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Maryhelen Zabas walked into her local Applebees on a mission. Since she doesnt have cable, she needed a place to watch Game 2 of the American League Championship Series on Oct. 15 and figured there would be at least one TV in the bar area tuned to the game.But on a fall Saturday, it was college football as far as the eye could see, so Zabas politely asked a bartender if one of the stations could be turned to the baseball game. Upon noticing the Cleveland Indians T-shirt Zabas was wearing, the bartender readily complied. She herself was a Cubs fan and was hoping her team would face the Indians in the World Series.Zabas found a table with prime sight line of the game and, for the next several hours, she ate wings and watched as the Indians beat the Toronto Blue Jays, 2-1, to take a 2-0 lead in the series. (They would eventually win the series in five.)After the final out, Zabas paid her tab and started for the parking lot. As she stepped outside, she felt the crispness of a fall day in Bend, Oregon, hit her face and breathed in the fresh Northwest air.She was more than 2,000 miles from Cleveland, yet, in this moment, her heart was filled with hometown pride.For most of her life, Zabas was known as Sister Mary Assumpta and had a presence in Cleveland as tall as the citys iconic Terminal Tower. She became a Catholic nun at the age of 17 and was a longtime member of the Sisters of the Holy Spirit -- an order that ministers to the elderly at the Jennings Center for Older Adults, which serves as a retirement community and nursing home in a Cleveland suburb.Sister Mary Assumpta had a claim to fame in Cleveland as one of the most diehard Indians fans in town.She and her fellow sisters were fixtures at ball games at the old Cleveland Stadium, where it was hard to miss a group of nuns dressed in full habit eating hot dogs, yelling at umps and cheering on the Tribe with fervor.At the end of the games, if we lost, people who had a little too much alcohol would say, Oh, Sister, you didnt pray hard enough, and wed turn around and say, Prayer isnt just our job, Zabas said.It seemed no amount of prayer could help the Indians during their 1985 season when the team lost 102 games, so the nuns figured chocolate chip cookies might at least lift the players spirits. After the All-Star break that year, they began taking a batch to the team at the beginning of every homestand.It was just to let them know that somebody cared, Zabas said with a laugh.Over time, it became tradition for the Sisters of the Holy Spirit to bake a special batch of chocolate chip cookies for the Indians home opener each year.Strikeouts were baked in the cookies for the pitchers and home runs into the cookies for the hitters, explained Zabas.But sometimes they got them mixed up and would eat the wrong ones, she joked.Sister Mary Assumptas celebrity grew when she had a cameo in the movie Major League wearing her habit and an Indians jacket. She got her own Upper Deck baseball card, a write-up in People magazine and served as a special World Series correspondent for a local Cleveland TV station and CBS This Morning in 1995.But as much as she was recognized for her devotion to the Indians, it was only a small part of Sister Mary Assumptas life. After beginning her career as a high school English teacher, she transitioned into healthcare administration and became an expert in end-of-life care, traveling the country giving programs and lectures on the subject. She also was the backbone of her small group of sisters and worked tirelessly to keep the order thriving. However, her unending service to others and penchant for self-described overextension eventually took its toll.My soul was burning out, she said.So after nearly 50 years as a Catholic nun, she decided to leave her religious order and took a job with the Sacred Art of Living ministry in Oregon, which works with caregivers and the dying.In the summer of 2013, Zabas set off for her new life in the first car she ever owned -- a Chevrolet Sonic. Prior to that, she always shared a vehicle with one with the other sisters. She was no longer wearing a habit and had taken the name Maryhelen, comprised of her given name Helen and decided to add Mary to it.Along the way from Ohio to Oregon, Zabas made stops at national monuments and other attractions, including the Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota. It was there that she met a member of the Cherokee tribe, who bestowed upon her an American Indian name: She Who Laughs at the Unknown.It was fitting as Zabas life has been guided by a certain fearlessness. Whenever she gets a bold idea, one way or another, shell find a way to make it happen -- especially if it involves helping someone in need. For instance, there was the time she turned the sisters cookie baking into a business, Nun Better, to support the endowment of the Jennings Center for Older Adults.To this day, at the age of 71, she still lives life at a vigorous clip. In fact, prayer and baseball might be the only two things in Zabas life that force her to slow down.Theres nothing fast about a ball game. With no game clock or time limit, theres only the ebb and flow of balls and strikes. Its essentially a chess match, and the drama is in the details, which Zabas loves.I learned [the game] from my mother, she said. Ive learned the nuances and know that its a game of strategy that a lot of people dont understand.One of the difficult parts about being so far from Cleveland is no longer being able to watch the Indians regularly on TV or go to games at Progressive Field, Zabas admitted.I just long to see a baseball game, she said.She gets her baseball fix by attending an occasional Bend Elks game, the amateur baseball team in town, and always makes room in her schedule for the Indians when she visits Cleveland during the season.This past summer there, she did something all too familiar. She whipped up a batch of chocolate chip cookies and delivered them to the Indians.Perhaps the hitters and pitchers finally got the right cookies this season with the team only one game away from its first World Series title since 1948.Whatever the outcome, Zabas will always keep her faith in the Indians even if she has to do it from afar.I will not switch my fandom no matter where I live, she said. Yeezy Boost 500 Canada . -- Ryan Blaney provided more evidence that Penske Racings No. Ultra Boost Canada Restock . - After leading the Saints to a fourth playoff appearance in five seasons, Drew Brees expressed confidence in the direction of his team and, perhaps more importantly, showed a willingness to listen to contract proposals if the team needs his help getting under the NFLs salary cap. http://www.yeezyshoescanada.com/ultra-boost-canada/ultra-boost-19.html . Team physician Dr. Steve Traina performed the surgery Friday. 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Mark Ingram gashed the Rams for 146 yards on just 14 carries as the Saints (5-6) ended a two-game skid and maintained hope of a late playoff push.Some razzle-dazzle produced a 50-yard touchdown pass from receiver Willie Snead to running back Tim Hightower. That play came with New Orleans already leading 42-21 with about 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter.Payton said the Saints ran the trick play because we got the right look.In a largely subdued postgame media conference, Payton deflected credit to his players for piling up 555 yards and a season-high in points.Yet several Saints didnt hesitate to speak for their coach as it pertained to Williams presence on the opposing sideline.At no point in this week did their relationship or the history thats here come up, Saints right tackle Zach Strief asserted, but added, plenty of us understand and know the situation. Its human nature. First and foremost, we wanted to win. But lets not lie to ourselves. There was more to it -- and good for coach.Two of Brees scoring strikes went to rookie Michael Thomas, whose touchdowns of 6 and 21 yards were part of a nine-catch, 108-yard performance. Brees other touchdowns went to Ingram and Brandon Coleman.This one came down to our lack of ability on defense to get the ball back and stop them, said Los Angeles coach Jeff Fisher, whose Rams (4-7) have lost six of seven. You talk about 550 yards of total offense -- thats difficult to overcome.While there werent many highlights for Williams unit, it made a big play early on tackle Aaron Donalds sack and strip of Brees that set up the Rams second TD on Jared Goffs 6-yard pass to Kenny Britt.Williams coached the way he normally coaches on the field and in the meeting rooms, Fisher said.dddddddddddd He motivated the guys and we just had a bad day.ROAD DEBUTGoff, the NFLs top overall draft pick last spring, completed 20 of 32 passes for 214 yards and three touchdowns. He had his share of brilliant throws in his first road start, including a pin-point 24-yard scoring pass to Tavon Austin. But he also was intercepted by Vaccaro and lost a fumble on a sack by rookie defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins.BOUNCING BACKOne of Ingrams most productive games came just 10 days after he was knocked unconscious at Carolina. His highlights included a 61-yard scamper, a 10-yard touchdown run on a fourth-and-1 play and a 21-yard score on a screen to the right side of the field, which was wide open as the Rams tried to pressure Brees.The screen was just a great coaching call on third-and-11, Ingram said. I get out there and theres four black jerseys and one white jersey, so that makes it easy. I feel like any of you guys could have scored.GOING FOR ITAfter falling behind 14-7, the Saints surged in front on consecutive fourth-down touchdowns less than two minutes apart. In both situations, the Saints were stuffed on third-and-1.Ingram scored the first of those touchdowns when he took a pitch to the left side and then wrong-footed pursuers with a sharp cut back toward the middle.New Orleans quickly got the ball back when end Paul Kruger recovered Goffs fumble on the L.A. 10. Four plays later, Brees dove over his linemen to make it 21-14. It also marked the first time this season any NFL team scored two fourth-down TDs in the same game.PASSING MILESTONEBrees became one of three players with 30 touchdowns in nine different seasons, joining Brett Favre and Peyton Manning. Brees has done it nine seasons in a row. He is also the second quarterback in NFL history to reach 30 career games with at least four touchdown passes (Peyton Manning, 35).INJURIESDuring the second quarter, the Rams announced that offensive guard Rodger Saffold had a hand injury. In the second half, the Rams announced cornerback E.J. Gaines had a chest injury. In the third quarter, Saints left tackle Terron Armstead briefly required attention by trainers before walking to the sideline. He did not return.UP NEXTIt doesnt get easier for the Rams, who visit New England next Sunday.The Saints are back in the Superdome on Sunday against Detroit.---For more NFL coverage: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '