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49ers RB Christian McCaffrey listed on injury report with calf issues
The San Francisco 49ers had a surprise addition on their Thursday injury report, listing star running back Christian McCaffrey as being a limited participant with a calf problem.,On-site reporters also reported that McCaffrey was limited.,That was a change from Wednesday's initial report that didn't...
Connecticut makes proposal to keep Sun in state
The state of Connecticut isn't giving up its WNBA franchise that easily.,About a month after reports emerged that said the Mohegan Tribe reached a deal to sell the Connecticut Sun to an investment group that wanted to move the team to Boston, Connecticut has proposed its own plan that would keep the...
Colorado seeking first win of season, welcomes new FBS member Delaware
Colorado missed a chance for a significant win in its opener last weekend and now turns the page and focuses on playing Delaware on Saturday in Boulder, Colo.,Colorado (0-1) took some positives from the 27-20 home loss to Georgia Tech on Aug. 29, most notably ball security. The Buffaloes didn't comm...
Non-traditional Golf Channel Games on tap for December
The Golf Channel has a pre-holiday gift for golf fans.,That's the Golf Channel Games, a made-for-TV event the network officially announced Wednesday. To be held Dec. 17, the event will feature captains Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy leading their four-player teams in what is being called a "rapi...
MLB Playoff Predictions 2025: Projecting All 12 Postseason Teams
Projecting the 2025 MLB playoff field: division winners, wild cards and the teams that will fall just short....
Saints add former Falcons GM Thomas Dimitroff as consultant
Thomas Dimitroff spent 13 seasons as the general manager of the Atlanta Falcons. ,On Tuesday, the NFC South rival New Orleans Saints announced Dimitroff will serve as a consultant. He is expected to assist executive vice president/general manager Mickey Loomis in all facets of the operation, per Spo...
Rams' Matthew Stafford expected to start opener vs. Texans
Los Angeles Rams starting quarterback Matthew Stafford is expected to start the opener against the visiting Houston Texas, coach Sean McVay told reporters on Monday.,Stafford missed the first several weeks of training camp, battling an aggravated disc in his back. According to ESPN, he has been a fu...
Naomi Osaka, Iga Swiatek roll into U.S. Open quarterfinals
No. 23 seed Naomi Osaka advanced to a Grand Slam quarterfinal for the first time since 2021 by routing No. 3 Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-2 in the U.S. Open Round of 16 on Monday in New York.,Osaka won 15 of her 16 first-serve points (93.8 percent) and needed just 64 minutes to finish her dismantling of Gauff,...
Naomi Osaka dominates Coco Gauff to reach U.S. Open quarters
No. 23 seed Naomi Osaka advanced to a Grand Slam quarterfinal for the first time since 2021 by routing No. 3 Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-2 in the U.S. Open round of 16 on Monday in New York.,Osaka won 15 of her 16 first-serve points (93.8 percent) and needed just 64 minutes to finish off her dismantling of Ga...
No. 23 Texas Tech QB Behren Morton hurt in rout of Arkansas-Pine Bluff
Behren Morton threw four touchdown passes Saturday night before departing in the second quarter with an injury as No. 23 Texas Tech routed Arkansas-Pine Bluff 67-7 in each team's season opener in Lubbock, Texas.,Morton, who completed 16 of 18 attempts for 201 yards, left the game after linebacker Ta...
Coco Gauff cruises into Round of 16 at U.S. Open
Third-seeded Coco Gauff limited issues with her serve on Saturday while notching a 6-3, 6-1 victory over No. 28 Magdalena Frech of Poland in a third-round match at the U.S. Open in New York.,Gauff, 21, won 25 of 35 first-serve points (71.4 percent) while reaching the second weekend of the U.S. Open ...
Corey Heim opens playoffs with eighth win of season
DARLINGTON, S.C. - Even though the NASCAR CRAFTSMAN Truck Series changed the clock from the regular season to the Playoffs, it was still "Heim Time" on Saturday at Darlington Raceway., ,Pulling away after a restart on Lap 134 of 147, Corey Heim won the Playoff-opening Sober or Slammer 200 at the cha...
Starting lineup set as round of 16 playoff action revs up at Darlington
With all of the discussion, from advocates and dissenters alike, surrounding the NASCAR Cup Series' postseason format, what better venue to make everyone happy than by starting the Round of 16 on one of the few legendary tracks in the final 10 races?,That would be demanding Darlington Raceway's 1.36...
Report: Tulane to start Jake Retzlaff at QB vs. Northwestern
Transfer quarterback Jake Retzlaff will start for Tulane against Northwestern on Saturday, ESPN reported.,Retzlaff started at BYU last season and was 11-2 but transferred mid-summer rather than face a lengthy suspension for violating the school's honor code.,He passed for 2,947 yards, throwing 20 to...
Ex-reliever Randy Moffitt, brother of Billie Jean King, dies at 76
Former San Francisco Giants reliever Randy Moffitt, the younger brother of Billie Jean King, has died after a long illness. He was 76 years old.,Moffitt reportedly died in his hometown of Long Beach, Calif., on Thursday.,Moffitt spent 10 of his 12 big-league seasons (1972-81) with the Giants. He was...
Round of 16 playoff action revs up at Darlington
With all of the discussion, from advocates and dissenters alike, surrounding the NASCAR Cup Series' postseason format, what better venue to make everyone happy than by starting the Round of 16 on one of the few legendary tracks in the final 10 races?,That would be demanding Darlington Raceway's 1.36...
Stubbs: Resetting NASCAR playoff field entering Round of 16
On Sunday, the 76th running of the Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway will kick off the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series playoffs.,Sixteen drivers will begin the postseason with dreams of hoisting the Bill France Cup at Phoenix Raceway on Nov. 2, but after a grueling 10-race stretch, only one will emerge vict...
Drake Lindsey, Darius Taylor help Minnesota outlast Buffalo
Drake Lindsey completed 19 of 35 passes for 290 yards, two touchdowns and one interception in his first career start, and Minnesota pulled away for a 23-10 win over Buffalo in the season opener for both teams Thursday night in Minneapolis.,Jalen Smith and Jameson Geers each caught a touchdown pass f...
Three tied at the top in first round of FM Championships
Allisen Corpuz, England's Jodi Ewart Shadoff and South Korea's Sei Young Kim shot 7 under par rounds of 65 and are tied at the top of the leaderboard at the FM Championship in Norton, Mass.,Twenty-seven other players are within four shots of the lead as exactly half of the 144-player field played th...
Iga Swiatek pushed to three sets but advances at U.S. Open
No. 2 seed Iga Swiatek of Poland overcame a surprise second-set challenge from Suzan Lamens of the Netherlands and held on for a 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 victory in the second round of the U.S. Open on Thursday in New York.,Swiatek lost leads of 2-1 and 4-3 in the second set as Lamens broke her serve three tim...