Sep 25, 2023

📢📰 Sports Headlines for Monday

Posted Sep 25, 2023 10:47 AM
Sports Headlines for Monday Morning, September 25th, 2023
Sports Headlines for Monday Morning, September 25th, 2023

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw three touchdown passes, two of them to Jerick McKinnon, and the Kansas City Chiefs routed the Chicago Bears 41-10. Travis Kelce also had a TD catch for the Chiefs, much to the delight of 12-time Grammy winner Taylor Swift, who watched the game from an Arrowhead Stadium suite after getting an invitation from the All-Pro tight end. The Bears lost their 13th consecutive game dating to last season. Justin Fields was just 11 of 22 for 99 yards with a TD and an interception.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins scored the most points in a game by an NFL team since 1966, overwhelming the Denver Broncos 70-20 behind rookie speedster De’Von Achane’s 203 yards rushing and Tua Tagovailoa’s no-look shovel-pass TD. The Dolphins set a franchise record for scoring and finished two points shy of the NFL’s regular-season record — set in 1966 when Washinton scored 72 points against the Giants. They are the fourth team in NFL history to score at least 70 points in a regular-season or playoff game. Many of their starters, including Tagovailoa and star receiver Tyreek Hill, were pulled early in the fourth quarter.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Jordan Love rallied Green Bay from a 17-point, fourth-quarter deficit in his first career home start as the Packers won 18-17 over the New Orleans Saints. The Saints were leading 17-0 before losing quarterback Derek Carr to a shoulder injury in the third quarter. The Packers scored 18 unanswered points in the last 11 minutes of the game. They took their first lead on Love’s 8-yard pass to Romeo Doubs in the right corner of the end zone with 2:56 left. New Orleans' Blake Grupe missed a 46-yard field goal with just over a minute left.

UNDATED (AP) — Colorado fell out of The Associated Press college football poll after a resounding loss in one of the weekend’s showcase games and the teams toward the top of the rankings were shuffled and tightened. Six teams received first-place votes. Georgia is still where it started at No. 1 but down to 55 first-place votes. Michigan remained No. 2 and got a first-place vote. Texas stayed at No. 3 with two first-place votes. Ohio State moved up two spots to No. 4 and got a first-place vote after beating Notre Dame. Colorado went from 19th to out after losing 42-7 to Oregon.

HOUSTON (AP) — Nelson Velázquez hit two home runs and Salvador Perez and Matt Duffy also homered as the Kansas City Royals built a big lead early and held on for a 6-5 win over the slumping Houston Astros Sunday. The victory completed a three-game sweep and left Houston two games behind the Texas Rangers and tied with the Seattle Mariners in the AL West. Houston finished 39-42 at Minute Maid Park, its first losing record at home since 2014. Kansas City (54-102) has won six straight games and 10 of 11.

UNDATED (AP) — Mike Trout’s season ended because of a wrist injury that limited him to one game after July 3. The Los Angeles Angels moved the three-time AL MVP to the 60-day injured list because their series finale against the Minnesota Twins. Trout, a 32-year-old center fielder, fractured the hamate bone in his left wrist on July 3, returned Aug. 22 and went 1 for 4 against Cincinnati. Trout said he felt pain when he fouled off pitches, and he went back on the IL. An 11-time All-Star, Trout hit .263 with 18 homers, 44 RBIs and an .858 OPS.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — William Byron took the lead for the first time after the final restart with six laps left to win in Texas. He advances to the round of eight in the NASCAR playoffs while giving Hendrick Motorsports its 300th victory. Byron was able to get underneath Bubba Wallace and Chase Briscoe when they were battling for the lead ahead of him. Wallace led a career-high 111 laps to start the second round, but wound up third behind Byron and Ross Chastain, another playoff contender. Wallace moved up three spots to ninth in the standings, still one below the cutoff line when this round is done. It was Byron's sixth win this season.

GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — First came the castle. Then the golf course. The nearly 300,000 fans due to descend on the Marco Simone club for the Ryder Cup this week will be able to see the 11th-century castle with the same name from various points of the course. It’s wedged between the sixth and eighth holes. But they won’t be able to visit it. That’s because it’s the private residence of fashion designer and golf club owner Lavinia Biagiotti Cigna. Biagiotti Cigna says in a recent interview with The Associated Press inside the castle walls that she doesn't really feel she owns the castle but is rather just “taking care” of it.

SUNDAY SCORES

NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Final Buffalo 37 Washington 3

Final Cleveland 27 Tennessee 3

Final Detroit 20 Atlanta 6

Final Green Bay 18 New Orleans 17

Final Houston 37 Jacksonville 17

Final OT Indianapolis 22 Baltimore 19

Final L.A. Chargers 28 Minnesota 24

Final Miami 70 Denver 20

Final New England 15 N-Y Jets 10

Final Seattle 37 Carolina 27

Final Arizona 28 Dallas 16

Final Kansas City 41 Chicago 10

Final Pittsburgh 23 Las Vegas 18

INTERLEAGUE

Final Arizona 7 N.Y. Yankees 1

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Final Chicago White Sox 3 Boston 2

Final Toronto 9 Tampa Bay 5

Final Baltimore 5 Cleveland 1

Final Minnesota 9 L.A. Angels 3

Final Kansas City 6 Houston 5

Final Texas 9 Seattle 8

Final Detroit 2 Oakland 0

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Final Washington 3 Atlanta 2

Final Cincinnati 4 Pittsburgh 2

Final Miami 6 Milwaukee 1

Final Chicago Cubs 4 Colorado 3

Final San Diego 12 St. Louis 2

Final Philadelphia 5 N.Y. Mets 2

Final Atlanta 8 Washington 5