admitted days earlier, with a head concussion suffered after a fall during a competition. (Boston.com) National Football League Week 7, Monday Night Football: In their first MNF appearance in over a decade, the Cincinnati Bengals upset the AFC West division-leading Denver Broncos 23–10. It had also been fourteen years since their last MNF win and fifteen since their first Monday night home game. (ESPN) October 24, 2004 (Sunday) Baseball – 2004 World Series, Game 2: The Boston Red Sox achieve another home-field victory over the St. Louis Cardinals 6 to 2. Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling earns another win playing through his ankle injury, despite Boston committing four errors. Games 3 through 5 are slated to be held in St. Louis starting Tuesday. (CNNSI) Cross-country skiing: World Cup 2005 season opening in Düsseldorf, Germany: The Ladies' 6×0.8 km Team Sprint relay race is won by the Norwegian No.1 team (Marit Bjørgen, Hilde G. Pedersen), with Germany's No.2 team (Manuela Henkel, Evi Sachenbacher) and Italy's No.1 team (Arianna Follis, Gabriella Paruzzi) taking the 2nd and 3rd place. (FIS-Ski Results) In the Men's 6×1.5 km race, Norway's No.1 team wins (Håvard Bjerkeli, Tor Arne Hetland), while Germany's No.1 team (Tobias Angerer, Axel Teichmann) and No.3 team (Toni Lang, Andreas Stitzl) finish 2nd and 3rd, respectively. (FIS-Ski Results) Football (soccer): Manchester United defeat Arsenal 2–0 at United's Old Trafford stadium in Manchester, ending the London club's unbeaten streak in the FA Premier League. Arsenal's unbeaten run had stretched a record 49 matches and included the entire 2003–04 season. (BBC) Formula One: In the Brazilian Grand Prix, the last race of the 2004 season, Juan Pablo Montoya wins his final race for the Williams team, holding off future McLaren teammate Kimi Räikkönen. Rubens Barrichello finishes third. Michael Schumacher, who had long since clinched his seventh series championship, finishes seventh. (BBC) National Football League Week 7: The Kansas City Chiefs, in a 56–10 romp over the Atlanta Falcons, set an NFL record for most rushing touchdowns in a game, with 8. Four were scored by Priest Holmes and four by Derrick Blaylock. (Yahoo!) The New England Patriots set another NFL record with their 18th consecutive regular-season victory, 13–7 over the New York Jets. The loss is the first of the year for the Jets, while the Patriots remain undefeated. Jets running back Curtis Martin moves into seventh place on the all-time career rushing yards list.