SAN DIEGO (AP) β Jay Cutler tossed a 25-yard touchdown pass to Zach Miller with 3:19 remaining to lift the Chicago Bears past the Chargers 22-19 in San Diego. Cutler became the Bears’ all-time leader in touchdown passes when he hit Martellus Bennett for a one-yard score in the second quarter. The Bears’ quarterback was 27 of 40 for 345 yards, one lost fumble and an interception that was returned 68 yards by Jason Verrett for a touchdown that put the Chargers ahead 13-0 early in the second quarter.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) β Klay Thompson scored 24 points and the Golden State Warriors improved to 8-0 by handing the Pistons just their second loss in seven games, 109-95 at Oakland. Stephen (STEH’-fehn) Curry hit just seven of his 18 shots but finished with 22 points, five assists and five rebounds to help the Warriors get within one victory of the longest season-opening winning streak in team history. The Philadelphia Warriors won their first nine games in 1960-61.
ATLANTA (AP) β The Atlanta Hawks’ seven-game winning streak is over after they erased a 34-point deficit before losing 117-107 to Minnesota. Andrew Wiggins scored 21 of his 33 points while the Wolves built an 81-47 lead. The Hawks took a 107-106 lead on Paul Millsap’s layup with about 3 Β½ minutes left before Wiggins scored the next seven to tie a career high for points in a game.
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) β In the lone NHL game of the night, Max Domi (DOH’-mee) scored twice and Mikkel Boedker (MY’-kul BAHD’-kur) netted the game-winner 78 seconds into overtime to give the Coyotes a 4-3 win over the Ducks. Anthony Duclair’s power-play tally sparked the Coyotes’ three-goal second period after Anaheim took a 2-0 lead. Anders Lindback handled 33 shots as Arizona climbed back over .500 at 7-6-1.
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) β University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe and Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin have announced their resignations with the football team and others on campus in open revolt over what they saw as indifference to racial tension at the school. Black student groups had complained for months that Wolfe was unresponsive to racial slurs and other slights on the overwhelmingly white main campus of the state’s four-college system. Head football coach Gary Pinkel explained why he supported his players’ decision to boycott team activities until the president resigned, saying they were concerned with the health of a graduate student who had not eaten for a week as part of protests against Wolfe.
