No. 11 Notre Dame beat top-ranked Miami 31-24, ending the Hurricanes' unbeaten season

No. 11 Notre Dame beat top-ranked Miami 31-24 on Saturday in South Bend, Indiana, handing the Hurricanes their first loss of the season. Notre Dame led 24-3 in the third quarter before Miami rallied, and Miami turned the ball over on downs late. The same day, No. 23 Oregon beat No. 12 Ohio State 41-28.

Voters spent ten weeks calling Miami the best team in the country, and Notre Dame needed one afternoon to file a correction.

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Lando Norris won the Sao Paulo Grand Prix in the rain, and Max Verstappen finished second after starting 21st

Lando Norris of McLaren won the Sao Paulo Grand Prix in Brazil on Sunday in wet conditions, finishing about 15 seconds ahead of Max Verstappen. Verstappen started the race in 21st place, near the back of the grid, and finished second. Mercedes also clinched the constructors' championship, the title for the team rather than the driver, with three races left.

The teams spend hundreds of millions of dollars on engineering, and a cloud reshuffled the order for free.

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Manchester United drew 4-4 with Aston Villa after scoring twice in stoppage time

Manchester United drew 4-4 with Aston Villa on Sunday at Old Trafford in Manchester, England, after trailing 4-2. Villa scored twice in the first four minutes. United equalized in the 92nd and 96th minutes, the second coming six minutes into stoppage time, the extra time a referee adds at the end. United began the day 19th in the 20-team Premier League.

Soccer has no timeouts, so the referee simply guesses how much extra time to add, and on Sunday his guess saved Manchester United.

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The Cincinnati Bengals beat the Atlanta Falcons 34-17 in Madrid, Spain

The Cincinnati Bengals beat the Atlanta Falcons 34-17 on Sunday in Madrid, Spain, one of the games the NFL plays abroad each season. Ja'Marr Chase caught 10 passes for 155 yards and a touchdown, and Atlanta was penalized 12 times. It was Cincinnati's fourth straight game with at least 30 points, a first for the franchise.

Atlanta committed 12 penalties in a foreign country, which is how most of us behave on vacation.

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The Golden State Warriors beat the Orlando Magic 126-119 in overtime behind 41 points from Stephen Curry

The Golden State Warriors beat the Orlando Magic 126-119 in overtime on Saturday, with Stephen Curry scoring 41 points. Overtime is the extra five minutes played when a game is tied at the end of regulation. Elsewhere on Saturday, Oklahoma City beat Washington 114-75, a 39-point margin that was the largest of the night.

Oklahoma City won by 39 points, a margin usually reserved for games in which the other team was told the result in advance.

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Carlos Alcaraz won the Paris Masters for the first time, beating Ben Shelton

Carlos Alcaraz of Spain beat Ben Shelton of the United States 7-6, 7-5 on Sunday to win the Paris Masters, an indoor tournament in France, for the first time. It was his ninth title at the Masters level, the tour's tier just below the four Grand Slams. Shelton had beaten him at the US Open in September.

Shelton beat Alcaraz in September and Alcaraz returned the favor in November, a response time most companies would call prompt.

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