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Raiders QB Aidan O'Connell (thumb) exits game vs. Rams
Las Vegas Raiders quarterback Aidan O'Connell departed Sunday's road game against the Los Angeles Rams in the first quarter with a right thumb injury., ,O'Connell's throwing hand was hit by Rams safety Kamren Curl, who was blitzing on a pass attempt in the first quarter. O'Connell was replaced by Ga...
Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum, Celtics embrace challenge of repeat
Not long after the Boston Celtics won the NBA title in 2008, some new wall decor went up at their practice facility in Waltham, Mass. ,It was a banner. An 18th one. But it stood out from the rest. It was completely blank, its story not yet written. ,For well over a decade, that blank canvas showed t...
East Carolina fires head coach Mike Houston
East Carolina fired coach Mike Houston on Sunday morning, one day after the team lost for the fourth time in five games to drop to 3-4 on the season.,The Pirates allowed Army quarterback Bryson Daily to rush for a career-high five touchdowns in a 45-28 setback to the Black Knights on Saturday.,Houst...
NBA season-opening power rankings: Celtics still No. 1
Given the disparity in the number of teams seriously vying for this season's two most important crowns, it would be fitting if the 2024-25 season-opening NBA Power Rankings were listed in inverse order.,Clearly, becoming married to Cooper Flagg is considered far more important -- and attainable -- t...
NBA's Top Five Most Overrated Teams Entering 2024-25 Season
These five NBA teams have been named as the most overrated squads entering the 2024-25 campaign....
BetBoom Team open Belgrade Dota event with two wins
BetBoom Team were the only team to sweep two matches on Saturday as the BetBoom Dacha Belgrade event got underway in Serbia.,In Group A, BetBoom Team earned 2-0 sweeps of MOUZ and Talon Esports.,Five other teams were undefeated in opening-day action.,Tundra Esports went 1-0-1 in Group A, drawing 1-1...
FC Cincinnati lock down 3 seed in East with win over Union
Jakob Glesnes conceded an own goal early in the second half, and FC Cincinnati defeated the host Philadelphia Union 2-1 in Chester, Pa., on Saturday to wrap up the 2024 MLS regular season.,Yamil Asad also scored as Cincinnati (18-11-5, 59 points) nabbed the Eastern Conference's third seed in the MLS...
LAFC beat Earthquakes, claim No. 1 seed in West
Los Angeles FC scored three goals in the second half to defeat the visiting San Jose Earthquakes 3-1 on Saturday night, the final match of the MLS regular season for both teams.,LAFC (19-8-7, 64 points) finished with the same number of wins and points as the LA Galaxy atop the Western Conference sta...
Kings on the road again, but close to home at Anaheim
The Los Angeles Kings, who captured six of a possible 10 points in the eastern portion of their season-opening seven-game road trip, head down the Santa Ana Freeway to the Honda Center on Sunday afternoon to face their Southern California rivals, the Anaheim Ducks.,The seven-game road trip, which be...
Christopher Bell collects third Busch Light Pole Award at Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS -- Joe Gibbs Racing's Christopher Bell earned the pole position for Sunday's South Point 400 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway (2:30 p.m. ET, NBC, PRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) -- his third pole of the year and third at the 1.5-mile Vegas high banks.,Saturday's lap of 185.344 mph in the No. 20 JGR...
FC Cincinnati lock down 3 seed in Eastern Conference with win over Philly Union
Jakob Glesnes conceded an own goal early in the second half, and FC Cincinnati defeated the host Philadelphia Union 2-1 in Chester, Pa., on Saturday to wrap up the 2024 MLS regular season.,Yamil Asad also scored as Cincinnati (18-11-5, 59 points) nabbed the Eastern Conference's third seed in the MLS...
QB Riley Leonard uses legs in No. 12 Notre Dame's easy win over Georgia Tech
Riley Leonard passed for 203 yards and rushed for 51 yards and a pair of touchdowns, and No. 12 Notre Dame pulled away for a 31-13 win over Georgia Tech on Saturday afternoon in Atlanta., ,Jeremiyah Love notched 85 total yards (49 receiving, 36 rushing) and scored a touchdown on the ground for Notre...
Penguins G Alex Nedeljkovic (lower-body injury) back with team
Pittsburgh Penguins goaltender Alex Nedeljkovic, who has missed the start of the season because of a lower-body injury, joined the team Saturday for its four-game road trip.,Nedeljkovic was recalled from a conditioning loan with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League, where he was assig...
Eagles RB Saquon Barkley fined $45K for helmet-to-helmet hit
Philadelphia Eagles running back Saquon Barkley was fined $45,020 for a helmet-to-helmet on the Cleveland Browns' Maurice Hurst during a game last weekend.,Barkley was near the end of a punishing 8-yard run in the first quarter when he bounced off a trio of Browns tacklers then lowered his head as h...
Sooners QB Jackson Arnold enters game, burns redshirt
Oklahoma quarterback Jackson Arnold burned his redshirt when he replaced a struggling Michael Hawkins Jr. in the first quarter against South Carolina on Saturday.,Arnold's fifth appearance this season means the former five-star prospect is no longer able to take a redshirt this season and is left wi...
RB has regrets on how Daniel Ricciardo farewell was handled
RB boss Laurent Mekies admits the way the team handled Daniel Ricciardo's exit was "not ideal," according to Motorsports.com Saturday.,F1 fans were upset that they weren't able to give Ricciardo a proper send-off because the team didn't announce his exit until after the Singapore Grand Prix, where t...
Report: Celtics to waive G Lonnie Walker IV
The Boston Celtics are expected to waive guard Lonnie Walker IV, ESPN reported Saturday.,Walker, 25, agreed to a one-year deal with the Celtics in August and averaged 7.3 points with 2.5 assists in 16.4 minutes per game over four preseason contests for the Celtics.,The move comes in advance of Bosto...
Injured QB Garret Rangel out, Alan Bowman back in for Oklahoma State
Garret Rangel, inserted as starting quarterback Friday night against No. 13 BYU, will miss time with an injury suffered in the 38-35 loss.,While coach Mike Gundy didn't disclose specifics about the injury, it reportedly is to his collarbone.,"He's out," Gundy told reporters Saturday, saying he didn'...
Steelers S Damontae Kazee downgraded to questionable vs. Jets
The Pittsburgh Steelers downgraded safety Damontae Kazee to questionable for Sunday's game against the visiting New York Jets.,Kazee, who previously had no injury status, is nursing an ankle injury.,Kazee, 31, has eight tackles and one interception in five games this season. He has totaled 340 tackl...
Liverpool look to slow down Cole Palmer, Chelsea
Liverpool host Chelsea on Sunday in a meeting of first-year Premier League coaches who are off to exceptional starts with their new clubs.,Arne Slot's Liverpool (6-1-0, 18 points) enter the fixture atop the standings after winning three in a row in league play and six straight in all competitions.,T...