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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...
Napheesa Collier, Lynx outlast Mystics
Napheesa Collier paired 19 points with 12 rebounds Sunday as the visiting Minnesota Lynx beat the Washington Mystics 78-71.,Courtney Williams scored 12 points, while Bridget Carleton, Kayla McBride and Natisha Hiedeman added 10 apiece as Minnesota (26-9) won for the 10th time in its last 11 games.,T...
Patriots pull upset, beat Bengals in Jerod Mayo's debut
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...
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...
Mariners RHP Luis Castillo exits vs. Cardinals with leg injury
Seattle Mariners starting pitcher Luis Castillo exited Sunday's road game against the St. Louis Cardinals in the fourth inning with a lower left leg injury.,The right-hander allowed five hits, one walk and two runs while striking out three in three-plus innings. Castillo allowed a leadoff single in ...
Reds place LHP Sam Moll (shoulder) on 15-day injured list
The Cincinnati Reds placed left-hander Sam Moll on the 15-day injured list on Sunday because of a left shoulder impingement.,In a corresponding move, the Reds recalled right-hander Casey Legumina from Triple-A Louisville.,Moll, on the IL for the second time this season, has been dealing with the inj...
Dodgers add LHP Nick Ramirez, option LHP Justin Wrobleski
The Dodgers selected the contract of left-hander Nick Ramirez on Sunday from Triple-A Oklahoma City and optioned rookie left-hander Justin Wrobleski to the affiliate, while rookie right-hander Michael Petersen was designated for assignment.,Ramirez, 35, had a 6.35 ERA in seven games for the Dodgers ...
Kendrick Lamar to headline Super Bowl LIX halftime show
Grammy Award-winning artist Kendrick Lamar will headline the halftime show at Super Bowl LIX in New Orleans on Feb. 9, he announced Sunday.,Lamar, 37, will be on the Super Bowl stage for the second time in four years. The 17-time Grammy Award winner performed as a guest artist with Dr. Dre, Snoop Do...
Justin Fields to start for Steelers as Russell Wilson ailing
Justin Fields will start for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the season opener in Atlanta, the team announced 90 minutes before kickoff on Sunday.,Fields got the nod against the Falcons over Russell Wilson, who was placed on the inactive list as he deals with an ongoing calf issue.,The Steelers brought i...
Tigers hope to say goodbye to Oakland on a winning note
The Detroit Tigers will look for a series win on Sunday afternoon against the Oakland Athletics as another team bids farewell to the cavernous old Coliseum that the A's intend to depart at season's end. ,The A's took the first game of the three-game series 7-6 in 13 innings on Friday as the teams su...
For Nationals and Pirates, every game still meaningful
Don't tell the Washington Nationals and Pittsburgh Pirates they have nothing to play for in September, even though they're well out of contention for the postseason.,Entering the finale of a four-game series in Pittsburgh, they're playing to win the teams' season series. For each other. For pride. F...
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...
Nationals rally in 9th to complete doubleheader sweep of Pirates
Andres Chapparo finished 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs, helping the visiting Washington Nationals turn a 2-run deficit into an 8-6 win with a ninth-inning rally vs. the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.,Keibert Ruiz also tallied three hits for Washington (64-78), which swept the day-night dou...
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 ...
Northern Illinois upsets No. 5 Notre Dame for its biggest win
Kanon Woodill drilled a 35-yard field goal with 31 seconds remaining, and Northern Illinois blocked a field goal as time expired to stun No. 5 Notre Dame with a 16-14 victory on Saturday in South Bend, Ind., ,Antario Brown finished with 225 yards (99 rushing, 126 receiving) and a touchdown for North...
Tigers manufacture enough runs to edge Athletics
Brant Hurter pitched effectively in the role of a bulk-innings reliever and the Detroit Tigers took advantage of a door-opening error to score twice in the seventh inning en route to a 2-1 road victory over the Oakland Athletics on Saturday afternoon.,With a second win in the last three days on the ...
Canada beats USMNT on U.S. soil for first time in 67 years
Still awaiting a permanent coach, the U.S. men's national soccer team lost 2-1 to Canada in a friendly in Kansas City, Kan., on Saturday.,Canada won in the United States for the first time since 1957.,Jacob Shaffelburg (17th minute) and Jonathan David (58th minute) staked Canada to the lead before L...
Tundra, nouns gain upper-bracket spots at The International
Tundra Esports and nouns advanced to the upper bracket quarterfinals at The International by recording a sweep in their respective seeding deciders on Saturday in Copenhagen, Denmark.,Tundra posted a 2-0 victory over HEROIC in its B2 vs. A3/A4 match, while nouns notched the same score in their D1 vs...
Sun making playoff seeding push with Sparks on the schedule
The Connecticut Sun are looking to keep up in the race for the No. 2 seed in the WNBA playoffs when they play the host Los Angeles Sparks on Sunday night.,Connecticut (24-10) has fallen to the No. 3 seed, a game behind the red-hot Minnesota Lynx (25-9), who have won nine of their last 10 games. The ...
Nationals' DJ Herz overpowers Pirates in Game 1 of doubleheader
DJ Herz logged five no-hit innings as the Washington Nationals topped the host Pittsburgh Pirates 5-3 on Saturday afternoon in the opener of a split doubleheader.,Herz (3-7) walked three and struck out five while keeping Pittsburgh (66-75) off the board to record his first win since Aug. 3.,Robert G...