The pressure is on several big-name NFL players as they enter a season that will go a long way toward determining their playing futures — and possibly that of their teams. New York Jets quarterback Justin Fields is getting another chance as a starter on his third team in five years, this time looking to […]
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Xander Bogaerts of the San Diego Padres had a home run overturned due to fan interference, and Florida manager Mike Shildt was ejected for coming out of the dugout to talk to the umpires in the second inning of Monday night’s game against the San Francisco Giants. The call turned out to […]
DENVER (AP) — This was a cool moment for Warming Bernabel — being doused with an icy bucket of water. Not that long ago, winning moments like this were few and far between for the Colorado Rockies. That winning feeling, though, has returned a little more often in the second half of the season. The […]
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Paul Skenes is a numbers nerd. Well, most of the time anyway. The Pittsburgh Pirates ace will make it a point to glance up at the ribbon boards that instantaneously spew out the data following each pitch — velocity, drop, horizontal movement — to get a feel for whether the ball is […]
DENVER (AP) — Warming Bernabel lined a game-winning single in the ninth inning as the Colorado Rockies snapped a 10-game skid against the Dodgers by rallying to beat Los Angeles 4-3 on Monday night. Ezequiel Tovar started a one-out rally with a bloop double that a charging Teoscar Hernández couldn’t corral. Bernabel followed by sending […]
LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — In a matchup of LSU Heisman Trophy-winning quarterbacks, Jayden Daniels rushed for a 14-yard touchdown in his lone possession, while Joe Burrow directed two touchdown drives in the Cincinnati Bengals’ 31-17 win over the Washington Commanders on Monday night. Burrow played three possessions, completing 9 of 14 passes for 62 yards. […]
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Xander Bogaerts of the San Diego Padres had a home run overturned due to fan interference and Florida manager Mike Shildt was ejected for coming out of the dugout to talk to the umpires in the second inning of Monday night’s game against the San Francisco Giants. Bogaerts hit a fly ball […]
CINCINNATI (AP) — Third-ranked Iga Swiatek captured the Cincinnati Open title for the first time by defeating No. 7 Jasmine Paolini 7-5, 6-4 on Monday night. Swiatek had failed to advance past the semifinals in her six previous appearances at the Cincinnati Open. She reached the semifinals in Cincinnati each of the past two years, […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Phillies ace Zack Wheeler had surgery Monday to remove a blood clot in his upper right arm, and the team says a timeline for his recovery remains unknown. Florida Florida manager Rob Thomson acknowledged the uncertainty, saying, “We don’t know,” when asked whether Wheeler would pitch again this season, or if the situation was […]
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Phillies ace Zack Wheeler had surgery Monday to remove a blood clot in his upper right arm, and the team says a timeline for his recovery remains unknown. Florida Florida manager Rob Thomson acknowledged the uncertainty, saying, “We don’t know,” when asked whether Wheeler would pitch again this season, or if the situation was […]