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Down by 31 on Sunday night, the Commanders kept quarterback Jayden Daniels in, and it cost them: he dislocated his left elbow on a tackle midway through the fourth quarter. After initially noting the play wasn’t a design…
Jayden Daniels’ season took a grim turn after an awkward arm plant against the Seahawks left the 3-6 Commanders without their quarterback indefinitely, raising fresh concerns about his durability and Kliff Kingsbury’s fa…
After a tense Game 6—sealed when Kiké Hernández caught a liner and turned a game-ending double play with the tying runs aboard, moments after a ball wedged in the wall for a ground-rule double—the Dodgers beat the Blue J…
Books call the 2025-26 men’s race wide open: Purdue and Houston sit around +850, with Duke, UConn and Kentucky next. Duke’s odds lengthened after losing all five starters, including No. 1 pick Cooper Flagg. Purdue surged…
Men's college basketball tips off with No. 3 Florida versus No. 13 Arizona and the debut of top freshman AJ Dybantsa as No. 8 BYU faces Villanova, with Duke versus Texas on Tuesday and a loaded weekend featuring Kansas a…
Week 9 delivered dramatic finishes: Bears’ last-second 58-yard TD by Colston Loveland from Caleb Williams to win 47-42 at Bengals after Joe Flacco-led rally and onside kick; Bills beat Chiefs 28-21 behind Josh Allen’s ne…
Patrick Mahomes endured his worst outing of the season in Buffalo, completing 15 of 34 passes — the first sub-50 percent game of his NFL career — as the Chiefs fell 28-21. Under heavy pressure, he went 3 of 16 with an in…
An unpredictable NFL Sunday delivered upsets and wild finishes. The Panthers shocked the Packers 16-13, the Steelers stifled the Colts 27-20, and the Vikings edged the Lions. The day’s showstopper: Chicago 47, Cincinnati…
After a bye week, Lions coach Dan Campbell said Detroit looked unprepared in a 27-24 loss to the Vikings and put the blame squarely on himself. He lamented 'critical errors' across all phases, calling it one of the team’…
Sam Darnold carved up the Commanders on Sunday Night Football, opening 17-for-17 and tossing four first-half touchdowns as the Seahawks cruised 38-14. He finished 21-of-24 for 330 yards with four TDs and a pick before Dr…
Seattle dominated Washington behind a flawless first half from Sam Darnold, who went 16 of 16 with four touchdowns as the Seahawks piled up 330 yards and converted every third down before the break. Washington’s defense …
Kyle Larson clinched his second Cup Series championship at Phoenix Raceway, rallying from a flat tire and a two-lap deficit to finish third on an overtime restart. Denny Hamlin led 208 of 312 laps and was three laps from…
Josh Allen threw a touchdown and ran for two more as the Buffalo Bills beat the Kansas City Chiefs 28-21. Buffalo’s defense hounded Patrick Mahomes, sacking him three times and hitting him 15 more, as he finished 15 of 3…
In a game described as one of the season's worst, Jaguars kicker Cam Little drilled a 68-yard field goal as the half expired, setting an NFL record and cutting Las Vegas to a 6-3 lead. The previous long was Justin Tucker…
A bruising 10-3 loss to a Kentucky team riding a 10-game SEC skid made clear Hugh Freeze’s time at Auburn was over after three seasons marked by a 6-16 league record and repeated offensive droughts. The job’s appeal is d…
Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud was ruled out of Sunday’s game against the Broncos with a concussion after a second-quarter hit. After scrambling on third down, he slid short of the marker and his head struck the turf fol…
New York’s marathon delivered drama and records. Kenya’s Benson Kipruto edged Alexander Mutiso by two hundredths of a second in a photo finish, winning in 2:08:09 as Albert Korir took third. Hellen Obiri shattered the 22…
ESPN fantasy football expert Eric Moody will field start/sit and roster questions in a live chat each Sunday of the NFL regular season, with the Week 9 session running from noon to 1 p.m. ET as eight early games near kic…
Tokyo woke to a crackling buzz as the Los Angeles Dodgers tapped Shohei Ohtani to start Game 7, and by the time Yoshinobu Yamamoto secured the final out, the city was jubilant. The Dodgers repeated as champions, edging t…
After two bruising losses and a devastating injury to rookie back Cam Skattebo, the 2-6 Giants return home to face the 49ers, whose defense is missing Nick Bosa and Fred Warner. Despite miscues and disputed calls in rece…
After Colorado’s second straight blowout loss Saturday night, head coach Deion Sanders barred media access to players and assistants, saying all criticism should target him. The Buffaloes lost 52-17 to Arizona a week aft…
Yoshinobu Yamamoto finished a grueling masterpiece, throwing 2 2/3 scoreless innings in extra frames to clinch the Dodgers’ 5-4 Game 7 win over the Blue Jays and a second straight title, one day after a 96-pitch Game 6. …
Will Smith’s 11th-inning blast lifted the Los Angeles Dodgers past the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in a seesaw Game 7 in Toronto, making them the first repeat champions in 25 years. Smith hit the first extra-inning homer in a …
Pitching on three days’ rest, Shohei Ohtani flashed 100.9 mph heat but was chased in the third after a wild pitch, an intentional walk to Vladimir Guerrero Jr., and a hanging slider that Bo Bichette crushed 442 feet for …
The Baltimore Ravens traded cornerback Jaire Alexander and a 2027 seventh-round pick to the Philadelphia Eagles for a 2026 sixth-round pick. Buried on the depth chart, the 28-year-old appeared in two of Baltimore’s eight…