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By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts waited eight months for a return trip to Jacksonville, a chance to prove last year’s season finale was a fluke and a chance to end a head-scratching and embarrassing skid in the AFC South series. They openly welcomed the opportunity to

By PAT EATON-ROBB AP Sports Writer UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Las Vegas never had a professional sports champion — until Sunday. Chelsea Gray scored 20 points to lead the Las Vegas Aces to their first WNBA title, and the city’s first pro title, in a 78-71 road win over the Connecticut Sun in Game 4.

By STEVE HERRICK Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — Joe Ryan pitched shutout ball for the second straight start and become only the second Minnesota starter to reach the eighth inning this season to lead the Twins over the AL-Central leading Cleveland Guardians 3-0. Jake Cave hit a solo homer in the second off Cody Morris

By NOAH TRISTER AP Sports Writer BALTIMORE (AP) — Down by three touchdowns, Tua Tagovailoa and his speedy Miami receivers raced past the Baltimore Ravens in a stirring fourth-quarter comeback. Even Lamar Jackson couldn’t keep up. Tagovailoa threw for 469 yards and six touchdowns, four of which came during the final period, and the Dolphins

By DAVE HOGG Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Ron Rivera knew how good his Washington Commanders had played in the second half. He also knew they had been abysmal in the first two quarters Sunday. The Commanders trailed the Detroit Lions 22-0 at halftime but pulled within 29-21 in the fourth quarter before losing 36-27.

By DAVID GINSBURG Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Lamar Jackson’s record-breaking afternoon included a long touchdown run, three scoring passes and another 100-yard rushing performance to pass Michael Vick for most by a quarterback. It was no small measure of redemption against a team that last season left the 2019 MVP beaten and embarrassed. About

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Joe Flacco’s 15-yard touchdown pass to rookie Garrett Wilson with 22 seconds left rallied the New York Jets to a 31-30 win over the Cleveland Browns who blew a two-touchdown lead in the final two minutes. On third-and-10 Flacco, who had four TD passes, found a

MILWAUKEE (AP) — New York Yankees slugger Aaron Judge hit his 58th and 59th home runs of the season, moving within two of Roger Maris’ American League record with 16 games remaining. Judge’s 11th multihomer game tied the season record set by Detroit’s Hank Greenberg 1938 and matched by the Chicago Cubs’ Sammy Sosa in

By The Associated Press For the second straight week, DirecTV’s “NFL Sunday Ticket” package is experiencing problems for those trying to view games through the app or online. DirecTV said via social media that customers trying to stream Sunday’s 1 p.m. EDT games were unable to through the app. Shortly after 4 p.m. EDT, they

By STEVE OVERBEY Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Stuart Fairchild homered and Luis Cessa tossed five shutout innings to lead the Cincinnati Reds to a 3-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals and Albert Pujols. Pujols is sitting on 698 home runs and went 0 for 4. He is fourth on the all-time home

By IAN HARRISON Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Adley Rutschman hit a two-run single in the ninth inning and the Baltimore Orioles turned the 15th triple play in team history, rallying to beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 to avoid a three-game sweep. Jesús Aguilar hit a solo homer as Baltimore won for the second

By JEROME PUGMIRE AP Sports Writer PARIS (AP) — Lionel Messi and Neymar took only five minutes to combine for Paris Saint-Germain’s goal in a 1-0 win at Lyon as leader PSG moved two points clear of second-place Marseille in the French league. Messi started and finished the slick move after exchanging passes with Neymar

BERLIN (AP) — Spain has beaten France 88-76 to win the EuroBasket gold medal. Almost all of the names on the roster for Spain’s national team have changed in recent years. The expectations didn’t. And neither did the results. Juancho Hernangomez scored 27 points and his brother Willy Hernangomez added 14 and won tournament MVP

By JOSH DUBOW AP Pro Football Writer SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers quarterback Trey Lance was taken off the field on a cart after injuring his right ankle. Lance went down after running the ball on the second drive of the game against the Seattle Seahawks. A cart came out on the

By GEORGE HENRY AP Sports Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Rookie Spencer Strider took a no-hit bid into the sixth inning and struck out 10, William Contreras hit a tiebreaking homer and the Atlanta Braves beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2 for a three-game sweep. Strider didn’t allow a hit until Alec Bohm homered to tie the

By TOM CANAVAN AP Sports Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Graham Gano kicked a 56-yard field goal with 3:34 to play and the New York Giants beat the Carolina Panthers 19-16. New York is 2-0 for the first time since 2016. The Panthers lost their ninth straight, the longest active streak in the NFL.

By PATRICK STEVENS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sandy Alcantara pitched his major league-leading fifth complete game, a seven-hitter that led the Miami Marlins over the Washington Nationals 3-1 to avoid a series sweep. Alcantara struck out seven and walked one, throwing 104 pitches. His 2.37 ERA is second in the National League to the

By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer LAS VEGAS (AP) — Canelo Álvarez’s trilogy-ending victory over Gennady Golovkin was not an unforgettable classic in the ring. Neither fighter scored so much as a knockdown in the entire trilogy. The 40-year-old Golovkin looked tentative and older, while Canelo grew weary in the late rounds and couldn’t finish

By MARK LONG AP Pro Football Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Trevor Lawrence threw two touchdown passes to Christian Kirk, and Jacksonville dominated short-handed Indianapolis 24-0 on Sunday for its eighth consecutive home victory in the series. The Jaguars sacked Matt Ryan five times, intercepted three of his passes, held reigning NFL rushing champion Jonathan

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — A week after Nebraska fired head coach Scott Frost, the team’s defensive coordinator is out. Interim head coach Mickey Joseph said Sunday that defensive coordinator Erik Chinander was fired a day after Nebraska gave up 580 yards and 49 points in a lopsided loss to No. 6 Oklahoma. Chinander had led