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      PHILADELPHIA -- Ryan Mathews ran for 108 yards and two touchdowns, a tenacious defense held down the leagues highest-scoring offense and the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Atlanta Falcons 24-15 on Sunday. Willie Roaf Jersey .Carson Wentz threw for 231 yards and led the Eagles (5-4) to a comeback victory for the first time this season. Caleb Sturgis made three field goals, including a clutch kick from 48 yards to seal the win late.Matt Ryan threw a 76-yard touchdown pass to Taylor Gabriel in the fourth quarter to give Atlanta (6-4) a 15-13 lead, but Philadelphia answered.Mathews ran in from the 5 and also converted the 2-point conversion for a 21-15 lead with 7:14 left in the game.On Atlantas ensuing possession, Julio Jones dropped a pass on third-and-12 and the Falcons punted away. Jones couldnt make a difficult catch on fourth-and-5 on Atlantas next drive.Jones, sporting fashionable cleats to support the NFLs Salute To Service, had 10 catches for 135 yards.The Falcons came in averaging 33.8 points. But they settled for field goals of 38, 43 and 46 yards by Matt Bryant before Ryan connected with Gabriel.Mathews had just nine carries combined in the past two games while 33-year-old Darren Sproles was featured. But coach Doug Pederson made a point to establish the run right away. Mathews carried seven times for 34 yards on the first drive, taking it in from the 4 for a 7-0 lead.Rookie Wendell Smallwood had 70 yards rushing and Philadelphia finished with a season-high 207 on the ground.Ryan was 18 of 33 for 267 yards, one TD and one interception.HOME DOMINANCE: The Eagles are 4-0 at home, including convincing wins over the Steelers and Vikings.DOUBLE DUTY: Bryant had two decent punts after Matt Bosher left with a hamstring injury in the fourth quarter.DRIVE-STOPPERS: Vic Beasley Jr. had two sacks, including a strip that forced Wentz to fumble and the Falcons recovered at their own 42. Philip Wheeler stopped Mathews at the 1 and Paul Worrilow tacked Mathews for a 1-yard loss on the next play to force a field goal in the fourth quarter.PLAYING DEEP: On consecutive plays to end the first half, Jones and then Eagles wide receiver Dorial Green-Beckham played deep safety to defend potential desperation passes.INJURIES: Eagles CB Nolan Carroll left the game late in the first half after sustaining a concussion. ... Falcons CB Desmond Trufant, RB Tevin Coleman and TE Jacob Tamme sat out with injuries. Eagles LG Allen Barbre missed his second straight game.UP NEXT: The Falcons host the Arizona Cardinals, while the Eagles visit the Seattle Seahawks.---http://www.pro32.ap.org and -http://www.twitter.com/AP-NFL---Follow Rob Maaddi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP-RobMaaddi Ethan Greenidge Jersey . Kozun faked to the forehand and beat Monsters starter, Calvin Pickard, pad side in the second round for the winner. Spencer Abbott also scored in the shootout for the Marlies (25-13-4). Joe Johnson Jersey . -- Cam Newton pranced into the end zone, placed his hands over his chest and did his familiar Superman pose. http://www.customsaintsjersey.com/custom-jared-cook-jersey-large-2032e.html . 10 VCU 85-67 on Thursday night at the Puerto Rico Tip-Off. The Seminoles (4-0) have scored at least 80 points in each of their games. KEARNS, Utah -- Canadas Marianne St-Gelais won the womens 500 meters at the ISU World Cup short-track speedskating event Sunday to close the weekend with three medals.St-Gelais finished the 500 in 43.059 seconds, was second in the 1,500 on Saturday and was a member of Canadas bronze- medal 3,000 relay team Sunday. She was the benefactor of a crash involving Great Britains Elise Christie, who set the world record in the quarterfinals and was leading before sliding into the wall and getting her right skate caught in the padding. Christie was helped to the locker room afterward.You dont want to win because of that, but you have to be aware because its short track, said St-Gelais, who has three Olympic silver medals. You have to be smart. Theres so many things you have to think about while youre skating. ... Its a gold, but its not the way I wanted to have the gold, but its still a gold.Im really happy. Im confident. We worked so hard this summer. ... I still want to have my gold medal at the Olympics, so Im working hard for that.The weekend event finished with five world records and 49 national records.South Koreas Choi Minjeong was second in the 500 in 43.244, followed by Chinas Kexin Fan (43.249).Sjinkie Knegt of the Netherlands broke the mens world record in the 1,500 at 2:07.943. South Koreas Lee Jung-Su (2:08.646) was second and Russias Semen Elistratov (2:08.655) third.South Korea swept the womens 1,500, with Shim Suk Hee (2:22. Morten Andersen Jersey. 384), Kim Jiyoo (2:22.837) and Noh Do Hee (2:22.954) finishing 1-2-3. All three joined Choi on the winning 3,000 relay team (4:05.149). Korea set the world record in the relay at 4:04.222 in the semifinal round Saturday.American Katherine Reutter was in position to medal in the 1,500, but slipped and finished sixth in 2:30.695.I feel like Im right below the threshold, said Reutter, the two-time Olympic medalist that came out of retirement this year. I dont know what it is thats got to click, but I know when I get there, the games going to change. ... I know that moment is coming. I just have to take my medicine and wait for it to get there.Im a little sad about today. Going into it I thought I was fifth last weekend, I was fifth yesterday and Ill be OK if Im fifth today. Id love to be fourth. Id really love a medal. But incremental steps are OK. To actually get sixth, that hurt my feelings. That is what it is. ... I am very satisfied with where I am. ... Losing hurts, but we can learn from it and stay strong afterward.Kazakhstans Abzal Azhgaliyev won the mens 500 in 40.373. Chinas Tianyu Han (40.419) was second, and Canadas Charles Hamelin (46.260) third.China won the mens 5,000 relay. ' ' '

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