After more than 8,000 scrimmage yards, 64 touchdowns and the 5th-most all-purpose yards in NFL history, Darren Sproles will retire after this season. The 36-year-old Sproles officially announced the decision that's been expected on Saturday afternoon.
For all the excitement Jameis Winston brings to the football field, the amount of headaches he induces can be quite distracting. Against the Texans at home on Saturday afternoon, the polarizing Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback had the type of game fans ...
The AFC East still belongs to the Patriots. New England clinched its 11th straight division crown with Saturday's 24-17 win over the Bills. It's perhaps fitting that it came against Buffalo (10-5), which pushed the Patriots (12-3) about as much as any rival in recent ...
ATLANTA — North Carolina A&T had a good idea that Alcorn State would try to slow down the running game. However, the Aggies couldn't have predicted that Kylil Carter would have so much success throwing the ball. Carter passed for six touchdowns and ...
BOCA RATON, Fla. – Lane Kiffin was watching his now-former Florida Atlantic team play from elsewhere. A bunch of key FAU starters, including the school's only first-team All-American, were missing. The coaching staff the Owls had Saturday faces a very ...
ORLANDO, Fla. — Liberty coach Hugh Freeze went from coaching from a hospital bed at the start of the season to standing with a bowl championship trophy. Frankie Hickson picked up 120 yards rushing on 22 carries, Stephen Calvert went 16 of 35 passing ...
SAN ANTONIO — The two NBA head coaches have often sat their star players even if it made the league office or broadcasting partners unhappy. So, of course, Spurs coach Gregg Popovich and Clippers coach Doc Rivers would favor that the NBA shortens ...
Here are my games to watch for Week 16 of the NFL season: BILLS at PATRIOTS — Saturday at 4:30 p.m. on NFL Network. Usually, New England has the AFC East wrapped up by now. They've won the last 10 straight division titles and 15 of the past 16.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's Micah Potter endured a 644-day wait to play another collegiate basketball game. The 6-foot-10 junior got his chance on Saturday against Milwaukee. D'Mitrick Trice scored a career-high 31 points and Nate Reuvers had 22 ...
Ohio State (11-1) is built to be one of the elite teams in what's become a predictably unpredictable season of college basketball. On Saturday, the fifth-ranked Buckeyes played well, hit big free throws and made key plays to knock off No. 6 Kentucky 71-65 in ...
Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James is doubtful for Sunday's home game against the Nuggets with a thoracic muscle strain, coach Frank Vogel announced Saturday. James first sustained the injury, a pull in the rib cage area, against the Indiana Pacers on ...
"It's the Rose Bowl. That's it. That's all you gotta know. The best of the best play there and I'm excited." Those are the words of Outland Trophy Winner Penei Sewell. A while the No. 6 Oregon Ducks were, in theory, just a few plays away from a possible College ...
ARLINGTON -- Duncanville quarterback Ja'Quinden Jackson faced a difficult week, helping his team prepare for the Class 6A Div. I state championship while knowing he wouldn't play. Coach Reginald Samples announced Wednesday morning that the knee ...
NEW YORK — Spencer Dinwiddie scored 39 points and the Brooklyn Nets overcame a 47-point performance by Trae Young and beat the Atlanta Hawks 122-112 on Saturday night. Garrett Temple added 25 points, and DeAndre Jordan had 12 points and a ...
ST. LOUIS — A Chicago native, Missouri Tigers guard Xavier Pinson heard an earful from the Illinois Fighting Illini's fans during the 39th Annual Braggin' Rights game on Saturday. Pinson and his teammates had the last laugh. Dru Smith scored 19 points, ...
The Rams and 49ers are in the middle of a tightly-contested Week 16 matchup. The Rams, primarily using Todd Gurley as a decoy, moved with ease on the game's first drive, with Jared Goff hitting Brandin Cooks on a 10-yard touchdown pass. The touchdown ...
ANAHEIM, Calif. — Billy Eppler has said throughout the offseason that the Los Angeles Angels' top priority was adding stability to the pitching staff. The general manager believes he's done that by bringing in Julio Teheran. The Angels announced Saturday ...
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — Belmont coach Casey Alexander had done no shortage of homework and video study before his team's date with Alabama. What he saw in person on Saturday was even more impressive than what he'd seen on-screen. "I feel like it was ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Bojan Bogdanovic scored 26 points, Rudy Gobert had 17 points and 19 rebounds and the Utah Jazz beat the Charlotte Hornets 114-107 on Saturday for their fifth straight victory. Donovan Mitchell added 20 points for the Jazz ...
Jermaine Samuels hit a 3-pointer with 20.5 seconds left and No. 18 Villanova beat No. 1 Kansas 56-55 on Saturday, making the Jayhawks the latest top-ranked team to fall this season. The Jayhawks (9-2) had moved up one spot to become the fifth team to ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Malachi Flynn scored 16 points and No. 20 San Diego State remained as one of the nation's four unbeaten teams with an 80-52 victory over Utah on Saturday in the Basketball Hall of Fame Classic at Staples Center. Yanni Wetzell and ...
Fourteen shots. Zero makes. That was how Florida started the game against Utah State in the Orange Bowl Classic on Saturday. As awful as the shooting was, UF somehow managed to have it tied at 27-27 when the first half ended. In the second half, the ...
Johnson (knee) was activated off injured reserve Saturday, Field Yates of ESPN reports. The Lions seemed to tip their hand with this one, leaving an open roster spot Friday for the likely return of Johnson from injured reserve. The second-year running back ...
FARGO, N.D. — In just seconds a dynasty that appeared vulnerable became unbeatable. Christian Watson scored long touchdowns on back-to-back touches early in the second quarter and two-time defending FCS champion North Dakota State blitzed ...
The St. Louis Cardinals traded outfielder Adolis GarcÃa to the Texas Rangers for cash considerations on Saturday. GarcÃa, 26, was removed for the Cardinals' 40-man roster to make room for Korean left-hander Kwang Hyun Kim who was signed earlier this ...
MIAMI – Five more observations from the Knicks' poor outing Friday in Miami — a 129-114 rout that wasn't nearly as close as the final score. 1. In his final words before getting fired, Knicks coach David Fizdale said he was ready to shake up the starting lineup ...
Alabama running back signee Jase McClellan – the player who flipped from Oklahoma to the Crimson Tide on Early Signing Day last week – led his team to Texas state high school title today. McClellan tallied 25 carries for 218 yards and two touchdowns to ...
After shaking hands with the North Carolina team and entertaining a few postgame interviews, South Carolina Sandlapper head coach Dean Boyd started sprinting toward his team. "Hey hey!" Boyd said mid-stride. His all-star team, comprised of the best high ...
Everton and Arsenal played out a dour 0-0 draw at Goodison Park on Saturday, as both teams had their new managers watching on from the stands. [ MORE: Premier League schedule ]. Carlo Ancelotti and Mikel Arteta are now in charge of Everton and ...
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Chelsea Dungee and Alexis Tolefree scored 21 points apiece and No. 21 Arkansas cruised to an 86-53 win in its second-ever meeting with Arkansas-Little Rock on Saturday. A'Tyanna Gaulden added 15 points and Amber ...
DETROIT — The Detroit Pistons are without Blake Griffin and Derrick Rose for Saturday night's game against Chicago. Griffin has been dealing with an illness, and Rose has a sore left knee. Griffin also missed Friday night's loss at Boston. Griffin has also ...
Jermell Charlo and Tony Harrison will run it back tonight at Toyota Arena in Ontario, California. Both men enter the rematch with much to prove. For Charlo, the fight represents a chance to avenge what many felt was a robbery on the scorecards in their first ...
Blake Wheeler's primary helper on a Patrik Laine tally in Saturday's 6-0 victory over the Minnesota Wild marked a major milestone for him and the Winnipeg Jets. Wheeler became the Jets/Atlanta Thrashers franchise's all-time points leader. Ilya Kovalchuk ...
ARCADIA, Calif. — Santa Anita is postponing the opening day of its winter-spring meet by two days to Dec. 28 ahead of next week's forecast that calls for rain. The Southern California racetrack announced its decision on Saturday. It will be the first time since ...
Carlos Hyde and the Texans were six inches shy of the end zone. Hyde got the carry, got the six inches, and got his sixth touchdown of the season when he scored with 9:22 left in the second quarter on Saturday at Tampa Bay. It gave the Texans a 17-3 ...
The word on the MLB street is that the Indians have asked teams to show how interested they are in Francisco Lindor by giving the Tribe their best offer. Reportedly, the Indians will decide over the weekend whether they will take one of the offers. Set your ...
Milwaukee Bucks (25-4, first in the Eastern Conference) vs. New York Knicks (7-22, 14th in the Eastern Conference). New York; Saturday, 7 p.m. EST. LINE: Bucks -12.5; over/under is 227. BOTTOM LINE: The New York Knicks take on the Eastern ...
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