By The Associated Press Reaction to the death of Basketball Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, who died Monday from brain cancer. He was 58. ___ "I am deeply saddened to hear about Dikembe's passing. He was a defensive force on the court who changed the way the game of basketball is played. ...
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, died Monday from brain cancer, the league announced. He was 58. His family revealed two years ago that ...
By DAVID BRANDT AP Baseball Writer The Major League Baseball playoffs are approaching and a Shohei Ohtani vs. Aaron Judge matchup in the World Series looms as an enticing October possibility. But first, the National League needs to get its waterlogged mess of a playoff race out of the ...
By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer UNLV's football program, which rarely finds itself in the national spotlight, found it twice in a week for reasons both bad and good. Last Tuesday, starting quarterback Matthew Sluka announced he would sit out the rest of the season because he ...
By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Derrick Henry was off and running from the first time he touched the ball. There was no way the Buffalo Bills were stopping the Baltimore Ravens after that. Henry busted out the longest run in the team's 29 years in Baltimore on the way ...
By MARK ANDERSON AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Raiders entered their matchup against the Browns with the NFL's worst running game and without star players Maxx Crosby and Davante Adams. Plus, Las Vegas was coming off a loss to the previously winless Panthers that drew the ire of ...
By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — Even after all the success the San Francisco 49ers had the past few seasons, a two-game skid and a string of injuries early in the season can raise some doubts for any team. Considered those answered for one day at ...
By LARRY FLEISHER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Alex Verdugo hit a go-ahead, two-run single with the bases loaded and two outs in the eighth inning and the New York Yankees ended the regular season with a 6-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Sunday. Struggling for most of the ...
By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Ross Chastain finally got to smash a watermelon for the first time this season Sunday at Kansas Speedway. Smashed the hopes of a bunch of playoff drivers trying to earn an automatic berth in the next round, too. The ...
By The Associated Press MONTREAL (AP) — Xander Schauffele ran off four straight birdies to lead an onslaught of red scores on the board Sunday and the Americans made the outcome as inevitable as it usually is, winning the Presidents Cup for the 10th straight time. Sam Burns completed an ...
By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Jayden Daniels waited for a couple of blockers and then weaved forward for a 9-yard touchdown run, flipping the ball behind his back before doing a little dance and flashing a big smile in a successful desert return. Washington's ...
By JACK THOMPSON Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Ketel Marte's two-run homer capped a six-run fourth inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks stayed alive in the National League wild card race with an 11-2 rout of the playoff-bound San Diego Padres on Sunday in their regular-season ...
By STEVE MEGARGEE AP Sports Writer GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Sam Darnold and the Minnesota Vikings keep proving skeptics wrong while maintaining early control of the NFC North race. Darnold threw three touchdown passes and Jordan Addison scored twice as the undefeated Vikings built an ...
By SCOTT HELD Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Elly De La Cruz hit two-run triple in the 10th inning to break a scoreless tie and the Cincinnati Reds ended their season with a 3-0 shutout of the Chicago Cubs on Sunday. De La Cruz tagged Ethan Roberts (1-1) for the go-ahead hit down the ...
By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Sports Writer MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — James McCann hit a three-homer and Heston Kjerstad went deep to launch the Baltimore Orioles into the postseason with a 6-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins that completed a three-game sweep on Sunday. Albert Suárez (9-7) pitched six ...
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Even when Justin Fields' initial plan goes awry, the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback finds a way to prove he should remain ahead of Russell Wilson on the depth chart. Fields did it again in Sunday's 27-24 loss at ...
By PAT GRAHAM AP Sports Writer DENVER (AP) — Shohei Ohtani went 1 for 4 and fell short in his bid to become the National League's first Triple Crown winner since 1937, and stole his 59th base to help the Los Angeles Dodgers rally past the Colorado Rockies 2-1 on Sunday in Charlie ...
By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — When the Indianapolis Colts needed Joe Flacco to relieve the injured Anthony Richardson, the 17-year veteran kept it simple. The 39-year-old Flacco threw two touchdown passes, and the Colts got the stop they needed in the final ...
By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Brendan Donovan hit a solo homer in the third and followed it up with an RBI single two innings later and Alec Burleson drove in three runs, leading the St. Louis Cardinals past the San Francisco Giants 6-1 on Sunday. José ...
By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Texans hadn't scored in the second half and had punted on five straight possessions Sunday when they got one last chance to avoid being upset by the Jacksonville Jaguars. C.J. Stroud connected with an unlikely option to make ...