The Big Ten would claim three of the top four seeds in the College Football Playoff based on Sunday's Associated Press Top 25 poll while Miami, Georgia, Texas and Notre Dame would host first-round games. Ohio State and Penn State remain the Nos. 1 and 2 seeds on the projected bracket and ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andrew Vaughn had four hits and Jacob Misiorowski cruised through seven innings as the Milwaukee Brewers scored nine runs off top prospect Bubba Chandler to complete a three-game sweep of the Pittsburgh Pirates with a 10-2 win Sunday. Vaughn's three singles and a double in ...
MIAMI (AP) — Otto López homered twice and the Miami Marlins beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 on Sunday, avoiding a three-game sweep by the NL East leaders. Troy Johnston had two hits for the Marlins, who snapped a five-game skid. Ronny Henriquez (7-1) pitched 1 1/3 innings of scoreless ...
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Aaron Rodgers turned back the clock with a vintage performance in his Steelers debut that featured big throws, no turnovers and a late victory over his former team. Rodgers threw four touchdown passes — two in a 50-second span in the second half — and Chris ...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Steven Kwan beat out a grounder to shortstop in the ninth inning to drive in the go-ahead run and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Tampa Bay Rays 3-2 on Saturday night. The Guardians won their second straight and clinched the season series against Tampa Bay. Cleveland also ...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — José Ramírez passed Jim Thome to move into sole possession of second place on the Cleveland's career RBIs list, helping the Guardians to a 2-1 win over the Tampa Bay Rays 2-1 Sunday in a game with wild-card race implications. Ramírez hit a tying triple in the a two-run ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Cincinnati's defense came up with two second-half turnovers, including DJ Turner's interception with 1:24 remaining, and the Bengals held on for a 17-16 victory over the Cleveland Browns on Sunday. The Bengals — playing their first game under new defensive coordinator Al ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Hunter Greene tied a season high with 12 strikeouts and the Cincinnati Reds beat the Mets 3-2 Sunday to take two of three from New York and move back above .500. New York's Brandon Sproat (0-1) held the Reds hitless through 5 1/3 innings in his major league debut before ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Amanda Anisimova eliminated four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka 6-7 (4), 7-6 (3), 6-3 in a U.S. Open semifinal that ended at nearly 1 a.m. Friday and featured two of the most powerful first-strike hitters in women's tennis. The No. 8-seeded Anisimova, a 24-year-old who ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Chip Ganassi has only one business — he's not a car dealer, he's not backed by private equity money — the Pittsburgh native focuses only on racing. And in 35 years, he's proved to be good at his chosen profession. Alex Palou closed the IndyCar season with his ...
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Garrett Wilson and Aaron Rodgers were able to connect quite a few times during games with the New York Jets. There were also plenty of lengthy conversations off the field during their two seasons together. "Obviously, I got the opportunity to play with a living ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Ranger Suárez pitched six shutout innings, Trea Turner singled home the go-ahead run with two outs in the seventh and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-0 on Thursday. The Phillies won two of three games the matchup between NL division ...
DALLAS (AP) — Ruth Paine, whose kindness to Lee Harvey Oswald and his wife as a young mother near Dallas would leave her inexorably linked to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy, has died. She was 92. Paine died on Sunday in a senior living facility in Santa Rosa, California, ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes pitched six scoreless innings and earned his 10th win of the season as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 on Thursday night to complete a three-game series sweep. Skenes (10-9) allowed two hits, struck out eight, and walked ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Philadelphia Eagles' 24-20 victory over the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL season opener was delayed 65 minutes because of lightning in the area around Lincoln Financial Field late in the third quarter Thursday night. Behind two touchdown runs from Super Bowl MVP Jalen ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jalen Hurts rushed for two touchdowns for the Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles, who lost their hot-tempered star defender for spitting on Dak Prescott, then withstood a rare weather delay and needed a late stop to beat the Dallas Cowboys 24-20 early Friday in a wild ...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Ryan Pepiot struck out six in five hitless innings and Christopher Morel had three hits and an RBI as the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Cleveland Guardians 4-2 on Thursday night. Carson Williams also drove in two runs for Tampa Bay, which won its season-high seventh straight ...
There is added zip for Louisville linebacker TJ Quinn when it comes to playing a Friday night game. "It's all eyes on us, and I like that," Quinn said. And these days, there's a lot more chances in the Atlantic Coast Conference and across the power conferences, for that matter. Friday nights ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Andrew McCutchen and Bryan Reynolds homered off last-minute spot starter Emmett Sheehan and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-0 on Wednesday night. Sheehan (5-3) got the nod when the Dodgers opted to let Shohei Ohtani skip his scheduled start while ...
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Isaac Collins hit a three-run homer and Jose Quintana pitched effectively into the seventh inning as the Milwaukee Brewers beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3 on Wednesday night. Milwaukee (86-54) and Philadelphia (80-59) entered with the two best records in the National ...