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Pro Picks: GB, Lions, Bears look like winners

The Kansas City Chiefs are in an unfamiliar position with an even record, chasing a playoff spot. The Indianapolis Colts are also in a new spot, leading a division they haven't won since 2014. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs (5-5) have no margin for error when they host Daniel Jones, ...

No. 17 MSU knocks off No. 12 Kentucky

NEW YORK (AP) — Kur Teng hit three of Michigan State's season-high 11 3-pointers on the way to scoring a career-best 15 points, and the 17th-ranked Spartans beat No. 12 Kentucky 83-66 on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden in the opener of the annual Champions Classic. Jaxon Kohler sank two shots of his own from beyond the arc to finish with a team-high 20 points, and Trey Fort scored 13. Michigan State (4-0) made half of its 3-point attempts after entering the game shooting 21.7% from long range — fourth-worst out of 361 Division I programs — with just 14 total through its ...

Spartans splash 11 threes, beat No. 12 Kentucky 83-66

NEW YORK (AP) — Kur Teng hit three of Michigan State's season-high 11 3-pointers on the way to scoring a career-best 15 points, and the 17th-ranked Spartans beat No. 12 Kentucky 83-66 on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden in the opener of the annual Champions Classic. Jaxon Kohler sank ...

Dubious call helps shake up the NFC playoff race

The Detroit Lions' fistful of fourth-down failures may have doomed them to a crucial loss at Philadelphia, but it was field judge Lo Van Pham's dubious pass interference call in the waning minutes that sealed the Eagles' triumph and jumbled the NFC playoff picture. What appeared like a ...

Big Ten denies Michigan regent’s claim of coercion

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The Big Ten Conference pushed back Tuesday on a claim by a University of Michigan regent that Commissioner Tony Petitti threatened to punish the school if it refuses to support a plan that would clear the way for $2.4 billion in private investment in the league. Mark Bernstein, chairman of the Michigan board of regents, told The Associated Press this week that Petitti had attempted to "strong-arm" Michigan in a move he said "calls into question his continued leadership of the Big Ten Conference." "The Big Ten conference commissioner has threatened the ...

4th-down flops prove too much for Lions to overcome

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jared Goff tried to find the positives for the Lions — such as, a 40-yard touchdown pass to Jameson Williams — that seemingly meant little in a loss when an offense takes an oh-fer on fourth downs. Goff and the Lions fizzled on fourth. Try, 0 for 5. "The fourth ...