TAMPA, Fla. -- The bright lights of primetime TV -- even on home turf -- proved to be too much for Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who didn't just flop on national television for the third time this season: They got throttled. After narrowly escaping ...
Apparently the return of Michael Thomas and Emmanuel Sanders helped to wake up a sleeping giant on Sunday night. The New Orleans Saints (6-2) took control of the NFC South race with a stunning 38-3 rout of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (6-3) in Tampa.
The final score doesn't tell the tale of just how badly the Denver Broncos were beaten by the Atlanta Falcons in Week 9. It took 21 fourth-quarter points by Denver in order for the scoreboard to say Falcons 34, Broncos 27 at the final gun. It was another uneven ...
The 2020 fantasy football season has been a messy one for the first round. Injuries, underperformance, bad breaks and bad scores. Dalvin Cook looms as a rare exception. Whatever resources you spent to draft him in the summer, it's been worth it.
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Cardinals sometimes appear oh-so-close to joining the NFL's elite teams. Then there are days like Sunday, when a handful of missed opportunities and mistakes kept them out of a tie for first place in the NFC West.
It was just another tough loss for the Chargers. They had an opportunity to win it at the end, and the ball came loose from Donald Parham's hands. Was it a touchdown? Was it a drop? It depends on whom you ask. The reality is the Chargers are now 2-6 on the ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Tom Brady is long gone and so is the New England Patriots' seemingly everlasting comfort at quarterback. For nearly two decades — 19 seasons to be exact — Bill Belichick had no worries about his signal caller. Even when Brady missed ...
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — For all that Notre Dame has accomplished in 11 seasons under Brian Kelly, the Fighting Irish at their best always seem to be just a little less than the best of the best in college football. Wherever the line was drawn between the elite ...
ARLINGTON -- Outside of injuries, ineffective play and attitude, turnovers is one of the biggest things Mike McCarthy can't stand about his football team. The Cowboys coach saw his team commit two more turnovers in a 24-19 loss to the Steelers on Sunday.
Markese Stepp had already been stuffed once before on a crucial fourth down when late in the fourth quarter on Saturday, the Trojan back was trusted with another fourth-and-one handoff. This time, he sprinted across the line with ease. But as Stepp was ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It's no secret Deshaun Watson and Will Fuller have a special connection. They've collaborated on 20 touchdown passes in their 30 games together. That distinctive rapport Watson and Fuller have nurtured was on display again ...
A three-minute scoring outburst led the New York Red Bulls to a 2-1 Decision Day victory over visiting Toronto FC on Sunday. The win elevates the Red Bulls (9-9-5, 32 points, 1.39 points per game) to sixth place in the Eastern Conference and allows them to ...
FIRST DOWN: RUN DEFENSE. The Detroit Lions knew they had to limit Vikings running back Dalvin Cook Sunday to have any real chance of walking out of Minnesota with a win. I say limit, because it's hard to completely shut down a player as skilled as ...
When this exhausting game (just to watch) was over, they were calling this a great team win. Certainly the defense could be proud it made a stop when it counted most, just like special teams made the biggest kick when it counted most. But the great theater ...
MARID — Carlos Soler converted three penalty kicks for his hat trick as Valencia ended its winless streak with a 4-1 win over Real Madrid in the Spanish league on Sunday. Statistics platform Opta said it was the first time a player had scored three penalties in ...
Looking at what's going on in the Big 12 this week, a couple of curious trends are developing. There are only three teams with losing league records right now among the ten Big 12 schools, yet there isn't a true bell cow for this conference, either. The top half ...
LAFC entered the final match day of the MLS regular season with more questions than answers. It knew the playoffs would begin on the road but didn't know where, when or against whom. Also unknown was how much the team would be able to lean on their ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jorge Villafana scored in the 90th minute, and the Portland Timbers played to a 1-1 draw against LAFC on Sunday as both teams wrapped up the regular season bound for the playoffs. LAFC's Diego Rossi claimed the league's Golden ...
The more I watch the Bears' offense, the more I believe that the act of watching paint dry, the universal metaphor for borrrrrrrrrriiiiinnnnnng, has been horribly maligned. At least when you watch paint dry, your mind can wander. You can dream. You can plan ...
STILLWATER, Okla. – The Kansas State women's tennis team showed up on the final day of the OSU Fall Series Championship, which resulted in four singles wins at the Greenwood Tennis Center on Sunday (November 8) afternoon. "Today was our best day ...
UCLA's season-opener against Colorado on the road Saturday provided flashbacks to last year's shootout against Washington State. Unfortunately for the Bruins, they didn't return home with a victory. It was the third straight loss in the season-opener under ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Chicago Bears can score really well in the fourth quarter. Dominate even. Scoring earlier than the final 15 minutes remains a big problem, and the Bears' anemic offense provided no help Sunday as they were held scoreless ...
South Carolina no longer has a starting quarterback. After the poor performance against Texas A&M, the job is wide open, Gamecocks coach Will Muschamp announced Sunday night. Colorado State graduate transfer Collin Hill started the first six games of ...
AUGUSTA, Ga. — The roars were endless Sunday at the Masters, coming from everywhere for just about everyone. One moment stood out in 2011. Follow the latest on Election 2020. From below the rise of the fairway on the par-5 eighth hole, it sounded like ...
LEICESTER, England, Nov 8 (Reuters) - Leicester City went top of the Premier League with a tense 1-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers on Sunday in which striker Jamie Vardy scored one penalty and had another saved. Vardy made no mistake with his ...
The Revolution fared well against most of their Eastern Conference foes in their 25th season of play. But they failed to match up with the Philadelphia Union, who took a 2-0 victory Sunday. The Revolution fell to 0-3-1 against Joe Biden's favorite soccer team in ...
Heading into the trade deadline, the Giants were receiving calls about TE Evan Engram, who could be a good receiving option for a Super Bowl Contender. But GM Dave Gettleman had a hefty price attached to the former first-round pick. ESPN's Adam ...
There certainly has been no shortage of rumors that the Warriors have been involved in over the last several months, and they continue to emerge with the draft and start of next season rapidly approaching. ESPN's Zach Lowe heard a new one this week, and ...
GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - The Green Bay Packers are now 2 games up in the NFC North with Thursday's 34-17 victory over the San Francisco 49ers plus losses from the Bears and Lions. Cover 2′s Green Bay Packers panel, 'On the Clock' discussed the ...
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — The golden sunset over Keeneland provided a picturesque and welcome wrap for horse racing after the pandemic wiped out its spring, cramped marquee stakes races into a crowded schedule and reshuffled the Triple Crown order.
CINCINNATI -- At the midway point of the season, the Cincinnati Bengals already are off to a better start than last year's team finished. The Bengals (2-5-1) have matched the 2019 win total and also carry a tie to ensure at least one fewer loss. Now they get a ...
The Latest on Week 9 in the NFL (all times EST):. ___. 2:07 p.m.. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW. Already down three linebackers to start the game, the Houston Texans lost another one in the first quarter against Jacksonville. Brennan Scarlett left with an arm ...
The Houston Texans planned to be sellers at the NFL trade deadline, but ultimately kept J.J. Watt and numerous other marquee players. While Watt will remain in Houston, his days in Houston are reportedly numbered. After firing general manager and head ...
Mizzou heads into its bye week with a 2-3 record, and Tigers fans have to love what they're seeing from first-year head coach Eli Drinkwitz. Before the season, one might have seen a possible 0-5 start. But the Tigers found ways to upset defending champ LSU ...
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