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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...
LLBWS roundup: Iowa, Curacao win on no-hitters
Cooper Thissen homered to lead off the bottom of the first inning, then combined with Anthony Johnson Jr. on a no-hitter as Davenport, Iowa, shut out Bonita, Calif., 1-0 on Friday at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa.,Thissen threw 90 pitches (59 for strikes), fanned 15 and wa...
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...
NFL preseason roundup: Raiders overcome Fernando Mendoza's pick-6
Las Vegas rookie quarterback Fernando Mendoza threw a pick-6 in his second preseason game, but the Raiders rallied for a 22-20 win over the host Houston Texans on Thursday.,Aidan O'Connell drove the Raiders 96 yards in eight plays in the last two minutes, capping the march with a 1-yard touchdown ru...
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...
WTA roundup: Iga Swiatek tops Elena Rybakina for first title of '26
Seventh-seeded Iga Swiatek picked up her first tournament title of the season with a solid 6-2, 6-3 victory over second-seeded Elena Rybakina on Thursday at the National Bank Open in Toronto.,Swiatek needed just 75 minutes and had a first-serve percentage of 80% while defeating Rybakina for the seve...
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...
ATP roundup: Ben Shelton takes second straight Canadian title
Ben Shelton broke onto the scene by winning his first-ever ATP Masters 1000 championship a year ago in Toronto.,He earned his second crown at that level by successfully defending his Canadian title on Thursday, defeating fellow American Brandon Nakashima 6-3, 7-6 (4) to win the National Bank Open in...