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Rangers win AL West on final day, Hamels beat Angels 9-2 (Yahoo Sports)
First-year manager Jeff Banister stood in a corner of the Texas Rangers clubhouse watching players celebrate, with champagne spraying all over the place. A year after their 95 losses were the most in the American League, two months after they were still eight games out of first place and three days after ensuring themselves a postseason spot, the Rangers clinched the AL West title with a 9-2 victory over the
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Denver's defense leads Broncos past Vikings 23-20 (Yahoo Sports)
Bursting through the line for jaw-dropping plays is quickly becoming the Denver Broncos’ calling card. Ronnie Hillman raced around the left sideline on a classic stretch play for a 72-yard touchdown run, and the league’s top-ranked defense collected seven more sacks in a 23-20 victory over the Minnesota Vikings. ”We had three bad weeks of running the ball and tonight we got it started,” Hillman said after his third career
Bengals stay unbeaten with 36-21 win over Chiefs (Yahoo Sports)
Andy Dalton completes his first 10 passes and makes another big play. Through four games, the Bengals are still perfect. Dalton threw a 55-yard touchdown pass on the run – the type of throw he’s rarely made in the past – and Cincinnati remained unbeaten with a 36-21 victory over the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday.
Brees' 400th TD pass lifts Saints over Cowboys, 26-20 in OT (Yahoo Sports)
As Drew Brees watched Saints teammate Zach Hocker clank a potential winning field goal off the upright before a stunned Superdome crowd, the veteran quarterback began trying to convince himself that he was simply meant to throw his 400th career touchdown pass in overtime. Brees hit C.J. Spiller with a short pass that the running back turned into an 80-yard touchdown on the second play of overtime and New Orleans
Pirates clinch home field in wild-card game with win (Yahoo Sports)
The Pittsburgh Pirates went 98-64, the second-best record in the major leagues. The Pirates will host the Chicago Cubs (97-65) Wednesday in a winner-take-all playoff. ”We love playing at home,” said Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle, whose team went 53-28 at PNC Park.
Westwood seeking first home win for eight years
Former world number one Lee Westwood will look to end an eight-year wait for a victory on home soil when he competes in the $4.55 million British Masters at Woburn this week. The European Ryder Cup stalwart last won in England when the British Masters was played at The Belfry, just outside Birmingham, in 2007. Westwood, who missed the third-round cut at last week’s Dunhill Links Championship in Scotland, is