Aaron Rodgers zipped passes between defenders. Aaron Rodgers exploited matchups and prolonged performs along with his legs and made everybody on his offense higher. Aaron Rodgers lastly regarded like Aaron Freakin’ Rodgers, the four-time MVP and future Corridor of Fame quarterback worthy of the choice at hand his the keys to the Jets franchise.

He didn’t appear to be that participant final season, in fact, throughout the 4 snaps earlier than he tore his Achilles tendon. However he additionally didn’t appear to be that participant because the Jets break up their first two video games in his second try because the franchise savoir.

Oh, positive, he regarded … high quality. The Jets didn’t go all-in on Rodgers for a merely good quarterback. They didn’t deliver him right here in that April 2023 commerce with the Inexperienced Bay Packers within the hopes that they’d get an improve over Zach Wilson. A JUGS machine could be higher than the turnover-prone former No. 2 general decide who was like an anchor on this workforce’s hopes.

“I count on greatness each time I step on the sphere,” Rodgers had mentioned earlier than this season, and perhaps that was an excessive amount of to count on for a 40-year-old quarterback given the wear and tear and tear of 20 NFL seasons on his proper arm.

However approaching greatness?

That’s what the Jets acquired from their quarterback on Thursday evening in a 24-3 victory over the New England Patriots. Rodgers accomplished 27 of 35 passes for 281 yards and two touchdowns, and if you wish to add the qualifier that the Patriots are a foul soccer workforce, go proper forward. Jets diehards will word what number of instances this offense has made unhealthy defenses appear to be the ‘85 Bears.

No one with a inexperienced jersey hanging of their closet with names like Sanchez or Tebow or Nagle or any of the failed quarterbacks ought to overthink this one. They need to merely get pleasure from it. That is what good quarterback play appears to be like like, Jets followers. This was the lacking ingredient for an in any other case top-notch workforce. Fear about whether or not it can final one other day.

That it got here in opposition to the Patriots made it much more particular. For many of this century, New England had the participant who outlined quarterback greatness, and whereas Tom Brady packed his luggage for Tampa after which the TV sales space a very long time in the past, the recollections linger. The Patriots had received 39 of the final 47 video games on this sequence, in any case, and eight straight on this constructing.

The mystique of the Patriots Approach is a distant reminiscence now that Invoice Belichick has his personal TV gig hanging out with Eli Manning. Few rosters within the NFL have as little top-line expertise because the Patriots, who began a quarterback in Jacoby Brissett who a placeholder for the No. 3 general draft decide, Drake Maye, ready within the wings.

The Jets need to beat groups like this to have any likelihood at a particular season. For Rodgers, although, this was extra than simply certainly one of 17 video games on the schedule. This was his first time stepping onto the MetLife Stadium discipline since that disastrous opening evening 373 days in the past. He wanted a efficiency to erase the reminiscence of that second, and perhaps show one thing to this fan base.

He acquired it. He discovered previous pal Allen Lazard for a 10-yard landing cross within the first quarter because the Jets used an up-tempo assault to maintain New England off steadiness. He zipped a 22-yard cross down a seam within the protection to tight finish Tyler Conklin to arrange a second landing drive as he accomplished 13 of his first 15 passes.

His greatest throw of the evening went for simply 2 yards within the field rating. He left his ft as he whipped a cross to the objective line for Garrett Wilson, placing the ball simply over the outstretched hand of the cornerback for the Jets third landing. It was the primary time Rodgers had ever thrown a landing cross to a receiver drafted within the first-round, and the Jets can solely hope it’s the starting of a productive Rodgers-Wilson partnership.

Then once more, it’s clear Rodgers won’t be enjoying favorites. He accomplished at the very least two passes to eight totally different targets, and in case you’re nitpicking, most of these had been brief throws. Rodgers tried to stretch the sphere a pair instances and failed, together with as soon as when Wilson had a step on his defender. Hey, the man isn’t good.

He’s, nonetheless, higher than any quarterback that the Jets have had in years. Aaron Rodgers was, in the end, Aaron Freakin’ Rodgers on Thursday evening. The followers at MetLife Stadium can solely hope this model sticks round for some time.

Palworld, colloquially recognized to followers as “Pokémon with weapons,” is in sizzling water. Nintendo and The Pokémon Firm introduced Thursday that they’ve filed a patent infringement lawsuit in Tokyo in opposition to Pocketpair, the corporate behind the sport, claiming Palworld “infringes a number of patent rights.”

The lawsuit isn’t fully sudden. In Palworld, gamers catch creatures by weakening them and trapping them in Pal Spheres, just like Poké Balls. Followers have additionally identified quite a few similarities in design between Friends and Pokémon. Gamers have additionally drawn Nintendo’s ire for creating mods that make the connection specific by together with precise Pokémon.

Curiously, although, Nintendo’s assertion alleges patent violations, not copyright ones, which can point out the swimsuit could possibly be extra about sport mechanics than creature design.

Palworld, launched in January, was an instantaneous success. Inside its first month, the open world survival sport offered greater than 12 million copies and have become Microsoft’s largest third-party Sport Move launch ever.

On Thursday, as information of the lawsuit unfold, Pocketpair launched an announcement saying the corporate was “unaware of the particular patents [it is] accused of infringing upon,” however vowing to research the claims.

The corporate says it is going to proceed to work on bettering the sport; it launched a patch with bug fixes earlier this week. “It’s actually unlucky that we’ll be pressured to allocate important time to issues unrelated to sport improvement resulting from this lawsuit,” the assertion reads. “Nonetheless, we are going to do our utmost for our followers, and to make sure that indie sport builders usually are not hindered or discouraged from pursuing their artistic concepts.”

On-line, followers proceed to vocally assist the sport. “As an alternative of bullying smaller corporations, those going after you guys ought to make higher merchandise,” one X person wrote in response to Pocketpair’s publish concerning the lawsuit. “Nintendo actually must be humbled, and competitors is wholesome for everybody concerned,” wrote one other. Others backed Nintendo, which—as Serkan Toto, the CEO of sport business consultancy Kantan Video games, famous on X—has a “legendary monitor report (particularly in Japan) concerning lawsuits like this one.”

In earlier interviews, Pocketpair CEO Takuro Mizobe has pushed again in opposition to claims of wrongdoing, saying “now we have completely no intention of infringing upon the mental property of different corporations.”

Nintendo disagrees. Within the assertion it launched, the corporate says it “will proceed to take crucial actions in opposition to any infringement of its mental property rights together with the Nintendo model itself, to guard the mental properties it has labored onerous to determine through the years.” The corporate has an extended historical past of doing simply that. The largest shock right here? That it took this lengthy.

India’s batter Ravichandran Ashwin celebrates his century in the course of the first day of the primary Take a look at cricket match between India and Bangladesh, at M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, in Chennai, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024. (PTI Picture)

How R Ashwin, who went to USA to check batting dynamics between baseball and cricket, counterattacked his manner in Chennai Take a look at towards Bangladesh

On the eve of the Take a look at, India’s head coach Gautam Gambhir was requested whether or not he has plans to develop a seam-bowling all-rounder. In his true attribute type, he would make a transparent lower remark. “If we don’t have it, we don’t have it. We nonetheless have high quality all-rounders, now we have to handle Ashwin, Jadeja, Axar,” he would say. And on his first day at workplace of the Take a look at aspect, it was India’s two priceless all-rounders – R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja – who dug them out of a gap at 144/6 and finish Day 1 at 339 for six.

Half manner into the opening day of the Take a look at after Bangladesh gained the toss opted to bowl, the full appeared out of India’s attain. With the MA Chidambaram Stadium floor providing motion and good bounce, Bangladesh seamers made probably the most out of it with India’s batting line-up additionally making their job straightforward with some free pictures.

However in house circumstances, particularly within the final decade it’s the contribution from the lower-order batsmen that entails the spin-bowling all-rounders that has made them invincible. And on Thursday, it was the 2 acquainted faces – localite Ashwin and Chennai Tremendous Kings’ Jadeja – who as soon as once more got here to India’s rescue, like they’ve executed repeatedly prior to now. (READ MORE)

On Monday, the embattled rap mogul Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs was arrested and charged with intercourse trafficking and racketeering. He is been denied bail twice, and is dealing with a sentence of 15 years to life in jail. Host Brittany Luse is joined by NPR Music editor Sidney Madden and authorized affairs reporter Meghann Cuniff to grasp what this indictment means for Combs and if this may very well be the start of a #MeToo motion in hip-hop.

Then, Brittany is joined by Tony Tulathimutte, creator of Rejection, to speak a few rising tradition round rejection, his e-book and why on-line life can allow rejections to curdle inside us.

This episode was produced by Liam McBain and Alexis Williams, with extra assist from Corey Antonio Rose and Barton Girdwood. This episode was edited by Jessica Placzek. We had engineering assist from Ted Mebane and Josephine Nyounai. Our Govt Producer is Jasmine Romero. Our VP of Programming is Yolanda Sangweni.

Sean “Diddy” Combs did not act alone on crimes that embody bribery, making threats and intercourse trafficking, based on federal prosecutors.

Authorities allege Combs had loads of assist, and what comes subsequent is the attainable prosecution of a whole community of the rap mogul’s workers.

In accordance with Combs’ indictment on federal costs of intercourse trafficking, the rap mogul used sure workers to hold out and facilitate his actions, which allegedly included threatening and abusing girls who had been a part of his “freak-offs,” or intercourse events.

These workers ranged from safety to family employees, private assistants and high-ranking supervisors.

Former federal prosecutor Manny Medrano stated among the workers will seemingly make offers to testify towards Combs — however others might be criminally charged.

Medrano stated who will get prosecuted and who doesn’t will rely upon whether or not they’re thought of a “excessive degree” or “low degree” enabler.

“A low degree could be let’s simply say the housekeeper who picked up after one of many intercourse events however a excessive degree enabler could be somebody who lured the ladies to return into the intercourse events,” stated Medrano.

The indictment states some workers helped Combs’ get medication for the events, made journey preparations to lure victims, and obtained money to pay intercourse employees to take part.

U.S. legal professional Damian Williams detailed the costs towards Sean “Diddy” Combs throughout a press convention on Tuesday, which allege Combs engaged in intercourse trafficking, arson and racketeering. Williams additionally outlined findings from a number of property searches, together with the seizure of movies of the alleged abuse, AR-style weapons and greater than 1,000 bottles of non-public lubricant.

Medrano stated it’s seemingly Combs wasn’t the one well-known face within the room.

“I’ve little doubt that maybe there are another high-level celebrities excessive profile people in these events, participated in them,” stated Medrano.

Combs’ protection legal professional will seemingly argue nobody was compelled to do something, based on Medrano.

“The important thing protection for Combs might be: did the ladies take part voluntarily and consensually, or had been they compelled? In the event that they had been compelled, Combs will seemingly spend the remainder of his life in federal jail,” stated Medrano.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Jacoby Brissett acquired hit, harassed and pissed off all night time by the New York Jets’ swarming protection.

Then the Patriots’ veteran quarterback was pulled in favor of rookie Drake Maye, who made his NFL debut late in a lackluster 24-3 loss Thursday night time.

All of it left some uncertainty about who’ll be underneath heart for New England shifting ahead.

“I don’t know,” coach Jerod Mayo stated. “We speak each single week that you simply’re competing for a job. We’ll get collectively as a training workers and see the place it goes.”

The Patriots (1-2) might keep on with the 31-year-old Brissett, who’s checked out as largely as a placeholder for Maye. Or New England might get the No. 3 total decide on the sphere to begin a bit prior to anticipated. The Patriots play at San Francisco subsequent Sunday.

“I don’t make personnel choices,” Brissett stated. “My job is to go on the market and prepare to play.”

When requested what he thought of Mayo saying he was not sure whether or not he would possibly make a quarterback change, Brissett refused to gas any hypothesis.

“I’m not going to overreact to one thing I didn’t hear,” he stated. “He advised me he was stepping into. I’m not going to argue.”

Brissett was 12 of 18 for simply 98 yards and sacked 5 instances earlier than being pulled with 4:24 left within the recreation.

“I’m an enormous man. I can take it,” Brissett stated of all of the hits he took. “I at all times get again up. Discovering methods to make performs, that’s what it comes right down to. It’s soccer. You’re imagined to get hit. You don’t join this sport to not get hit.”

Maye got here in and moved the Patriots’ offense down the sphere throughout their last drive. The previous North Carolina star went 4 for 8 for 22 yards and was sacked twice, with the final one ending the sport.

“I assumed it was alternative for him to go on the market with the (first-team offense) and put a couple of drives collectively,” Mayo stated. “We’ll watch the movie and consider.”

One other factor for Mayo to contemplate is the state of the Patriots’ banged-up offensive line.

Beginning left sort out Vederian Lowe (knee) and left guard Sidy Sow (ankle) didn’t play after each have been dominated out earlier within the week. Heart David Andrews (hip) and proper sort out Mike Onwenu (wrist) performed after being listed as questionable.

Towards the Jets, left sort out Caedan Wallace — beginning for Lowe — and left guard Michael Jordan — beginning for Sow — didn’t end the sport after being injured within the fourth quarter.

“I assumed the offensive line right this moment had a tough time,” Mayo stated. “There have been instances early within the recreation when the pockets appeared fairly clear. As the sport went on, much like final week (in opposition to Seattle), it began falling aside so far as the safety.”

New England was manhandled by the New York protection, after which Aaron Rodgers sliced by the Patriots for lengthy drives all through the night time.

New York completed with 400 yards to New England’s 139 and had 27 first downs to the Patriots’ 11.

“It was dangerous. Unhealthy in all phases,” Andrews stated. “We didn’t play like how we wished to play. They dictated what we wished to do. Hats off to them. That they had plan and performed rather a lot higher than we did tonight.”

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MOSCOW (AP) — Two Russians on Friday set a file for the longest steady keep on the Worldwide Area Station, in keeping with Russia’s area company.

Roscosmos stated Oleg Kononenko and Nikolai Chub broke the outdated file of 370 days, 21 hours and 22 minutes, which was set in September 2023 by Russians Sergei Prokopiev and Dmitry Petelin and American Francisco Rubio.

Chub and Kononenko will add a number of days to their complete earlier than their scheduled return to Earth on Monday.

The 59-year-old Kononenko holds different area period data, together with essentially the most cumulative time in area — 1,110 days over the course of 5 missions by the point he lands in Kazakhstan subsequent week.

Two American astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams, have inadvertently been aboard the area station for a lot of the Russians’ record-setting keep. Williams and Wilmore anticipated to be on the ISS for under eight days after they blasted off in June, however their problem-plagued Boeing Starliner capsule was despatched again with out them. They now are set to return in February.

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Jacoby Brissett shrugged his shoulders as he answered the ultimate query of his press convention within the bowels of MetLife Stadium on Thursday evening.

The veteran quarterback had simply spoken of the respect he has for an offensive line that allowed him to get hit 10 instances, sacked 5, and pressured consistently in a 24-3 loss to the Jets, and Brissett was then requested about Jerod Mayo’s feedback from minutes earlier. The Patriots coach mentioned he didn’t know who his quarterback could be subsequent week in San Francisco.

“That’s —,” Brissett paused. “I’m not going to overreact to one thing that I didn’t hear.”

Brissett has accomplished nearly every part proper since coming again to New England. He’s mentored and cheered Drake Maye as he competed towards him, he’s served as a punching bag behind a porous offensive line, and his teammates respect him a lot that he was voted a captain regardless of a one-year placeholder deal.

“That’s a soldier proper there,” DeMario Douglas mentioned. “Taking hits and getting up, he’s going on the market fired up. That’s the definition of a soldier proper there. They stand up they usually push by way of the arduous instances.”

After the one-sided loss to the Jets, Mayo had been noncommittal on his quarterback for Week 4 following Drake Maye’s late fourth quarter NFL debut.

“I don’t know,” Mayo mentioned. “We speak about it each single week that you simply’re competing for a job so, we’ll get collectively as a training workers and see the place it goes.”

In that second standing behind the lectern after a hard-fought loss, Brissett deserved higher. After all of the yo-yoing on quarterback messaging over the summer time, this was one other curveball. And it’s solely Week 3. If Mayo is actually contemplating benching Brissett in favor of Maye, it’d be tactless to let the quarterback hear that from a media member and never his coach. It’d be silly, too.

Although Maye moved the ball downfield throughout his drive with the Jets bench emptied, there wasn’t something to recommend he needs to be the beginning quarterback instantly. It was a combined bag. Maye’s first snap may’ve been a pick-six and he missed an open throw. He additionally had a pair beauties to Douglas and transformed a fourth down together with his legs. There was good and dangerous, however Maye wants extra seasoning. Although a small pattern measurement, he regarded very very similar to the high-ceiling, low-floor prospect he was billed as.

Maye remains to be studying from watching Brissett on sport day, too, and shared the strongest lesson he’s gotten from his teammate up to now.

“How you can put together,” Maye mentioned. “There’s so many alternative seems groups can deliver. The Jets combined it up on the primary 4 or 5 third downs, combined up the protection. So simply being ready and going by way of every play. Virtually how one can by no means put together sufficient. He’s going by way of right here the previous few seconds earlier than he goes out to the sphere, he’s going over the script and little issues like that.”

As importantly as something, Maye took a beating similar to Brissett. The rookie was hit 5 instances in 10 dropbacks, they usually have been violent pictures coming from the Jets; New England’s go safety didn’t magically enhance when Maye entered the sport.

If the Patriots need the 22-year-old to develop correctly, he can’t do it what that type of strain. Carolina simply pulled the ripcord on No. 1 total decide Bryce Younger after 18 video games and it’s not a coincidence that he was sacked a whopping 62 instances as a rookie. That is what Brissett was signed to do: Take among the punches till the offensive line stabilizes so the rookie doesn’t should, and proceed to assist him develop alongside the way in which.

“I’m huge man, I can take it,” Brissett mentioned of Thursday’s hits. “I’m all the time going to get again up. That’s one factor about me. I’m all the time going to get again up and discover methods to make performs, man, that’s what it comes right down to. It’s soccer.”

Although his job could also be in jeopardy, Brissett mentioned he nonetheless believes he’ll be New England’s starter.

“In fact,” Brissett mentioned. “I imply, I don’t make personnel selections. My job is to go on the market, get able to play, put good soccer on tape and put my finest foot ahead.”

How for much longer that continues to be Brissett’s job is up within the air, however within the Meadowlands, he deserved higher each on and off the sphere.

This story was up to date so as to add new data.

Caitlin Clark scored eight factors and handed out eight assists, however the Indiana Fever dropped their last recreation of the common season, shedding 92-91 at Washington. 

A WNBA-record 20,711 fans packed Washington’s Capital One Enviornment for the competition.

The sport was of little significance, although, as Indiana had already locked up the sixth seed within the playoffs. The Fever will meet third-seeded Connecticut within the first spherical. The sequence shall be a better of three, with the primary two video games scheduled to be performed at Connecticut. If a Recreation 3 is critical, Indiana will host it. 

Clark performed lower than 20 minutes Thursday at Washington, which Fever coach Christie Sides had warned would possibly occur throughout Thursday’s pregame when she stated the workforce can be particularly cautious with all its starters. Clark shot 2-of-5 from the sphere, each of her made pictures approaching 3s. She additionally grabbed 5 rebounds and one steal. 

Clark finishes the common season averaging 19.2 factors, a league-best 8.4 assists, 5.7 rebounds and 1.3 steals. (Clark additionally led the league in turnovers, with 5.6 per recreation, however it’s common for guards who’ve the ball of their palms a lot to high that stat class, too.) She’s damaged quite a few data in her first 12 months as a professional, and is the heavy favourite to win Rookie of the Yr subsequent week when all league awards are introduced. 

The Fever did have a scare when guard Kelsey Mitchell, who’s been on a tear post-Olympics, badly turned her left ankle early within the recreation. Mitchell was gradual to get again on protection and, after she was subbed out, instantly headed again to the locker room. Mitchell didn’t begin the second half, however she warmed up after the break, which implies sitting her — she performed lower than 5 minutes — was seemingly precautionary. 

Kristy Wallace led the Fever Thursday with 17 factors, whereas NaLyssa Smith chipped in 16. Sika Kone had 20 for Washington.

Recreation Recap: Fever Practically Full Comeback at Mystics to Finish Common Season

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Indiana Fever (20-20) got here up simply quick, 92-91, in its last matchup of the common season towards the Washington Mystics at Capital One Enviornment on Thursday evening. Thursday’s recreation was performed in entrance of a sold-out crowd of 20,711, which set a WNBA file for the most important attendance in league historical past. Indiana will now journey to face the No. 3 seed Connecticut Solar to start its first spherical sequence within the 2024 WNBA Playoffs on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET on ABC.

Indiana’s bench completed with a season-best 53 factors scored, and 4 Fever gamers scored in double figures. Fever guard Kristy Wallace led Indiana off the bench with a season-high 17 factors and 4 rebounds. Fever ahead NaLyssa Smith adopted with 16 factors and 5 rebounds, whereas middle Aliyah Boston and reserve ahead Katie Lou Samuelson each added 10 factors and mixed for seven rebounds, six assists and three steals within the loss. Fever rookie guard Caitlin Clark recorded eight factors, eight assists and 5 rebounds in roughly 20 minutes. Clark ended the evening with the franchise file for many factors scored in an everyday season with 769 factors. Indiana shot 53.1 p.c (33-of-64) from the sphere and 10-of-20 from 3-point vary within the loss and tied a season-high with 28 assists.

Indiana led 20-2 to start the primary quarter, however back-to-back 3-point discipline targets plus a layup from Washington’s aspect towards the tip of the primary quarter sparked a 20-4 run from the Mystics and Indiana solely led, 24-22, going into the second quarter. The Mystics’ late first-quarter run bled into the second quarter and Washington finally led, 52-45, on the half. Indiana was pressured to name a timeout after Washington opened up the second half on a 12-3 run, however the Mystics outscored Indiana once more, 30-21, and led by 16 factors going into the ultimate quarter. The Fever went on a 22-8 surge to finish the sport and outscored Washington, 25-10, nevertheless it wasn’t sufficient to finish the comeback effort fueled by the Fever bench.

5 Mystics (14-26) gamers scored in double-figures within the shut win, led by reserve ahead Sika Koné’s game-high 20 factors on 7-of-10 discipline purpose capturing in addition to seven rebounds and two assists. Mystics guard Ariel Atkins and ahead Emily Engstler each notched 17 factors. Atkins scored 11 of her 17 factors within the second quarter alone and in addition recorded three steals. Engstler tied a season-high in a recreation with three made 3-point discipline targets and tallied 5 rebounds, 5 assists, one block and one steal, too.

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The Fever begin the primary spherical of the 2024 WNBA Playoffs on the Connecticut Solar on Sunday at 3 p.m. ET. Sunday’s recreation might be broadcast on ABC.