KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Beginning Thursday against the Houston Texans, the Kansas City Chiefs are "running it back," as they like to say, trying to win a second consecutive Super Bowl championship with largely the same roster. It's easier said than done, but ...
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. -- When Cam Newton takes the first offensive snap for the New England Patriots in Sunday's season opener against the Miami Dolphins, it will end one of the most impressive streaks in the NFL. No longer will the Patriots be the ...
Notre Dame has a significant statistical advantage over the Duke offense, but the Blue Devils do have players that can present matchup problems for the Irish. A key to victory on Saturday will be Notre Dame winning those matchups where Duke is strong, and ...
Can you believe it? There are actually respected NFL pundits, such as NBC Sports' Peter King, that are predicting the Lions to make the playoffs in 2020. I'm not going to do that today via this piece. But, I am excitedly here to make some bold predictions ...
The Eagles are looking to clinch their fourth playoff berth in as many seasons, during what will be an unprecedented campaign for the NFL. Sign up for Eagles Extra: Get exclusive news, behind-the-scenes observations and the ability to text directly with ...
Free Press sports writer Dave Birkett provides his game-by-game predictions for the 2020 Detroit Lions: Sept. 13: vs. Bears. The Bears are going with Mitchell Trubisky in what can only be a Lions-related move considering how well he played against them last ...
SANTA CLARA – Everyone expects more from Jimmy Garoppolo this season. More than last season. You know, the one that ended in the Super Bowl, and ended without a trophy. They'll say Garoppolo is destined for the Year 2 bounce in coach Kyle ...
In the quiet moments before Week 1 begins in the N.F.L., every team believes it is destined for the Super Bowl. (OK, maybe not the Jaguars or the Giants, but certainly most teams.) While almost no football-related questions will be completely answered this ...
Sebastian Vettel is well known for his sharp sense of humour, so the timing of his Aston Martin announcement on the eve of Ferrari's 1000th race won't be lost on him. To put it in real-world terms, it's a bit like announcing your engagement at your ex's birthday ...
ATLANTA — Adam Duvall drove in nine runs with three homers, including a grand slam, and the Atlanta Braves set a National League scoring record while obliterating their franchise mark in a 29-9 romp over the Miami Marlins on Wednesday night.
NEW YORK — It's never been a particular career goal of Serena Williams to be alongside Molla Bjorsted Mallory in the U.S. Open record book, but after 20 years and 106 victories she is on the cusp of doing just that. Mallory was a Norwegian tennis legend ...
ST. PETERSBURG — Josh Fleming is getting the hang of this big-league pitching thing. The Rays rookie lefty has made three starts since his unexpected call-up and won them all, getting increasingly comfortable in the routine. Thursday he makes his fourth, ...
Racing continues in the second week of the 2020 Tour de France with Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) in the yellow jersey and a breakaway stage on the menu for stage 12. Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) triumphed in a close-run a controversial sprint in Poitiers, ...
Things got quite heated during a hot late-August practice and veteran linebacker Jordan Jenkins decided it was time to make it hotter. Jenkins purposely started a fight. He and left guard Alex Lewis threw punches. Other players were involved. It's an old trick ...
Angels starter Julio Teheran ran into hard luck in a 7-3 loss to the Texas Rangers on Wednesday night. Before the Rangers tagged him for five runs and six hits in 42/3 innings, the right-hander whose season was delayed by a bout with COVID-19 had begun ...
San Francisco Giants (23-21, third in the NL West) vs. San Diego Padres (28-17, second in the NL West). San Diego; Thursday, 9:10 p.m. EDT. Support our journalism. Subscribe today. BOTTOM LINE: The San Francisco Giants head to play the San Diego ...
Syracuse, N.Y. -- Robert Zayas knew the decision his group made Wednesday wasn't going to have buy-in from everyone across New York state, and the immediate feedback from Section III confirmed that prediction. Zayas is the executive director of the New ...
The Raiders have the ingredients in place to have a more dynamic offense. The stellar offensive line returns all five starters, Josh Jacobs and Darren Waller emerged as dynamic playmakers last season and rookies Henry Ruggs III and Bryan Edwards have ...
Broncos coach Vic Fangio said before practice Wednesday that outside linebacker Von Miller will go on injured reserve, but did not rule him out for the rest of the season because of an ankle injury. "There's a chance at (Miller being out for the year)," Fangio ...
Actor and singer Justin Timberlake joined a group of Tennessee-based investors on Wednesday in their quest to bring a Major League Baseball franchise to Nashville. The Grammy Award-winning artist made an investment with Music City Baseball, a group ...
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) -- Daniel Jones is heading into his second season with the New York Giants in a different position. The skinny kid from Duke is no longer the heir apparent at quarterback to two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning, who retired ...
After the Los Angeles Lakers Game 1 loss to the Houston Rockets on Friday of last week, no pundit was more upset with the defeat than Nick Wright, who pointed out the return of Rajon Rondo into the lineup as an impediment to the Lakers' success.
In this Sept. 18, 2016, file photo, San Francisco 49ers' Colin Kaepernick (7) and Eric Reid (35) kneel during the national anthem before an NFL football game against the Carolina Panthers in Charlotte, N.C. Four years after Kaepernick spoke out against ...
Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott will enter the NFL season with high expectations — and a heavy heart. Prescott's brother Jace died by suicide in April, and in a recent interview, the 27-year-old called his older brother his "best friend." "As much as you ask ...
CHICAGO — Trevor Bauer tossed three-hit ball into the eighth inning to outpitch Chicago Cubs ace Yu Darvish and lift the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-0 victory Wednesday night. Mike Moustakas hit a three-run homer in the first inning as Darvish's seven-start ...
The 18-year-old centre-back has been impressing at Old Trafford and could be in line for more first-team minutes this season. Manchester United defender Teden Mengi is ready to take his chance in the first team after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer piled praise on the ...
A look at some of the most high-profile new signings across the Premier League ahead of the new season starting Saturday: JAMES RODRIGUEZ (Everton). Support our journalism. Subscribe today. The fact the Colombia playmaker is still best known for that ...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Lewis Morgan scored twice in the first half to help Inter Miami beat Atlanta United 2-1 on Wednesday night. Morgan opened the scoring for Miami (2-6-2 ) in the 28th, Eric Remedi countered for Atlanta (3-5-2) in the 33rd, and ...
By The Associated Press. Houston Astros (22-22, second in the AL West) vs. Oakland Athletics (26-15, first in the AL West). Oakland, California; Thursday, 3:40 p.m. EDT. PITCHING PROBABLES: Houston: Jose Urquidy (0-0, 4.91 ERA) Oakland: Sean ...
Penn State Intercollegiate Athletics announced Wednesday it has "paused team activities for several programs and initiated standard isolation and precautionary quarantine" after its eighth round of COVID-19 test results revealed 48 new positives out of 920 ...
Fewer Americans are expected to bet on the NFL this year, as 42 percent of American adults say they are less excited about the upcoming season, which kicks off Thursday. About 33.2 million Americans — roughly 13 percent of U.S. adults — are expected to ...
The Tampa Bay Lightning take a 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference Final thanks to a late goal from Nikita Kucherov. They did so with only nine forwards for most of the game due to an ejection and an injury to a key player. Andrei Vasilevskiy shined ...
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