MUNICH (AP) — Patriots wide receiver A.J. Brown and running back Rhamondre Stevenson were officially active for Sunday's game against the Detroit Lions in Munich. Both stars had been listed as questionable.
Brown (ankle/knee) missed the past two games — a win over Miami and last week’s loss to Green Bay. He previously missed four games while on injured reserve. The team’s top offseason acquisition, Brown has just nine receptions for 101 yards so far this season.
Stevenson (knee), the team’s leading rusher, was injured in last week’s loss to the Packers.
Patriots running back TreVeyon Henderson, who didn't make the trip, was placed on injured reserve Saturday. Henderson said last week that he spent several days in the hospital undergoing tests to determine the cause of unexplained neurological symptoms that have affected his strength and coordination.
Also active for the Patriots were CB Charles Woods (hamstring), OL Greg Van Roten (hamstring) and FB Reggie Gilliam (knee).
Before traveling Wednesday, the Patriots ruled out LG Ben Brown (knee), CB Carlton Davis III (knee) and Henderson.
New England's other inactives Sunday: G Walter Rouse (concussion), S Brenden Schooler (hamstring), OT Dametrious Crownover and rookie Behren Morton (emergency third quarterback).
Lions running back Sione Vaki (ankle) was active after being listed as questionable Friday. New safety Andre Cisco was also active.
Detroit's inactives were: CB Keith Abney II, edge rusher Amad Hassanein, LB Amen Ogbongbemiga and defensive lineman Mekhi Wingo. S Kerby Joseph (knee), C Cade Mays (ankle) and CB D.J. Reed (hip) did not travel to Munich and had already been ruled out.
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Detroit Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson (97) and his teammates warm up during an NFL football practice in Munich, Germany, Friday, Nov. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Lennart Preiss)
New England Patriots Chandler Brayboy (1) warms up with team mates during an NFL football practice in Munich, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 12, 2026 ahead of the match between the New England Patriots and the Detroit Lions on Sunday. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Rory McIlroy captured the season-long Race to Dubai golf title on the European tour for a record-tying eighth time by finishing second at the World Tour Championship won by Tyrrell Hatton on Sunday.
McIlroy joined Colin Montgomerie atop the all-time list of winners of the previously named “Order of Merit” award, adding another significant achievement to the resume of a player who has done pretty much everything in golf — notably the career Grand Slam.
Hatton shot 6-under 66 to win the season-ending event by five strokes on 15-under par, but the main focus was on the tense fight for the year-long points title between McIlroy and young Spaniard Eugenio Chacarra, who arrived in Dubai atop the standings just ahead of the Northern Irishman.
In a turbulent final round in which Chacarra played one group behind McIlroy, the pair regularly exchanged places in the top two spots of the projected standings. McIlroy won out, shooting a bogey-free 67 that ultimately left him in outright second place.
Chacarra needed to eagle the par-5 18th — or get some unlikely help from a couple of players finishing their rounds after him — but neither scenario transpired. He shot 69 and tied for third, dropping him to second place in the Race to Dubai standings by the small matter of around 125 points.
McIlroy has now won the season-long title for the last five years, as well as in 2012, ‘14 and ’15, and he was congratulated by Chacarra outside the scorer's hut.
“Deserved winner,” Chacarra said, before McIlroy made a video call to his family — “stress, stress, stress,” he was heard saying — and then gave an emotional TV interview in which he dedicated the title to his father, Gerry, who has been in hospital for the last two months.
“He underwent a huge operation at the end of September and is recovering well, thankfully,” McIlroy said, before adding tearfully: “When I left to come to the Middle East, I went up to Cleveland to see him and he said to me, ‘Go win the Race to Dubai.’ This one's for him."
Chacarra said he was proud of the way he took the fight to McIlroy on his first appearance at the World Tour Championship and in his first full season on the European tour.
“I just came (up) short,” the 26-year-old Chacarra said. "That’s the beauty of golf.
“Obviously, when you play with the best in the world ... he’s played here 14, 15 times, you knew it was going to be tough, and he had a better day than I did.”
A consolation for Chacarra in his breakthrough year was becoming one of 10 players to secure places on next season’s PGA Tour that were available to European tour members not otherwise exempt.
Three of them — including Chacarra — were formerly on the LIV golf circuit. The others are Patrick Reed and Bernd Wiesberger.
Players typically are banned by the PGA Tour for one year dating to their last LIV appearance. Reed chose in January not to renew his LIV deal and was eligible to return to the PGA Tour for the FedEx Cup Fall, but opted instead to try to win the Race to Dubai title. He was tied for the 31st on Sunday and finished fourth in the season-long points standings.
Wiesberger returned to the European tour in 2024 after playing two seasons at LIV.
Also getting a card for the PGA Tour were South Africans Casey Jarvis and Jayden Schaper, Daniel Hillier of New Zealand, Jakob Skov Olesen of Denmark, Oliver Lindell of Finland, and English players Andy Sullivan and Joe Dean.
Just six years ago, Dean was delivering groceries during the COVID-19 pandemic. He kept doing it for nearly four years to help fund his golf career when he didn’t have a card, and now he is heading across the Atlantic.
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Tyrrell Hatton of England reacts after winning the final round of the World Tour Golf Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Tyrrell Hatton of England, center, receives the World Tour Golf Championship trophy after winning the final round in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland, center, holds the Race to Dubai trophy during the World Tour Golf Championship in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland reacts after he finishes 18th green during the final round of the World Tour Golf Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Tyrrell Hatton of England plays his second shot on the second hole during the final round of the World Tour Golf Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Eugenio Chacarra of Spain watches his shot from the ninth hole during the final round of the World Tour Golf Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland hits from the ninth fairway during the final round of the World Tour Golf Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays his second shot on the second hole during the final round of the World Tour Golf Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday, Nov. 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
