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Carlos Hyde runs for two touchdowns, 49ers top Vikings 20-3 (Yahoo Sports)
The San Francisco 49ers have a new featured running back with Frank Gore long gone. Carlos Hyde wanted to outplay the better-known No. 28 on the field, Adrian Peterson. Hyde carried the offense with 168 yards on the ground and touchdown runs of 17 and 10 yards in his first career start, spinning away from a defender and diving into the end zone untouched on a rare nice play in
Julio Jones leads Falcons past Eagles 26-24 in Quinn's debut (Yahoo Sports)
In his first game with that big contract, Julio Jones was worth every penny. Jones hauled in nine passes for 141 yards, including a pair of touchdowns, and the Atlanta Falcons came back after squandering a 17-point halftime lead to beat the Philadelphia Eagles 26-24 Monday night in the coaching debut of Dan Quinn. ”Julio is an awesome player,” said Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan, who overcame a pair of costly
AP source: Texas athletic director Steve Patterson fired (Yahoo Sports)
Texas athletic director Steve Patterson has been fired after two rocky years on the job, pushed out after clashing with fans and donors upset with his aggressive push to raise money for the nation’s wealthiest athletic department, a person with direct knowledge of the decision said Tuesday. Patterson met with new university President Greg Fenves on Tuesday morning, according to the person, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the
Wright has go-ahead hit for Mets in win over Marlins (Yahoo Sports)
Out with a serious back injury for much of the season, David Wright is enjoying every minute of the New York Mets’ dominating stretch run. Wright had a go-ahead double in the seventh inning, Yoenis Cespedes homered again and the Mets won their eighth straight, 4-3 over the Miami Marlins on Monday night. The Mets lead in the NL East remained at 9 1/2 games with 18 to left play,
Fielder homers, pushes Rangers past Astros 5-3 (Yahoo Sports)
The Texas Rangers’ biggest players came up big in the first game of a big four-game series on Monday night, allowing the Rangers to move within a half-game of first place in the AL West. Prince Fielder followed Adrian Beltre’s one-out single in the eighth inning with a tiebreaking, two-run home run to straight-away center field into a stuff wind to lead Texas to a 5-3 win over the first-place