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By JOE TOTORAITIS Associated Press MILWAUKEE (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt homered twice, and the St. Louis Cardinals overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-5 and extend their longest winning streak in 39 years to 12 games. On a day Adam Wainwright faltered early, St. Louis trailed 5-0 before rallying with one run

By DENNIS WASZAK Jr. AP Pro Football Writer FLORHAM PARK, N.J. (AP) — Zach Wilson has flushed last Sunday’s stinker of a performance away. The New York Jets rookie quarterback is focused on bouncing back from a four-interception outing and trying to lead his 0-2 team to its first victory. Wilson says he’s super anxious

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Justin Fields’ moment arrived quickly. The Bears weren’t going to start the rookie quarterback until they were sure he was ready. Well ready or not, he’ll make his first NFL start on Sunday in Cleveland because Andy Dalton has an injured knee. Fields played in Chicago’s

By TERESA M. WALKER AP Pro Football Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee Titans are coming off a big overtime victory in a place that’s very hard for visitors to win. Hosting Indianapolis with the Colts dealing with an injured quarterback and an 0-2 start should be the perfect chance Sunday to grab the

By JOSH DUBOW AP Sports Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The San Jose Sharks have opened training camp with a big void at forward with Evander Kane not participating and little idea of when or if he will come back. The Sharks took the ice for the first time this season a day after

By TIM REYNOLDS AP Sports Writer SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — There hasn’t been a Florida Panthers season with expectations this high in a generation. The Panthers are coming off what was by far the best regular season in team history and have most of that core back along with their top six scorers. They opened

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — A couple of weeks ago, Baltimore’s running back group was decimated by injuries, and the team was quickly collecting available veterans in an effort to fill its many holes. Now, the Ravens are right where they’ve been at the end of each of the

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) — The Americans are running out of excuses at the Ryder Cup. They bring another loaded team to Whistling Straits with 11 of the top 16 players in the world. They have a one-sided gallery on their side. That’s what leads Tony Finau to say: “This

By The Associated Press The NHL regular season is two weeks away. The league is counting on most of its players to get vaccinnated against the coronavirus. The league says 10 to 15 players out of 700 will likely not be vaccinnated with the season begins Oct. 12. One of them is Detroit’s Tyler Bertuzzi.

By LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer DETROIT (AP) — Lamar Jackson makes dynamic plays with his speedy legs and powerful right arm, lifting the Baltimore Ravens to impressive wins such as their latest one over Kansas City. Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell says Jackson’s skill set compares to Michael Vick Jackson is also close to

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Two-time Super Bowl MVP Eli Manning will have his No. 10 jersey retired by the New York Giants at a halftime ceremony at MetLife Stadium on Sunday. His name will also be added to the team’s Ring of Honor. The Giants will be facing

By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Some of the NHL’s stars are not on the ice for the start of training camps. Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, Buffalo’s Jack Eichel, Washington’s Nicklas Backstrom, Philadelphia’s Kevin Hayes and Montreal’s Carey Price are injured. Toronto’s Auston Matthews and Detroit’s Dylan Larkin are

By JOHN WAWROW AP Sports Writer ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Washington Football Team’s game at the Buffalo Bills on Sunday will feature a reunion of coaching colleagues. Washington coach Ron Rivera, Bills coach Sean McDermott and defensive coordinator Leslie Frazier all worked on Andy Reid’s first staff with the Philadelphia Eagles in 1999. McDermott

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer The Grand Prix of Long Beach returns to the IndyCar schedule after a one-year pause during the pandemic. The event is a crown jewel in both motorsports and street festivals that began in 1975. This year’s return is as the IndyCar season-ending championship race and the crowd will

By BRIAN DULIK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The Chicago White Sox clinched their first AL Central title since 2008 with a 7-2 win over the Cleveland Indians behind two home runs by Tim Anderson in the opener of a doubleheader spit. Cleveland won the second game 5-3. Chicago, a wild-card team last year, is

By DAVE SKRETTA AP Sports Writer KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — You’d be hard pressed to find anyone a couple of weeks ago that didn’t think Patrick Mahomes and the Kansas City Chiefs were headed for their sixth consecutive AFC West championship this season. It would have been just as tough finding anyone who didn’t

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Adam Wainwright joined Hall of Famer Bob Gibson as the only St. Louis Cardinals’ pitchers with 2,000 strikeouts, fanning Milwaukee’s Luis Urías in the fourth inning. The 40-year-old right-hander became the ninth active pitcher with 2,000. Gibson got his 2,000th strikeout when Pittsburgh’s Roberto Clemente was called out on July 13, 1969.

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, Pa. (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins have opened training camp without stars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. Crosby is recovering from wrist surgery that will force him to miss the first few weeks of the season. Malkin likely won’t be back until late November at the earliest

PHOENIX (AP) — With a little over a week left in the season and his team tied for the worst record in the major leagues at 48-104, Arizona manager Torey Lovullo was given a one-year contract extension through 2022. The deal announced Thursday includes a club option for 2023, according to general manager Mike Hazen.

By ROB MAADDI AP Pro Football Writer Jalen Hurts helped Nick Sirianni win his NFL coaching debut and watched his new coach show up to practice later in the week wearing a T-shirt with his face on it. The Philadelphia Eagles’ coach-QB bond is already strong. Hurts says Sirianni is a “big-time players’ coach” and