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Browns stop Steelers

CLEVELAND (AP) — Myles Garrett has said throughout another disappointing season by the Cleveland Browns that getting a win took on greater importance than breaking the NFL’s single-season sack record. Garrett will have to wait another week to get the mark, but he accomplished something more meaningful on Sunday. Not only did Cleveland’s 13-6 victory over Pittsburgh on Sunday snap a four-game losing streak and allow the team to eclipse its win total from last season, it prevented the Steelers from clinching the AFC North. “It feels great. They’re our rival, we always want ...

Steelers season on line

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers have had multiple chances to clinch the AFC North. They’re down to their final one. Aaron Rodgers was limited to 168 yards passing and failed to lead a scoring drive on six second-half possessions, allowing the Cleveland Browns to top Pittsburgh 13-6 on Sunday. The Steelers (9-7) could have locked up a playoff berth with a victory over last-place Cleveland, or if the Baltimore Ravens (8-8) had lost to Green Bay on Saturday. The Ravens remained alive with a 41-24 triumph over the Packers. As a result, Pittsburgh will host the Ravens in ...

Browns didn’t do this for Ravens

BALTIMORE (AP) — The relationship between football fans in Cleveland and Baltimore has been a fraught one, to say the least. For one day, they were on the same side. The Ravens are still alive for the postseason after their 41-24 victory at Green Bay on Saturday night and Cleveland’s 13-6 win over Pittsburgh on Sunday. Baltimore needed both of those results to avoid elimination. Now the Ravens can win the AFC North if they beat the Steelers in Pittsburgh next weekend. “I’ve never even been that nervous playing a game. Thank you Browns,” Ravens tight end Charlie Kolar ...

Michigan hires Whittingham

ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Michigan hired Kyle Whittingham as its football coach on Friday night, giving the longtime Utah coach a five-year contract to replace the fired and disgraced Sherrone Moore. “Kyle Whittingham is a well-respected and highly successful head coach who is widely recognized as a leader of exceptional character and principled leadership,” athletic director Warde Manuel in a statement. “Throughout our search, he consistently demonstrated the qualities we value at Michigan: vision, resilience, and the ability to build and sustain championship-caliber ...

Ravens in must-win game without Jackson

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — This is what it’s come down to for the Baltimore Ravens. Baltimore will miss the playoffs for just the second time in the last eight years unless it wins its final two games on the road and the Pittsburgh Steelers lose Sunday at Cleveland. The Ravens (7-8) likely will be playing the first of those games Saturday night at Green Bay (9-5-1) without two-time MVP quarterback Lamar Jackson, who was listed as doubtful with a back injury. “There isn’t any added pressure,” Ravens running back Derrick Henry said. “We’ve played football our entire lives. ...

Jokic sets NBA record with 18 points in OT

DENVER (AP) — Nikola Jokic’s magnitude is matched only by his modesty. “I mean, I had a good game,” Denver’s superstar center said in his typical understated fashion after setting an NBA record by scoring 18 points in overtime, leading the Nuggets past Minnesota 142-138 on Thursday night. Those 18 points came in the final 2:53 of overtime, no less, and Jokic finished with 56 points along with 16 rebounds and 15 assists for his 179th career triple-double. No player in NBA history ever had a 55-15-15 triple-double before Jokic’s masterpiece capped the league’s five-game ...