HOUSTON -- The second question of Deshaun Watson's news conference after the Houston Texans signed their quarterback to a four-year, record-setting contract extension on Saturday was asked by Clemson head coach Dabo Swinney. The third?
Throughout the course of this long season, the LA Clippers were darlings of sharp bettors and league intelligentsia, even as so many fans and even a healthy percentage of the Clippers' peers sometimes wondered why. They encouraged injured players to ...
FRISCO, Texas -- Offensive tackle La'el Collins and veteran linebacker Sean Lee will be placed on injured reserve for the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday, sources told ESPN, causing them to miss at least the first three games. Collins has been dealing with a hip ...
BOSTON -- Xander Bogaerts hit a tying homer in the ninth inning and catcher Christian Vazquez manufactured the winning run with his legs, rallying the Boston Red Sox past the Toronto Blue Jays 9-8 on Saturday night. Bogaerts' leadoff shot to center field ...
PITTSBURGH -- Eugenio Suarez hit three homers in a game for the first time in his career, driving in five runs and leading the Cincinnati Reds over the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-2 Saturday night. Suarez hit a three-run shot deep down the left-field line to cap a ...
Toronto and Denver entered Saturday needing to pick up wins in their respective playoff series, with the former aiming to tie its series at two games apiece after falling into an 0-2 hole. Both teams accomplished their goal, with Pascal Siakam, Kyle Lowry, ...
The team that has shot better from 3-point range has won each of the four games of the Eastern Conference semifinal series between the Toronto Raptors and Boston Celtics. In fact, OG Anunoby's buzzer-beating game winner in Game 3 was the difference ...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Brady White threw four touchdown passes, coach Ryan Silverfield collected his first regular season win at Memphis, and the Tigers beat Arkansas State 37-24 on Saturday night in the season opener for both teams. White, who is the ...
NEW YORK -- Since getting out of the bullpen, Seth Lugo has brought needed relief to the New York Mets' rotation. Lugo earned the first win by a Mets starter in more than three weeks, Phillies star Bryce Harper screamed in an umpire's face after being ...
BALTIMORE -- In a start that mirrored his first season with with the New York Yankees, Gerrit Cole was sailing along in dominant fashion before things went horribly awry. Cole endured a nightmarish sixth inning against the Baltimore Orioles, who got a ...
SEATTLE -- Rookie Jose Marmolejos hit a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning after twice leaving the bases loaded, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 5-3 on Saturday night. It was 2-all in the eighth before Seattle scored three times off ...
The Philadelphia Flyers entered the Stanley Cup Playoffs believing they were good enough to win the championship. That made the disappointment that much more painful after their season ended with a 4-0 loss to the New York Islanders in Game 7 of the ...
Andre the Giant. Hulk Hogan. The Rock. There's a moment in professional wrestling that rivals all others in terms of excitement, astonishment and genuine emotion: When a bad guy turns good. I've admittedly fallen out of touch with wrestling since my mid-90s ...
The Eagles roster on Saturday will have a slightly different look once Labor Day arrives and the Eagles shift into full preparation mode for the season-opener against Washington. For instance, veteran receiver Alshon Jeffery is on the 53-man roster for now, ...
MINNEAPOLIS — Miguel Sanó led Minnesota's rally against the Detroit bullpen with a home run and the tying single in the ninth inning, before Byron Buxton beat out an infield single for the game-winning RBI to give the Twins a 4-3 victory over the Tigers on ...
The theory that NFL teams would go with three quarterbacks to start the pandemic-impacted season took a hit Saturday. Lots of third-stringers were sent packing as the 32 teams got down to the 53-man limit. The season opens Thursday night with Houston at ...
WEST POINT, N.Y. -- Sandon McCoy ran for three first-half touchdowns and Army opened its season with a 42-0 victory over Middle Tennessee on Saturday. McCoy scored on runs of 1, 2 and 4 yards, twice finishing drives that began after Blue Raiders ...
Jamel Herring waited months and battled through COVID-19 to show that he was ready for a major fight as a world titleholder. After his performance Saturday in a title defense against Jonathan Oquendo, that status is very much uncertain. Inside the Top Rank ...
My initial read on the Patriots after they cut down to 53 players on Saturday for the first time this season: I sure hope Cam Newton is healthy and back to his old self. A good quarterback covers up a team's warts. If Newton, 31, can play like Superman again, ...
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. — Teams as good as the Milwaukee Bucks never get swept in the NBA playoffs. That may change Sunday. Milwaukee is on the brink of elimination, trailing the Miami Heat 3-0 in their Eastern Conference semifinal series. The Heat ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Sandy Alcantara allowed one run over six innings, Corey Dickerson homered for the second consecutive game and the Miami Marlins beat the AL East-leading Tampa Bay Rays 7-3 on Saturday night. The Marlins improved to ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — José Abreu hit his 13th home run of the season in the first inning, Yasmani Grandal added a two-run shot, and the Chicago White Sox defeated the Kansas City Royals 5-3 Saturday night behind ace Lucas Giolito. Abreu leads the ...
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Mike Trout became the Angels' career home run leader and Jo Adell celebrated with a game-ending, two-run single in the seventh, lifting Los Angeles to a 10-9 victory over the Houston Astros in the first game of a doubleheader on ...
The Steelers cut their roster from 80 to 53 players Saturday afternoon, and there were only a few mild surprises. The team released receiver Ryan Switzer and veteran defensive tackle Daniel McCullers. They also cut sixth-round draft pick Antoine Brooks.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams left space in their final roster cutdown to go shopping on the NFL waiver wire this weekend. The Rams waived nine players on Saturday while also placing defensive tackle A'Shawn Robinson on the ...
NEW YORK — Serena Williams survived a third-round scare to defeat 2017 champion Sloane Stephens and stay on course for a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam title. The 38-year-old American dropped the opening set before staging a comeback to seal a ...
Tennessee quarterback Jarrett Guarantano is coming back to Knoxville for his fifth season with the Vols and is looking forward to playing with an improved overall unit in Jeremy Pruitt's third season as head coach. The rising senior praised the team during a ...
The Bills All-Pro has agreed to terms on a four-year extension worth $69 million with $55 million in guarantees, NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported Saturday, per sources. No corner is making more per season than the new money ($17.25 million ...
ATLANTA — The Washington Nationals, playing without Juan Soto and some other top hitters, manufactured big offense without a home run. That was more than enough to overwhelm an Atlanta Braves team that hit three homers. Support our journalism.
The NHL is still waiting for clearance from the Canadian government to allow all players' families to join the bubble for the conference finals in Edmonton, Alberta, sources told ESPN on Saturday. Family members who are Canadian citizens and are currently ...
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — The Seattle Seahawks released linebacker/defensive end Shaquem Griffin and terminated the contract of veteran wide receiver Paul Richardson among their cuts on Saturday to reach the 53-man roster limit. Griffin and Richardson ...
The world No. 4 defeated Ons Jabeur, 7-6 (4), 6-3, to enter the US Open's round of 16. Kenin will next face Elise Mertens, who she defeated twice last year. By Joel Drucker. September 05, 2020. MORE TO WATCH. Naomi Osaka wins final five games to ...
Pinot put the blame for his colossal defeat squarely on his back injury, caused by his big crash on stage 1 in Nice last weekend, when he came down in the final three kilometres.
ATLANTA -- The final hole at East Lake brought two strange sights Saturday at the Tour Championship. First, Rory McIlroy hit a shot that toppled out of thick rough right into the water in front of him, a distance laser cameras estimated at 85 feet, 8 inches, not ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Minnesota Vikings placed linebacker Ben Gedeon on the physically unable to perform list Saturday as part of their paring the roster down for the regular season. Gedeon, a fourth-year player who was in the starting lineup in the ...
After an entertaining first 36 holes of the 2020 Tour Championship, the bid for a $15 million first prize will heat up on Sunday afternoon in Round 3. Dustin Johnson will tee off in the final pairing for the third straight day, but he'll have a new playing partner as ...
SANTA CLARA, CALIF. — More than six months after the defense wilted against Patrick Mahomes, Jimmy Garoppolo missed Emmanuel Sanders deep and San Francisco collapsed in the fourth quarter of the Super Bowl, the 49ers got together to watch the ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) —. The Philadelphia Eagles released two of their first three picks in the 2017 draft among their cuts Saturday to reach the 53-man roster limit. Cornerbacks Sidney Jones (second round) and Rasul Douglas (third round) were cut along ...
Los Angeles Angels slugger Mike Trout belted his 300th career home run on Saturday to set a club record one day after he tied Tim Salmon's mark. In game one of a seven-inning double-header against the Houston Astros, Trout crushed a 1-2 fastball from ...
The 49ers activated Samuel (foot) from the active/non-football injury list Saturday. With the move official, Samuel can continue his quest to play Week 1 following more than two months spent in recovery mode due to a Jones fracture in his left foot. Along the ...
The Raiders seemed to understand not far into training camp that third-round draft pick Lynn Bowden Jr. was more of a project than they expected. So they cut their losses Saturday, trading the Kentucky running back to the Miami Dolphins along with a ...
GREEN BAY - On a cutdown Saturday conducted in the middle of a pandemic, the most surprising part of the Green Bay Packers' trim to their initial 53-man roster was how few things were unexpected. When the biggest surprises on the day were bubble ...
NEW YORK — Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is happy to see players from different ethnicities and backgrounds reach the latter stages of big tournaments but says officials can do even more to encourage diversity in professional tennis. Auger-Aliassime ...
SAN MARCOS, Texas (AP) — Shane Buechele threw for 367 yards and a touchdown and SMU held on despite two second-half turnovers to win its first game at Texas State, 31-24 on Saturday in the season opener for both teams. Buechele threw a 51-yard ...
European heavyweights England, world champions France, holders Portugal and Belgium all enjoyed winning starts to their UEFA Nations League campaigns on Saturday even if there were signs of international rust following the coronavirus shutdown.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Second seed Dominic Thiem staved off a spirited fightback from Marin Cilic to beat the former champion 6-2 6-2 3-6 6-3 on Saturday and reach the fourth round of the U.S. Open. Thiem had won both his previous meetings with the 31st ...
Butler was waived by New Orleans on Saturday, Amie Just of Nola.com reports. For the second straight summer, Butler appeared on track to land on the team's final 53-man roster, but he couldn't make the cut. He spent last season on the team's practice ...
Adam Jahn's header in the second minute of stoppage time led Atlanta United to a 1-1 draw with Orlando on Saturday at Exploria Stadium. The draw prevented Atlanta United (3-4-2) from losing to Orlando for the second time in eight days. "I think in terms of ...
The two coming to a head is a tale of two different trajectories: de Minaur, still just 21, reached this stage for the second year running. Pospisil, now 30, finds himself in the second week of a singles Slam for the first time since 2015 Wimbledon. By Matt ...
EDMONTON, Alberta – Vegas Golden Knights forward Ryan Reaves will miss the opener of Western Conference final against the Dallas Stars after the NHL suspended him a game for an illegal check to the head of Vancouver's Tyler Motte. Reaves hit Motte ...
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