Bears vs. Redskins odds, line: Monday Night Football picks, predictions from advanced model on 79-53 run
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Chicago Bears quarterback Mitchell Trubisky will try to turn his season around on Monday Night Football when the Bears visit the winless Washington Redskins at FedEx Field in Landover, Md. A popular bet in the offseason to win the NFL MVP award, Trubisky has struggled, completing just 58.3 percent of his passes for 348 total yards and no touchdowns through two games. With Trubisky at the helm and running back Jordan Howard now in Philadelphia,

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Former pro basketball player Andre Emmett is found shot and killed
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(CNN)Former pro basketball player Andre Emmett, 37, was shot and killed early Monday morning in Dallas. Police have not disclosed a motive.

After playing for four years at Texas Tech under head coach Bob Knight, Emmett was drafted in the second round of the 2004 NBA draft with the 35th overall pick.
Emmett had brief stints with the Memphis Grizzlies and New Jersey Nets, and he more recently played professionally in the three-on-three league,

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Ravens vs. Chiefs score: Mahomes powers Chiefs to 3-0 start with thrilling win over Ravens
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The marquee game of Week 3 lived up to the billing. The Kansas City Chiefs and Baltimore Ravens played a thriller, with Kansas City ultimately prevailing 33-28 despite a late charge from Baltimore. The Chiefs scored four times in the second quarter for the second consecutive game, and only needed one more score to come away with the win.

The Ravens scored on a 14-play drive early on, but their dry spell that lasted from 4:24 in the first quarter to 10:35 in the third ended up dooming their chances.

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Roob’s 10 observations after Eagles lose an ugly one to Lions at home
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Another ugly loss, an ugly 1-2 record and a short week before a very tough game at Lambeau Field.

The Eagles are in trouble.

Are they good enough to fight their way out of it? We’ll see, but the early signs aren’t real encouraging.

Here are our 10 instant observations from another loss that shouldn’t have been. Lions 27, Eagles 24.

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‘Ad Astra’ Strives To Immerse Audience In Epic Interstellar Experience
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Ad Astra means simply “the stars” in Latin. The title of this epic space adventure, starring Brad Pitt, is derived from the Latin phrase “Per aspera ad astra”, or “Through hardship to the stars.” The movie is part thriller and part action movie, but the core message is to explore the psychological and sociological consequences of space travel.

I have not seen the movie myself yet, so you are safe from any major spoilers.

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Antonio Brown released by Patriots amid sexual assault lawsuit
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The New England Patriots released Antonio Brown on Friday, leaving the embroiled wide receiver’s NFL career in limbo as he faces mounting off-the-field trouble that includes allegations he sexually assaulted two women.

A day after Brown allegedly sent threatening text messages to one of the women, the Patriots cut him — less than two weeks after they promptly signed Brown when he forced his release from the Oakland Raiders.

It was Brown who broke the news on his Twitter account.

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Jacksonville Jaguars Vs. Tennessee Titans: Thursday Night Football Week 3 NFL Schedule, Odds, Pick
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The Tennessee Titans are visiting the Jacksonville Jaguars for a Thursday Night Football game that will kick off Week 3 of the 2019 NFL season. This AFC South rivalry is once again taking center stage as the opening contest on the schedule, something it has done twice in the past three years. The Titans dominated both of those Thursday Night Football contests, besting their foe 36-22 in October 2016 and 30-9 in December of last year.

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The Area 51 event this weekend shows that marketers can make a killing on the absurd
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(CNN) — The supposed raid of Area 51 is finally nearing after months of publicity. All hype aside, one thing is for certain: It’s bound to be a disappointment for anyone hoping for definitive proof of the existence of aliens.
However, those who attend on Friday, September 20, may not get the answers that they seek (2.1 million people have RSVP’d), the brands that have capitalized on this internet phenomenon are getting tons of exposure by marketing around an event that started as a joke.

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UEFA Champions League: How To Watch Atlético Madrid vs. Juventus
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In last season’s UEFA Champions League, Atlético Madrid and Juventus put on one of the ties of the tournament in the round of 16.

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Reddit is back online after outage
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The site went down for thousands of users on Wednesday afternoon.

Reddit is back online after an outage on Wednesday afternoon, according to Down Detector. A map showed major issues across the US, UK and Australia.

“All of our servers are busy right now,” a message on Reddit read during the outage, along with a 503 error. “Please try again in a minute.”

At one point, Down Detector showed more than 20,000 reports.

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