By PAUL NEWBERRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Four months after falling 11 games under .500, the New York Mets earned a playoff berth a day after the regular season was supposed to end. With a thrilling 8-7 win over the Atlanta Braves in the opener of a makeup doubleheader behind ...
By The Associated Press The Boston Bruins' season could come down to how the negotiations with goalie Jeremy Swayman turn out. The restricted free agent is holding out for a new deal. He must sign by Dec. 1 or sit out the season. Joonas Korpisalo is the backup. The Bruins followed their ...
By GENE CHAMBERLAIN Associated Press The rough times probably are not quite over for Caleb Williams and the Chicago Bears' offense. But they're finally starting to see the combination of efficiency and explosiveness they anticipated after making numerous changes on the offensive side in ...
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Miami Dolphins finished with 184 yards total offense in their 31-12 loss against the Tennessee Titans on Monday night. They scored a late touchdown that snapped a nine-quarter touchdown drought. The offensive misery continued as the Dolphins used their third ...
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Tomlin insists the Pittsburgh Steelers don't rely on a "rabbit's foot" to help them out when things get tight. "We come out of those circumstances because of what we do, not some mystical thing," Tomlin said last week. And what the ...
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 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 MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Doug Pederson insists he has no concerns about his job security. He should. Pederson is on the hook for Jacksonville's spiraling season, one that started with Jaguars owner Shad Khan telling players and coaches that this was ...
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 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 ...
