Tyreek Hill's incredible ability to track the deep ball showed again on his 46-yard touchdown reception on the Kansas City Chiefs ' opening drive.

The 5-foot-10 Hill beat two Texans defenders to the ball to make the catch and put the Chiefs ahead 7-0. The Texans were offside on the play and Patrick Mahomes took a shot down the field knowing Hill's ability to win in such instances.

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— Kansas City Chiefs (@Chiefs) October 13, 2019

The Boston Celtics have converted 7-foot-6 rookie Tacko Fall to a two-way contract, which will allow him to spend 45 days in the NBA this season.

Fall has already gathered a significant fan following and displayed potential that has the Celtics organization invested in his future.

The two-way contract move Sunday allows the Celtics to assign Fall to their G League affiliate in Maine, where they want him to play significant minutes and develop under new head coach Darren Erman.

Boston had signed Fall to an Exhibit 10 contract after he had gone undrafted out of UCF. The two-way contract allows a player to make over $200,000 if his NBA team brings him up for the full 45-day allotment.

Fall averaged 10 points, 7.7 rebounds and 2.4 blocks in his four college seasons at UCF.

"Seinfeld" character George Costanza might have once worked for the New York Yankees, but on Saturday he was helping out Washington Nationals outfielder Adam Eaton.

Eaton plated two crucial insurance runs in the eighth inning thanks to the help of the fictional character who once described himself as "lord of the idiots."

With the Nats holding on to a 1-0 lead in Game 2 of the NLCS against the St. Louis Cardinals, Eaton faced starter Adam Wainwright. Eaton had gone 0-for-3 with a strikeout to that point, and stepped to the plate with runners at first and second. He explained his thought process in the batter's box.

"Everything I was thinking, they did the opposite," Eaton said. "So I was thinking 3-2 [count] should be a heater here and I'm like, well, that's the opposite, so I should George Costanza it and just go ahead and said breaking ball, and that's what happened."

In a 1994 episode of "Seinfeld" called "The Opposite" the hard-luck Costanza implements the advice of Jerry, who suggested, "if every instinct you have is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right."

For one night, the same held true for Eaton. He hit a two-run double to put the Nats up 3-0, and Washington held on for a 3-1 victory to take a 2-0 series lead.

"George was right and I happened to be right," Eaton said.

The series heads to Washington for Game 3 on Monday night.

HOUSTON -- A funny thing has happened to the 107-win Houston Astros' drive to the World Series. After 920 runs, MLB-high totals in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and walks, and an MLB low in strikeouts, the postseason version of that flawless machine has blown a few sprockets. And if that doesn't change soon, that title drive is going to sputter out well short of its destination.

Once again, the Astros ran up against a pitcher who was dealing. This time, it was New York Yankees right-hander Masahiro Tanaka, who slung sliders and splitters for six innings Saturday against a baffled Houston lineup. Tanaka held the Astros to one hit and no runs, and faced the minimum during his six frames thanks to a couple of double plays. By the time he departed, the Yankees had built a five-run lead, more than enough for their potent bullpen.

The Yankees won going away 7-0 in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series to erase the home-field advantage Houston spent six months earning. The loss marked the first time the Astros were shut out in the postseason since Game 5 of the 2017 ALCS against the Yankees. The New York starter that night: Masahiro Tanaka.

"That's probably the best that we've seen him in a small sample to execute his game plan, his pitches, his tempo," Astros manager AJ Hinch said. "Just about everything was working for him. We couldn't create a ton of traffic [against] him. When [we] did, he got some double plays. He was just really, really good tonight."

Hinch and his players have been magnanimous in praising opposing pitchers all October. The opener-using, bullpenning, matchup-crazed Tampa Bay Rays flashed one quality arm after another in pushing the Astros to five games. The Yankees did it a little differently in Game 1, in that at least all of Houston's hitters got to see Tanaka more than once, but the results were the same.

Through the first game of the ALCS, the Astros are hitting .224/.277/.365 in six postseason outings and have been outscored overall 25-19. Against opposing starters (including Tampa Bay's Game 4 opener, Diego Castillo), the results are worse: .209/.269/.349 with only eight runs in six games. The numbers in early innings against starters could take on heightened importance against the Yankees, given the strength of their bullpen.

"When you face really good pitching, it just makes hitting even harder," Astros outfielder George Springer said. "Hitting is hard, but with that being said, we're a good team and we understand that. So we just got to grind and string together at-bats and we'll see what happens."

Postseason numbers don't accumulate in a vacuum. They are compiled in a crucible, a series of pressure situations when the stakes are high and the competition is almost by definition the best a team faces all season. That much is a given in postseason baseball. But the guys with the sticks are good, too, and in the Astros' case, historically good. So when hitters so accomplished see the goose eggs pile up, frustration has to be a concern, right?

"We don't have time for frustration," Hinch said. "They threw the first punch, Game 1. We get to the next day and we can punch right back tomorrow. I don't think they're going to be too comfortable tomorrow coming to the ballpark thinking they've got an easy game ahead of themselves."

Ah, tomorrow. The discomfort to which Hinch alludes is the double-layered security blanket that has kept the Astros warm all fall, even as their bats get chillier with each passing game. That security blanket, Hinch's double-headed woobie, has two names: Justin Verlander and Gerrit Cole. Verlander is slated to start Sunday's Game 2 at home, and Cole -- who has not lost a start since May 22 -- goes in Game 3 in New York.

You can understand Hinch's confidence. Verlander and Cole have combined to go 44-12 this season, including the postseason. Houston's third ace, Zack Greinke, has had one bad start and a solid start in Game 1 against the Yankees and for now, we don't even know if Hinch even has a fourth starter. But in Verlander and Cole, Cole and Verlander, Hinch can win a seven-game series no matter what happens in the games those two studs don't throw.

"We got all the confidence in the world," third baseman Alex Bregman said. "Verlander is an unbelievable pitcher. We're looking forward to it."

Still, it's an extremely thin margin for a team to heap all of its burden onto the shoulders of two starting pitchers, no matter how broad those shoulders are. Sooner or later, the Astros are going to have to put up some productive -- not quality, but productive -- at-bats against good pitching, because this time of the year, that's all they are going to see. On Sunday, it gets no easier: New York will send James Paxton to the mound, and he gave up exactly one earned run as a starting pitcher in September.

"You start off with the Rays, who have arguably one of the best staffs in the game, they can mix and match and every guy they have is electric," Springer said. "Then you bring in the bullpen that [the Yankees] got with their starting pitching, it's never easy and it's not going to be in October.

"You just have to fight and grind and try to put together an at-bat. Individual stats don't matter. It's about the team. A big hit here, a big hit there, it's what it's all about."

Sure, but what if you're getting no hits here and no hits there? Springer is 3-for-25 during the playoffs, but he's not alone: Michael Brantley (.217), Carlos Correa (.136) and Josh Reddick (.100) are among Houston regulars who have done little during the first two rounds.

"We're way better than that as an offensive team," Correa said. "We have to make the necessary adjustments to get back on track and put a lot of runs up on the board."

And that might be the moral to the story, as the Astros concoct a game plan to chop down Paxton, the Yankees' starter who bears the nickname "Big Maple." Sure, Houston has struggled, but there is a reason the Astros entered the playoffs as the consensus favorite of pundits and betting markets alike: They are steeped in superstar talent and have a deep lineup of mashers with long track records of beating pitchers of every type and ability.

In that vein, maybe this building Astros nightmare scenario actually carries with it a tinge of good news: Sooner or later, the vaunted Houston attack is bound to take off. Maybe there were signs of that even in the Astros' Game 1 whitewash: According to Statcast data, Houston mashed six balls with an exit velocity of 100 mph or greater. The Astros were rewarded with a lone single on those balls.

And maybe we are making too much of this. After all, the Astros are in the ALCS, having won a postseason series, and are down only one game. Late Sunday night, this picture could look a lot prettier.

"I think everyone is frustrated when we don't win," Bregman said. "Because we know we are a better offense than [what we've shown]. But we're not going up there frustrated. We're going up there trying to compete and put together a good at bat. We just haven't done that yet."

Drama focuses on Heeley becoming the first blind man to run seven marathons in seven days on seven continents

A new film telling the true story of ‘Blind Dave’ Heeley and how he became the first blind man to run seven marathons in seven days on seven continents has been released.

The film also documents Heeley’s childhood and the barriers he has had to overcome throughout his life.

The 60-year-old runner from West Bromwich has raised over £3 million for various charities during the last 15 years by doing a series of incredible ultra-distance races and challenges around the world.

He has completed every race in the Great Run series and his seven marathons in seven days on seven continents challenge has him follow in the footsteps of Sir Ranulph Fiennes, who is also patron of the new film.

“I was very pleased to hear a film project about Blind Dave Heeley was going to be made,” said Fiennes. “He’s an inspirational athlete and gentleman.”

The 45-minute film, which has already picked up awards in Los Angeles and Italy, was made by the Birmingham team of producer Nigel Davey and directors Ian and Dominic Higgins of Pixel Revolution Films.

“We didn’t make the film because of what Blind Dave Heeley has done, we made it because of who he is,” said Davey. “A complete inspiration to anyone who meets him.”

Higgins added: “There’s a moment in the film when Dave says ‘blindness has taught me another way to see the world’. This is the feel we wanted for the film.”

The cast includes London-based actor Jack Lane, who plays Heeley, and Birmingham-born Sarah Manners, who plays his wife, Debbie. Also appearing in the film are Harry Potter actors Oliver and James Phelps.

The film is now available here, with AW readers getting 15% off when using code ‘RUN777’ to purchase, and it will be available on Amazon Prime by December.

Kenyan clocks remarkable 2:14:04 in Illinois, as Lawrence Cherono wins men’s title and Mo Farah places eighth

On a remarkable weekend of marathon running, Brigid Kosgei made more history by smashing the long-standing women’s world record with an incredible time of 2:14:04 in Chicago.

Paula Radcliffe’s outright women’s record of 2:15:25, recorded in London, had stood since 2003 and no athlete since had managed to come within a minute and a half of that but, assisted by male pacemakers as Radcliffe was 16 years ago, Kosgei took a significant chunk off the historic mark on a chilly and bright morning in Illinois.

It came just one day after her fellow Kenyan Eliud Kipchoge had broken the two-hour barrier for the marathon with 1:59:40 at the INEOS 1:59 Challenge time trial in Vienna and saw Kosgei smash a mark which had been seen as essentially the equivalent of a two-hour marathon for women.

It also came exactly 17 years after Radcliffe broke the world record for the first time with 2:17:18, also in Chicago, and Radcliffe was present to see her record fall on Sunday.

Wow. Brigid Kosgei's splits on her way to that remarkable 2:14:04 world record. Paula Radcliffe's 2:15:25 had stood since 2003 #ChicagoMarathon pic.twitter.com/DHpFH8MfI9

— AW (@AthleticsWeekly) October 13, 2019

“When I saw how fast Brigid was running in the first part of the race, if she was able to hold that together she was always going to beat the time,” Radcliffe told broadcasters. “For me, 17 is my lucky number and it was 17 years ago exactly today that I set the first world record here in Chicago. That was a very special day for me today and it’s a special day for Brigid today.”

Kosgei said: “I was not expecting to run like this. People were cheering on the way. I got more energy to go faster and continue kicking because people were cheering. I am happy.”

Making her intention clear from the start, this year’s London Marathon champion Kosgei – who ran 2:18:20 in the UK capital – went through 5km in a blistering 15:28, which was 2:10:32 marathon pace, and 10km in 31:28, which put her on schedule for 2:12:47, compared to Radcliffe’s 32:01 10km split in London.

Kosgei’s fine form had been on show in the UK the month prior as she ran the fastest ever half-marathon by a woman with 64:28 at the Simplyhealth Great North Run, which is not eligible for record purposes due to the overall downhill point-to-point course.

In Chicago she went through 15km in 47:26, which put her on target for a 2:13:25 finish time, and 20km in 63:27, before passing the halfway point in 66:59, compared to Radcliffe’s respective marks of 64:28 and 68:02 from 2003.

The 25-year-old remained on world record schedule through 25km, clocking 79:33 (2:14:16 pace) and her next 5km split was even faster as she went through 30km in 95:18 (2:14:02 pace).

Running 15:57 for the 5km between 30km and 35km, Kosgei passed that point in 1:51:14, which was 2:14:06 pace and a time just four seconds slower than defending men’s champion Mo Farah clocked for that same 5km section.

Going through 40km in 2:07:11, she was on her own after her pacemakers peeled off and she held on to secure her spot at the front of the record book, finishing an incredible 6:47 ahead of runner-up Ababel Yeshaneh (2:20:51), with Yeshaneh’s fellow Ethiopian Gelete Burka a further four seconds back in third.

USA’s Emma Bates was fourth in 2:25:27 and Fionnuala McCormack fifth in 2:26:47 to move to second on the Irish all-time list.

Over in a much closer men’s race, which was won by Lawrence Cherono, defending champion Farah had to settle for eighth in 2:09:58 as he found himself unable to stick with a lead group of six which went through 15km in 44:10 and halfway in 62:14.

Three Kenyans – Cherono, Bedan Karoki and Dickson Chumba – were joined by Ethiopia’s Dejene Debela, Asefa Mengistu and Seifu Tura, with Farah, his training partner Bashir Abdi and former training partner Galen Rupp in a group 40 seconds back.

Rupp was left behind and then the American dropped out of the race after 35km, while Belgium’s Abdi pushed on ahead.

As the pacemakers left the leaders to it, Karoki moved to the fore but Boston Marathon champion Cherono had superior finishing strength and strode away for a one-second victory, clocking 2:05:45 to win ahead of Debela. Mengistu was third in 2:05:48 and Karoki fourth in 2:05:53 as Abdi moved up to finish fifth in 2:06:14.

USA’s Daniel Romanchuk won the elite men’s wheelchair race in 1:30:26 for a clear victory as the battle for second place was won by Britain’s David Weir in 1:33:31. South African Ernst van Dyk placed third and Britain’s Johnboy Smith fourth, as both athletes clocked 1:33:32.

The elite women’s wheelchair title was secured by Switzerland’s Manuela Schär in 1:41:08, with USA’s Tatyana McFadden second in 1:45:22.

Coco Gauff is through to her maiden WTA final as the teenager defeated Andrea Petkovic of Germany 6-4 6-4 in the semi-final of the Linz Open.

The 15-year-old becomes the youngest female to reach a final since Czech player Nicole Vaidisova in 2004.

But she only got into the event as a lucky loser after an injury to former Wimbledon winner Angelique Kerber.

"This is crazy, I thought I was out of the tournament in qualifying," said the American.

Currently ranked 110th, Gauff showed real determination to save nine out of the 10 break points she faced, before she sealed victory on her second match point.

In the final on Sunday, the girl from Florida will play either former French Open winner Jelena Ostapenko of Lativa or Russia's Ekaterina Alexandrova.