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Bills edge Rams 37-34 in overtime on Monday Night Football. Josh Allen accounted for 331 total yards (210 passing, 121 rushing) and two touchdowns. Greg Rousseau blocked a potential game-winning field goal, and Tyler Bass hit a 45-yard winner. Matthew Stafford threw for 383 yards and three TDs in the loss.
Brewers take a 2-0 NLCS lead over the Dodgers. Milwaukee beat Los Angeles 7-4 in Game 2 at American Family Field. Catcher William Contreras starred with a tying solo home run in the fifth and a go-ahead RBI single in the sixth (3-for-4, 3 RBIs). The Brewers’ bullpen retired the last 15 Dodgers batters in order.
UCLA QB Nico Iamaleava expected to miss the rest of the season. The Bruins’ starter suffered a knee injury (sources say season-ending) late in the first half of the 17-15 win over Oregon. Coach Bob Chesney cited “serious concern.” Backup Ty Dieffenbach is in line to start for the 5-0, No. 12 team.
Dodgers evaluate Shohei Ohtani’s availability…Ohtani has been struggling at the plate amid nagging knee and biceps issues. Manager Dave Roberts plans to discuss whether he’ll play in NLCS Game 3.
The Cleveland Baseball Team rallied past the Tampa Bay Rays, 7-3. Chase DeLauter and Patrick Bailey homered, and Nathaniel Lowe delivered a two-run single to break an eighth-inning tie. Cleveland leads the series 1-0; Game 2 is tonight at Tropicana Field
49ers LB Dre Greenlaw suspended one game. Greenlaw was suspended for head-butting Seattle’s Ernest Jones IV after a late hit. He is appealing and would miss next Monday’s game against Washington if the ban stands.
Note: Rams LT Alaric Jackson punched Bills LB Bradley Chubb following last night’s game.
49ers WR Deebo Samuel is expected to miss multiple weeks with a hamstring injury, further depleting an already thin receiving corps.
On this day in 1960: Pittsburgh Pirates win the World Series 4-3 over the New York Yankees on Bill Mazeroski’s walk-off leadoff home run in the bottom of the 9th of Game 7 (10-9 final at Forbes Field). One of the most famous moments in baseball history.
“That’s the beautiful thing about football: You get another drive. All you can do is keep moving forward. You’re hoping someone on defense or special teams can make a play, and that’s what happened. Greg Rousseau made a play.”—Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen.
On this day in 2001: Derek Jeter’s iconic “flip” play — In ALDS Game 3 (Yankees trailing 0-2), Jeter races across the field, fields an errant throw from Shane Spencer, and flips it to Jorge Posada to tag out Jeremy Giambi at the plate (Giambi did not slide), preserving a 1-0 Yankees lead. Yankees win the game and eventually the series.
