FRISCO, Texas — During the portion of Wednesday’s practice that was open to the media, Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott showed no ill effects from a right calf strain suffered Oct. Prescott went through an extended warm-up prior to practice and did not take part in the individual footwork drills with the rest of the […]
As the NFL nears the halfway point of its first 17-game season, the NFC features one unbeaten team and four with one loss. The challenge facing the Packers became greater this week as wide receivers Davante Adams and Allen Lazard were put on the reserve/COVID-19 list, which means that unless Marquez Valdes-Scantling can come off […]
The guy who pushed himself so far that his leg quite literally gave out under the stress of his effort was sorry. It’s not something he’d ever wish on anyone else — Morton is legendarily earnest, as his apologies illustrate — but he’s here now, still playing baseball at 37 years old, because of what […]
Morton had retired back-to-back hitters despite taking a 102 mph one-hopper off the bat of Astros first baseman Yuli Gurriel and reacted the way pitchers normally do after absorbing hard comebackers that cause only temporary pain. Before Game 1 of the World Series concluded — with a 6-2 victory by a Braves team that scored […]
“There’s things that we have discussions in great detail in our building with our family and the players and the staff. Franklin is 65-30 at Penn State with a Big Ten championship in 2016 and three AP top-10 finishes from 2016 to 2019. Franklin on Tuesday also addressed him changing agencies from Athletes First , […]
Yes, she was crying in her US Open postmatch news conference, crying as she struggled to find the right words so she could share what was on her mind, but each time the moderator tried to end it, assuming Osaka didn’t want to continue, Osaka overruled him. Basically, I feel like I’m kind of at […]
“I feel like for me recently, like, when I win, I don’t feel happy,” Osaka said. The defending US Open champion and a four-time major winner, Osaka struggled throughout much of the match against the 18-year-old Fernandez at Arthur Ashe Stadium, and her frustration was visible. Before the tournament, Osaka said she wouldn’t be participating […]
When NHL players signed a new collective bargaining agreement in 2020, they earned a massive win: The league agreed to allow players to participate in the 2022 and 2026 Olympic Games. In the previous CBA, there was no language about Olympic participation. Though the players won this battle, the new Olympic CBA clause always carried […]
Osaka had come into Friday with a 16-match winning streak at majors and four career trophies, all on hard courts. Another possible factor in her failure to close things out while serving for the victory against the left-hander Fernandez at 6-5 in the second set: Osaka hadn’t competed since Monday. She grabbed 12 of the […]
The five-time All-Pro — and the only tackle in the NFL to earn either first- or second-team recognition in each of the last five seasons — was never likely to be ready for the season opener against the New Orleans Saints. However, he would have needed to pass his physical to be on the 53, […]
To make things even more Bama-centric, Week 1 will pit two of the aforementioned quarterbacks against one another as Tagovailoa faces off with his Alabama successor, Jones, when the Dolphins take on the Patriots in Foxborough, Massachusetts. In the last 39 seasons, no quarterback drafted out of Alabama has won more than seven starts in […]
Payton said the Saints are leaning toward staying in the Dallas area for the next several weeks until they are able to return home following the destruction of Hurricane Ida. It is unclear whether the game could be played on a different date at AT&T Stadium or if a different stadium would have to host […]
“He was experiencing some discomfort during the trip to Detroit ,” Reich said. Hilton, like many of the Colts starters, did not play in the preseason finale against the Lions on Aug. Hilton, I mean him missing games — all right that’s an obvious big blow because he is not only a great player, but […]
Austin’s position on the calendar would seem to free the Circuit of the Americas up to host two races. …Read the full story
After two cars bounced off a tire wall, another car approaching them flew backwards into the back of them. The 22-year-old Hubert, who raced for the British-owned Arden team, died after an estimated 160 mph collision with 20-year-old U.S. …Read the full story
Willson was a member of the 2013 Seahawks team that won Super Bowl XLVIII, having been drafted in the fifth round that year out of Rice, as well as the 2014 club that came a yard short of repeating in Super Bowl XLIX. Willson caught a desperation heave from Russell Wilson late in the fourth […]
The Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based restaurant has more than 50 locations throughout the country and recently launched its “Walk-On of the Week” program that grants NIL deals to collegiate athletes. “We created this program to highlight the real magic of sports — the underdog,” Landry said, according to the news release. …Read the full story
On Friday evening, after PSG beat Brest 4-2 in Ligue 1 and Kylian Mbappe scored his first goal of the season during another really good performance, the France star didn’t travel to Paris with the rest of the team. Then on Wednesday, PSG sporting director Leonardo said that Mbappe wants to leave for Real Madrid […]
Serena Williams announced Wednesday that she wouldn’t be playing in the year’s final Grand Slam, joining Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal on the star-studded withdrawal list. It will be the first major where none of the three will participate since the US Open in 1997. Since then, the trio have combined for 63 major singles […]
