The Detroit Red Wings were beaten 4-1 by the surging Flames on Saturday night as Joel Farabee had a goal and two assists to help Calgary win their third straight game.

Making his third straight start, Devin Cooley continued his hot play with 28 saves to improve to 3-2. He has stopped 100 of 104 shots over his three-game winning streak.

Zayne Parekh, Ryan Strome and Matvei Gridin, who also had an assist, rounded out the scoring for Calgary (4-6-0). Matt Coronato had two assists.

Farabee has a four-game points streak and leads the club with nine points in 10 games.

Andrew Copp had the lone goal for Detroit (4-4-3). The Red Wings lost in regulation for the first time in seven games.

John Gibson stopped 21 shots for Detroit.

Up next

Red Wings: Visit the Edmonton Oilers on Monday night.

Flames: Host Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday night.

The Detroit Lions host the Green Bay Packers in Week 7 of the 2026 NFL season on Sunday. There are several ways fans can watch and stream Sunday's game. 

Fresh off a bye, the Lions (3-2) open NFC North play against a surging Packers (4-2) team that has won three straight. 

Jahmyr Gibbs rushed for 151 yards and two touchdowns in Detroit's 45-21 win over the Arizona Cardinals in Week 5. 

Jordan Love threw for 276 yards and a touchdown, and the Packers picked off Dak Prescott twice in a 23-13 win over the Dallas Cowboys in Week 6. 

Here's how you can watch Sunday's matchup between the Lions and the Packers at Ford Field in Detroit.   

How can you watch the Lions vs. the Packers on cable?

Fox will carry the game locally. Kickoff is scheduled for 4:25 p.m. ET on Sunday, Oct. 25. 

Where can you stream the Lions vs. the Packers?

Fans can stream Sunday's Lions-Packers game on NFL . 

Lions vs. Packers history 

Green Bay has largely dominated the series, holding a 108-78-7 record all-time against Detroit. 

The Lions have won six of the last nine meetings in the series that dates back to 1930. 

Green Bay won both matchups last year, including a 31-24 game on Thanksgiving Day at Ford Field. 

Who is predicted to win Lions vs. Packers?

The Lions are 3-point favorites to win in Week 7.

What is the Lions' schedule for the rest of the 2026 NFL season?

Here is the rest of Detroit's 2026 schedule:

Week 8: Lions vs. Minnesota Vikings, Nov. 1 at 1 p.m. 
Week 9: Lions at Miami Dolphins, Nov. 8 at 1 p.m. 
Week 10: Lions vs. New England Patriots, Nov. 15 at 9:30 a.m. (Munich, Germany Game)
Week 11: Lions vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Nov. 22 at 1 p.m. 
Week 12: Lions vs. Chicago Bears, Nov. 26 at 1 p.m. (Thanksgiving Day)
Week 13: Lions at Atlanta Falcons, Dec. 6 at 1 p.m. 
Week 14: Lions vs. Tennessee Titans, Dec. 13 at 1 p.m. 
Week 15: Lions at Minnesota Vikings, Dec. 20 at 8:20 p.m. (Sunday Night Football)
Week 16: Lions vs. New York Giants, Dec. 28 at 8:15 p.m. (Monday Night Football)
Week 17: Lions at Chicago Bears, Jan. 3 at 4:25 p.m. 
Week 18: Lions at Green Bay Packers, TBD

What is the Packers' schedule for the rest of the 2026 NFL season?

Here is the rest of Green Bay's 2026 schedule:

Week 8: Packers vs. Carolina Panthers, Oct. 29 at 8:15 p.m. (Thursday Night Football)
Week 9: Packers at New England Patriots, Nov. 8 at 4:25 p.m. 
Week 10: Packers vs. Minnesota Vikings, Nov. 15 at 1 p.m. 
Week 11: BYE 
Week 12: Packers at Los Angeles Rams, Nov. 25 at 8 p.m. (Thanksgiving Eve)
Week 13: Packers at New Orleans Saints, Dec. 6 at 1 p.m. 
Week 14: Packers vs. Buffalo Bills, Dec. 13 at 8:20 p.m. (Sunday Night Football)
Week 15: Packers vs. Miami Dolphins, Dec. 20 at 1 p.m. 
Week 16: Packers at Chicago Bears, Dec. 25 at 1 p.m. (Christmas Day)
Week 17: Packers vs. Houston Texans, Jan. 4 at 8:15 p.m. (Monday Night Football)
Week 18: Packers vs. Detroit Lions, TBD

Eastern Michigan lost 24-20 to Ohio on Saturday night after Darren James-Hamilton returned a kickoff 100 yards with 3:40 left to play, and the Bobcats defense made four goal-line stops late in the game.

The victory extended Ohio's home winning streak to a nation-best 17 straight.

James-Hamilton's return came after the Eagles went 98 yards in eight plays to take a 20-17 lead on Brogan McCaughey's 24-yard pass to Joey Mattord.

Eastern Michigan then ended up on the Bobcats' four after a fourth-down pass interference penalty with less than 30 seconds to go. McCaughey threw two incompletions before getting flagged for intentional grounding while being sacked by Michael Molnar. The fourth-down pass from the 16 wasn't close.

Nick Poulos threw for a touchdown and ran for another for the Bobcats (6-2, 4-0 Mid-American Conference). He was 19-of-29 passing for 266 yards, including a 78-yard catch-and-run connection with Dom Dorwart for a 7-0 lead.

Aaron Kearse had a 25-yard scoop-and-score after Ronn Hardin sacked Poulos and Rudy Kessinger's field goal as time expired gave the Eagles (4-5, 3-2) a 13-10 lead at the half.

Poulos had a 1-yard scoring run in the third quarter.

Up next

Eastern Michigan: At Central Michigan on Nov. 4.

Ohio: At Akron on Nov. 3.

Michigan State was defeated by No. 9 UCLA 28-10 on Saturday as the Bruins improved to 7-0 for the first time since 2005.

UCLA quarterback Ty Dieffenbach threw a 63-yard touchdown pass and handed off for three others in the game.

The Bruins (5-0 Big Ten) briefly trailed early for the first time since a 17-15 win at then-No. 13 Oregon two weeks ago. The Bruins outgained the Spartans 443-156.

The undermanned and underdog Spartans (2-6, 0-5) led 7-0 after Devin Vaught recovered Jalen Woods' fumble and ran 56 yards to the UCLA 15-yard line. That helped set up third-string quarterback Kayd Coffman's 14-yard TD pass to Keshawn Williams in the first quarter.

Making his first career start, Coffman completed 4 of 10 passes for 42 yards, one TD and one interception. Leo Hannan took over in the fourth and was 9 of 15 for 67 yards. He got picked off by UCLA's Malik Hartford late in the game.

After a sluggish start that included their first two fumbles at home, the Bruins pulled away.

Jaivian Thomas' 7-yard TD run tied it 7-all and Wayne Knight scored on a 1-yard plunge for his 12th TD on the ground — and 13th overall — that put UCLA ahead 14-7 in the second quarter.

Dieffenbach, in his second start since Nico Iamaleava went down with a season-ending knee injury, hit Brian Rowe Jr. for a 63-yard TD to cap a four-play, 75-yard drive early in the third. Jalen Woods added a 4-yard TD run on the Bruins' second possession of the quarter.

Knight finished with 15 carries for 56 yards before leaving. Woods led the way with 12 carries for 87 yards.

Dieffenbach completed 18 of 31 passes for 198 yards.

The Spartans, who have lost six in a row, were already without their top two running backs. Then third-stringer Marvis Parrish got hurt on the third play of the game after a first down. He had to be helped off the field while leaning heavily on staffers on either side. The Spartans' drive ended in a punt.

Another Spartans player was injured on UCLA's opening drive. Defensive tackle Ben Roberts went down a week after a career outing in a 24-21 loss to then-No. 25 Northwestern. He had career highs in tackles (8), tackles for loss (3) and two sacks.

Liam Boyd kicked a 46-yard field goal that left the Spartans trailing 28-10 in the fourth. UCLA kicker Mateen Bhaghani missed wide right on a 54-yarder in the closing minutes.

The takeaway

Michigan State: The Spartans head home even more battered and bruised than they were already.

UCLA: The Bruins dominated the second and third quarters, when they outgained the Spartans 280-13. They could move up in the top 10 heading into a very winnable non-conference game next weekend.

Up next

Michigan State: After a bye week, visits Michigan on Nov. 7.

UCLA: Hosts Nevada next Saturday to close out a three-game homestand.

Michigan was held out of the end zone in a 13-6 overtime loss to No. 6 Indiana on Saturday. 

Quarterback Josh Hoover had a 4-yard touchdown run in the extra period for the Hoosiers (7-1, 4-1 Big Ten).

The defending national champions avoided losing two straight for the first time in three years with coach Curt Cignetti — and won at the Big House for the first time since 1967.

The Wolverines (4-3, 1-3) started quarterback Tommy Carr and sat Bryce Underwood, but the freshman didn't fare as well as he did last week coming off the bench in a win over Penn State.

Carr lost a fumble on an ill-advised pitch in the first quarter and was picked off in the second half. He took sacks in the second and third quarters that led to missed field goals, including a 32-yard kick after advancing to the Indiana 1.

Michigan reached the Hoosiers 3 in the final minute of regulation when Carr was sacked for a fourth time, leading to a 26-yard field goal as time expired.

Hoover struggled, too, until making a 21-yard pass to Brock Schott on the first snap of overtime that set up his touchdown.

With a chance to send the game to a second overtime, Michigan advanced to the Indiana 13 and Carr threw an incomplete pass that hit the turf in front of Salesi Moa just outside of the end zone.

Carr was 20 of 32 for 167 yards with an interception and a fumble. He is the grandson of College Football Hall of Famers and the brother of Notre Dame quarterback CJ Carr, who attended the game while his team had the weekend off.

The takeaway

Indiana: Hoover was 8 of 18 for 81 yards and threw an interception in the third quarter, setting up Michigan for a field goal, and Cignetti said the quarterback isn't completely healthy.

Michigan: With Carr or Underwood at quarterback, the offense is struggling on the ground and through the air.

Up next

Indiana: Hosts Minnesota.

Michigan: Plays at Rutgers on Saturday.

Former NBA player Malik Beasley is negotiating a plea agreement with the Department of Justice after initially pleading not guilty to charges that he altered his play in certain games in 2024 to enrich sports bettors and ease his own debts, his attorney said Saturday.

In July, Beasley entered a not guilty plea in New York federal court. He was among the latest big names caught up in a sweeping federal gambling investigation.

Beasley's attorney, Steve Haney, told The Associated Press in a text message that they were negotiating an agreement with the government "with an expected direction in the coming days."

Beasley, 29, and sports agent Paolo Zamorano, who has also pleaded not guilty, were among six people charged in an indictment unsealed this summer detailing a gambling scandal that has involved more than three dozen arrests. All six of them were charged with wire fraud conspiracy, bribery in sporting contests, honest services wire fraud conspiracy, and money laundering conspiracy for their alleged roles in the gambling scheme, according to prosecutors. 

In April, former NBA player Damon Jones, 49, became the first person to plead guilty in the gambling sweep.

Zamorano, 39, formerly represented another co-defendant, ex-NBA player Ed Davis, who had lent money to Beasley and is accused of acting as his "gatekeeper" in the alleged scheme.

Beasley is accused of fixing or trying to fix his performance in at least four games while playing for the Milwaukee Bucks in 2024 by under- or overperforming bookmakers' expectations. In exchange, the indictment said, the bettors bribed Beasley — and his debts to Davis were reduced or eliminated.

"Only way you can beat Vegas is sports betting," Davis told Beasley in a Jan. 26, 2024, text message, according to the indictment. "Everything else they got the edge."

Beasley borrowed money from Davis, a former teammate, after racking up millions of dollars in gambling losses. His widely reported financial problems include disputes with a Detroit landlord, a Milwaukee barber and a Minnesota dentist. A 2025 lawsuit from a sports marketing agency resulted in a $1 million default judgment against him.

Beasley has been out of the NBA since playing with the Detroit Pistons in 2024-25 on a one-year, $6 million contract. He averaged 16 points per game and scored 20 in his last game, a playoff loss to the New York Knicks. He is one of five players in NBA history with more than 300 three-pointers in a season.

Davis was a journeyman who was primarily a backup in his 12-year career that saw him play for eight franchises and earn roughly $48 million in gross salary. He averaged 5.9 points and 6.4 rebounds per game and last appeared in the NBA in 2022.

Beasley and Davis were briefly teammates in Minnesota in the 2020-21 season.

John Collins scored 23 points, Paul Reed added 19 off the bench, and the Detroit Pistons added to Miami's season-opening defensive misery by beating the Heat 128-111 on Friday night.

Former Heat guard Duncan Robinson scored 17, and Cade Cunningham finished with 16 for the Pistons, who led wire-to-wire and are 2-0 for the first time since 2018-19.

The Pistons lost Ausar Thompson in the third quarter after taking an awkward fall, and Jalen Duren played only 10 first-half minutes before leaving with a right thigh issue.

Giannis Antetokounmpo had 36 points and 12 rebounds for Miami, while Davion Mitchell scored 18 points. Bobby Portis Jr. added 11 off the bench for Miami, which has allowed a franchise-worst 259 points through the season's first two games and been outscored by a combined 42 points in those contests.

The Heat are 0-2 for only the eighth time in their 39-year history. It's also the first time Antetokounmpo played in the season's first two games, and his team went 0-2; Milwaukee started 0-2 in 2015-16, but Antetokounmpo was suspended for the opener that season.

Detroit opened on a 17-2 run and led 65-53 at the break, with Miami's Bam Adebayo finishing the half with no points, one shot and three fouls in seven minutes and Klay Thompson missing all five of his shots, all from 3-point range. Adebayo finished with four points, and Thompson had six on 2-for-11 shooting.

Friday was the start of a three-game swing for Detroit, which visits LeBron James and the Philadelphia 76ers on Sunday before continuing north to meet the defending NBA champion New York Knicks on Tuesday.

Up next

Pistons: Visit Philadelphia on Sunday.

Heat: Visit Charlotte on Saturday.

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The Detroit Lions are kicking off their first of six NFC North games against the Green Bay Packers and Minnesota Vikings in the Motor City over the next two weeks, while a visit from Chicago looms on Thanksgiving.

If the Lions don't make home field an advantage during the potentially pivotal stretch, it will be tough for them to live up to expectations as preseason favorites and win the division for the third time in four years.

Detroit didn't win the NFC North last year in large part because it played poorly in it, going 2-4 against the division-champion Bears, Packers and Vikings.

The Lions (3-2) hope to take a step in the right direction against Green Bay (4-2) on Sunday as they try to track down the undefeated Vikings atop the NFC North.

"Division games are big, man," Detroit coach Dan Campbell said. "You talk about wanting to win a division, you have got to win division games. That's something we weren't able to do last year, and that's why those are important. ... They're really a game and a half."

The Lions will play three of the last four games of the regular season on the road against NFC North teams, including a visit to Lambeau Field in Week 18.

Green Bay and Chicago are 1 1/2 games behind Minnesota (5-0) and that makes the stakes high for the visitors at Ford Field, too, in the NFL's only division that has four teams with a winning record.

"Since I've been the starter, the division's been winning a lot of games, and it's been a very tight competition throughout the whole course of the division, through the whole season," Packers quarterback Jordan Love said. "It's one of those things where you've got to take advantage, you've got to win these matchups when they present themselves."

The Packers, who rank last in rushing yards and yards per carry, are expected to get a boost with the return of Josh Jacobs, who pleaded no contest to two misdemeanor charges stemming from an altercation with his then-girlfriend. The three-time Pro Bowl running back was removed this week from the commissioner's exempt list, which had prevented him from playing in the first six games of the year or practicing with the team.

"It's going to be a huge addition for us," Love said. "Excited to have him back."

Green Bay (4-2) at Detroit (3-2)

When/where to watch: Sunday, 4:25 p.m. EDT, Fox.

Latest odds: Lions by 3

Against the spread: Packers 3-3; Lions 2-3.

Last week: Packers beat Cowboys 23-13; Lions had bye, beat Cardinals 45-21 on Oct. 11.

Last meeting: Packers beat Lions 31-24 on Nov. 27, 2025, in Detroit.

Series record: Packers lead 108-78-7.

The Packers' passing game against Detroit's defense. Green Bay's Christian Watson has 538 yards receiving and six touchdowns, while teammate Matthew Golden has 501 yards receiving and three touchdowns. They are the only duo to rank among the top 10 in the NFL in yards receiving. The Lions are last in the league in passing defense, allowing nearly 300 yards per game.

— Green Bay has won three straight after a 1-2 start.

— The Packers have allowed 24 points during their winning streak, the lowest point total they have given up in a three-game stretch since 2021.

— Packers safety Xavier McKinney has three interceptions to tie for the NFL lead, and fellow safety Evan Williams has two.

— Detroit center Cade Mays is expected to make his debut with the team, and standout safety Brian Branch is expected to play for the first time since tearing his left Achilles tendon last December.

— Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs has a league-high nine scrimmage touchdowns and is third with 747 yards from scrimmage.

— Detroit tight end Sam LaPorta lamented the team hasn't signed him to a long-term extension on the "Pardon My Take" podcast, saying he broke his back last year for the Lions, who are not showing him love despite his strong play this season.

Javonte Green scored 19 points after not playing in the first half and Cade Cunningham finished with 22 points and eight assists, helping the Detroit Pistons come back and beat the Boston Celtics 121-113 on Tuesday.

The NBA picked the matinee matchup to tip off the season and it delivered plenty of entertainment.

Paul George scored 38 points, the most by a Celtic in his debut. The nine-time All-Star, in his 17th season, showed he's still got it in his first game with Boston since it acquired him from Philadelphia in exchange for 2024 NBA Finals MVP Jaylen Brown.

Jayson Tatum, though, was off his game.

He missed 17 of 23 shots had 13 points and 11 assists. His lack of hustle on defense allowed Green to take his time for a fifth 3-pointer that gave the Pistons a 13-point lead with 3:33 left.

Tatum, a six-time All-Star, is set to play his first full season since tearing his Achilles tendon in May 2025.

Boston took its biggest lead early in the third quarter at 72-50 after George made three 3-pointers in less than a minute.

Detroit cut its deficit to six points after three quarters and surged ahead in the fourth. Green made a go-ahead 3, Duren added a three-point play and Robinson connected on a 3 to put the Pistons ahead 107-99 with 5:10 to go.

Jalen Duren had 22 points and nine rebounds, Duncan Robinson scored 21 points — making 5 of 9 3-pointers — and Ausar Thompson added 11 points and 11 rebounds for the Pistons.

Boston's Derrick White and Payton Pritchard scored 17 points apiece.

Celtics: Host the New York Knicks on Friday.

Pistons: At Miami on Friday.

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Ferndale, Michigan, man Andy Bowman won the Detroit Free Press Marathon for the third straight year Sunday, according to race organizers.

Bowman, 32, completed the 2026 marathon with a time of 2 hours, 12 minutes and 11 seconds, beating his 2025 time by nearly four minutes. Ross Roberson, 32, of Zionsville, Indiana, finished second in 2 hours, 18 minutes and 30 seconds.

Lake Orion, Michigan, resident Allison Sherman was the first woman to cross the finish line in the international 26.2-mile race with a time of 2 hours, 43 minutes and 29 seconds, finishing nearly five minutes ahead of Dianne Fisher of Rocky River, Ohio, the second woman to finish.

The marathon began with chilly temperatures, but unlike last year's gloomy, rainy weather, as the day progressed, runners enjoyed blue skies and sunshine.

"This is the perfect temperature, the perfect day for this. I loved it. The cold helped. The heat at the end felt nice," Victoria Lilly, from Indiana, said.

Some people use the marathon as an opportunity to challenge themselves.

"I'd done so many halves, and it was just time to take it to the next level," Stacey O'Brien of Rochester Hills, Michigan, said.

"We've always been runners, and we've always wanted to push ourselves to do something hard, and so we said this is the ultimate side quest," Nicole Grindling, from Plymouth, Michigan, said.

For others, it's about spending time with loved ones.

"My friends and I always travel for a race every fall, like, we do a little girls trip, and we heard Detroit was the happiest race ever, so we came to check it out," Lilly Fontinell of Baltimore, Maryland, said.

The marathon's route took competitors through several Detroit neighborhoods and into Canada via the Ambassador Bridge.

"I've never left the country before, so I had to get my passport for the race," Fontinell said.

More than 26 miles may seem daunting for first-timers, but worth it in the end.

"About mile 23, I was like, I'm never doing this again. But now that it's over, I think it's great," Victoria Lilly said.

The event exceeded expectations for many.

"I feel like I raced and had the time of my life. I just thought of people that inspired me this training block and really sought out having fun on the course," Fontinell said.

It forges a community.

"I met somebody that, she had survived breast cancer and it was her first marathon. The demographics of people running, you know, you don't have to look like a runner. You just have to show up and do it," O'Brien said.

The 49th running of the marathon brought in more than 30,000 people from all 50 U.S. states and over 30 countries to downtown Detroit.

Lucas Raymond scored the only goal during the shootout and the Detroit Red Wings rallied for a 4-3 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Saturday night.

Alex DeBrincat scored with 1:33 remaining to send the game into overtime. DeBrincat's team-high fifth goal left him one shy of 300 for his career.

Justin Faulk and Emmitt Finnie also scored for the Red Wings, who have won back-to-back wins for the first time this season. John Gibson stopped 32 shots.

Macklin Celebrini had a goal and two assists to lead the Sharks. Dmitry Orlov and Ivar Stenberg contributed power-play goals, while Alex Nedeljkovic made 25 saves in the second of six consecutive road games for San Jose.

With Gibson pulled for an extra skater, DeBrincat tapped in the puck with 1:33 remaining during a scramble in front of the net. Detroit needed to kill off Andrew Copp's penalty in overtime to force the shootout.

Faulk scored on Detroit's first power play with 7:15 left in the first period, as his shot from just inside the blue line found its way through traffic. Orlov tied it with 2:01 remaining in the period during his team's second power play on a shot from the point.

San Jose took the lead at 4:55 of the second period. Celebrini, who has a team-best 11 points in six games, scored from the slot after William Wallinder's turnover in his own zone.

Stenberg and Finnie traded goals during the first five minutes of the third period.

Up next

Sharks: Visit Toronto on Monday night.

Red Wings: Visit Seattle on Tuesday night.

Tommy Carr converted a third down on a 12-yard touchdown run with 2:58 left to play, giving Michigan a two-score lead it needed in a 21-18 win over Penn State on Saturday.

Bryce Underwood was benched by coach Kyle Whittingham at halftime and Carr was put in the game to provide a spark and the grandson of College Football Hall of Famers delivered.

The Wolverines (3-2, 1-2 Big Ten) were scoreless in the first half after they punted three times and Underwood was picked off twice.

Michigan suddenly had success on offense after Carr entered the game to cheers and Rocco Becht threw two interceptions, taking a 14-3 lead in the third quarter on Bryson Kuzdzal's 43-yard touchdown run and Jordan Marshall's 1-yard run for a score that was set up by Carr's 22-yard draw.

The Nittany Lions (3-4, 0-4) pulled within three points early in the fourth on Carson Hansen's 2-yard touchdown run and a 2-point conversion.

They had the ball with a chance to drive for a tie or the lead, but Becht lost a fumble at the Penn State 16 to set up Carr's touchdown run.

Becht bounced back with a 24-yard touchdown pass to Chase Sowell with 1:11 to go, pulling the Nittany Lions within three points again.

Michigan recovered the onside kick, sealing the win.

Carr family legacy

Tommy Carr's brother is Notre Dame quarterback CJ Carr, grandson of 1997 national championship winning coach Lloyd Carr and All-America defensive back Tom Curtis, a former Wolverine. Tommy Carr is the son of Michigan graduates, including former walk-on quarterback Jason Carr.

Lloyd Carr attended the game and said, "wow," after his grandson ran for a touchdown.

Underwood gets benched

Underwood threw two interceptions in the second quarter against Penn State. It was his fifth interception in three games and sixth this season, surpassing his total of five passing touchdowns.

The takeaway

Penn State: Matt Campbell was hired to turn the program around after James Franklin was fired a little more than a year ago, but the former Iowa State coach has lost four straight games just as the team did last year during a six-game skid

Michigan: The decision to put Carr in and take Underwood out of the game may have helped the program avoid starting 0-3 in the Big Ten for the first time since 1967, the year before the Bo Schembechler era began.

Up next

Penn State: After a bye week, hosts Purdue on Oct. 31.

Michigan: Hosts No. 5 Indiana on Saturday.

Michigan State fell to No. 25 Northwestern, 24-21, on a game-winning field goal by Wildcats kicker Jackson Kleather with two seconds left Saturday.

Kleather kicked three field goals in the game.

Aidan Chiles tied the game at 21 with 7:24 remaining when he scored on a 1-yard run and threw to Alex Honig on a 2-point conversion for Northwestern (5-1 overall, 2-1 Big Ten). After Matthew Smith blocked Michigan State's Liam Boyd 33-yard field-goal attempt, Chiles then drove the Wildcats 64 yards in eight plays to set up the winning kick.

Chiles, who started 20 games at Michigan State the past two seasons before transferring to Northwestern, completed 18 of 27 passes for 226 yards and also had 16 carries for 25 yards.

The Spartans (2-5, 0-4) had led 21-13 early in the fourth quarter when Alessio Milivojevic tossed a 53-yard touchdown pass to Chrishon McCray. He completed 19 of 30 passes for 216 yards and two touchdowns.

Michigan State took a 7-3 lead late in the first quarter on Milivojevic's 3-yard touchdown run on fourth-and-1.

The Wildcats went in front 10-7 early in the second quarter as Caleb Komolafe had a 10-yard scoring run. Northwestern had a chance to increase the margin, but Kleather's 41-yard field-goal attempt was blocked by Eli Coenen.

The Spartans regained the lead 47 seconds before halftime when Milivojevic connected with Bryson Williams on a 32-yard touchdown pass.

Michigan State coach Pat Fitzgerald faced Northwestern for the first time since he was fired four years ago by his alma mater because of a hazing scandal. The former star linebacker at the school sued Northwestern and agreed to a settlement after the school said evidence did not establish any player reported hazing to Fitzgerald or that he condoned or directed hazing.

The takeaway

Northwestern: Chiles looked like a different quarterback than the one who threw 14 interceptions during his time at Michigan State. The Northwestern quarterback appeared more poised and confident, delivering accurate throws, making plays with his legs and taking better care of the football. He is one of four former Michigan State quarterbacks starting and the third of three to face the Spartans this season.

Michigan State: Despite missing its top three inside linebackers and top three cornerbacks, the Spartans totaled five sacks for minus-35 yards and also 10 tackles for a loss of 43 yards. Michigan State had not have a sack in its past three games.

Up next

Northwestern: hosts Rutgers on Oct. 24.

Michigan State: at UCLA on Oct. 24.

Jared Goff wishes the Detroit Lions were playing this week.

Detroit is coming off its best performance of the season, beating Arizona 45-21 on the road ahead of its bye week.

"Wish we could play tomorrow after a game like that," Goff said last Sunday.

The Lions (3-2) opened the season with a 31-30 overtime win over New Orleans at home and have alternated losses and wins since.

Detroit was dominated at Buffalo, hung on to beat the New York Jets, played poorly in a loss at Carolina and bounced back with a blowout against the Cardinals with a defense that suddenly didn't look like the NFL's worst.

"It is a complementary football game and you could certainly feel it," Goff said. "They were playing with energy and swagger and then we were feeding off that, getting short fields, scoring and then they would multiply that."

The Lions go into Week 6 as one of three 3-2 teams in the NFC North. Chicago and Green Bay are the others, while Minnesota is 5-0 and has a bye this week.

Detroit will see how it stacks up in the division with its next two games at home against the Packers on Oct. 25 and the Vikings on Nov. 1.

The Lions host the Bears on Thanksgiving Day, and in a stretch that may decide the division, they play at Minnesota in Week 15 and close the regular season at Chicago and Green Bay.

The Lions and Bills are leading the league in scoring, averaging 32.8 points per game.

Detroit is the NFL's first team to have a quarterback (Goff) with at least 1,400 yards passing and 12 passing touchdowns and a running back ( Jahmyr Gibbs ) with 500-plus yards rushing and seven scores on the ground through the first five games of a season.

Gibbs is the fourth player in league history — and the first since Christian McCaffrey in 2019 — to have 500-plus yards rushing and at least 240 yards receiving through the first five games of a season.

The three-time Pro Bowler has scored the most touchdowns (57) by an NFL player before his 25th birthday. He wants to break LaDainian Tomlinson's single-season record of 31 touchdowns.

"I'm trying to get that," Gibbs said.

Goff has thrown 12 TD passes without an interception through five games. He joins Russell Wilson, who did it in 2019, as the only NFL quarterbacks to accomplish that feat.

Receivers Amon-Ra St. Brown and Jameson Williams, along with tight end Sam LaPorta, give Goff plenty of options in the passing game when defenses are stacked to stop Gibbs on the ground.

The Lions are allowing a league-high 404.4 yards per game, and they are third-worst in scoring defense, allowing 29.6 points per game.

Fifth-year defensive back Roger McCreary has heard the talk about how poorly the unit has played.

"That's the part of business," said McCreary, who defended six passes at Arizona for the highest total in a game by a Detroit player since Bryant Westbrook in 2000. "If you not playing good, critics going to say something."

Despite the poor team stats defensively, the Lions are pressuring quarterbacks. They have 20 sacks, the most they've had through five games in a season, and have four players with at least three sacks for the first time at this point of the season.

The Lions might get a boost on both sides of the ball after their bye.

Hard-hitting safety Brian Branch and veteran center Cade Mays are getting close to returning after being out with injuries.

Branch tore his left Achilles tendon late last season against Dallas. He was voted to the Pro Bowl in 2024.

Mays has been out for two months with a wrist injury. He was a key acquisition in the offseason, signing a three-year contract to fill a void left by Frank Ragnow's retirement entering the 2025 season.

While Goff would have picked another week for a bye, Campbell said it's right on time to give Branch and Mays another week to get cleared to play.

"We got the opportunity to get a couple of guys back potentially here, so that extra week early right now buys us that," Campbell said. "So, I think it's good. Yeah, after you feel like you play your best game, there is part of you that's like, 'Boy, it'd be nice to keep going.' But I think this is a good thing. I think it's good that it's happening now. We can kind of get some guys back, get rested up and be ready to go after that."

Andrew Copp broke a tie with 4:38 left and the Detroit Red Wings sent the Philadelphia Flyers to their franchise record-extending ninth straight loss to start the season, winning 2-1 on Thursday night.

The Flyers dropped to 0-6-3. The skid is tied for the ninth-longest in the NHL to open a season, and worst since San Jose started 0-7-2 in 2024-25. Three teams have gone winless in their first 10 games, and the record is held by the New York Rangers, who opened the 1943-44 season with 14 losses and a tie.

After Copp put Detroit ahead with a point-blank shot, the Flyers had one more chance but Oliver Bonk shot wide from 10 feet with eight seconds left.

The Flyers scored first when Matvei Michkov's baseball swing put a bouncing puck past Daniil Tarasov with 2:28 left in the first period.

Dylan Larkin set up the tying goal, passing across the slot on a 2-on-1 to set up Anton Johansson's first NHL goal at 4:31 of the second period.

Johannson is the third Scandanavian rookie to score his first career goal this season for Detroit, joining fellow Swede William Wallinder and Norwegian Michael Brandsegg-Nygard.

Tarasov stopped 17 shots. Joseph Woll made 24 saves for Philadelphia.

Flyers: Host Ottawa on Saturday night.

Red Wings: Host San Jose on Saturday night.

Every young football player has dreams of making it to the NFL, but very few see that dream become a reality. Lions sixth-round pick Skyler Gill-Howard beat those odds with a resilience and perseverance that match the city that drafted him.

"It's been awesome, you know, just being out there with the guys, being able to make an immediate impact has been awesome," said Gill-Howard. "The coaches trust me. I knew I could play in this league, and I belong in this league."

Gill-Howard has one sack and eight tackles through his first five games of his NFL career. His belief in himself never wavered.

"[It's been] a super long journey," said Gill-Howard. "My only offer out of high school was D2. I walked on to Upper Iowa University. I didn't even visit, but when I got up there, I was like, this is going to be rough. I was working my tail off, but I didn't get the opportunity. That semester was rough because you're in the middle of nowhere. The closest Walmart was an hour and 45 minutes away. Just straight isolation, so it was just me and the weight room."

With no offers coming out of the transfer portal in 2022, Gill-Howard continued to train and even picked up a job, working the early morning shift at FedEx to make ends meet – hoping for one chance.

"I was working that whole spring, and that second wave in the portal is when NIU offered me a walk-on, but the catch was I had to play D-line," said Gill-Howard.

That meant gaining about 60 pounds and learning a new position. Gill-Howard made the most of his chance, turning his time at Northern Illinois into a scholarship offer from Texas Tech, where he was a leader for the Red Raiders before an ankle injury ended his senior season early. Then came the call from the Lions in the sixth round of the 2026 NFL Draft.

"It was crazy because I knew I was going to fall just because of my injury," said Gill-Howard. "So, I'm just like, whenever I get my name called, I'm going to make the most of it. When they first called, I saw the 313, I'm like, 'I don't know anybody from Michigan,' but I answered, and 'Hey, this is Brad Holmes,' and I'm like, 'Oh my God.' When you hear that, it was super exciting because it fits the type of team that I want to be a part of. My whole career has been grit, been getting it out of the mud, been working for what you think you deserve."

"For a rookie, he's very urgent," Lions head coach Dan Campbell said. "You hear me say that a lot, right? Do it with urgency. He's an urgent player. He's an urgent practice player. When you tell him something, he's going to do it, and he's going to do it all out, and he's going to do it just right."

Gill-Howard has always led by example. He's the oldest of nine siblings, and this journey to the NFL is about much more than just himself. 

Four years ago, one of Gill-Howard's younger brothers, Prestin Gill, was killed by gun violence in his hometown of Milwaukee. Gill-Howard held a picture of his brother by his side on draft night.

"My main reason why I started playing this game and why I started taking it serious is because I knew I had a future in it, but I also knew that whatever my future was in it, I could help my siblings because that's been my main goal trying to get them out of that situation," said Gill-Howard. "Getting the call, it was emotional, but at the same time, I'm doing everything that we talked about. I'm doing everything that I told him I would. He's smiling up there that I'm doing everything I said I would. He's playing with me every game. He's taking care of my every game, watching over me, and I talk to him every game, just letting him know we're here."

Gill-Howard earned his spot in the NFL, and now that he's arrived, he's going to use that incredible work ethic to make sure he stays for a long time.

"I come in here knowing that nothing can be taken for granted," said Gill-Howard. "Every time I step on that field or walk into a meeting, I'm super grateful to be there because you never know when it could be done, especially in this league; people are gone every day. So, I just come in with a grateful attitude, and this is all I got, so why not give it everything I got this day, and we'll worry about tomorrow when it comes."

Hockey season is in full swing, from the pros to college and youth hockey. There's even a group that gathers weekly in Plymouth, Michigan, proving that it's not just a young man's game.

"Don't tell my wife this, but my life revolves around it," joked John Gatt, a participant and co-administrator of the over-70 hockey league.

The league meets on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays at the Plymouth Cultural Center and attracts people from all over and the players boast plenty of experience.

"We have over 100 guys in our league," said league director Rob Baase. "They're from all over Metro Detroit. We're getting them from the east side to the Brighton Pinckney area."

The over-70 hockey league has 10 teams and is looking to grow to 12.

"The exercise, I mean it's the healthiest exercise in the entire world," said Gatt. "No. 2, the camaraderie. These are guys that we have one very important thing in common, that we love hockey."

"It's competitive; they get their juices back and get a little feisty out there, but it's fun to watched," said Baase.

The league also has a few women participating. Picking up a hobby in retirement is common, but for them, it's a lifestyle, and they wouldn't have it any other way.

"It's like living a dream," said Doug Romanski, another league co-administrator. "I'm going to be 77 soon, and to be able to play the sport you love and know that when you come out here, you're going to be protected."

"I have to play," added Romanski. "If I don't play, the arthritis takes over, the body slows down, the mind slows down, so this is a young man's game with an old man's body."

The organizers have talked about adding an over-80 hockey league in the near future.