The Cleveland Browns finished off their impressive opening drive Sunday with an emphatic trick play in their Week 4 game at the Dallas Cowboys.

Wideout Jarvis Landry got the ball on a reverse from running back Nick Chubb, then fired a gorgeous left-handed pass to Odell Beckham Jr. for a 37-yard touchdown.

Last season, Beckham completed a 20-yard pass to Landry. Two years ago, Landry threw a 2-point conversion to quarterback Baker Mayfield. The pass to Beckham was longer than any reception Landry has had this season.

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Beckham has 20 career 30-yard reception touchdowns, tied with Kansas City's Tyreek Hill for most since Beckham Jr. entered the NFL in 2014.

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Landry is the first Browns wide receiver with a passing touchdown since Mohamed Massaquoi in 2010 against the Baltimore Ravens.

John Carpino, the Los Angeles Angels' president, and Joe Maddon, their decorated manager, sat on adjacent couches on Wednesday morning, a day when 16 other teams would participate in the postseason. Displayed between them was the World Series trophy from 2002, a persistent reminder of the glory that still eludes this franchise in the years since.

The Angels, coming off their fifth consecutive losing season, have begun the search for their third full-time general manager in nine years. Carpino said they are "open to anything" with regards to filling the vacancy of Billy Eppler, whose firing was announced shortly after the regular-season finale. The process, Carpino added, is "not gonna be a rush."

The new head of baseball operations, whoever that might be, will have one primary obligation: Do right by Mike Trout.

You can make a very reasonable case that the Angels have employed the game's greatest player for every single one of these past nine seasons, and yet they have not managed to win a single postseason game during that time. They made the playoffs once, in 2014, and were swiftly swept out of the first round. This year, to combat a shortened season and make up for a significant loss of revenue, the postseason field expanded to include more than half the industry, and still the Angels were not good enough.

Another October without Trout, who will be 30 next season. The Angels aren't merely squandering opportunities -- they're tarnishing the legacy of one of the greatest players in baseball history.

Carpino said the Angels feel that responsibility "every day," a reality that guides their aggressiveness. Trout is signed for 10 more years, but there's no telling how much of his prime remains. The Angels need not look any further than Albert Pujols for a reminder of how quickly even the greatest players can decline. They need to figure this out immediately. They owe it to Trout, who put his trust in them by signing what amounted to a lifetime contract. They owe it to themselves. What follows are the three most important steps.

1. Invest outside the roster.

Carpino and Maddon spoke for more than 40 minutes, but this, from Carpino, was by far the most significant statement: "Obviously we're not doing it the right way. We're not winning games. So something is not right in our organization, and so we have to look at it."

The Angels will spend these next few weeks trying to figure out what they need to do differently, hopeful that their exhaustive list of candidates can provide further clarity with their evaluations. The Angels need to hire the right GM, of course, but who's to say Eppler or Jerry Dipoto, the man who predated him, weren't the right GMs?

Just as important is that the new GM -- or president of baseball operations, a necessary title to lure someone as accomplished as Dave Dombrowski -- have the proper resources in place, a concept that extends beyond the payroll. The Angels need a robust scouting department. They need to invest enough in analytics to keep up with the rest of the industry. They need to further emphasize player development. They need to place more value on the little things that produce successful organizations.

That all falls on their owner, Arte Moreno, who has for years been accused of meddling a little too much in player acquisitions.

Carpino defended the approach ardently.

"I don't think it's unusual for a GM to discuss moves with the owner, really in any sport," Carpino said. "Our payroll's been north of $170 million over the last four or five years. I really believe that as an owner of a business, and you have that type of investment, you want some return on your investment, and the return on investment Arte looks for is wins. That's all he's looking for is wins. So for him not to have a say in his investment, or knowledge on it, I don't know, I think it's fair that he has discussions and communication with the general manager."

2. Maximize Shohei Ohtani's value.

Maddon called Ohtani "the classic example of why the two-month season was really difficult on a lot of guys this year."

Ohtani needed more time to get reacclimated to pitching but didn't have it. He was counted on to anchor an underwhelming rotation as a 26-year-old coming off major surgery who also needed to worry about driving in runs in the middle of the lineup. It was a lot. Then he suffered an elbow injury that ruled out pitching and got off to a slow start offensively, and Maddon noticed him speeding up his mechanics in a desperate attempt to catch up.

The Angels are hopeful a normal season, with a normal offseason to prepare for it, will get Ohtani back to the level he displayed through the first two months of his rookie season in 2018. Ohtani took practice reps at first base and in the outfield corners down the stretch, but he has expressed a desire to continue pitching. Carpino said the idea of maintaining him as a two-way player is "worth a discussion."

Ohtani is capable of throwing triple-digit fastballs and knee-bucking splitters. He can hit a ball 400 feet and run like a deer. If he's right, he can be a starting pitcher and a designated hitter. Or a part-time outfielder and part-time closer. Or a boring old everyday player who takes 600 plate appearances. Having him -- and they will for at least three more years -- is a gift. Figuring out how to use him is a quandary.

3. Get pitching. Then more pitching. And then a little more.

The Angels secured Anthony Rendon in December and carried high hopes into the 2020 season. Then they lost 25 of their first 37 games and had no shot. Their best baseball came immediately thereafter. They won 14 of their next 20 and still hadn't been mathematically eliminated heading into the final weekend.

Maddon got a better feel for his bullpen and believes that final 20-game sample was more indicative of this team's trajectory. But the season-ending sweep suffered at the hands of the mighty Los Angeles Dodgers showed him something.

"On the field, we can play with them any day of the week," Maddon said. "But we have to pitch better in order to beat that particular group, which is something that really was highlighted."

The Angels ranked 25th in ERA this season. From 2016 to 2020, they ranked 20th, a five-year stretch when 28 different starting pitchers made at least five starts for them. Eppler lured Ohtani to Anaheim, was a big reason Trout signed his second extension and did a nice job infusing a depleted farm system with high-ceiling talent. Pitching was his downfall. The next GM needs to significantly improve the starting rotation and boost the bullpen. A lot of that will hinge on whether Moreno is willing to take on additional salaries given the bleak financial landscape facing the industry.

That has yet to be decided.

"I will add that Arte is a very opportunistic businessman as it relates to value and everything else, and it will be interesting who's out there and the cost of it," Carpino said. "I see him continuing to invest in this team as long as it results in wins."

The marathon king is philosophical in defeat after finishing eighth in London

The system in the media room at Sunday’s Virgin Money London Marathon required any post-race interviews with athletes finishing outside of the top three to be specifically requested.

Asking for Eliud Kipchoge, therefore, was an enquiry I didn’t expect to have to make.

As Euan Crumley writes in our elite men’s race report, there was a strange sense of disbelief at the marathon king losing his crown as he struggled with a blocked ear problem and ended up eighth in 2:06:49 – his slowest time outside of a championship.

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But, showing a characteristic for which he has become well known, the world’s greatest ever male marathoner was philosophical in defeat.

“I’m really disappointed, but this is sport,” said the man who stunned the world in a different way in Vienna last October when he sensationally smashed the two-hour barrier for 26.2 miles in the INEOS 1:59 Challenge time trial. “It’s what normally happens in sport.

“I got a blocked ear in the last 15km. I tried to take in the saliva to open the ear. I tried to keep warm and make sure I finished and show people there is always hope in the world.

“It’s not the end of the world that I can’t win,” he added. “It’s not suicide for Eliud Kipchoge to be beaten. It’s not going to a tree and hanging yourself. This is sport and we need to embrace it.

“I trust that I am giving inspiration to the whole world. I don’t have anything in my heart that I feel anything bad has happened. I want to congratulate the top finishers for bringing hope on the streets of London in this time of Covid-19.”

It was Kipchoge’s first defeat since 2013 and only the second loss of his incredible marathon career so far. So will the world record-holder and four-time London champion be back, returning to winning ways again?

“Absolutely, yes,” he replied. “I’m looking forward to going back to training and focusing on doing the right thing at the right time in the future.”

Eliud Kipchoge’s marathon CV

April 2013, Hamburg, 2:05:30, 1st
September 2013, Berlin, 2:04:05, 2nd
April 2014, Rotterdam, 2:05:00, 1st
October 2014, Chicago, 2:04:11, 1st
April 2015, London, 2:04:42, 1st
September 2015, Berlin, 2:04:00, 1st
April 2016, London, 2:03:05, 1st
August 2016, Rio Olympics, 2:08:44, 1st
May 2017, Monza, 2:00:25, time trial
September 2017, Berlin, 2:03:32, 1st
April 2018, London, 2:04:17, 1st
September 2018, Berlin, 2:01:39, 1st WR
April 2019, London, 2:02:37, 1st
October 2019, Vienna, 1:59:41, time trial
October 2020, London, 2:06:49, 8th

Wasps secured a home semi-final in the Premiership play-offs with a bonus-point win over depleted leaders Exeter, who had already clinched top spot.

The bonus point Wasps required was secured three minutes after the interval when Josh Bassett crossed.

Chiefs prop Danny Southworth rumbled over on his Premiership debut but Ben Vellacott's double added further gloss.

It meansWasps will return to the Ricoh Arena next weekend to host either Bristol, who moved into third after a bonus-point win at London Irish, or Sale, if they earn a bonus-point win over Worcester on Wednesday in their rearranged final game.

Against a Chiefs side with three players making their first starts - none of the side that started last week's Champions Cup semi-final win over Toulouse were involved - Wasps were quickly into their stride.

Gopperth landed two penalties to make it 6-0 before fly-half Umaga sliced through to grab the opening try with an acrobatic pirouette over the Chiefs line.

Scrum-half Robson pounced on Sam Maunder's loose pass to Don Armand to intercept and sprint away for the second.

Gopperth converted both to give Wasps a commanding 18-0 lead and then powered through two tacklers to stretch over himself just before the interval.

Exeter began the second half brightly but when they lost the ball in the Wasps 22, first Gopperth and then full-back Matteo Minozzi kicked ahead for Bassett to score.

Replacement prop Southworth ploughed over from close range for a memorable personal landmark but Wasps swiftly reasserted themselves.

The predatory Vellacott dotted down from a metre out after the pack did the hard yards before the replacement scrum-half finished off a slick move for his second try with eight minutes left.

Wasps: Minozzi; Kibirige, Fekitoa, Gopperth, Bassett; Umaga, Robson (capt); McIntyre, Taylor, Brookes, Rowlands, Gaskell, Shields, Young, Willis

Replacements: Oghr , West, Toomaga-Allen, Cardall, Barbeary, Vellacott, Le Bourgeois, Miller

Exeter: Dollman; Wyatt, Baldwin, Hendrickson, Cuthbert; Skinner, Maunder; Kenny, Innard, Street, Witty, Dennis, Capstick, Armand (capt), Wright

Replacements: Taione, Southworth, Petch, Price, Pearson, Townsend, Walsh, Short

Bath opened the door for Sale in the race for the final Premiership play-off place after losing a 14-point lead to only claim a draw at Saracens.

Rhys Priestland's penalty took them 17-3 clear but the relegated champions hit back in their final game of the season.

A penalty try and Tim Swinson's score allowed Manu Vunipola to snatch a draw.

It means Sale can overtake Bath, who drop to fourth place, if they beat Worcester in their final game on Wednesday, postponed from Sunday after an outbreak of Covid-19 in the Sharks squad.

More to follow.

Saracens: Daly; Lewington, Morris, Socino, Maitland; Manu Vuipola, Wigglesworth; Crean, George (capt), Kock, Itoje, Swinson, Hunter-Hill, Wray, Billy Vunipola.

Replacements: Woolstencroft, Hislop, Clarey, Kpokut, Venter, Davies, Sloan, Segun.

Bath: Watson; Rokoduguni, Joseph, Matavesi, McConnochie; Priestland, Spencer; Obano, Dunn, Stuart, McNally, Ewels (capt), Williams, Underhill, Faletau.

Replacements: Walker, Boyce, Judge, Spencer, Reid, Chudley, Redpath, Cokanasiga.

Bristol ensured a Premiership play-off place thanks to a bonus-point win over London Irish and Bath's failure to beat Saracens in the final round of matches.

Semi Radradra and Ben Earl scores put Bears in control.

Ollie Hassell-Collins replied, but three more Bears tries secured the win.

With Bristol already assured of a convincing win going into the final stages and Wasps closing in on victory over a weakened Exeter side who were already guaranteed top spot, the attention switched to Bath's trip to Saracens.

Sarries had fought back after trailing 14-0 and salvaged a 17-17 draw late on, a result that means it is now Bath and not Bristol who need Sale to slip up in their delayed fixture against Worcester on Wednesday.

Bears did their part, establishing a telling lead 17-0 against a resolute home defence in a cagey first period, Radradra crossing in the left corner after great work by Piers O'Connor and Earl touching down after a driving maul.

A fine Hassell-Collins solo score brought hope for the Exiles, but Bears upped the tempo and urgency for an emphatic bonus-point win and a place in next weekend's Premiership semi-finals.

The introduction of Callum Sheedy and Kyle Sinckler played a big part in the improvement, with Harry Thacker finishing off a driving line-out.

But the fourth Bristol score came from a penalty try for collapsing another drive and Will Capon added the fifth on 80 minutes.

London Irish: Homer; Loader, Rona, Cokanasiga, Hassell-Collins; Jackson, Phipps; Dell, Creevy, Kepu, Nott, Munga, Rogerson, Cooke, Tuisue.

Replacements: Cornish, Elrington, Hoskins, De Chaves, Donnell, Meehan, Brophy Clews, Stokes.

Bristol: Lloyd; Morahan, Radradra, S Piutau, O'Conor; Malins, Randall; Woolmore, Thacker, Afoa, Holmes, Joyce, Vui, Heenan, Earl.

Replacements: Capon, Thomas, Sinckler, Eadie, Harding, Uren, Sheedy, Bedlow

TOLEDO, Ohio – Sunday afternoon’s Hemelgarn Racing/Super Fitness Rollie Beale Classic has been canceled due to persistent rain throughout the morning, with a forecast of more rain throughout the afternoon and night.

The USAC Silver Crown Champ Car Series season continues on Sunday afternoon, October 18, with the Bettenhausen 100 presented by Fatheadz Eyewear, which will serve as the series’ season finale.

Tickets for the Bettenhausen 100 are on sale for the event at www.TrackEnterprises.com.

HARRISBURG, N.C. — Early this year, before COVID-19 altered our way of life and up ended the racing industry, I used this space to list the 10 most-talented individuals I had watched wheel a race car.

The idea was rather simple: I wanted to start a conversation among longtime race fans. Most people my age enjoy a good argument.

I love debating obscure topics such as who was the best asphalt sprint car driver, which quarter-mile dirt track produced the best racing and which stock car mechanic had a truly golden touch with a wrench and a screwdriver?

As the dog days of summer give way to the cool breezes of autumn, I thought it was a good time to reignite the fire and start a new debate.

My relationship with SPEED SPORT, which dates to January 1983, has provided countless opportunities and I’ve been fortunate to attend many events that we consider to be marquee moments in racing history.

Here’s a list of what we consider to be the 10 most significant motorsports events we have witnessed in person:

1. Ascot Finale: The open-wheel racing landscape on the West Coast was forever altered on Nov. 22, 1990, when the lights were turned out for the final time at California’s legendary Ascot Park following the 50th running of the Turkey Night Grand Prix. Stan Fox won the 100-lap midget race.

2. Kings Royal: Eldora Speedway owner Earl Baltes upped the ante on July 28, 1984, when he paid $50,000 to win a winged sprint car race at his half-mile dirt track in Rossburg, Ohio. The intensity level was sky high as Steve Kinser took home the record prize.

3. Hooters 500: The 1992 NASCAR Cup Series finale at Atlanta Motor Speedway had more storylines than a gripping murder mystery and it is still considered by many to be the greatest NASCAR race in history. Bill Elliott won that day, while Alan Kulwicki earned the title.

4. Meadowlands GP: On July 1, 1984, major league auto racing returned to the New York area for the first time since 1937 when the CART Indy Car Series raced on a temporary circuit at the Meadowlands Sports Complex in East Rutherford, N.J. Mario Andretti was the winner.

5. Japanese Exit: NASCAR made its fourth and final trip to Japan as Kevin Richards won a West Series race on Nov. 20, 1999, at Twin Ring Motegi. It was the last time one of NASCAR’s American-based series has competed at an international location.

6. Flemington Dirt: Built in 1915, New Jersey’s Flemington Speedway hosted its final dirt race on Oct. 28, 1990, with modified racer Danny Johnson holding off Billy Pauch Jr. for the milestone victory. The track was paved for the 1991 season and closed for good in 2002.

7. Back on Dirt: On July 24, 2013, NASCAR returned to its roots when Austin Dillon won the NASCAR Gander RV & Outdoors Truck Series race at Ohio’s Eldora Speedway. It was the first NASCAR national series race on dirt since Sept. 30, 1970, when Richard Petty won at the State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, N.C.

8. End of an Era: North Carolina’s North Wilkesboro Speedway, part of NASCAR’s premier series since the inaugural 1949 season, hosted its final NASCAR Cup Series race on Sept. 29, 1996, with Jeff Gordon beating Dale Earnhardt to the checkered flag.

9. Dazzling Debut: The Dirt Track at Charlotte, a state-of-the-art, four-tenths-mile oval, debuted on May 25, 2000, with Sammy Swindell winning a 30-lap World of Outlaws feature. The 14,000-seat facility never met expectations and is presently used only a few times each year.

10. Watkins Glen Revival: After a 20-year absence, the NASCAR Cup Series returned to the Watkins Glen Int’l road course in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York on Aug. 10, 1986. New owners, including International Speedway Corp., had revived the troubled facility as Tim Richmond visited victory lane.

That’s my list. Now come up with your own, invite your racing friends over and let the arguing begin.

Inter Milan dropped their first two points of the season when they were held to a 1-1 draw by Lazio on Sunday in a bad-tempered Serie A match in which one player from each side was sent off.

Lautaro Martinez gave Inter the lead on the half hour and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic equalised for the hosts 10 minutes after the break before tempers flared.

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Lazio had forward Ciro Immobile, topscorer in Serie A last season, sent off after 70 minutes following a clash with Inter midfielder Arturo Vidal although it seemed harsh.

Immobile went down under a challenge from Vidal, who bent down over his opponent and Immobile appeared to prod the Chilean who reacted theatrically.

Speaking after the match, Lazio boss Simone Inzaghi defended his striker, when he said: "He was provoked. We are sorry because we could have done more if he had been there for the whole of the match.

"More than the result I am happy with way the lads came through this test, they showed great heart. It was an emergency situation and we reacted well to three injuries and Immobile's sending-off."

Inter, who have seven points from three games, also finished with 10 men after Stefano Sensi was dismissed following a clash with Gil Patric, who also made the most of the incident.

Lazio, fourth last season, have four points from three games. Inter, runners-up last season, had started the campaign with a 4-3 win over Fiorentina and 5-2 thrashing of Benevento.

AC Milan have completed the loan signing of Manchester United right-back Diogo Dalot, the Italian club announced on Sunday.

The 21-year-old will spend the season at San Siro and has been given the No. 5 shirt.

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Dalot joined United in 2018 from FC Porto and made 16 Premier League appearances in his first season with the club.

However, the signing of Aaron Wan-Bissaka from Crystal Palace the following summer saw him fall down the pecking order and he only made four league games in the 2019-20 campaign.

Dalot becomes Milan's fifth summer signing following the arrivals of Sandro Tonali, Pierre Kalulu, Ciprian Tatarusanu and Jens Petter Hauge.

Milan have started the season with two wins from two so far this campaign.