LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Teammates approached Patrick Mahomes after his second interception in the first half and maybe the worst of his NFL career. They told him to keep being himself. Mahomes found himself in the second half, engineering three touchdown drives to make up for the giveaways, ...
BALTIMORE (AP) — This Baltimore victory ended with the backup quarterback taking a knee. No overtime, no last-second kick. No late drama, period. Lamar Jackson threw for 167 yards and a touchdown, and the Ravens frustrated Justin Herbert and the Los Angeles Chargers in a 34-6 win Sunday. ...
Joe Burrow was able to rest his voice on the road with a rout, quieting frustrated fans at Ford Field, a week after getting sent to the hospital after taking a hit to the throat. Burrow tied a career high with three touchdown passes and he helped the Cincinnati Bengals match last year's ...
CHICAGO (AP) — Aaron Rodgers didn't need to say it. He couldn't resist. Rodgers turned toward the crowd after running for a touchdown to help secure yet another win for Green Bay over Chicago. Then, he yelled, "I still own you! I still own you!" Who would argue? Rodgers threw for two ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — So much for the Minnesota Vikings' second-half scoring woes. Kirk Cousins threw for 373 yards and three touchdowns against the league's top-ranked pass defense, including a 27-yard touchdown pass to K.J. Osborn on the first possession of overtime to lift the Minnesota ...
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Kyle Larson was willing to play it smart in the closing laps at Texas. He also had a fast car that stayed in front through all of the restarts to secure the first of the four championship-contending spots in NASCAR's season finale. Larson led 256 of 334 laps at the 1 ...
CLEVELAND (AP) — As loud music blasted inside Arizona's locker room, players danced and could be heard shouting "undefeated" while coach Kliff Kingsbury smiled at the wild scene via a FaceTime call from home. The Cardinals survived — undaunted and perfect. Kyler Murray threw four ...
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball says its owners have agreed to begin providing housing to certain minor league players beginning in the 2022 season. "In mid-September, the owners discussed the issue of player housing and unanimously agreed to begin providing housing to certain minor ...
DENVER (AP) — Jon Gruden's red-faced resignation didn't unravel the Las Vegas Raiders. It galvanized them. "It for sure brought us closer," Derek Carr said after the Raiders' 34-24 thrashing of the bewildered Denver Broncos on Sunday. "We needed a win bad this week," Carr said. "Sometimes ...
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Dak Prescott wasn't going to let anything prevent him from enjoying the moment. While his team celebrated around him after he threw 35-yard touchdown pass to CeeDee Lamb in overtime to beat the New Patriots 35-29 Sunday, the Cowboys quarterback felt pain in his right ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Rory McIlroy felt as though he had been spinning his wheels for the last five months as he tried to get better and instead got nowhere. It took the Ryder Cup for him to realize what he had was always good enough. McIlroy shifted into high gear in Las Vegas. Starting nine ...
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) — A handful of tennis' superstars skipped the coronavirus-delayed BNP Paribas Open. A rash of upsets sent other big names packing, too. Left standing at the end as champions were two players ranked outside the Top 25. Britain's Cameron Norrie beat Nikoloz ...
For Ed Orgeron, LSU's Cajun coach, a dream job is coming to an end. LSU and Orgeron have agreed to part ways after this season, 21 months after he coached the Tigers to a national championship with what is considered one of the greatest teams in college football history. "I'm always gong to ...
Seahawks linebacker Darrell Taylor had movement in all of his extremities after leaving Seattle's game Sunday night against Pittsburgh late in the fourth quarter on a stretcher with an unspecified injury. Taylor fell to the ground after a collision during a 3-yard gain by Pittsburgh's Najee ...
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin insists there is nothing "mystical" to the way outside linebacker T.J. Watt goes about his business. The perennial All-Pro is talented. He's focused. He's relentless. And as of last month, he's also one of the highest-paid defenders in ...
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) — Michigan State tight end Tyler Hunt delivered both times he touched the ball Saturday at Indiana. First, Hunt avoided taking a sack near midfield with a 15-yard heave to quarterback Payton Thorne. Three plays later, he caught the game-changing 12-yard touchdown pass ...
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Three plays were all it took for Auburn. Strip-sack score. Fourth-down stop. Long touchdown pass. The Tigers turned a three-point deficit into an 11-point lead in the span of 3:03 and staved off Arkansas' attempted comeback to upset the No. 17 Razorbacks 38-23 on ...
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The pressure, Purdue coach Jeff Brohm said, was all on No. 2 Iowa. The Hawkeyes started the season with six consecutive wins and the program had ascended to its highest ranking since 1985. "For us," Brohm said, "let's go out there and swing, and keep swinging, and ...
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — The final seconds were meaningless. Except to the Georgia defense. For the first time all season, the fearsome Bulldogs gave up two touchdowns in a game Saturday. It didn't really matter as they romped to another victory — their first as the nation's new No. 1 team — ...
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Rickie Fowler couldn't remember the last time he saw his name at the top of the leaderboard on the weekend of the PGA Tour. He didn't forget what he was supposed to do from there. Winless in 32 months, Fowler returned to the spotlight Saturday in the foothills above Las ...
