By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Jacoby Brissett won only one game as the New England Patriots' starting quarterback. Now we'll find out if he was any better as a mentor for first-round draft pick Drake Maye. The Patriots are going with Maye as the starter for ...
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Nico Collins, the NFL's leading receiver, will miss at least four games after the Houston Texans placed him on injured reserve with a hamstring injury Wednesday. Collins left Houston's 23-20 victory over the Bills on Sunday after scoring ...
By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer No. 2 Ohio State at No. 3 Oregon is an even matchup on paper. One intangible would appear to favor the Ducks. The Big Ten is now a coast-to-coast conference with its expansion to 18 teams, and early indicators show travel takes a toll. Teams ...
By TODD KARPOVICH Associated Press OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Baltimore coach John Harbaugh thinks the Ravens need to do a better job with their pass defense to win the AFC North for a second consecutive season and make a meaningful playoff run. Entering their Week 6 game against ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Jayden Daniels has one of the best-selling jerseys in the NFL. Forgive the rookie quarterback for not noticing just how many Washington Commanders fans are now wearing his name and No. 5 on their backs. "I appreciate them," Daniels ...
DENVER (AP) — The Colorado Rockies announced Tuesday they are bringing back Bud Black, the franchise's all-time winningest manager, for another season on the heels of a sixth straight losing campaign. The Rockies extended Black through 2025. The deal was finalized just over a week after ...
By CLIFF BRUNT AP Sports Writer STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — Texas Tech leads several holdover programs standing tall in the new-look Big 12. The conference has added eight schools the past two years, and several are affecting the race to reach the title game. But longtime members Tech, ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin doesn't believe wide receiver George Pickens is becoming a distraction, even as Pickens' public displays of dissatisfaction suggest otherwise. The talented but enigmatic Pickens, who leads the ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer Connor McDavid is still stinging from losing Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final by the slimmest of margins. Leon Draisaitl cannot keep thinking about it. "I'm not sure it's something that you ever get over, really," McDavid said. "And time kind of just moves ...
By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Hockey Club management insists it's an expansion team and, as far as the NHL is concerned and the way records will be kept, that's true. But in a more practical sense, Utah is a relocated franchise. It's mostly the same team ...
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer BOSTON (AP) — Luis Tiant, the charismatic Cuban with a horseshoe mustache and mesmerizing windup who pitched the Red Sox to the brink of a World Series championship and pitched himself to the doorstep of the baseball Hall of Fame, has died. He was ...
By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer The Big Ten and SEC already have the upper hand in college football. At meetings this week, their leaders are setting the stage to exact even more control over the sport's future. Among the talking points when an advisory group made of members from the ...
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer U.S. Ryder Cup captain Keegan Bradley offered a warning Tuesday about Bethpage Black that does not need a special sign by the first tee: Organizers will have security inside the ropes to make sure the New York crowd doesn't get out of control. Bradley and ...
By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) — Bret Bielema was at the forefront of the graduate transfer game in 2011 when the NCAA passed a new rule that allowed athletes in all sports to transfer and gain immediate eligibility without a waiver as long as they were enrolled in ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 1980 "Miracle on Ice" Olympic hockey team that defeated the heavily favored Soviet Union in Lake Placid, New York, at a ...
SHANGHAI (AP) — Pursuing a 100th career title, Novak Djokovic had an easier time in his second match at the Shanghai Masters in ousting Flavio Cobolli 6-1, 6-2 on Tuesday. Djokovic clinched the match with his 19th winner, placing a forehand behind the Italian who was racing back across the ...
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer The late Tom Weiskopf was never one to mince words inside the ropes and in the broadcast booth, or even when he was surveying land for a new golf course. This was no ordinary land in the southwest corner of Utah — a 600-acre field of black lava amid red ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Salvador Perez homered leading off the fourth inning to spark a four-run rally against Carlos Rodón, and the Kansas City Royals beat the New York Yankees 4-2 on Monday night to even their AL Division Series at one game apiece. Four relievers held New York in check after an ...
A former WWE employee who filed a lawsuit against the company and ex-leader Vince McMahon, accusing him of sexual battery and trafficking, is asking them to not enforce nondisclosure agreements with other former and current employees and contractors so they can potentially come forward with ...
By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer The PGA Tour is returning to Utah for the first time in 61 years, and the most famous active player from the Beehive State will not be there. Tony Finau has a good excuse. Finau will be in Frisco, Texas, with 12-year-old son Jraice as Team Utah competes in ...