STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — James Franklin has plenty of reasons to be optimistic entering his 10th season at Penn State. He knows the seventh-ranked Nittany Lions have depth across the board, experience to match and a certain swagger that follows an 11-win season capped by a Rose Bowl win. ...
OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Former NFL running back Alex Collins, who played five seasons for the Seattle Seahawks and Baltimore Ravens, was killed in a motorcycle crash in South Florida, authorities said. He was 28. Collins was driving a motorcycle that crashed into a sport-utility vehicle ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Alec Bohm conceded that, yes, the Phillies and Twins will never know how the game might have turned had a borderline called strike three been ruled ball four and loaded the bases for Bryce Harper. But Bohm thought the Phillies were in the right to find out. Bohm instead ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jared Triolo hit his first major league home run, a three-run drive as a pinch hitter in the seventh inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds 4-2 in a doubleheader opener Sunday. "A good moment to do it, for sure," Triolo said. "I've waited a long time ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Joey Gallo had two homers among his four hits and drove in four runs, Pablo López struck out seven in six shutout innings and the Minnesota Twins snapped a four-game losing streak with an 8-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night. "It was crucial," ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Patrick Bailey hit a two-run homer in the 10th inning and the San Francisco Giants overcame a blown save by All-Star closer Camilo Doval to beat the Texas Rangers 3-2 on Sunday, stopping a four-game losing streak. The 24-year-old Bailey became the youngest Giants player ...
SEATTLE (AP) — Cedric Mullins robbed Ty France of a homer in the ninth inning and hit a two-run homer in the 10th, and the AL-best Baltimore Orioles beat the Seattle Mariners in extra innings for the second straight day, 5-3 on Sunday. Mullins, who entered in the sixth as a defensive ...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Rookie Tanner Bibee won his seventh consecutive decision and the Cleveland Guardians beat the AL wild-card-leading Tampa Bay Rays 9-2 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep. Bibee (9-2) gave up two runs, seven hits and struck out five in seven innings and is the ...
MALAGA, Spain (AP) — The U.S. World Cup basketball team got its first big test of the summer Sunday, and a perfect shooting night from Jalen Brunson helped ensure the Americans passed. Brunson was 9 for 9 from the field on the way to a team-best 21 points, Jaren Jackson Jr. added 14 and the ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Raiders rookie quarterback Aidan O'Connell passed for 141 yards and a touchdown in a highly efficient performance and Las Vegas beat the San Francisco 49ers 34-7 on Sunday in the preseason opener for both teams. O'Connell, third on the depth chart behind starter Jimmy ...
MIAMI (AP) — With seven weeks left in the season, the New York Yankees already are running out of time. Jake Burger's game-ending single capped a five-run, ninth-inning comeback against Clay Holmes and Tommy Kahnle, giving the Miami Marlins an 8-7 win Sunday. "The mountain gets bigger with ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Trea Turner is heating up in time for the stretch run. Nick Castellanos has busted out of a post-All-Star game funk with a 12-game hitting streak. Yes, the Phillies' offense is definitely back. Bryson Stott and J.T. Realmuto hit back-to-back home runs, Johan Rojas hit his ...
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers aren't rushing to declare a winner in the competition for Tom Brady's old job. Baker Mayfield was sharper than Kyle Trask in a 27-17 preseason-opening loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Friday night. Coach Todd Bowles, however, wasn't ready to say ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Elly Da La Cruz hit a two-run triple in the first inning and drove in three runs, and Luke Maile belted a three-run homer Friday night as the Cincinnati Reds routed the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-2 for just their second victory in nine games. De La Cruz's triple into the ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Deshaun Watson feels like he's finally back to being himself. Everything that prevented him from playing like an elite quarterback in 2022 — the long layoff, a lengthy suspension — has been shaken free. "I'm not thinking about no rust," he said. "That was last year. I ...
Cleveland Guardians All-Star third baseman José Ramírez had his MLB suspension for fighting with Chicago's Tim Anderson reduced from three games to two on Saturday. Ramírez, who knocked Anderson to the ground with a wild, well-placed punch, will serve the suspension this weekend during ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — The Browns' confidence in Cade York could be fluttering — like one of his recent kicks. Cleveland's second-year kicker, who struggled for much of his rookie season, missed his second field-goal attempt of the preseason during Friday night's 17-15 loss to the Washington ...
LATROBE, Pa. (AP) — The horn sounded to end practice, only Kendrick Green's day was hardly over. Far from it. For the better part of 20 minutes, Green went through a dance across Chuck Noll Field that seemed improbable only a few months ago. A dance that may have to be his new normal if he ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Phillies left fielder Weston Wilson homered in his first major league plate appearance, a long-awaited milestone for the 28-year-old rookie who was drafted in 2016. Wilson batted seventh in Wednesday's game against the Washington Nationals and hit the third ...
Washington State athletic director Pat Chun blasted the "poor leadership" that has led the Pac-12 to the brink of extinction on Wednesday and said the Cougars have earned the right to be part of a Power Five conference as the chances of that happening appeared unlikely. Meanwhile, Pac-12 ...