Author: JamesMcGhee

Punished excited by challenge of facing Jones in 49ers-Chiefs originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay AreaProgramming Note: Watch “49ers Now” with Matt Maiocco and Jennifer Lee Chan at 4 p.m. PT today from Santa Clara, live stream on the NBC Sports app. Watch the show later YouTube And Facebook.SANTA CLARA — Quarterback Patrick Mahomes was named MVP of the Kansas City Chiefs’ two Super Bowl victories over the 49ers.Defensive tackle Chris Jones also played a big role in the 49ers’ discouraging losses.Jones completed three passes at the line of scrimmage against Jimmy Garoppolo during Super Bowl LIV in Miami. And…

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Henrik Lundqvist Danny Wild-Imagn ImagesIf you can’t beat them, join them.Rather than worry about the scores being up again at the start of the new NHL season, Filip Gustavsson chose to have some fun with his own goal to seal the Wild’s 4-1 victory in the Minnesota vs. St. Louis Blues Tuesday evening.Since it was an empty net, at least it doesn’t count against any of his fellow goaltending fraternity.In his first three starts, Gustavsson was present at both ends of the ice. He has only allowed five goals, giving him a goals-against average of 1.66 and a save percentage…

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Area coaches excited about all five Stark County players getting started in OHSAA Division I public high school girls tennis tournamentincluding a historic Perry star.Hoover juniors Addison Sheil and Ema Papcke advanced as district double finalist.Sophomore Ashley Helle and senior Isha Nagajothi of Jackson also advanced in doubles with a fourth-place finish.Perry junior Haylee Fearon is the county’s only state representative in singles based on a fourth-place finish in district. Fearon is the first singles state qualifier in Perry girls tennis history. One Perry player, Scott Pukys in 1988, reached the state tournament in singles on the boys side.Perry’s Haylee…

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The New York Mets will face the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday for Game 3 of the NLCS. (Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images)THE Los Angeles Dodgers will head east to play the New York Mets for Game 3 of the National League Championship Series on Wednesday, October 16. The Mets evened the NLCS series 1-1 when they beat the Dodgers on Monday, 7-3 (but let’s not bury the truth, the real story was the appearance of a snake in the Dodgers dugout during the fifth inning.) Tonight’s – hopefully – snake-free game will feature a showdown on the…

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NFL schedule makers did the 49ers no favors when they scheduled them to face the Chiefs in Week 7, following Kansas City’s Week 6 bye.No coach in NFL history has been better at using the bye week to his team’s advantage than Chiefs coach Andy Reid, whose teams are 21-4 after their bye week. in the regular season. Reid’s .840 winning percentage after time off is the highest of any head coach, among those who have coached at least 10 games after weeks off.Reid was 13-1 after a bye week as head coach of the Eagles, and he is 8-3…

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