News & Sports

In an odd coincidence, several of the winning Powerball numbers matched the jersey numbers of baseball players in the Kansas City Royals Hall of Fame: Mark Gubicza, Dan Quisenberry and Dennis Leonard to name a few. NBC's Kerry Sanders reports. (Nightly News)

Check out Tom Brady's talk with the media as he previews the Patriots' AFC East matchup against the Jets. (NBC Sports)

A bomb explodes behind the goal of a soccer match in northern Iraq Friday. NBCNews.com's Al Stirrett reports. (NBCNews.com)

TODAY's Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb discuss the Wisconsin TV anchor who took a stand on-air against a viewer who wrote her a rude email about her weight and the caught-on-camera verbal "smack-down" between Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey on "American Idol." (TODAY)

At Wednesday's AFC Champions League game between Iran and Saudi Arabia, a player picked up a piece of debris on the field and tossed it aside, it then exploded. NBC's Brian Williams reports. (Nightly News)

Argentinian tennis player David Nalbandian was disqualified from the Queen's Club tennis final in London after allegedly kicking an advertising board and injuring a line judge. TODAY's Savannah Guthrie reports. (TODAY)

Thousands of spectators turned out for a soccer match between elephants in Nepal. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports. (TODAY)

Peter King and Mike Florio look at the state of the San Francisco 49ers and the Green Bay Packers. The 49ers are the surprise team in the NFL as their Week 9 win brings them to 7-1 on the season, and the Packers remain the only unbeaten team in the NFL. (NBC Sports)

Have you ever wondered just how loud a cat has to purr in order to be considered the loudest in the world? TODAY's Lester Holt finds out when he's joined by Smokey the cat – whose purr can reach up to 92 decibels – and owner Ruth Adams. (TODAY )

Have you ever wondered just how loud a cat has to purr in order to be considered the loudest in the world? TODAY's Lester Holt finds out when he's joined by Smokey the cat – whose purr can reach up to 92 decibels – and owner Ruth Adams. (TODAY )