(Pittsburgh, PA) — The second half belonged to the Packers in a 35-25 win in Pittsburgh on Sunday Night Football. Jordan Love won the battle of the quarterbacks by completing 29-of-37 passes for 360 yards and three touchdowns. Two of the scores went to tight end Tucker Kraft, who caught seven passes for 143 yards. Green Bay had trailed at halftime 16-7. The defense sacked former Packer QB Aaron Rodgers three times. The Carolina Panthers visit Lambeau Field next Sunday.
(Cleveland, OH) — The Bucks suffered a defeat for the first time this season, dropping a 118-113 game in Cleveland. Giannis Antetokounmpo put up a double-double with 40 points and 14 rebounds. Milwaukee was down by 18 points halfway through the third period, but fought back to tie the score with seven minutes left in the game. The difference was 114-112 with four seconds left, but the Bucks couldn’t tie it up. They host the New York Knicks Tuesday.
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Julius Randle had 20 of his 31 points in the first half and Rudy Gobert added 14 points and 19 rebounds, helping the Minnesota Timberwolves hold on after an early exit by star Anthony Edwards to beat the depleted Indiana Pacers 114-110. Edwards was pulled with hamstring tightness. Donte DiVincenzo held together the backcourt and Naz Reid pitched in too. Pascal Siakam hit 33 points for the Pacers on his 3-pointer with 42 seconds left to cut their deficit to 110-108. Jaden McDaniels answered with a finger-roll to push the lead to four with 20 seconds remaining.
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Macklin Celebrini scored an unassisted goal at 3:47 of overtime to give the San Jose Sharks a 6-5 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday. Celebrini, who also had two assists, gathered a loose puck in the San Jose zone after Yaroslav Askarov made a save on Brock Faber, raced in alone and beat Jesper Wallstedt. William Eklund scored twice and Michael Misa, Ryan Reaves and Tyler Toffoli also connected for the Sharks. Askarov made 28 saves. Joel Eriksson Ek scored with 2:18 left in regulation to cap a three-goal third period for Minnesota. Kirill Kaprizov had his third assist of the game on the goal, giving him 400 career points.
(Eugene, OR) — The Badgers were able to slow down the high-scoring Oregon Ducks Saturday, but still saw their losing streak reach six in a row. Wisconsin was on the short end of a 21-7 score. The defense kept the score from getting out of hand with seven tackles for loss despite starting two true freshmen, linebackers Mason Posa and Cooper Catalano. The only Badger score came on a two-yard touchdown pass from Hunter Simmons to Lance Mason, capping a 78-yard, 12-play drive. This Saturday is the bye weekend for UW.
(Madison, WI) — The Wisconsin men’s hockey team kept its unbeaten record intact with a 4-1 win over Alaska Saturday night. The Badgers got goals from Quinn Finley, Logan Hensler, Blake Montgomery, and Ryan Botterill. Coach Mike Hastings says his players just found ways to win after having to accept ties in two previous games. Wisconsin opens the Big Ten Conference season this weekend at home against Minnesota.
SUGAR LAND, Texas (AP) — Records show that former NFL running back Adrian Peterson has been arrested in a Houston suburb on charges of driving while intoxicated and unlawfully carrying a weapon. Houston television station KHOU reports Peterson was taken into custody Sunday in Sugar Land. It’s the second DWI arrest in seven months for the 2012 NFL MVP and three-time league rushing champion. The 40-year-old Peterson was arrested on suspicion of drunken driving in Minneapolis in April. The Texas native spent the first 10 years of his NFL career with the Minnesota Vikings.
MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) — With a Championship 4 spot on the line, William Byron put the bumper to Ryan Blaney to win at Martinsville Speedway in the third-round finale of the NASCAR Cup Series playoffs. Byron made his winning move with 43 laps remaining, seizing the bottom lane in Turn 1 and moving Blaney up the track by tagging him in the left rear. The Hendrick Motorsports driver led the rest of the way and fended off Blaney on a restart with 11 laps remaining. Starting from the pole position, Byron led a race-high 304 of 500 laps for his third victory this season.