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Steelers P Cameron Johnston sustains 'serious injury' vs. Falcons
Pittsburgh punter Cameron Johnston sustained a serious right knee injury in Sunday's 18-10 season-opening victory over the host Atlanta Falcons, Steelers coach Mike Tomlin said after the game.,Johnston, who will have an MRI on Monday to determine the severity of his injury, was hurt with 3:40 left i...
Jannik Sinner wins U.S. Open, extends U.S. Grand Slam drought
Italy's Jannik Sinner was in complete control Sunday, winning the U.S. Open men's singles title with a 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 victory over American No. 12 seed Taylor Fritz in New York.,It was Sinner's second Grand Slam title of the year after Sinner took the Australian Open in January. The World No. 1 also ...
Emotional Patriots win Jerod Mayo's debut, silence Bengals
CINCINNATI -- New England avoided mistakes and controlled the ball to upset the Bengals, 16-10, to win head coach Jerod Mayo's debut on Sunday afternoon.,Rhamondre Stevenson rushed for 120 yards and a touchdown on 25 carries and Keion White had 2.5 sacks, leading a strong defensive effort that stunt...
Jannik Sinner wins U.S. Open, extends USA Grand Slam drought
Italy's Jannik Sinner was in complete control Sunday, winning the U.S. Open men's singles title with a 6-3, 6-4, 7-5 victory over the United States' Taylor Fritz in New York.,It was Sinner's second Grand Slam title of the year after taking the Australian Open in January, while also extending the Uni...
White Sox break Boston with five-run ninth, finally win Chris Flexen start
A five-run ninth inning propelled the visiting Chicago White Sox to a 7-2 win over the Boston Red Sox, salvaging the finale of a three-game series on Sunday.,Chicago (33-111) broke open a 2-2 game with five runs on five hits against Boston reliever Zack Kelly (6-3), who recorded just one out while f...
Bears rally past Titans 24-17 in Caleb Williams' debut
A special teams and defensive touchdown in the second half sparked the host Chicago Bears to a 24-17 victory against the Tennessee Titans on Sunday in quarterback Caleb Williams' NFL debut.,Chicago scored 24 unanswered points to rally past Tennessee, which outgained the Bears 244-148.,Tyrique Steven...
Chris Boswell hits 6 FGs, Justin Fields guides Steelers past Falcons
ATLANTA -- Chris Boswell made all six of his field goal attempts, including three longer than 50 yards, to guide the visiting Pittsburgh Steelers to an 18-10 win over the Atlanta Falcons in the season opener on Sunday.,In his team debut, Justin Fields completed 17 of 23 passes for 156 yards for Pitt...
Joey Bart, Pirates fend off Nationals to split series
Joey Bart hit a two-run home run, rookie Jared Jones pitched seven strong innings and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Nationals 7-3 on Sunday to earn a split of the four-game series.,Andrew McCutchen and former National Michael A. Taylor added sole home runs for the Pirates (67-76), who b...
Trying to stay in wild-card race, Red Sox look for sweep of White Sox
After being swept by the New York Mets in their most recent series, the Boston Red Sox will look to break out the brooms as they finish a three-game weekend set against the MLB-worst Chicago White Sox on Sunday afternoon.,The Red Sox (72-70) broke out of their recent offensive funk in a 7-5 Saturday...
Pair of first-half goals all DC United need to top slumping Fire
D.C. United scored twice in three minutes in the first half, including Christian Benteke's MLS-leading 18th goal of the season, to notch a 2-1 win over the host Chicago Fire on Saturday.,The victory moved United (8-12-8, 32 points), who has won four of its past five matches, into the final playoff s...
Austin Hill wins in Atlanta for fourth Xfinity victory this year
HAMPTON, Ga. -- Seizing the lead for the first time on Lap 152 of 163 of the Focused Health 250 on Saturday, Austin Hill stayed out front the rest of the way to win his fourth NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Atlanta Motor Speedway, his home track.,The 30-year-old driver from Winston, Ga., won for the ...
NWSL roundup: Leicy Santos lifts Spirt over Thorns with late goal
Leicy Santos' goal in second-half stoppage time gave the host Washington Spirit a 2-1 win over the Portland Thorns on Saturday.,The catalyst for both goals for Washington (13-4-2, 41 points) was Trinity Rodman, who came off the bench for an injury substitution in the 20th minute. In the sixth minute...
FC Dallas earn road point in 0-0 draw with Whitecaps
With both sides down key players on international duty, the host Vancouver Whitecaps and FC Dallas played to a 0-0 draw on Saturday night with late drama., ,Vancouver (12-8-6, 42 points) hit the woodwork on three separate occasions, but couldn't find the back of the net. Without leading goal scorers...
Skylar Diggins-Smith sets Storm assists record in rout of Mercury
Skylar Diggins-Smith broke the Seattle Storm record for most assists in a season in a 90-66 victory Saturday against her former team, the Phoenix Mercury, in Seattle.,Diggins-Smith tallied 11 assists to give her 227 this year. Sue Bird had the previous record of 221, achieved twice (in 2003 and 2018...
Pair of first-half goals all DC United needs to top slumping Fire
D.C. United scored twice in three minutes in the first half, including Christian Benteke's MLS-leading 18th goal of the season, to notch a 2-1 win over the host Chicago Fire on Saturday.,The victory moved United (8-12-8, 32 points), who has won four of its past five matches, into the final playoff s...
St. Louis City dominates 2nd-half play, settles for draw vs. Revolution
Simon Becher's equalizer in the 73rd minute gave visiting St. Louis City SC a 2-2 draw with the New England Revolution on Saturday in Foxborough, Mass.,Henry Kessler put St. Louis (5-10-13, 28 points) ahead in the 23rd minute, but Luca Langoni and Carles Gil scored first-half goals that put New Engl...
Julian Hall's late goal gives Red Bulls draw vs. Sporting Kansas City
Julian Hall scored a late equalizer, and the host New York Red Bulls salvaged a 1-1 draw against Sporting Kansas City on Saturday evening.,Hall, a second-half substitute, fired a shot in the 89th minute past a flat-footed Tim Melia as the Red Bulls (10-5-13, 43 points) claimed their 10th non-losing ...
Red Sox offense comes alive in victory over White Sox
Tyler O'Neill ripped two home runs and combined with Romy Gonzalez for six of the 10 Boston Red Sox hits in a 7-5 win Saturday over the visiting Chicago White Sox.,O'Neill's first round-tripper highlighted a four-run first inning for the Red Sox (72-70), who have won the first two contests in the th...
Stewart Cink, Y.E. Yang tied atop Ascension leaderboard with one round left
Stewart Cink tallied a 4-under-par 67 Saturday to forge a tie with Y.E. Yang atop the leaderboard at the Ascension Charity Classic in St. Louis with one round to play.,"Well, it would be amazing to win the Ascension. That is the No. 1 thing," Cink said. "There is plenty of great company out here to ...
U.S. Open Odds: Taylor Fritz heavy underdog to Jannik Sinner
If Taylor Fritz is to claim his first career Gland Slam odds, he's going to have to overcome heavy odds stacked against him.,Jannik Sinner will also be taking the court at Arthur Ashe Stadium in his first U.S. Open men's singles final on Sunday, but the top-ranked player in the world did win the Aus...