KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs will be missing three major contributors on offense because of injuries when they play the Las Vegas Raiders on Monday. The Chiefs ruled out embattled wide receiver Kadarius Toney with a hip injury, third-down running back Jerick McKinnon because of a groin injury and left tackle Donovan Smith with a neck injury. Running back Isiah Pacheco returns from a shoulder injury for Kansas City. The Raiders hope to have their own running back, Josh Jacobs, back from a quad injury in a must-win game for Las Vegas' slim playoff hopes.
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Josh Allen accounted for three touchdowns, Tyler Bass made a 29-yard field goal with 28 seconds remaining, and the Buffalo Bills escaped with a 24-22 victory over the Los Angeles Chargers to improve their playoff chances. Allen ran for two TDs and threw for one, becoming the first player in NFL history with four consecutive seasons with 40 combined touchdowns. Bass’ go-ahead kick capped a 13-play, 64-yard drive that included Allen’s 15-yard completion to Khalil Shakir on third down. The Bills have won four of five to improve to 9-6. Buffalo turned the ball over three times to keep the short-handed Chargers in the game in their first outing under interim coach Giff Smith.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mason Rudolph and George Pickens connected for two long touchdowns, and the Pittsburgh Steelers kept their playoff hopes alive with a 34-11 win over the Cincinnati Bengals. Rudolph threw for 290 yards while starting in place of the injured Kenny Pickett and the ineffective Mitch Trubisky. Pickens finished with four receptions for 195 yards as the Steelers snapped a three-game losing streak to improve to 8-7. Jake Browning passed for 335 yards and a touchdown but was intercepted three times as the Bengals fell to 8-7.
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Mets must pay a record luxury tax of nearly $101 million after a fourth-place finish in their division, among an unprecedented eight teams that owe the penalty for the 2023 season. Owner Steve Cohen’s Mets finished with a tax payroll of $374.7 million, according to figures finalized by Major League Baseball on Thursday and obtained by The Associated Press. Other teams owing tax money are San Diego, the New York Yankees, the Los Angeles Dodgers, Philadelphia, Toronto, Atlanta and World Series champion Texas. The Blue Jays, Braves and Rangers are paying tax for the first time.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — RaeQuan Battle scored 22 of his 29 points in the first half and West Virginia blew most of an 18-point lead before holding on to beat Toledo 91-81. Quinn Slazinski had 14 points for West Virginia, Kerr Kriisa added 12 points and 10 assists and Noah Farrakhan also scored 12. Ra’Heim Moss scored 21 points before fouling out with about a minute to go for Toledo. Akok Akok threw down a dunk, Battle converted a three-point play to give the Mountaineers the lead for good with 17:51 to go in the first half and Kriisa followed with two 3-pointers before Battle made a layup to cap a 13-0 run that made it 15-4 less than five minutes into the game.
NEW YORK (AP) — The Detroit Pistons have matched the NBA record for the longest losing streak within one season, falling 126-115 to the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday night for their 26th straight loss. The Pistons joined the 2010-11 Cleveland Cavaliers and 2013-14 Philadelphia 76ers, dropping to 2-27 in their first season under Monty Williams. The Nets put them away with a 15-0 run to open a 21-point lead and ensure that Detroit would remain winless since Oct. 28. The teams will meet again Tuesday in Detroit, with the Pistons nearing the overall longest skid in league history. The 76ers lost 28 consecutive games from late in the 2014-15 season through early 2015-16.
SATURDAY SCORES
NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Final Pittsburgh 34 Cincinnati 11
Final Buffalo 24 L.A. Chargers 22
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Air Force 31 (24)James Madison 21
Duke 17, Troy 10
N. Illinois 21, Arkansas St. 19
Northwestern 14, Utah 7
South Alabama 59, E. Michigan 10
Air Force 31, James Madison 21
Coastal Carolina 24, San Jose St. 14
Georgia St. 45, Utah St. 22
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Final (14)FAU 96 (4)Arizona 95
Final (5)UConn 69 St. John's 65
Final (23)Memphis 77 Vanderbilt 75
Final (25)Mississippi 89 Southern Miss. 72
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Final Milwaukee 130 New York 111
Final Boston 145 L.A. Clippers 108
Final Denver 102 Charlotte 95
Final Orlando 117 Indiana 110
Final Houston 106 New Orleans 104
Final Utah 126 Toronto 119
Final Memphis 125 Atlanta 119
Final Brooklyn 126 Detroit 115
Final Cleveland 109 Chicago 95
Final L.A. Lakers 129 Oklahoma City 120
Final Dallas 144 San Antonio 119
Final Golden State 126 Portland 106
Final Minnesota 110 Sacramento