Tom Brady showed he still has life in his 42-year-old arm by passing for 341 yards and three touchdowns to lead the Patriots’ 33-3 romp over the Steelers. Phillip Dorsett caught two touchdown passes from Brady, including a 58-yard score. Ben Roethlisberger completed 27 of 47 passes for 277 yards and an interception, with much of that coming after the Patriots built a 20-0 lead in the fourth quarter.
Dak Prescott tied his career high with four touchdown passes while throwing for 405 yards as the Cowboys overwhelmed the Giants, 35-17. Ezekiel Elliott finished with 53 yards on 13 carries, including a 10-yard scoring run in his first game since ending his training camp holdout and signing a six-year, $90 million contract extension last week. Michael Gallup had seven catches for 158 yards, and Amari Cooper grabbed six balls for 106 yards.
Carson Wentz threw a pair of deep touchdown passes to DeSean Jackson to help the Eagles overcome a 17-point deficit and beat the Redskins, 32-27. Wentz was 28 of 39 for 313 yards and three TDs in his first game since Week 14 after not taking a snap in the preseason. Case Keenum threw for 380 yards and three TDs for Washington, which jumped out to a 17-0 lead.
Josh Allen threw a 38-yard touchdown pass to John Brown with three minutes left to complete the Bills’ rally from a 16-0 deficit in a 17-16 victory over the Jets. Allen finished 24 of 37 for 254 yards and a touchdown for Buffalo, which began its comeback after Le’Veon Bell’s touchdown and two-point conversion catch late in the third quarter. The Bills committed four turnovers but took advantage of a missed extra point and a shanked 45-yard field-goal attempt by New York kicker Kaare Vedvik.
MLB
The Yankees broke their single-season record for homers and inched closer to an AL East title by doubling up the Red Sox, 10-5. Gleyber Torres and Mike Tauchman hit two-run blasts before Aaron Judge provided a solo shot that gives New York 268 round-trippers, topping the mark they set last year. Torres went 3 for 5 with four RBIs.
Philadelphia is within two games of the second NL wild card after homers by Maikel Franco, Scott Kingery and Adam Haseley helped the Phillies turn an early 3-0 deficit into a 10-7 win in the rubber match of their three-game set with the Mets. Pinch-hitter Phil Gosselin blooped an RBI single that gave the Phillies a 5-4 lead in the sixth. The Mets lost for the eighth time in their last nine home games to stay four games out of a playoff berth.
Max Scherzer won for the first time in two months and the Nationals avoided a four-game sweep by drubbing the Braves, 9-4. Yan Gomes homered twice, and Adam Eaton and Asdrúbal Cabrera each had three RBIs as Washington ended Atlanta’s nine-game winning streak. The Nats outhit the Braves 17-7 and went ahead when Eaton hit a two-run homer on Mike Siroka's fifth pitch.
In MLB news, the Boston Red Sox parted ways with president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski. Red Sox spokesman Kevin Gregg made the announcement Sunday night, shortly after the New York Yankees beat Boston 10-5. A veteran baseball executive who built a World Series champion in Miami and helped the Tigers reach the Series twice, Dombrowski was brought in to steady the Red Sox front office in 2015 with the team in the middle of back-to-back last-place finishes.
TENNIS
Rafael Nadal is the U.S. Open champion and a 19-time Grand Slam winner after enduring a nearly five-hour match against Daniil Medvedev. The second-seeded Nadal squandered a two-sets-to-love lead before holding off the No. 5 seed, 7-5, 6-3, 5-7, 4-6, 6-4 in 4 hours, 50 minutes. Down by two sets and 3-2 in the third, Medvedev shifted styles, upped his level against a rattled Nadal, and even received an unexpected boost from Arthur Ashe Stadium spectators. Only once before had Nadal lost a Grand Slam match after taking the opening two sets. It’s the fourth U.S. Open title for Nadal.
WNBA
Kelsey Mitchell hit a WNBA regular season record nine 3-pointers, scoring 38 points to help the Indiana Fever beat the Connecticut Sun 104-76. The second-year guard had 30 points in the first half and broke the mark of eight held by five different players.
NASCAR
Kevin Harvick won the Brickyard 400 for the second time, beating Joey Logano by 6.118 seconds in a crash-marred race that ended Jimmie Johnson's perfect playoff run. Johnson had been the only driver to qualify for every Cup playoff since the format was introduced in 2004. His long-shot bid finally ended when William Byron and Johnson ran side-by-side through the second turn and the rear end of Johnson's No. 48 Chevrolet spun in front of Kurt Busch, sending both into the second turn wall. Clint Bowyer and Ryan Newman claimed the final two spots in the 16-driver field, while Johnson was eliminated for the first time. Daniel Suarez finished 17th at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, four points short of becoming the first Mexican-born driver to make the playoffs.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
The Southeastern Conference held three of the top four spots in The Associated Press college football poll after LSU's road victory against Texas pushed the Tigers to No. 4. Clemson remained No. 1 on Sunday, receiving 56 first-place votes out of 62 in the Top 25 presented by Regions Bank. No. 2 Alabama received 6 first-place votes and Georgia stayed at No. 3. Oklahoma is fifth, followed by Ohio State, Notre Dame, Auburn, Florida and Michigan. No. 21 Maryland, No. 24 Southern Cal and No. 25 Virginia are the poll newcomers.
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