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Bruins in the NFL: Week 7 performances
UCLA plays Saturdays, but the school has some former players who take the field on Sundays. Here’s a weekly blog featuring former Bruins and what they did in their NFL games: Akeem Ayers, fourth-year linebacker for the Tennessee Titans: Ayers has played in just two games this season, and was a healthy scratch on Sunday. The Titans lost to Washington, 19-17. Anthony Barr, rookie linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings: Statistically, Barr had one of the best games of his career in a 17-16 loss to the Buffalo Bills. He was second on the team with 10 tackles, and also recorded a tackle for loss and a pass defended. It was the first double-digit tackle total of his career. Nate...
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Bruins in the NFL: Week 7 performances
UCLA plays Saturdays, but the school has some former players who take the field on Sundays. Here’s a weekly blog featuring former Bruins and what they did in their NFL games:
Akeem Ayers, fourth-year linebacker for the Tennessee Titans: Ayers has...
Bruins in the NFL: Week 5 performances
Here's a weekly blog featuring former UCLA players and what they did in their NFL games:
Akeem Ayers, fourth-year linebacker for the Tennessee Titans: Ayers was active for the Titans for only the second time in 2014, and had his best game. He...
Chiefs' Joe McKnight injures Achilles' tendon, is out for the season
Kansas City Chiefs running back Joe McKnight ruptured his Achilles' tendon and is out for the season.
The announcement came Friday after McKnight was injured during practice Thursday. Defensive tackle Mike DeVito and linebacker Derrick Johnson...
Saints lose first game when Patriots score with five seconds left
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- Tom Brady's 17-yard touchdown pass to Kenbrell Thompkins with 5 seconds left gave the New England Patriots a wild 30-27 win and knocked the New Orleans Saints from the ranks of the unbeaten Sunday. It capped a 70-yard drive in which...
Broncos, Chiefs keep making noise, while Patriots make a statement
The Denver Broncos and Kansas City Chiefs still have perfect records.
The New England Patriots were only perfect when they needed to be.
In a frenetic finish that will be woven into Patriots lore, Tom Brady threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to rookie...
Devin Hester's 19th touchdown return ties Deion Sanders' NFL record
It was two years in the making, but Chicago Bears receiver Devin Hester finally had another return for a touchdown to tie Deion Sanders' NFL-record 19.
It came on an 81-yard punt return for a score against the Washington Redskins on Sunday afternoon. His...
Bears' Jay Cutler injured on record-setting sack
On the same play Jay Cutler broke an NFL team record no quarterback would want to break, the Washington Redskins broke Cutler.
The Chicago quarterback was sacked in the second quarter by Washington defensive lineman Chris Baker, marking the 158th time...
Football: Robert Woods, Joseph Fauria get first NFL touchdowns
It was a big day for two former high school football standouts from Southern California, receiver Robert Woods (Gardena Serra, USC) and tight end Joseph Fauria (Encino Crespi, UCLA).
Each scored his first NFL touchdown, Woods for the Buffalo...
Football: Former Crespi tight end Joseph Fauria is making name for himself in NFL
Who's having the best NFL start among the undrafted rookies? Former Crespi tight end Joseph Fauria is certainly in the running.
He has caught a touchdown pass in each of his two games for the Detroit Lions. And he has finished the touchdown with...
Football: Undrafted Joseph Fauria catches three TD passes
Former Encino Crespi and UCLA tight end Joseph Fauria, who wasn't drafted by any NFL team, continues to be one of the great success stories this season for the Detroit Lions.
He caught three touchdown passes on Sunday in a 31-17 victory over the...
Alex Smith seeks rare 7-0 start with Chiefs against the Texans
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith, who lost his job last season in San Francisco to Colin Kaepernick after an injury, has a chance to do something Sunday that has happened only once since the AFL-NFL merger.
Smith is attempting to win his seventh...
Ravens defeat Lions, 18-16, on 61-yard field goal
DETROIT — Justin Tucker's powerful leg kicked the Super Bowl champions into playoff gear.
Tucker made six field goals, including a franchise-record 61-yarder with 38 seconds left that lifted the Baltimore Ravens to an 18-16 win over the Detroit Lions...
Packers rule out Aaron Rodgers; Matt Flynn will start
The Green Bay Packers have ruled out Aaron Rodgers for Sunday's game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.
It will be Green Bay's seventh straight game without Rodgers since the franchise quarterback fractured his left collarbone during the first series of...
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