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Unlikely hero Chad Ryland kicks Cardinals past 49ers
Chad Ryland, recently on the Arizona Cardinals' practice squad, kicked in place of injured Matt Prater and made a 35-yard field goal with 1:37 left in a 24-23 comeback victory over the San Francisco 49ers at Santa Clara, Calif.,Kyler Murray directed the game-winning drive, which covered 75 yards in ...
Patrick Surtain II, Broncos' defense stymie Raiders
Patrick Surtain II returned an interception 100 yards for a touchdown and Bo Nix had two touchdown passes and a rushing touchdown as the host Denver Broncos beat the Las Vegas Raiders 34-18 on Sunday afternoon.,Nix completed 19 of 27 passes for 206 yards to fuel Denver's third straight win. Jaleel M...
Marta scores as unbeaten Pride shuts out Spirit, clinches league's best record
Marta scored on a second-half penalty kick to break a scoreless tie and the Orlando Pride remained undefeated by winning 2-0 in a showdown Sunday night with the visiting Washington Spirit and clinching the best record in the NWSL.,An own goal accounted for the other tally. Pride goalkeeper Anna Moor...
Marta's goal highlights unbeaten Pride's shutout of Spirit
Marta scored on a second-half penalty kick to break a scoreless tie and the Orlando Pride remained undefeated by winning 2-0 in a showdown Sunday night with the visiting Washington Spirit and clinching the best record in the NWSL.,An own goal accounted for the other tally. Pride goalkeeper Anna Moor...
Kevin Yu wins Sanderson in playoff for maiden tour title
Kevin Yu of Taiwan birdied the first playoff hole to defeat Beau Hossler and win his first title on the PGA Tour at the Sanderson Farms Championship on Sunday in Jackson, Miss.,Yu shot a 5-under-par 67 to match Hossler (68) at 23-under 265. They returned to the tee at the par-4 18th hole at the Coun...
Longtime friends Tarik Skubal of Tigers, Matthew Boyd of Guardians share Game 2 stage
Tarik Skubal's path toward being the probable American League Cy Award winner includes receiving tutelage from former Detroit teammate Matthew Boyd.,That's the same Matthew Boyd who will start for the Cleveland Guardians against Skubal in Game 2 of the AL Division Series on Monday afternoon in Cleve...
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. wins squeaker at Talladega after massive crash
Ricky Stenhouse Jr. edged out Brad Keselowksi in NASCAR overtime at Talladega Superspeedway, winning the Cup Series' YellaWood 500 in a photo finish Sunday in Lincoln, Ala.,Following a lengthy red-flag period, Stenhouse led Keselowski on the restart, but Keselowski pulled ahead in Turn 3 on the fina...
Commanders crush Browns, off to first 4-1 start since '08
Brian Robinson ran for two touchdowns and Jayden Daniels threw for another on Sunday as the Washington Commanders won their fourth straight game, routing the visiting Cleveland Browns 34-13 in Landover, Md.,Robinson scored on two short runs before Daniels launched a 41-yard touchdown to Dyami Brown ...
Ravens RB Derrick Henry eclipses 10,000 career rushing yards
Baltimore running back Derrick Henry crossed two career milestones on Sunday during the Ravens' 41-38 overtime win at the Cincinnati Bengals.,Henry, 30, became the 32nd player in NFL history to rush for 10,000 yards, and he recorded his 100th career touchdown from scrimmage, only the 26th player and...
Rocco Mediate beats Bob Estes in playoff to win Furyk & Friends
Rocco Mediate saved par on the second playoff hole to put away Bob Estes and win the Constellation Furyk & Friends on Sunday in Jacksonville, Fla.,After a back-and-forth final round, 72 holes weren't enough to separate Mediate and Estes and they replayed the par-4 18th hole at Timuquana Country Club...
Phillies bench Alec Bohm for NLDS Game 2
Seeking a new "energy," Philadelphia Phillies manager Rob Thomson will sit slump-ridden All-Star Alec Bohm for Game 2 of the National League Division Series against the New York Mets on Sunday.,Edmundo Sosa will take over at third base and bat eighth Sunday in place of Bohm, who hit .170 in Septembe...
Jannik Sinner, other top seeds move on in Shanghai
Top seed Jannik Sinner and fifth-seeded Daniil Medvedev survived opening-set losses to move on to the fourth round of the Rolex Shanghai Masters on Sunday in China.,Meanwhile, third-seeded Carlos Alcaraz bested Yibing Wu in straight sets to knock out a home-country favorite.,Sinner dropped a first-s...
FlyQuest jolt PSG Talon in Mid Match at Worlds
FlyQuest defeated PSG Talon on Sunday in a Round 3 Mid Match at the 2024 League of Legends World Championship Swiss Stage in Berlin.,FlyQuest recorded a 44-minute win on blue to dispatch PSG Talon at the $2.225 million championship event.,The Swiss Stage format sorted 16 teams into eight Round 1 mat...
Colts QB Anthony Richardson inactive vs. Jaguars
Veteran Joe Flacco will be under center on Sunday against the host Jacksonville Jaguars after the Indianapolis Colts ruled fellow quarterback Anthony Richardson inactive for the game.,Richardson was a limited participant in practice all week after sustaining an oblique injury in the Colts' 27-24 vic...
NHL season-preview capsules: Pacific Division
ANAHEIM DUCKS,Head coach: Greg Cronin (second season),Last season: 27-50-5, 59 points, seventh place in Pacific Division,This season: After bottoming out in 2021-22, the Ducks will continue to climb out of the throes of a rebuild, albeit likely with baby steps. Last season was a disaster in part due...
NHL season-preview capsules: Central Division
CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS,Head coach: Luke Richardson (third season),Last season: 23-53-6, 52 points, eighth place in Central Division,This season: Now comes the attempt for the long climb out of the basement. After bottoming out two seasons ago and being rewarded with the "Next One" in Connor Bedard, the ...
MLB Playoff Scheduling Makes No Sense: Why Compete With College Football?
MLB's playoff scheduling hasn't made much sense, and that was on full display on Saturday, as primetime, marquee playoff matchups had to compete with college football....
Alabama’s Loss to Vanderbilt Bring Questions About Readiness After Signature Win
Coming off an impressive victory against Georgia, Alabama responded with an embarrassing loss to Vanderbilt, something that hasn't happened since the 1980s....
After breaking playoff winless streak, Dodgers look to take 2-0 lead on Padres
LOS ANGELES -- Longing for their regular-season success to carry into the playoffs after multiple postseasons of disappointment, the Los Angeles Dodgers find themselves on track -- for one day, at least. ,The host Dodgers will head into Game 2 of their best-of-five National League Division Series ag...
Top 25 roundup: Vanderbilt takes down No. 1 Alabama
Vanderbilt's Diego Pavia threw for 252 yards and two touchdowns as the Commodores shocked top-ranked Alabama, 40-35, at First Bank Stadium in Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday.,Pavia connected on 16 of 20 throws, with six going to tight end Eli Stowers for 113 yards.,Vanderbilt (3-2, 1-1 SEC), a 23 1/2-...