NEW YORK (AP) — Caitlin Clark has been named the WNBA Rookie of the Year in a near-unanimous vote, giving the Indiana Fever back-to-back winners after Aliyah Boston won the honor last season. A national panel of sportswriters and sportscasters gave Clark 66 of 67 votes in balloting released ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs put Rashee Rice on injured reserve Thursday, sidelining him for at least four weeks and likely longer, after their leading wide receiver hurt his knee when quarterback Patrick Mahomes collided with him trying to make a ...
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin won't have its leading rusher when it attempts to bounce back from a two-game skid. The Badgers in a statement Thursday said Chez Mellusi is stepping away from the team on at least a temporary basis as he works to get healthy. "We want to let people know that ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The cruel joke before the season was that someone would win the AL Central because someone had to win the AL Central. They were five teams with modest payrolls and meager expectations, each of them short on talent and long on ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Lionel Messi and Inter Miami have another trophy, along with home-field advantage throughout the Major League Soccer playoffs. Messi scored twice in the final minutes of the first half, goalie Drake Callender stopped a penalty kick in the 84th minute and Inter Miami ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Rose, baseball's career hits leader and fallen idol who undermined his historic achievements and Hall of Fame dreams by gambling on the game he loved and once embodied, has died. He was 83. Stephanie Wheatley, a spokesperson for Clark County in Nevada, confirmed on ...
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Facundo Torres and Duncan McGuire each scored a goal Wednesday night to help Orlando City beat the Philadelphia Union 2-1. Torres scored on a one-touch finish off a ball played by Luis Muriel to open the scoring in the 57th minute. Then, in the 64th, on the ...
No. 21 Boise State (3-1) vs. Utah State (1-3), Saturday, 7 p.m. ET (FS2) BetMGM College Football Odds: Boise State by 26 1/2. Series record: Boise State leads 23-5. What's at stake? After an impressive run through the non-conference slate, Mountain West preseason favorite Boise State opens ...
By BERNIE WILSON AP Sports Writer SAN DIEGO (AP) — Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a towering two-run homer on his first playoff swing in four years and Michael King struck out 12 in his first postseason start as the San Diego Padres beat rookie AJ Smith-Shawver and the Atlanta Braves 4-0 in Game ...
By HOWARD FENDRICH AP National Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — As Bobby Witt Jr. prepared to make his much-anticipated playoff debut for the Kansas City Royals, he took a moment after the final notes of the national anthem rang out at Camden Yards on Tuesday to soak it all in. The bright lights ...
By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Jazz did more than carve out a place in this city. They became a Salt Lake City institution, continuing to draw sellout crowds long after Stockton-to-Malone eventually turned into a rebuilding team that very well could be ...
By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer MILWAUKEE (AP) — Mark Vientos hit a tiebreaking, two-run single during a five-run outburst in the fifth inning as the indefatigable New York Mets continued their thrilling week by beating the Milwaukee Brewers 8-4 in an NL Wild Card Series opener ...
By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Dan Campbell strongly believes the Detroit Lions still have the strong defense they showed in the first three games of the season. He admits, though, it didn't show up in Monday night's 42-29 win over the Seattle Seahawks. "I don't believe ...
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — Tarik Skubal kept up his stellar season with a sensational playoff debut and the Detroit Tigers got to Framber Valdez early in a 3-1 win over the Houston Astros in their AL Wild Card Series opener on Tuesday. The Tigers, swept in the ...
By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills edge rusher Von Miller was suspended four games by the NFL on Tuesday for violating the league's personal conduct policy. The NFL did not reveal the reason for the suspension, which comes as Buffalo (3-1) prepares ...
By FRED GOODALL AP Sports Writer Big 12 football figured to seem a tad strange without Texas and Oklahoma hanging around the top of the league standings after the Longhorns and Sooners defected to the Southeastern Conference. No one, however, could have forecast some of the early-season ...
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Cleveland Browns rookie defensive tackle Mike Hall Jr. was suspended for five games by the NFL on Tuesday for violating the league's personal conduct policy following his arrest this summer for a domestic altercation. The league said Hall ...
By DAN GELSTON AP Sports Writer PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bryce Harper snagged a one-hopper on an infield drill, earning a "nice play, Harp!" from manager Rob Thomson. A two-time NL MVP, Harper later chucked a baseball from first base into the left field seats. "That won't get it done," ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Russell Wilson 's balky right calf is improving. It just might not heal in time for him to wrest the Pittsburgh Steelers starting quarterback job away from Justin Fields, at least in the short term. Coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday he ...
By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer NEW YORK (AP) — There were a record-low 26 complete games in the major leagues this season — four fewer than Catfish Hunter threw in 1975 — and the big league batting average dropped to .243, among the five-lowest figures since 1900. Pitchers threw ...