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CHICAGO — Fans booed and chanted to fire the head coach. They headed for the exits in droves. The locker room had an all-too-familiar silence to it. The players who spoke were stunned and lacked answers to the obvious. How did the Chicago Bears get here? “Can’t put it into …

Week 10 Sunday brought a possible end to the Cowboys’ and Jets’ playoff hopes, an even more improbable escape for the Chiefs, the Steelers staying hot and foiling more Jayden Daniels late-game magic, the Falcons stumbling in New Orleans, and the Bucs falling short against the 49ers despite some Baker …

MUNICH — New York Giants co-owner John Mara gave coach Brian Daboll and general manager Joe Schoen a vote of confidence on Oct. 24. That was three losses ago during a season that hit rock bottom with a 20-17 overtime loss to the lowly Carolina Panthers on Sunday in front …

Ohio State moved up to No. 2 behind Oregon in the AP Top 25 on Sunday, and the Big Ten captured four of the top five spots with Penn State moving to No. 4 and Indiana to No. 5. According to the AP, it’s the first time the Big Ten …

San Francisco 49ers rookie wide receiver Ricky Pearsall scored his first NFL touchdown Sunday — just 10 weeks after being shot in the chest. Pearsall connected with quarterback Brock Purdy on a deep crosser, setting up the rookie from the University of Florida to outrun the Tampa Bay Buccaneers defense …

Alabama’s 42-13 blitzkrieg at LSU coupled with Ole Miss’ 28-10 rout of Georgia has created quite the muddled mess in the SEC. At least eight different teams could still reach the SEC Championship Game. For the purposes of this exercise, I’m projecting the Dawgs to beat Tennessee next week and …

The 12-team College Football Playoff has made it challenging to pinpoint just how big the fall’s biggest games are. For decades, the result of a regular-season game could feel definitive. Even if it wasn’t quite so, it could be pretty darn close. That’s not the case anymore. After the number …

Starting rookie left tackle Tyler Guyton is inactive for the Cowboys after being limited in practice all week with a neck/shoulder injury designation. This will be Guyton’s second game in which he doesn’t play. Earlier this season, Guyton was active but was injured and did not play. The Cowboys have …

The first bombshell of Major League Baseball’s offseason landed Saturday when the Chiba Lotte Marines announced 23-year-old pitching phenom Roki Sasaki will be able to sign with an MLB club this winter. “I will do my best to climb up from a minor-league contract and become the best player in …

It was like a wrestling promo interrupted. Friday night, following New York’s 116-94 thumping of the Milwaukee Bucks, Knicks star Jalen Brunson had his back to his locker and a herd of reporters in his face. The guard was talking about everything New York did right when, between answers, music …