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Bengals pull away from Panthers for first win of season
Joe Burrow threw for two touchdowns and Chase Brown ran for two scores as the Cincinnati Bengals finally broke into the win column, topping the Carolina Panthers 34-24 on Sunday afternoon in Charlotte, N.C.,The Bengals (1-3) scored 17 straight points to pull away from a tie score.,Ja'Marr Chase made...
Younghoe Koo's late 58-yard FG vaults Falcons past Saints
Younghoe Koo kicked a career-long 58-yard field goal with two seconds left as the Atlanta Falcons beat the visiting New Orleans Saints 26-24 on Sunday.,Trailing 24-23 with 29 seconds left, the Falcons advanced to the Saints' 40-yard line after a defensive pass interference call. After three incomple...
Bears' offense awakens in win over Rams
D'Andre Swift rushed for 93 yards, 36 of which came on a fourth-quarter touchdown carry, and Jaquan Brisker's interception of Matthew Stafford in the final minutes preserved a 24-18 Chicago Bears home win over the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday. ,The offensive woes that vexed Chicago (2-2) in two road l...
Baker Mayfield, Mike Evans help Buccaneers trounce Eagles
Baker Mayfield's sizzling performance carried the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to a 33-16 victory against the Philadelphia Eagles on a sweltering Sunday in Tampa, Fla.,Mayfield completed 30 of 47 passes for a season-high 347 yards with two touchdown passes and one TD run for the Buccaneers (3-1). Mike Evans...
G2 Esports wins BLAST Fall Final, punches ticket to World Final
G2 Esports secured the $200,000 top prize by defeating Natus Vincere 3-1 on Sunday in the grand final of the BLAST Premier: Fall Final 2024 competition in Copenhagen, Denmark.,Sunday's victory qualified G2 Esports for next month's eight-team World Final, which has a $1,000,000 prize pool. The club a...
NHL fines Canadiens D Arber Xhekaj for unsportsmanlike conduct
The NHL fined Montreal Canadiens defenseman Arber Xhekaj the maximum amount, $3,385.42, for unsportsmanlike conduct against Toronto Maple Leafs forward Cedric Pare, the league's department of player safety announced Sunday.,The fine, the most allowable under the collective bargaining agreement, foll...
Jessica Pegula, Coco Gauff advance at China Open
Jessica Pegula expected a tough match, and the second-seeded American got one in defeating Veronika Kudermetova 6-7 (9), 6-1, 6-2 in the third round of the China Open in Beijing on Sunday.,It was Pegula's first career win in three attempts against Kudermetova, the 32nd seed, who beat the American in...
Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve, F Napheesa Collier win key WNBA awards
Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve won a pair of top WNBA awards and forward Napheesa Collier was named the Defensive Player of the Year, the league announced Sunday.,Reeve was honored as Coach of the Year and Executive of the Year after leading the Lynx to a 30-10 regular season and a sweep of the P...
ATP roundup: Carlos Alcaraz wins in Beijing, captures 200th tour victory
Carlos Alcaraz defeated Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands 6-1, 6-2 at the China Open to capture his 200th career tour victory.,Alcaraz, 21, joined Jannik Sinner and Felix Auger-Aliassime as players born in the 2000s to achieve that feat. The Spaniard won 100 percent of points on his first-serve p...
No. 8 Oregon rolls past UCLA for first Big Ten win in school history
Dillon Gabriel completed 31 of 41 passes for 280 yards with three touchdown passes, and No. 8 Oregon cruised to its first Big Ten victory in school history, a 34-13 win over UCLA on Saturday night at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif.,Tez Johnson caught two of Gabriel's touchdowns, one for 52 yards i...
Orlando City top FC Dallas, in playoffs for fifth straight year
Ramiro Enrique had a goal and an assist and Martin Ojeda added a pair of assists, as Orlando City cruised to a 3-0 win over FC Dallas in Frisco, Texas, to clinch a spot in the MLS Cup Playoffs for the fifth straight season., ,Rodrigo Schlegel and Facundo Torres also scored for Orlando (13-11-7, 46 p...
Arizona begins Big 12 era with a bang, stuns No. 10 Utah
Noah Fifita threw a 35-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter and Arizona's defense came up with four fourth-down stops as the Wildcats won their Big 12 debut by upsetting No. 10 Utah 23-10 on Saturday night in Salt Lake City., ,Arizona (3-1, 1-0 Big 12) was up by six points in the fourth quarter...
RB Ashton Jeanty (4 TDs, 259 yards), No. 25 Boise State top Washington State
Ashton Jeanty rushed for 259 yards and four touchdowns on 26 carries to lead No. 25 Boise State to a 45-24 victory over Washington State on Saturday night in nonconference play at Boise, Idaho.,Jeanty scored on runs of 64, 59, 14 and 2 yards while recording the third-best single-game yardage amount ...
Stunning rally lifts Rangers over Angels
Pinch hitter Jonathan Ornelas hit a game-tying two-run single and Nathaniel Lowe scored the tiebreaking run thanks to a throwing error with one out in the top of the ninth inning as the Texas Rangers stormed back for a 9-8 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Saturday night in Anaheim, Calif.,Texa...
Whitecaps earn draw vs. Timbers to notch playoff berth
Brian White and Jonathan Rodriguez each scored in the first half as the Vancouver Whitecaps and visiting Portland Timbers recorded a 1-1 draw on Saturday.,The draw was enough to clinch Vancouver (13-9-8, 47 points) a spot in the MLS Cup playoffs for the second consecutive season. The Whitecaps have ...
Paul Rothrock's goal lifts Sounders over Dynamo; both clinch playoff spot
Paul Rothrock led the Seattle Sounders with the lone goal in a 1-0 home victory over the Houston Dynamo Saturday night.,Both sides clinched a playoff berth before the match started after FC Dallas' loss on Saturday and Austin FC's draw on Friday., ,Seattle (14-9-8, 50 points) broke through in the 22...
Mariners tie it in 9th, walk off on A's in 10th
Justin Turner's pinch-hit fielder's choice scored Leo Rivas from third base with one out in the bottom of the 10th inning, lifting the Seattle Mariners over the visiting Oakland Athletics 7-6 on Saturday night in the penultimate game of the regular season.,Rivas, who started the inning at second bas...
No. 4 Alabama ends No. 2 Georgia's 42-game win streak
Jalen Milroe passed for two touchdowns and rushed for two more and Zabien Brown made a game-saving interception as No. 4 Alabama recorded a wild 41-34 victory over No. 2 Georgia on Saturday night in a Southeastern Conference showdown at Tuscaloosa, Ala.,Alabama blew a 28-point second-quarter lead an...
Texas Tech outlasts Cincinnati in 44-41 shootout
Two teams with high-powered offenses and shaky defenses got together Saturday in Lubbock, Texas, and the back-and-forth result was predictable.,Texas Tech outlasted Cincinnati 44-41, with some fourth-quarter breathing room created by a defensive touchdown proving to be just enough.,After forcing the...
Kevin Jennings (3 TDs), SMU drub Florida State in ACC debut
Kevin Jennings completed 16 of 23 passes for 254 yards and threw three touchdown passes to lead host SMU to a 42-16 win over Florida State on Saturday night in Dallas, Texas.,The Mustangs (4-1, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) won their first-ever ACC contest. Former President George W. Bush attended ...