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Frank Gore Passes Jim Brown, Now Ranks Ninth On All-Time Rushing List
FRANK GORE
Indianapolis Colts running back Frank Gore moved ahead of Hall of Famer Jim Brown for ninth place on the NFL's all-time rushing list in the first quarter of Sunday's game against the Chicago Bears.
Gore, who is in his 12th NFL season and second with the Colts, went into the game with 12,293 yards and needing just 20 yards to move past Brown (12,312).
"I'll be honest, because I'm playing now, I'm really not thinking about it because I am still active and I want to be successful here," Gore said about passing Brown. "I want to do whatever it takes to help this team win."
Dak Prescott Establishes Rookie Mark For Passes Without Pick
DAK PRESCOTT
With a 13-yard completion in the first quarter to Brice Butler, Dallas Cowboys quar- terback Dak Prescott estab- lished an NFL rookie record with his 135th straight pass without an interception.
Philadelphia Eagles quar- terback Carson Wentz saw his interception-less streak come to an end in Sunday's 24-23 loss to the Detroit Lions with a pick on his 135th pass of the season.
Prescott and Wentz had been trading the record in re- cent weeks. The previous rookie record was 95 by the Cowboys'ChadHutchinson in 2002.
Prescott entered Sun- day's game against the Cincin- nati Bengals with 1,019 yards on 90-for-132 passing with three touchdown passes in the Cowboys' 3-1 start. Tom Brady has the most passes to open a career with 162 passes without an interception in 2000-01.
Former Junior Welterweight
JAMEIS WINSTON
Entering their Monday night contest, both the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Carolina Panthers have iden- tical 1-3 records.
The Bucs will be hitting the road to face the Panthers, and the two men from Ala- bama will not be facing each other in this contest.
Buccaneer quarterback, Jameis Winston, will be starting and trying to revive their offense. However, for the second straight year, the Panthers will sit starter, Cam Newton, and his backup,
CAM NEWTON
Derek Anderson, will start the game.
Neither of the former Heisman Trophy winners have started their 2016 sea- sons as planned, especially Newton, who took his team to the Super Bowl last year.
Injuries have played a sig- nificant role in both team’s ability to develop consis- tency, and both are at the point of their seasons where they need a win.
Kickoff tonight will be at 8:30 p.m., and televised on ESPN.
"We are heartbroken
and sad to an-
nounce that
our beloved Aaron passed away at home surrounded by his family at 5:57 a.m.," Frankie Pryor, his widow, said in a statement. "He was known around the world as 'The Hawk' but to our fam- ily he was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle and friend. We appreci- ate the outpouring of condo- lences and sympathy and ask that our family be allowed time to grieve and mourn his loss. We will announce plans for a public memorial shortly."
sional after just missing out on a berth on the famed 1976 U.S. Olympic team when he lost to eventual Olympic gold medalist Howard Davis, Jr. in the Olympic trials.
Born in Cincinnati in 1955, Pryor was managed by Cincinnati businessman Buddy LaRosa, who made a fortune as a pizza restaurant owner. Fighting primarily in Cincinnati and the surround- ing region, Pryor raced to a 24-0 record by mid-1980. Then he got a shot at 140- pound world champion and future Hall of Famer Anto- nio Cervantes at the old Riverfront Coliseum in Cincinnati.
Pryor delivered big-time on his potential. He survived a knockdown in the first round and went on to stop Cervantes in the fourth round to win the WBA ver- sion of the junior welter- weight world title. Then, in his sixth title defense, he met Arguello, the Nicaraguan legend to whom he will be tied for eternity.
Back From Suspension
New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady was in midseason form in Sunday's 33-13 victory over the Cleveland Browns at FirstEnergy Stadium, as he returned to action with a de- cisive performance after serv- ing a four-game suspension to open the season as part of the NFL's Deflategate pun- ishment.
After going 28-of-40 for 406 yards with three touch- downs, Brady said he wasn't looking back at Deflategate and appreciated the chance to "be back doing what I love to do."
It particularly showed late in the third quarter after he ran 4 yards to the right side- line to convert a first down, then sprang to his feet to give a deliberate first-down signal
Pryor turned profes-
Antonio Brown Told To
Champ Aaron Pryor Dies
Aaron Pryor, one of the greatest fighters in boxing his- tory, died early Sunday after a long battle with heart disease. Hewas60.
Junior welterweight champion Aaron Pryor lands a hard right to the jaw of Alexis Arguello dur- ing the 12th round of their championship fight in the Miami Orange Bowl Nov. 13, 1982.
Tom Brady's Play
Pryor, who would have turned 61 on Oct. 20, was best known for his two knockout victories against the late, great Alexis Arguello. Pryor, however, had a career about more than just those two famous fights.
A superb puncher with speed and skills, Pryor had a standout amateur career highlighted by a win against all-time great Thomas Hearns in the 1976 National Golden Gloves finals.
Impresses In First Game
TOM BRADY
in which he brought his right arm high into the air in front of him while his left hand rested on his right shoulder.
"I don't run much, so whenIdo,IthinkIwasalit- tle excited. I'm glad we got the first down," he said.
Brady also said that after returning to the team for the first time late Monday after- noon, "it felt very much like a normal week once I got into it."
Remove Ali-Inspired Cleats
Superstar wide receiver Antonio Brown's shoe game has been rarely on point lately.
The league told the Pitts- burgh Steelers wide receiver to remove his Muhammad Ali-inspired cleats in favor of a standard Nike shoe, accord- ing to Dean Blandino, the NFL's senior vice president of officiating.
Brown wore the Ali cleats for the game's first two series but played the rest of the first half in white-and- black cleats.
This is the fourth time the NFL has had an issue with Brown's footwear. In Week 1, he was fined for wearing baby blue cleats in a win over the Washington Redskins. In a Week 3 loss to the Philadel- phia Eagles, Brown wore baby blue cleats with the faces of his children displayed on them. An NFL uniform in- spector told him to remove them.
Antonio Brown’s cleats.
In the following weeks, Brown wore black-and-gold cleats, but with special de- signs -- one honoring leg- endary golfer Arnold Palmer last week, and Ali this week. Last week, Brown was told to remove his Palmer cleats in a win over theKansas City Chiefs.
If a player refuses to alter his uniform at the request of the inspector, he will be side- lined for the rest of the game.
This season, Brown has faced nearly $50,000 in fines for excessive touchdown cele- brations and uniform viola- tions.
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