Indianapolis Colts 34, Tennessee Titans 17
1) Philip Rivers needed to be at his best on Thursday. The Colts’ top-ranked defense needed to play up to its acclaim. Indy’s running game had to show something. At the conclusion of Thursday night, cliched as it may be, the Colts earned a team win over the Titans and emerged from the Week 10 opener sharing the top spot in the AFC South and looking like a complete team. Following a stunning scoring march on the Titans’ opening drive, Indy’s defense stood up to the best intentions of Ryan Tannehill and Derrick Henry. Rivers bounced back from a dreadful showing the previous week. Nyheim Hines was stellar. And the Colts are a first-place team and looked every bit like it. Offense, defense and the kicking game provided highlights for the Colts (6-3) and lowlights just the same for the Titans (6-3). There are still seven games to play for each of these squads (with a rematch in 17 days included among them), but the Colts posted an important and emphatic victory, announcing themselves as frontrunners in their division and postseason players if they bring their ‘A’ game, which they most certainly did on this occasion.
NFL
- Indianapolis Colts’ Philip Rivers leaps Dan Marino for fifth on career passing list (November 13, 2020, 1:33 AM ET)
- Special teams come through for Colts with blocked punt for TD (November 12, 2020, 10:51 PM ET)
- Fantasy football Week 10 picks, sleepers, busts and rankings: Matthew Berry loves and hates these QBs, RBs, WRs, TEs (November 12, 2020, 10:09 PM ET)
MLB
- Chicago Cubs’ Ryan Tepera lands MVP vote thanks to misclick (November 13, 2020, 2:15 AM ET)
- Braves’ Freddie Freeman beats out Mookie Betts, Manny Machado for NL MVP award (November 13, 2020, 2:04 AM ET)
- Chicago White Sox slugger Jose Abreu wins AL MVP award (November 13, 2020, 1:55 AM ET)
- How Atlanta Braves’ Freddie Freeman won 2020 National League MVP (November 12, 2020, 11:33 PM ET)
- MLB Awards Week: Our picks and everything you need to know (November 12, 2020, 8:04 PM ET)
- Los Angeles Angels make Perry Minasian general manager (November 12, 2020, 7:48 PM ET)
College Football
- Boise State routs Colorado State despite missing 14 players due to COVID-19 protocols (November 13, 2020, 12:36 AM ET)
- Ivy League cancels winter sports season, delays spring play (November 12, 2020, 11:52 PM ET)
- The coronavirus and college sports: NCAA reopening plans, latest news, program cuts, more (November 12, 2020, 9:24 PM ET)
- Former Iowa football players file lawsuit, allege racial discrimination under Kirk Ferentz (November 12, 2020, 9:04 PM ET)
- UAB Blazers-North Texas Mean Green off due to COVID-19 (November 12, 2020, 8:32 PM ET)
- Mississippi State safety Marcus Murphy opting out rest of season (November 12, 2020, 8:24 PM ET)
- Pitt-Georgia Tech football game moved to Dec. 12 because of coronavirus (November 12, 2020, 6:07 PM ET)
- 12 finalists for Campbell Trophy announced (November 12, 2020, 5:41 PM ET)
- NCAA official warns against allowing bets on individual player’s results (November 12, 2020, 4:01 PM ET)