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The Minnesota Vikings have improved to 2-1 after stunning the San Francisco 49ers, 24-13, at home on Sunday afternoon. The Vikings used a swarming, tenacious defense plus a balanced, albeit unspectacular, offensive attack to hand SF their first loss of the season. Photo Credits: Brace Hemmelgarn-US PRESSWIRE

The Jacksonville Jaguars notched their first win of the season on Sunday when they stunned the Indianapolis Colts with an 80-yard touchdown to Cecil Shorts in the game’s final minute for the 22-17 win. SB Nation breaks down the game.

The Solid Verbal is LIVE on SB Nation and hosts Ty Hildenbrandt and Dan Rubenstein are here to get you through Week 4 of the college football season, including recapping all the early action and previewing a handful of huge primetime games between ranked teams.

Quite a bit is at stake when Manchester City hosts Arsenal on Sunday. The two teams occupy the third and fourth spot in the EPL standings as action heats up heading into the fall. How good is Arsenal after beating some mediocre teams early on? Can Manchester City bounce back …

The next chapter in the storied Manchester United – Liverpool rivalry is all set for Sunday afternoon at Anfield, but in an unexpected twist, Liverpool finds itself struggling and not quite in the same class as Man United. When these rivals meet though, throw everything out the door and expect …

It’s time once again for This Week in GIFs. Matt and Dan give their picks – one a terrific football fail, the other an incredible touchdown reaction – and SB Nation GIF Guru Jon Bois gives us his favorite of the week, in which we see Tim Lincecum’s odd eating …

Can Jamaal Charles get back on track against the struggling Saints? Why won’t Sam Bradford find more success against Chicago? Is Michael Turner doomed? Matt Ufford breaks down Week 3 of the NFL season and gives you all the fantasy advice you’ll need.

On today’s episode of Baseball Nation, Rob and Grant discuss the Yankees’ and Orioles’ race for the AL East crown, the AL and NL Wild Card races, Miguel Cabrera and Mike Trout duking it out for AL MVP, Yunel Escobar’s odd choice of eye-black writing and subsequent suspension, the front-runners …

As he does every Wednesday, Dan Rubenstein brings you his top five college football picks against the spread. After two down weeks, Dan stands at 9-6 (60%) heading into Week 4 action. Games picked this week are Florida State vs Clemson, Oklahoma vs Kansas State, Oregon vs Arizona, Colorado vs …

“Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Yunel Escobar is the focus of an investigation by Major League Baseball after displaying a homophobic slur on the eye-black stickers that he wore while playing against the Boston Red Sox on September 15 at Rogers Centre.” Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian and Jesus Godoy of The …