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NFL – National Football League – Week 10
Yesterday
Washington Commanders 32, Philadelphia Eagles 21

Commanders 32, Eagles 21 – Commanders end sloppy Eagles’ perfect season 32-21
The Eagles’ bid for an undefeated season is over. The Washington Commanders turned methodical drives into scores and took advantage of turnover-prone Philadelphia to stun the Eagles 32-21 on Monday night and send them to their first loss in nine games this season. Behind Jalen Hurts, the Eagles were 8-0 for the first time in franchise history and the last team in the NFL that could make a run at Miami’s 17-0 mark in 1972 and the lone perfect season. The 2007 New England Patriots came close, going 18-0 before a Super Bowl loss. The Commanders also spoiled Pittsburgh’s 11-0 start in 2020. Hurts threw for just 174 yards.

AP MEN’S TOP 25

1

North Carolina (44)

2-0

2

Gonzaga (14)

2-0

3

Houston (2)

2-0

4

Kentucky (3)

2-0

5

Baylor

2-0

6

Kansas

2-0

7

Duke

2-0

8

UCLA

2-0

9

Arkansas

2-0

10

Creighton

2-0

11

Texas

2-0

12

Indiana

2-0

13

Auburn

2-0

14

Arizona

2-0

15

TCU

2-0

16

Virginia

2-0

17

San Diego State

2-0

18

Alabama

2-0

19

Illinois

2-0

20

Michigan

2-0

21

Dayton

2-0

22

Tennessee

1-1

23

Texas Tech

2-0

24

Texas A&M

2-0

25

UConn

2-0

AP WOMEN’S TOP 25

1

South Carolina (30)

2-0

2

Stanford

4-0

3

Texas

1-0

4

Iowa

3-0

5

UConn

1-0

6

Louisville

3-0

7

Iowa State

2-0

8

Ohio State

2-0

9

Notre Dame

2-0

10

NC State

3-0

11

Tennessee

1-1

12

Indiana

2-0

13

North Carolina

2-0

14

Virginia Tech

2-0

15

LSU

3-0

16

Oklahoma

2-0

17

Baylor

2-0

18

Arizona

2-0

19

Maryland

2-1

20

Creighton

2-0

21

Oregon

2-0

22

Nebraska

2-0

23

Michigan

2-0

24

Villanova

2-0

25

Utah

3-0

NCAAMBKB – Men’s College Basketball
Tonight
Michigan State vs. (4) Kentucky, 7:00 p.m. (at Indianapolis)  Superhits 103.7 Cosy-FM 6:00
Eastern Michigan at Bradley, 8:00 p.m.

NCAAMBKB – North Carolina, Gonzaga are 1-2 atop AP Top 25 poll
North Carolina and Gonzaga are 1-2 in the first regular-season men’s college basketball poll from The Associated Press. Third-ranked Houston and fourth-ranked Kentucky picked up the remaining first-place votes in Top 25 with only slight changes from the preseason rankings. Baylor, Kansas, Duke, UCLA, Arkansas and Creighton round out the top 10. Tennessee fell 11 spots while Villanova fell out for the first time since February 2019. No. 24 Texas A&M and No. 25 Connecticut are the new additions.

NCAAWBKB – Women’s College Basketball
Tonight
Oakland at Michigan State, 7:00 p.m.

NCAAWBKB – No. 1 South Carolina, No. 2 Stanford showdown set
South Carolina remains the unanimous choice at No. 1 in The Associated Press women’s basketball poll. The Gamecocks will face second-ranked Stanford on Sunday in the 63rd meeting between the top two teams in the poll. Texas, Iowa and UConn round out the first five. Ohio State moved up six spots to eighth after beating then-No. 5 Tennessee last week. The Lady Vols fell to 11th. Villanova and Utah entered the rankings at No. 24 and 25, replacing Princeton and South Dakota State.

NCAAFB – Suspect caught in fatal shooting of 3 UVA FB players
Authorities said a University of Virginia student and former member of the school’s football team fatally shot three current players as they returned from a field trip. The shooting set off panic and a 12-hour lockdown of the campus until the suspect was captured Monday. Students who were told to shelter in place beginning late Sunday described terrifying hours in hiding. While police searched for the gunman through the night, students sought safety in closets, dorm rooms, libraries and apartments. They listened to police scanners and tried to remember everything they were taught as children during active-shooter drills. The suspect was identified as 22-year-old Christopher Darnell Jones Jr.

NCAAFB – Coach: Slain Virginia football players ‘were all good kids’
Three University of Virginia football players killed in an on-campus shooting are being remembered by head football coach Tony Elliott as “incredible young men with huge aspirations and extremely bright futures.” Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr., and D’Sean Perry were returning from a class trip Sunday night when authorities say they were killed by a fellow student. The young men were athletes who’d been journeying through varying periods of transition in their college football careers. One was bouncing back from a season-ending injury. Another had changed positions on the team. And yet another had recently transferred in from the University of Wisconsin.

NHL – National Hockey League
Last Night
Carolina Hurricanes 3, Chicago Blackhawks 0

Hurricanes 3, Blackhawks 0 – Rookie Kochetkov gets 1st shutout, Canes beat Blackhawks 3-0
Rookie Pyotr Kochetkov made 27 saves for his first career shutout, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Chicago Blackhawks 3-0. Jordan Martinook and Jordan Staal each had a goal and an assist for Carolina. Andrei Svechnikov scored his team-leading 12th goal, and Brent Burns had two assists. Kochetkov wasn’t heavily tested, but made some timely close-in stops in his second start this season and fifth game of his career. Chicago’s Petr Mrazek blocked 29 shots as the Blackhawks were blanked for the third time this season.

Tonight
Detroit Red Wings at Anaheim Ducks, 10:00 p.m.

NHL – Sedin twins, Luongo and Alfredsson inducted to Hall of Fame
Henrik and Daniel Sedin, Canucks teammate Roberto Luongo, former Ottawa Senators captain Daniel Alfredsson, Finnish women’s national team player Riikka Sallinen and Herb Carnegie were welcomed into the Hockey Hall of Fame as the class of 2022 on Monday. The Sedin twins and Luongo were elected in their first years of eligibility back in June, while Alfredsson had waited since 2017. The induction increased the number of Swedish players in the hall from four to seven.

NBA – National Basketball Association
Last Night
Toronto Raptors 115, Detroit Pistons 111

Raptors 115, Pistons 111 – Blanton, Boucher lead short-handed Raptors past Pistons
Dalano Banton scored 27 points and Chris Boucher added 20 as the short-handed Toronto Raptors snapped a three-game losing streak by beating the Detroit Pistons 115-111. O.G. Anunoby added 19 points and seven rebounds for Toronto, which played without Fred VanVleet (non-COVID illness), Pascal Siakam (abdominal strain) and Gary Trent (hip). Rookie Jaden Ivey scored 21 for Detroit, which lost its fourth straight. Bojan Bogdanovic added 18 points.

MLB – Seattle’s Rodríguez, Atlanta’s Harris voted top rookies
Seattle’s Julio Rodríguez and Atlanta’s Michael Harris II, a pair of 21-year-old center fielders, are baseball’s Rookies of the Year. Rodriguez hit .284 with 28 homers, 75 RBIs and 25 stolen bases in helping the Mariners reach the postseason for the first time since 2001. He won the AL honor by receiving 29 of 30 first-place votes and one second for 148 points from a BBWAA panel. Harris batted .297 with 19 homers, 64 RBIs and 20 steals. He was voted the NL award, getting 22 firsts and eight seconds for 134 points from a different BBWAA panel.

MLB – Cubs release 5-time Gold Glove outfielder Heyward
The Chicago Cubs have released Jason Heyward, cutting ties with a five-time Gold Glove outfielder who never produced at the plate the way they hoped. The 33-year-old Heyward had one season left on the $184 million, eight-year contract he signed prior to the 2016 season. He hit .245 with 62 home runs over seven years with the Cubs. Heyward famously rallied teammates with a pep talk during a rain delay late in Game 7 of the 2016 World Series. Chicago went on to win 8-7 in 10 innings, ending a championship drought that dated to 1908.

Olympics – Winter 2026 – Russian skater Valieva could miss 2026 Olympics over doping
The Court of Arbitration for Sport says 16-year-old Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva faces a potential four-year doping ban which would rule her out of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo. CAS has registered an appeal from the World Anti-Doping Agency and says WADA is seeking a four-year ban to start on the date CAS makes its ruling. That would cover the next Olympics in Italy. WADA also wants Valieva to be disqualified from events including her gold-medal win in the Olympic team event in Beijing in February.

Tennis – Djokovic set to be granted visa to play Australian Open
Novak Djokovic is set to be granted a visa to play in next year’s Australian Open despite his high-profile deportation in January. The Australian Broadcasting Corp. says it has confirmed newspaper reports that the immigration minister has overturned Djokovic’s potential three-year exclusion period from Australia. The Australian Border Force has previously said an exclusion period could be waived under certain circumstances. Immigration Minister Andrew Giles has declined comment on privacy grounds. That means any announcement on Djokovic’s visa status for Australia would have to come from the 35-year-old Serbian tennis star.

FIFA – World Cup – US Soccer uses rainbow crest in Qatar
The U.S. Soccer Federation is using a rainbow version of its crest at the Americans’ World Cup training facility in Doha, Qatar. The federation normally uses a crest with blue lettering and red stripes but changed the stripes to seven different colors at the training facility, where workouts started ahead of the Americans’ World Cup opener against Wales on Nov. 21. The rainbow crest is part of the Be the Change initiative of the USSF and its players. Qatar has been criticized over attitudes towards LGBTQ fans and the treatment of migrant workers.

NBAGL – NBA G-League
Tonight
Cleveland Charge at Grand Rapids Gold, 7:00 p.m.
Motor City Cruise at Wisconsin Herd, 7:00 p.m.

MCCAA – Junior College Athletics
Tonight
Women’s Basketball
Lake Michigan College at Hope College JV, 5:30 p.m.

Men’s Basketball
Lake Michigan College at Hope College JV, 7:30 p.m.

MHSAA – High School Sports
Tonight
Volleyball – State Quarterfinals
Division 1 at Mason High School
Gull Lake vs. Saline, 6:00 p.m.

Division 3 at Hudsonville Unity Christian
Kalamazoo Christian vs. Shelby, 6:30 p.m.