If an NFL team is out of the playoff picture in Week 7, it's probably not going to make its way back in by January. Last year, 10 of the 12 teams that were in playoff positions as we entered Week 7 made it into the postseason. The only exceptions were the ...
When Michigan plays Minnesota on Saturday (7:30 p.m. ET, ABC), it will mark the first time Jim Harbaugh opens a season as head coach of the Wolverines with a starting quarterback he recruited out of high school. Let that sink in. Harbaugh has had ...
This time a year ago, Ryan Tannehill was supplanting Marcus Mariota as the starting quarterback of the Tennessee Titans after being cast away by the Miami Dolphins. Pittsburgh Steelers veteran quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was less than a month into his ...
It's a travel day in the 2020 World Series ... just without any travel. The Series -- tied at 1 -- is staying in Arlington, Texas, but the Los Angeles Dodgers and Tampa Bay Rays have 24 hours to catch their breath before Game 3 on Friday. While they do, ESPN ...
The 2020 NBA free-agent class won't have the star power of last season -- when nearly half the league became available -- but plenty of big names are set to hit the market. Even more could be offered in trade talks. Will back-to-back MVP Giannis ...
Here are things to watch in Week 5 in the Southeastern Conference: GAME OF THE WEEK. Support our journalism. Subscribe today. Apologies to the purists: the "Third Saturday in October" rivalry between No. 2 Alabama and Tennessee actually falls on the ...
Which NFL teams can you believe in this year? It feels like a short list. We'll start with the undefeated teams: Seahawks, Steelers and Titans. OK, how about the one-loss teams? Yes to the Chiefs, Ravens, Packers and Bea… wait, can we believe in the 5-1 ...
The challenge that Raheem Morris put forth in his first team meeting after being promoted to interim head coach of the Atlanta Falcons last week was taken to heart. More important than that, it was taken to the field -- where the Falcons dominated the ...
Syracuse, N.Y. – The leaves are changing colors, everything is pumpkin-flavored and college basketball season is right around the corner. I'm hearing from a lot of Syracuse fans these days. Everyone seems to be excited about the upcoming season despite ...
Practice. Former NBA star Allen Iverson never thought much of it, and famously so. Games were his deal. Not practice. Who needs practice? The Patriots, for one. They were back on the field Wednesday with the hope — fingers crossed — of getting in a full ...
There has been nothing to indicate the Jaguars are going to get better this season, not when they have given up 30 or more points in five consecutive games — all losses. They haven't been able to overcome dreadful defensive play or slow starts.
You didn't ever want Dallas Green mad at you. The combative former Phillies skipper was never shy about making his displeasure known when players didn't perform up to expectations, and after losing the first game of a doubleheader against the Pirates in ...
Pep Guardiola admitted he still feels responsible for Manchester City's Champions League quarter-final exit last season as he looks to a new opportunity in the competition this time around. Only two months have passed since City's shock defeat to Lyon in ...
Bayern Munich coach Hansi Flick has challenged Kingsley Coman to replicate his Champions League form in the Bundesliga after the France winger netted twice and assisted another goal in Wednesday's 4-0 rout of Atletico Madrid. Coman, 24, scored either ...
Well, by the Cleveland Browns' third offensive snap of the game, really, if you count when the winning points were scored. But in today's NFL, no lead ever feels comfortable until Odell Beckham takes off his shoes. The Steelers opening drive yielded a field ...
Sam Darnold wasn't just the latest candidate to be the Jets' franchise quarterback when they drafted him third overall in 2018. He was the right one. The pick was universally hailed. It was clear their savior had arrived. And once Daniel Jones started playing as ...
THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. – Rory McIlroy isn't getting ahead of himself. But that doesn't mean he's not thinking about the Masters. How could he not be thinking about the Masters? For one thing, he's a green jacket away from completing the career Grand Slam ...
The Eagles' defensive front of Fletcher Cox, Brandon Graham, Derek Barnett and Javon Hargrave is relentless and formidable. The Giants' left tackle situation is unsettled, and the offensive line is still below average. Daniel Jones and Devonta Freeman need ...
Phil Simms last played in the NFC East 3½ years before Daniel Jones was born, but he still gets nostalgic when he watches teams from his old division. "I look at Washington and I just go, oh, my gosh, I loved the old [RFK] stadium," the former Giants ...
OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - The idea of running the ball over and over is nothing new, but for good reason I bet both the Huskers and Buckeyes will be using the same strategy. For Nebraska, it's the best way to use a line that returns every starter for the first time ...
No. 23 North Carolina State at No. 14 North Carolina. The one-loss teams located 35 miles apart meet with the winner staying within sight of unbeaten ACC leaders Clemson and Notre Dame. They're matched while ranked for just the third time and first since ...
The LA Rams and Chicago Bears boast top NFL defenses. So why should you expect this one to be a high scoring game? Because it's 2020. The LA Rams defense is currently the NFL's fifth-ranked defense in points allowed with just 19.0 points per game, ...
As a reader of this site, you already know this, but the Red Sox never should have traded Mookie Betts. (Bill Thompson: Beyond the Box Score). Just ask David Ortiz. (Dave Green; NBC Sports Boston). Or David Price. (Chris Cotillo; MassLive).
Formula One team Haas will replace drivers Kevin Magnussen and Romain Grosjean next year, the team said Thursday. The pair have struggled in their fourth season together and scored only three points between them in 11 races so far. Grosjean's career at ...
Penn State men's basketball coach Pat Chambers resigned Wednesday, the result of an internal investigation into allegations of inappropriate conduct toward players. Chambers resigned a week into practice and just over a month before the NCAA men's ...
BOONE, N.C. — App State's much-anticipated return to competition coincides with more history being made by the Mountaineers' football program. After a lengthy break, App State opens its league schedule Thursday night with its first regular-season Sun Belt ...
MOORHEAD — As soon as the long free kick left Moorhead left back Max Hodny's foot, Liam Weiler knew he had it. He out-jumped the Brainerd defense and sent a header into the back of the net to score the game-winner for the Spuds in the 57th minute.
From New Orleans' perspective, Holiday has been a loyal member of the Pelicans for seven seasons after being acquired in a 2013 NBA Draft day trade. Holiday has played nearly 14,000 minutes as a member of the Pelicans and is a fixture for their team both ...
The Penn State football team will do many things differently when it opens its abbreviated season Saturday at 3:30 p.m. at Indiana (TV-FS1). Nittany Lions coach James Franklin said the first change because of the coronavirus pandemic will be on the flight to ...
Pacers general manager Kevin Pritchard offered a positive outlook on the Pacers' two best players Wednesday. Pritchard, in a Zoom introduction with new Indiana head coach Nate Bjorkgren, said Victor Oladipo and Domantas Sabonis are progressing well ...
The Pella cross country team continued a tradition of excellence when both teams earned their bids to return to Fort Dodge and the state meet after impressive performances at the Pella Sports Park Wednesday. No. 2 Pella dominated the boys race to earn a ...
MADRID: French climb specialist Thibaut Pinot has pulled out of the Vuelta a Espana after inflaming a sore back he picked up during the Tour de France, his Groupama-FDJ team said on Thursday. Hugely popular in France the charismatic and emotional ...
Cullowhee, N.C. – Eight Southern Conference games equally dispersed between E.J. Whitmire Stadium / Bob Waters Field and away venues comprise Western Carolina's spring 2021 football schedule unveiled today by the league office. WCU's eight-game ...
Abu Dhabi: Mohammed Siraj's furious spell upfront tore apart the Kolkata Knight Riders' batting line up but RCB skipper Virat Kohli revealed that the seamer initially did not figure in their plans for opening the attack. Siraj, who replaced Shahbaz Ahmed in ...
AROMAS — Any other year, the wildly popular CrossFit Games would be waged in a large stadium filled to the brim with cheering fans. The coronavirus pandemic has robbed spectators of witnessing the world-wide spectacle this year, but CrossFit organizers ...
Liberty returns home for one game against Southern Miss before its first open week of the altered 2020 season. That means a familiar staple returns with the weekly Q&A with an opposing beat writer to help preview the Flames' matchup. Patrick Magee of The ...
PGA Tour tournaments raise a bulk of their money for charity through ticket sales and their pro-ams. The Travelers Championship, won by Dustin Johnson in late June, announced on Wednesday that the event raised $1.6 million for 115 charities in the ...
Saturday's UFC 254 main event is the classic case of the irresistible force versus the immovable object. Perhaps the most anticipated fight of 2020 will go down on Yas Island, Abu Dhabi, when undefeated UFC lightweight champion Khabib Nurmagomedov ...
Novak Djokovic said on Wednesday that he will not defend his Paris Masters title because he cannot gain any ranking points if he plays. The world No 1 told Serbian daily Sportski Zurnal that due to the revised ranking system created amid the coronavirus ...
By Ty Anderson, 985TheSportsHub.com. Center Andre Drummond's uncertain future with the Cleveland Cavaliers has the Boston Celtics on high alert, according to a report from Forbes' Evan Dammarell. Staring at a $28.7 million player option this offseason, ...
COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Top-seeded Alexander Zverev overcame Australia's John Millman 6-0, 3-6, 6-3 to reach the Cologne Championship quarterfinals on Wednesday. Zverev hit 10 double-faults but held his nerve to win his fifth straight match in ...
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