By HOWARD FENDRICH, AP Pro Football Writer LANDOVER, Md. (AP) — Sure does seem as if "When is a sack just a sack?" is quickly becoming the NFL's new "Did that player lower his helmet too much?" or "What, exactly, is a catch?" It's a fundamental element of football — how a pass-rusher is ...
By DAVE SKRETTA, AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Kansas City Chiefs are on an upward trajectory, their blistering start spearheaded by a young, transcendent quarterback in Patrick Mahomes who is already setting NFL records. The San Francisco 49ers are the opposite in every ...
By MARK LONG, AP Sports Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars trudged into the locker room one by one, and before coach Doug Marrone started to address the team, a few players chimed in. They were defensive guys. They were being positive, too. After a 9-6 loss to AFC ...
By DAVID GINSBURG, AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Ravens have been perfect inside the opponent's 20-yard line this season, scoring 12 touchdowns on a dozen trips in the red zone. Denver still hasn't quite got the hang of it yet. Baltimore (2-1) went 3 for 3 in the red zone ...
By STEVE REED, AP Sports Writer CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals had limited their first two opponents to 141 rushing yards. That made what happened in their third game all the more surprising. Christian McCaffrey ran for a career-best 184 yards and the Panthers piled up 230 ...
By GREG BEACHAM, AP Sports Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jared Goff made pinpoint throws and Todd Gurley pounded away on the ground behind their dominant line. The Rams' offense racked up more than 500 yards for the first time since 2006. And Los Angeles' first crosstown NFL showdown in nearly ...
By RALPH D. RUSSO, AP College Football Writer The AP college football poll had a basketball feel this week. Kentucky and Duke moved into the Top 25 for the first time this season Sunday. For the Blue Devils (4-0) it is their first appearance since October 2015. It has been a lot longer for ...
By TIM BOOTH, AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Jerry Jones is trying to remain supportive of a Dallas Cowboys offense that has shown only fleeting moments of promise through three weeks of the season. Eight points in the opener and 13 points on Sunday won't be enough to get victories on the ...
By STEVE DOUGLAS, AP Sports Writer LONDON (AP) — No sooner had Anthony Joshua brutally dispatched another pretender to his heavyweight titles than attention turned to who the British fighter would face next as he seeks to clean up boxing's most glamorous division. An eagerly anticipated ...
By CLIFF BRUNT, AP Sports Writer NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — Army couldn't have played much better against Oklahoma. The Black Knights, more than four-touchdown underdogs on the road, held on to the ball for nearly 45 minutes and ran 87 plays to Oklahoma's 40. They had a goal-line stand in the ...
By TIM BOOTH, AP Sports Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Jake Browning spent the first three weeks earning his share of criticism for the kind of miscues not expected of a fourth-year starting quarterback. Saturday night was a return to Browning looking more like the quarterback Washington has come to ...
By The Associated Press STARS —Blake LaRussa, Old Dominion, came off the bench to throw for 495 yards and four TDs to lead the Monarchs to a 49-35 upset of No. 13 Virginia Tech. —Tua Tagovailoa, Alabama, passed for 387 yards and four TDs and ran for another score to lead the No. 1 ...
By ANNE M. PETERSON, AP Sports Writer EUGENE, Ore. (AP) — Stanford quarterback K.J. Costello watched as his overtime pass tumble in midair for an agonizing moment after it was tipped by tight end Colby Parkinson. "I saw the ball go in the air, held my breath, and then for Colby to come down ...
By The Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — Matt Cullen scored two goals and had an assist to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 7-3 preseason win over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday. Zach Trotman, Garrett Wilson, Adam Johnson, Juuso Riikola and Kris Letang also scored for Pittsburgh. ...
By RALPH D. RUSSO, AP College Football Writer Making a quarterback switch with a good team can be a tricky maneuver. But sometimes good isn't good enough. No. 8 Notre Dame made the move Saturday at Wake Forest. No. 21 Miami did the same, with the relative ease you might expect against ...
ATLANTA (AP) — The Braves capped a most surprising season by clinching their first NL East crown since 2013, with Mike Foltynewicz taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning Saturday in a 5-3 win over the Philadelphia Phillies. A year after going 70-92, manager Brian Snitker and his Baby ...
By Tom Withers AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Sam Darnold once thought he'd be wearing an orange helmet just a few shades brighter than his hair color. But the former USC star wasn't precisely what the Browns were looking for in a franchise quarterback in the NFL draft. Darnold ...
By Dave Collins Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A federal judge in Connecticut has dismissed a lawsuit by 60 former professional wrestlers, many of them stars in the 1980s and 1990s, who claimed World Wrestling Entertainment failed to protect them from repeated head trauma ...
By SIMMI BUTTAR, AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) — And the winner is .... the Los Angeles Rams. The Rams, who have looked dominant in the first two weeks of the regular season, have grabbed the top spot from the New England Patriots in the latest AP Pro32 poll on Tuesday. The Rams received ...
By The Associated Press A look at what's happening around the majors today: LAST CHAPTER Locked in a tight race for the NL West title, the Rockies and Dodgers meet for the final time in the regular season. Los Angeles leads by 1½ games and will go for a three-game sweep at Dodger Stadium ...