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Sports Report: Patriots Top Previously Unbeaten Bengals 43-17

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NFL:

Tom Brady rebounded from the second worst loss of his career by throwing for two touchdowns as the New England Patriots routed the NFL's last unbeaten team with a 43-17 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals. Brady threw for 292 yards, becoming the sixth quarterback to pass for 50,000 yards, six days after being pulled in Monday's 41-14 loss to Kansas City. Kyle Arrington returned a fumble nine yards for a touchdown, and Stevan Ridley ran for 113 yards and a touchdown for the 3-2 Pats.

Tom Brady wasn't the only New England Patriot to reach a milestone last night. Stephen Gostkowski added five field goals, the most in his nine-year career, in New England's 43-17 win over the Cincinnati Bengals. His longest one was for 48 yards.

Dan Carpenter drilled his third field goal of the afternoon with four seconds left to cap the Buffalo Bills' comeback from a 14-0 deficit in a 17-14 triumph against the Detroit Lions. Kyle Orton completed 30 of his 43 passes for one touchdown and one interception in his first start since replacing EJ Manuel as the Bills' quarterback. The Bills allowed just 263 total yards and blanked the Lions after Rashean Mathis returned an interception 41-yards for a TD early in the second quarter.

A pair of rookies helped the New York Giants score the last 20 points in a 30-20 triumph against the Atlanta Falcons. The Giants trailed 20-10 until Andre Williams ran for a three-yard score and Odell Beckham Jr. made his first NFL touchdown reception with 10 minutes remaining. Williams ran for 65 yards and Beckham had four catches for 44 yards the second off of his NFL debut for the 3-2 Giants.

Philip Rivers threw two touchdown passes to Antonio Gates and rookie running back Branden Oliver scored his first two TDs as the San Diego Chargers embarrassed the bumbling New York Jets 31-0 to improve to 4-1. Rivers was 20 of 28 for 288 yards and three touchdowns with one interception in the Chargers' fourth straight win. The 1-4 Jets dropped their fourth straight and finally benched quarterback Geno Smith in favor of the equally-ineffective Michael Vick to start the second half.

MLB:

Nelson Cruz smacked a two-run homer and Bud Norris pitched shutout ball for 6 1/3 innings as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Tigers 2-1 in Detroit to complete a three-game sweep of the American League Division Series. Cruz snapped a scoreless tie with a drive in the sixth off loser David Price, who allowed just five hits in eight innings. Zach Britton allowed back-to-back doubles by Victor Martinez to open the bottom of the ninth, but he struck out Bryan Holliday and issued an intentional walk before getting Hernan Perez to ground into a 5-4-3 double play to end the series.

The Kansas City Royals are in the American League Championship Series for the first time since 1985 following an 8-3 rout of the Los Angeles Angels. Alex Gordon put the Royals ahead to stay with a three-run double in the bottom of the first before Mike Moustakas and Eric Hosmer added home runs. Winning pitcher James Shields allowed two runs and six hits with six strikeouts in six innings before the Royals' bullpen made the big lead hold up.

Swimming:

Olympic champion Michael Phelps is putting his swimming career on hold after his second DUI arrest. The 29-year old was arrested early Tuesday and charged with drunken driving. Police said he failed a series of field sobriety tests and had a blood-alcohol content of 0.14 percent, well above the legal limit of 0.08.

In an announcement on this Twitter account, Phelps says he is beginning a six-week program.

According to his representatives, Phelps entered an in-patient program that will keep him from competing at least through mid-November.

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