New York Jets coach Adam Gase, under fire after an 0-3 start, remains committed to struggling quarterback Sam Darnold. "He just needs to keep playing," Gase said Monday. "He needs to keep playing and keep fixing the mistakes that are made and really ...
CLEVELAND -- You will never be able to outwork Gerrit Cole, but you have to try. That is the advice that Cole's former catchers with the Astros have for Kyle Higashioka, the New York Yankees backup who has earned the job as Cole's latest personal receiver.
Doc Rivers has stepped down as coach of the LA Clippers in what chairman Steve Ballmer called a "mutual decision." The team fell well short of its championship expectations this season after acquiring All-Stars Kawhi Leonard and Paul George last summer ...
Jack Eichel has not asked to be traded and is preparing to play for the Buffalo Sabres next season, his agent said Monday. "I hear that (trade talk) a lot," Eichel's agent Peter Fish told reporter Bob McKenzie. "Jack wants to win, he's frustrated (not winning) but, ...
MIAMI -- The Miami Marlins' first MLB playoff appearance since 2003 is not supposed to last long. They're regarded as young, inexperienced overachievers who benefited from the short season and expanded playoff format. They were outscored by 41 runs ...
Big one tonight! Until then … • It was pretty eye-opening how wide open the hook-and-ladder was at the end of Sunday's Chargers/Panthers game—had Keenan Allen gotten the ball to Austin Ekeler, Ekeler probably jogs in and L.A. wins. But lost in that was ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Jets are banged up and begging for answers to turn around a season that is already spiraling after just three games. They're 0-3 and somehow it feels even worse. The heat on coach Adam Gase's hot seat is at a full blaze, ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts invested heavily in beefing up their defense during the offseason. They traded a first-round pick to San Francisco for defensive tackle DeForest Buckner and subsequently signed him to a four-year contract ...
INDIANAPOLIS — There were far more cheers than jeers for a second consecutive week after the Indianapolis Colts drubbed the New York Jets 36-7 on Sunday at Lucas Oil Stadium. The Colts (2-1) started the cheers on defense against the Jets (0-3). Cheers.
BOSTON (AP) -- Jayson Tatum emerged as a bona fide star, Jaylen Brown showed he can be a consistent presence in the lineup and Kemba Walker helped the Celtics put the failed Kyrie Irving experiment behind them. But following their Eastern Conference ...
ATLANTA (AP) -- Get ready for another week of the Georgia Bulldogs playing: Who's at quarterback? Heading into a huge Southeastern Conference game between No. 4 Georgia and seventh-ranked Auburn, Bulldogs coach Kirby Smart is again taking a coy ...
They're on the lips of anyone with Monday circled in their calendar. Every analyst and commentator who cares about football. That guy sitting in the corner of the coffee shop, reading the sports page. Your Uber driver (well, my latest Uber driver, anyways) ...
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- The Minnesota Twins were determined to defend their division title and start this unusual postseason at home, even if the audience at Target Field this week will be confined to family members and cardboard cutouts. The ease and ...
Ron Rivera continues to support Dwayne Haskins a day after the quarterback's four-turnover game, only this time it came with a qualifier. Washington's coach said he believes there is eventually a "cutoff point" in the long-term evaluation of a young ...
Notre Dame announced Monday that it had 18 positive tests in its latest round of COVID-19 testing of its football team. The team said those positive tests came from a round of 273 tests that were conducted between Tuesday and Saturday. The 18 players are ...
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Several weeks after stumbling out to another miserable start in another dismal season, the Los Angeles Angels finally clicked. They were among the majors' best teams in September, with a pitching staff that finally backed their ...
LIVERPOOL, England -- So much for Liverpool's "nightmare" start to the season. Three games in and the reigning champions have aced it so far by beating last season's Championship winners (Leeds United), Europe's biggest summer spenders (Chelsea) ...
When diving into Sporting News' NFL picks and predictions against the spread in Week 4, there is renewed confidence for the final games of the 2020 season's first month. It's getting a little easier to read some teams, but injuries and other developments have ...
A capsule look at the best-of-three playoff series between the Chicago White Sox and Oakland Athletics in Oakland, California, beginning Tuesday: ---. CHICAGO WHITE SOX. Record: 35-25. Playoff Entry: AL wild card. Playoff Seed: No. 7. Manager: Rick ...
The Denver Broncos are coming off a bad 28-10 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers but will receive next-to-no respite with a short-week turnaround in Week 4. On Thursday Night Football, the 0-3 Broncos will travel to take on the 0-3 New York Jets at MetLife ...
In a season unlike any other in major college football, Virginia Tech coach Justin Fuente continues to navigate circumstances bearing little resemblance to anything approaching normalcy amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Instead of full attention on how ...
LeBron James, who is in his 17th season in the NBA, is favored to win his fourth Finals MVP next month. According to BetMGM, James is the -125 favorite to win the award, ahead of Anthony Davis (+260) and Jimmy Butler (+330). James, who was the ...
The Texans are allowing fans at NRG Stadium beginning this Sunday with their Week 4 matchup against the Vikings, the team announced on Monday. They'll host up to 13,300 fans, which is roughly 20 percent of the stadium's capacity. The Texans didn't ...
CLEVELAND — En route to their World Series title last season, the Washington Nationals did something quite simple and fairly common during the baseball postseason: they used their best handful of pitchers, regardless of their regular-season role, as often ...
It certainly bodes well for an NFL team to jump out to a 3-0 start, especially in 2020 with an added wild-card playoff spot in the mix. How has it worked out for the Packers in years past? It's a mixed bag, from a couple of Super Bowl triumphs to a couple of ...
ST. PETERSBURG — Rays manager Kevin Cash knows how baseball-smart Blue Jays counterpart Charlie Montoyo can be. How savvy, how personable, how multi-talented. And definitely how annoying. Montoyo, after 18 seasons managing through the ...
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Marcelino Ball provided a physical presence in Indiana ' secondary from the moment he first stepped on the field in 2016. Now coach Tom Allen is looking for a replacement. Allen announced Monday that the fifth-year senior tore an ...
Coach Matt Nagy confirmed Monday that running back Tarik Cohen tore his right ACL Sunday in Atlanta and will miss the rest of the season. Cohen was injured early in the fourth quarter of the Bears' 30-26 comeback win when, after fair-catching a punt, ...
Three wins from three games, two big rivals dispatched, and an expensive new signing already on the scoresheet. Liverpool is making an ominous start to its title defense in the English Premier League. Support our journalism. Subscribe today.
At the end of a bizarre, pandemic-delayed 60-game season during which fans were not allowed to attend, it was fitting that the Milwaukee Brewers learned they were a playoff team by watching a game on television. Gathered in and around the visiting ...
The Steelers were embarking on their fourth Super Bowl title in six years the last time they started a season with four consecutive victories. Even when they went 15-1 in Ben Roethlisberger's rookie season in 2004, they started 1-1 before reeling off 14 ...
The Yankees made it to Game 6 of the ALCS last season. They'd like to play on a little longer in 2020. What do they have going for them now that they didn't in 2019? Gerrit Cole, sure. But other than that, there really aren't any other big-time additions who will ...
Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins was the NFL's most-pressured quarterback in a single game so far this season, according to Pro Football Focus. He was pressured on 18 of 30 dropbacks during Sunday's loss to the Titans, a 60% rate that is highest recorded ...
After winning the Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) from the outside post, Authentic's bid for a victory in the final jewel of the Triple Crown will also begin toward the outside. The son of Into Mischief landed post 9 for the $1 million ...
PARIS (AP) -- No matter how much success they've had over the years, and to this day, Serena Williams and Rafael Nadal both profess to deal with doubts. Both began this French Open with straight-set victories against overmatched foes in Court Philippe ...
After the Celtics' season came to a halt Sunday night with a 125-113 loss to the Heat in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the players acknowledged they'd let a wonderful opportunity slip away. But the hurt did not seem to be accompanied by any ...
Clevinger (elbow) threw an extended catch session Monday, Kevin Acee of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports. Clevinger battled biceps issues late in the season, which led to his penultimate turn in the rotation getting skipped and his final outing lasting ...
Former New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez will have a front-row seat for the team's American League Wild Card Series against the Cleveland Indians because he will be working the games for ESPN.
"Last Sunday night, when we got to our hotel in West Virginia, even though we had the real tough game that day, we always want to enjoy a win," Shanahan told NBC Sports' Peter King after the win. "They had the bowling alley rented out for us, and we got to ...
The Minnesota Twins were determined to defend their division title and start this unusual postseason at home, even if the audience at Target Field this week will be confined to family members and cardboard cutouts. The ease and predictability of playing in ...
Sep 12, 2020; Morgantown, West Virginia, USA; West Virginia Mountaineers defensive lineman Darius Stills (56) and linebacker Josh Chandler-Semedo (7) and defensive lineman Dante Stills (55) lead players out during warmups prior to their game against ...
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (September 28, 2020) – West Virginia University and its Department of Intercollegiate Athletics will welcome fans back to Milan Puskar Stadium for the first time this football season, when the Mountaineers play host to the Kansas ...
Cardboard cutouts of the television show 'South Park' are seen in the stands as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers play against the Denver Broncos during the second half at Empower Field At Mile High on September 27, 2020 in Denver, Colorado. (Photo by ...
T.J. Hockenson has had a strong start to his 2020 season. After a devastating ankle injury prematurely ended his rookie season, the former Iowa Hawkeyes star has been a consistent weapon for Matthew Stafford. In Detroit's 26-23 win over the Arizona ...
Benfica have announced they have reached an agreement with Manchester City over the sale of Ruben Dias in a transfer worth an initial £62 million (€68m/$79m) plus £3.3m in potential add-ons. City defender Nicolas Otamendi will head the opposite way in ...
The Atlanta Braves turn their attention to the Cincinnati Reds for the start of the Major League Baseball postseason on Wednesday at Truist Park. While the Braves come in as the favorites to advance to the NLDS, the Reds present matchups that could foil ...
Orchard Park, N.Y. – Could there once again be fans in the stands at Buffalo Bills games? The Erie County executive says talks are underway to allow Bills fans to attend the next home game. The Bills organization is looking for permission from the state to ...
Manchester United and Liverpool are expected to be the biggest losers due to the pandemic this year. While the massive loss of income is terrible for clubs across the world, it makes sense that the two most popular clubs in the UK stand to lose the most due to ...
The Philadelphia Eagles relished the underdog role over the past three seasons. They rode it to a Super Bowl win and two more playoff appearances. And after an 0-2-1 start, they're firmly entrenched in that category. After opening as favorites for their first ...
Receive this alert as RSS feed 
