In the National League Divisional Series, the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Atlanta Braves to take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-five series.
And the Arizona Diamondbacks walloped the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-2, also taking a 1-0 lead in their best of five series.
Over in the American League Divisional Series, the Texas Rangers beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 on Saturday and then 11-8 on Sunday, taking a 2-0 lead in their best of five series.
The Houston Astros defeated the Minnesota Twins 6-4 on Saturday, but the Twins beat the Astros 6-2 on Sunday, evening their series at one game apiece.
In Week Five of National Football League action:
New Orleans Saints 34, New England Patriots 0
Baltimore Ravens 10, Pittsburgh Steelers 17
Houston Texans 19, Atlanta Falcons 21
Cincinnati Bengals 34, Arizona Cardinals 20
New York Jets 31, Denver Broncos 21
Jacksonville Jaguars 25, Buffalo Bills 20
Tennessee Titans 16, Indianapolis Colts 23
Carolina Panthers 24, Detroit Lions 42
New York Giants 16, Miami Dolphins 31
Philadelphia Eagles 23, Los Angeles Rams 14
Kansas City Chiefs 27, Minnesota Vikings 20
Dallas Cowboys 10, San Francisco 49ers 42
And finally, in what may have been the most extraordinary athletic achievement of the weekend, Kelvin Kiptum of Kenya won the Chicago Marathon with a time of 2:00:37, breaking the previous world record of 2:01:09 by 34 seconds. That's right - he was the first person to run a sanctioned 26.2 mile race in under 121 minutes.
Which means, of course, that it is practically inevitable that at some point - probably sooner than later - someone will run a sanctioned marathon in under two hours.
In the women's race, Sifan Hassan of The Netherlands crossed the finish line first in 2:13:44, the second fastest time ever run by a woman; she beat the course record by a woman by 30 seconds.
