By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Pro Picks is a weekly column where AP Pro Football Writer Rob Maaddi shares his picks for upcoming games. For all previous Pro Picks, head here. ___ A whopping 10 road teams are favorites in Week 6. That includes three teams with losing records and two ...
By JOHN RABY AP Sports Writer MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Iowa State coach Matt Campbell knows how good his team has been on the road. He also needs no reminder what happened to the Cyclones the last time they traveled to West Virginia. The Mountaineers picked apart the Big 12's top ...
By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson each drove in a run, and six pitchers combined to lift the Detroit Tigers to a 3-0 win over Cleveland Guardians on Wednesday and a 2-1 lead in their AL Division Series. The Tigers, baseball's hottest team ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Igor Shesterkin stopped 29 shots and the New York Rangers opened the season with a 6-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday night. Chris Kreider scored twice for the reigning Metropolitan Division champions. Sam Carrick, Alexis Lafreniere, Filip Chytil and ...
By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Los Angeles Dodgers are going with reliever Ryan Brasier as their starter for Game 4 against the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night as they try to avoid elimination in their NL Division Series. Manager Dave Roberts said Tuesday ...
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer BEREA, Ohio (AP) — Deshaun Watson is taking hits from all sides, and not just on the field. Everyone seems to be coming after the polarizing quarterback, whose poor play through five games — he hasn't passed for 200 yards in a game — has prompted calls ...
By CHARLES ODUM AP Sports Writer Georgia coach Kirby Smart placed wide receiver Colbie Young on indefinite suspension on Wednesday, one day after Young's arrest following an altercation with a woman. Young was arrested Tuesday on two charges of battery and one charge of assault on an ...
By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer Aaron Rodgers insisted he played no role in the firing of Robert Saleh as the New York Jets coach and called such allegations "patently false." The star quarterback made his weekly appearance on "The Pat McAfee Show" on Wednesday, a day after ...
By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer AMES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa State football players get a short history lesson almost every day from Matt Campbell. Very short. "133 years!" the coach might say or shout at practice or during a meeting. ISU has played 133 seasons and is yet to win an ...
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 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 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 ...