NFL  – National Football League – Week 3
Yesterday

  Minnesota  Vikings 28, Detroit Lions 24

  Chicago  Bears 23, Houston Texas 20

  Indianapolis  Colts 20, Kansas City Chiefs 17

Vikings 28, Lions 24 – Vikings rally past Lions 28-24  on Osborn’s last-minute TD 

  Kirk Cousins connected with a wide-open K.J. Osborn  for the go-ahead, 28-yard touchdown with 45 seconds remaining, and the  Minnesota Vikings rallied to beat the Detroit Lions 28-24. Osborn blew by  former Vikings cornerback Mike Hughes on a corner route to snag the in-stride  pass and cruise across the goal line to give Minnesota the lead for the first  time. The Vikings then didn’t let Jared Goff and the Lions cross midfield.  Dalvin Cook rushed for 96 yards and a score before leaving with a shoulder  injury for the Vikings, who fell behind 14-0 and 24-14.

Bears 23, Texans 20 – Smith INT sets up game-ending FG  as Bears beat Texans 23-20 

  Roquan Smith set up Cairo Santos’ game-ending field  goal when he intercepted Davis Mills deep in Houston territory, and the Chicago  Bears beat former coach Lovie Smith and the Texans 23-20. Khalil Herbert ran  for a career-high 157 yards and two touchdowns. The Texans had third-and-1 at  their 26 when defensive tackle Angelo Blackson tipped a pass intended for Rex  Burkhead. Smith, who missed practice all week because of a hip injury,  intercepted it at the 30 and returned it to the 12. Chicago had Herbert run,  then downed the ball twice before Santos nailed a 30-yarder as time expired.

Colts 20, Chiefs 17 – Ryan drives Colts to 1st win  with 20-17 comeback vs Chiefs

  Matt Ryan threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to rookie  Jelani Woods with 24 seconds left to give the Indianapolis Colts a 20-17  comeback victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. Ryan earned his first win with  the Colts in their home opener by throwing for two scores, both to Woods. Indy  sealed it with a late interception — Patrick Mahomes’ first of the season as  the Chiefs fell to 2-1. Mahomes lost for only the third time in September  despite leading almost the entire second half. Ryan won it with a brilliant  16-play, 76-yard drive that was aided by a personal foul call on Chris Jones  following a third-down sack.

Other Week 3 Scores

  Cleveland 29, Pittsburgh 17

  Baltimore 37, New England 26

  Carolina 22, New Orleans 14

  Cincinnati 27, N.Y. Jets 12

  Miami 21, Buffalo 19

  Philadelphia 24, Washington 8

  Tennessee 24, Las Vegas 22

  Jacksonville 38, L.A.    Chargers 10

  Atlanta 27, Seattle 23

  Green Bay 14, Tampa Bay 12

  L.A. Rams 20, Arizona 12

  Denver 11, San Francisco 10

Tonight

  Dallas  Cowboys at New York Giants, 8:15 p.m.

MLB  – Major League Baseball
Last Night

  Detroit  Tigers 4, Chicago White Sox 1

  Chicago  Cubs 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 3

Tigers 4, White Sox 1 – Chisox eliminated in AL  Central, 6th loss in row; Tigers win 

  Dylan Cease pitched six scoreless innings, but the  White Sox bullpen got tagged and Chicago was eliminated in the AL Central with  a 4-1 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Jonathan Schoop hit a tiebreaking single in  the eighth and Chicago’s sixth straight loss clinched the division for  Cleveland. The Guardians held a big lead in the ninth inning of their game at  Texas when the clinching became official. The White Sox, who won the AL Central  last season in their first year under manager Tony La Russa, slipped to 76-77.  La Russa hasn’t run the team since last August because of a medical issue, and  Miguel Cairo has been the acting manager.

Cubs 8, Pirates 3 – Wisdom hits 25th homer, Cubs pull  away from Pirates 8-3 

  Patrick Wisdom hit a three-run homer and Adrian  Sampson tossed six efficient innings as the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh  Pirates 8-3. Wisdom took the first pitch he saw from Pittsburgh reliever Manny  Bañuelos and sent it into the Pirates bullpen well behind the center-field wall  with two outs in the fifth for his 25th home run of the season. Wisdom is the  fourth third baseman in Cubs history to reach the 25 home run-plateau at least  twice. Sampson allowed one run to improve to 2-1 with a 1.55 ERA this month.  Bryan Reynolds homered for Pittsburgh, which has lost 9 of 10.

Tonight

  Tigers,  Cubs, and White Sox are all off

NCAAFB – College Football – Week 4
Saturday

  (4)  Michigan 34, Maryland 27

  (14)  Penn State 33, Central Michigan 14

  Buffalo  50, Eastern Michigan 31

  Notre  Dame 45, North Carolina 32

  Minnesota  34, Michigan State 7

  San  Jose State 34, Western Michigan 6

NCAAFB  – Vols, Wolfpack join top 10; Florida State returns

  Tennessee  and North Carolina State have broken into the top 10 of The Associated Press  college football poll. Florida State is back in the rankings for the first time  in four years. Georgia remained No. 1 and received 55 of 63 first-place votes  in the Top 25. No. 2 Alabama, No. 3 Ohio State, No. 4 Michigan and No. 5  Clemson all held their places. Oklahoma’s upset loss to Kansas State created  room for teams to move up, like No. 6 Southern California and No. 7 Kentucky.  Tennessee moved up three to No. 8. Oklahoma State remained at nine and North  Carolina State jumped to No. 10.

NCAAFB – MSU maybe having second thoughts about Tucker’s  deal

Michigan State blew up the market for college football  coaches last season by giving Mel Tucker a massive 10-year contract as the  Spartans charged out to a 9-1 start in his second campaign. It was a bit  puzzling at the time. After the Spartans were run over for the second straight  week to fall to 4-3 in their last seven games, the 10-year megadeal is looking  even more questionable. The coach-as-savior mentality is rampant in college  football and it is causing desperate schools to make costly decisions, fraught  with risk.

Golf – Spieth goes 5-0 as Americans rule Presidents  Cup again

  The Presidents Cup stays with the Americans, just like  it always does. The Americans finished off a five-point victory. Jordan Spieth  capped off a perfect week at Quail Hollow by going 5-0. His match helped set  the tone for the Americans. The International team already was depleted by  players who defected to Saudi-funded LIV Golf and were not eligible. It still  showed plenty of fight. It just doesn’t have a cup to show for it. The  Americans won for the ninth straight time, and their only loss was in 1998  since the matches began in 1994.

Golf – Champions – Flesch wins PGA Tour Champions  event at Pebble Beach

  Steve Flesch birdied the 18th hole at Pebble Beach to  win the Pure Insurance Championship for his second PGA Tour Champions victory  of the season. Flesch birdied the first four holes and five on the front nine  in a strong start, then stalled on the back. But he got the only birdie he  needed on the par-5 finishing hole for a one-stroke victory over Ernie Els,  Steven Alker and Paul Stankowski. Flesch closed with a 4-under 68 for a  three-round total of 11-under 205 and earned $330,000. The 55-year-old won the  Mitsubishi Electric Classic in May.

NASCAR – Reddick wins NASCAR playoff race in long,  tiring Texas day

  Tyler Reddick opened the round of 12 in NASCAR’s  playoff with a victory at Texas. His win comes a week after being one of the  first four Cup drivers knocked out of title contention. No contender won any of  the first three races of the playoffs, a first in any round in this postseason  format. The trend continued with the eliminated Reddick leading 53 of the final  54 laps on a long race day that went into the night. There were a track-record  17 cautions, a record 36 lead changes, a 56-minute red flag for lightning and  multiple tire issues leading to crashes.

NASCAR – Tumultuous, tiring start to NASCAR’s round of  12 at Texas

  The 334 laps at Texas Motor Speedway provided quite a  tumultuous start to the NASCAR playoff round of 12. There were a lot of tire  issues that contributed to a track-record 16 cautions. There was also a  56-minute red flag for lightning, and a record 36 lead changes among 19  drivers. Chase Elliott entered as the points leader, and was ahead in the race  around the midway part when he had hard contact and a fiery finish. Playoff  contender Christopher Bell also got knocked out after a tire issue. And there  were some bumping between William Byron and Denny Hamlin.

MCCAA – Junior College Athletics
Yesterday
Women’s Soccer

  Delta  College 6, Lake Michigan College 0 

MHSAA  – High School Sports
Tonight
Boys Soccer

  Berrien  Springs at Our Lady of the Lake, 5:00 p.m.

  South  Haven at Kalamazoo Christian, 5:00 p.m.

  New  Buffalo at Howardsville Christian, 5:00 p.m.

  Watervliet  at Fennville, 6:00 p.m.

  Coloma  at Delton-Kellogg, 6:00 p.m.

  Paw Paw  at Edwardsburg, 5:30 p.m.

  Vicksburg  at Niles, 6:30 p.m.

  Otsego  at Sturgis, 6:30 p.m.

  Plainwell  at Three Rivers, 6:30 p.m.

  Bangor  at Comstock, 7:00 p.m.

  Bloomingdale  at Buchanan, 5:00 p.m.

  Holland  Black River at Lawton, 6:00 p.m.

  Kalamazoo  Heritage at Cassopolis, 5:00 p.m.

  Kalamazoo  Loy Norrix at Grand Rapids Union, 5:45 p.m.

  Schoolcraft  at Constantine, 5:30 p.m.

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

Volleyball

  St.  Joseph at Three Rivers, 6:00 p.m.

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

  Edwardsburg  at Buchanan, 6:00 p.m.

AP Top    25

1

Georgia (55)

4-0

2

Alabama (4)

4-0

3

Ohio State (4)

4-0

4

Michigan

4-0

5

Clemson

4-0

6

USC

4-0

7

Kentucky

4-0

8

Tennessee

4-0

9

Oklahoma State

3-0

10

NC State

4-0

11

Penn State

4-0

12

Utah

3-1

13

Oregon

3-1

14

Ole Miss

4-0

15

Washington

4-0

16

Baylor

3-1

17

Texas A&M

3-1

18

Oklahoma

3-1

19

BYU

3-1

20

Arkansas

3-1

21

Minnesota

4-0

22

Wake Forest

3-1

23

Florida State

4-0

24

Pittsburgh

3-1

25

Kansas State

3-1

NFL – National Football League – Week 3 
 Yesterday 
 Minnesota Vikings 28, Detroit Lions 24 
 Chicago Bears 23, Houston Texas 20 
 Indianapolis Colts 20, Kansas City Chiefs 17
Vikings 28, Lions 24 – Vikings rally past Lions 28-24 on Osborn&#8217;s last-minute TD 
 Kirk Cousins connected with a wide-open K.J. Osborn for the go-ahead, 28-yard touchdown with 45 seconds remaining, and the Minnesota Vikings rallied to beat the Detroit Lions 28-24. Osborn blew by former Vikings cornerback Mike Hughes on a corner route to snag the in-stride pass and cruise across the goal line to give Minnesota the lead for the first time. The Vikings then didn&#8217;t let Jared Goff and the Lions cross midfield. Dalvin Cook rushed for 96 yards and a score before leaving with a shoulder injury for the Vikings, who fell behind 14-0 and 24-14.
Bears 23, Texans 20 – Smith INT sets up game-ending FG as Bears beat Texans 23-20 
 Roquan Smith set up Cairo Santos&rsquo; game-ending field goal when he intercepted Davis Mills deep in Houston territory, and the Chicago Bears beat former coach Lovie Smith and the Texans 23-20. Khalil Herbert ran for a career-high 157 yards and two touchdowns. The Texans had third-and-1 at their 26 when defensive tackle Angelo Blackson tipped a pass intended for Rex Burkhead. Smith, who missed practice all week because of a hip injury, intercepted it at the 30 and returned it to the 12. Chicago had Herbert run, then downed the ball twice before Santos nailed a 30-yarder as time expired.
Colts 20, Chiefs 17 – Ryan drives Colts to 1st win with 20-17 comeback vs Chiefs 
 Matt Ryan threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to rookie Jelani Woods with 24 seconds left to give the Indianapolis Colts a 20-17 comeback victory over the Kansas City Chiefs. Ryan earned his first win with the Colts in their home opener by throwing for two scores, both to Woods. Indy sealed it with a late interception — Patrick Mahomes&#8217; first of the season as the Chiefs fell to 2-1. Mahomes lost for only the third time in September despite leading almost the entire second half. Ryan won it with a brilliant 16-play, 76-yard drive that was aided by a personal foul call on Chris Jones following a third-down sack.
Other Week 3 Scores 
 Cleveland 29, Pittsburgh 17 
 Baltimore 37, New England 26 
 Carolina 22, New Orleans 14 
 Cincinnati 27, N.Y. Jets 12 
 Miami 21, Buffalo 19 
 Philadelphia 24, Washington 8 
 Tennessee 24, Las Vegas 22 
 Jacksonville 38, L.A. Chargers 10 
 Atlanta 27, Seattle 23 
 Green Bay 14, Tampa Bay 12 
 L.A. Rams 20, Arizona 12 
 Denver 11, San Francisco 10
 Tonight 
 Dallas Cowboys at New York Giants, 8:15 p.m.
MLB – Major League Baseball 
 Last Night 
 Detroit Tigers 4, Chicago White Sox 1 
 Chicago Cubs 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Tigers 4, White Sox 1 – Chisox eliminated in AL Central, 6th loss in row; Tigers win 
 Dylan Cease pitched six scoreless innings, but the White Sox bullpen got tagged and Chicago was eliminated in the AL Central with a 4-1 loss to the Detroit Tigers. Jonathan Schoop hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth and Chicago&rsquo;s sixth straight loss clinched the division for Cleveland. The Guardians held a big lead in the ninth inning of their game at Texas when the clinching became official. The White Sox, who won the AL Central last season in their first year under manager Tony La Russa, slipped to 76-77. La Russa hasn&rsquo;t run the team since last August because of a medical issue, and Miguel Cairo has been the acting manager.
Cubs 8, Pirates 3 – Wisdom hits 25th homer, Cubs pull away from Pirates 8-3 
 Patrick Wisdom hit a three-run homer and Adrian Sampson tossed six efficient innings as the Chicago Cubs beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 8-3. Wisdom took the first pitch he saw from Pittsburgh reliever Manny Bañuelos and sent it into the Pirates bullpen well behind the center-field wall with two outs in the fifth for his 25th home run of the season. Wisdom is the fourth third baseman in Cubs history to reach the 25 home run-plateau at least twice. Sampson allowed one run to improve to 2-1 with a 1.55 ERA this month. Bryan Reynolds homered for Pittsburgh, which has lost 9 of 10.
Tonight 
 Tigers, Cubs, and White Sox are all off
NCAAFB – College Football – Week 4 
 Saturday 
 (4) Michigan 34, Maryland 27 
 (14) Penn State 33, Central Michigan 14 
 Buffalo 50, Eastern Michigan 31 
 Notre Dame 45, North Carolina 32 
 Minnesota 34, Michigan State 7 
 San Jose State 34, Western Michigan 6
NCAAFB – Vols, Wolfpack join top 10; Florida State returns 
 Tennessee and North Carolina State have broken into the top 10 of The Associated Press college football poll. Florida State is back in the rankings for the first time in four years. Georgia remained No. 1 and received 55 of 63 first-place votes in the Top 25. No. 2 Alabama, No. 3 Ohio State, No. 4 Michigan and No. 5 Clemson all held their places. Oklahoma&rsquo;s upset loss to Kansas State created room for teams to move up, like No. 6 Southern California and No. 7 Kentucky. Tennessee moved up three to No. 8. Oklahoma State remained at nine and North Carolina State jumped to No. 10. 

NCAAFB – MSU maybe having second thoughts about Tucker&rsquo;s deal 
Michigan State blew up the market for college football coaches last season by giving Mel Tucker a massive 10-year contract as the Spartans charged out to a 9-1 start in his second campaign. It was a bit puzzling at the time. After the Spartans were run over for the second straight week to fall to 4-3 in their last seven games, the 10-year megadeal is looking even more questionable. The coach-as-savior mentality is rampant in college football and it is causing desperate schools to make costly decisions, fraught with risk.
Golf – Spieth goes 5-0 as Americans rule Presidents Cup again 
 The Presidents Cup stays with the Americans, just like it always does. The Americans finished off a five-point victory. Jordan Spieth capped off a perfect week at Quail Hollow by going 5-0. His match helped set the tone for the Americans. The International team already was depleted by players who defected to Saudi-funded LIV Golf and were not eligible. It still showed plenty of fight. It just doesn&#8217;t have a cup to show for it. The Americans won for the ninth straight time, and their only loss was in 1998 since the matches began in 1994.
Golf – Champions – Flesch wins PGA Tour Champions event at Pebble Beach 
 Steve Flesch birdied the 18th hole at Pebble Beach to win the Pure Insurance Championship for his second PGA Tour Champions victory of the season. Flesch birdied the first four holes and five on the front nine in a strong start, then stalled on the back. But he got the only birdie he needed on the par-5 finishing hole for a one-stroke victory over Ernie Els, Steven Alker and Paul Stankowski. Flesch closed with a 4-under 68 for a three-round total of 11-under 205 and earned $330,000. The 55-year-old won the Mitsubishi Electric Classic in May.
NASCAR – Reddick wins NASCAR playoff race in long, tiring Texas day 
 Tyler Reddick opened the round of 12 in NASCAR&rsquo;s playoff with a victory at Texas. His win comes a week after being one of the first four Cup drivers knocked out of title contention. No contender won any of the first three races of the playoffs, a first in any round in this postseason format. The trend continued with the eliminated Reddick leading 53 of the final 54 laps on a long race day that went into the night. There were a track-record 17 cautions, a record 36 lead changes, a 56-minute red flag for lightning and multiple tire issues leading to crashes.
NASCAR – Tumultuous, tiring start to NASCAR&#8217;s round of 12 at Texas 
 The 334 laps at Texas Motor Speedway provided quite a tumultuous start to the NASCAR playoff round of 12. There were a lot of tire issues that contributed to a track-record 16 cautions. There was also a 56-minute red flag for lightning, and a record 36 lead changes among 19 drivers. Chase Elliott entered as the points leader, and was ahead in the race around the midway part when he had hard contact and a fiery finish. Playoff contender Christopher Bell also got knocked out after a tire issue. And there were some bumping between William Byron and Denny Hamlin.
MCCAA – Junior College Athletics 
 Yesterday 
 Women&rsquo;s Soccer 
 Delta College 6, Lake Michigan College 0 
MHSAA – High School Sports 
 Tonight 
 Boys Soccer 
 Berrien Springs at Our Lady of the Lake, 5:00 p.m. 
 South Haven at Kalamazoo Christian, 5:00 p.m. 
 New Buffalo at Howardsville Christian, 5:00 p.m. 
 Watervliet at Fennville, 6:00 p.m. 
 Coloma at Delton-Kellogg, 6:00 p.m. 
 Paw Paw at Edwardsburg, 5:30 p.m. 
 Vicksburg at Niles, 6:30 p.m. 
 Otsego at Sturgis, 6:30 p.m. 
 Plainwell at Three Rivers, 6:30 p.m. 
 Bangor at Comstock, 7:00 p.m. 
 Bloomingdale at Buchanan, 5:00 p.m. 
 Holland Black River at Lawton, 6:00 p.m. 
 Kalamazoo Heritage at Cassopolis, 5:00 p.m. 
 Kalamazoo Loy Norrix at Grand Rapids Union, 5:45 p.m. 
 Schoolcraft at Constantine, 5:30 p.m. 
 Saugatuck at Kalamazoo Hackett, 5:00 p.m.
Volleyball 
 St. Joseph at Three Rivers, 6:00 p.m. 
 Our Lady of the Lake at Berrien Springs, 6:00 p.m. 
 Edwardsburg at Buchanan, 6:00 p.m.AP Top 251Georgia (55)4-02Alabama (4)4-03Ohio State (4)4-04Michigan4-05Clemson4-06USC4-07Kentucky4-08Tennessee4-09Oklahoma State3-010NC State4-011Penn State4-012Utah3-113Oregon3-114Ole Miss4-015Washington4-016Baylor3-117Texas A&amp;M3-118Oklahoma3-119BYU3-120Arkansas3-121Minnesota4-022Wake Forest3-123Florida State4-024Pittsburgh3-125Kansas State3-1

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NFL – National Football League – Week 3 Yesterday Minnesota Vikings 28, Detroit Lions 24 Chicago Bears 23, Houston Texas 20 Indianapolis Colts 20, Kansas City Chiefs 17 Vikings 28, Lions 24 – Vikings rally past Lions