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Manning on form as Colts bounce back • Elder brother wins 'Manning Bowl'• Cowboys get off to worst start since 2001Peyton Manning gave his younger brother, Eli, a master class in quarterback play by throwing for three touchdowns as his Indianapolis Colts defeated the New York Giants 38-14 on Sunday.Both brothers have won Super Bowl rings and Super Bowl MVP awards but Peyton is still to be defeated in a "Manning Bowl".The older Manning was superb throughout the Colts first home game, taking control from their first possession and completing 20 of 26 passes for 255 yards. His three touchdown passes boosted his total to six in two games of the fledgling season.Peyton was backed up by a punishing defence that mercilessly harassed his brother all night, twice forcing fumbles that were converted into touchdowns.Mark Sanchez silenced his critics by outplaying Tom Brady and leading the New York Jets to a 28-14 victory over the New England Patriots. Sanchez, the lowest-rated quarterback in the AFC after throwing for only 74 yards in last week's 10-9 season-opening defeat by the Baltimore Ravens, completed 21 of 30 passes for 220 yards and three touchdowns.Brady, the three-times Super Bowl winner, finished with statistics of 20 from 36 for 248 yards and two touchdowns but was intercepted twice."This is a huge game for us," the Jets coach, Rex Ryan, said. "We're back to being who we think we are."The Miami Dolphins took advantage of the Patriots' defeat to move to the top of the AFC East by beating the Minnesota Vikings 14-10. The Vikings made the NFC title game last year under Brett Favre's direction but the future Hall of Fame quarterback was intercepted three times yesterday and the linebacker Koa Misi recovered Favre's fumble in the end zone to score with six minutes left in the third quarter to give the Dolphins a 14-0 lead.Jay Cutler threw three touchdown passes to lead the Chicago Bears to a 27-20 victory over the Dallas Cowboys.It was Chicago's second successive win this season while the Cowboys, who were beaten 13-7 by the Washington Redskins last week, slipped to 0-2 for the first time since 2001."Anytime you get in this position it's very difficult," said Tony Romo, the Cowboys quarterback who squandered several scoring opportunities with uncharacteristic innaccuracy. "We've got to climb our way out of this. You sit there and you wonder if you're ever going to win a football game when you get to this point. That's not what you'd expect going into the season."Midway through the fourth quarter, the Cowboys wasted a chance to tie the game at 20-20 when the kicker David Buehler badly missed a field goal from 44 yards.Cutler responded by hitting running back Matt Forte for a three-yard touchdown. Going into this season, Dallas had been widely predicted to make the playoffs, where they would try to become the first team to play the Super Bowl in their home stadium. It looks a long way off now.The San Diego Chargers bounced back from defeat on the opening day by crushing the Jacksonville Jaguars 38-13. Philip Rivers threw for three touchdowns to kickstart the Chargers season as they attempt to win a fourth divisional title in succession. The fullback Mike Tolbert and tight end Antonio Gates recorded two touchdowns each for the Chargers and their wonderfully mean defence limited the Jaguars to 71 rushing yards.The Green Bay Packers thrashed the Buffalo Bills 34-7, despite the absence of two key players in Ryan Grant and Justin Harrell, who were injured against Philadelphia last week. Aaron Rodgers passed for two touchdowns and rushed for another.Michael Vick completed 21 of 34 passes for 284 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Philadelphia Eagles to a 35-32 victory over the Detroit Lions at Ford Field.Jahvid Best, a first-round draft pick for the Lions this year, scored three times, including a 75-yard dash that put Detroit 17-7 ahead in the second quarter and became the first rookie to score five touchdowns in his first two games since Billy Sims in 1980. But after the Eagles posted 28 unanswered points, Detroit scored two touchdowns in the final five minutes and also recovered an onside kick with 1min 48sec left, but the Lions turned the ball over on downs.The Pittsburgh Steelers recovered from losing their starting quarterback Dennis Dixon to a knee injury in the second quarter to beat the Tennessee Titans 19-11, and Ryan Succop kicked his third field goal of the game with almost eight minutes left as the Kansas City Chiefs held on for a 16-14 victory over the Cleveland Browns.The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took advantage of turnovers to beat the Carolina Panthers 20-7, while Mike Nugent kicked five field goals and the Cincinnati Bengals intercepted Joe Flacco four times in a 15-10 win over the Baltimore Ravens.Jason Snelling scored three touchdowns as the Atlanta Falcons walloped the Arizona Cardinals 41-7 at the Georgia Dome while Matt Schaub threw for three touchdowns and a gargantuan 497 yards as the Houston Texans beat the Washington Redskins 30-27 in overtime on a 35-yard field goal by Neil Rackers.Week two resultsAtlanta 41-7 Arizona; Cincinnati 15-10 Baltimore; Kansas City 16-14 Cleveland; Chicago 27-20 Dallas; Philadelphia 35-32 Detroit; Green Bay 34-7 Buffalo; Pittsburgh 19-11 Tennessee; Miami 14-10 Minnesota; Tampa Bay 20-7 Carolina; Denver 31-14 Seattle; Oakland 16-14 St Louis; NY Jets 28-14 New England; San Diego 38-13 Jacksonville; Houston 30-27 Washington; Indianapolis 38-14 NY Giants 14.NFLUS sportguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Jags-Colts game will be on TV The television blackout in the Jacksonville area has been lifted from the Jaguars’ home game Sunday. The team has sold enough tickets to avoid blackouts for its first three home games. feeds.bizjournals.com |
Randy Moss' return to Vikings might ignite NFL's already hot ratings NFL TV ratings, already TV sports' sumo wrestlers, fattened up this season weighing in with highest average game ratings in 21 years. rssfeeds.usatoday.com |
Barbican reign in new-look British 4NCL The Four Nations league launched its new season this month with a weekend of team and individual speed chess which had a novel feature. There is often a debate over whether experts prefer rapid chess, around half an hour per player per game, or blitz, 5-10 minutes per player per game.The event at Milton Keynes tried an interesting compromise of 10 minutes plus a 5-second increment for each move made. Several were decided on time when players were down to the bare increment, but there were also some high quality wins which would have impressed at a slower time limit.Barbican won the team contest even though they were not in the top three on ratings. The London club's overall record in recent years has established them as the leading amateur squad in England. Their achievement this time was remarkable, since their No1 player and only grandmaster, Jonathan Parker, had to withdraw through flu the day before the event. Barbican had the best team scorer, as Matthew Piper totalled eight wins and a draw.The other notable feature was the advance of junior talents. London's two best schoolboys Yang-Fan Zhou of Whitgift, Croydon and Samuel Franklin of Dulwich College, both 16, each defeated the individual pre-tournament favourite, GM Gawain Jones who had shone for the England Olympiad team. Their attacking zest secured some other eminent scalps, and Zhou finished tied third overall on 7/9 behind IM Tom Rendle(8) and GM Keith Arkell (7.5).Here Black tries the very sharp Dragadorf system with g6 and a6 popularised by GM Simon Williams. White's 10 Bh6 (10 g4) and the error 15 Nf5? allow Black the typical Rxc3 sac and 19...Qa5? (Kd7!) with the mating idea Qa3+ looks great-but White could have refuted the tactic by 20 Qxg8+ Kd7 21 Rd4!Callum Kilpatrick v Yang-Fan Zhou1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 Nf6 4 Nc3 cxd4 5 Nxd4 g6 6 Be3 a6 7 f3 b5 8 Qd2 Bb7 9 0-0-0 Nbd7 10 Bh6 Bxh6 11 Qxh6 Rc8 12 h4 Ne5 13 h5 Rg8 14 g4 g5 15 Nf5? Nxf3 16 Be2 Ne5 17 Rhf1 Rxc3! 18 bxc3 Nxe4 19 Qxh7 Qa5? 20 Rxd6? exd6 21 Nxd6+ Kd7 22 Qxg8+ Kd7 23 Qxg5 Qxc3 24 Rd1 Be4! 25 Rxd6+ Kxd6 26 Qf6+ Kd7 0-13162 1...Qe5?? (Qf6 is safe) 2 Qf8+! Rxf8 3 e8Q+! wins.ChessLeonard Bardenguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |