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Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social · 8h
The Commanders fell to 3-3 with a home loss to the Bears, who got a game-winning field goal from Jake Moody as time expired.

@scottsallen.bsky.social picked four moments that defined the game:
Commanders vs. Bears highlights: Four big moments from Washington’s 25-24 loss
The Commanders committed three turnovers and fell to Chicago, which got a game-winning field goal from Jake Moody as time expired.
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Tom Schad @tomschad.bsky.social · 8h
Bears kicker Jake Moody lines up for a 38-yarder with 3 seconds left and... drills it. Bears win 25-24.
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Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social · 8h
The Commanders hold a narrow 24-22 lead and the Bears have the ball back with less than three minutes to play after recovering a fumble.

Live updates as a wild one in Landover wraps up:
Commanders vs. Bears highlights: Washington leads 24-22 late in fourth quarter
Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders (3-2) host Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears on “Monday Night Football.”
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Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social · 9h
The Wizards throttled a Knicks team that sat most of its rotation Monday night.

Marvin Bagley III notched team highs in points (18) and rebounds (11).
Wizards’ young talent shoots past shorthanded Knicks for preseason win
At Madison Square Garden, Will Riley had 17 points and Tre Johnson added 10 as Washington took its second preseason game.
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Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social · 11h
The Commanders' Monday night matchup with the Bears is underway.

Follow along for live updates and analysis.
Commanders vs. Bears highlights: Washington hosts Chicago on ‘Monday Night Football’
Jayden Daniels and the Washington Commanders (3-2) host Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears on “Monday Night Football.”
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Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social · 12h
Lions safety Brian Branch was suspended for one game without pay after he refused to shake Patrick Mahomes’s hand and then struck JuJu Smith-Schuster during a postgame scuffle
NFL suspends Lions’ Brian Branch for starting postgame brawl with Chiefs
Branch was suspended for one game without pay after he refused to shake Patrick Mahomes’s hand and then struck JuJu Smith-Schuster.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 13h
Last year’s Hail Mary pass by the Commanders against the Bears might not prove relevant to tonight’s game.

But in a sport built upon thousands of incremental moments, it illustrates how a single play can have an outsize impact.
A Hail Mary set up the Commanders for magic — and the Bears for misery
Do you believe in momentum? What happened after last October’s meeting between Washington and Chicago suggests it’s real. Just ask a psychology researcher.
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Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social · 13h
After a statement win, Bishop McNamara controls its postseason destiny and entered The Post’s rankings at No. 14 as one of three new teams in the Top 20
Football Top 20: McNamara earns first WCAC win as three teams join
The Mustangs ended a 10-year wait and vaulted to No. 14. DeMatha stayed at No. 1 with a low-scoring win against Good Counsel.
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Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social · 15h
The Titans, failing to show progress after choosing quarterback Cam Ward with the top pick in this year’s draft, fired Brian Callahan as their coach
Titans dump Brian Callahan in first NFL head coach firing this season
The Tennessee Titans fired Coach Brian Callahan after getting off to a 1-5 start this season and drafting Cam Ward with the No. 1 overall pick in April.
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Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social · 18h
Trey Hendrickson isn’t the only NFL pass rusher who might get traded this season.

Analysis from Jason La Canfora
Analysis | NFL trade deadline buyers and sellers will be dealing in pass rushers
League executives are expecting a lot of action as teams try to shore up their defenses ahead of the Nov. 4 deadline.
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Varun Shankar @byvarunshankar.bsky.social · 1d
Doing something new for @postsports.bsky.social this season. Gonna track the Wizards season in this link, starting with tonight’s preseason opener.

What happened, what mattered and a video about Alex Sarr playing his brother 👇🏾

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Wizards preseason opener features buzzer-beater and brotherly battle
Olivier Sarr — the older brother of second-year center Alex Sarr — scored an alley-oop layup as time expired to give the Raptors a 113-112 win.
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Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social · 22h
can an early morning newsletter written and edited by tired elder millennials survive an 8:15 p.m. kickoff? let's all find out together.

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For Old D.C. - Newsletters & Email Alerts | The Washington Post
A Washington Commanders newsletter from Scott Allen, with news, analysis, trivia and even the occasional game day recipe.
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Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social · 22h
“That’s a highlight reel,” Capitals Coach Spencer Carbery said. “They’ll be showing that for a long time.”

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The best player on the ice for the Caps last night? It was pretty obvious.
Charlie Lindgren was the star of the show Sunday night in Washington’s win over the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.
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Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social · 1d
Is momentum in sports real? It sure seemed like it after the Commanders' Hail Mary against the Bears sent the teams in opposite directions.
A Hail Mary set up the Commanders for magic — and the Bears for misery
Do you believe in momentum? What happened after last October’s meeting between Washington and Chicago suggests it’s real. Just ask a psychology researcher.
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Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social · 1d
Capitals goaltender Charlie Lindgren made 35 saves, several of them spectacular, for a shutout of the Rangers in his first start of the season
Capitals’ Charlie Lindgren pulls out all the stops against Rangers
Washington’s goaltender made 35 saves, several of them spectacular, for a shutout of New York in his first start of the season.
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Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social · 1d
Olivier Sarr — the older brother of second-year Wizards center Alex Sarr — scored an alley-oop layup as time expired to give the Raptors a 113-112 win.

“He was just screaming,” Alex Sarr said, “and I was like, ‘Alright, get out of here. It’s preseason, man.’”
Wizards’ preseason opener features buzzer-beater and brotherly battle
Olivier Sarr — the older brother of second-year center Alex Sarr — scored an alley-oop layup as time expired to give the Raptors a 113-112 win.
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Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social · 1d
Drake Maye shined again for the Patriots. Baker Mayfield is an MVP candidate. And the Seahawks might just be elite.

What to know from NFL Week 6, via Adam Kilgore:
What to know from NFL Week 6: The Seahawks might just be elite
Plus: Drake Maye shines again for the Patriots, Baker Mayfield is an MVP candidate, and Kyler Murray’s absence shows how little the Cardinals miss him.
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Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social · 1d
The Rams could be 6-0. They will take being 4-2 — so long as star wide receiver Puka Nacua is not out too long.

Analysis via Mark Maske:
Analysis | Puka Nacua’s injury slows Rams, but they’re still Super Bowl contenders
Los Angeles could be 6-0. It will take being 4-2, so long as its star wide receiver is not out too long.
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Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social · 1d
The Capitals are set to face the Rangers in the second game of the season’s first back-to-back.

Charlie Lindgren will get the start in goal.
Capitals face Rangers in second game of season’s first back-to-back
The game, which will be Charlie Lindgren’s first start in net for Washington in 2025-26, is the only one on the NHL’s schedule Sunday.
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Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social · 1d
These American athletes took a gamble on moving their professional careers to South Korea. It paid off.
These American athletes are finding a second home in South Korean sports
Americans Austin Dean, Jameel Warney and Dustin Nippert took a gamble on moving their professional sports careers to South Korea. It paid off.
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Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social · 1d
James Franklin finally saw his much-debated Penn State tenure end amid its 12th season.

Franklin had the best winning percentage of the coaches to follow Joe Paterno but kept suffering narrow losses in the largest games.
James Franklin is fired after Penn State goes from hopeful to horrid
The Nittany Lions’ stunning loss to Northwestern on Saturday dropped them to 3-3 overall and 0-3 in Big Ten play.
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Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social · 1d
In the NFL, nobody is winning more than David Mulugheta.
The billion-dollar agent behind the NFL’s biggest stars
Nobody is winning more than David Mulugheta, who built an empire on loyalty and became Jerry Jones’s unlikely rival.
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Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social · 1d
The NFL’s latest reclamation quarterback altered the trajectory of his career by not changing a thing.
Wait, is that the same Daniel Jones with the Colts? Almost exactly.
The NFL’s latest Reclamation Quarterback altered the trajectory of his career by not changing a thing.
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Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social · 1d
Aliaksei Protas, the Capitals' agile 'horse,' keeps getting better.
Aliaksei Protas, no longer an unknown, is ‘just scratching the surface’
The 6-foot-6, 250-pound Protas, who is coming off a 30-goal season, scored twice Saturday night for the Capitals.
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Post Sports @postsports.bsky.social · 1d
The small-market, pitching-rich Brewers aren't going anywhere. From @chelseajanes.bsky.social:
The Brewers keep winning, even when baseball logic says they shouldn’t
Conventional wisdom — and recent history — suggests small-market teams shouldn’t have success in the postseason. Milwaukee is moving on anyway.
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