:00 p.m. 
 Buchanan at St. Joseph, 6:30 p.m. 
 Lawrence at Our Lady of the Lake, 6:00 p.m. 
 Bridgman at South Haven, 6:30 p.m. 
 New Buffalo at Watervliet Grace Chr., 6:30 p.m. 
 Cassopolis at Bangor, 7:30 p.m. 
 White Pigeon at Decatur, 7:30 p.m. 
 Otsego at Kalamazoo Christian, 6:30 p.m. 
 Saugatuck at Grandville Calvin Chr, 7:00 p.m.AP Top 251Georgia (32)6-02Ohio State (20)6-03Alabama (11)6-04Clemson6-05Michigan6-06Tennessee5-07USC6-08Oklahoma State5-09Ole Miss6-010Penn State5-011UCLA6-012Oregon5-113TCU5-014Wake Forest5-115NC State5-116Mississippi State5-117Kansas State5-118Syracuse5-019Kansas5-120Utah4-221Cincinnati5-122TKentucky4-222TTexas4-224Illinois5-125James Madison5-0

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NFL – National Football League – Week 5 Yesterday New England Patriots 29, Detroit Lions 0 Minnesota Vikings 29, Chicago Bears 22 Patriots 29, Lions 0 – Stevenson, Patriots’ D back Zappe in 29-0 win over Lions