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Royals have turned out to be quite the spoilers
This wasn t a run you saw coming but then again, you rarely do when a baseball team starts to play spoiler.
MLB-leading Braves are dealing with an ailing rotation as the playoffs loom
ATLANTA Baseball s best team has some major pitching concerns heading into the final week of the regular season.
Ginkel falters as Diamondbacks blow 3 leads in 6-4 loss to Yankees and tie Cubs for 2nd wild card
NEW YORK Kevin Ginkel blew the last of the Arizona Diamondbacks three leads in a 6-4 loss to the New York Yankees on Monday, dropping them into a tie with the Chicago Cubs for the National League s
Analysis: Vikings, Chargers trade inexplicable decisions. Jets’ commitment to Wilson still baffling
The Vikings and Chargers traded inexplicable decisions in the final two minutes. The Jets are sticking with a baffling choice for the foreseeable future.
The New York Giants return from a short break and start focusing on fixing things
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. Having to play two games on the road in less than a week gave the New York Giants three days to look back at their first three games and to consider what s gone wrong.
Jets’ commitment to QB Wilson has many fans and media puzzled. But there’s no quick or easy solution
At this point, most Jets fans would take anyone at quarterback other than Zach Wilson.
In a span of 6 plays, the Steelers’ offense got its mojo back. Now comes the hard part: keeping it
PITTSBURGH Mike Tomlin used the word mojo as a catchall of sorts when trying to describe what the Pittsburgh Steelers offense was missing during the first two weeks of the season.
AP Top 25 Reality Check: The top tier of teams in poll widens as points gap between them shrinks
The top tier of The Associated Press college football poll is getting crowded.
Local Roundup: Pittston Area gets past Berwick in boys soccer
Fabrice Gatsinzi scored three goals to lead Pittston Area past Berwick, 5-1, in a Wyoming Valley Conference boys soccer match on Monday.
Kenny Pickett passes for 2 touchdowns as Pittsburgh Steelers top Las Vegas Raiders 23-18
LAS VEGAS Even picking up first downs was a challenge for Pittsburgh s offense in the first two games, so much so that fans loudly chanted for a change in the offensive coordinator.
Carlota Ciganda’s clutch shots keep the Solheim Cup in European hands
CASARES, Spain It took the home-crowd favorite to help Europe do just enough to keep the Solheim Cup.
RYDER CUP ‘23: The reachable par-4 16th is the highlight on a course designed for drama
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy Rory McIlroy s chances of winning the Italian Open a year ago at the Marco Simone course that will host this week s Ryder Cup vanished when his tee shot on the reachable p
Braves reach 100 wins again
WASHINGTON Spencer Strider earned his major league-leading 19th win and the Atlanta Braves got their 100th victory of the season Sunday night by defeating the Washington Nationals 8-5 for a doublehe
Yankees miss playoffs for first time since 2016 with windy 7-1 loss to Diamondbacks
NEW YORK The last time the New York Yankees missed the postseason, Aaron Judge was a .179 hitter with 27 games of experience in 2016.
Castellanos homers, Sánchez Ks 10 as Phillies move to brink of playoff spot with 5-2 win over Mets
PHILADELPHIA Nick Castellanos hit his 29th homer to move the Philadelphia Phillies within one win of a National League playoff berth after a 5-2 victory Sunday night, completing a four-game sweep ov
Max Verstappen easily wins the F1 Japanese Grand Prix to edge closer to 2023 series title
SUZUKA, Japan Max Verstappen survived a dramatic first lap then coasted to victory at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday to move a step closer to securing his third consecutive Formula One championsh
Byron advances to NASCAR’s round of 8 with win at Texas, the 300th overall for Hendrick Motorsports
FORT WORTH, Texas William Byron got a milestone victory for Rick Hendrick while advancing into the round of eight of NASCAR playoffs.
RailRiders finish season by topping Mets
The Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders beat the Syracuse Mets 7-3 to finish their 2023 season. They took the lead in the first frame and never relinquished it, giving up only two hits to the Mets. The R
QB Joe Burrow’s status unclear as Rams and Bengals meet for first time since Super Bowl 56
CINCINNATI The last thing Joe Burrow saw in Super Bowl 56 was Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald slinging him to the ground.
Buccaneers’ Mike Evans on path that follows some of the NFL’s all-time great receivers
TAMPA, Fla. Mike Evans is flattered whenever his accomplishments as a football player are compared to some of the greatest receivers in NFL history.