HOUSTON (AP) — Jerick McKinnon had a 26-yard touchdown run in overtime and the Kansas City Chiefs got three touchdowns from Patrick Mahomes in a 30-24 win over the Houston Texans that clinched their seventh straight AFC West title. The Chiefs got the ball first in overtime but had to punt it away after Mahomes was sacked by Blake Cashman on third down. Texans quarterback Davis Mills fumbled on a scramble on Houston’s first play, and it was recovered by Kansas City’s Willie Gay on the Texans’ 26. McKinnon, who also had a TD reception, dashed untouched into the end zone on the next play.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Defensive end Chandler Jones grabbed a bizarre, unnecessary lateral by New England’s Jakobi Meyers out of the air on the final play and returned it 48 yards for a touchdown, giving the Las Vegas Raiders a 30-24 victory over the Patriots. With the game tied at 24-all, the Patriots decided to run a series of pitches in a last-ditch attempt to avoid overtime. Rhamondre Stevenson pitched the ball to Meyers, who heaved it across the field and into the arms of Jones. The burly pass-rusher stiff-armed Patriots quarterback Mac Jones and was untouched from there. The wild finish bailed out the Raiders, who led 17-3 at halftime before allowing the Patriots to score 21 straight points.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Rayshawn Jenkins intercepted Dak Prescott’s tipped pass and returned it 52 yards for a touchdown that gave the Jacksonville Jaguars a 40-34 victory over the Dallas Cowboys in overtime. Tre Herndon got a hand on Prescott’s low throw to Noah Brown. Jenkins made a shoelace grab and went untouched the other way to end Jacksonville’s 20-game skid against NFC teams. The Cowboys ended a four-game winning streak but later secured a playoff spot when the New York Giants beat Washington. Jacksonville, meanwhile, gained ground on Tennessee in the topsy-turvy AFC South.
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Joe Burrow threw for four second-half touchdowns and the surging Cincinnati Bengals rallied from a 17-point deficit to beat Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers 34-23 for their sixth straight victory. The Bengals retained sole possession of first place in the AFC North, with Tre Flowers intercepting Brady to set up one touchdown and Logan Wilson sacking the seven-time Super Bowl champion to force a fumble that led to another TD. The first-place Bucs wasted an opportunity to take a two-game lead over Carolina, Atlanta and New Orleans, who all remain in contention for a division title in the NFC South despite being assured of finishing with losing records.
DALLAS (AP) — Keyonte George scored five straight points that gave Baylor the lead for good and finished with 19, as the 11th-ranked Bears beat Washington State 65-59 in the final game of Sunday’s Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge. Adam Flagler added 12 points for Baylor. Jabe Mullins, back in the lineup after missing four games with a knee injury, led the Cougars with 16 points off the bench. TJ Bamba scored 14 points and Justin Powell 12. Baylor was held to its second-lowest point total of the season.
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Mike Miles scored 11 of his 15 points in the first half and No. 21 TCU rolled to an easy 88-43 win over Mississippi Valley State. TCU (9-1) has won seven consecutive games since a one-point loss to Northwestern State on Nov. 14 briefly knocked it out of The Associated Press Top 25. Damion Baugh and JaKobe Coles added 12 points apeice and Emanuel Miller finished with 11 points for TCU. Mississippi Valley State (1-11) was led by Rayquan Brown’s 16 points.
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. (AP) — Erik Stevenson scored a season-high 22 points, Jimmy Bell Jr. had a double-double, and West Virginia celebrated Bob Huggins Hall of Fame Day by defeating Buffalo 96-78. With 925 wins, Huggins is third all-time in Division I behind Mike Krzyzewski and Jim Boeheim. Down by double digits early in the second half, Buffalo hit three 3-pointers in four minutes and got within 61-60 with 11:40 remaining. West Virginia then got a big boost when Buffalo’s Jonnivius Smith was called for a foul and also picked up a technical with 11:18 to go. Tre Mitchell made four free throws and West Virginia was on its way to a 17-3 run that was capped by Bell’s three-point play at the 6-minute mark.
DALLAS (AP) — Marcus Carr had 15 of his 17 points after halftime as seventh-ranked Texas, playing again without suspended coach Chris Beard, beat Stanford 72-62. Carr sparked an eight-point frenzy in a 48-second span early in the second half that put the Longhorns ahead to stay. He later ended their long shooting drought at the home of the NBA’s Dallas Mavericks. Timmy Allen and Si’Jabari Rice each had 15 points for the 9-1 Longhorns. Michael Jones had 17 points for 4-7 Stanford. It was the second game the Longhorns played without Beard, who was arrested and spent nearly 11 hours in jail Monday on a felony domestic violence charge.
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Caleb Grill scored 14 points on 5-of-7 shooting with three 3-pointers and Iowa State cruised to a 73-57 win over Western Michigan. Jarren Holmes added 10 points for the Cyclones as all 11 players scored. Lamar Norman Jr. hit 6 3-pointers and scored 24 points for the Broncos. Grill opened the scoring with a three-point play and after a 3-pointer by Norman, Grill drilled 3 to start a 14-0 run and the lead stayed in double figures the rest of the way. An 8-0 run made it 27-8 with 7:37 to go in the first half.
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Emily Ryan had 16 points in a balanced Iowa State attack and missed a triple-double by a rebound and the No. 14 Cyclones defeated No. 25 Villanova 74-62 in the Basketball Hall of Fame Women’s Showcase. Ashley Joens had 17 points and 10 rebounds for the Cyclones. Ryan finished with 10 assists and nine rebounds. Stephanie Soares 14 points and 11 rebounds. Maddy Siegrist led Villanova with 32 points and 12 rebounds. It was her fourth 30-point game of the season and fifth double-double, giving her 21 30-point games and 42 double-doubles in her career.
LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Lionel Messi finally won the biggest prize in soccer. Argentina beat France 4-2 in a penalty shootout to claim a third World Cup title despite Kylian Mbappé scoring the first hat trick in a final in 56 years. Gonzalo Montiel scored the clinching penalty as Argentina won after a 3-3 draw. Messi’s once-in-a-generation career is complete now that he is finally a World Cup champion. Messi is definitively in the pantheon of soccer’s greatest ever players alongside Pelé and Diego Maradona. Europe’s run of four straight World Cup winners dating to 2006 came to an end.
SUNDAY SCORES
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Final Detroit 20 N-Y Jets 17
Final OT Jacksonville 40 Dallas 34
Final OT Kansas City 30 Houston 24
Final New Orleans 21 Atlanta 18
Final Philadelphia 25 Chicago 20
Final Pittsburgh 24 Carolina 16
Final Denver 24 Arizona 15
Final Las Vegas 30 New England 24
Final Cincinnati 34 Tampa Bay 23
Final L.A. Chargers 17 Tennessee 14
Final N-Y Giants 20 Washington 12
Mon L.A. Rams at Green Bay 8:15 p.m.
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final (7)Texas 72 Stanford 62
Final (11)Baylor 65 Washington St. 59
Final Southern Cal 74 (19)Auburn 71
Final (21)TCU 88 MVSU 43
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Orlando 95 Boston 92
Final New York 109 Indiana 106
Final Brooklyn 124 Detroit 121
Final Golden State 126 Toronto 110
Final Minnesota 150 Chicago 126
Final Denver 119 Charlotte 115
Final L.A. Lakers 119 Washington 117
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Final Minnesota 4 Ottawa 2
Final Carolina 3 Pittsburgh 2
Final N-Y Rangers 7 Chicago 1
Final Seattle 3 Winnipeg 2
Final Calgary 5 San Jose 2