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Barnwell: Flaws for contenders -- Who's dragging down each team

Blake Bortles' up-and-down play is holding back the Jags. The defending champion Eagles have an obvious weakness. These are the flaws for every top team.

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Week 7 takeaways: Eagles’ uphill climb, Jags falling apart

Forget the NFC East. The Eagles are now in a real fight just to make the playoffs. NFL Nation dives into Week 7.

Let's overreact to Week 7: Do Jaguars need to go QB shopping?

After losing for the fourth time in the past five games, should Jacksonville make some moves? We take on Week 7's biggest questions.

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Power Rankings: A new top 10 and a few big risers

Who are the biggest risers and fallers after the first week of real NBA basketball?

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Just how good can the Raptors be?

Jackie MacMullan and Brian Windhorst discuss Toronto's place in the Eastern Conference hierarchy.

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Power 5 conference power rankings after Week 8

Find out how every Power 5 team stacks up against conference foes after eight weeks of competition.

Power Rankings: Does LSU have enough offense?

Michigan and Oklahoma push the Tigers out of the rankings' top five despite a win over Mississippi State. Questions remain about LSU's pass attack.

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Ultimate World Series viewer's guide for Red Sox-Dodgers

We look at what's on the line for Boston and L.A., whether Clayton Kershaw can get a title and what matchups could make the difference.

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Ranking all 50 players in the World Series

Legend. Rental. Wunderkind. Richest person. Here's what you need to know about each of the Red Sox and Dodgers players in this year's Fall Classic.

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Mahomes breaks NFL record with 22 TDs in first eight games, leads Chiefs to win

Chiefs QB Patrick Mahomes threw four TD passes Sunday night, giving him 22 in eight career games and eclipsing Kurt Warner's mark of 21.

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Mahomes tears up Bengals' defense with four TDs

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Hunt's ridiculous hurdle sets up TD

Kareem Hunt is relentless on a 21-yard run by completely jumping over a defender and on the next play scores a TD on a pass from Patrick Mahomes.

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Hunt says hurdling a defender was 'good and scary'

Kareem Hunt explains how his amazing hurdle in the first quarter set the tone for the Chiefs and provides his thoughts on Patrick Mahomes.

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Mahomes leads Chiefs to another dominant victory

Patrick Mahomes throws for 358 yards, four touchdowns and an interception as the Chiefs crush the Bengals 45-10.

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Dalton thinks Green was slowed down by double-teams

Andy Dalton was able to connect with A.J. Green early, but he thinks he was limited in the 2nd half because of double-teams.

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Reid appreciates his 200th win in the NFL

Andy Reid expresses his emotions on getting his 200th win, including playoffs, in the NFL and says "everybody is involved" in this milestone.

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Mahomes says his dad doesn't know he wore his Mets jersey

Patrick Mahomes explains how cool it is to wear his dad's Mets jersey and explains how special it is to play at Arrowhead Stadium in primetime.

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Mahomes tosses 4th TD after fumbled snap

Patrick Mahomes fumbles the snap, but recovers quickly and tosses a touchdown to Tyreek Hill.

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Parker picks off Dalton for TD

Andy Dalton throws a pass up the middle and it gets intercepted by Ron Parker, who returns it 33 yards for a touchdown.

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    Ranking your NBA team's 2018-19 drama

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      Is there any Stranger Thing than what the Lakers did this summer? Is there anyone Leftover in Cleveland? Did we just turn all 30 NBA teams into TV dramas? Yes ... yes, we did.