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CHICAGO -- Brian Hoyer led the Chicago Bears to their first win and maybe gave coach John Fox something to think about in the process.Hoyer threw for 302 yards and two touchdowns filling in for Jay Cutler, and the Chicago Bears earned their first win of the season with a 17-14 victory over the Detroit Lions on Sunday.The Bears (1-3) got a win after starting 0-3 for the second time in as many seasons under Fox. They also stopped a six-game home losing streak as well as a six-game slide against Detroit (1-3), though things got tight near the end.Chicago was leading 17-6 when Andre Roberts returned a punt 85 yards for a touchdown. Golden Tate then caught a 2-point conversion pass from Matthew Stafford to cut it to 17-14 with 1:52 left, but the Bears recovered the onside kick.Hoyer was on target in his second straight start with Cutler nursing a sprained right thumb. He completed 28 of 36 passes against a defense missing the injured Ezekiel Ansah and DeAndre Levy.Fox has been noncommittal when asked if Cutler will start when he is ready to return, and he wasnt about to tip his hand after this one. Chicago visits Indianapolis next week.Id like to enjoy this for at least a few hours, Fox said.Hoyer shrugged off a similar question, saying, Its my role to do whatevers asked of me. Today, Im going to enjoy the victory. Whatever they say to me tomorrow, then thats what Ill prepare to do. I think thats being a professional about it.Eddie Royal caught seven passes for 111 yards and a touchdown. Rookie Jordan Howard ran for a career-high 111 yards for Chicago.Zach Miller caught a touchdown, and the Bears gained 408 yards in just their second home win in 10 games under Fox.The Lions dropped their third straight, with Stafford struggling to find open receivers and a short-handed run game once again unable to get going.Stafford was 23 of 36 for 213 yards and was intercepted twice deep in Bears territory. He got picked off by Jacoby Glenn on a miscommunication with Tate near the end of the first half.And the Lions had the ball on the Chicago 23 when Deiondre Hall picked off a pass intended for Anquan Boldin with about four minutes remaining in the game.Marvin Jones Jr. had 74 yards receiving after setting a career high with 205 yards against Green Bay the previous week.We were just not sharp at all, coach Jim Caldwell said. There was no rhythm to it. Thats my fault.TO RECAP: The Lions settled for a 21-yard field goal by Matt Prater on the opening drive of the second half after two runs at the Chicago 1 got stopped.Hoyer hit Royal deep down the middle for a 64-yard gain on the next drive, setting up a 6-yard touchdown catch by Miller that increased Chicagos lead to 14-6 in the third quarter.But Chicagos Kevin White was slow to get off the ground after being tackled by Glover Quin following a short catch and eventually walked to the locker room with an ankle injury. Fox said he had no details on the severity of the injury.QUOTABLE: Tate on the interception late in the first half with the Lions on the Chicago 22: Just a silly mistake on my part. Ill own up to that. Just missed a signal. That cost us three points. Its tough. Its tough.Bears right guard Kyle Long on winning: We were 100 percent invested into this game. I dont even know who we play next.MISSING PLAYERS: Ansah sprained his ankle two weeks ago in Detroits loss to Tennessee and didnt return to the game. Levy has a quadriceps injury. He missed much of last season with a hip injury.Besides Cutler, Chicago played its second game without LBs Danny Trevathan (sprain thumb) and Lamarr Houston (season-ending left ACL tear). RB Jeremy Langford (ankle) was inactive after getting hurt last week at Dallas.OLD FRIEND: Joique Bell had a quiet debut for Chicago, running for 6 yards on three attempts. Bell was released by the Lions in February and worked out for them last week before signing with Chicago on Tuesday.INJURIES : Lions RB Dwayne Washington limped off in the first with a left ankle injury after he was tackled by John Timu on a second-quarter run. ... 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The nine-time Big 12 champion Jayhawks are positioning themselves for another title, as they have run out to a flawless 6-0 mark in conference play thus far. Cheap Nike Shox Gravity Mens . Jon Montgomerys gold medal in skeleton at the Whistler Sliding Centre and his subsequent auctioning off of a pitcher of beer in the village square elevated him to folk-hero status. NEW YORK -- The Latest on UFC 205, with Conor McGregor facing Eddie Alvarez for the lightweight title in the main event (all times local):11:20 p.m.Yoel Romero caught Chris Weidman with a flying right knee and finished him off with a spectacular knockout victory at UFC 205.Weidman sat in the octagon with blood pouring down his face and onto his chest. Romero sprinted toward the cage, flipped over the top and ran a lap in celebration.Romero is the No. 1 contender for Michael Bispings middleweight title. Bisping was shown on the big screen and extended his middle fingers at Romero.Romero won the final bout before three scheduled title fights were set to go off at UFC 205.Madonna and Hugh Jackman both watched from the Madison Square Garden seats.---10:45 p.m.Miesha Tate announced her retirement inside the octagon following a loss to Raquel Pennington at UFC 205.The 30-year-old Tate says the loss played a role in her decision. She says: I had a lot more to give but I couldnt pull it out of myself.Tate defeated Holly Holm in March to win the bantamweight title and then lost the belt in her first title defense to Amanda Nunes in July.Tate (18-7) had coached Pennington on The Ultimate Fighter, a reality show used by the UFC to recruit new talent.Pennington won a methodical bout and unanimous decision on Saturday night, with only one judge awarding Tate a round. It was the first of two womens bouts on the main UFC 205 card.The Madison Square Garden crowd gave Tate a loud ovation following her surprise announcement.---10:10 p.m.Frankie Edgar made the short trip from Toms River, New Jersey, to Madison Square Garden a memorable one.With a packed crowd going wild for the local favorite, Edgar defeated Jeremy Stephens via unanimous decision in the final preliminary bout at UFC 205 on Saturday night.Edgar had the crowd on its feet for most of the fight and seemed close a couple of times to choking out Stephens in the second round. Edgar kept his arms around Stephens and his eye on the clock to how much time was left in the round.Edgar said in the cage that he wants to fight again in New York at UFC 209 on Feb. 11 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn.Tim Boetsch knocked out Rafael Natal in the first round in one of six preliminary bouts.New York Giants wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr., former New York Rangers great Mark Messier, and Jersey Shore star Jenni JWoww Farley were among the celebrities in the crowd for the early fights. New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft sat cageside with UFC President Dana White.---9:45 p.m.Rashad Evans and Donald Cowboy Cerrone werent going to miss UFC 205 even though their respective fights were scrapped.Evans, the former light heavyweight champion, had a medical issue and his fight against Tim Kennedy was scrapped and booked for UFC 206. He was in Michael Johnsons corner for his lightweight bout against Khabib Nurmagomedov. Whatever advice Evans had, it didnt work. Nurmagomedov pummeled and choked out Johnson and improved to 24-0.Cerrone, a wildly poppular fighter, was scheduled to fight Kelvin Gastelum.dddddddddddd Gastelum failed to make weight Friday and the fight was canceled. Cerrone was paid his show money and rebooked for UFC 206. UFC announced during the card that Cerrone will fight welterweight Matt Brown at UFC 206.---9:30 p.m.Rising lightweight Khabib Nurmagomedov is realizing stars are made with their mouths as much as their fists.The undefeated Russian fighter touted himself for a title shot and compared himself to Irish megastar Conor McGregor on Saturday night following a convincing win against Michael Johnson, a flashy striker. Johnson landed some shots early in the first but couldnt contend with Nurmagomedov when the fight went to the ground in each of three rounds. Nurmagomedov got a submission win in the third.After winning, Nurmagomedov put a giant wig on TV commentator Joe Rogan, then immediately compared home countries with McGregor, one of the sports biggest draws, saying Russia offers a much larger fan base. He turned the tables on Rogan when asked whats next, asking Rogan whether he deserved a title shot.The 24-0 record makes it hard to argue against the divisions No. 2 contender.---8:30 p.m.The first winner of a UFC fight in New York is Liz Carmouche, a bantamweight whos looking to rise in her division to contend against the likes of superstar Ronda Rousey and champ Amanda Nunes.Carmouche beat Katlyn Chookagian in a split decision Saturday night at UFC 205 in the first bout of a stacked 11-fight card.Two judges awarded Carmouche the first two rounds of a three-round fight.Carmouche says she worried after Chookagian landed a big kick in the third round, a blow that spurred a roar from the Madison Square Garden crowd anticipating a stoppage. But Carmouche finished the round to secure the win.Jim Miller scored a decision win over Thiago Alves in the other fight aired only online. Vicente Luque followed with a knockout of Belal Muhammad in the first round.---8:10 p.m.UFC is legal and live at Madison Square Garden.UFC 205 on Saturday night marked the companys debut card in New York following the end of the states nearly two-decade MMA ban.UFC stacked the card with three title fights that were expected to help set a gate record at Madison Square Garden.Eddie Alvarez defends the lightweight championship against Conor McGregor in the main event. McGregor is easily UFCs biggest male star and had fans going wild for him all week in New York. McGregor, the featherweight champ, is attempting to become the first UFC fighter to hold championship belts in two divisions at the same time.Joanna Jedrzejczyk defends the womens strawweight title against Karolina Kowalkiewicz and UFC welterweight champ Tyron Woodley fights Stephen Thompson.StubHub had tickets for sale for as much as $3,000 at the start of the night for what UFC had billed as its biggest and best card of all time. ' ' '