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NFL preseason roundup: Jack Strand shines as Falcons rout Colts
Former Division II quarterback Jack Strand threw a touchdown pass and ran for another score, leading the visiting Atlanta Falcons to a convincing 34-6 victory over the Indianapolis Colts on Saturday afternoon in preseason action.,Strand, an undrafted rookie out of Minnesota State-Moorhead, made a st...
MLB roundup: Jacob Misiorowski pitches Brewers past Chris Sale, Braves
Jacob Misiorowski pitched six shutout innings and outdueled Chris Sale in a matchup of National League Cy Young Award candidates as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the visiting Atlanta Braves 2-1 on Friday.,Misiorowski (13-5) allowed four hits with two walks and six strikeouts. Trevor Megill worked aroun...
NFL presason roundup: Geno Smith shines as Jets dump Steelers
Geno Smith made the most of his lone drive, completing all of his passes and throwing for a touchdown as the New York Jets earned a 17-0 preseason win over the host Pittsburgh Steelers on Friday.,Smith finished 7 of 7 for 65 yards while guiding a game-opening, 10-play, 69-yard drive. The march culmi...
NFL transactions roundup: Falcons add DT depth
The Atlanta Falcons signed defensive tackle Eric Johnson II on Friday.,A fifth-round pick by Indianapolis in 2022, Johnson has appeared in 51 games (no starts) and recorded 41 tackles, one sack and one fumble recovery with the Colts (2022-23, 2025) and New England Patriots (2024).,Johnson, 28, spent...
MLB roundup: Ninth-inning error helps Cardinals rally past Reds
The St. Louis Cardinals overcame a grand slam with help from a crucial error in the top of the ninth inning, holding on for a 10-9 win over the host Cincinnati Reds on Thursday afternoon.,With St. Louis trailing 5-4 and down to its final out, JJ Wetherholt's routine fly ball to left-center field hit...
NFL transactions roundup: Broncos signing S Taylor Rapp
The Denver Broncos are signing veteran safety Taylor Rapp, multiple outlets reported Thursday.,Rapp, 28, sustained a season-ending knee injury in Week 6 last season while playing for the Buffalo Bills.,A second-round pick by the Los Angeles Rams in 2019, Rapp helped the team win Super Bowl LVI.,He h...
MLB roundup: Pirates take down Tigers with two homers in ninth
Brandon Lowe hit a game-ending home run two batters after Rafael Flores Jr. went deep to tie it as the Pittsburgh Pirates rallied for a 4-3 victory over the visiting Detroit Tigers on Wednesday.,Both home runs came off Kenley Jansen (3-5). Flores homered in both of his at-bats after entering as a pi...
LLWS roundup: South Korea slams Canada
Ji Hwan Hong crushed a solo home run as South Korea handled Canada, 7-0 at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa.,Teammate Ji Hoo Lee smacked an RBI single to open the scoring in the second. Hong then recorded the first home run of the event with his blast to left in the third.,Th...
MLB roundup: Brewers match club record with 22 runs, blank Mariners
Christian Yelich, David Hamilton, Jake Bauers and Luis Lara hit home runs for the host Milwaukee Brewers, who tied a franchise record for runs in a game in a 22-0 win over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night.,The Brewers also tied a modern-day record in MLB for the largest margin of victory in a s...
MLB roundup: Pete Crow-Armstrong homers to start, end Cubs' win
Pete Crow-Armstrong belted a game-ending two-run homer in the 10th inning to cap a 4-for-5, two-homer night and lift the host Chicago Cubs to a 7-5 victory against the Chicago White Sox on Monday.,The center fielder, who also homered to lead off the Cubs' half of the first inning, became the sixth p...
NFL transactions roundup: Panthers sign TE Darren Waller
--The Panthers officially added tight end Darren Waller and waived offensive lineman Joshua Gray and outside linebacker Nick Hampton on Monday.,Waller, 33, ended his retirement to play for the Dolphins last season, posting 24 receptions for 283 yards and six touchdowns in six games.,Over nine season...
MLB roundup: Royals' Noah Cameron (1 hit) dazzles in 1st complete game
Noah Cameron tossed a one-hitter and Michael Massey and Bobby Witt Jr. each homered to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 3-0 victory over the Los Angeles Angels in the rubber match of their three-game series on Sunday afternoon in Anaheim, Calif.,Cameron (7-8), making his first career appearance at A...
MLB roundup: Cards' Joshua Baez first to debut with 3-HR game
Joshua Baez became the first player in major league history to hit three home runs in his debut, helping lead the visiting St. Louis Cardinals to an 8-4 victory over the Chicago Cubs on Saturday afternoon.,Baez hit homers to right, center and left field in his first three at-bats, driving in five ru...
NFL roundup: Josh Allen, Bills open up Highmark Stadium in style
Josh Allen passed for 111 yards and one touchdown and the Buffalo Bills opened Highmark Stadium with a 29-14 victory over the Carolina Panthers in a preseason game at Orchard Park, N.Y., on Saturday afternoon.,Allen tossed a 9-yard touchdown pass to Keon Coleman in the first quarter and completed 6 ...
MLB roundup: Christian Walker, Astros stun M's with 10th-inning rally
Christian Walker blasted a three-run, walk-off homer as the Houston Astros answered a three-run rally by the visiting Seattle Mariners in the top of the 10th with a five-run bottom half en route to a wild 10-7 victory on Friday.,Victor Robles plated automatic runner Brendan Donovan with a homer to t...
NFL preseason roundup: New-look Dolphins offense finds stride
The Miami Dolphins showed exactly why coaches and players typically don't care about final scores or wins and losses in the preseason.,Though the host Washington Commanders won the game 20-7 on Friday, the biggest moments of the game may have come on the first drive of the night. Playing their start...
MLB roundup: Pirates' Braxton Ashcraft goes distance, fans 10 Marlins
Braxton Ashcraft pitched his first career complete game and struck out 10 batters as the Pittsburgh Pirates ended Miami's four-game winning streak by defeating the host Marlins 13-1 on Thursday afternoon.,Other than Owen Caissie's shutout-spoiling homer to lead off the ninth, Ashcraft (12-5) did not...
NFL preseason roundup: Raiders' Fernando Mendoza throws TD pass in debut
Fernando Mendoza made his anticipated debut for the Raiders on Thursday night, playing in four full drives and throwing for a touchdown in Las Vegas' 27-14 loss to the visiting Arizona Cardinals in both teams' preseason opener.,Mendoza, the Heisman Trophy winner out of Indiana, completed 10 of 16 pa...
MLB roundup: Alex Bregman blasts 3 homers as Cubs crush Nationals
Alex Bregman slammed three homers and drove in seven runs, both career highs, leading the visiting Chicago Cubs to a 12-6 win against the Washington Nationals on Wednesday.,Dansby Swanson homered, doubled and scored three times in the No. 9 spot for the Cubs, who have won eight of their past nine ga...
MLB roundup: Rays match team record with 6 homers in rout of A's
Taylor Walls smacked his first two homers of the season and drove in three runs and the Tampa Bay Rays tied a team record with six home runs while rolling to a 12-4 victory over the Athletics on Tuesday night in West Sacramento, Calif.,Junior Caminero, Yandy Diaz, Victor Mesa Jr. and Carson Williams...