What We Learned From Week 10 in the N.F.L.

By BY TYLER DUNNE from NYT Sports Mac Jones is leading the Patriots back into the A.F.C.’s elite and Tom Brady and the Buccaneers are winless so far this November.https://nyti.ms/324Sair

What We Learned From Week 10 in the N.F.L.

By BY TYLER DUNNE from NYT Sports Mac Jones is leading the Patriots back into the A.F.C.’s elite and Tom Brady and the Buccaneers are winless so far this November.https://nyti.ms/3DgBWAd

California’s High School Football Powerhouses Feed the College Game

By BY BILLY WITZ AND GABRIELLA ANGOTTI-JONES from NYT Sports St. John Bosco and Mater Dei, 24 miles apart in Southern California, don’t just funnel players to the top college teams. Increasingly, they resemble them.https://nyti.ms/3FgyZjO

Sam Huff, Fearsome Hall of Fame Linebacker, Dies at 87

By BY RICHARD GOLDSTEIN from NYT Sports Huff, who became the epitome of the rough-and-tough football star with the Giants, was remembered for his head-on duels with two of the game’s greatest fullbacks.https://nyti.ms/3c7MmGy

Coach K’s Farewell Tour Is Coming. His Replacement Is Reloading on Talent.

By BY ADAM ZAGORIA from NYT Sports Jon Scheyer, the men’s basketball coach who will replace Mike Krzyzewski at Duke next season, has already taken over recruiting.https://nyti.ms/3o3mPnm

Paul Salata, Champion of the N.F.L.’s ‘Irrelevant,’ Dies at 94

By BY KEN BELSON from NYT Sports He created an annual award to honor the player picked last in the college draft, because, he said, “they do their work and should be noticed.”https://nyti.ms/3GaDEFg

His N.B.A. Dream Was Right There. Then He Couldn’t Move His Legs.

By BY DAVID GARDNER from NYT Sports A mysterious illness on the eve of the 2019 N.B.A. draft derailed Kris Wilkes’s hopes of going pro. As he heals, he’s not giving up hope.https://nyti.ms/3pwTunY

A.L.C.S. Provides a ‘Moment of Pride’ for Puerto Rico

By BY JAMES WAGNER from NYT Sports A matchup between the Astros and the Red Sox is loaded with representation of the Caribbean island. Some friendships had to be put on hold.https://nyti.ms/3voDOE1

Nets Rookie Goes Apartment Shopping. Needs Ice Cream.

By BY DAVID GARDNER from NYT Sports Day’Ron Sharpe, the 29th overall pick in this year’s N.B.A. draft, is making himself at home in New York as he gets ready for his first season alongside the Nets’ big stars.https://nyti.ms/2VWmLfp

Can’t Find a Franchise Quarterback? Shop for the Best Antidote.

By BY MIKE TANIER from NYT Sports N.F.L. teams are in an ever-escalating arms race to generate maximum pressure on opposing quarterbacks. The Steelers pass rusher T.J. Watt and other QB maulers benefit from the demand.https://nyti.ms/3C9FnYC

Can’t Find a Franchise Quarterback? Shop for the Best Antidote.

By BY MIKE TANIER from NYT Sports N.F.L. teams are in an ever-escalating arms race to generate maximum pressure on opposing quarterbacks. The Steelers pass rusher T.J. Watt and other QB maulers benefit from the demand.https://nyti.ms/3huHH4A

Rivalries and Rookies Bloom but It’s Still Patrick Mahomes’s A.F.C.

By BY KEN BELSON, EMMANUEL MORGAN AND BEN SHPIGEL from NYT Sports The Kansas City Chiefs fortified their offensive line in pursuit of another championship, but the Bills, Browns and a bevy of first-year starters should shake up the order.https://nyti.ms/38GSjZm

Can Anyone in the N.F.C. Stop Tom Brady and the Bucs From Repeating?

By BY KEN BELSON, EMMANUEL MORGAN AND BEN SHPIGEL from NYT Sports Tampa Bay returns much of its Super Bowl-winning roster, but Aaron Rodgers and Davante Adams have Jordan-and-Pippen-style title dreams for Green Bay.https://nyti.ms/3n4kh9J

Keith McCants, Football Star Laid Low by Drugs, Dies at 53

By BY KEN BELSON from NYT Sports At one time the N.F.L.’s highest-paid defensive player, he left the league after six seasons and fell into a spiral of addiction, homelessness and desolation.https://nyti.ms/3DMBASI

The Knicks May Not Be Dreaming Big Enough

By BY SOPAN DEB from NYT Sports The Knicks had a good season — but good enough to just run it back? It doesn’t seem like it, and yet that appears to be their strategy.https://nyti.ms/3luYya8

The Nets Don’t Need More Stars. A Little Help Will Do.

By BY SOPAN DEB from NYT Sports The team’s top-level talents have their roles. But it’s around the edges, in rim protection and bench scoring, where some growth is needed.https://nyti.ms/3io9og8

Pistons Select Cade Cunningham With No. 1 Pick in N.B.A. Draft

By BY SOPAN DEB from NYT Sports Cunningham, a 6-foot-8 guard out of Oklahoma State, becomes the latest part of Detroit’s pursuit of a resurgence.https://nyti.ms/3BTYvKU

Darren Baker Is Ready to Be Known for Something Else

By BY BILLY WITZ from NYT Sports Dusty Baker’s son doesn’t remember nearly being run over at the 2002 World Series. But lessons from Dusty, and players he managed, fashioned Darren into a throwback prospect.https://nyti.ms/3yQd3cm

M.L.B. Draft: Marcelo Mayer and Five Other Players to Watch

By BY BENJAMIN HOFFMAN from NYT Sports Mayer and Jordan Lawlar are five-tool prep shortstops. They headline a prospect pool that includes a pair of aces with pro sports pedigrees, a college catcher with a cannon arm and more.https://nyti.ms/2Uz10Bk

After 45 Years, a Cop Still Looks After His Favorite (Base) Thief

By BY ALEX COFFEY from NYT Sports J.J. Guinn was a police officer and a part-time scout when he signed Rickey Henderson. Their bond, and Guinn’s connection with many other players, goes far beyond baseball.https://nyti.ms/2TKdkP9