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By DAN GELSTON, AP Sports Writer CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Sean Johnson high-stepped his way up the stairs at the back of a makeshift stage as his New York City FC teammates parted to let the standout goalie slide through the gap. He crouched and then burst straight up with the MLS Eastern Conference championship trophy as New York danced and shook the floor with good reason — a shot at its first championship is on deck. Talles Magno scored in the 88th minute to send New York into the MLS Cup final with a 2-1 win over the COVID-19-restriction-ravaged Philadelphia Union on Sunday. New York will play at the Portland Timbers on Saturday for the MLS Cup. “This team, they don’t stop,” coach Ronny Deila said. “They keep on going. Now we are in the final, so we’...

Jets kicker Alex Kessman missed his first two extra point attempts during his NFL debut after he signed from the practice squad Saturday to replace the struggling Matt Ammendola. Ryan Succop (Buccaneers), Dustin Hopkins (Chargers), Evan McPherson (Bengals), Chris Boswell (Steelers) and Robbie Gould (49ers) also had missed PATs. As bad as it's been, it’s not close to the 13 extra points kickers collectively missed during Week 5. That week also had 14 missed field goals, making it the highest number of combined misses since Week 11 of the 1987 season. ___ 5:55 p.m. Seattle’s Adrian Peterson has moved into a tie with Jim Brown for 10th all-time in total career touchdowns. Peterson’s 1-yard touchdown run in the second quarter against Sa...

By GREG BEACHAM, AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars were the cure for just about everything that ailed the Los Angeles Rams throughout November. Matthew Stafford and the Rams hope they can stay up at this level when their stretch run gets a whole lot tougher. Cooper Kupp, Van Jefferson and Odell Beckham Jr. caught touchdown passes from Stafford, and the Rams snapped their three-game losing streak with a 37-7 victory over Jacksonville on Sunday. Stafford passed for 295 yards while Sony Michel rushed for 121 yards and a score for the Rams (8-4), who rebounded from a winless month with a solid Hey Dude Women's Shoes all-around effort against a struggling opponent. Kupp had his 100th reception of a remarkable season among his ...

By TIM BOOTH, AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — For all the late-game mistakes and missed opportunities throughout their disappointing season, the Seattle Seahawks continue to believe there is something worth playing for. They showed the San Francisco 49ers exactly that Sunday. “No matter how people bash us and say we're done and all this we always believe,” Seattle safety Quandre Diggs said. Russell Wilson played his best game since returning from finger surgery, throwing for 231 yards and two touchdowns, and the Seattle Seahawks made a late Skechers Shoes Outlets goal-line stand to beat the 49ers 30-23 on Sunday. Seattle (4-8) snapped a three-game losing streak but it wasn’t easy as a number of mistakes gave the 49ers a chance for a tying touchdown ...

By WILL GRAVES, AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — If the end is near for Ben Roethlisberger, he's not telling. Not publicly anyway. The longtime Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback insists he won't make a final decision about his future until January at the earliest. Until then, he is intent on savoring each moment as it comes. Moments like the giddy postgame locker room on Sunday night inside Heinz Field, when a surprised Roethlisberger received the game ball following the 39th fourth-quarter comeback of his career, Hoka Sneakers ,a 20-19 victory over Baltimore that will be remembered for Roethlisberger's vintage second-half play and a gutsy — if ultimately fruitless — decision by Ravens coach John Harbaugh to go for the win in regulation. “You should always try to...

By CLIFF BRUNT, AP Sports Writer Oklahoma hired Clemson defensive coordinator Brent Venables as its head coach to replace Lincoln Riley on Sunday night, bringing back a former Sooners assistant with a long track record of success. Venables will be introduced Monday morning on the campus in Norman, the school said. The 50-year-old Venables was on Oklahoma's staff under Bob Stoops as co-defensive coordinator from 1999 to 2003 and defensive coordinator from 2004 to 2011. New Jordan ,He was co-defensive coordinator when the Sooners won the 2000 national title. He left Oklahoma for Clemson in 2012 and won the Broyles Award in 2016 as the nation's top assistant. He's been on the staff of teams that have won three national titles and appeared in eight national champions...