CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Cam Newton threw two touchdown passes to Greg Olsen and the Carolina Panthers' defense forced four turnovers to overcome a 14-point deficit and defeat the Chicago Bears 31-24 yesterday. Newton was 19 of 35 for 255 yards with two touchdown passes and one interception.
CHICAGO (AP) — A small private university in Chicago has become the first in the nation to treat video gamers like athletes.
DETROIT (AP) — 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.
BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) — Jimmy Feix, Western Kentucky's winningest football coach and its former athletic director, has died. He was 83.
NEW YORK (AP) — The Rainbow Room has reopened in its historic perch atop 30 Rockefeller Plaza after a five-year absence from the New York City skyline.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Paul Revere, the organist and leader of the Raiders rock band, has died. He was 76.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Tom Brady rebounded from the second worst loss of his career by throwing for two touchdowns and becoming the sixth quarterback to pass for 50,000 yards as the New England Patriots routed the NFL's last unbeaten team with a 43-17 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sunday night.
An Ebola scare in the air may mean new health screenings at airports around the country.
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — DeMar DeRozan scored 21 points to lead the Toronto Raptors to a 99-94 victory over the Sacramento Kings on Sunday night in their preseason opener, as the NBA returned to Vancouver for a day.
ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — Luck of the Kitten won the $100,000 Zuma Beach Stakes for 2-year-olds by 1 3/4 lengths at Santa Anita on Sunday.
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