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SCOREBOARD
BASEBALLFOOTBALLN.F.L. STANDINGSAMERICAN CONFERENCEEast W L T Pct PF PA
N. England 5 0 0 1.000 155 34
Buffalo 4 1 0 .800 90 70
Jets 0 4 0 .000 39 101
Miami 0 4 0 .000 26 163
South W L T Pct PF PA
Houston 3 2 0 .600 131 110
Indianapolis 3 2 0 .600 113 115
Jacksonville 2 3 0 .400 111 118
Tennessee 2 3 0 .400 98 76
North W L T Pct PF PA
Baltimore 3 2 0 .600 161 123
Cleveland 2 3 0 .400 92 122
Pittsburgh 1 4 0 .200 99 114
Cincinnati 0 5 0 .000 80 136
West W L T Pct PF PA
Kansas City 4 1 0 .800 148 113
Oakland 3 2 0 .600 103 123
L.A. Chargers 2 3 0 .400 103 94
Denver 1 4 0 .200 90 106NATIONAL CONFERENCEEast W L T Pct PF PA
Phila. 3 2 0 .600 141 111
Dallas 3 2 0 .600 131 90
Giants 2 3 0 .400 97 125
Washington 0 5 0 .000 73 151
South W L T Pct PF PA
New Orleans 4 1 0 .800 115 116
Carolina 3 2 0 .600 129 107
Tampa Bay 2 3 0 .400 147 148
Atlanta 1 4 0 .200 102 152
North W L T Pct PF PA
Green Bay 4 1 0 .800 119 93
Detroit 2 1 1 .625 97 95
Chicago 3 2 0 .600 87 69
Minnesota 3 2 0 .600 112 73
West W L T Pct PF PA
San Fran. 4 0 0 1.000 127 57
Seattle 4 1 0 .800 133 118
L.A. Rams 3 2 0 .600 146 134
Arizona 1 3 1 .300 100 138
SUNDAY
Minnesota 28, Giants 10
Philadelphia 31, Jets 6
Arizona 26, Cincinnati 23
Buffalo 14, Tennessee 7
New Orleans 31, Tampa Bay 24
New England 33, Washington 7
Oakland 24, Chicago 21
Houston 53, Atlanta 32
Baltimore 26, Pittsburgh 23, OT
Carolina 34, Jacksonville 27
Denver 20, L.A. Chargers 13
Green Bay 34, Dallas 24
Indianapolis 19, Kansas City 13
Open: Detroit, Miami
MONDAY
San Francisco 31, Cleveland 3
THURSDAY
Giants at New England, 8:20HOCKEYN.H.L. STANDINGSEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic W L OT Pts GF GA
Buffalo 2 0 1 5 13 7
Toronto 2 1 1 5 16 13
Boston 2 0 0 4 3 1
Detroit 2 0 0 4 9 6
Montreal 1 0 1 3 9 9
Tampa 1 1 1 3 11 10
Florida 1 1 0 2 6 8
Ottawa 0 2 0 0 4 9
Metropolitan W L OT Pts GF GA
Carolina 3 0 0 6 11 8
Wash. 2 0 1 5 7 6
Rangers 2 0 0 4 10 5
Phila. 1 0 0 2 4 3
Islanders 1 1 0 2 5 3
Pittsburgh 1 1 0 2 8 5
Columbus 1 2 0 2 7 14
Devils 0 1 1 1 6 12WESTERN CONFERENCECentral W L OT Pts GF GA
St. Louis 2 0 1 5 8 7
Colorado 2 0 0 4 9 5
Nashville 1 1 0 2 8 7
Winnipeg 1 2 0 2 10 14
Chicago 0 1 0 0 3 4
Minnesota 0 2 0 0 4 9
Dallas 0 3 0 0 6 9
Pacific W L OT Pts GF GA
Edmonton 2 0 0 4 9 7
Anaheim 2 0 0 4 5 2
Vegas 2 0 0 4 9 2
Calgary 1 1 0 2 6 5
L.A. 0 1 0 0 5 6
Vancou. 0 2 0 0 2 6
Arizona 0 2 0 0 1 3
San Jose 0 3 0 0 3 12
MONDAY
Columbus 4, Buffalo 3, OT
St. Louis 3, Toronto 2
TUESDAY
Edmonton vs. Islanders at Nassau
Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 7
Dallas at Washington, 7
Winnipeg at Pittsburgh, 7
Carolina at Florida, 7
Anaheim at Detroit, 7:30
San Jose at Nashville, 8
Los Angeles at Calgary, 9
Boston at Vegas, 10
WEDNESDAY
Devils at Philadelphia, 7:30
Montreal at Buffalo, 7BASKETBALLW.N.B.A. PLAYOFFS
All Times E.D.T.
Finals
(Best-of-5; x-if necessary)
Washington 2, Connecticut 1
Sept. 29: Washington 95, Connecticut 86
Oct. 1: Connecticut 99, Washington 87
Oct. 6: Washington 94, Connecticut 81
Tuesday, Oct 8: Washington at Connecticut,
8 p.m.
x-Thursday, Oct. 10: Connecticut at
Washington, 8 p.m.N.W.S.L. STANDINGS
W L T Pts GF GA
North Carolina. 14 5 4 46 51 21
Chicago .....14 8 2 44 41 28
Portland .....11 6 6 39 40 31
Reign FC ....10 6 7 37 25 25
Washington ....9 8 6 33 30 25
Utah Royals FC. 9 10 4 31 23 24
Houston ......7 11 5 26 20 34
Sky Blue FC... 5 13 5 20 18 31
Orlando Pride.. 4 16 3 15 22 51
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point
for tie.
Saturday's Game
Washington 3,Orlando 0
Saturday, Oct. 12
Sky Blue FC at North Carolina, 7 p.m.
Reign FC at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.
Houston atUtah, 9 p.m.
Washington at Portland, 10:30 p.m.
ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE
Team GP W D L GF GA Pts
Liverpool ......8 8 0 0 20 6 24
Man City ......8 5 1 2 27 9 16
Arsenal .......8 4 3 1 13 11 15
Leicester ......8 4 2 2 14 7 14
Chelsea ......8 4 2 2 18 14 14
Crystal Palace.. 8 4 2 2 8 8 14
Burnley .......8 3 3 2 11 9 12
West Ham .....8 3 3 2 11 11 12
Tottenham .....8 3 2 3 14 12 11
Bournemouth... 8 3 2 3 13 13 11
Wolverhampton. 8 2 4 2 11 11 10
Man United ....8 2 3 3 9 8 9
Sheffield United. 8 2 3 3 7 7 9
Brighton ......8 2 3 3 8 10 9
Aston Villa .....8 2 2 4 13 12 8
Newcastle .....8 2 2 4 5 13 8
Southampton... 8 2 1 5 8 15 7
Everton .......8 2 1 5 6 13 7
Norwich ......8 2 0 6 10 21 6
Watford ......8 0 3 5 4 20 3
Saturday's Games
Brighton 3, Tottenham 0
Burnley 1, Everton 0
Liverpool 2, Leicester 1
Aston Villa 5, Norwich 1
Watford 0, Sheffield United 0
Crystal Palace 2, West Ham 1
Sunday's Games
Arsenal 1, Bournemouth 0
Wolverhampton 2, Man City 0
Chelsea 4, Southampton 1
Newcastle 1, Man United 0BASEBALLPOSTSEASON SCHEDULE
x-if necessary
WILD CARD
Oct. 1: Washington 4, Milwaukee 3
Oct. 2: Tampa Bay 5, Oakland 1
DIVISION SERIES
(Best-of-5)
American League
Yankees 3, Minnesota 0
Friday, Oct. 4: Yankees 10, Minnesota 4
Saturday, Oct. 5: Yankees 8, Minnesota 2
Monday: Yankees 5, Minnesota 1
Houston 2, Tampa Bay 1
Oct. 4: Houston 6, Tampa Bay 2
Oct. 5: Houston 3, Tampa Bay 1
Monday: Tampa Bay 10, Houston 3
Tuesday, Oct. 8: Houston (Verlander (21-6)
at Tampa Bay (Castillo 5-8), 4:15 p.m. (FS1)
x-Thursday, Oct. 10: Tampa Bay at
Houston (FS1)
National League
L.A. Dodgers 2, Washington 2
Oct. 3: L.A. Dodgers 6, Washington 0
Oct. 4: Washington 4, L.A. Dodgers 2
Oct. 6: L.A. Dodgers 10, Washington 4
Monday: Washington 6, L.A. Dodgers 1
Wednesday, Oct. 9: Washington (Strasburg
18-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Buehler 14-4), 8:37
p.m. (TBS)
Atlanta 2, St. Louis 2
Oct. 3: St. Louis 7, Atlanta 6
Oct. 4: Atlanta 3, St. Louis 0
Oct. 6: Atlanta 3, St. Louis 1
Monday: St. Louis 5, Atlanta 4, 10 innings
Wednesday, Oct. 9: St. Louis (Flaherty 11-8)
at Atlanta (Foltnewicz 8-6), 5:02 p.m. (TBS)
LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
(Best-of-7)
American League
Saturday, Oct. 12: Yankees at Houston
or Tampa Bay at Yankees (Fox or FS1)
Sunday, Oct. 13: Yankees at Houston or
Tampa Bay at Yankees (Fox or FS1)
Tuesday, Oct. 15: Houston at Yankees
or Yankees at Tampa Bay (Fox or FS1)
Wednesday, Oct. 16: Houston at Yankees
or Yankees at Tampa Bay (Fox or FS1)
x-Thursday, Oct. 17: Houston at Yankees
or Yankees at Tampa Bay (Fox or FS1)
x-Saturday, Oct. 19: Yankees at Houston
or Tampa Bay at Yankees (Fox or FS1)
x-Sunday, Oct. 20: Yankees at Houston
or Tampa Bay at Yankees (Fox or FS1)
National League
Friday, Oct. 11: St. Louis-Atlanta winner
at L.A. Dodgers or Washington at St.
Louis-Atlanta winner (TBS)
Saturday, Oct. 12: St. Louis-Atlanta
winner at L.A. Dodgers or Washington at
St. Louis-Atlanta winner (TBS)
Monday, Oct. 14: L.A. Dodgers at St.
Louis-Atlanta winner or St. Louis-Atlanta
winner at Washington (TBS)
Tuesday, Oct. 15 L.A. Dodgers at St.
Louis-Atlanta winner or St. Louis-Atlanta
winner at Washington (TBS)
x-Wednesday, Oct. 16: L.A. Dodgers at
St. Louis-Atlanta winner or St. Louis-
Atlanta winner at Washington (TBS)
x-Friday, Oct. 18: St. Louis-Atlanta winner
at L.A. Dodgers or Washington at St.
Louis-Atlanta winner (TBS)
x-Saturday, Oct. 19: St. Louis-Atlanta
winner at L.A. Dodgers or Washington at
St. Louis-Atlanta winner (TBS)
WORLD SERIES
(Best-of-7)
Tuesday, Oct. 22: at better record (Fox)
Wednesday, Oct. 23: at better record
(Fox)
Friday, Oct. 25: at worse record (Fox)
Saturday, Oct. 26: at worse record (Fox)
x-Sunday, Oct. 27: at worse record (Fox)
x-Tuesday, Oct. 29: at better record (Fox)
x-Wednesday, Oct. 30: at better record
(Fox)N.B.A. PRESEASON SCHEDULE
Monday’s Games
Knicks 104, Washington 99
Orlando 115, Detroit 91
New Orleans 133, Atlanta 109
Cleveland 120, Buenas Aires San Lorenzo 89
Milwaukee at Chicago
Tuesday's Games
Houston vs. Toronto at Tokyo, 6
Guangzhou Long-Lions at Philadelphia, 7
San Antonio at Miami, 7:30
Dallas vs. Oklahoma City at Tulsa, Okla., 8
New Zealand Breakers at Memphis, 8
Minnesota at Phoenix, 10
Denver vs. Portland at Portland, Ore., 10:30M.L.B. CALENDAR
Nov. 11 — Rookies of the Year
announced.
Nov. 11-14 — General managers’
meetings, Scottsdale, Ariz.
Nov. 12 — Managers of the Year
announced.
Nov. 13 — Cy Young Awards
announced.
Nov. 14 — Most Valuable Player awards
announced.
Nov. 19-21 — Owners’ meetings,
Arlington, Texas.
Dec. 2 — Last day for teams to offer
2020 contracts to unsigned players on
their 40-man rosters.TAMPA BAY 10, HOUSTON 3
Houston ab r h bi bb so avg.
Springer cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Altuve 2b 4 1 2 1 0 1 .308
Brantley lf-rf 4 0 0 0 0 2 .167
Bregman 3b 3 1 1 0 1 2 .444
Alvarez dh 4 1 2 0 0 1 .417
Gurriel 1b 4 0 2 2 0 0 .417
Correa ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .250
R.Chirinos c 3 0 0 0 1 2 .167
Reddick rf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000
A.Diaz ph-lf 2 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Totals 35 3 7 3 2 13
Tampa Bay ab r h bi bb so avg.
Y.Diaz 3b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .231
Duffy ph-3b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .600
Meadows lf 5 1 1 2 0 2 .214
Pham dh 4 0 1 1 1 1 .375
Choi 1b 4 1 1 1 1 2 .091
Garcia rf 4 2 1 0 0 0 .167
Lowe 2b 4 1 2 1 0 0 .214
d'Arnaud c 2 1 0 1 0 0 .071
Kiermaier cf 4 1 1 3 0 1 .133
Adames ss 3 2 3 1 1 0 .364
Totals 35 10 12 10 3 7
Houston 100 002 000—3 7 1
Tampa Bay 031 401 10x—10 12 1
E—Bregman (1), Y.Diaz (1). LOB—Houston
7, Tampa Bay 6. 2B—Altuve (2), Alvarez
(2), Adames (1), Meadows (2). HR—Altuve
(2), off Morton; Kiermaier (1), off Greinke;
Choi (1), off Greinke; Lowe (1), off Greinke;
Adames (1), off Miley. RBIs—Altuve (3),
Gurriel 2 (3), Kiermaier 3 (3), Choi (1), Lowe
(1), Meadows 2 (3), Pham (2), Adames (1),
d'Arnaud (1). SF—d'Arnaud. DP—Houston
1
Houston ip h r er bb so np era
GreinkeL0-1 3Î/ ̄ 5 6 6 1 5 61 14.73
Rondon 0 1 1 1 0 0 5 Inf
Miley 2Î/ ̄ 4 3 2 1 1 63 6.75
Smith Î/ ̄ 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.00
James 1 2 0 0 1 1 21 0.00
Tampa Bay ip h r er bb so np era
MortonW2-0 5 3 1 1 2 9 93 0.90
Roe Î/ ̄ 3 2 2 0 1 21 9.00
McKay Í/ ̄ 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.00
Drake 2 1 0 0 0 2 25 6.00
Poche 1 0 0 0 0 1 11 0.00
T—3:37. A—32,251 (25,025).SOCCERM.L.S. PLAYOFF SCHEDULE
FIRST ROUND
Saturday, Oct. 19
Eastern Conference
D.C. at Toronto, Noon
New England at Atlanta, 3 p.m.
Western Conference
Dallas at Seattle, 3:30 p.m.
Portland at Salt Lake, 10 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 20
Eastern Conference
Red Bulls at Philadelphia, 3 p.m.
Western Conference
LA Galaxy at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.
CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS
Eastern Conference
Wednesday, Oct. 23
Toronto-D.C. winner at N.Y.C.F.C.. 7 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 24
Philadelphia-Red Bulls winner vs. Atlanta-
New England winner at higher-seeded
team, 7:30 p.m.
Western Conference
Wednesday, Oct. 23
Salt Lake-Portland winner vs. Seattle-Dallas
winner at higher-seeded team, 10 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 24
Minnesota-LA Galaxy winner at Los
Angeles FC, 10:30 p.m.
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
Tuesday, Oct. 29
Western Conference at higher-seeded
team, TBA
Wednesday, Oct. 30
Eastern Conference at higher-seeded
team, TBA
M.L.S. CUP
Sunday, Nov. 10
Eastern Conference champion vs. Western
Conference champion at higher-seeded
team, 3 p.m.TENNISSHANGHAI MASTERS
Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena
SHANGHAI
Men's Singles
Round Of 64
Denis Shapovalov, Canada, d. Frances
Tiafoe, United States, 6-4, 6-2. Albert
Ramos-Vinolas, Spain, d. Marin Cilic,
Croatia, 6-4, 6-4. Cameron Norrie, Britain,
d. Gilles Simon, France, 7-5, 6-2. Fabio
Fognini (10), Italy, d. Sam Querrey, United
States, 6-4, 6-2. Vasek Pospisil, Canada,
d. Diego Schwartzman (14), Argentina, 7-6
(2), 6-2. Benoit Paire, France, d. Marco
Cecchinato, Italy, 6-2, 7-5. Cristian Garin,
Chile, d. Pablo Cuevas, Uruguay, 6-1, 6-4.
Jeremy Chardy, France, d. Kyle Edmund,
Britain, 6-4, 7-6 (3). Gael Monfils (9),
France, d. Lorenzo Sonego, Italy, 7-5, 6-7
(1), 6-3. Mikhail Kukushkin, Kazakhstan,
d. Miomir Kecmanovic, Serbia, 7-6 (4),
6-4. Andy Murray, Britain, d. Juan Ignacio
Londero, Argentina, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3. Pablo
Carreno Busta, Spain, d. Ze Zhang, China,
6-3, 2-6, 6-4.ST. LOUIS 5, ATLANTA 4
Atlanta ab r h bi bb so avg.
Acuna Jr. cf 5 0 4 0 0 0 .500
Albies 2b 4 1 1 3 0 0 .250
Freeman 1b 5 0 0 0 0 3 .125
Donaldson 3b 3 0 0 0 2 1 .133
Markakis lf-rf 4 0 1 0 1 0 .176
Joyce rf 1 0 0 0 1 0 .111
Jackson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
O'Day p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Cervelli ph 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000
Fried pr 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Newcomb p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Hechavarria ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Tomlin p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Greene p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Ortega ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Teheran p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
McCann c 5 0 0 0 0 2 .154
Swanson ss 3 2 2 0 1 1 .500
Keuchel p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Duvall lf 3 1 0 1 0 2 .429
Totals 36 4 8 4 6 10
St. Louis ab r h bi bb so avg.
Fowler cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 .059
Wong 2b 5 1 1 0 0 3 .176
Goldschmidt 1b 4 2 3 1 1 0 .438
Ozuna lf 5 2 2 2 0 1 .471
Molina c 4 0 1 2 0 0 .188
Carpenter 3b 3 0 0 0 1 1 .200
Edman rf 3 0 2 0 1 0 .286
DeJong ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 .143
Hudson p 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000
Webb p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Gallegos p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Brebbia p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Miller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Arozarena ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Helsley p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
C.Martinez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Wieters ph 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Mikolas p 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Totals 37 5 9 5 3 11
Atlanta 001 030 000 0—4 8 1
St. Louis 200 100 010 1—5 9 1
E—Markakis (1), Carpenter (1). LOB—
Atlanta 9, St Louis 7. 2B—Swanson (3),
Acuna Jr (3), Edman (2), Goldschmidt 2
(4), Wong (2). 3B—Acuna Jr (1). HR—
Albies (1), off Hudson; Goldschmidt (2),
off Keuchel; Ozuna 2 (2), off Keuchel.
RBIs—Albies 3 (3), Duvall (5), Goldschmidt
(2), Ozuna 2 (4), Molina 2 (2). SF—Albies,
Molina. DP—St Louis 2; DeJong, Wong,
Goldschmidt).
Atlanta ip h r er bb so np era
Keuchel 3Í/ ̄ 4 3 3 1 4 67 4.50
Jackson 1Í/ ̄ 1 0 0 1 3 29 9.00
O'DayH1 Í/ ̄ 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.00
NewcombH1 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 0.00
TomlinH1 1Í/ ̄ 0 0 0 0 1 10 0.00
GreeneBS0-1 1Î/ ̄ 3 1 1 0 3 27 3.38
TeheranL0-1 Î/ ̄ 1 1 1 1 0 6 13.50
St. Louis ip h r er bb so np era
Hudson 4Î/ ̄ 5 4 1 2 2 74 1.93
Webb Î/ ̄ 1 0 0 0 2 12 4.50
Gallegos Í/ ̄ 0 0 0 2 1 16 0.00
Brebbia Î/ ̄ 1 0 0 0 1 7 0.00
Miller Î/ ̄ 0 0 0 2 1 12 0.00
Helsley 1 0 0 0 0 3 13 0.00
C.Martinez 1 1 0 0 0 0 16 16.20
MikolasW1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 1.50
T—4:06. A—42,203 (45,538).WASHINGTON 6, DODGERS 1
Los Angeles ab r h bi bb so avg.
Pederson rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 .182
Muncy 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 .286
J.Turner 3b 4 1 1 1 0 0 .333
Bellinger cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 .200
Seager ss 4 0 1 0 0 1 .188
Beaty lf 3 0 1 0 0 0 .400
Freese ph 1 0 1 0 0 0 .571
Lux 2b 3 0 0 0 1 2 .222
Smith c 2 0 0 0 2 1 .111
Hill p 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Maeda p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Pollock ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Urias p 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Baez p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Stripling p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
C.Taylor ph 1 0 0 0 0 1 .167
May p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Totals 32 1 5 1 3 8
Washington ab r h bi bb so avg.
T.Turner ss 5 2 3 0 0 0 .333
Eaton rf 1 0 0 0 2 0 .200
Rendon 3b 2 1 1 3 0 0 .267
Soto lf 3 0 0 0 1 0 .222
Kendrick 2b 4 1 2 0 0 0 .278
Doolittle p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Hudson p 0 0 0 0 0 0 ---
Zimmerman 1b 4 1 2 3 0 2 .400
Suzuki c 3 0 0 0 1 1 .000
M.Taylor cf 3 1 2 0 1 0 .429
Scherzer p 3 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Dozier 2b 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000
Totals 29 6 10 6 5 5
Los Angeles 100 000 000—1 5 0
Washington 001 041 00x—6 10 0
LOB—Los Angeles 7, Washington 7. 2B—
Seager (1), T.Turner (3). 3B—T.Turner (1).
HR—J.Turner (2), off Scherzer; Zimmerman
(1), off Baez. RBIs—J.Turner (5), Rendon
3 (4), Zimmerman 3 (3). SB—Bellinger
(1). SF—Rendon 2. S—Eaton. DP—Los
Angeles 2; J.Turner, Lux, Muncy).
Los Angeles ip h r er bb so np era
Hill 2Î/ ̄ 2 1 1 4 2 58 3.38
Maeda 1Í/ ̄ 1 0 0 0 2 20 0.00
UriasL0-1 Î/ ̄ 3 3 3 0 0 14 7.36
Baez Í/ ̄ 2 1 1 1 0 17 13.50
Stripling 1 1 1 1 0 0 17 9.00
May 2 1 0 0 0 1 26 2.70
Washington ip h r er bb so np era
ScherzerW1-0 7 4 1 1 3 7 109 2.77
Doolittle 1Í/ ̄ 0 0 0 0 0 20 3.86
Hudson Î/ ̄ 1 0 0 0 1 9 0.00
T— 3 :24. A—36,8 47 ( 41 ,3 1 3).N.F.L. CALENDAR
Oct. 29 — All trading ends for 2019 at
4 p.m. (ET)49ERS 31, BROWNS 3
Cleveland .....0 3 0 0 — 3
San Francisco. .14 7 7 3 — 31
FIRST QUARTER
SF—Breida 83 run (Gould kick), 13:17.
SF—Breida 5 pass from Garoppolo (Gould
kick), 6:26.
SECOND QUARTER
Cleve—FG Seibert 30, 11:22.
SF—Coleman 19 run (Gould kick), 1:54.
THIRD QUARTER
SF—Kittle 22 pass from Garoppolo (Gould
kick), 10:37.
FOURTH QUARTER
SF—FG Gould 44, 5:08.
A—70,042.
RUSHING—Cleveland, Chubb 16-87,
Beckham 2-15. San Francisco, Breida 11-
114, Coleman 16-97, Mostert 7-34, Kittle 1-18,
Goodwin 1-15, Garoppolo 4-(minus 3).
PASSING—Cleveland, Beckham 1-1-0-20,
Mayfield 8-22-2-100, Gilbert 0-1-0-0. San
Francisco, Garoppolo 20-29-0-181.
RECEIVING—Cleveland, Landry 4-75,
Beckham 2-27, Chubb 1-12, D'.Johnson
1-6, D.Harris 1-0. San Francisco, Kittle 6-70,
Goodwin 3-41, Breida 3-15, Bourne 2-24,
Juszczyk 2-20, Dwelley 2-(minus 3), Pettis
1-11, Samuel 1-3.
MISSED FIELD GOALS—San Francisco,
Gould 47, Gould 52.PRO FOOTBALL
Antonio Brown is no longer catching
passes this season.
Instead, he is trying to win back the
roughly $40 million he lost when he
was released by the Oakland Raiders
and New England Patriots in Septem-
ber.
The N.F.L. Players Association filed
several grievances on the wide receiv-
er’s behalf late Friday seeking the un-
paid salary and guarantees that
Brown did not receive from the two
teams, according to two people briefed
on the filing.
The grievances by Brown, who is
now a free agent, will be heard by an
arbitrator appointed by the N.F.L. and
the players association. It may take
months before his cases are heard and
decisions are rendered.
NFL Network was first to report the
filing, which had been expected.
After Brown was released by the Pa-
triots, he wrote on Twitter that he did
not want to play anymore and that he
was angry at team owners who void
contracts at will:
“Will not be playing in the @NFL
anymore these owners can cancel
deals do whatever they want at any-
time we will see if the @NFLPA hold
them accountable sad they can just
void guarantees anytime going on 40m
2 months will see if they pay up!”
After nine years with the Pittsburgh
Steelers, Brown signed a $50.1 million,
three-year deal with the Raiders in the
off-season. Brown missed nearly all of
training camp and the preseason after
a series of issues, including an injury
to his feet and a dispute over the hel-
met he wanted to wear.
The Raiders fined Brown more than
$200,000, which Brown wants to re-
coup. He is also seeking guaranteed
salary worth about $30 million and his
signing bonus of $1 million.
Brown filed a separate grievance to
claw back his pay for Week 1 with the
Patriots and the rest of the $1.025 mil-
lion salary for this season. He is also
seeking the $9 million signing bonus
that was never paid by the team. If
Brown loses some or all of his griev-ances, it could set a precedent making
it more difficult for other players who
seek recompense for similar claims.
As Brown tries to claw back his un-
paid salary, the N.F.L. continues to in-
vestigate allegations made in a lawsuit
by Brown’s former trainer. The wom-
an, Britney Taylor, accused Brown of
rape and sexual assault. The Patriots
released Brown after he reportedly
texted intimidating messages to a sec-
ond accuser.
REDSKINS FIRE GRUDENFive games
into a winless season, the Washington
Redskins on Monday fired their coach,
Jay Gruden. The change came one day
after Washington lost, 33-7, to New
England.
Washington will be searching for its
ninth coach since 1999, when Daniel
Snyder purchased the team.
Gruden, hired in January 2014 after
three seasons as Cincinnati’s offensive
coordinator, went 35-49-1 as Washing-
ton’s coach, never faring better than
9-7. He reached the playoffs once.
BEN SHPIGELUnion Files Grievances Seeking Millions for Brown
By KEN BELSONFormer tackle football players with
chronic traumatic encephalopathy, the
degenerative brain disease linked to
repeated head hits, doubled their risk
of developing the worst forms of the
disease for each 5.3 years they played,
according to a new study.
Scientists have known that more
years playing tackle football is associ-
ated with thinking and memory
deficits later in life. This study builds
on that research and, for the first time,
calculated the number of years played
with levels of measurable disease in
the brain.
The retrospective analysis in the
new study was based largely on brains
found to have C.T.E. that were donated
to researchers at Boston University,
not the far larger universe of football
players who did not donate their
brains to science. Brain scientists do
not know what the underlying, base-
line risk is for all players.
The findings, based on the lives of
266 former amateur and professional
players whose brains were donated to
the C.T.E. Center at Boston University,
were published in the medical journal
Annals of Neurology. Of those players,
43, or about 16 percent, were found not
to have C.T.E.
According to the study, the risk of
developing C.T.E. rose by 30 percent
each year played when surveying all
the players, including those who did
not develop the disease.
The study was funded by the Na-
tional Institutes of Health, the Depart-
ment of Defense, the Department of
Veterans Affairs, the Alzheimer’s As-
sociation, the National Operating
Committee on Standards for Athletic
Equipment, the Nick and Lynn Buoni-
cognitive problems later in life than
those who started playing after they
turned 12.
Other researchers have questioned
studies that have shown a high per-
centage of deceased former football
players found with C.T.E. They
claimed that the research subjects
were self-selected because the fam-
ilies of players who thought that they
had brain disease were more likely to
donate their brains to science.
There are only about 20,000 retired
N.F.L. players and tens of thousands of
former collegiate players. The Boston
group’s work has been based on a sam-
ple of some of the worst cases. Many,
perhaps most, football players do not
develop disabling cognitive problems,
and there are likely many other brain
traumas that could potentially result
in the prevalence of the tau protein
that is associated with C.T.E.
Some researchers are looking at
broader populations of people who
have had traumatic brain injury, not
just football players, to determine
whether participation in collision
sports, as opposed to genetics or other
factors, is linked to the development of
C.T.E.
Still, studies linking repeated head
hits and brain disease have spurred a
public debate about the safety of youth
and high school football.
While some researchers are calling
for children to avoid collision sports,
others question whether there is a di-
rect link between exposure to re-
peated hits to the head absorbed in
games like tackle football and the de-
velopment of cognitive and neurolog-
ical problems later in life.
To help settle the debate, scientists
are trying develop a test that can iden-
tify abnormal tau protein accumula-
tion associated with C.T.E. in living pa-
tients. A clinical test is years away.conti Foundation, the Concussion Leg-
acy Foundation, the Andlinger Foun-
dation, WWE and the National Foot-
ball League.
Family members provided informa-
tion about how long the brain donors
played football and other sports.
For brain donors who played fewer
than 4.5 years, the chance that they
would develop C.T.E. was about one-
tenth of what it was for those who
played longer, the study found. Those
athletes who played more than 14.5
years were 10 times more likely to de-
velop C.T.E. than those who played
fewer years, though several playerswith careers 15 years or longer were
not found to have C.T.E.
C.T.E., which can only be diagnosed
after death, is identified by the buildup
of a tau protein in certain portions of
the brains. It has been associated with
mood swings, depression, dementia,
impulse control issues and suicidal
thoughts.
Because there is currently no test
that can diagnose the disease in the liv-
ing, researchers have tried to recon-
struct the lives of deceased players to
establish their exposure to tackle foot-
ball and other activities that may have
contributed to its development.
Researchers at Boston University
have previously said that players who
started playing tackle football before
the age of 12 had more behavioral andNew Study Quantifies C.T.E. Risk for Players
By KEN BELSONBenedict Carey contributed reporting.
The danger of getting
the disease’s worst form
doubles every 5.3 years.
BASEBALL DIVISION SERIES
WASHINGTON — Ryan Zimmer-
man was the first player ever drafted
by the Washington Nationals, with the
fourth overall choice in 2005. Zimmer-
man had starred at the University of
Virginia, but
this was more
than a home-
town selection.
It was a sound
baseball deci-
sion that gave the team its first home-
grown star.
“He’s been here the whole time,”
said Max Scherzer, the Nationals’ star
right-hander. “He’s given everything
to this organization, from beginning to
end, staying through the bad times and
the good times.”
Zimmerman made his debut at age
20, in a game that included Julio
Franco, who is now 61 years old, and
John Smoltz and Chipper Jones, who
are now in the Hall of Fame. He hit his
first career homer at Shea Stadium,
and his second at R.F.K. Stadium.
None of his first seven Nationals
teams finished with a winning record,
a stretch of futility that ended with the
first of their four National League East
titles in 2012.
Zimmerman is 35 now, coming to the
end of a $135 million contract. He
wants to keep playing, but he often
struggles with injuries and knows
nothing is certain. On the field in Los
Angeles last weekend, during a tense
moment in his team’s National League
division series against the Dodgers, he
turned to the first base umpire and
said, “Whenever I’m done, this is what
I’m going to miss.”
The occasion then was a bullpen ap-
pearance by Scherzer, who struck out
the side in relief to help send the series
to Nationals Park tied, one-all. Two
games later, it heads back to Dodger
Stadium tied again, largely because of
Scherzer and Zimmerman.
Scherzer throttled the Dodgers for
seven steely innings on Monday, and
Zimmerman broke the game open
with a three-run homer to center field
in the fifth. The Nationals avoided
elimination with a 6-1 victory and will
send another ace, Stephen Strasburg,
to the mound for the decisive Game 5
on Wednesday in Los Angeles.
Strasburg, who beat the Dodgers in
Game 2, will be pitching on a full four
days’ rest. Scherzer had just two days
of rest on Monday, but held the
Dodgers to four hits and a run, with
seven strikeouts.
“My arm is hanging right now,”
Scherzer said. “That pushed me all the
way to the edge and then some.”
Strasburg has given up one earned
run in nine innings this postseason,
with no walks and 14 strikeouts. But
Walker Buehler, the Dodgers’ ex-
pected Game 5 starter, has also been
an October stalwart; in his last two
postseason appearances, including
Game 3 of last year’s World Series, hehas thrown 13 shutout innings and al-
lowed just three hits.
Facing Scherzer could not have
been much fun for the Dodgers, who
started two rookie left-handed hitters
— Matt Beaty and Gavin Lux — to try
to get a matchup advantage. No such
luck: Both came up in the second and
fourth innings and could not advance a
runner from second. Lux ended the
fourth with a swinging third strike,
chasing a fastball well above the zone.
Scherzer was only getting stronger.
He had given up a homer to Justin
Turner in the first inning — a long one,
over the left field bullpen — but struck
out the side in the fifth. By then the
Dodgers were well into their bullpen,
and the Nationals’ offense took advan-
tage.
Dodgers Manager Dave Roberts
was destined to make this a bullpen
game because starter Rich Hill had
been limited by recent injuries. That
style can work when relievers are at
their best, flummoxing lineups with
different angles and pitches. The prob-
lem comes when one pitcher has an off
night and blows up the plan.
So it was with Julio Urias. He gave
up singles to three of his five hitters,
with Anthony Rendon’s breaking a 1-1
tie. Zimmerman followed with his
blast off Pedro Baez, his first home run
of the postseason and just his seventh
of the season.
“In those moments, I take a look real
quick at the dugout,” Nationals Man-
ager Dave Martinez said. “That’s what
fires me up, is the guys, because they
were battling hard. And when those
big moments come, you can see it in
their faces. It’s huge.”
Scherzer carried the lead through
the seventh, and Sean Doolittle and
Daniel Hudson collected the last six
outs. There will be at least one more
game for the Nationals and for Zim-
merman, another chance to finally ad-
vance to the N.L.C.S.The Original National Isn’t Ready to Let Go
By TYLER KEPNERNATIONALS 6
DODGERS 1
Series tied, 2-2
Ryan Zimmerman, the Nationals’
first draft pick in 2005, broke open
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