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Browns make rookie Dillon Gabriel starter, QB41 since 1999
Before changing continents, the Cleveland Browns are switching quarterbacks.,Rookie third-round pick Dillon Gabriel will start Sunday in London, replacing Joe Flacco as the QB1 for the Browns. Cleveland (1-3) plays the Minnesota Vikings (2-2) at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and the team is traveling fo...
Fever star Kelsey Mitchell leaves Game 5 due to cramping
Indiana Fever star guard Kelsey Mitchell left in the third quarter of Game 5 on Tuesday of her team's semifinal matchup against the host Las Vegas Aces after her leg gave out in a scary scene.,Mitchell, who was dealing with "a lot of lower-body cramping," was transported to a hospital to be administ...
High-powered offenses clash as No. 21 Notre Dame faces Boise State
Boise State coach Spencer Danielson knows his team might need some time to absorb its first trip to Notre Dame Stadium.,Danielson feels the same way as his players. That is why he is going to lead a tour of the stadium one day before Boise State (3-1) kicks off against No. 21 Notre Dame (2-2) on Sat...
Virginia Tech intends to retain 'joy' in battle with Wake Forest
A viral video of Virginia Tech interim head coach Philip Montgomery dancing in the locker room after a win last week at North Carolina State was a much-needed release for a downtrodden program.,Montgomery and Virginia Tech (2-3, 1-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) hope to strut their stuff again when the...
Yankees turn to All-Star Carlos Rodon vs. Red Sox to stay alive
NEW YORK -- Carlos Rodon watched Garrett Crochet debut as a promising hard-throwing reliever while they were teammates with the Chicago White Sox in 2020 and 2021.,A lot has changed for both left-handers since, as Crochet is now the Boston Red Sox's staff ace and Rodon was an All-Star with the New Y...
Dodgers get off to fast start in Game 1 triumph over Reds
LOS ANGELES -- Shohei Ohtani and Teoscar Hernandez each hit a pair of home runs, Blake Snell went seven strong innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers finished off a 10-5 victory in Game 1 of a National League wild-card series against the visiting Cincinnati Reds on Tuesday.,Tommy Edman added his own ho...
Aces need OT to top short-handed Fever, reach WNBA Finals
A'ja Wilson poured in 35 points, Jackie Young had career playoff highs of 32 points and 10 assists and the Las Vegas Aces punched their ticket to the WNBA Finals with a 107-98 overtime victory over the visiting Indiana Fever on Tuesday.,The second-seeded Aces won the best-of-five semifinal series 3-...
Fever star Kelsey Mitchell (leg) leaves Game 5 vs. Aces
Indiana Fever star guard Kelsey Mitchell left in the third quarter of Game 5 on Tuesday of her team's semifinal matchup at the Las Vegas Aces after her leg gave out in a scary scene.,Mitchell was seen grabbing at her left knee during a Fever possession, and on their next trip up the floor, when an o...
Fire knock off Inter Miami, snap eight-year postseason drought
Justin Reynolds and Brian Gutierrez scored late to lift the visiting Chicago Fire to a playoff-clinching 5-3 victory over Lionel Messi and Inter Miami, bringing a wild end to the league's longest active postseason drought.,Dje D'Avilla, Jonathan Dean and Rominigue Kouame also scored and Maren Haile-...
LeBron James Skips Lakers Practice to Livestream with Kai Cenat
LeBron James skipped Lakers training camp with a glute injury but appeared on Kai Cenat’s record-setting livestream, giving fans an update on his status....
Ground-pounding UL Monroe no gimme for Northwestern
The first meeting between Northwestern and UL Monroe on Saturday in Evanston, Ill., pits teams coming off uplifting victories paved by their success on the ground.,In their 17-14 Big Ten win over UCLA last Saturday, the Wildcats (2-2) got a career-high 119 yards rushing from Caleb Komolafe.,Meanwhil...
Tarik Skubal Dominates Guardians With Career-High 14 Strikeouts in AL Wild Card Opener
Tarik Skubal struck out a career-high 14 batters as the Tigers edged the Guardians in Game 1, overshadowing Gavin Williams’ breakout playoff performance....
Red Sox rally off Yankees' bullpen, capture Game 1
NEW YORK -- Garrett Crochet struck out 11 in 7 2/3 outstanding innings as the Boston Red Sox went ahead after getting Max Fried out of the game and opened their American League wild-card series with a 3-1 victory over the New York Yankees on Tuesday.,Boston grabbed the advantage in the best-of-three...
49ers QB Brock Purdy (toe) holding out hope he can play Thursday
With a game against the NFC West rival Los Angeles Rams coming up Thursday, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy (toe) said he has not been ruled out from playing in it.,Purdy missed Weeks 2 and 3 due to a toe injury but returned Sunday. The fourth-year quarterback told reporters following th...
Cincinnati out to prove its Big 12 candidacy vs. unbeaten No. 14 Iowa State
Cincinnati Bearcats head coach Scott Satterfield didn't mince words following the team's 37-34 victory Saturday at Kansas, telling sideline reporter Lauren Jbara that the Bearcats are here for the Big 12.,Saturday's win was the type that largely eluded the Bearcats in their first two seasons as a me...
11 Texas Tech visits rival Houston for clash of 4-0 teams
No. 11 Texas Tech returns from its bye week with a quarterback quandary heading into Saturday night's game at Houston in a showdown of unbeaten Big 12 Conference rivals.,Behren Morton was knocked out in the third quarter of the Red Raiders' 34-10 win at then-No. 16 Utah on Sept. 20 when he slid on a...
Syracuse all-time leading scorer Lawrence Moten dies at 53
Lawrence Moten, the all-time leading scorer in Syracuse history, died on Tuesday, the school announced. He was 53.,A cause of death wasn't immediately divulged. Moten's daughter, Lawrencia, told Syracuse.com that her father died at his home in Washington, D.C.,Moten scored 2,334 points from 1991-95 ...
Wings part with coach Chris Koclanes
The Dallas Wings are in the market for a new head coach after parting with Chris Koclanes on Tuesday.,Koclanes, 35, was hired ahead of the 2025 season after spending one and a half years as an assistant coach at Southern California. He secured that job after serving as a defensive coordinator for th...
Cubs belt back-to-back HRs in Game 1 win over Padres
Seiya Suzuki and Carson Kelly belted back-to-back homers to lead off the fifth inning, lifting the host Chicago Cubs to a 3-1 victory over the San Diego Padres in Game 1 of their National League wild-card series on Tuesday.,Daniel Palencia (1-0) struck out two and retired all five batters he faced i...
HOTU, Inner Circle finish first stage 3-0 at ESL Pro League 22
HOTU and Inner Circle Esports became the first two teams to advance from Stage 1 to Stage 2 of ESL Pro League Season 22 by notching wins Tuesday in Stockholm, Sweden.,HOTU's 2-0 sweep of ENCE and Inner Circle's 2-1 comeback against Gentle Mates ensured those teams went 3-0 through the first three ro...