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    Bengals Are No Longer Winless, Thanks to the Jets

    CINCINNATI — Andy Dalton returned from his three-week exile on Sunday and got a long-awaited win for the coach who benched him, throwing a touchdown pass in a 22-6 victory over the Jets that ended the longest losing streak in Cincinnati Bengals history. “He had a chip on his shoulder all week,” running back Joe […] More

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    Green Bay Hands the Giants Their Eighth Loss in a Row

    EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The Green Bay Packers had everything they needed to bounce back from a dismal West Coach performance: Lambeau Field weather on the road, a struggling young opponent and, of course, Aaron Rodgers. Rodgers threw four touchdown passes in the snow and the Packers (9-3) rebounded from an embarrassing 29-point loss to […] More

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    Soccer Can’t Avoid Climate Change Forever

    Get Rory Smith’s weekly newsletter on world soccer in your inbox every Friday. It’s free! Sign up here at nytimes.com/rory. It is 5,500 miles, more or less, from Rome to Baku and back. That’s as the crow flies, though a cursory search suggests that crows fly substantially straighter than most major international airlines. They tend […] More

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    N.F.L. Suspends Cardinals Player for Betting

    The N.F.L. suspended Josh Shaw, an injured defensive back on the Arizona Cardinals, through at least the end of next season for betting on football games this year, the first such penalty in more than two decades. The league said its investigators found no indication that Shaw used inside information or compromised any game, and […] More

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    N.F.L. Week 13 Predictions: Our Picks Against the Spread

    There are quite a few interesting games this week, but nothing can compare to the fireworks expected when Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens offense face off against Nick Bosa and the San Francisco 49ers’ defense. That game should get Sunday started off with a bang, and the action can continue unabated all day and […] More

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    Families of Hillsborough Victims Are Again Left Without Answers

    MANCHESTER, England — It has been more than 30 years, now, since 96 Liverpool fans went to a soccer game and did not come home. For 30 years, their families have struggled not only to deal with the pain and anguish of loss, but to find out why their parents, their siblings, their children died […] More

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    Bills Clinch Winning Season With Easy Win Over Cowboys

    ARLINGTON, Texas — John Brown became the first Buffalo receiver to throw a touchdown pass and the Bills went on to beat the Dallas Cowboys, 26-15, on Thursday. Bills quarterback Josh Allen ran for a touchdown and threw a touchdown pass to Cole Beasley, who had 110 yards receiving in his first game against his […] More

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    Police Commander Not Guilty in Hillsborough Soccer Disaster

    LONDON — A retired British police commander was not guilty of manslaughter, a jury decided on Thursday, 30 years after a crowd crush at a soccer match that killed 96 people, the worst disaster in modern British sports history. David Duckenfield, 75, a former South Yorkshire police chief superintendent, faced charges of “gross negligence manslaughter” […] More