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Brewers brand of baseball are NLC champs again

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The best pitcher in baseball on the team with the best record in baseball isn’t sure how exactly the Milwaukee Brewers keep doing this. Asked how a team that works on the fringe of baseball’s middle class has turned Champagne celebrations into a September ritual, Jacob ...

Pro Picks: Bills get the nod over Lions

Jaxson Dart, Cam Skattebo and the rejuvenated New York Giants gave John Harbaugh a successful debut. A sleepy effort in Australia has the Super Bowl favorites reeling after one game. Now the Los Angeles Rams won't have Myles Garrett for a month. And, Aaron Donald's status is ...

Packers turn promising start into maddening finish

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Jordan Love was stood up at the line on a fourth-and-1 sneak for the Green Bay Packers, disappearing from view beneath a pile of purple-clad Minnesota Vikings defenders as the fate of a pivotal drive was turned over to the NFL's virtual measurement system. When the ...

Packers again collapse in 4th quarter

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Carson Wentz came in after Kyler Murray's first-quarter concussion in his Minnesota debut and led a spirited comeback against the rival Green Bay Packers as the Vikings scored 29 straight points to close a 39-22 victory to open the season Sunday. Wentz had two ...

Reds get by Brewers 4-3 to avoid sweep

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Eugenio Suárez hit a three-run homer in the sixth inning and Tyler Stephenson had a sacrifice fly in the eighth as the Cincinnati Reds slipped past the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 on Sunday. After allowing 47 runs over a three-game stretch, Reds pitchers kept the best team in the majors — who clinched a playoff berth on Friday night and played their regulars on Sunday — mostly in check to salvage the series finale and avoid a winless six-game road trip. The Brewers, who scored 33 runs in the first two games of the series, jumped in front 2-0 in the second on Joey ...

Sports briefs

Michigan bounces back ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Jordan Marshall scored on a tiebreaking 1-yard run set up by an interception midway through the fourth quarter and Bryce Underwood ran for a 38-yard touchdown to help Michigan bounce back and beat No. 11 Oklahoma 17-10. The Wolverines were ...