By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer TALLADEGA, Ala. (AP) — A 27-car crash that involved eight of NASCAR's 12 title contenders. A chaotic cleanup that infuriated competitors. And a surprise winner. Just a regular race at Talladega Superspeedway. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. snapped a 65-race ...
By MITCH STACY AP Sports Writer CINCINNATI (AP) — Lamar Jackson and Joe Burrow traded touchdown throws all afternoon. It took a big run and a chip-shot kick in overtime to settle a wild game between the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals. After Derrick Henry rumbled for 51 yards to ...
By ANDREW SELIGMAN AP Sports Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Caleb Williams found DJ Moore wide open on a crossing pattern early in the game for a 34-yard touchdown. From there, just about everything else looked easy, too. Williams threw for 304 yards and two touchdowns in his best performance to ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski said the team is "not changing quarterbacks" after Deshaun Watson and the offense struggled to do much of anything in a 34-13 loss Sunday at the Washington Commanders. Watson looked ...
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — All week, Stefon Diggs downplayed how big it would be when he faced the Buffalo Bills for the first time since a blockbuster trade brought him to Houston. On Sunday, after the Texans used a last-second field goal to eke out a 23-20 ...
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins made just enough plays to beat the New England Patriots and enough mistakes to lose to just about anyone else. A blocked punt. Two missed field goals — one off the upright and one on a botched snap. Another ...
By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — No longer winless, the Jacksonville Jaguars can now start working on not being defenseless. Trevor Lawrence threw for 371 yards and two touchdowns on his 25th birthday and put Jacksonville in position for Cam Little's 49-yard ...
By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Aaron Rodgers reached another milestone in his stellar career on Sunday by becoming just the ninth player in NFL history to throw for 60,000 yards in regular-season games. The 40-year-old New York Jets quarterback crossed the threshold when ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Jayden Daniels shook off throwing an early interception at the goal line like it was his 50th NFL game, not his fifth. "Stay the course," he said. "Don't get too high, get too low. Everything's going to work out." It worked out ...
By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — Aaron Rodgers had a message for Andrew Van Ginkel after the Vikings linebacker returned an interception 63 yards for a touchdown. "He told me, too, 'Christmas came early' for me," the humble Van Ginkel said. "I just told him 'thank ...
By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Texas' return to No. 1 in the AP Top 25 on Sunday also gave the Longhorns the top seed in The Associated Press College Football Playoff bracket projection, which now features two SEC head-to-head meetings in the first round. The Longhorns would be ...
By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer It was a week of upheaval in The Associated Press college football poll, with Texas returning to No. 1 on Sunday after a one-week absence following Vanderbilt's monumental upset of Alabama. The Commodores' win as more than three-touchdown underdogs ...
By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Halfway through his first season at Miami, Cam Ward already has shown a knack for the dramatic. Ward threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Elijah Arroyo with 26 seconds left and No. 8 Miami roared back from a 25-point deficit in the ...
By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer Vanderbilt's stunning upset of No. 1 Alabama that led to crazed fans marching the goal posts through the streets of Nashville was just the appetizer. Saturday proved to be one of the wildest days in The Associated Press college football poll in years. Four ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Five batters in, the Tigers were down 5-0 and finished. For the first time in months, Detroit didn't look baseball's hottest team or like it belonged anywhere near the playoffs. Manager A.J. Hinch's decision to not use a traditional starter in Game 1 of the AL Division ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Emeka Egbuka caught three touchdown passes and Jeremiah Smith made another one-handed grab for a score as No. 3 Ohio State sputtered early before burying Iowa 35-7 on Saturday. Quarterback Will Howard was 21 of 25 for 209 yards passing and four touchdowns and ran for 28 ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — Lane Thomas hit a three-run homer in a five-run outburst before Detroit got an out, and the Cleveland Guardians unleashed their lights-out bullpen to complete a four-hitter in a 7-0 win over the Tigers in an AL Division Series opener on Saturday. Thomas' shot — on his ...
LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Jayden Daniels shook off throwing an early interception at the goal line like it was his 50th NFL game, not his fifth. "Stay the course," he said. "Don't get too high, get too low. Everything's going to work out." It worked out well enough to give Daniels and the ...
CINCINNATI (AP) — Lamar Jackson and Joe Burrow traded touchdown throws all afternoon. It took a big run and a chip-shot kick in overtime to settle a wild game between the Baltimore Ravens and Cincinnati Bengals. After Derrick Henry rumbled for 51 yards to put the Ravens at the Bengals 6, ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kodai Senga slapped the dugout railing in a raw display of emotion, a most unexpected Game 1 starter pumping his fist during an eighth-inning comeback that — have you followed these New York Mets? — should really have been expected by now. New York has mastered the ...